Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... Language . But talking and Eloquence are not the same : to speake , and to speake well , are two things . A foole may talke , but a wise man speakes , and out of the observation , knowledge , and use of things . Many Writers perplexe ...
... Language . But talking and Eloquence are not the same : to speake , and to speake well , are two things . A foole may talke , but a wise man speakes , and out of the observation , knowledge , and use of things . Many Writers perplexe ...
Page 123
... Language , that will by no means admit another . As Eos esse P. R. exercitus , qui cœlum possint perrumpere : 5 who ... Language . Language most shewes a man : speake that I may see thee . It springs out of the most retired , and inmost ...
... Language , that will by no means admit another . As Eos esse P. R. exercitus , qui cœlum possint perrumpere : 5 who ... Language . Language most shewes a man : speake that I may see thee . It springs out of the most retired , and inmost ...
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... Language is vast , and gaping , swelling , and irregular ; when it contends to be high , full of Rocke , Moun- taine , and pointednesse : As it affects to be low , it is abject , and creeps , full of bogs , and holes . And according to ...
... Language is vast , and gaping , swelling , and irregular ; when it contends to be high , full of Rocke , Moun- taine , and pointednesse : As it affects to be low , it is abject , and creeps , full of bogs , and holes . And according to ...
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