Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... spirit comes from the heavens . " ] 1 [ Electorum Liber ii.17 : " I know there has never been a great poet without a very large share of the divine spirit . " ] 2 [ Florus , Fragmenta : " Only a King , or a Poet , is not born yearly ...
... spirit comes from the heavens . " ] 1 [ Electorum Liber ii.17 : " I know there has never been a great poet without a very large share of the divine spirit . " ] 2 [ Florus , Fragmenta : " Only a King , or a Poet , is not born yearly ...
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... spirit , and wantonnesse , such as shall make toyes passe for Jewels , and give to what of it selfe is precious , an acquisite lustre of work- manship beyond what prose can beare , and that in little room ; Their voice is more ...
... spirit , and wantonnesse , such as shall make toyes passe for Jewels , and give to what of it selfe is precious , an acquisite lustre of work- manship beyond what prose can beare , and that in little room ; Their voice is more ...
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... spirit of man cannot demean it selfe lively in this body without some recreat- ing intermission of labour , and serious things , it were happy for the Common wealth , if our Magistrates , as in those famous gov- ernments of old , would ...
... spirit of man cannot demean it selfe lively in this body without some recreat- ing intermission of labour , and serious things , it were happy for the Common wealth , if our Magistrates , as in those famous gov- ernments of old , would ...
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