Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... true " or inclusive meaning at all . " Such are wholly mistaken in the nature of wit : for true wit is a severe and manly thing . Wit in divinity is nothing else , but sacred truth suitably expressed . It is not shreds of Latin or Greek ...
... true " or inclusive meaning at all . " Such are wholly mistaken in the nature of wit : for true wit is a severe and manly thing . Wit in divinity is nothing else , but sacred truth suitably expressed . It is not shreds of Latin or Greek ...
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... true , many bodies are the worse for the medling with : And the multitude of Physicians hath destroyed many sound patients , with their wrong practise . But the office of a true Critick , or Censor , is , not to throw by a letter any ...
... true , many bodies are the worse for the medling with : And the multitude of Physicians hath destroyed many sound patients , with their wrong practise . But the office of a true Critick , or Censor , is , not to throw by a letter any ...
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... true Historie , have not that Magnitude , which satisfieth the minde of Man , Poesie faineth Acts and Events Greater and more Heroicall ; because true Historie propoundeth the successes and issues of actions , not so agreable to the ...
... true Historie , have not that Magnitude , which satisfieth the minde of Man , Poesie faineth Acts and Events Greater and more Heroicall ; because true Historie propoundeth the successes and issues of actions , not so agreable to the ...
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