Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... whole ; of which there is a proportionable magnitude in the members . As for example ; if a man would build a house ... whole . Whole , wee call that , and perfect , which hath a beginning , a midst , and an end . So the place of any ...
... whole ; of which there is a proportionable magnitude in the members . As for example ; if a man would build a house ... whole . Whole , wee call that , and perfect , which hath a beginning , a midst , and an end . So the place of any ...
Page 142
... whole that consists of those parts , will never be taken in at one intire view . So in a Fable , if the Action be too great wee can never comprehend the whole together in our Imagination . Againe , if it be too little , there ariseth no ...
... whole that consists of those parts , will never be taken in at one intire view . So in a Fable , if the Action be too great wee can never comprehend the whole together in our Imagination . Againe , if it be too little , there ariseth no ...
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... whole , intire , and absolute . For the whole , as it consisteth of parts ; so without all the parts it is not the whole ; and to make it absolute , is requir'd , not only the parts , but such parts as are true . For a part of the whole ...
... whole , intire , and absolute . For the whole , as it consisteth of parts ; so without all the parts it is not the whole ; and to make it absolute , is requir'd , not only the parts , but such parts as are true . For a part of the whole ...
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