Seventeenth-century Verse and ProseMacmillan, 1959 |
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... lesse envied , then those that are advanced suddainly , and per saltum . “ They , that desire to excell in too many Matters , out of Levity , and Vaine glory , are ever Envious ; For they cannot want worke ; " It being impossible , but ...
... lesse envied , then those that are advanced suddainly , and per saltum . “ They , that desire to excell in too many Matters , out of Levity , and Vaine glory , are ever Envious ; For they cannot want worke ; " It being impossible , but ...
Page 235
... lesse to live , then to live well : And both are knowne to thee , who now can'st live Led by thy conscience ; to give Justice to soone - pleas'd nature ; and to show , Wisdome and she together goe , And keep one Centre : This with that ...
... lesse to live , then to live well : And both are knowne to thee , who now can'st live Led by thy conscience ; to give Justice to soone - pleas'd nature ; and to show , Wisdome and she together goe , And keep one Centre : This with that ...
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... lesse degree then Poets : for though no man envies the excellence of that which in no proportion he ever tasted ( as men cannot be said to envy the condition of Angels ) yet we may say the devil envies the Supremacy of God , because he ...
... lesse degree then Poets : for though no man envies the excellence of that which in no proportion he ever tasted ( as men cannot be said to envy the condition of Angels ) yet we may say the devil envies the Supremacy of God , because he ...
Contents
The Seventeenth Century 16001660 | 1 |
THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE | 13 |
PROSE STYLE | 19 |
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