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... animals having touch , memory and movement but not hearing , for instance ants . And finally there are the higher animals , horses and dogs etc. , that have all these faculties . The three classes lead up to man , who has not only ...
... animals having touch , memory and movement but not hearing , for instance ants . And finally there are the higher animals , horses and dogs etc. , that have all these faculties . The three classes lead up to man , who has not only ...
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... animals , scarcely rise above the life of plants , because they cling to the earth without motion and possess the sense of touch alone . The upper surface of the earth is in contact with the lower surface of water ; the highest part of ...
... animals , scarcely rise above the life of plants , because they cling to the earth without motion and possess the sense of touch alone . The upper surface of the earth is in contact with the lower surface of water ; the highest part of ...
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... Animals Plants and Metals Many educated Elizabethans would have known Mon- taigne's subversive conjecture about man and cat : has not the cat as good a right to think that it is playing with the man , as the other way round ? But they ...
... Animals Plants and Metals Many educated Elizabethans would have known Mon- taigne's subversive conjecture about man and cat : has not the cat as good a right to think that it is playing with the man , as the other way round ? But they ...
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according allowed angels animals beasts beauty beginning belief body called celestial common commonplace contained correspondence cosmic created creation creatures dance describing divine doctrine doth earth educated elements Elizabeth Elizabethan eternal excellent faculties fall fire follows fortune four function gives God's harmony hath head heart heaven heavenly highest Hooker human humours idea instance kind king knowledge known less light living macrocosm man's matter means medieval Middle Ages Milton mind moon nature notion passage passion perfect physical picture piece planets Platonic poem politic possible present prince pure qualities reason references rest says scheme sense serve Shakespeare shows soul speak spheres spirits stand stars things thought tion translated understanding universe unto virtue whole