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... humours , is familiar , even to distress ; but a part , like the notion of the " vast chain of being , " will be new to the ordinary reader . As in a short account proportion is everything , I cannot allow degrees of familiarity to ...
... humours , is familiar , even to distress ; but a part , like the notion of the " vast chain of being , " will be new to the ordinary reader . As in a short account proportion is everything , I cannot allow degrees of familiarity to ...
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... humours are evenly balanced , touches the fringe of the next class above it , namely the human soul , which occupies the lowest rank in the spiritual order . Among early Tudor translations from the Italian is one of the Circe of Gelli ...
... humours are evenly balanced , touches the fringe of the next class above it , namely the human soul , which occupies the lowest rank in the spiritual order . Among early Tudor translations from the Italian is one of the Circe of Gelli ...
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... humours and finally in the commonwealth : A body politic or public state Hath like dissents , which yet assenting stands . The king the subject and the magistrate , Noble and base , rich poor , peace and warlike bands , Law religion ...
... humours and finally in the commonwealth : A body politic or public state Hath like dissents , which yet assenting stands . The king the subject and the magistrate , Noble and base , rich poor , peace and warlike bands , Law religion ...
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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