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... living thing : nor were the higher living things compounded of the lower , but all were compounded of the four elements direct . So the elements could not be links in a simple chain : they had to be a supple- mentary chain ...
... living thing : nor were the higher living things compounded of the lower , but all were compounded of the four elements direct . So the elements could not be links in a simple chain : they had to be a supple- mentary chain ...
Page 62
... living thing , prescribing unto them infallible laws , as to plants nourishment to living creatures sense and to angels understanding , and doubting with what manner of life he should adorn this his new heir , this divine artificer in ...
... living thing , prescribing unto them infallible laws , as to plants nourishment to living creatures sense and to angels understanding , and doubting with what manner of life he should adorn this his new heir , this divine artificer in ...
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... living mythology ; and it had found worthy expression in the first two books of the Fairy Queen . But it was not only through theology that the struggle was intensi- fied . The Elizabethans were interested in the nature of man with a ...
... living mythology ; and it had found worthy expression in the first two books of the Fairy Queen . But it was not only through theology that the struggle was intensi- fied . The Elizabethans were interested in the nature of man with a ...
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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