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... present life were powerful by the twelfth century , and that exhortations to contemn the world were themselves powerful at that time for that very reason . The two contradictory principles co - existed in a state of high tension ...
... present life were powerful by the twelfth century , and that exhortations to contemn the world were themselves powerful at that time for that very reason . The two contradictory principles co - existed in a state of high tension ...
Page 67
... present to the mind of every educated man in an Elizabethan audience , thereby preparing him for Lear's own frenzied questions of the status of man in nature and his kin- ship with the beasts and the elements . We must never forget that ...
... present to the mind of every educated man in an Elizabethan audience , thereby preparing him for Lear's own frenzied questions of the status of man in nature and his kin- ship with the beasts and the elements . We must never forget that ...
Page 71
... present topic and yet which is not usually interpreted in terms of it . This is Donne's Ecstasy , a metaphysical love poem indeed , but having as a first concern the mixed constitution of man . Here the topic is not the borderline ...
... present topic and yet which is not usually interpreted in terms of it . This is Donne's Ecstasy , a metaphysical love poem indeed , but having as a first concern the mixed constitution of man . Here the topic is not the borderline ...
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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