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... half of the sixteenth century with the contemporary styles of Italy , with Ariosto , Machiavelli , Guicciardini , with- out feeling the immense gap in point of culture , practice , and skill - the immense distance at which the Italians ...
... half of the sixteenth century with the contemporary styles of Italy , with Ariosto , Machiavelli , Guicciardini , with- out feeling the immense gap in point of culture , practice , and skill - the immense distance at which the Italians ...
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... half moral and poetical , half fiercely polemical , which he called a " Theatre , wherein be represented as well the Miseries and Calamities which fol- low the voluptuous Worldlings , as also the great Joys and Pleasures which the ...
... half moral and poetical , half fiercely polemical , which he called a " Theatre , wherein be represented as well the Miseries and Calamities which fol- low the voluptuous Worldlings , as also the great Joys and Pleasures which the ...
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... half golden , half silver , half jewelled , in her little head ; " - she is a second little Rosalind— “ altera Rosalindula , " whom he salutes as " Domina Immerito , mea bellissima Colina Clouta . " But whether wife or mistress , we ...
... half golden , half silver , half jewelled , in her little head ; " - she is a second little Rosalind— “ altera Rosalindula , " whom he salutes as " Domina Immerito , mea bellissima Colina Clouta . " But whether wife or mistress , we ...
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... half - fancying himself converted to their views , his own powers and impulses showed him the truth , and made him understand better than his theories what a poet could and ought to do with English speech in its free play and genuine ...
... half - fancying himself converted to their views , his own powers and impulses showed him the truth , and made him understand better than his theories what a poet could and ought to do with English speech in its free play and genuine ...
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... half of the century , it had had before it the most aston- ishing changes which the world had seen for centuries . These changes seemed definitely to have run their course ; with the convulsions which accompanied them , their up ...
... half of the century , it had had before it the most aston- ishing changes which the world had seen for centuries . These changes seemed definitely to have run their course ; with the convulsions which accompanied them , their up ...
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