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... sense . There is little of metaphor in calling the sea the water - street , the whale - road , or the swan - road ; the ship a wave - traverser , the sea - wood , or the floating - wood ; a chief's retainers his hearth - sharers , or ...
... sense . There is little of metaphor in calling the sea the water - street , the whale - road , or the swan - road ; the ship a wave - traverser , the sea - wood , or the floating - wood ; a chief's retainers his hearth - sharers , or ...
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... sense - the glory of God . Read out of allegory , there- fore , " The Glory of God " is the name of Spenser's poem . Again said Spenser , in this introductory letter , " In the person of Prince Arthure I sette forth Magnificence in ...
... sense - the glory of God . Read out of allegory , there- fore , " The Glory of God " is the name of Spenser's poem . Again said Spenser , in this introductory letter , " In the person of Prince Arthure I sette forth Magnificence in ...
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... sense of the word is obscured , an essay on . " Strictly in that sense Bacon used the word , and the essays , at which we shall find his work running side by side with the development of his philosophy , have therefore a definite ...
... sense of the word is obscured , an essay on . " Strictly in that sense Bacon used the word , and the essays , at which we shall find his work running side by side with the development of his philosophy , have therefore a definite ...
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