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Page 84
... close of his life traced the path upwards in ways of loving in kis Fowre Hymnes of love and beauty , earthly and heavenly . At the Renaissance what was learned from Plato came together with what was learned from Aristotle . The way of ...
... close of his life traced the path upwards in ways of loving in kis Fowre Hymnes of love and beauty , earthly and heavenly . At the Renaissance what was learned from Plato came together with what was learned from Aristotle . The way of ...
Page 162
... close that only the supernatural scares him , underlines the balance , besides being a telling comic stroke ! ) The first apparition was as evil as the second is heavenly good . Archimago was not there described becuase he was already ...
... close that only the supernatural scares him , underlines the balance , besides being a telling comic stroke ! ) The first apparition was as evil as the second is heavenly good . Archimago was not there described becuase he was already ...
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... close by London Bridge ' . Smithfield , the district where it was reported the poet was born , is not far away . The site of Leicester House ( Essex House of Prothalamion ) can be indicated roughly on a modern map ( see p . 173 ) . The ...
... close by London Bridge ' . Smithfield , the district where it was reported the poet was born , is not far away . The site of Leicester House ( Essex House of Prothalamion ) can be indicated roughly on a modern map ( see p . 173 ) . The ...
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