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... nature . Nature is divinely ordered , not formless but the source of form . The famous lines from Shakespeare given above express this process . The poet , inspired with vision from heaven , casts his eye up to heaven for form with ...
... nature . Nature is divinely ordered , not formless but the source of form . The famous lines from Shakespeare given above express this process . The poet , inspired with vision from heaven , casts his eye up to heaven for form with ...
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... nature ' , not only an imitation of a model , native or foreign , and at times an ' overgoing ' , but also a doing as nature does . A common term for the rhythm of verse at the time was ' flowing ' ; King James of Scotland uses it in ...
... nature ' , not only an imitation of a model , native or foreign , and at times an ' overgoing ' , but also a doing as nature does . A common term for the rhythm of verse at the time was ' flowing ' ; King James of Scotland uses it in ...
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... nature . A name can simply be the abstract word for that ' nature ' , vice or virtue , tempera- ment , ' complexion ' or ' humour ' . We have Despair , Error , Shame- fastnesse or Praysdesire in plain English , in Latin Caelia ...
... nature . A name can simply be the abstract word for that ' nature ' , vice or virtue , tempera- ment , ' complexion ' or ' humour ' . We have Despair , Error , Shame- fastnesse or Praysdesire in plain English , in Latin Caelia ...
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