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... vertues , assigning to every vertue a Knight to be the patron and defender of the same , in whose actions and feats of arms and chivalry the operations of that vertue whereof he is the protec- tor , are to be expressed , and the vices ...
... vertues , assigning to every vertue a Knight to be the patron and defender of the same , in whose actions and feats of arms and chivalry the operations of that vertue whereof he is the protec- tor , are to be expressed , and the vices ...
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... vertue ; in the second a link seems to be felt with veritas , truth , vertue being the ' true ' quality or propensity belonging to a creature in the order of being . ) The ideal of the man of active virtue had been encouraged by the ...
... vertue ; in the second a link seems to be felt with veritas , truth , vertue being the ' true ' quality or propensity belonging to a creature in the order of being . ) The ideal of the man of active virtue had been encouraged by the ...
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... vertue ' of each order . The ' vertue ' of man , as primate among creatures on earth , was visualized as sevenfold- -a linked chain of vertues descending from the throne of God . ( Spenser's sequence we now see expressing another move ...
... vertue ' of each order . The ' vertue ' of man , as primate among creatures on earth , was visualized as sevenfold- -a linked chain of vertues descending from the throne of God . ( Spenser's sequence we now see expressing another move ...
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