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Page 189
... beauty strikes us dumb while we are most energetic in abuse of them . We are compelled to sing our palinode , like the Greek poet Stesicho- rus , who , having written a poem in which he spoke harshly of Helen , was visited with the ...
... beauty strikes us dumb while we are most energetic in abuse of them . We are compelled to sing our palinode , like the Greek poet Stesicho- rus , who , having written a poem in which he spoke harshly of Helen , was visited with the ...
Page 210
... beauty . Rather it serves to give to the rapture of the senses a more stable and solid spiritual foundation than was ever dreamed of by Ariosto and his flippant contempora- ries . What Spenser's passion for beauty was may be read on ...
... beauty . Rather it serves to give to the rapture of the senses a more stable and solid spiritual foundation than was ever dreamed of by Ariosto and his flippant contempora- ries . What Spenser's passion for beauty was may be read on ...
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... beauty were but right . Unfortunately this wicked woman had a wicked sonne , ' 29 who was equally ready to adore beauty but with less in- nocent reverence . For a long time Florimell's heavenly nature kept his earthly one in abeyance ...
... beauty were but right . Unfortunately this wicked woman had a wicked sonne , ' 29 who was equally ready to adore beauty but with less in- nocent reverence . For a long time Florimell's heavenly nature kept his earthly one in abeyance ...
Contents
THE EDUCATION OF ELIZABETHAN WOMEN | 27 |
THE HOME LIFE OF ELIZABETHAN WOMEN | 45 |
THE SOCIAL LIFE OF ELIZABETHAN WOMEN | 67 |
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