Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
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... language itself , especi- ally of Elizabethan English . It is safe to say that these and similar ideas were drawn from a common knowledge of living creatures , both wild and domestic , with which any observant Englishman might be ...
... language itself , especi- ally of Elizabethan English . It is safe to say that these and similar ideas were drawn from a common knowledge of living creatures , both wild and domestic , with which any observant Englishman might be ...
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... language itself . The words beast , beastly , beastliness , brute beast , brute , brutish , and brutishness occur so frequently in Elizabethan prose that they may be considered favorite words ; 1 and the reason is not far to seek ...
... language itself . The words beast , beastly , beastliness , brute beast , brute , brutish , and brutishness occur so frequently in Elizabethan prose that they may be considered favorite words ; 1 and the reason is not far to seek ...
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... language and literature from ancient to modern times and the preservation of conventional ideas about animals that have remained in use since the Renaissance . Many of the common words and expressions that are still used in spoken and ...
... language and literature from ancient to modern times and the preservation of conventional ideas about animals that have remained in use since the Renaissance . Many of the common words and expressions that are still used in spoken and ...
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