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... nature . He was neither interested in ' the School of Night ' nor concerned to advertise forbidden doctrines ; and ... Natural Philosophers ' only to deride their learning , and hints that to chart the heavens and name the separate stars ...
... nature . He was neither interested in ' the School of Night ' nor concerned to advertise forbidden doctrines ; and ... Natural Philosophers ' only to deride their learning , and hints that to chart the heavens and name the separate stars ...
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... Nature's own hand painted , Hast thou , the Master Mistress of my passion ; A woman's gentle heart , but not acquainted With shifting change , as is false woman's fashion ... -then goes on to deny that the attachment is sensual ...
... Nature's own hand painted , Hast thou , the Master Mistress of my passion ; A woman's gentle heart , but not acquainted With shifting change , as is false woman's fashion ... -then goes on to deny that the attachment is sensual ...
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... Nature might stand up And say to all the world " This was a man ! ' Beside Antony's regard for the fallen Brutus - a human being who had realized the Elizabethan ideal of a character in which the various elemental attributes were justly ...
... Nature might stand up And say to all the world " This was a man ! ' Beside Antony's regard for the fallen Brutus - a human being who had realized the Elizabethan ideal of a character in which the various elemental attributes were justly ...
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CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH | 17 |
LONDON APPRENTICESHIP | 41 |
THE CLIMATE OF THE AGE | 66 |
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