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Page 164
... matter , as he who hath a more profitable end , then to cleare it ; that is , to cleare the spirits he undertaketh to manage and to exer- cise . Agitation , stirring and hunting is properly belonging to our subject or drift ; wee are ...
... matter , as he who hath a more profitable end , then to cleare it ; that is , to cleare the spirits he undertaketh to manage and to exer- cise . Agitation , stirring and hunting is properly belonging to our subject or drift ; wee are ...
Page 179
... matter and em- paired the forme ? as many times it commeth to passe . Wee others that have little practise with bookes , are troubled with this , that when wee meet with any rare or quaint invention in a new Poet , or forcible argument ...
... matter and em- paired the forme ? as many times it commeth to passe . Wee others that have little practise with bookes , are troubled with this , that when wee meet with any rare or quaint invention in a new Poet , or forcible argument ...
Page 279
... matter nor ground . Let it but runne on : It will as well build upon emptinesse , as upon fulnesse , and with inanity as with matter . Dare pondus idonea fumo . — PERS . Sat. v . 20 . That things which vanish straight In smoke , should ...
... matter nor ground . Let it but runne on : It will as well build upon emptinesse , as upon fulnesse , and with inanity as with matter . Dare pondus idonea fumo . — PERS . Sat. v . 20 . That things which vanish straight In smoke , should ...
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