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Page xlvii
... natural instinct , and leads only to his overthrow . For man , at leas it is A tet Me too too hard for liuing clay , From loue in course of nature to refraine . ( III . iv . 26. ) And how love may best be ordered is best taught in the ...
... natural instinct , and leads only to his overthrow . For man , at leas it is A tet Me too too hard for liuing clay , From loue in course of nature to refraine . ( III . iv . 26. ) And how love may best be ordered is best taught in the ...
Page 96
... Nature all her care she lets . 17 Why then dost thou , O man , that of them all Art Lord , and eke of nature Soueraine , Wilfully make thy selfe a wretched thrall , And wast thy ioyous houres in needlesse paine , Seeking for daunger and ...
... Nature all her care she lets . 17 Why then dost thou , O man , that of them all Art Lord , and eke of nature Soueraine , Wilfully make thy selfe a wretched thrall , And wast thy ioyous houres in needlesse paine , Seeking for daunger and ...
Page 262
... nature by her mother wit Could frame in earth , and forme of substance base , Was there , and all that nature did omit , Art playing second natures part , supplyed it . 22 No tree , that is of count , in greenewood growes , From lowest ...
... nature by her mother wit Could frame in earth , and forme of substance base , Was there , and all that nature did omit , Art playing second natures part , supplyed it . 22 No tree , that is of count , in greenewood growes , From lowest ...
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