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57 In the latter story , Pigmalion tells himself that " verely as Spiders convert to poison whatsoever they touche , so women infect with folly whom so ever they deale withall . ” 58 The conventional relationship between spider and fly ...
57 In the latter story , Pigmalion tells himself that " verely as Spiders convert to poison whatsoever they touche , so women infect with folly whom so ever they deale withall . ” 58 The conventional relationship between spider and fly ...
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83 Germanicus , in “ Germanicus and Agrippina , ” considering “ natures lawes , which in the dooynges of creatures without reason are playnly set downe , " tells Agrippina that she “ shall see no living wight in the universall world ...
83 Germanicus , in “ Germanicus and Agrippina , ” considering “ natures lawes , which in the dooynges of creatures without reason are playnly set downe , " tells Agrippina that she “ shall see no living wight in the universall world ...
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190 In a fable of a hawk , a goshawk , and a quail , Diogenes tells how clergymen , “ those that haue care of soules , " must be careless of the world and of wealth and how “ if danger threaten their flocke , they ought rather to suffer ...
190 In a fable of a hawk , a goshawk , and a quail , Diogenes tells how clergymen , “ those that haue care of soules , " must be careless of the world and of wealth and how “ if danger threaten their flocke , they ought rather to suffer ...
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| Title | Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
| Author | William Meredith Carroll |
| Publisher | Bookman Associates, 1954 |
| Length | 166 pages |
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