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... vertue , " who " doe not use like in- deuour for the merites of vertue " but " rather ... imploie their onely industrie to gather some profite of vertue " and " then ( followinge the nature of the dogge ) they retourne to their vomite ...
... vertue , " who " doe not use like in- deuour for the merites of vertue " but " rather ... imploie their onely industrie to gather some profite of vertue " and " then ( followinge the nature of the dogge ) they retourne to their vomite ...
Page 80
... vertue " and , therefore , cannot be harmed by evil ; the beasts are conventional representa- tions of evil . The Elizabethan ( that is to say , Renaissance ) conception of " vertue , " of which much is said in the pastoral romances ...
... vertue " and , therefore , cannot be harmed by evil ; the beasts are conventional representa- tions of evil . The Elizabethan ( that is to say , Renaissance ) conception of " vertue , " of which much is said in the pastoral romances ...
Page 81
... vertue , " become types of the " complete man " of the Renaissance , who was supposed to possess " vertue " ( “ virtù ” ) . 442 The exploits of Pyrocles , Musidorus , Rosader , and Rabinius are reminiscent of those of Guy of Warwick ...
... vertue , " become types of the " complete man " of the Renaissance , who was supposed to possess " vertue " ( “ virtù ” ) . 442 The exploits of Pyrocles , Musidorus , Rosader , and Rabinius are reminiscent of those of Guy of Warwick ...
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