Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
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Modern natural history had its beginning in such works as the Historia Animalium ( 1551-1558 ) of Conrad Gesner ( Conradus Gesnerus ) , who is called " the German Pliny . " 17 The works on animals printed in the sixteenth century have ...
Modern natural history had its beginning in such works as the Historia Animalium ( 1551-1558 ) of Conrad Gesner ( Conradus Gesnerus ) , who is called " the German Pliny . " 17 The works on animals printed in the sixteenth century have ...
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38 The same lady is called " the Phenix of the fairest ... 40 In the story of " Aristotimus the Tyrant , " Aristotimus is called " more wood and sauage than the desert beast or mountaine Tigre , " and his " cruelty " is compared to the ...
38 The same lady is called " the Phenix of the fairest ... 40 In the story of " Aristotimus the Tyrant , " Aristotimus is called " more wood and sauage than the desert beast or mountaine Tigre , " and his " cruelty " is compared to the ...
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In his story of " A Ladie Falslie Accused " are described those people called “ admiratours and praisers of vertue , " who " doe not use like indeuour for the merites of vertue " but " rather . . . imploie their onely industrie to ...
In his story of " A Ladie Falslie Accused " are described those people called “ admiratours and praisers of vertue , " who " doe not use like indeuour for the merites of vertue " but " rather . . . imploie their onely industrie to ...
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