Animal Conventions in English Renaissance Non-religious Prose, 1550-1600 |
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... points out that " the most distinctive feature " of the English political prophecy is the use of animals and birds as symbols to represent men and women . His description of the type shows at a glance the close kinship be- tween the ...
... points out that " the most distinctive feature " of the English political prophecy is the use of animals and birds as symbols to represent men and women . His description of the type shows at a glance the close kinship be- tween the ...
Page 50
... point the contrast : Surely to follow rather the Goths in rhyming , than the Greeks in true versifying , were even to ... points out that " such as will needs so fly , may fly at a pie , and catch a daw " ; 32 that is to say , those who ...
... point the contrast : Surely to follow rather the Goths in rhyming , than the Greeks in true versifying , were even to ... points out that " such as will needs so fly , may fly at a pie , and catch a daw " ; 32 that is to say , those who ...
Page 60
... points that profit least . " 120 He says that some poets labor " with mountaines to bring forth mice " ; that " Virgil sweats in de- scribing his gnatte " ; and that “ Ovid bestirreth him to paint out his flea . " 121 He accuses poets ...
... points that profit least . " 120 He says that some poets labor " with mountaines to bring forth mice " ; that " Virgil sweats in de- scribing his gnatte " ; and that “ Ovid bestirreth him to paint out his flea . " 121 He accuses poets ...
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