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" ... the heavenly Maker of that maker, who having made man to His own likeness, set him beyond and over all the works of that second nature ; which in nothing he showeth so much as in poetry ; when, with the force of a divine breath, he bringeth things... "
The Retrospective Review - Page 47
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A Grateful Spirit and Other Sermons

James Vila Blake - Christian poetry - 1890 - 376 pages
...likeness, set him beyond and over all the works of that second nature; which in nothing he showeth so much as in poetry; when with the force of a divine...breath he bringeth things forth surpassing her doings." Page 80. The dignity and the need of thought in all public teaching or discoursing ought to be dwelt...
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The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1890 - 210 pages
...likeness, set him beyond and over all the works of that 30 second nature. Which in nothing he showeth so much as in poetry, when with the force of a divine breath he bringeth things forth far surpassing her doings, with no small argument to the incredulous of that first accursed fall of...
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The Defense of Poesy, Otherwise Known as An Apology for Poetry

Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1890 - 206 pages
...force of a divine breath he bringeth things forth far surpassing her doings, with no small argument to the incredulous of that first accursed fall of Adam, — since our erected wit maketh us know what reaching unto it. But these arguments will by few be understood, and...
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The Prelude to Poetry: The English Poets in the Defence and ..., Volume 10

Ernest Rhys - English poetry - 1897 - 250 pages
...and over all the workes of that second nature, which in nothing hee sheweth so much as in Poetrie : when with the force of a divine breath, he bringeth things forth far surpassing her dooings, with no small argument to the incredulous of that first accursed fall of...
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English Literary Criticism

Charles Edwyn Vaughan - Criticism - 1896 - 330 pages
...likeness, set him beyond and over all the works of that second nature, which in nothing he showeth so much as in poetry: when, with the force of a divine breath, he bringeth things forth far surpassing her doings, with no small argument to the incredulous of that first accursed fall of...
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English Literary Criticism

Charles Edwyn Vaughan - Literary Criticism - 1896 - 366 pages
...likeness, set him beyond and over all the works of that second nature, which in nothing he showeth so much as in poetry: when, with the force of a divine breath, he jjringglh. thi"gg -forth far surpassing her_doings,_ with no small argument to the incredulous of that...
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Literary Pamphlets Chiefly Relating to Poetry from Sidney to Byron ...

Ernest Rhys - English poetry - 1897 - 288 pages
...and over all the workes of that second nature, which in nothing hee sheweth so much as in Poetrie: when with the force of a divine breath, he bringeth things forth far surpassing her dooings, with no small argument to the incredulous of that first accursed fall of...
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Literary Pamphlets Chiefly Relating to Poetry from Sidney to Byron ...

Ernest Rhys - English poetry - 1897 - 286 pages
...and over all the workes of that second nature, which in nothing hee sheweth so much as in Poetrie : when with the force of a divine breath, he bringeth things forth far surpassing her dooings, with no small argument to the incredulous of that first accursed fall of...
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English Belles-lettres from A.D. 907 to 1834 ...

English literature - 1901 - 436 pages
...likeness, set him beyond and over all the works of that second nature ; which in nothing he showeth so much as in poetry; when, with the force of a divine...incredulous of that first accursed fall of Adam ; since our erected wit maketh us know what perfection is, and yet our infected will keepeth us from reaching unto...
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English Belles-lettres: From A. D. 901 to 1834

Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh - English literature - 1901 - 432 pages
...likeness, set him beyond and over all the works of that second nature; which in nothing he showeth so much as in poetry; when, with the force of a divine...incredulous of that first accursed fall of Adam; since our erected wit maketh us know what perfection is, and yet our infected will keepeth us from reaching unto...
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