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by Hardin Craig. 300 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Hardin Craig

Publisher:

   Oxford University Press

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1936
Subjects:   English Literature--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Literature--Philosophy, Renaissance--England, Great Britain--Intellectual Life
Table of contents
CONTENTS
I. THE UNIVERSAL NATURE OF THINGS 1
II. DERIVATIONS AND INFERENCES 32
III. PREOCCUPATIONS AND PREJUDGMENTS 61
IV. THE BINDING OF PROTEUS 87
V. THE NATURE AND CONDITION OF MEN 113
VI. THE WELL OF DEMOCRITUS 139
VII. THE ELOQUENCE OF PERSUASIONS 160
VIII. THE WINDOW OF MOMUS 182
IX. INTERPRETATIONS OF TIMES 210
X. DISCLOSING AND EXPOUNDING OF MEN 238
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 265
INDEX 289
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