The Literary Comparison in Jacobean Prose

Anti-Ciceronian aphorism appears applied Attic authors Bacon balance bear becomes body Browne Burton called carry cause character characteristic Ciceronian cited comparison conceit contrast deliberately Democritus device Donne Donne's doth drawn effect elaborate English Euphues example excellent expression fact figures finds formal frequently Fuller gives Greville Hall hands hath Holy homely idea illustration imitation individual Jacobean language Latin learning less Letters light literary manner matter means metaphor mind nature needs never obscurity observation original passage peace period personality philosophy phrase play practical prefers present prose Reader reason result rhetorical says seems seen Seneca sentence Sermons serve seventeenth century side significant simile simple sixteenth century sometimes sources spirit stand style subtlety suggestion things thinking thought tion true truth turned typical unto virtue whole Wotton writers