10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECISIANISM»
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precisianism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Why, all their graces are not to do grace □»• To virtue or desert ; but to ride both
With their gilt spurs quite breathless, from themselves. "Tis now esteem'd
precisianism in wit,7 And a disease in nature, to be kind Toward desert, to love or
seek ...
Ben Jonson, William Gifford,
1875
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Sex in Relation to Society
The divorce laws of the States are mainly on a Puritanic basis, and they retain not
only the Puritanic love of individual freedom but the Puritanic precisianism.1 In
some States, notably Iowa, the statute-makers have been constantly engaged in
...
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STUDIES IN THE PSYHOLOGY OF SEX
The divorce laws of the States are mainly on a Puritanic basis, and they retain not
only the Puritanic love of individual freedom but the Puritanic precisianism.1 In
some States, notably Iowa, the statute-makers have been constantly engaged in
...
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Sex in relation to society
The divorce laws of the States are mainly on a Puritanic basis, and they retain not
only the Puritanic love of individual freedom but the Puritanic precisianism.1 In
some States, notably Iowa, the statute-makers have been constantly engaged in
...
5
Studies in the Psychology of Sex
The divorce laws of the States are mainly on a Puritanic basis, and they retain not
only the Puritanic love of individual freedom but the Puritanic precisianism.1 In
some States, notably Iowa, the statute-makers have been constantly engaged in
...
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The Works of Ben Jonson: With Notes Critical and ...
Why, all their graces are not to do grace To virtue or desert ; but to ride both With
their gilt spursquite breathless, from themselves. 'Tis now esteem'd precisianism
in wit,7 And a disease in nature, to be kind Toward desert, to love or seek good ...
Ben Jonson, William Gifford,
1875
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The Religion of the Heart
Voét's outlook has been described as “Precisianism,” for his concern with the “
precise” fol— lowing of the moral law, and his organization of conventicles10
seems to have been motivated more by his concern with the following of the law
than ...
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Sex in Relation to Society
The divorce laws oftheStates are mainly on a Puritanic basis, and they retain
notonlythe Puritanic love ofindividual freedom but the Puritanic precisianism. [
346] In some States, notably Iowa, the statute makers havebeen constantly
engaged in ...
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The Works: In 9 Volumes. ... containing Eyery man out of his ...
'Tis now esteem'd precisianism in wit,' And a disease in nature, to be kind Toward
desert, to love or seek -good names. Who feeds with a good name? who thrives
with loving P ' Who can provide feast for his own desires, With serving others ?
Ben Jonson, William Gifford,
1816
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The controversy between the Puritans and the stage
7 a habitual nasal twang,1 which, with the pious manner Iof turning up devoutly
the whites of the eyes,2 became to many an essential feature of precisianism.
Such behavior an unwarranted subversion of nature to the opposition, and, ...
Elbert Nevius Sebring Thompson,
1903