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Quarles, Francis. Emblemes, Divine and Moral. London, 1635, bk. 3, emblem 7.

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Fuller, Thomas. The Holy State and the Profane State. Cambridge: John Williams, 1642, bk. 3, ch. 4.

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Lovelace, Richard. "To Althea, from Prison." Lucasta. London: William Hazlitt, 1649, I. 25.

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Browne, Thomas, Sir. Religio Medici. London, 1643, pt. 1, sect. 6.

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Browne, Thomas, Sir. "Religio Medici (1643)." Thomas Browne: Selected Writings, edited by Kevin Killeen. Oxford University Press, 2018, pt. 1, sect. 6.

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Fox, George. Journal entry. c. 1646.

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Hobbes, Thomas. De Cive [On the citizen]. Paris, 1642.

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Hobbes, Thomas. Man and Citizen (De Homine and De Cive), edited by Bernard Gert. Hackett Publishing, 1991.

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Milton, John. Poems of Mr. John Milton both English and Latin, compos'd at several times. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1645, sonnet 7, I. 1.

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Milton, John. "Sonnet VII (How Soon Hath Time)." Milton: The Complete Poems, edited by John Leonard. Penguin, 1992, I. 1.

If there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this.

Amir Khusrau

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Khusrau, Amir. Inscription in the Diwan-e Khas. Lal Qila, Delhi, India, c. 1648.

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Khusrau, Amir. Quoted in Shahjahanabad: The Living City of Old Delhi, written by Rana Safvi. HarperCollins India, 2020, part. 1.

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Milton, John. Areopagitca; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England. London, 1644.

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Milton, John. "Areopagitica." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Milton, John. Areopagitica; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of unlicenc'd printing, to the Parlament of England. 1644.

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Milton, John. "Areopagitica." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Descartes, René. Principia Philosophica [Principles of Philosophy]. Amsterdam: Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644, pt. 2, sect. 16.

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Corneille, Pierre. Horace. Mar. 1640, Théâtre du Marais, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 8.

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Corneille, Pierre. "Horace." Chief Plays of Corneille, translated by Lacy Lockert. Princeton University Press, 2015, act 2, sc. 8.

Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite
Makes eating a delight.

Sir John Suckling

Fragmenta Aurea

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Suckling, John, Sir. Fragmenta Aurea. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1646, sonnet 2, stanza 3.

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Browne, Thomas, Sir. Religio Medici. London, 1643, pt. 1, sect. 16.

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Browne, Thomas, Sir. "Religio Medici (1643)." Thomas Browne: Selected Writings, edited by Kevin Killeen. Oxford University Press, 2018, pt. 1, sect. 16.

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Cowley, Abraham. "Inconstancy." The Mistress with Other Select Poems. London: self-published, 1647.

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Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

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Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 345.

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Fox, George. Journal entry. c. 1647.

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Godolphin, Sidney. Song. c. 1712.

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Fuller, Thomas. The Holy State and the Profane State. Cambridge: John Williams, 1642, bk. 3, ch. 22.

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Milton, John. Areopagitca; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England. London, 1644.

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Milton, John."Areopagitica." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.