Five wits
In the time of William Shakespeare, there were commonly reckoned to be five wits and five senses. The five wits were sometimes taken to be synonymous with the five senses, but were otherwise also known and regarded as the five inward wits, distinguishing them from the five senses, which were the five outward wits.
Five wits
In the time of William Shakespeare, there were commonly reckoned to be five wits and five senses. The five wits were sometimes taken to be synonymous with the five senses, but were otherwise also known and regarded as the five inward wits, distinguishing them from the five senses, which were the five outward wits.
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In the time of William Shakesp ...... still called a "sixth sense".
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Age: Of the .v. wittes I wolde ...... se belonge unto perseveraunce.
Hering, sight, smelling and fe ...... al pas,
quen þe hert sal riue.
These are the v. wyttes remeui ...... ch upon other hath occupacyon.
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King Henry The Eighth's Primer, 1546
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Book of Wisdom
Cursor Mundi, lines 17017–17020
Stephen Hawes, The Pastime Of Pleasure, XXIV "Of the Five Internall Wittes"
The Parson's Tale
The World and the Chylde, prin ...... of Robert Dodsley's Old Plays
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And this knowledge descendeth ...... taste of the mouth, […]
And þus were all þy five witte ...... ip;]. In felynge, […].
My five wits have I fondly mis ...... h thou has given me […]
the fyve wittes, that been sig ...... ge or savourynge, and feelynge
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In the time of William Shakesp ...... ch were the five outward wits.
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