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... Migne in the Patrologia Latina , Vol . 21 which Wright does not note , have been a few emendations have been made . changes attention is called in the foot I owe many thanks to Professor Cha of Yale University , and to Dr. Richard of ...
... Migne in the Patrologia Latina , Vol . 21 which Wright does not note , have been a few emendations have been made . changes attention is called in the foot I owe many thanks to Professor Cha of Yale University , and to Dr. Richard of ...
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... Migne . Reading secessit , with Migne . daughter of Tyndaris is brought into comeliness of Adonis and a 2 THE BOOK OF ALAIN ON THE COMPLAINT ...
... Migne . Reading secessit , with Migne . daughter of Tyndaris is brought into comeliness of Adonis and a 2 THE BOOK OF ALAIN ON THE COMPLAINT ...
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... but Paris wi unspeakable and monstrous acts . Not amus seek the kisses of Thisbe thr but no small opening of Venus ple only does the son of Peleus counter 1 Reading in , with Migne . 2 Reading form of a maiden , that so to maidens he may.
... but Paris wi unspeakable and monstrous acts . Not amus seek the kisses of Thisbe thr but no small opening of Venus ple only does the son of Peleus counter 1 Reading in , with Migne . 2 Reading form of a maiden , that so to maidens he may.
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... Migne . 3 Reading vultui erat detrimento , sed præerat decori , with Migne . 20 40 with the light of roses , with soft flan PROSE I 5 The Complaint of Nature.
... Migne . 3 Reading vultui erat detrimento , sed præerat decori , with Migne . 20 40 with the light of roses , with soft flan PROSE I 5 The Complaint of Nature.
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... goose wintered , according to the same in their native land of streams . Th 265 widowed of its mate , scorned to return 1 Migne reads ciconia , stork . 2 Lat . lat refused the consolation of marrying again . The parrot on.
... goose wintered , according to the same in their native land of streams . Th 265 widowed of its mate , scorned to return 1 Migne reads ciconia , stork . 2 Lat . lat refused the consolation of marrying again . The parrot on.
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¹ Reading ALAIN DE LILLE another's anvils appearance Aristotle avarice Bacchus banished beauty belly Ben Jonson birth body chariot chastity cithara clothed cloud coin color command Complaint of Nature countenance Cupid delight diadem divine dost drunken earth Emending evil face faith false falsehood fame favor fear flattery flatulence flood garments gave gender Generosity Genius gifts glory Glossary golden grace grief hæc hair hand harmonious head heaven Hippolytus honor human Hymen Jonson kiss labor light lust lyre madness maiden majesty marked marriage marvelous masculine METRE Migne mind mother mystery Nature PROSE neith ness night numbers palace Ph.D Phoebus picture poets poverty praise predicate pride reason rejoices riches scorned Scylla seemed shine shipwreck silence sleep song sorrow speech splendor spring stars stones stray suffer sweet tears thee thine things thirst thou tongue tunic Tyndaris Venus vices virgin virtue wandering wanton winter Zephyrus
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Page 3 - The sex of active nature trembles shamefully at the way in which it declines into passive nature. Man is made woman, he blackens the honor of his sex, the craft of magic Venus makes him of double gender. He is both predicate and subject, he becomes likewise of two declensions, he pushes the ;, laws of grammar too far.
Page 40 - ... that in the shallow exterior of literature «° the poetic lyre sounds a false note, but within speaks to its hearers of the mystery of loftier understanding, so that, the waste of outer falsity cast aside, the reader finds, in secret within, the sweeter kernel of truth?
Page 49 - I do not deny the essential nature of love honorableness if it is checked by the bridle of moderation, if it is restrained by the reins of sobriety...