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... activity of reason , taking its rise from a celestial source , passes through the low levels 90 of earth , and , watchful of heavenly things , turns again to heaven . The activities of lust , on the other hand , wandering waywardly and ...
... activity of reason , taking its rise from a celestial source , passes through the low levels 90 of earth , and , watchful of heavenly things , turns again to heaven . The activities of lust , on the other hand , wandering waywardly and ...
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... activity from a long way off , as it were with longing . His operation is simple , mine God in relation is multiform ... activity is the mark of the divine activity , and , compared with the divine power , thou canst see that my power is ...
... activity from a long way off , as it were with longing . His operation is simple , mine God in relation is multiform ... activity is the mark of the divine activity , and , compared with the divine power , thou canst see that my power is ...
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... , althou of my office to treat of what has b 255 have allowed my discourse to stray thi mightest not doubt that , compared w lative might of God , my power is exc = But although my activity is deficient when compared with.
... , althou of my office to treat of what has b 255 have allowed my discourse to stray thi mightest not doubt that , compared w lative might of God , my power is exc = But although my activity is deficient when compared with.
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Alanus (de Insulis). = But although my activity is deficient when compared with the divine power , nevertheless it exceeds human power , when balanced with it , greatly . And there- 260 fore , in a comparison of three steps , we can find ...
Alanus (de Insulis). = But although my activity is deficient when compared with the divine power , nevertheless it exceeds human power , when balanced with it , greatly . And there- 260 fore , in a comparison of three steps , we can find ...
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... dares to strife not only against the majesty also to inflame the madness of inte his mother . Other creations , on whic 3o the lesser gifts of my favor , throug · their activities are bound in willing subjection to the.
... dares to strife not only against the majesty also to inflame the madness of inte his mother . Other creations , on whic 3o the lesser gifts of my favor , throug · their activities are bound in willing subjection to the.
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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...