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... thee ess ; who , from d the Creator , y life's proper the fluctuating ure essence of ho pitied thy speak , cried amp of human te before of the more ex- arranging the protection of s of the cor- es on foreign om external the whole es of ...
... thee ess ; who , from d the Creator , y life's proper the fluctuating ure essence of ho pitied thy speak , cried amp of human te before of the more ex- arranging the protection of s of the cor- es on foreign om external the whole es of ...
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... thee , and without any questioning doubt , 265 a close knowledge of me . And - to speak more in- timately — I am Nature , who have sought after thee for my presence with the gift of my esteem , and thought thee worthy to bless with my ...
... thee , and without any questioning doubt , 265 a close knowledge of me . And - to speak more in- timately — I am Nature , who have sought after thee for my presence with the gift of my esteem , and thought thee worthy to bless with my ...
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... thee as with my friend and confidant , lay down my sad burden of the accursed vices of men , and with thee determine what answering punishment should be given to such rebellion in crime , in order that the sting of the punishment might ...
... thee as with my friend and confidant , lay down my sad burden of the accursed vices of men , and with thee determine what answering punishment should be given to such rebellion in crime , in order that the sting of the punishment might ...
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... thee of a certain matter , not merely in query but in lament . ' To these words she replied : ' Have I not before this extended to thee free reins 250 to ask without any hindrance or restraint by me ? ' ' I marvel , ' then I said ...
... thee of a certain matter , not merely in query but in lament . ' To these words she replied : ' Have I not before this extended to thee free reins 250 to ask without any hindrance or restraint by me ? ' ' I marvel , ' then I said ...
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... thee from my skillful presentation , and through the book of experience thou wilt be able to acquire for thyself its practice . And it is not strange if in this portrayal of Cupid I intersperse slight signs 5 of blame , although he is ...
... thee from my skillful presentation , and through the book of experience thou wilt be able to acquire for thyself its practice . And it is not strange if in this portrayal of Cupid I intersperse slight signs 5 of blame , although he is ...
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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...