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... Reason and the Flow of Soul : And He , whose Lightning pierc'd th ' Iberian Lines , Now , forms my Quincunx , and now ranks my Vines , Or tames the Genius of the stubborn Plain , Almost as quickly , as he conquer'd Spain . [ 123-132 ] ...
... Reason and the Flow of Soul : And He , whose Lightning pierc'd th ' Iberian Lines , Now , forms my Quincunx , and now ranks my Vines , Or tames the Genius of the stubborn Plain , Almost as quickly , as he conquer'd Spain . [ 123-132 ] ...
Page 106
... Reason move , because one Soul Lives in the Parts , diffusing thro ' the whole . For did not all the Friendly Parts conspire To make one Whole , and keep the Frame intire ; And did not Reason guide , and Sense controul The vast ...
... Reason move , because one Soul Lives in the Parts , diffusing thro ' the whole . For did not all the Friendly Parts conspire To make one Whole , and keep the Frame intire ; And did not Reason guide , and Sense controul The vast ...
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... Reason lies , And Reason conquers all , and rules the Skies . [ IV , 866-910 , 915-932 ; pp . 40-42 ] In these passages Manilius comes near to achieving a classic expression of an attitude that recurs from age to age , that of a ...
... Reason lies , And Reason conquers all , and rules the Skies . [ IV , 866-910 , 915-932 ; pp . 40-42 ] In these passages Manilius comes near to achieving a classic expression of an attitude that recurs from age to age , that of a ...
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The Rape of a Myth | 7 |
The Wild Heap and the Ordered Frame | 33 |
Manilius Creech and An Essay on Man | 105 |
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