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... akosmia , the opposite of kosmos : A disturbed state of things . . . Plutarch called the state of the Roman republic at the time of the civil war akosmia , which he opposed to eukosmia [ good order ] . Again , Budaeus translates akosmia ...
... akosmia , the opposite of kosmos : A disturbed state of things . . . Plutarch called the state of the Roman republic at the time of the civil war akosmia , which he opposed to eukosmia [ good order ] . Again , Budaeus translates akosmia ...
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... akosmia . But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song , And smooth or rough , with them , is right or wrong ; In the bright Muse tho ' thousand Charms conspire , Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire . These Equal Syllables alone ...
... akosmia . But most by Numbers judge a Poet's Song , And smooth or rough , with them , is right or wrong ; In the bright Muse tho ' thousand Charms conspire , Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire . These Equal Syllables alone ...
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... akosmia embod- ies dedecus et rerum indignitas , or vita flagitiosa , to give Stephan- us's translations of akosmia in its moral sense . In the Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot , Pope uses cosmological lan- guage of his father , Born to no ...
... akosmia embod- ies dedecus et rerum indignitas , or vita flagitiosa , to give Stephan- us's translations of akosmia in its moral sense . In the Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot , Pope uses cosmological lan- guage of his father , Born to no ...
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