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Page 54
... once the day , at once the night ! And here again what sweet confusion reigns , In dreary deserts mix'd with painted plains ! [ My italics ] Addressing the Atlantic , he reverses Denham's famous lines on the Thames . Let me ne'er flow ...
... once the day , at once the night ! And here again what sweet confusion reigns , In dreary deserts mix'd with painted plains ! [ My italics ] Addressing the Atlantic , he reverses Denham's famous lines on the Thames . Let me ne'er flow ...
Page 77
... once ( corpore in uno ) male and female , painted and dirty , and so on . His " buzz the witty and the fair annoys , " that is , his discordant personality ( we shall meet buzzing again ) , is in opposition to nous , or " mind , " and ...
... once ( corpore in uno ) male and female , painted and dirty , and so on . His " buzz the witty and the fair annoys , " that is , his discordant personality ( we shall meet buzzing again ) , is in opposition to nous , or " mind , " and ...
Page 152
... once its Safety gain'd . Now Streams through Plains in smooth Meanders play , Then roar o're Rocks , and force a rugged way . In these , then , and in other possible resemblances that I do not retail , we seem to see a Manilian ...
... once its Safety gain'd . Now Streams through Plains in smooth Meanders play , Then roar o're Rocks , and force a rugged way . In these , then , and in other possible resemblances that I do not retail , we seem to see a Manilian ...
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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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