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n-chun, to write the
following
poem.
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Waley - 170 Chinese Poems |
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Poets, much my superiors, have so
flattered those who possessed the adventitious
qualities
of wealth and
power, that I am determined to flatter no created being, either in
prose or verse.
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A bell through fog on a sea-coast
dolefully
ringing,
An ocean-bell--O a warning bell, rocked by the waves.
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Whitman |
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"
Sleeping
Lyca lay
While the beasts of prey,
Come from caverns deep,
Viewed the maid asleep.
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Blake - Poems |
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Prince, why wilt thou smite
The
smitten?
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Euripides - Alcestis |
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See, I lie here
extending
my arms toward your knees.
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Goethe - Erotica Romana |
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ast ego damnosae nolo otia perdere Musae,
iacturam
somni quae parit atque olei.
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Don't say I didn't, for I heard you say--
You spoke from that flower on the window sill--
Do you
remember
what it was you said?
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The ridge of your breast is taut,
and under each the shadow is sharp,
and between the
clenched
muscles
of your slender hips.
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" To Coleridge, whatever appealed vitally
to his imagination was real; and he
defended
his belief philosophically,
disbelieving from conviction in that sharp marking off of real from
imaginary which is part of the ordinary attitude of man in the presence of
mystery.
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Coleridge - Poems |
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And thus, as was
enjoined
on me,
I send it over the Western Sea.
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Blessing
upon your vows; and in your bed
Find fairer fortune, if you ever wed!
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Sarojini Naidu - Golden Threshold |
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If
otherwise
your wrath itself would sate,
It is deceived: and none will credit show;
To Love and to myself my thanks for this I owe.
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If appeasing |
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Why does the speaker believe their wrath is deceived and credit is not shown to Love and themselves? |
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The speaker believes their wrath is deceived and credit is not shown to Love and themselves because they have realized that their own actions and emotions are the cause of their strife. They have decided to not blame Love or anyone else for their heartache, and instead take responsibility for their own feelings and actions. |
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Petrarch - Poems |
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It was no longer
immediate
or obvious.
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clear |
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Why was it no longer immediate or obvious? |
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It was no longer immediate or obvious because class was now increasingly intertwined with political organizations and parties, culture, mass psychology, and sociology, requiring subtle articulation and becoming a speculative concept. Additionally, class was now competing with new concepts, particularly the 'masses,' as political systems such as fascism shifted the ideological emphasis of social theory away from production and class. |
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Nitzan Bichler - 2012 - Capital as Power |
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The
narcissus
has copied the arch
of your slight breast:
your feet are citron-flowers,
your knees, cut from white-ash,
your thighs are rock-cistus.
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moon |
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Why is the speaker comparing parts of the individual's body to various flowers and plant materials? |
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The speaker is comparing parts of the individual's body to various flowers and plant materials as a way to poetically describe their beauty and fragility. This comparison also serves to emphasize the person's delicate, natural qualities while connecting them to the physical world of flowers, plants, and other elements of nature. |
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H. D. - Sea Garden |
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For during the Revolution it became clear that building the nation was not, and could never be, the same thing as building a
classical
republican city-state.
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stable |
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Why was building a nation during the Revolution considered different from constructing a classical republican city-state? |
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Building a nation during the Revolution was considered different from constructing a classical republican city-state because it required not only transforming the character of millions of human beings spread across a large territory but also homogenizing the diverse population into a single national essence. This involved educating and integrating people with varied languages, cultures, and beliefs, many of whom were believed to be heavily illiterate and superstitious. In contrast, building a classical republican city-state would only involve patriotic, civic measures like spectacles, speeches, and inscriptions celebrating past heroes. |
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Cult of the Nation in France |
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Now each separate course of this world's action is a mill, which, while it heaps up a multitude of cares, as it were whirls the minds of men in a circle, and she as it were throws forth the meal from herself, in that, when the heart is turned wrong, she is ever
producing
infinitely little thoughts.
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producing |
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How is the world a mill? |
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The world is a mill because, like a millstone that whirls in a circle, each separate course of action in this world heaps up a multitude of cares and whirls the minds of men in a circle. This constant motion and pressure can result in producing infinitely little thoughts when the heart is turned wrong, much like how a millstone throws out meal. |
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St Gregory - Moralia - Job |
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And the poets
appeared
to me to be much in the same case; and
I further observed that upon the strength of their poetry they believed
themselves to be the wisest of men in other things in which they were
not wise.
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Plato - Apology, Charity |
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Ilk care and fear, when thou art near
I
evermair
defy them, O!
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burns |
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HIS noble entertainments raised surprise;
Magnificence alone would not suffice;
Delightful pleasures he dispensed around,
And flattery
abundantly
was found,
An art in which a demon should excel:
No devil surely e'er was liked so well.
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seldom |
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Why does the author suggest that flattery is an art in which a demon should excel? |
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The author suggests that flattery is an art in which a demon should excel because it helps the demon to become well-liked and to manipulate others. In the passage, Belphegor uses flattery to win over the people around him, making him a popular and influential figure in society. This success in using flattery to his advantage showcases why a demon should be skilled in this art. |
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La Fontaine |
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[Footnote 12:
"Open your ears; for which of you will stop
The vent of hearing, when loud Rumour speaks;
I, from the Orient to the drooping West,
Making the wind my posthorse, still unfold
The acts commenced on this ball of earth;
Upon my tongues continued
slanders
ride:
The which in every language I pronounce,
Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.
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Scriptori Erotici Graeci |
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By this
time Clinias and
Sostratus
had arrived at the spot; and the former
called out, "Whither are you taking this man?
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Megillus |
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Why did Clinias ask about the destination for the man being taken? |
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Clinias asked about the destination for the man being taken because he wanted to assert that the man was not guilty of the murder for which he had been condemned. |
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Scriptori Erotici Graeci |
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Những kẻ chứa chấp họ cũng phải
chịu hình phạt tương tự; những hình phạt tương tự
cũng được áp dụng cho những tên lý
trưởng
các làng đã
chứa chấp họ.
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lãnh |
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The meaning of "hình phạt tương tự" in this sentence relates to the concept of similar punishments being applied to different groups of people, as it implies that those who harbor certain individuals will be subjected to the same punishments as the main offenders. This idea of similar punishments being applied across different groups of people can be seen as an attempt to ensure that everyone is held to the same standard and faces the consequences of their actions. |
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SuDuNhapCuaDaoThienChuaGiaoVaoVietNam_NguyenVanKiem - Importation of Christianity to Vietnam |
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giáo) mà dân chúng ở đây mặc dù chất phác, giàu lương
tri đã thực hành một cách rất mù quáng
trước
khi được
soi tỏ bởi ánh sáng của Phúc âm thánh thiện.
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Why were the people practicing something blindly before being enlightened by the light of the holy gospel? |
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SuDuNhapCuaDaoThienChuaGiaoVaoVietNam_NguyenVanKiem - Importation of Christianity to Vietnam |
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Mrs Cheveley is one of those very modern women of our time who find a
new scandal as becoming as a new bonnet, and air them both in the Park
every
afternoon
at 5.
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Its phrases and
expressions are in
constant
use; and what we hear
and pronounce every day cannot easily endure a
comparison with a language to whose very name
we have been long taught to annex the ideas of
grandeur and excellence.
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Demosthenes - Leland - Orations |
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Mặc dầu ông không được học, thi
về nho học, nhưng ông không thua gì những
người
am hiểu nho
học.
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giáo sư |
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Why did the man not have formal education in Confucianism, yet still manage to be as knowledgeable as those who studied it extensively? |
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The man did not have formal education in Confucianism yet still managed to be as knowledgeable as those who studied it extensively because he had a strong memory, analytical thinking, excellent reasoning abilities, and intelligence. Besides, he understood Western culture thoroughly, allowing him to combine his memory with analytical thinking and reasoning. This helped him develop a scientific understanding of Confucianism in the Western sense, making him equally competent in the subject even though he didn't have formal education in it. |
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TruongVinhKyNhaVanHoa_NguyenVanTrung - Literary Progress in Vietnam |
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Trịnh Khanh Tan, Chợ Quán са tung tài
đức
Trương
Vĩnh Ký.
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hậu |
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Trịnh Khanh Tan is mentioned alongside Chợ Quán and đức Trương Vĩnh Ký in this sentence likely because they are all poets or literary figures. The sentence discusses a poem by Trịnh Khanh Tan, and it seems to be comparing or noting the connection between those three individuals in the context of the poem or their contributions to literature. |
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TruongVinhKyNhaVanHoa_NguyenVanTrung - Literary Progress in Vietnam |
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Trương
Vĩnh Ký, thay một
xố trò chơi quen thuộc ở cả ba miền, nhưng cũng có những trò
chơi chỉ thấy ở miền Nam mà thôi.
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Thành |
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Some games are only found in the southern region because the author, Trương Vĩnh Ký, traveled throughout the country and documented these games in the southern region that other editors and authors had not recorded before. The passage states that Trương Vĩnh Ký was the first person to document these games and did so by traveling to different regions and noting down what he found. This implies that some of these games were either unique to the southern region or had not been documented by others before. |
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TruongVinhKyNhaVanHoa_NguyenVanTrung - Literary Progress in Vietnam |
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Du khách nhất
là thanh niên ngày nay vào khu biệt thự của Bảo Đại ở Đà Lạt, trả
tiền vé để
được
ngồi vào "ngai vua", mua cái thú được làm vua
trong chốc lát, thế thôi.
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thử |
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Young people today visit Bảo Đại's villa in Đà Lạt and pay an entrance fee to sit on the "royal throne" because it allows them to experience the excitement of being a king or queen, even if it is only for a brief moment. They derive satisfaction from experiencing this temporary royal status, as it provides a unique and novel experience. |
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TruongVinhKyNhaVanHoa_NguyenVanTrung - Literary Progress in Vietnam |
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Trugng Vinh Ky au
Président du Comité
agricole
et
industriel (30 mai, 1876)
Lettre de Ch.
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TruongVinhKyNhaVanHoa_NguyenVanTrung - Literary Progress in Vietnam |
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1570, The Rijksmuseun
You set
yourself
against beauty.
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Why do you set yourself against beauty? |
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You set yourself against beauty because of the cruelty inflicted upon many women, such as Eve, Eurydice, and Cleopatra. |
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Appoloinaire |
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And will this divine grace, this supreme perfection depart those for whom life exists only to
discover
and glorify them?
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exalt |
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Why's divine grace so fickle? |
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The passage does not provide a clear reason as to why divine grace is considered fickle. |
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Appoloinaire |
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The Cat
The Large Cat
'The Large Cat'
Cornelis Visscher (II), 1657, The Rijksmuseun
I wish there to be in my house:
A woman
possessing
reason,
A cat among books passing by,
Friends for every season
Lacking whom I'm barely alive.
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As to the management of estates, no material difference is perceptible between the
Catonian
system for merly set forth (iii.
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The history of Rome; tr. with the sanction of the ... v.5. Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903 |
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He would like the opinion to go forth from the section that
the use of
contraceptives
was a bad thing.
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tobacco |
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Why are contraceptives bad? |
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Based on the passage, contraceptives are considered bad because they lead to unhappiness resulting from deliberately childless marriages, may have permanently bad effects, and often cause trouble for couples who later wish to have children. Additionally, the use of contraceptives contributes to the development of fibroid tumors, sterility, and neurasthenia in both women and men. |
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Sutherland - Birth Control- A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians |
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True
mourning
in
rooms
- not the cemetery -
to find only
absence -
- in presence
of things
60.
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Mallarme - Poems |
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The Tatars of Kazan, skilled leather workers, Moslem in
belief and custom, are considered the most advanced of the
descendants of the Asiatic hordes which swept into Russia from
the East, under
Tamerlane
and Genghis Khan.
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Tamerlane |
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Why are the Tatars the most advanced? |
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The Tatars are considered the most advanced because they are skilled leather workers, adhere to Moslem beliefs and customs, and are descendants of the Asiatic hordes which swept into Russia under Tamerlane and Genghis Khan. |
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Soviet Union - 1944 - Meet the Soviet Russians |
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It had
destroyed
the large estate.
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Alvin Johnson - 1949 - Politics and Propaganda |
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' I/ 27 June, and passed the night close to the Frankish army, which was
building
a fort to dominate the Tall 'Afri?
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building |
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Why was the Frankish army building a fort near Tall 'Afri? |
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The Frankish army was building a fort near Tall 'Afri to dominate the area and protect their position, as they imagined the Muslims were besieging nearby locations like al-Atharib or Zardana. |
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Arab-Historians-of-the-Crusades |
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Esta culmina en el miser, en el mendigo que secretamente dispone de
millones
y que, en cierto modo, es la ma?
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fortuna |
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Why does the sentence mention a beggar who secretly has millions? |
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The sentence mentions a beggar who secretly has millions to illustrate the extreme example of a miser, which is central to the theme of the passage. The beggar with hidden wealth represents a puritanical mask, highlighting the related characteristics of a collector, a maniac, and obsessive lover, in line with characters like Gobseck and Esther. |
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Adorno-Theodor-Minima-Moralia |
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significativas
del siglo XIX.
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Adorno-Theodor-Minima-Moralia |
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Adorno-Theodor-Minima-Moralia |
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There is no way to measure the strength of popular support for the insurgents, but in light of the fact that they espouse programs well oriented to the interests of the general population and have been able to maintain an insurgency without significant external aid, and that the army response has been a war against
virtually
the entire rural popula-
tion, the rebel claim to be a "main opposition" would appear to be stronger than that of Arturo Cruz and his upper-class Nicaraguan associates.
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Why does the ability to maintain an insurgency without significant external aid contribute to the insurgents' claim to be the "main opposition"? |
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The ability to maintain an insurgency without significant external aid contributes to the insurgents' claim to be the "main opposition" because it suggests they have a strong base of popular support. The fact that they can maintain their insurgency without external aid implies that they are well-organized and capable of effectively representing the large, impoverished population of Guatemala. Additionally, the insurgents' programs are oriented towards the interests of the general population, which further supports their claim to be a "main opposition" force. |
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Manufacturing Consent - Chomsky |
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--Did you inquire for _The Delicate
Distress_?
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Airing |
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What is so delicately distressful? |
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The Delicate Distress is so delicately distressful. |
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
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Enough, enough that Eros laughed upon that
flowerless
mead.
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enchanted |
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Why did Eros laugh upon the flowerless mead? |
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Eros laughed upon the flowerless mead because Charmides and his lover were able to have a passionate experience together, experiencing rapturous bliss and fulfilling their desires in the loveless land of Hades. |
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Oscar Wilde - Poetry |
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But perhaps this is nothing other than the 'unity of awareness,' according to which we proceed, to be sure, in consciousness
processes
assigning a concrete content to the other, without however having a separate consciousness of the unity itself as something other than rare and after-the-fact abstractions.
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before |
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Does consciousness have a unity of awareness? |
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The passage suggests that consciousness might have a 'unity of awareness,' which allows individuals to understand others as social actors and be aware of their society as a whole. However, this unity is not always present as a separate consciousness and may only manifest through specific concrete situations. The passage concludes by posing the question of whether there is a universal and a priori ground for this unity, which would underpin individual consciousness and socialization processes. |
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SIMMEL-Georg-Sociology-Inquiries-Into-the-Construction-of-Social-Forms-2vol |
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Chicago)
on 2014-12-24 14:34 GMT / http://hdl.
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Childrens - Tales of the Hermitage |
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[4] G This is a copy of the inscription that Pompeius set up, recording his
achievements
in Asia.
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victories |
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Why did Pompeius set up an inscription recording his achievements in Asia? |
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Pompeius set up an inscription recording his achievements in Asia to showcase his accomplishments as a leader, including his protection and subjugation of various territories, provinces, and kingdoms. The inscription highlights his success in expanding the empire's borders and freeing regions from pirate attacks. |
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Diodorus Siculus - Historical Library |
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38 Speculation, therefore, strives to
establish
an absolute identity over the dualisms of fundamental powers of nature which absolute identity takes as its basis - namely, nature itself.
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establish |
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Why does speculation aim to establish an absolute identity over the dualisms of fundamental powers of nature, and how is this related to nature being the basis of absolute identity? |
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Speculation aims to establish an absolute identity over the dualisms of fundamental powers of nature because it seeks to find a complete and unifying understanding of nature, beyond the differences and oppositions that exist between its various elements. This is related to nature being the basis of absolute identity because nature itself is the foundation from which this search for absolute unity emerges. In other words, speculation views nature as the ultimate source of identity and unity, and thus strives to reconcile any differences within it to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the world. This can be seen in the early essay "Von Ich," where speculation is described as demanding the unconditioned, or absolute unity, in its search for meaning within nature. The idea of speculation striving towards the absolute identity of nature is essentially a quest for a deeper grasp of the inherent connections and underlying unity within the natural world. |
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Hegel_nodrm |
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--how
charming
will poverty be
with him!
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
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This stanza had been used by
Chaucer and the Elizabethans, and
recently
by Hookham Frere in _The
Monks and the Giants_ and by Byron in _Don Juan_.
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adapted |
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Why was this stanza used by Chaucer, the Elizabethans, Hookham Frere, and Byron in their respective works? |
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This stanza, called ottava rima, was used by Chaucer, the Elizabethans, Hookham Frere, and Byron in their respective works because it was a popular Italian stanza form that naturally resulted from their turn to Italy for inspiration in their storytelling. The form was particularly suitable for satire, mock-heroic, and romantic poetry. |
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Keats |
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This
mischief
you may thank yourself for.
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mistake |
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Why is the speaker blaming the person for the mischief that has occurred? |
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The speaker is blaming the person for the mischief that has occurred because the person's love or romantic interest seems to have led to the unfortunate situation. The person acknowledges this by agreeing and saying "love's the devil indeed, Ned." |
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
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Do not worry about your meditation not
happening
or have expectations and hopes that it will be good.
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Wang-ch-ug-Dor-je-Mahamudra-Eliminating-the-Darkness-of-Ignorance |
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Thomas Carlyle |
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Only a very few dress after
their leader, whose broad sombrero with a cock's feather in the band,
and voluminous cloak
descending
to his high boots, are as un-English as
possible.
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Man and Superman- A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw |
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Unless you prepare yourself with the
attitude
that your death could happen at any time, you cannot achieve the great aim that is surely needed at the time of death.
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realization |
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What is to be accomplished in death? |
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The passage does not give a clear answer to the question of what is to be accomplished in death. It does emphasize the importance of preparing oneself for the possibility of death at any time and cultivating qualities such as impartial pure perception, compassion, and devotion toward one's guru in order to achieve enlightenment. |
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Longchen-Rabjam-The-Final-Instruction-on-the-Ultimate-Meaning |
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_Gia
fiammeggiava
l' amorosa stella.
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Petrarch - Poems |
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120
"Do
"You know
nothing?
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what?" |
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Does he dare to eat a peach? |
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The passage does not provide any information related to someone daring to eat a peach. |
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T.S. Eliot - The Waste Land |
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The country was ruled by Prince
Sihanouk
until March 1970, when he was overthrown in a coup sup-
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The
persuader
Lu Zhonglian shot an arrow into the city with a letter.
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Du Fu - 5 |
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Yet more; the stroke of death he must abide,
Then lies him meekly down fast by his
Brethrens
side.
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Father's. |
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Do the dead lie down? |
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The passage does not provide a clear answer to the question "Do the dead lie down?" |
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milton-passion-538 |
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Now there are many identical
principles which are true of everything, though they are not such as
to
constitute
a particular nature, i.
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discern |
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Why are there principles that are true of everything but do not constitute a particular nature? |
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There are principles that are true of everything but do not constitute a particular nature, because there are many identical principles which are not specific to any particular subject, but are like negative terms. Using these general principles, it is possible to hold an examination on everything and there is a definite art of doing so, which is not of the same kind as those which demonstrate. |
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'Tis the man who with a man
Is an equal, be he King
Or poorest of the beggar-clan,
Or any other
wondrous
thing
A man may be 'twixt ape and Plato;
'Tis the man who with a bird,
Wren or eagle, finds his way to
All its instincts; he hath heard
The lion's roaring, and can tell
What his horny throat expresseth,
And to him the tiger's yell
Comes articulate and presseth
On his ear like mother-tongue.
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keats-poet-506 |
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But
then- by a kind of necessity that always impelled this child to
alloy
whatever
comfort she might chance to give with a throb of
anguish- Pearl put up her mouth, and kissed the scarlet letter too!
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Yes, Heaven is thine; but this
Is a world of sweets and sours;
Our flowers are merely- flowers,
And the shadow of thy perfect bliss
Is the
sunshine
of ours.
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reflection |
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How does the speaker suggest that earthly pleasures can still bring happiness even in comparison to the bliss of Heaven? |
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The speaker suggests that earthly pleasures can still bring happiness even in comparison to the bliss of Heaven by stating that "this is a world of sweets and sours" and that "the shadow of thy perfect bliss is the sunshine of ours." The speaker also implies that their mortal melody may be bolder than that of Israfel in Heaven. |
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From Bruno's forest screams the affrighted jay,
And slow the
insulted
eagle wheels away.
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Wordsworth - 1 |
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Li Po |
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But thou, to whom my jewels trifles are,
Most worthy comfort, now my
greatest
grief,
Thou best of dearest, and mine only care,
Art left the prey of every vulgar thief.
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Shakespeare - Sonnets |
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It is the lark, that louder, louder sings,
As though but this one thought
possessed
his mind:
'You silent robin, blackbird, thrush, and finch,
I'll sing enough for all you lazy kind!
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Abercrombie - Georgian Poetry 1920-22 |
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And many
struggled
in the ink.
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Stephen Crane |
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Elan insense et infini aux
splendeurs
et invisibles aux delices
insensibles, et ses secrets affolants pour chaque vice, et sa gaite
effroyante pour la foule.
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Rimbaud - Poesie Completes |
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Li Bai - Chinese |
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Yea, she hath passed hereby and blessed the sheaves And the great garths and stacks and quiet farms, And all the tawny and the crimson leaves,
Yea, she hath passed with poppies in her arms Under the star of dusk through
stealing
mist
_ And blest the earth and gone while no man wist.
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Ezra-Pound-Provenca-English |
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A light
sentence
will suffice to cool his anger.
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Racine - Phaedra |
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Odyssey - Cowper |
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Threatened with excommunication several times for his
dissolute
life and challenges to Church authority, he was later reconciled.
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Troubador Verse |
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[656] In whirling roars
How fierce the tide boils down these
clasping
shores!
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Camoes - Lusiades |
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CXLII
The man who knows, for him there's no prison,
In such a fight with keen defence lays on;
Wherefore
the Franks are fiercer than lions.
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Chanson de Roland |
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No more can I be severed from your side
Than can
yourself
yourself yourself in twain divide.
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Shakespeare |
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It is just that this
youngster
should
die away: a sad thought for me, if I had not some hope that while it
is dwindling I may be plotting, and fitting myself for verses fit to
live.
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Keats |
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Come 'n peschiera ch'e
tranquilla
e pura
traggonsi i pesci a cio che vien di fori
per modo che lo stimin lor pastura,
si vid' io ben piu di mille splendori
trarsi ver' noi, e in ciascun s'udia:
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Dante - La Divina Commedia |
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[Sidenote: Why then, O mortals, do ye seek abroad for that
felicity
which is to be found within yourselves?
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Chaucer - Boethius |
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precious
relic of that time--
For my old age, it doth remain with thee
To make it what thou wilt.
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Wordsworth - 1 |
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purueaunce
of god.
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Chaucer - Boethius |
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Resolved am I
In the woods, rather, with wild beasts to couch,
And bear my doom, and
character
my love
Upon the tender tree-trunks: they will grow,
And you, my love, grow with them.
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Virgil - Eclogues |
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And so more dear to me has grown
Than rarest tones swept from the lyre,
The minor
movement
of that moan
In yonder singing wire.
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George Lathrop - Dreams and Days |
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I think I have risen with you, and moved away to distant
continents, and fallen down there, for reasons;
I think I have blown with you, O winds;
O waters, I have
fingered
every shore with you.
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Whitman |
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L'HOMME ET LA MER
Homme libre,
toujours
tu cheriras la mer!
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Baudelaire - Fleurs Du Mal |
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Lending money upon interest, and increasing it by usury, 142 is unknown amongst them: and this
ignorance
more effectually prevents the practice than a prohibition would do.
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Tacitus |
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I seemed to
wish to keep him to the point of his madness- a thing which I avoid
with the
patients
as I would the mouth of hell.
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devil |
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Why does the speaker avoid "keeping patients to the point of their madness" like they would "the mouth of hell"? |
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The speaker avoids "keeping patients to the point of their madness" like they would "the mouth of hell" because they find it cruel and something to be avoided. |
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stoker-dracula-168 |
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'Scarcely had I spoken thus; suddenly all seemed to shake, all the
courts and laurels of the god, the whole hill to be stirred round about,
and the
cauldron
to moan in the opening sanctuary.
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Virgil - Aeneid |
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Mercifull
Heauen:
What man, ne're pull your hat vpon your browes:
Giue sorrow words; the griefe that do's not speake,
Whispers the o're-fraught heart, and bids it breake
Macd.
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shakespeare-macbeth |
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Milk-trees we are assured of in South
America, and stout Sir John Hawkins
testifies
to water-trees in the
Canaries.
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James Russell Lowell |
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I see what is coming,
I see the high pioneer-caps, see staves of runners clearing the way,
I hear
victorious
drums.
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Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass |
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The cold black fear is
clutching
me to-night
As long ago when they would take the light
And leave the little child who would have prayed,
Frozen and sleepless at the thought of death.
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Sara Teasdale |
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in vain, familiar with the gloom,
And sadly toiling through the tedious night,
I seek sweet slumber while that virgin bloom
For ever
hovering
haunts my unhappy sight.
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Oxford Book of Latin Verse |
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Yet impious feats of
fraudful
men ne'er force the Gods' applause:
When heed'st thou not deserting me (Sad me!
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Catullus - Carmina |
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