_
_L'auteur sera avisé de cette publication en même temps que les deux
cents soixante
lecteurs
probables qui figurent--à peu près,--pour son
éditeur bénévole, le public littéraire en France, depuis que les bêtes y
ont décidément usurpé la parole sur les hommes.
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Baudelaire - Les Epaves |
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The older generation
of savants had good reason for thinking this abuse
an
oppressive
burden: the modern savants have an
equally good reason for welcoming it, because,
leaving their little corner of knowledge out of
account, they are part of the "general public"
themselves, and its needs are theirs.
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Nietzsche - v05 - Untimely Meditations - b |
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254 (#274) ############################################
254
THE ETERNAL RECURRENCE
35
وشه
Let us stamp the impress of
eternity
upon our
lives!
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eternity |
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Why should we imprint the concept of eternity on our lives? |
Answer: |
We should imprint the concept of eternity on our lives because it contains more value than all the religions that taught us to see this life as ephemeral and focused on another indefinite existence. By living in a way that we would want to live again and forever, we direct our focus to the present and live more meaningful and fulfilling lives. |
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Nietzsche - v16 - Twilight of the Idols |
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WHY I WRITE SUCH
EXCELLENT
BOOKS 121
above it across to the hills.
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Nietzsche - v17 - Ecce Homo |
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At bottom, that which has kept men back most,
is an
æsthetic
taste: they believed in the pictu-
resque effect of truth; what they demanded of the
scientist was, that he should make a strong appeal
to their imagination.
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aesthetic |
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Why did an aesthetic taste in the pursuit of truth hinder men from progressing in scientific understanding? |
Answer: |
An aesthetic taste in the pursuit of truth hindered men from progressing in scientific understanding because they sought the picturesque or imaginative effect of truth rather than objective, cautious, and distrustful approaches. This focus on the aesthetic appeal prevented people from appreciating the value of scientific methods and hypotheses, as they were often considered controversial and against religious belief. As a result, individuals pursuing scientific understanding were seen as enemies of religious ideals, and their methods and ideas were discredited, slowing scientific progress. |
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Nietzsche - v15 - Will to Power - b |
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Quan gicttc ay da t6 clnrc
du·o·c
n ban dan va quau d◊i IIJQl each rat lil tinh-te, da lung l~c dU'Q'Cnhan-tan1, da ki~rn seat dn-o·c tung.
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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,
TflUYl~~
J{IEU CHU GL\.
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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ltro-ng
khong··
tbanh van-d~, vi quau sci it va c6 th~ lay lu-o·ng-_
th1_rc t~i ch6.
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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Gi~c ~long Ca
chuye□
lay qutin s~r thuan il1y.
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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Va ta co th~ nhac hli rang
lhCYigian
10 nam clanh gi:;ic cua vua Le c6 the cho la ttrO'ng doi ngan ngui mau ch6ng chu chtra phai la dai lau gi.
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10 |
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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Bao Vuo·ng danh gi~c «
o_~thung
h6 m6·i t6'i » thi Binh d!
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không |
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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bi va
kh~cnghiet
nhu-the nao ?
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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ng
nhfi·ng
ke ho~ch v{ln d¢ng nhan dan.
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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Htrog dao
Vtro·ng
cung la n1◊t nha h.
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This sentence seems to be scrambled or in a foreign language, making it difficult to determine the missing word. |
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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va
dtro·ng
loi trong lltrO'C.
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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Bay gio· duang a 1h6i
pbong~ld~ri
tcia.
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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htro·ng
li~u cii~1g
ph~i hang nam ·cong· n(>p.
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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s_~uvftn
•muon
ap dung chi~n h.
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Lê Văn Hòe - Những Bài Học Lịch Sử - Hưng Đạo Vương - Bình Định Vương |
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The
edge of the whirl was represented by a broad belt of gleaming spray;
but no
particle
of this slipped into the mouth of the terrific funnel,
whose interior, as far as the eye could fathom it, was a smooth,
shining, and jet-black wall of water, inclined to the horizon at an
angle of some forty-five degrees, speeding dizzily round and round
with a swaying and sweltering motion, and sending forth to the winds
an appalling voice, half shriek, half roar, such as not even the
mighty cataract of Niagara ever lifts up in its agony to Heaven.
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maelstrm |
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All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to
exorcise this spectre: Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot,
French
Radicals
and German police-spies.
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marx-manifesto-213 |
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sây “t Sà»g ÍL vòng lồ hất tới một |
Ki che
rúc›srấm
hay vỏ láp hay !
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trong |
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Viet Nam tu dien cua Le Van Duc va Le Ngoc Tru - 1970 |
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TOÀ NĂNG LƯU
KHÁCH túng, Mưa la vềng sắt nà
văn cầm lhá:h lg
được
X Sắc bất bạ.
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màu |
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Viet Nam tu dien cua Le Van Duc va Le Ngoc Tru - 1970 |
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kêu-
nài của den gởi cho nhà
cẰ»quyền
“mm
tiếng bể d:, XL Gie¿ bề đăng trên báo : Mục tiếng dân lâu cóa báe-
nh muẾn giy-gề.
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nhà |
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Source: |
Viet Nam tu dien cua Le Van Duc va Le Ngoc Tru - 1970 |
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—
W@‹nju
ết.
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không |
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Viet Nam tu dien cua Le Van Duc va Le Ngoc Tru - 1970 |
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(rôm), Leại máy đe đất
liều svs, dòng lấy độ gót và phóng
đường
ven-vột dt.
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phóng |
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Source: |
Viet Nam tu dien cua Le Van Duc va Le Ngoc Tru - 1970 |
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This age, haply, may not witness the
emancipation
; but, so surely as the human mind advances, so surely will that emancipation come.
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Source: |
Buckle - 1857 - History of Civlization in England - b |
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Sự tích anh hùng lưu
truyền
muôn thuở,
tưu trữ đg.
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hùng |
Question: |
Who were the heroes? |
Answer: |
The heroes were the subjects of the passage "Sự tích anh hùng lưu truyền muôn thuở." |
Source: |
Vietnam - Tu dien tieng Viet Vien Ngon ngu hoc - Dictionary |
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Vua Quatig-trung Ui^y ling nao cGng c6 cbila-chi^n, ma nbu-ag ngirfri di tu-h/inh Ihi ngu-ddl, khOng mSy ngiriVi dal ducrc cai dao cao 3i\u cua Phi)t, chi mifcm li^ag
than^Lhaoh
m^ \ zuong chiSu b§t bo rihu-Dg chiia nho or cac lapg, dem g5 gach l^in o- moi phu mfii huyen m^t cai chiia thai to, rSt dep, i'5i chpn ISy iihirog taag-nliAn c6 hoc-thirc, c6 dao-dtrc, tr coi cbiia th^ PhAt.
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li^ag |
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Vietnam - Tran Trong Kim - 1919 - Viet Nam Su Luoc |
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BSy gicr c6 Mac kinh Khuan ^ ^ ^ la chau
Matklnii
CungxirnglamKhanh-virorng-!
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chau |
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Vietnam - Tran Trong Kim - 1919 - Viet Nam Su Luoc |
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Nhirng chi hi6m vi iigtr£a
tiirtirc
Sy cii hay sang cuo-p pha cr diSt Vi^l-
pam.
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This sentence seems to be scrambled or written in a non-English language, so it is impossible to accurately guess the missing word. |
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Source: |
Vietnam - Tran Trong Kim - 1919 - Viet Nam Su Luoc |
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Liic ng^i d^nh xong TAy-son^ thi chlnh-tri Irong nircrc dS n&t,
phang^luc
huy-hoai, vi$c gi ciing caa sija-sang lai.
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nền |
Question: |
Why does this sentence mention the destruction of political balance after the event in TAy-son^? |
Answer: |
This sentence mentions the destruction of political balance after the event in Tây-son^ because the passage talks about the aftermath of the war that led to significant chaos and destruction in the country. After this event, the political balance was destroyed, and there was a need to rebuild and re-establish order in the society. This is reflected in the passage with phrases like "chlnh-tri Irong nircrc dS n&t" (political balance destroyed) and "phang^luc huy-hoai" (need for reconstruction and re-establishment). The author might be emphasizing the importance of restoring political balance to provide stability and progress for the nation. |
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Vietnam - Tran Trong Kim - 1919 - Viet Nam Su Luoc |
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w Ong Nguyen vin Tirirng scr 6ng
Philastre
gian qua mii lain nhff vi^, maiung-dung ma nui rang; «Viec danh lily Ha- noi suy-pbu bdo kh6ng phiii Ih biin-y, nia quan buu-qiiik- dr 4 tinh Bic ' ky cung khoog tranh - dpinh gi cu.
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This sentence seems to be a mix of different languages and possibly corrupted text, making it impossible to accurately guess the missing word. |
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Vietnam - Tran Trong Kim - 1919 - Viet Nam Su Luoc |
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Nfimdinfc-vi (1667)TrinhTacJ|i
^dcmdaihinhciiag
cActir6tigla fiinhvanTaTSt.
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Vietnam - Tran Trong Kim - 1919 - Viet Nam Su Luoc |
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Mil pliai cii iii6i,nam tam mnl chit-c lau, y
ahirljiii
ci'ia rnru-c Phap
da cho sang giiJp, d^ dem sang tra cho Pb^p-boung( 4 ),
Tflf giao-ifofc ky xongrbi.
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It is difficult to determine the missing word as the given sentence seems to be a mix of different characters, symbols, and possibly languages. Can you please provide a clear sentence? |
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Source: |
Vietnam - Tran Trong Kim - 1919 - Viet Nam Su Luoc |
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Nguyen vSnTirfrng ft X if va Tfla
tliiitThuyet
J§- TiSl.
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The sentence with the missing word is unclear and does not provide enough context to determine the missing word. |
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Source: |
Vietnam - Tran Trong Kim - 1919 - Viet Nam Su Luoc |
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Lawrence, from those
which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of
Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the
forty-fifth degree of north latitude; from thence by a line due west on
said latitude until it strikes the river Iroquois or Cataraquy; thence
along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of
said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake
and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake
Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water
communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle
of said water communication into Lake Huron, thence through the middle
of said lake to the water communication between that lake and Lake
Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and
Phelipeaux to the Long Lake; thence through the middle of said Long
Lake and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods,
to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to the most
northwesternmost point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to
the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of
the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost
part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, South, by a line to
be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned in
the latitude of thirty-one degrees of the equator, to the middle of the
river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to
its junction with the Flint River, thence straight to the head of Saint
Mary's River; and thence down along the middle of Saint Mary's River to
the Atlantic Ocean; east, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the
river Saint Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source,
and from its source
directly
north to the aforesaid highlands which
divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which
fall into the river Saint Lawrence; comprehending all islands within
twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and
lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the
aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East
Florida on the other shall, respectively, touch the Bay of Fundy and
the Atlantic Ocean, excepting such islands as now are or heretofore
have been within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
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paris-tr |
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Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm
concept of a library of
electronic
works that could be freely shared
with anyone.
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Li Bai - Chinese |
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Donations are accepted in a number of other
ways including including checks, online
payments
and credit card
donations.
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Dickinson - Three - Complete |
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"
"The sound
appeared
to come from without," observed one of the
courtiers.
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Poe - 5 |
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Goodwill
to you all--from me and America sent.
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Whitman |
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For it is obvious that, in a larger historical perspective, key concepts of our self- understanding have undergone profound
transformations
and that these transformations have been for the better.
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Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht - Reactions to Geoffrey Galt Harpham's Diagnosis of the Humanities Today |
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Who
assisted
thee to ravage and to plunder;
I trow thou hadst full many wicked comrades.
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Pushkin - Talisman |
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To tire thy patient ox or ass
By noon, and let thy good days pass,
Not knowing this, that Jove decrees
Some mirth, t' adulce man's
miseries?
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miseries |
Question: |
What mirth does Jove decree? |
Answer: |
Jove decrees some mirth to adulce (sweeten or soothe) man's miseries. |
Source: |
Robert Herrick - Lyric Poems |
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Even the
tombstones
tell you the same story.
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stars |
Question: |
What story do the tombstones tell? |
Answer: |
The tombstones tell a story of people trying to avoid the mention of death. Instead of saying that the person under them "died," they use phrases such as "passed away" or "fell asleep." This contrasts to old days when people didn't mind looking at or being reminded of the dead. |
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Orwell - Coming Up for Air |
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Teaching
his strains to Dryad maids,
While goat-hoof'd satyrs prick'd their ears.
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Horace - Odes, Carmen |
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And
blossoms
fall upon an open sea.
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Stefan George - Selections from His Works and Others |
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I’ll do for you
everything
heaven can do.
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what |
Question: |
What can't humans do? |
Answer: |
Based on the passage, humans can't do everything that heaven can do, and they cannot sense that their senses are stricken. |
Source: |
Stefan George - The Anti-Christ |
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Scientific arguments, such as those I was accustomed to deploying in my own field, were inappropriate since theologians had always
maintained
that God lay outside science.
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Source: |
Richard-Dawkins-God-Delusion |
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quid moror et digitis designor
adultera
uulgi?
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Source: |
Oxford Book of Latin Verse |
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Laws indeed there are:
But who is he
observes
them?
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Source: |
Dante - The Divine Comedy |
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War ich der
Gedanken
los,
Die mir heruber und hinuber gehen
Wider mich!
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Goethe - Faust- Der Tragödie erster Teil |
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"
The soldiers, who
perceived
that, purely to evade present difficulty,
the concessions were forged, insisted to have them forthwith executed;
and instantly the Tribunes despatched the discharge of the veterans:
that of the money was adjourned to their several winter quarters; but
the fifth legion, and the one-and-twentieth, refused to stir, till in
that very camp they were paid; so that out of the money reserved by
himself and his friends for travailing expenses, Germanicus was obliged
to raise the sum.
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Tacitus |
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org
For
additional
contact information:
Dr.
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Omar Khayyam - Rubaiyat |
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And now all the army was
advancing
on the open plain, rich in horses,
rich in raiment of broidered gold.
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Virgil - Aeneid |
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In that clime,
Where springs the pleasant west-wind to unfold
The fresh leaves, with which Europe sees herself
New-garmented; nor from those billows far,
Beyond whose chiding, after weary course,
The sun doth
sometimes
hide him, safe abides
The happy Callaroga, under guard
Of the great shield, wherein the lion lies
Subjected and supreme.
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Dante - The Divine Comedy |
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nō þon lange
wæs feorh æðelinges flǣsce bewunden, _not much longer was the son of the
prince
contained
in his body_, 2425.
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Source: |
Beowulf |
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In Argos about the fold,
A story lingereth yet,
A voice of the
mountains
old,
That tells of the Lamb of Gold:
A lamb from a mother mild,
But the gold of it curled and beat;
And Pan, who holdeth the keys of the wild,
Bore it to Atreus' feet:
His wild reed pipes he blew,
And the reeds were filled with peace,
And a joy of singing before him flew,
Over the fiery fleece:
And up on the based rock,
As a herald cries, cried he:
"Gather ye, gather, O Argive folk,
The King's Sign to see,
The sign of the blest of God,
For he that hath this, hath all!
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Euripides - Electra |
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In the mill Lucius is so worn down by the hard work that he is
sold as
worthless
to an old gardener.
Guess: |
fodder |
Question: |
Does Lucius have any worth, after all? |
Answer: |
Yes, Lucius has some worth, as he is able to save himself by running away from the cook, fattens on good food by surreptitiously filching choice portions, and even survives being sold multiple times. However, he is also considered worthless by some, such as when he is sold to an old gardener due to being worn down by hard work. |
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Elizabeth Haight - Essays on Greek Romances |
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But Thou hast perfected this
sweetness
for them that hope in Thee.
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Source: |
Augustine - Exposition on the Psalms - v1 |
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and a curious
situation
I'm
in!
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Source: |
Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
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And what were these words he was beginning to
remember
faintly?
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Source: |
The Literary World - Seventh Reader |
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119
Thence ʼmid the Lemnian race , who gave
Their youthful husbands to the grave , 455 A test of
corporal
strength they made
( Aside the cumbering garments laid )
And shared their couch of sweet repose .
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conjugal |
Question: |
How did their husbands die? |
Answer: |
The husbands of the Lemnian race died because their wives, the homicidal women, gave them to the grave. |
Source: |
Pindar |
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" She is
certainly
most uncommonly
lovely?
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Isn't |
Question: |
What is her beauty? |
Answer: |
Her beauty is being the most beautiful girl in the room. |
Source: |
Childrens - Tales of the Hermitage |
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To
SEND DONATIONS or
determine
the status of compliance for any
particular state visit http://pglaf.
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H. D. - Sea Garden |
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Now close, ye Nymphs,
Ye Nymphs of Dicte, close the forest-glades,
If haply there may chance upon mine eyes
The white bull's wandering foot-prints: him belike
Following the herd, or by green pasture lured,
Some kine may guide to the
Gortynian
stalls.
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Virgil - Eclogues |
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Since
Enlightenment
cannot surrender its aim of helping a self-
obstructingconsciousness tobetterinsights,inthelastanalysis,itmust
'operate' behindthe opponent's consciousness.
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Sloterdijk-Cynicism-the-Twilight-of-False-Consciousness |
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Coleridge
was never at Chamouni, and
the suggestion of his poem is to be found in a poem of twenty lines by a
German poetess, Frederike Brun.
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Shelley |
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What is the topic of Frederike's poem? |
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The topic of Frederike's poem is a hymn before the sun-rise at Chamouni. |
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Coleridge - Poems |
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The
moonshine
stealing o'er the scene
Had blended with the lights of eve;
And she was there, my hope, my joy,
My own dear Genevieve!
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Golden Treasury |
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Astylus had a
rascally
parasite Gnatho with him who tried to corrupt
Daphnis, but in vain; so hoping for the future he persuaded Astylus to
induce his father to take Daphnis back to the city as his son’s servant.
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conniving |
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Why did Gnatho persuade Astylus to convince his father to take Daphnis back to the city as his son's servant? |
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Gnatho persuaded Astylus to convince his father to take Daphnis back to the city as his son's servant because he hoped to corrupt Daphnis in the future. |
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Elizabeth Haight - Essays on Greek Romances |
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Nay, 'tis older news that foreign sailor
With the cheek of sea-tan stops to prattle
To the young fig-seller with her basket 15
And the breasts that bud beneath her tunic,
And I hear it in the
rustling
tree-tops.
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whispering |
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Why is the foreign sailor with a sea-tan cheek stopping to talk to the young fig-seller with budding breasts beneath her tunic? |
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The foreign sailor with a sea-tan cheek is stopping to talk to the young fig-seller with budding breasts beneath her tunic because he wants to share "older news" with her, while also engaging in some casual flirtation. |
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Sappho |
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my slow heart was only sad, when first
I scanned that face of feeble infancy:
For dimly on my
thoughtful
spirit burst
All I had been, and all my child might be!
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Coleridge - Poems |
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Project Gutenberg is dedicated to increasing the number of
public domain and
licensed
works that can be freely distributed
in machine readable form.
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War Poetry - 1914-17 |
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"
So the hand of the child, automatic,
Slipped out and
pocketed
a toy that was running along
the quay.
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Eliot - Rhapsody on a Windy Night |
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He ended his life as a monk in the abbey of Dalon, where his presence is
recorded
from 1197 to 1202.
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Troubador Verse |
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Stars of the night sky,
did you see that phantom fadeout,
did you see those phantom riders,
skeleton riders on skeleton horses,
stems of roses in their teeth,
rose leaves red on white-jaw slants,
grinning
along on Pennsylvania Avenue,
the top-sergeants calling roll calls--
did their horses nicker a horse laugh?
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American Poetry - 1922 |
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Now boast thee, death, in thy
possession
lies
A lass unparallel'd.
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Shakespeare |
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But this brings
With sad refrain
misfortune
near.
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Pushkin - Eugene Oneigin |
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3, a full refund of any
money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the
electronic work is discovered and
reported
to you within 90 days
of receipt of the work.
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Li Bai - Chinese |
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Sweet moan, sweeter smile,
All the
dovelike
moans beguile.
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Blake - Poems |
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It remains, then, only to show how the seed is
transported
from where
it grows to where it is planted.
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Thoreau - Excursions and Poems |
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_ Care not for me more than is
pleasant
to me.
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Thoreau - Excursions and Poems |
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So it is I,
hands
accursed
-
who bequeathed you!
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Mallarme - Poems |
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I am, indeed,
seriously angry with you at the quantum of your luckpenny; but, vexed
and hurt as I was, I could not help laughing very
heartily
at the
noble lord's apology for the missed napkin.
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Robert Burns |
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But Christabel in dizzy trance
Stumbling
on the unsteady ground
Shuddered aloud, with a hissing sound;
And Geraldine again turned round,
And like a thing, that sought relief,
Full of wonder and full of grief,
She rolled her large bright eyes divine
Wildly on Sir Leoline.
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Coleridge - Poems |
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Young Jamie, pride of a' the plain,
Sae gallant and sae gay a swain;
Thro' a' our lasses he did rove,
And reign'd resistless king of love:
But now wi' sighs and starting tears,
He strays amang the woods and briers;
Or in the glens and rocky caves
His sad
complaining
dowie raves.
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Robert Forst |
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Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States
copyright
in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!
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H. D. - Sea Garden |
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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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Robert Burns |
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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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Oxford Book of Latin Verse |
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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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Know |
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Huh |
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Robert Forst |
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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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H. D. - Sea Garden |
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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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Elizabeth Browning - 4 |
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Blessing
upon your vows; and in your bed
Find fairer fortune, if you ever wed!
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Shakespeare |
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The Foundation makes no
representations
concerning
the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United
States.
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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 |
Question: |
Why does the speaker believe their wrath is deceived and credit is not shown to Love and themselves? |
Answer: |
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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