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... latter class of references must of necessity be very imperfect and incomplete . Every student according to the extent and character of his reading could doubtless add to it considerably . But in order to im- pose some definite limits to ...
... latter class of references must of necessity be very imperfect and incomplete . Every student according to the extent and character of his reading could doubtless add to it considerably . But in order to im- pose some definite limits to ...
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... latter case with rather a peculiar formula , ' ut refert Philo- sophus in iis quae de moribus fugiendis ad Nicomachum . ' Again , in Vita Nuova , § 25 , a fragment of Homer is quoted through the acknowledged medium of Horace ( Ars ...
... latter case with rather a peculiar formula , ' ut refert Philo- sophus in iis quae de moribus fugiendis ad Nicomachum . ' Again , in Vita Nuova , § 25 , a fragment of Homer is quoted through the acknowledged medium of Horace ( Ars ...
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... latter would be a practical impossibility before the days of printing1 , and it is none too common even in modern authors , with all their facilities for doing it . It would also involve another assumption , sometimes overlooked , viz ...
... latter would be a practical impossibility before the days of printing1 , and it is none too common even in modern authors , with all their facilities for doing it . It would also involve another assumption , sometimes overlooked , viz ...
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... latter are wholly inappropriate to the special purgation of this Cornice , while those of the Matins Hymn are most suitable No doubt , therefore , Dante is referring to this hymn . Hence , say some commentators , he has either inten ...
... latter are wholly inappropriate to the special purgation of this Cornice , while those of the Matins Hymn are most suitable No doubt , therefore , Dante is referring to this hymn . Hence , say some commentators , he has either inten ...
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... latter - such is the way of them ' ) , we ought still to require , if possible , some definite grounds for supposing the copyist to be at fault before making an alteration in the absence of any MS . evidence on its support . For ...
... latter - such is the way of them ' ) , we ought still to require , if possible , some definite grounds for supposing the copyist to be at fault before making an alteration in the absence of any MS . evidence on its support . For ...
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Page 304 - SI che mi tinse 1' una e 1' altra guancia, E poi la medicina mi riporse. Così od' io che soleva la lancia D' Achille, e del suo padre, esser cagione Prima di trista e poi di buona mancia.
Page 72 - Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 65 - My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
Page 268 - Would he were fatter! but I fear him not: Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music...
Page 159 - Dice che l'alma alla sua stella riede, credendo quella quindi esser decisa quando natura per forma la diede; e forse sua sentenza è d'altra guisa che la voce non suona, ed esser puote con intenzion da non esser derisa.
Page 111 - Quell' esser parte, per diverse essenze Da lui distinte e da lui contenute. Gli altri giron per varie differenze Le distinzion, che dentro da se hanno, Dispongono a lor fini e lor semenze. Questi organi del mondo così vanno, Come tu vedi omai di grado in grado, Che di su prendono, e di sotto fanno. Riguarda bene a me sì com' io vado Per questo loco al ver, che tu disiri, Sì che poi sappi sol tener lo guado. Lo moto e la virtù de' santi giri, Come dal fabbro 1' arte del martello , Da' beati motor...
Page 212 - Nell' ora che comincia i tristi lai La rondinella , presso alla mattina , Forse a memoria de' suoi primi guai ; E che la mente nostra , pellegrina Più dalla carne e men da...
Page 130 - Non scese mai con sì veloce moto foco di spessa nube, quando piove da quel confine che più va remoto, com...
Page 178 - Ergo insperata deprensum luce repente inclusumque cavo saxo atque insueta rudentem desuper Alcides telis premit, omniaque arma advocat et ramis vastisque molaribus instat. 250 Ille autem, neque enim fuga iam super ulla pericli, faucibus ingentem fumum (mirabile dictu) evomit involvitque domum caligine caeca, prospectum eripiens oculis, glomeratque sub antro fumiferam noctem commixtis igne tenebris.
Page 68 - Quod factum est in ipso vita erat", et Deus maxime se ipsum velit, sequitur quod ius a Deo, prout in eo est, sit volitum. Et cum voluntas et volitum in Deo sit idem, sequitur ulterius quod divina voluntas sit ipsum ius.