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... things often grow with the years . Moreover , lest anyone think that I wish to claim someone else's ideas , 1 out of the many things that I have read and considered since the earlier version , I have added only those that I discussed ...
... things often grow with the years . Moreover , lest anyone think that I wish to claim someone else's ideas , 1 out of the many things that I have read and considered since the earlier version , I have added only those that I discussed ...
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... things chosen , the greater the prudence shown in making choices . But what is more uncertain , what more variable , what more inconstant than the material [ of poetry ] ? Supremely prudent he must therefore be who would not go wrong in ...
... things chosen , the greater the prudence shown in making choices . But what is more uncertain , what more variable , what more inconstant than the material [ of poetry ] ? Supremely prudent he must therefore be who would not go wrong in ...
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... things such as Tritons , Sphinxes , and Centaurs ; and similitudes are images of existing things such as animals and men . Hesychius explained the connotations of the term otherwise : ' An idol is an image , similitude , and sign , ' as ...
... things such as Tritons , Sphinxes , and Centaurs ; and similitudes are images of existing things such as animals and men . Hesychius explained the connotations of the term otherwise : ' An idol is an image , similitude , and sign , ' as ...
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