Commentary on the First Six Books of Virgil's Aeneid |
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... things " ( Epistles 1. 1. 82 ) . Concerning inconstancy , Horace again says , “ What he sought , he spurns ; he ... temporal things can be had by riches , since " money gives birth and beauty and power , and Per- suasion and Venus grace ...
... things " ( Epistles 1. 1. 82 ) . Concerning inconstancy , Horace again says , “ What he sought , he spurns ; he ... temporal things can be had by riches , since " money gives birth and beauty and power , and Per- suasion and Venus grace ...
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... things . For among inanimate things what is more fragile than glass ? —but the human body is inferior to it : the human body can perish by violent colli- sion and sickness and old age , but glass ... temporal things , places his 32 Book 6.
... things . For among inanimate things what is more fragile than glass ? —but the human body is inferior to it : the human body can perish by violent colli- sion and sickness and old age , but glass ... temporal things , places his 32 Book 6.
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... temporal things . Tum dente tenaci : since Virgil said that Aeneas and his companions , that is , the spirit and the spiritual desires , are opposed to the pas- sion of the flesh and excitement of temporal things . And it is most ...
... temporal things . Tum dente tenaci : since Virgil said that Aeneas and his companions , that is , the spirit and the spiritual desires , are opposed to the pas- sion of the flesh and excitement of temporal things . And it is most ...
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