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... leave him closed in balneo . Some of these terms are used in such a manner as to cause their secondary meanings to predominate . ' Bolt's head ' and ' gripe's egg ' are vessels used , respectively , for distillation and storage . Yet ...
... leave him closed in balneo . Some of these terms are used in such a manner as to cause their secondary meanings to predominate . ' Bolt's head ' and ' gripe's egg ' are vessels used , respectively , for distillation and storage . Yet ...
Page 230
... leaves that love us • ( W. B. Yeats , ' The Falling of the Leaves ' , 1889 ) By the time Yeats was starting , the leaves had indeed fallen , into taedium vitae . Nothing is more remarkable than to see this poet , arguably the greatest ...
... leaves that love us • ( W. B. Yeats , ' The Falling of the Leaves ' , 1889 ) By the time Yeats was starting , the leaves had indeed fallen , into taedium vitae . Nothing is more remarkable than to see this poet , arguably the greatest ...
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... leave thee lilac with heart - shaped leaves , I leave thee there in the door - yard , blooming , returning with spring -an intimation that the symbol of Lincoln's death is also a symbol of resurrection : what he stood for has not died ...
... leave thee lilac with heart - shaped leaves , I leave thee there in the door - yard , blooming , returning with spring -an intimation that the symbol of Lincoln's death is also a symbol of resurrection : what he stood for has not died ...
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Piers Plowman through Modern Eyes I | 1 |
Experimentalist Extraordinary | 30 |
Elizabethan Poetry | 69 |
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