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Vane Ligur, frustraque animis elate superbis, Nequicquam patrias tentasti lubricus artes.
His System of Nature develops a purely naturalistic theory of the universe, in which the prevalent Deism is rejected: there is no God; material Nature stands out alone, self-sufficing, dominis privata superbis. The book suggests how the Lucretian theory of development might have led to the idea of Progress. But it sent a chilly shock to the hearts of many and probably convinced few.
Hunc tu diva tuo recubantem corpore sancto Circumfusa super suavis ex ore loquellas Funde petens placidam Romanis, incluta, pacem." Or, again, of nature's freedom: "Libera continuo dominis privata superbis." Who can fail in this to catch the tones of the Republic? Again, take his description of the transmission of existence, "Et quasi cursores vitai; lampada tradunt;"
Haec spes immodicas premit, haec infesta superbis Imminet, huic celsas hominum contundere mentes Incessusque datum et nimios turbare paratus. Quam veteres Nemesin genitam de nocte silenti Oceano discere patri. Stant sidera fronti. Frena manu pateramque gerit, semperque verendum Ridet et insanis obstat contraria coeptis.
"Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis." That of Tasso: "Les os du Tasse." Similar to which is that of Dryden: "Dryden." The following is that of General Foy, in Pere la Chaise: By accident the meaning was discovered, and the solution is equally remarkable for its ingenuity and for the morality it inculcates: "O superbe quid superbis? tua superbia te superabit.
You cannot recal your Father by your Grief, but you may revive him to his Friends by your Conduct. No. 193. Thursday, October 11, 1711. Steele. ... Ingentem foribus domus alta superbis Mane salutantum totis vomit oedibus undam. Virg.
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