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| Alphabetical [« »] masts 1 maternal 1 mates 1 matter 56 matters 19 mattock 1 matured 1 | Frequency [« »] 57 know 57 parts 57 sea 56 matter 56 pass 55 seen 54 never | Titus Lucretius Carus On the Nature of Things Concordances matter |
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1 I| to name~ Procreant atoms, matter, seeds of things,~ Or primal 2 I| feed~ From out their proper matter. Thus it comes~ That earth, 3 I| Destroy entire, consuming matter all,~ Whence then may Venus 4 I| still together held~ By matter eternal, shackled through 5 I| Nowise begot at all, since matter, then,~ Had staid at rest, 6 I| They yet are formed of matter mixed with void:~ In rocks 7 I| Even as the heavier more of matter shows,~ And how much less 8 I| Add, too, had been no matter, and no room~ Wherein all 9 I| begotten things,~ All solid matter must be round the same;~ 10 I| Can be naught else than matter in union knit.~ Thus matter, 11 I| matter in union knit.~ Thus matter, consisting of a solid frame,~ 12 I| be then~ Eternal; and, if matter ne'er had been~ Eternal, 13 I| more,~ By now the bodies of matter would have been~ So far 14 I| is~ Must be composed of matter immutable.~ For if the primal 15 I| Delphian laurel,~ Have still in matter of first-elements~ Made 16 I| Unless thou feign bodies of matter endowed~ With a like nature, - 17 I| ve taught that bodies of matter, made~ Completely solid, 18 I| the abundance of world's matter flow~ Together by solid 19 I| or sun -~ Indeed, where matter all one heap would lie,~ 20 I| space~ Could come supply of matter, whence in season~ They' 21 I| be dissolved as soon~ As matter, diverted by what means 22 I| be~ An infinite force of matter all sides round.~ ~ And 23 I| Wherethrough the throng of matter all will dash,~ Out and 24 II| to my words.~ For truly matter coheres not, crowds not 25 II| how all~ These mites of matter are darted round about,~ 26 II| Now what the speed to matter's atoms given~ Thou mayest 27 II| But some men, ignorant of matter, think,~ Opposing this, 28 II| behooves~ That all the stock of matter, through the frame,~ Be 29 II| then 'tis clear enough~ All matter of our total body goes,~ 30 II| sometimes~ The stock of matter's forced to change its path,~ 31 II| can flee~ Out of the world matter of any kind,~ Nor forth 32 II| tmust be confessed~ That matter, too, by finite tale of 33 II| be~ An infinite count of matter out of which~ Thus to conceive 34 II| In such vast ocean of matter and tumult strange? -~ No 35 II| tale,~ The various tides of matter, then, must needs~ Scatter 36 II| From whence is furnished matter for all things.~ ~ Nor can 37 II| distinct diversities of matter.~ Hence, further, every 38 II| take its dye~ From bits of matter tinct with hue the same.~ 39 II| with hue the same.~ For matter's bodies own no hue the 40 II| see as black~ Is in its matter then commixed anew,~ Some 41 II| because the bodies~ Of matter, from their old arrangements 42 II| is there~ Where bodies of matter, by some force stirred up,~ 43 II| destroys~ The bodies of matter; but she dissipates~ Their 44 II| intervals between,~ The paths of matter, its connections, weights,~ 45 II| Beside thyself because the matter's new,~ But rather with 46 II| are~ Such congregations of matter otherwhere,~ Like this our 47 II| embrace.~ Besides, when matter abundant~ Is ready there, 48 III| flow; for all its stock of matter~ Cleaves more together, 49 III| collected after death~ The matter of our frames and set it 50 III| manifold~ The motions of matter are, then couldst thou well~ 51 III| great~ Of the throng of matter, and no man wakes up~ On 52 IV| as it were~ With all the matter acted duly out,~ They pour 53 IV| by thought~ Drag all the matter forth into the light~ And 54 IV| harmonies of Venus~ Are seen to matter vastly here; and some~ Impregnate 55 IV| age with goodly sons.~ A matter of great moment 'tis in 56 V| Hath first streamed off, no matter where it falls,~ Is lost