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| Alphabetical [« »] v 1 vacant 2 vacuum 3 vain 27 vainly 3 vales 1 valorous 1 | Frequency [« »] 27 order 27 trees 27 twain 27 vain 27 wide 26 able 26 amain | Titus Lucretius Carus On the Nature of Things Concordances vain |
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1 I| a like nature, - by thy vain device~ For thee will perish 2 I| coequal to our days,~ But a vain error has given these dreams 3 II| random, without design, in vain -~ And at last those seeds 4 II| hands~ Have fallen out in vain, and, as he thinks~ How 5 III| title "sense"~ He battles in vain indubitable facts:~ For 6 III| perish foully and fall out in vain?~ O why not rather make 7 IV| injure faith in sense -~ In vain, because the largest part 8 IV| against the senses is quite vain.~ And now remains to demonstrate 9 IV| Save flimsy idol-images and vain -~ A sorry hope which oft 10 IV| liquids strives~ And toils in vain, and thirsts even whilst 11 IV| crowns and garlands. All in vain,~ Since from amid the well-spring 12 IV| keep in bonds of love -~ In vain, since ne'ertheless thou 13 IV| their wives -~ And plague in vain godheads and sacred lots.~ 14 V| chasms of the sea.~ But vain - since winds (that over-sweep 15 V| begetting of this sort - in vain,~ Since Nature banned with 16 V| free will to thrive~ And vain for any service unto us~ 17 V| uprisen would often rave in vain,~ Without all end or outcome, 18 V| pass a quiet life -~ In vain, in vain; since, in the 19 V| quiet life -~ In vain, in vain; since, in the strife to 20 V| anywise endure~ Perpetual vain dingdong in their ears~ 21 V| And friendly gales? - in vain, since, often up-caught~ 22 V| hold in chains - and yet in vain,~ Since fleshed with pell-mell 23 V| hoofs a-paw in air.~ In vain - since there thou mightest 24 V| the greater blame~ With us vain men today: for cold would 25 V| of the Plebs.~ So man in vain futilities toils on~ Forever 26 VI| And spend themselves in vain? - perchance, even so~ To 27 VI| both wings~ Falls out in vain. Here, when without all