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... expressed their primary sexual impulses in acts of mutual pleasure , followed by 2 ) a decline into the present age of vices and inequalities that have thoroughly destroyed the earthly paradise . Human nature is now corrupt , and the ...
... expressed their primary sexual impulses in acts of mutual pleasure , followed by 2 ) a decline into the present age of vices and inequalities that have thoroughly destroyed the earthly paradise . Human nature is now corrupt , and the ...
Page 61
... expressed through the awareness of his pubescent and nascent sexuality : With this she seizeth on his sweating palm The precedent of pith and livelihood , And , trembling in her passion , calls it balm . ( 11. 25-27 ) Her emotional ...
... expressed through the awareness of his pubescent and nascent sexuality : With this she seizeth on his sweating palm The precedent of pith and livelihood , And , trembling in her passion , calls it balm . ( 11. 25-27 ) Her emotional ...
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... expressed by such verbal forms as " wooing , " and " tempteth , " tend to magnetically attract the purity , corrupting and transmuting it until it has be- come altered to the point of destruction . Sonnet XX suggests that an ambiguous ...
... expressed by such verbal forms as " wooing , " and " tempteth , " tend to magnetically attract the purity , corrupting and transmuting it until it has be- come altered to the point of destruction . Sonnet XX suggests that an ambiguous ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ritual and Roleplaying in the World of the Hero | 11 |
Erotic Love and Egoism in the Age of Enlightenment | 117 |
Copyright | |
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