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    hemopoetic Diary Entry hemopoetic 2003

  • Nicholas III of the Orsini family, whom the Poet therefore calls “figliuol dell’ orsa, ” “son of the she-bear.

    Inferno [Hell]. Canto XIX 1909

  • For in the latter end of the Tenth Book he introduces Juno begging for the life of Turnus, and flattering her husband with the power of changing destiny—Tua, qui potes, orsa reflectas!

    Dedication Vergil 1909

  • Orsini family, whom the poet therefore calls "figliuol dell 'orsa," "son of the she-bear."

    Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete 1265-1321 Dante Alighieri 1293

  • Tunc uelut ab alio orsa principio ita disseruit: "Omnium generatio rerum cunctusque mutabilium naturarum progressus et quidquid aliquo mouetur modo, causas, ordinem, formas ex diuinae mentis stabilitate sortitur.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

  • Tum illa: "Morem," inquit, "geram tibi," simulque sic orsa est: "Si quidem," inquit, "aliquis euentum temerario motu nullaque causarum conexione productum casum esse definiat, nihil omnino casum esse confirmo et praeter subiectae rei significationem inanem prorsus uocem esse decerno.

    The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908

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