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Search phrase: descending

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PericlesPer V.i.128.1From good descending?from good discending.
Richard IIR2 IV.i.111Ascend his throne, descending now from him,Ascend his Throne, descending now from him,

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Venus and AdonisVen.190 Shall cool the heat of this descending sun; Shall coole the heate of this descending sun:

Glossary

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cadentfalling, dropping, descending
decliningfalling, sinking, descending
descendingdescent, family, lineage
dragon's tail[astrology] intersection of the orbit of the descending moon and that of the sun [associated with lechery]

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descendingcadent
descendingdeclining

Themes and Topics

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Cosmos... the intersection of the orbit of the descending moon and that of the sun associated wit...

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