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Distent

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Dis`tent´
a.1.Distended.
n.1.Breadth.


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An explanation of the terms poema and poesis by Jacobus Pontanus in his Poeticarum institutionum libri tres, 1594 (Caput VII, Quid distent poema et poesis 1920), summarizes Renaissance usage and understanding.
Once he reaches the summit, we can catch a glimpse of the kind of view Petrarch is experiencing: Dirigo dehinc oculorum radios ad partes italicas, quo magis inclinat animus; Alpes ipse rigentes ac nivose, per quas ferus ille quodam hostis romani nominis transivit, aceto, si fame credimus, saxa perrumpens, iuxta michi vise sunt, cure tamen magno distent intervallo.
Second, it is now clear that the incident shouldhave been placed in a different context: Muskie was victimized by the classic dirty trick that had been engineered by agents of the distent and detached President Nixon.
 
 
 
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