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In the musical theory of the period the latter were associated with the Holy Trinity as tempus perfectum, and the former with the secular as tempus imperfectum.
Archive 2009-07-01 Lu 2009
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Note 89: Must., pp. 15 — 16, esp.chap. 44: "Quomodo mense septimo agendae sunt gravidae mulieres? in omnibus patienter et quiete, ne nimia gestatione pecus iam perfectum foris excutiatur, siquidem etiam et septimani nasci possunt."
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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To the second it must be said that it is of the notion of a son to be equal to the father, when he is matured ad perfectum venerit: but it is not of the notion of any creature, that it be better than God has made it.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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To the second it must be said that it is of the notion of a son to be equal to the father, when he is matured ad perfectum venerit: but it is not of the notion of any creature, that it be better than God has made it.
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Ego verò considerans quamplures episcopos maturiores ac prouectiores prudentia & ætate vix tantæ administrationi sufficere, nec sine periculo animarum suarum sui officium pontificatus ad perfectum explere, veritus sum onus importabile senioribus mihi imponere iuniori: faciens hæc nō ex leuitate animi, sed ob reuerentiam sacramenti.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second Raphael Holinshed
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_Tum fuit Lysias, ipse quidem in causis forensibus non versatus sed egregiè subtilis scriptor, atque elegans, quem jam prope audeas oratorem perfectum dicere.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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Lastly, note: nathsstti is a perfectum praesens, "herewith I give" (G.K. 106 i).
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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For 'ahssbhta, the perfect, is a perfectum resultativum, describing that the father has grown to love the son and now stands deep in that love (K.S. 127).
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Yadhss'ti is not to be rendered as a past, being a perfectum resultativum -- as a result of the full knowledge of the case that he has he now "knows" (present) (K.S. 127).
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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As a matter of fact, the perfect suggests: "As I was childless, so have I become childless again" -- the second perfect shakhsslti being a perfect of result, perfectum resultativum (K.S. 127a).
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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