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... evil - minded , tyrannous bully compared with Richard III , and the Moorish assassin of the same play , instead of attending to his ignoble business , engages in fool's talk like certain of the Elizabethan clowns , thereby trans ...
... evil - minded , tyrannous bully compared with Richard III , and the Moorish assassin of the same play , instead of attending to his ignoble business , engages in fool's talk like certain of the Elizabethan clowns , thereby trans ...
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... evil tendencies , yet drives them from him and makes them his slaves , thus achieving his duty with soul robust . Such a person as this inspires a sort of dread : it would be disagreeable to have such a being about one in real life ...
... evil tendencies , yet drives them from him and makes them his slaves , thus achieving his duty with soul robust . Such a person as this inspires a sort of dread : it would be disagreeable to have such a being about one in real life ...
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... evil I may have done , my song has never done an injury to the honour of Germany . " One thinks on reading this that a person who feels unworthy of the nation to which he belongs does not possess the right of addressing it , and that ...
... evil I may have done , my song has never done an injury to the honour of Germany . " One thinks on reading this that a person who feels unworthy of the nation to which he belongs does not possess the right of addressing it , and that ...
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... evil - minded one who made it the fashion for women to ride horses and thus provided " a new danger to beauty . " A smile seems to float over the whole of this consolatory eloquence , but it is a smile of deeper origin than would appear ...
... evil - minded one who made it the fashion for women to ride horses and thus provided " a new danger to beauty . " A smile seems to float over the whole of this consolatory eloquence , but it is a smile of deeper origin than would appear ...
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... evil can be uttered of everything , except of reality and life , which itself creates and uses for its own ends the categories of good and evil . Hence praise attributed to or blame inflicted upon reality has no other foundation than ...
... evil can be uttered of everything , except of reality and life , which itself creates and uses for its own ends the categories of good and evil . Hence praise attributed to or blame inflicted upon reality has no other foundation than ...
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Page 62 - Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; •And he, neglected and...
Page 62 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray. When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls...
Page 283 - Pensive, s'asseyait à l'écart sur un banc, Pour entendre un de ces concerts, riches de cuivre, Dont les soldats parfois inondent nos- jardins-, Et qui, dans ces soirs d'or où l'on se sent revivre, Versent quelque héroïsme au cœur des citadins.
Page 4 - Sì, dolce sposo (ch'io già tal ti appello), Se cosa io mai ferventemente al mondo Bramai, di partir teco al nuovo sole Tutta ardo, e il voglio.
Page 282 - Reviennent, parfumés d'une odeur de futailles, Suivis de compagnons blanchis dans les batailles, Dont la moustache pend comme les vieux drapeaux ; Les bannières, les fleurs et les arcs triomphaux Se dressent devant eux, solennelle magie!
Page 134 - Ta pensée a des bonds comme ceux des gazelles. Mais ne saurait marcher sans guide et sans appui. Le sol meurtrit ses pieds, l'air fatigue ses ailes, Son œil se ferme au jour dès que le jour a lui ; Parfois, sur les hauts lieux d'un seul élan posée, Troublée au bruit des vents, ta mobile pensée Ne peut seule y veiller sans crainte et sans ennui.
Page 62 - When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die...
Page 125 - J'ai marché devant tous, triste et seul dans ma gloire, Et j'ai dit dans mon cœur : Que vouloir à présent...
Page 283 - Ils rampent, flagellés par les bises iniques, Frémissant au fracas roulant des omnibus, Et serrant sur leur flanc, ainsi que des reliques, Un petit sac brodé de fleurs ou de rébus...
Page 15 - Sotto la man de' fabri Volto e vigor prendevano I massi informi e scabri Ubbidiente e docile II bronzo...