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... passions are extremely violent , like those of the other conscious or unconscious followers of Rousseau , on their way to attack moral Bastilles . He loves soli- tude , as though to give these passions some repose , abandoning himself ...
... passions are extremely violent , like those of the other conscious or unconscious followers of Rousseau , on their way to attack moral Bastilles . He loves soli- tude , as though to give these passions some repose , abandoning himself ...
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... passionate element and lack of historical sense , both in respect of his own time as of his life itself . He was conscious of this limitation and of his incapacity to depict what he called " our poor sad nature , " social and individual ...
... passionate element and lack of historical sense , both in respect of his own time as of his life itself . He was conscious of this limitation and of his incapacity to depict what he called " our poor sad nature , " social and individual ...
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Benedetto Croce. he was a poet , was a man of such ardent passions ( " fury " is the commonest word in his writings ) ... passionate incubus , a sort of condensation of blackest human iniquity , which assumes the form of a definite indi ...
Benedetto Croce. he was a poet , was a man of such ardent passions ( " fury " is the commonest word in his writings ) ... passionate incubus , a sort of condensation of blackest human iniquity , which assumes the form of a definite indi ...
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... failed to construct his tragedies with vigour and knowledge ; but what he constructs is not poetry in itself , but rather passionate oratory . His grandiose exhortations and invectives , such as that of Virginius in Alfieri 5.
... failed to construct his tragedies with vigour and knowledge ; but what he constructs is not poetry in itself , but rather passionate oratory . His grandiose exhortations and invectives , such as that of Virginius in Alfieri 5.
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... passions as love and jealousy , and throws in the face of the spouse 1 “ This man has lofty senses ; he is not made of tyrants ' stuff . He will reign , if he does not fall before our blows ; he will reign . " 2 " A king should not fall ...
... passions as love and jealousy , and throws in the face of the spouse 1 “ This man has lofty senses ; he is not made of tyrants ' stuff . He will reign , if he does not fall before our blows ; he will reign . " 2 " A king should not fall ...
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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...