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... regards the phrase Ewiva I'ltalia, I am sure that no one will object if the writer begin every sentence of his next work on Croce with Rule Britannia ! Douglas Ainslie The Athenjeum, Pall Mall: 1924. EUROPEAN LITERATURE IN THE ...
... regards the phrase Ewiva I'ltalia, I am sure that no one will object if the writer begin every sentence of his next work on Croce with Rule Britannia ! Douglas Ainslie The Athenjeum, Pall Mall: 1924. EUROPEAN LITERATURE IN THE ...
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... regard European literature of the nineteenth century as a whole , to blend its various qualities , whether expressed technically in verse or prose , as the result of the one eternal beauty - making gift of " expression . " For Croce ...
... regard European literature of the nineteenth century as a whole , to blend its various qualities , whether expressed technically in verse or prose , as the result of the one eternal beauty - making gift of " expression . " For Croce ...
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... regards the phrase Evviva l'Italia , I am sure that no one will object if the writer begin every sentence of his next work on Croce with Rule Britannia ! THE ATHENÆUM , PALL MALL : 1924 . DOUGLAS AINSLIE CHAP . I. ALFIERI • 11 . MONTI ...
... regards the phrase Evviva l'Italia , I am sure that no one will object if the writer begin every sentence of his next work on Croce with Rule Britannia ! THE ATHENÆUM , PALL MALL : 1924 . DOUGLAS AINSLIE CHAP . I. ALFIERI • 11 . MONTI ...
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... regard the matter , on the other hand , from the exclusive standpoint of poetry , and if we argue with the simplicity of heart which is not unsuitable to that form of history , we should come to the natural conclusion that Schiller ...
... regard the matter , on the other hand , from the exclusive standpoint of poetry , and if we argue with the simplicity of heart which is not unsuitable to that form of history , we should come to the natural conclusion that Schiller ...
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... regards his poetry . It may be true and it may be false that he changed his point of view , but poetry might equally well appear in either or neither of these cases . What becomes clear , on the contrary , in the period of Schiller's ...
... regards his poetry . It may be true and it may be false that he changed his point of view , but poetry might equally well appear in either or neither of these cases . What becomes clear , on the contrary , in the period of Schiller's ...
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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...