Life of Torquato Tasso: With an Historical and Critical Account of His Writings, Том 2John Murray, 92, Fleet Street, London, 1810 |
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... principal circumstances from Antonino Sersale , her eldest son . The whole is characteristic of that suspicious frame of mind , in which the unhappy wanderer then was ; and , besides , the most romantic of those circumstances , his ...
... principal circumstances from Antonino Sersale , her eldest son . The whole is characteristic of that suspicious frame of mind , in which the unhappy wanderer then was ; and , besides , the most romantic of those circumstances , his ...
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... principal enemy , the philosopher of the court , seemed , ( if we may believe our poet , ) so de- jected , that he was induced to pity and console him . This task was , however , of no long continuance ; for , whether Tasso's hopes were ...
... principal enemy , the philosopher of the court , seemed , ( if we may believe our poet , ) so de- jected , that he was induced to pity and console him . This task was , however , of no long continuance ; for , whether Tasso's hopes were ...
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... principal hardship which Tasso met with during this short residence at Ferrara , was the retention of his writings ; a proceeding which certainly appears to be quite unjustifi- able . That it was a harsh one cannot be denied ; yet it ...
... principal hardship which Tasso met with during this short residence at Ferrara , was the retention of his writings ; a proceeding which certainly appears to be quite unjustifi- able . That it was a harsh one cannot be denied ; yet it ...
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... principal is his desire to be in the service of your highness , and he requests only a small provision , on which he may live in a retired and sim- ple manner . The other is his wish that the Duke of Ferrara would restore him his book ...
... principal is his desire to be in the service of your highness , and he requests only a small provision , on which he may live in a retired and sim- ple manner . The other is his wish that the Duke of Ferrara would restore him his book ...
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... principal confidence in the authority and prudence of your most illustrious father ; and in that affection which he has always shown me . And although I know that he cannot in any manner undertake my protection , without the displea ...
... principal confidence in the authority and prudence of your most illustrious father ; and in that affection which he has always shown me . And although I know that he cannot in any manner undertake my protection , without the displea ...
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Страница 474 - ... heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mix'd with auxiliar Gods; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights ; And all who since, baptized or infidel, Jousted in Aspramont, or Montalban, Damasco, or Marocco, or Trebisond, Or whom Biserta sent from Afric shore, When Charlemain with all his peerage fell By Fontarabbia.
Страница 460 - I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home ; and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Страница 468 - ... the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso, are a diffuse, and the book of Job a brief model: or whether the rules of Aristotle herein are strictly to be kept, or nature to be...
Страница 164 - Hail, wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Страница 475 - But knowledge is as food, and needs no less Her temperance over appetite, to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit, and soon turns Wisdom to folly, as nourishment to wind.
Страница 441 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas, poor Richard ! where rides he the whilst? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
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Страница 475 - Italian, the most mellifluous of all modern poetry, seems fully convinced of the unfitness of our language for smooth versification, and is therefore pleased with an opportunity of calling in a softer word to his assistance : for this reason, and I believe for this only, he sometimes indulges himself in a long series of proper names, and introduces them where they add little but music to his poem : — The richer seat Of Atabalipa, and yet unspoil'd Guiana, whose great city Gerion's sons Call El...