Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold: Containing Dissertations on the Ruins of Rome; and an Essay on Italian LiteratureJohn Murray, 1818 - 584 páginas |
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... PARINI , ALFIERI , PINDEMONTE , MONTI , and FOSCOLO · 347 LETTERS OF TORQUATO TASSO never before pub- lished , with Translations 492 , et seq . LETTERS WRITTEN BY COLA DI RIENZI , Tribune of Rome , never before published , with Trans ...
... PARINI , ALFIERI , PINDEMONTE , MONTI , and FOSCOLO · 347 LETTERS OF TORQUATO TASSO never before pub- lished , with Translations 492 , et seq . LETTERS WRITTEN BY COLA DI RIENZI , Tribune of Rome , never before published , with Trans ...
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... Parini , VictorAlfieri , Hippolitus Pin- demonte , Vincent Monti , and Hugo Foscolo . The three first are , it is true , no longer alive , but they clearly belong to the present day , and are no less to be taken into an actual survey ...
... Parini , VictorAlfieri , Hippolitus Pin- demonte , Vincent Monti , and Hugo Foscolo . The three first are , it is true , no longer alive , but they clearly belong to the present day , and are no less to be taken into an actual survey ...
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... PARINI . Parini was almost the only Italian poet of the last century who dared to conceive , and certainly he was the only one who was capable of completing the project of directing the efforts of his art towards the improvement of his ...
... PARINI . Parini was almost the only Italian poet of the last century who dared to conceive , and certainly he was the only one who was capable of completing the project of directing the efforts of his art towards the improvement of his ...
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... Parini was sent to study in the capital of Austrian Lombardy . He applied to his scholastic pur- suits until nearly his twentieth year , when his constitution , feeble from the beginning , almost sunk under an attack which took away the ...
... Parini was sent to study in the capital of Austrian Lombardy . He applied to his scholastic pur- suits until nearly his twentieth year , when his constitution , feeble from the beginning , almost sunk under an attack which took away the ...
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... Parini would never allow these specimens to be reprinted . It was not until his thirty - fifth year that he published the first canto of that poem , which rendered him for- midable to the most powerful families around him , and ...
... Parini would never allow these specimens to be reprinted . It was not until his thirty - fifth year that he published the first canto of that poem , which rendered him for- midable to the most powerful families around him , and ...
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Página 472 - Pur nuova legge impone oggi i sepolcri fuor de' guardi pietosi, e il nome a
Página 206 - In subterranean damps, where the owl peep'd, Deeming it midnight : — Temples, baths, or halls ? Pronounce who can ; for all that Learning reap'd From her research hath been, that these are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount! 'tis thus the mighty falls.
Página 51 - Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye. ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within...
Página 327 - In vain ! they gaze, turn giddy, rave and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse Divine; Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restor'd; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch ! lets the curtain fall ; And universal Darkness buries All.
Página 387 - E die funesti augurii Al femminile ornato ; E con le truci Eumenidi Le care Grazie avvinse ; E di crudele immagine La tua bellezza tinse.
Página 18 - Albano had obtained for him were carried into effect. Then it was that Tasso — after having suffered these hardships for some time, seeing himself constantly discountenanced by the Duke and the Princesses, abandoned by his friends, and derided by his enemies— could no longer contain himself within the bounds of moderation, but, giving vent to his choler, publicly broke forth into the most injurious expressions imaginable, both against the Duke and all the house of Este, cursing his past service,...
Página 27 - who indulge in the dreams of earthly retribution, will observe that the cruelty of Alfonso was not left without its recompense, even in his own person. He survived the affection of his subjects and of his dependants, who deserted him at his death ; and suffered his body to be interred without princely or decent honours. His last wishes were neglected ; his testament cancelled. His kinsman, Don...
Página 408 - Sublime specchio di veraci detti, Mostrami in corpo e in anima qual sono : Capelli, or radi in fronte, e rossi pretti ; Lunga statura, e capo a terra prono ; Sottil persona in su due stinchi schietti ; Bianca pelle, occhi azzurri, aspetto buono ; Giusto naso, bel labro, e denti eletti...
Página 473 - Ghibellin fuggiasco, e tu i cari parenti e l'idioma desti a quel dolce di Calliope labbro che Amore in Grecia nudo e nudo in Roma d'un velo candidissimo adornando, rendea nel grembo a Venere Celeste...