Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle of Affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched ; yet he knew How to make madness beautiful, and... The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Página 126Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Deborah Forbes - 2004 - 260 páginas
...Rousseau, a figure even closer to himself in their shared vocations as writers. He presents us with . . . the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau The apostle...Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence.55 Again, this description could easily apply to Harold and Byron, particularly when Byron... | |
| John T. Scott - 2006 - 422 páginas
...in its passion, a strange and stormy life. For many interpreters, Rousseau always remained Byron's self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle...Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence.33 Nothing was easier than to reduce the ideas of the "apostle of affliction" to a mere reflection... | |
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