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... beautiful , says M. Dumas , that her dying makes her guilty of the death of her husband , grandfather took her for an angel sent by God he represents her rather as misled than of a to console him in his agonies . Near her is depraved ...
... beautiful , says M. Dumas , that her dying makes her guilty of the death of her husband , grandfather took her for an angel sent by God he represents her rather as misled than of a to console him in his agonies . Near her is depraved ...
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... beautiful queen the misfortunes of Giovanna , had conspired now ripened into an open declaration in her to give her an interest in this native land of favour , and Naples echoed with the cry of poetry and romance . At Avignon the recep ...
... beautiful queen the misfortunes of Giovanna , had conspired now ripened into an open declaration in her to give her an interest in this native land of favour , and Naples echoed with the cry of poetry and romance . At Avignon the recep ...
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... beautiful ; that the world had seen . imperfect seed - state of moisture ) , he had And hence it is that it becomes so import - struck upon some extraordinary truths . ant to look at these earlier stages of the He asserted the roundness ...
... beautiful ; that the world had seen . imperfect seed - state of moisture ) , he had And hence it is that it becomes so import - struck upon some extraordinary truths . ant to look at these earlier stages of the He asserted the roundness ...
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... beautiful as it is in itself , is more ed in the middle point of the universe : than questionable . Contemplation was those who are called Pythagoreans , who with him no more the highest aim of life , live in Italy , are of a contrary ...
... beautiful as it is in itself , is more ed in the middle point of the universe : than questionable . Contemplation was those who are called Pythagoreans , who with him no more the highest aim of life , live in Italy , are of a contrary ...
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... beautiful and good to the better and after but by a purified soul , and such as more beautiful . The perfect harmony and had overcome the passions of the body . unison of soul in which he discovered vir- It was from the tendency of the ...
... beautiful and good to the better and after but by a purified soul , and such as more beautiful . The perfect harmony and had overcome the passions of the body . unison of soul in which he discovered vir- It was from the tendency of the ...
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Page 49 - Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 245 - Again, the Devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them ; and saith unto him, all these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Page 142 - But hark that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm! arm! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain: he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with death's prophetic ear...
Page 192 - Here was the scorn : the wonder followed — which was, that this young Scholar or Philosopher, after all the Captains were murdered in...
Page 98 - I have no flock : I kill Nothing that breathes, that stirs, that feels the air, The sun, the dew. Why should the beautiful (And thou art beautiful) disturb the source Whence springs all beauty ? Hast thou never heard Of Hamadryads ? Rhaicos.
Page 98 - Reverence the higher Powers; nor deem amiss Of her who pleads to thee, and would repay — Ask not how much — but very much. Rise not; No, Rhaicos, no ! Without the nuptial vow Love is unholy. Swear to me that none Of mortal maids shall ever taste thy kiss, Then take thou mine; then take it, not before. Rhaicos. Hearken, all gods above ! O Aphrodite ! O Here ! Let my vow be ratified ! But wilt thou come into my father's house ? Hamad.
Page 197 - Thus was Beauty sent from heaven, The lovely ministress of truth and good In this dark world : for truth and good are one, And Beauty dwells in them, and they in her, With like participation.
Page 105 - The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness ; one who loves life, and understands the use of it ; obliging alike at all hours; above all, of a golden temper and steadfast as an anchor. For such an one we gladly exchange the greatest genius, the most brilliant wit, the profoundest thinker.— LESSING.
Page 98 - Array'd as thou art. What so beautiful As that gray robe which clings about thee close, Like moss to stones adhering, leaves to trees, Yet lets thy bosom rise and fall in turn, As, toucht by zephyrs, fall and rise the boughs Of graceful platan by the river-side.
Page 99 - Go — rather go, than make me say I love. Rhaicos. If happiness is immortality, (And whence enjoy it else the gods above?) I am immortal too : my vow is heard — Hark ! on the left — Nay, turn not from me now, I claim my kiss.