Essays on PetrarchJ. Murray, 1823 - 325 pages |
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... images , astonished by the elevation of the conceptions , and led on by the variety and melody of the versification . VIII . AT first Petrarch saw in Laura only the most beautiful of women ; one whom he was destined to love , and who ...
... images , astonished by the elevation of the conceptions , and led on by the variety and melody of the versification . VIII . AT first Petrarch saw in Laura only the most beautiful of women ; one whom he was destined to love , and who ...
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... of a Canzone of Petrarch , the whole of which is a description of his habitual melancholy after sunset . — Part 1. Can . 5. - See Lady DACRE's translation in the APPEndix . on every side to see if the image which had OF PETRARCH . 31.
... of a Canzone of Petrarch , the whole of which is a description of his habitual melancholy after sunset . — Part 1. Can . 5. - See Lady DACRE's translation in the APPEndix . on every side to see if the image which had OF PETRARCH . 31.
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Ugo Foscolo. on every side to see if the image which had disturbed my repose followed my steps : I could feel myself no where in safety * . " - This is a passage from one of his Latin works ; and when he expresses the same in Italian , a ...
Ugo Foscolo. on every side to see if the image which had disturbed my repose followed my steps : I could feel myself no where in safety * . " - This is a passage from one of his Latin works ; and when he expresses the same in Italian , a ...
Page 39
... image only . Enthusiasm for a dis- tinguished man ; need of sentimental diversions from the monotony of a lonely life ; imperious necessity of being loved , which perhaps is the only pleasure constantly sought by men and women , and ...
... image only . Enthusiasm for a dis- tinguished man ; need of sentimental diversions from the monotony of a lonely life ; imperious necessity of being loved , which perhaps is the only pleasure constantly sought by men and women , and ...
Page 63
... images , either of the most simple or abstract ideas , through the means of metaphor , Petrarch is as happy as he is original . To express the common - place thought , that his poetry and the beauty of Laura would be remembered after ...
... images , either of the most simple or abstract ideas , through the means of metaphor , Petrarch is as happy as he is original . To express the common - place thought , that his poetry and the beauty of Laura would be remembered after ...
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Amor ANACREON ancient Arezzo Avignon beauty bella bliss Boccacio bosom breast breath CANZONE CARY'S Transl ch'io charms che'l ciel cielo Cola di Rienzo d'amore Dante death delight dolce dolci donna earth Epist eyes Famil fancy fear feel FRANCESCO PETRARCA friends genius gente grace gran Guido Cavalcanti happy heart heaven honour hope imagination imitation inspired Italian Italy ladies Latin Laura letter live lover lyric poetry mente mind mondo mortal nature never night o'er ogni parlar passion pensier Petr Petrarch pietà pleasure poem poet POETRY OF PETRARCH racters repose Sappho says sempre Senil serene sighs sion smile song SONNET sorrow soul spirit Stefano Colonna sweet tears tempo terra thee thou thought tion TRANSLATION trarch trembling trovo tutto UGO FOSCOLO Vaucluse veggio Venus verses viso vita wearied whilst youth