Essays on PetrarchJ. Murray, 1823 - 325 pages |
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... leave of her for a long time . Her countenance is obscured by her usual veil , and modesty and elevation of mind , tenderness , melancholy , mystery , and coquetry , are so interwoven , as not to leave very discernible the real state of ...
... leave of her for a long time . Her countenance is obscured by her usual veil , and modesty and elevation of mind , tenderness , melancholy , mystery , and coquetry , are so interwoven , as not to leave very discernible the real state of ...
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... leaving Avignon the eye of the traveller reposes on an expanse of beautiful meadow till he arrives on a plain varied by numerous vineyards . At a short distance the hills begin to ascend , covered with trees , which are reflected on the ...
... leaving Avignon the eye of the traveller reposes on an expanse of beautiful meadow till he arrives on a plain varied by numerous vineyards . At a short distance the hills begin to ascend , covered with trees , which are reflected on the ...
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... leaving to his care three sons and six daughters , married again in seven months , while he was still in mourning for her * . Al- though Petrarch occasionally fancied it so strongly , as to make the readers of his poetry believe , that ...
... leaving to his care three sons and six daughters , married again in seven months , while he was still in mourning for her * . Al- though Petrarch occasionally fancied it so strongly , as to make the readers of his poetry believe , that ...
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... had its greatest charm for me ; but when I quitted it , I felt the gaiety of one who leaves the place of his exile to return to his home . I felt no sor- row except pity for thee . " " Ah ! but tell me , said I , OF PETRARCH . 45.
... had its greatest charm for me ; but when I quitted it , I felt the gaiety of one who leaves the place of his exile to return to his home . I felt no sor- row except pity for thee . " " Ah ! but tell me , said I , OF PETRARCH . 45.
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... leaves me not time enough to record it fully , I beg you will be assured that no man ever beheld the elements of earth and water in more fearful conspiracy . " This visitation from heaven was foretold , several days before its ...
... leaves me not time enough to record it fully , I beg you will be assured that no man ever beheld the elements of earth and water in more fearful conspiracy . " This visitation from heaven was foretold , several days before its ...
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