Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 163
... Petrarch , Angelo , and Milton . It awaits a truer unfolding in opposition and rebuke to that subterranean prudence which presides at mar- riages with words that take hold of the upper world , whilst one eye is eternally boring down ...
... Petrarch , Angelo , and Milton . It awaits a truer unfolding in opposition and rebuke to that subterranean prudence which presides at mar- riages with words that take hold of the upper world , whilst one eye is eternally boring down ...
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... Petrarch or Ari- osto , filled with the new wine of his imagination , writes me an ode , or a brisk romance , full of dar- ing thought and action . He smites and arouses me with his shrill tones , breaks up my whole chain of habits ...
... Petrarch or Ari- osto , filled with the new wine of his imagination , writes me an ode , or a brisk romance , full of dar- ing thought and action . He smites and arouses me with his shrill tones , breaks up my whole chain of habits ...
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