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Page 372
... Dante's genius . Dante does not come before us as a large catholic mind ; rather as a narrow and even sectarian mind : it is partly the fruit of his age and position , but partly too of his own nature . His great- ness has , in all ...
... Dante's genius . Dante does not come before us as a large catholic mind ; rather as a narrow and even sectarian mind : it is partly the fruit of his age and position , but partly too of his own nature . His great- ness has , in all ...
Page 378
... Dante's writing ; yet in truth it belongs to ten Christian centuries , only the finishing of it is Dante's . So always . The craftsman there , the smith with that metal of his , with these tools , with these cunning methods , -how ...
... Dante's writing ; yet in truth it belongs to ten Christian centuries , only the finishing of it is Dante's . So always . The craftsman there , the smith with that metal of his , with these tools , with these cunning methods , -how ...
Page 379
... Dante , for depth of sincerity , is like an antique Prophet too ; his words , like theirs , come from his very heart ... Dante's Thought . Homer yet is , veritably present face to face with every open soul of us ; and Greece , where is ...
... Dante , for depth of sincerity , is like an antique Prophet too ; his words , like theirs , come from his very heart ... Dante's Thought . Homer yet is , veritably present face to face with every open soul of us ; and Greece , where is ...
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Abraham Newland admirable beautiful better called character Chioggia church colour Dante delight dinner drama Elena Elizabethan Era English face fancy feel fellow French Gaiety Theatre genius gentlemen Gerado give Goldsmith gondola grace Grand Canal hand head hear heart Hernani honour humour imagination Irenæus kind lady laugh learned live look Malamocco Malebranche matter Messer mind Molière morning murder nature never Nicolas Poussin night observed Oliver Goldsmith once painted passed passion perhaps person picture play pleasure poem poet poetry poor round Sarah Bernhardt seems sense Shakespeare Sicarii Sir Roger sleep sort soul speak spirit style sweet talk taste tell theatre things thought Tintoretto tion Toad-in-the-hole told town true truth turn Venice verse Victor Hugo walk whist whole wonder words write young
References to this book
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener No preview available - 1989 |
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener Limited preview - 1989 |