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... heart but a true friend , to whom you may impart griefs , joys , fears , hopes , suspicions , counsels , and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it , in a kind of civil shrift or confession . It is a strange thing to observe how ...
... heart but a true friend , to whom you may impart griefs , joys , fears , hopes , suspicions , counsels , and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it , in a kind of civil shrift or confession . It is a strange thing to observe how ...
Page 74
... heart I went to my closet yesterday in the evening , and resolved to be sorrowful ; upon which occasion I could not but look with disdain upon my- self , that though all the reasons which I had to lament the loss of many of my friends ...
... heart I went to my closet yesterday in the evening , and resolved to be sorrowful ; upon which occasion I could not but look with disdain upon my- self , that though all the reasons which I had to lament the loss of many of my friends ...
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... heart of man , speak to all men's hearts . It is the one sole secret of continuing long memorable . Dante , for depth of sincerity , is like an antique Prophet too ; his words , like theirs , come from his very heart . One need not ...
... heart of man , speak to all men's hearts . It is the one sole secret of continuing long memorable . Dante , for depth of sincerity , is like an antique Prophet too ; his words , like theirs , come from his very heart . One need not ...
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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 |