The Romance of Biography: Or, Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age; a Series of Anecdotes Intended to Illustrate the Influence which Female Beauty and Virtue Have Exercised Over the Characters and Writings of Men of Genius, 1. ciltSaunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Sayfa ix
... style in which it ought to have been treated . It was enthusiasm , not presumption , which in- duced me to attempt it . I have touched on matters , on which there are a variety of tastes and opinions , and lightly passed over questions ...
... style in which it ought to have been treated . It was enthusiasm , not presumption , which in- duced me to attempt it . I have touched on matters , on which there are a variety of tastes and opinions , and lightly passed over questions ...
Sayfa 8
... same reservation , applies to the Latin poets . They wrote beautiful verses , admirable for their harmony , elegance and perspicuity of expression ; and are studied as models of style in a language , the knowledge of 8 LOVES OF THE.
... same reservation , applies to the Latin poets . They wrote beautiful verses , admirable for their harmony , elegance and perspicuity of expression ; and are studied as models of style in a language , the knowledge of 8 LOVES OF THE.
Sayfa 9
... style in a language , the knowledge of which , as far as these poets are concerned , were best confined to the other sex . They lived in a corrupted age , and their pages are deeply stained with its licentiousness ; they inspire no ...
... style in a language , the knowledge of which , as far as these poets are concerned , were best confined to the other sex . They lived in a corrupted age , and their pages are deeply stained with its licentiousness ; they inspire no ...
Sayfa 12
... style , doubtless they have their value and their merit : but as monuments also of a state of morals inconceivably gross and cor- rupt ; of the condition of women degraded by their own vices , the vices and tyranny of the other sex ...
... style , doubtless they have their value and their merit : but as monuments also of a state of morals inconceivably gross and cor- rupt ; of the condition of women degraded by their own vices , the vices and tyranny of the other sex ...
Sayfa 17
... style : he usually con- cludes his chansons with an envoi , or address , to the Virgin , worded with such equivocal inge- nuity , that it is equally applicable to the Queen of Heaven , or the queen of his earthly thoughts , " La Blanche ...
... style : he usually con- cludes his chansons with an envoi , or address , to the Virgin , worded with such equivocal inge- nuity , that it is equally applicable to the Queen of Heaven , or the queen of his earthly thoughts , " La Blanche ...
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addressed admiration adoration Alessandra amatory amor appears Ariosto Beatrice beauty behold Blanche Canzone celebrated chansons character charms Chaucer chivalrous Countess Countess of Provence court Court of Love d'amore Dante death delight Demetrius Chalcondyle doth Duchess Earl elegant Elizabeth Elizabeth Throckmorton exquisite eyes fair fame fancy favour feeling female Ferrara gallantry genius gentle Geraldine grace grief Guido Cavalcanti hair heart heaven homage honour imagination inspired Italian lady Laura Leonora Leonora Baroni Leonora d'Este look Lord Lorenzo lover marriage married memory ment Milton mind mistress modesty never noble object occhi ogni Parliament of Birds passion Petrarch poems poet poet's poëtes poetical poetry post 8vo praise Princess Queen racter rapture Rudel says Scandiano sentiment Shakspeare smiles song Sonnet Sonnet 39 Spenser spirit style Surrey sweet talents Tasso tenderness thee thing thou thought translated Troubadours truth verse virtue Vita wife woman women young youth
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Sayfa 251 - means, which public manners breeds; Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. Pity me then, and wish I were renew'd. The last I
Sayfa 341 - All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded; wisdom, in discourse with her, Loses discountenanc'd, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat, Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic plac'd.
Sayfa 247 - a picture, rather than the picture itself. The forward violet thus did I chide : Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my Love's breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells, In my Love's veins thou hast too grossly dy'd. The lily I condemned for thy hand,
Sayfa 17 - If lusty Love should go in quest of beauty, Where should he find it fairer than in Blanche ? If zealous Love should go in search of virtue, Where should he find it purer than in Blanche? If Love, ambitious, sought a match of birth, Whose veins bound richer blood than Lady Blanche
Sayfa 251 - are undoubtedly addressed to Lord Southampton. O, for my sake, do you with fortune chide The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide, Than publick means, which
Sayfa 132 - di loco ove tornar disio : Amor mi mosse che mi fa parlare. INFERNO, c. 2. " I who now bid thee on this errand forth Am Beatrice ; from a place I come Revisited with joy; love brought me thence, Who prompts my speech.
Sayfa 238 - seems more fair, The more they on it stare. But her sad eyes, still fastened on the ground, Are governed with a goodly modesty That suffers not a look to glance away, Which may let in a little thought unsound.
Sayfa 198 - passeth more The best of yours, I dare well sayne, Then doth the sun the candle light, Or brightest day the darkest night. And thereto hath a truth as just, As had Penelope the fair: For what she sayeth you may it trust. As it by writing sealed were ; And virtues hath she many moe,
Sayfa 238 - modesty That suffers not a look to glance away, Which may let in a little thought unsound. Why blush ye, love ! to give to me your hand The pledge of all our band! Sing! ye sweet angels ! Hallelujah sing