The Genius of Italy: Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and ReligionG. P. Putnam, 1849 - 332 էջ |
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... eyes of the world , in the assertion of her rights , and giving promise of a better and more glorious destiny . But these are not the only claims which Italy offers to our regard . It is the very home of beauty , the land of poetry and ...
... eyes of the world , in the assertion of her rights , and giving promise of a better and more glorious destiny . But these are not the only claims which Italy offers to our regard . It is the very home of beauty , the land of poetry and ...
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... , To dwell a lowly sojourner on earth , — Turn , Lord , on this thy chosen land thine eye ! " The principal feature of the Italian landscape is beauty . Lying between the blue waves of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic INTRODUCTORY . 19.
... , To dwell a lowly sojourner on earth , — Turn , Lord , on this thy chosen land thine eye ! " The principal feature of the Italian landscape is beauty . Lying between the blue waves of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic INTRODUCTORY . 19.
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... eyes and golden hair , is the symbol of " increate ” and everlasting beauty . Light , music , and motion , are the three simple elements in Dante's description of the celestial world , but how wondrously and gor- geously blended in the ...
... eyes and golden hair , is the symbol of " increate ” and everlasting beauty . Light , music , and motion , are the three simple elements in Dante's description of the celestial world , but how wondrously and gor- geously blended in the ...
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... eyes of Dante's Beatrice , according to the aspect in which they are seen , gleam through the thick masses of foliage which shelter its upper extremity . This is one of the largest and most beautiful lakes in Italy ; and , on a clear ...
... eyes of Dante's Beatrice , according to the aspect in which they are seen , gleam through the thick masses of foliage which shelter its upper extremity . This is one of the largest and most beautiful lakes in Italy ; and , on a clear ...
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... eyes to the errors and sins even of those we love , and especially to the false principles and corrupt tendencies of a degenerate church . This very lake , so still and beautiful , reminds us of an act of bigotry and cruelty , on a ...
... eyes to the errors and sins even of those we love , and especially to the false principles and corrupt tendencies of a degenerate church . This very lake , so still and beautiful , reminds us of an act of bigotry and cruelty , on a ...
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