The Genius of Italy: Being Sketches of Italian Life, Literature, and ReligionG. P. Putnam, 1849 - 332 էջ |
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... heaven ; here Machiavelli and Vico speculated , and here " the starry Galileo , " from the heights of Fiesolé , gazed into the opening heavens . It is a country in which , through a long series of ages , the human intellect has ...
... heaven ; here Machiavelli and Vico speculated , and here " the starry Galileo , " from the heights of Fiesolé , gazed into the opening heavens . It is a country in which , through a long series of ages , the human intellect has ...
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... heaven ; and all that is beautiful in the devotion of heaven- born souls has been quenched in blood . Nevertheless , Italy has claims not only to our admiration , but to our gratitude . No one can become acquainted with her history ...
... heaven ; and all that is beautiful in the devotion of heaven- born souls has been quenched in blood . Nevertheless , Italy has claims not only to our admiration , but to our gratitude . No one can become acquainted with her history ...
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... Heaven o'er all beside , Which blue waves gird , and lofty mountains screen , Thou clime of fertile fields and sky serene , Whose gay expanse the Apennines divide ! What boots it now that Rome's old warlike pride Left thee of humbled ...
... Heaven o'er all beside , Which blue waves gird , and lofty mountains screen , Thou clime of fertile fields and sky serene , Whose gay expanse the Apennines divide ! What boots it now that Rome's old warlike pride Left thee of humbled ...
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... heaven , Dante loses him- self in unutterable splendors . Beatrice , with her cerulean eyes and golden hair , is the symbol of " increate ” and everlasting beauty . Light , music , and motion , are the three simple elements in Dante's ...
... heaven , Dante loses him- self in unutterable splendors . Beatrice , with her cerulean eyes and golden hair , is the symbol of " increate ” and everlasting beauty . Light , music , and motion , are the three simple elements in Dante's ...
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... heaven as a bride adorned for her husband . " But we did not intend to write a disquisition upon Italy , or upon beauty , either as a symbol or an element of holiness . We propose rather to take our readers along with us in a visit to ...
... heaven as a bride adorned for her husband . " But we did not intend to write a disquisition upon Italy , or upon beauty , either as a symbol or an element of holiness . We propose rather to take our readers along with us in a visit to ...
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