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... letters of gold , and carried it always in her bosom ; and his remains were enclosed in a magnificent mausoleum of porphyry , with an Arabic inscrip- tion , commemorating his genius and his love for her . It is in allusion to this well ...
... letters of gold , and carried it always in her bosom ; and his remains were enclosed in a magnificent mausoleum of porphyry , with an Arabic inscrip- tion , commemorating his genius and his love for her . It is in allusion to this well ...
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... letters of Madame de SevignƩ . ) It was not in this case the lover who celebrated the charms of his mistress , but the lady , who , being an illustrious female Troubadour , " docte en poƫsie , " celebrated the exploits and magnanimity ...
... letters of Madame de SevignƩ . ) It was not in this case the lover who celebrated the charms of his mistress , but the lady , who , being an illustrious female Troubadour , " docte en poƫsie , " celebrated the exploits and magnanimity ...
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... letter dog , ā * āwho had dustified and mystified his facul- ties among old parchments . The most real and most fervent passion that ever fell under my own knowledge , was revealed in verse , and very exqui- site verse too , and has ...
... letter dog , ā * āwho had dustified and mystified his facul- ties among old parchments . The most real and most fervent passion that ever fell under my own knowledge , was revealed in verse , and very exqui- site verse too , and has ...
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... letter of Petrarch to the Bishop of Lombes , oc- curs the following passage ( the Bishop , it appears , had rallied him on the subject of his attachment . ) " Would to God that my Laura were indeed but an imaginary person , and my ...
... letter of Petrarch to the Bishop of Lombes , oc- curs the following passage ( the Bishop , it appears , had rallied him on the subject of his attachment . ) " Would to God that my Laura were indeed but an imaginary person , and my ...
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... letters , * * " when I shall have calmness enough to contemplate all the misery of my soul , to examine my passion , not , however , that I may continue to love her but that I may love thee alone , O my God ! But at this day , how many ...
... letters , * * " when I shall have calmness enough to contemplate all the misery of my soul , to examine my passion , not , however , that I may continue to love her but that I may love thee alone , O my God ! But at this day , how many ...
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addressed admiration affection afterwards alludes amiable amore Ariosto attachment Beatrice beauty Canzone Castara celebrated character charms Chaucer CONJUGAL POETRY Countess court Dante daughter death delight died Donne doth Duchess Earl earth elegant expression exquisite eyes fair fame fancy feeling female gallantry genius gentle glory grace grief Habington happiness hath heart heaven honor husband imagination inspired Ischia Italian Klopstock Lady Sunderland Laura Leonora Leonora Baroni letters lines lived look Lord Lyttelton lover Lucy Madame Madame de Staƫl marriage married Meta mind mistress mother never noble Parliament of Birds passion person Pescara Petrarch poem poet poetical Pope praise Queen Robert Drury Saint Lambert says sentiment smiles song Sonnet soul Spenser spirit Stella style sweet talents Tasso tears tenderness thee thing thou thought tion Troubadours truth VERONICA GAMBARA verse virtue Vittoria Colonna Voltaire wife woman women wrote young youth