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... countenance was shaded by the gloom of captivity , and seemed to languish with that " sickness of the heart which arises from hope deferred . " If the demon of ennui haunts the captive , within the bowers of plea- sure , well may he ...
... countenance was shaded by the gloom of captivity , and seemed to languish with that " sickness of the heart which arises from hope deferred . " If the demon of ennui haunts the captive , within the bowers of plea- sure , well may he ...
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... countenance , by means of which it suddenly and sponta- neously reflects the emotions of the heart . The causes which render the human countenance so sensitive , and delicate an organ of intellectual communication , and which make it so ...
... countenance , by means of which it suddenly and sponta- neously reflects the emotions of the heart . The causes which render the human countenance so sensitive , and delicate an organ of intellectual communication , and which make it so ...
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... countenance of ideal beauty , exhibited in the works of the Greek statuaries ; others , on the contrary , represented semi - hu- man faces , which recalled those monsters , with which the creative and playful imagination of Ariosto ...
... countenance of ideal beauty , exhibited in the works of the Greek statuaries ; others , on the contrary , represented semi - hu- man faces , which recalled those monsters , with which the creative and playful imagination of Ariosto ...
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... countenance , doomed to expiate the sins of the carnival by all the rigour of abstinence and prayer . The influence of masquerades upon the mo- ral and social habits of a people , is of sufficient importance to point it out , as an ...
... countenance , doomed to expiate the sins of the carnival by all the rigour of abstinence and prayer . The influence of masquerades upon the mo- ral and social habits of a people , is of sufficient importance to point it out , as an ...
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... countenance to the former opinion , while modern Italy furnishes many plausible arguments in support of the latter . to Since the days of Tasso but a few of the bards of Italy , have inherited any portion of the fire of their great ...
... countenance to the former opinion , while modern Italy furnishes many plausible arguments in support of the latter . to Since the days of Tasso but a few of the bards of Italy , have inherited any portion of the fire of their great ...
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Page 39 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Page 353 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
Page 107 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
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Page 85 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air...