Essays and Dialogues of Giacomo LeopardiTrübner, 1882 - 216 pages |
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... fact that it has been given testifies to the extraordinary nature of the man who is its subject . In Germany and France , Leopardi is perhaps as well known and highly appreciated as in Italy . His poems have been translated into the ...
... fact that it has been given testifies to the extraordinary nature of the man who is its subject . In Germany and France , Leopardi is perhaps as well known and highly appreciated as in Italy . His poems have been translated into the ...
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... fact that his prose was the fruit of very great labour . The subject and tendency of Leopardi's writings will be ... Facts , beliefs , opinions , theories , may be marshalled to produce an infinite number of diverse harmonies ; but no ...
... fact that his prose was the fruit of very great labour . The subject and tendency of Leopardi's writings will be ... Facts , beliefs , opinions , theories , may be marshalled to produce an infinite number of diverse harmonies ; but no ...
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... fact gratified him exceedingly , for he judged that if men esteemed their life a gift worthy of sacrifice to these fine and glorious illusions , they would be less likely to repudiate it as before . This happy state of affairs was of ...
... fact gratified him exceedingly , for he judged that if men esteemed their life a gift worthy of sacrifice to these fine and glorious illusions , they would be less likely to repudiate it as before . This happy state of affairs was of ...
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... fact , they do everything in my way , regardless of their own injury . Death . In truth , I believe you are my sister ; the testimony of a birth certificate could scarcely make me surer of it . But standing still paralyses me , so if ...
... fact , they do everything in my way , regardless of their own injury . Death . In truth , I believe you are my sister ; the testimony of a birth certificate could scarcely make me surer of it . But standing still paralyses me , so if ...
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... fact it were better not to live than to live . Far . If the absence of unhappiness be better than unhappiness itself . Mal . Then ? Far . Then if you would like to give me your soul before its time , I am ready to carry it away with me ...
... fact it were better not to live than to live . Far . If the absence of unhappiness be better than unhappiness itself . Mal . Then ? Far . Then if you would like to give me your soul before its time , I am ready to carry it away with me ...
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