Essays and Dialogues of Giacomo LeopardiTrübner, 1882 - 216 pages |
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... reason for not endorsing the translator's judgment , that it is raised far above the level of ordinary controversial writing by its thoroughness , comprehensiveness , and impartiality . " - Contemporary Review . VOL . IV . ] Post 8vo ...
... reason for not endorsing the translator's judgment , that it is raised far above the level of ordinary controversial writing by its thoroughness , comprehensiveness , and impartiality . " - Contemporary Review . VOL . IV . ] Post 8vo ...
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... Reason . " Translated from the Second German Edition by DAVID ASHER , Ph.D. , Corresponding Member of the Berlin Society for the Study of Modern Languages and Literature . " The papers translated in this volume deal with various aspects ...
... Reason . " Translated from the Second German Edition by DAVID ASHER , Ph.D. , Corresponding Member of the Berlin Society for the Study of Modern Languages and Literature . " The papers translated in this volume deal with various aspects ...
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... reasons of his unfailing dislike for his native place . In one of his essays , that of " Parini on Glory , " we discover a reference to Leopardi's life at Recanati , which place is really identical with the Bosisio of the essay . Yet ...
... reasons of his unfailing dislike for his native place . In one of his essays , that of " Parini on Glory , " we discover a reference to Leopardi's life at Recanati , which place is really identical with the Bosisio of the essay . Yet ...
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... reasons , his father was unable to supply him with sufficient money to secure his independence . Consequently he was obliged to turn to literature for a livelihood . The publisher Stella , of Milan , willingly engaged his services , and ...
... reasons , his father was unable to supply him with sufficient money to secure his independence . Consequently he was obliged to turn to literature for a livelihood . The publisher Stella , of Milan , willingly engaged his services , and ...
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... grandest intellectual powers , capable originally of almost anything to which the human mind could attain ; but that his reason , later in life , became somewhat perverted by his sufferings . Were human life as BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . XXXV.
... grandest intellectual powers , capable originally of almost anything to which the human mind could attain ; but that his reason , later in life , became somewhat perverted by his sufferings . Were human life as BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . XXXV.
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