Essays and Dialogues of Giacomo LeopardiTrübner, 1882 - 216 pages |
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... seems to have valued his philological researches chiefly as a means of throwing light on the early condition of ... seem at first sight , for which he did not advance solid arguments . Unlike the majority of German scholars , he took ...
... seems to have valued his philological researches chiefly as a means of throwing light on the early condition of ... seem at first sight , for which he did not advance solid arguments . Unlike the majority of German scholars , he took ...
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... seem to recede .. To be a good prose writer first , and a poet later , seems to me to be contrary to nature , which first creates the poet , and then by the cooling operation of age concedes the maturity and tranquillity necessary for ...
... seem to recede .. To be a good prose writer first , and a poet later , seems to me to be contrary to nature , which first creates the poet , and then by the cooling operation of age concedes the maturity and tranquillity necessary for ...
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... I am not frightened ; and if I could in any way be useful , I would endeavour to bear my condition without losing heart . I have passed years so • · full of bitterness , that it seems impossible for worse xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .
... I am not frightened ; and if I could in any way be useful , I would endeavour to bear my condition without losing heart . I have passed years so • · full of bitterness , that it seems impossible for worse xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .
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Giacomo Leopardi. full of bitterness , that it seems impossible for worse to succeed them ; nevertheless I will not despair even if my sufferings do increase . . . I am born for endurance . " ( 2d March 1818. ) Leopardi was now of age ...
Giacomo Leopardi. full of bitterness , that it seems impossible for worse to succeed them ; nevertheless I will not despair even if my sufferings do increase . . . I am born for endurance . " ( 2d March 1818. ) Leopardi was now of age ...
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... seem to be sufficient evidence to support the theory that he was intentionally harsh and repressive to the extent of cruelty in his treatment of his chil- dren . He was an Italian of the old school , and as such his conduct was probably ...
... seem to be sufficient evidence to support the theory that he was intentionally harsh and repressive to the extent of cruelty in his treatment of his chil- dren . He was an Italian of the old school , and as such his conduct was probably ...
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