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H. Holt, 1887 - 470 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 225 - ... neither respected nor liked the sex, and such of them as circumstances had brought into intimate relation with him had ever feared rather than loved him. The curates were left to shift for themselves. Sweeting, who was the least embarrassed of the three, took refuge beside Mrs. Sykes ; who, he knew, was almost as fond of him as if he had been her son. Donne, after making his general bow with a grace all his own, and saying in a high pragmatical voice, " How d'ye do, Miss Helstone ? " dropped...
Pàgina 464 - his allegorical superstructure," that that superstructure had become to him the all-important thing. In the Vita Nuova and in the Convito the story is the same. Two years after the death of Beatrice, Dante found consolation in the charms of Philosophy, and for the next two years and a half devoted himself to scholastic learning. The works of Cicero and Boethius were his constant study, and the Consolations of Philosophy of the latter seems to have suggested much of Dante's allegory. It is very certain...
Pàgina 83 - Vera suddenly caught sight of her at the other end of the room, talking to a young lady...

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