PetrarchWilliam Blackwood and sons, 1879 - 148 páginas |
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... eyes of his contempo- raries and in his own . Nor is it easy to explain or account for the extraordinary position to which , in his own age , he attained . Born in the humbler ranks of life , and of a family exiled from Florence , he ...
... eyes of his contempo- raries and in his own . Nor is it easy to explain or account for the extraordinary position to which , in his own age , he attained . Born in the humbler ranks of life , and of a family exiled from Florence , he ...
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... eye- sight , that he might comprehend and see in just propor- tions and relations ; knowing , above all , that he who hath not made himself master of his own mind must look beyond it only to be deceived . " It is remarkable that ...
... eye- sight , that he might comprehend and see in just propor- tions and relations ; knowing , above all , that he who hath not made himself master of his own mind must look beyond it only to be deceived . " It is remarkable that ...
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... eyes were sparkling , and for a long time my sight was ex- tremely keen , until it failed me unexpectedly when past my sixtieth year ; so that I was forced , much against the grain , to have recourse to spectacles . Old age came at last ...
... eyes were sparkling , and for a long time my sight was ex- tremely keen , until it failed me unexpectedly when past my sixtieth year ; so that I was forced , much against the grain , to have recourse to spectacles . Old age came at last ...
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... eyes of my elders , yet the real reason was my ardour and eager- ness for new scenes . In that journey I first saw Paris , and took delight in finding out for myself what reports were true and what were false about that city . Returning ...
... eyes of my elders , yet the real reason was my ardour and eager- ness for new scenes . In that journey I first saw Paris , and took delight in finding out for myself what reports were true and what were false about that city . Returning ...
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... eyes of others . And whose eyes ? The eyes of many who were displeasing enough to ourselves . But then our shoes ! How they pricked the feet they were meant to pro- tect ! As for mine , they would have been useless if I had not , under ...
... eyes of others . And whose eyes ? The eyes of many who were displeasing enough to ourselves . But then our shoes ! How they pricked the feet they were meant to pro- tect ! As for mine , they would have been useless if I had not , under ...
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