The Fourteenth CenturyScribner, 1899 - 428 páginas |
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Página 27
... tion of the Decameron . It is to be observed , also , that the work does not consist only of tales . It says of itself , " This book treats of certain flowers of speech , and of beautiful courtesies , and of beautiful answers , and of ...
... tion of the Decameron . It is to be observed , also , that the work does not consist only of tales . It says of itself , " This book treats of certain flowers of speech , and of beautiful courtesies , and of beautiful answers , and of ...
Página 32
... tion . The most striking phenomenon is the persist- ent influence of Wolfram von Eschenbach , tokens of which meet us at every turn . Not that the disciples inherited aught of the master's genius - his mantle fell upon none of them ...
... tion . The most striking phenomenon is the persist- ent influence of Wolfram von Eschenbach , tokens of which meet us at every turn . Not that the disciples inherited aught of the master's genius - his mantle fell upon none of them ...
Página 34
... tion is courtship , and the hunter , preceded by his heart as by a hound , pursues after the quarry -i.e. , the beloved object . Other hounds are Happi- ness , Pleasure , Love , Consolation , Fidelity , while spies , as endangering the ...
... tion is courtship , and the hunter , preceded by his heart as by a hound , pursues after the quarry -i.e. , the beloved object . Other hounds are Happi- ness , Pleasure , Love , Consolation , Fidelity , while spies , as endangering the ...
Página 39
... tion conveys only an imperfect idea of the wealth and variety of the fornsögur which ( many of them by way of England ) wandered northwards to the land of snows and much leisure . Germany is represented by the Konradssaga and the ...
... tion conveys only an imperfect idea of the wealth and variety of the fornsögur which ( many of them by way of England ) wandered northwards to the land of snows and much leisure . Germany is represented by the Konradssaga and the ...
Página 41
... tion was accomplished , for , says John of Trevisa , " gentil men haveth now mych ylefte for to teche her children Frensch . " It is natural to suppose that complete recognition and triumph , as in the days of Chaucer and Gower , was ...
... tion was accomplished , for , says John of Trevisa , " gentil men haveth now mych ylefte for to teche her children Frensch . " It is natural to suppose that complete recognition and triumph , as in the days of Chaucer and Gower , was ...
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Página 158 - Per me si va nella città dolente; per me si va nell' eterno dolore; per me si va tra la perduta gente.
Página 297 - Quell' uno e due e tre che sempre vive, E regna sempre in tre e due ed uno, Non circonscritto e tutto circonscrive, Tre volte era cantato da ciascuno Di quelli spirti con tal melodia, Ch...
Página 217 - Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities : every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces : because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Página 135 - Hier ist die Frage nicht von einer Liebe, Die sich des Gegenstands bemeistern will, Ausschließend ihn besitzen, eifersüchtig Den Anblick jedem andern wehren möchte. Wenn er in seliger Betrachtung sich Mit deinem Wert beschäftigt, mag er auch An meinem leichtern Wesen sich erfreun. Uns liebt er nicht — verzeih, daß ich es sage!
Página ii - Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result...
Página 214 - O dear Spirit, half-lost In thine own shadow and this fleshly sign That thou art thou — who wailest being born And banish'd into mystery, and the pain Of this divisible-indivisible world Among the numerable-innumerable Sun, sun, and sun, thro...
Página 119 - God, from the beginning excellent. So should my lady give That truth which in her eyes is glorified, On which her heart is bent, To me whose service waiteth at her side. My lady, God shall ask, 'What daredst thou?
Página 227 - Twas now the hour that turneth back desire In those who sail the sea, and melts the heart, The day they've said to their sweet friends farewell, And the new pilgrim penetrates with love, If he doth hear from far away a bell That seemeth to deplore the dying day...
Página 347 - Every man will say it is a great cruelty to put to death such honest persons, who by their own wills put themselves into your grace to save their company.
Página 232 - Qui non si canta al modo delle rane, Qui non si canta al modo del poeta Che finge imaginando cose vane; Ma qui risplende e luce ogni natura Che a chi intende fa la mente lieta. Qui non si sogna per la selva oscura.