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... all topics led him, after a pass or two, into the high seas of theosophic philosophy, the hazy infinitude of Kantean transcendentalism, with its “sum... ...soul of it, in this parched-up body, was tragically asleep only. Atheistic Philosophy was true on its side, and Hume and Voltaire could on their own g... ...and find deliverance? In these circumstances, what a scope for Coleridge’s philosophy, above all! “If the bottled moonshine be actu- ally substance? A... ... goal of it, the journey to be done in company with Calvert, whom also the Italian climate might be made to serve instead of Madeira. One of the livel... ...ather for doing so, as indeed we have had ever since we left Lausanne. The Italian de- scent is greatly more remarkable than the other side. “We slept... ...ne and Italy. “At this place we dismissed our Swiss voiturier, and took an Italian one; who conveyed us to Omegna on the Lake of Orta; a place little ... ...id us the trouble of going there. We were lodged in a simple and even rude Italian inn; where they cannot speak a word of French; where we occupied a ... ...demy Exhibition, and which one paid noth- ing for looking at. The thorough Italian character of the whole scene amused us, much more than Meurice’s at... ... here, when I see them; but I find it stupid work compared with Poetry and Philosophy. In the morn- ings, however, for an hour or so before I get up, ...

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...uaintance with all sorts of people, young and old, of high and low degree, Italian models and Russian artists. He would not hear of the Academy, and r... ...ever. ‘You want to be a professor of history?’ inquired Elena. ‘Yes, or of philosophy,’ he added, in a lower voice—’if that is possible.’ ‘He’s a perf... ...he added, in a lower voice—’if that is possible.’ ‘He’s a perfect devil at philosophy already,’ observed Shubin, making deep lines in the clay with hi... ...llingist means a follower of Schelling, a German philosopher; and what the philosophy of Schelling consists in—’ ‘ Andrei Petrovitch!’ cried Shubin su... ...se. ‘I am sorry. But really it’s a strange taste, upon my word, to discuss philosophy in weather like this under these trees. Let us rather talk of ni... ...could work and read together. ... I am busy, as you know, with history and philosophy. All that would interest you. I have a lot of books.’ Insarov go... ...or else he spent days in Moscow where he had a studio, to which models and Italian sculp- tors, his friends and teachers, used to come to see him. Ele... ...ang with that passion of expression and rhythm which is only vouchsafed to Italians. Elena and Insarov were sitting alone together in a dark box close... ...ed the Austrians. ‘How long must you remain at Venice?’ Elena asked him in Italian. And her voice was as lifeless as her face. ‘One day for freighting...

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... Stevenson ligions so old that our language looks a halfing boy along- side; philosophy so wise that our best philosophers find things therein to wond... ..., we have sat down to table day after day, a French- man, two Portuguese, an Italian, a Mexican, and a Scotchman: we had for common visitors an Americ... ...ks, a sense of humour or, if such a thing is to be had, a little religion or philosophy, are the means of treatment. It will be time enough to think o... ...nd venerable to the eye; and yet beneath these outworks, all twittering with Italian superstition, his eye scouting for omens, and the whole fab- ric ... ...rous and pure. They walked separate: the Cigarette plodding behind with some philosophy, the lean Arethusa posting on ahead. Thus each enjoyed his own... ...he was English. “Ah!” she said, surprised. “We have no English. We have many Italians, however, and they do very well; they do not complain of the peo... ...s along the grotto under Virgil’s tomb – two little dark-eyed, white-toothed Italian vagabonds, of twelve to fourteen years of age, one with a hurdy-g... ...y, the other with a cage of white mice. The coach passed on, and their small Italian chatter died in the distance; and I was left to marvel how they h...

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...nd pleaded very ingeniously for me in my presence against another (also an Italian) who opposed my sentiments.” Such is what passed between Montaigne ... ...Montaigne’s arrival at the first French town on his homeward route, are in Italian, be- cause he wished to exercise himself in that language. 19 Mont... ...se at the first occasion; and that this was the real object and aim of all philosophy. He then took my hand, and continued: “Brother, friend, there ar... ...noth- ing which has been written or been laid down, even in the schools of philosophy, respecting the sacred duties and rights of friendship, could gi... ..., and conscience. Oh foolish and base or- nament!” Florio, 1613, p. 3]—The Italians have more fitly baptized by this name—[La tristezza]—malignity; fo... ... of his oxen; the soldier of his wounds; the shep- herd of his flocks.”—An Italian translation of Propertius, ii. i, 43] For it often falls out that, ... ... TO DIE O DIE O DIE O DIE O DIE CICERO SAYS—[Tusc., i. 31.]—”that to study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.” The reason of whic... ...orant vulgar, 161 Montaigne and make them perfect in things which all the philosophy in the world could never beat into the heads of the wisest men? ... ...NTRY Y Y Y Y I WAS OFTEN, when a boy, wonderfully concerned to see, in the Italian farces, a pedant always brought in for the fool of the play, and th...

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...aid Debray. “A fine name,” said Morrel. “Yes,” said Chateau-Renaud, “these Italians are well named and badly dressed.” “You are fastidious, Chateau-Re... ...hat tells me their name, and nothing else.” “Ah, true. You do not know the Italian nobility; the Cavalcanti are all descended from princes.” “Have the... ... in Russia, will tell you the name of one, and Major Cavalcanti, who is an Italian, will tell you the name of the other.” “This one is, I think, a ste... ...calculator you are!” exclaimed Danglars, calling to his assistance all his philosophy and dissimulation. “I have made money at the same time by specul... ...ike an old lieutenant who had grown mouldy under his epaulets. But all the Italians are the same; they are like old Jews when they are not glittering ... ...ey give them any fortune?” “Oh, that depends upon circumstances. I know an Italian prince, rich as a gold mine, one of the noblest families in Tuscany... ...have, confirm her in her opinion; it will be easy for you, as you have the philosophy of the one and the wit of the other.” “I thank you for the warni... ...rich with a few deniers. This parallel disturbed his usual politeness, the philosophy he witnessed appalled him, he muttered a few words of general ci...

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...o led me to understand the marvelous framework of ideas on which the great Italian poet built his poem, the only work which the moderns can place by t... ...rms of the French army and civil officials. The 31 Balzac Emperor, a true Italian in his love of dress, had overlaid the coats of all his servants wi... ...t Robert le Diable was to be given at the Opera. Josepha, who had left the Italian Opera six months since for the French Opera, was to take the part o... ...ceeds; in short, genius, like love, has its fairer blossoms. This brio, an Italian word which the French have begun to use, is characteristic of youth... ...d table, a fixture in the middle of the room, was a mosaic of fragments of Italian and antique marbles, brought from Rome, where these dis- sected map... ... is ragged, it must be patched; but we keep it on as long as we can.” This philosophy of life, and her high spirits, postponed Hulot’s keenest pangs. ...

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...the military who surrounded the Palais Royal, that the people were pos- sessed of arms. The shade of Richelieu was Mazarin. Now Mazarin was alone and ... ...ate, hang, and make away with me in the same manner, although they have nothing to complain of except a tax or two now and then. Idiots! ignorant of t... ...; “don’t you know that I was in my youth a poet? I wrote verses in the style of Benserade—” “You, my lord?” “Yes, I; shall I repeat to you some of my ... ...e could not in- quire from D’Artagnan himself who he was and what had been his career; he remarked, however, in the course of conversation that the li... ...ing to Laporte: “Try, my dear Laporte, to make the king more courteous to Monsieur le Cardinal, to whom both he and I are under such important obligat... ...y. I have a jolly little circle of witty abbes and pretty women; everything goes on smoothly, so certainly, dear friend, I shall not meddle in politic...

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...ement was wasting paper, in drawing, washing, coloring, etc. There came an Italian mountebank to Geneva, called Gamber-Corta, who had an exhibition of... ...t her natural good sense was capable of receiv- ing; she knew something of philosophy and physic, but not enough to eradicate the fondness she had imb... ...should have everything to lose, nothing to gain. This, in my idea, in true philosophy, the surest bulwark of human rectitude; every day do I receive f... ...owned with success, and this assurance made me succeed the more. Though an Italian, and too pretty to be entirely devoid of coquetry, she had so much ... ... to write several books over fair, and trans- late commercial letters from Italian into French. All at once he thought fit to accept the before reject... ...ly right to wish her faithful; but though prudent and wellborn, she was an Italian, that is to say, tender and vin- 79 Rousseau dictive; which made m... ...rs, without entertaining an idea that such fortitude gave her any claim to philosophy; a word which was not yet in fashion, nor comprehended by her in... ...career of prelacy. He had studied the poets, and wrote tolerable Latin and Italian verses; in a word, his taste was calculated to form mine, and give ... ...he understanding of a young 160 The Confessions man than all the pedantic philosophy of books. I got ac- quainted at the Chasattes with some other bo...

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...eldest child was but just born. The father of their charge was one of those Italians nursed in the memory of the antique glory of Italy—one among the... ... torrent which, in its course, has swept away all my hopes and joys. Natural philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate; I desire, therefore,... ...unexplored ocean of truth. Those of his successors in each branch of natural philosophy with whom I was acquainted appeared even to my boy’s apprehen... ...us laws of electricity. On this occasion a man of great research in natural philosophy was with us, and excited by this ca tastrophe, he entered on ... ... steps from my father’s door—led me first to M. Krempe, professor of natural philosophy. He was an uncouth man, but deeply imbued in the secrets of hi... ...e stepped aside and wrote down a list of sev eral books treating of natural philosophy which he desired me to procure, and dismissed me after mention... ...still in the power of his deliverer if he should choose to betray him to the Italian state which they inhabited. He revolved a thousand plans by which... ...gnorant of the customs of the world. She fell, however, into good hands. The Italian had mentioned the name of the spot for which they were bound, and...

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...to battle under the command of one of the con- suls. Many little States or Italian tribes, who had nearly the same customs as Rome, surrounded the Cam... ...ad their dominion over the cen- tral part of Italy. They were well used to Italian and Etruscan ways of mak- ing war, but after nearly 400 years of th... ...t that time, the first soldier of Rome, and had taken several of the chief Italian cities, espe- cially that of Veii, which had long been a most dange... ...ge glaciers of the Alps, be afraid to climb where a soft dweller in a tame Italian town could venture a passage? Brennus chose out the hardiest of his... ...of the best and noblest of the Greeks held what was called the Pythagorean philosophy. This was one of the many systems framed by the great men of hea... ... attempt to over- throw his power. He was a good scholar, and very fond of philosophy and poetry, and he delighted to have learned men around him, and... ...church door barred against a monarch. This time it is not under the bright Italian sky, but under the grey fogs of the Baltic sea. It is not the state...

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...sinuate that the old Greek Mythists had any notion of lecturing about the “Philosophy of Criticism”!—On the whole, we must leave those bound- less reg... ...- sians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of i... ...f the inmost essence of his genius this sort of painting. The fiery, swift Italian nature of the man, so silent, passionate, with its quick abrupt mov... ...ars, Mahomet, as we saw, had his Arabians at Grenada and at Delhi; Dante’s Italians seem to be yet very much where they were. Shall we say, then, Dant... ...s, the usefulest for each of us to do, in these loud times.— As Dante, the Italian man, was sent into our world to em- body musically the Religion of ... ...ture of the Literary Man.” Fichte, in conformity with the Tran- scendental Philosophy, of which he was a distinguished teacher, declares first: That a... ...! It was Superstition, Fanaticism, disgraceful ignorance of Constitutional Philosophy to insist on the other thing!—Liberty to tax oneself? Not to pay... ...is that carries Napoleon through all his great work. Through his brilliant Italian Campaigns, on- wards to the Peace of Leoben, one would say, his ins...

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...hus concern His brain about the action of the sky; If you think ‘t was philosophy that this did, I can’t help thinking puberty assisted. He ... ...unt O’Reilly, Who took Algiers, declares I used him vilely? ‘Did not the Italian Musico Cazzani Sing at my heart six months at least in vain? ... ...s, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops. But I being fond of true philosophy, Say very often to myself, ‘Alas! All things that have b... ... that I know by this: That is, some words of Spanish, Turk, and Greek, Italian not at all, having no teachers; Much English I cannot pretend t... ...ome sensations like a villain. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Two” 78 But soon Philosophy came to my aid, And whisper’d, ‘Think of every sacred tie!... ...o my aid, And whisper’d, ‘Think of every sacred tie!’ ‘I will, my dear Philosophy!’ I said, ‘But then her teeth, and then, oh, Heaven! her e... ... or present situation. He saw some fellow captives, who appear’d To be Italians, as they were in fact; From them, at least, their destiny he h... ... ad More circumstances? vain was every care; The man was gone: in some Italian quarrel Kill’d by five bullets from an old gun barrel. I gaze... ...hade Along the rest, contrived to keep this den Of beauties cool as an Italian convent, Where all the passions have, alas! but one vent. Byron...

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...e interrupted her journey to pay a visit to her son, who at San Remo, on the Italian shore of the Mediterranean, had been spending a dull, bright wint... ...la overhung the slope of its hill and the long valley of the Arno, hazy with Italian colour. It had a narrow garden, in the man ner of a terrace, pro... ...ind; and the tall iron lattices admitted on occasion more than enough of the Italian sunshine. 188 Portrait of a Lady It was moreover a seat of ease,... ...If he had English blood in his veins it had probably received some French or Italian commixture; but he suggested, fine gold coin as he was, no stamp n... ...ell, my dear, what do you think of it?” he asked the young girl. He used the Italian tongue, and used it with perfect ease; but this would not have co... ...r of age; if he had neither inno cence nor weakness, so he had no practical philosophy. His jaw showed the same voluntary cast as in earlier days; bu...

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...choicest impulses. _70 The fountains of divine philosophy Fled not his thirsting lips, and all of great, Or good, or lovel... ...being is thus pervaded. Thus, the tragic poets of the age of Pericles; the Italian revivers of ancient learning; those mighty intellects of our own co... ...s soul their dark unrest: Nor what religion fables of the grave Feared he,—Philosophy’s accepted guest. _15 For none than ... ...ndure. So spake they: idly of another’s state Babbling vain words and fond philosophy; _110 This was their consolation; su... ...eep despondency by the radiant visions disclosed by the sudden burst of an Italian sunrise in autumn on the highest peak of those delightful mountains... ... _585 HELEN: HELEN: HELEN: HELEN: HELEN: Alas! Italian winds are mild, But my bosom is cold—wintry cold— When the warm air... ...oreseeing, With eyes—Oh speak not of her eyes!—which seem T win mirrors of Italian Heaven, yet gleam With such deep meaning, as we never see But in th... ...y; But something nobler than to live and die— So taught those kings of old philosophy Who reigned, before Religion made men blind; And those who suffe... ...heerful and pleasant; a vine-trellised walk, a pergola, as it is called in Italian, led from the hall-door to a summer-house at the end of the garden,...

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...a Mlle. Michonneau, and the other to a retired manufacturer of vermicelli, Italian paste and starch, who allowed the others to address him as “Father ... ...n this insolent being, who, doubtless, had a right to be insolent, sang an Italian trill, and went towards the window where Eugene was standing, moved... ...bakers’ doors; while other per- sons went to the grocers’ shops and bought Italian paste foods without brawling over it. It was during this year that ... ...ead Benvenuto Cellini’s Memoirs, such as you see me; and, what is more, in Italian: A fine-spirited fellow he was! From him I learned to follow the ex... ... read:— 123 Balzac “Sir,—I have heard from my father that you are fond of Italian music. I shall be delighted if you will do me the pleasure of accep... ...e at the Gaite with him only last night!” she said to Sylvie. “Summon your philosophy, mamma,” Collin resumed. “Is it a misfortune to have sat in my b...

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...therto little or nothing of a fundamental character, whether in the way of Philosophy or History, has been written on the subject of Clothes. Our Theo... ...sh culture and endeavor, cramps the free flight of Thought,—that this, not Philosophy of Clothes, but recognition even that we have no such Philosophy... ...st months, did the above very plain considerations, on our total want of a Philosophy of Clothes, occur to him; and then, by quite foreign sugges- tio... ... and will exalt the almost new name of Teufelsdrockh to the first ranks of Philosophy, in our Ger- man Temple of Honor.” Mindful of old friendship, th... ...eliber- ate inspection, it became apparent that here a quite new Branch of Philosophy, leading to as yet undescried ulte- rior results, was disclosed;... ...ess. 70 Sartor Resartus Topbooted Graziers from the North; Swiss Brokers, Italian Drovers, also topbooted, from the South; these with their subaltern... ...isian life was at best but a scientific Hortus Siccus, bedizened with some Italian Gumflowers, such virtue could come out of it; what is to be looked ...

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...t to have his little fling at Dr Vesey Stanhope and other absentees, whose Italian villas, or enticing London homes, are more tempting than cathe- dra... ...ere even less plainly marked than those of her lord. The far niente of her Italian life had entered into her very soul, and brought her to regard a st... ...she was, she had achieved her pur- pose. And then again the more dissolute Italian youths of Milan frequented the Stanhope villa and surrounded her co... ...se. Paul Neroni had not the faintest title to call himself a scion of even Italian nobility. Had the pair met in England Neroni would probably have be... ...g ladies or stiff old women. She wrote also a kind of poetry, generally in Italian, and short romances, generally in French. She read much of a desult... ...reat an outrage on human nature as was the stoicism of the an- cients? The philosophy of Zeno was built on true laws, but on true laws misunderstood, ... ...he coachman took the rebuke, he might have learnt a useful lesson, both in philosophy and religion. The note was as follows. It may be taken as a fait... ... she likes his adherence to the ru- bric, she specially likes the eloquent philosophy of his sermons, and she likes the red letters in her own prayer-...

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...interrupted her journey to pay a visit to her son, who at San Remo, on the Italian shore of the Mediterranean, had been spending a dull, bright winter... ... overhung the slope of its hill and the long valley of the Arno, hazy with Italian colour. It had a narrow garden, in the manner of a terrace, product... ...d; and the tall iron lattices admitted on occasion more than enough of the Italian sunshine. It was moreover a seat of ease, indeed of luxury, telling... ... he had English blood in his veins it had probably received some French or Italian commixture; but he suggested, fine gold coin as he was, no stamp no... ...my dear, what do you think of it?” he asked of the young girl. He used the Italian tongue, and used it with perfect ease; but this would not have conv... ...r of age; if he had neither innocence nor weakness, so he had no practical philosophy. His jaw showed the same volun- tary cast as in earlier days; bu...

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...d drew his next remark to Fenellan. ‘How Wagner seems to have stricken the Italians! Well, now, the Germans have their Emperor to head their armies, a... ...ther in Sapho-delicious. I held out against Wagner as long as I could. The Italians don’t much more than Wagnerize in exchange for the loss of melody.... ...ker overhead when her warm blood had drawn her to some ac- ceptance of the philosophy of existence, in a savour of gratifi- cation at the prospect of ... ...they can,’ said mademoiselle. Nesta transformed herself into a disciple of Philosophy on the spot. ‘Yes, all these feelings of ours are moth-dust! One... ...e Rev. Septimus Barmby. We have nothing to be ashamed of in her, before an Italian Operatic singer! Ices after the first part is over. CHAPTER XXI DAR... ...ckets: she was not so particularly slim; never knew how to dress. You beat Italians there! She moved one as a youngster.’ ‘Eton boys are so susceptibl... ...nkind has informed us, we were led up to our civilization by the nose. But Philosophy warns us on that eminence; to beware of trusting exclusively to ... ...nd took and gave hints upon City and Commercial affairs, while the honeyed Italian of the con- ventional, gloriously animal, stress and flutter had a ...

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..., blackish boughs came down close to the grass. There were present a young Italian woman, slight and fashionable, a young, athletic-looking Miss Bradl... ...n and seeing the Pa- cific.’ ‘Silent upon a peak in Dariayn,’ murmured the Italian, lifting her face for a moment from her book. ‘Not necessarily in D... ...n. ‘There is a most beautiful thing in my book,’ suddenly piped the little Italian woman. ‘It says the man came to the door and threw his eyes down th... ...dy had put on evening dress except Birkin and Joshua Mattheson. The little Italian Contessa wore a dress of tissue, of orange and gold and black velve... ... vuol’dire, Palestra?’ she asked, sing-song. ‘Look,’ said the Contessa, in Italian. ‘He is not a man, he is a chameleon, a creature of change.’ ‘He is... ...ut the primitive man, books of anthropology, and also works of speculative philosophy. His mind was very active. But it was like a bubble floating in ...