Devereux — volume 01
Devereux — volume 01
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He reminds me of what Cardinal Pallavicino said ofSeneca, that he 'perfumes his conceits with civet and ambergris. 'However, Count, I have opened upon a beautiful motto for you:-- "'Here let me, careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying, With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying; Nor be myself too mute. ' "What say you to that wish? If you have a germ of poetry in you suchverse ought to bring it into flower. " "Ay, " answered I,... though not exactly in accordance with the truth; "butI have not that germ. I destroyed it four years ago. Reading thededications of poets cured me of the love for poetry. What a pity thatthe Divine Inspiration should have for its oracles such mean souls!" "Yes, and how industrious the good gentlemen are in debasing themselves!Their ingenuity is never half so much shown in a simile as in acompliment; I know nothing in nature more melancholy than the discoveryof any meanness in a great man. There is so little to redeem the drymass of follies and errors from which the materials of this life arecomposed, that anything to love or to reverence becomes, as it were, thesabbath for the mind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He reminds me of what Cardinal Pallavicino said ofSeneca, that he 'perfumes his conceits with civet and ambergris. 'However, Count, I have opened upon a beautiful motto for you:-- "'Here let me, careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying, With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying; Nor be myself too mute. ' "What say you to that wish? If you have a germ of poetry in you suchverse ought to bring it into flower. " "Ay, " answered I,... though not exactly in accordance with the truth; "butI have not that germ. I destroyed it four years ago. Reading thededications of poets cured me of the love for poetry. What a pity thatthe Divine Inspiration should have for its oracles such mean souls!" "Yes, and how industrious the good gentlemen are in debasing themselves!Their ingenuity is never half so much shown in a simile as in acompliment; I know nothing in nature more melancholy than the discoveryof any meanness in a great man. There is so little to redeem the drymass of follies and errors from which the materials of this life arecomposed, that anything to love or to reverence becomes, as it were, thesabbath for the mind.
What to read after Devereux — volume 01?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lytton Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron to read onlineMoreLess
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