Life of Torquato Tasso
Life of Torquato Tasso
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What was most irksome in his temper was a strange fear he had of being slighted, and a certain suspicious and mistrustful disposition. This, however (though partly perhaps owing to his poverty, and his residence in a ceremonious court), must be principally attributed to disease and long misfortune. His high-spuitedness, which caused him to look with horror on all that resembled baseness, assumed at times the appear- ance of pride ; he could not endure the least mark of unjust depreciation ; but... if he himself ever chanced to fail in 190 Life of Tasso. , any point of correct conduct towards others, lie never scrupled to offer them every satisfaction, and to humiliate him- self till the offended party lost all care for the offence. Born a gentleman, in an age when the term had all its high distinction, a finished chevalier in heart, no less than by the chance of birth, he rendered to the princes with whom he mingled, the honour due to their rank ; but in all other respects he considered himself as their equal, and the privi- leges which they enjoyed, served only to render him, in their society, more scrupulous in exacting the respect that was his due.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
What was most irksome in his temper was a strange fear he had of being slighted, and a certain suspicious and mistrustful disposition. This, however (though partly perhaps owing to his poverty, and his residence in a ceremonious court), must be principally attributed to disease and long misfortune. His high-spuitedness, which caused him to look with horror on all that resembled baseness, assumed at times the appear- ance of pride ; he could not endure the least mark of unjust depreciation ; but... if he himself ever chanced to fail in 190 Life of Tasso. , any point of correct conduct towards others, lie never scrupled to offer them every satisfaction, and to humiliate him- self till the offended party lost all care for the offence. Born a gentleman, in an age when the term had all its high distinction, a finished chevalier in heart, no less than by the chance of birth, he rendered to the princes with whom he mingled, the honour due to their rank ; but in all other respects he considered himself as their equal, and the privi- leges which they enjoyed, served only to render him, in their society, more scrupulous in exacting the respect that was his due.
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