ISBN: 9781153603133

Excerpt: ...Cupido will have him yet. Already, we can see, he has been let into some of the secrets of the bower, The man bowed and smiled deferentially, Signer Giuliano has all the quali… Plus…

Excerpt: ...Cupido will have him yet. Already, we can see, he has been let into some of the secrets of the bower, The man bowed and smiled deferentially, Signer Giuliano has all the qualities to win the love of ladies, and to retain it. Doubtless he awaits his destiny. The Wise Man has said that Beauty... The young poet enlarged on his text with some fire in his thin cheeks, while the company kept very silent. It was much to their liking; even Giuliano was absorbed; he sat on the ground clasping one knee between his hands, smiling upwards into vacancy, as a man does whose imagination is touched. Lorenzo nursed his sallow face and beat time to the orator''s cadences with his foot; he, too, was abstracted and smiling. At the end he spoke: Our Marsilio himself had never said nobler words, my Agnolo. The mantle of the Attic prophet has descended indeed upon this Florence. And Beauty, as thon sayest, is from heaven. But where shall it be found here below, and how discerned? The man of the heavy jowl was standing with folded arms, looking from under his brows at the group of girls. Lorenzo saw everything; he noticed him. Our Sandro will tell us it is yonder. The Star of Genoa shines over Florence and our poor little constellations are gone out. Ecco, my Sandro, gravest and hardiest of painters, go summon Madonna Simonetta and her handmaidens to our Symposium. Agnolo will speak further to us of this sovereignty of Beauty. The painter bowed his head and moved away. A green alley vaulted with thick ilex and myrtle formed a tapering vista where the shadows lay misty blue and pale shafts of light pierced through fitfully. At the far end it ran out into an open space and a splash of sunshine. A marble Ganymede with lifted arms rose in the middle like a white flame. The girls were there, intent upon some commerce of their own, flashing hither and thither over the grass in a flutter of saffron and green and crimson. Simonetta-Sandro could see-was a little apart, a... Maurice Hewlett, Books, Fiction and Literature, Earthwork Out Of Tuscany Books>Fiction and Literature The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Art; Tuscany (Italy); Tuscany; Art / General; Art / History / General; Art / European; Literary Collections / Essays; Travel / Europe / Italy;<

ISBN: 9781153603133

Excerpt: ...Cupido will have him yet. Already, we can see, he has been let into some of the secrets of the bower, The man bowed and smiled deferentially, Signer Giuliano has all the quali… Plus…

Excerpt: ...Cupido will have him yet. Already, we can see, he has been let into some of the secrets of the bower, The man bowed and smiled deferentially, Signer Giuliano has all the qualities to win the love of ladies, and to retain it. Doubtless he awaits his destiny. The Wise Man has said that Beauty... The young poet enlarged on his text with some fire in his thin cheeks, while the company kept very silent. It was much to their liking; even Giuliano was absorbed; he sat on the ground clasping one knee between his hands, smiling upwards into vacancy, as a man does whose imagination is touched. Lorenzo nursed his sallow face and beat time to the orator''s cadences with his foot; he, too, was abstracted and smiling. At the end he spoke: Our Marsilio himself had never said nobler words, my Agnolo. The mantle of the Attic prophet has descended indeed upon this Florence. And Beauty, as thon sayest, is from heaven. But where shall it be found here below, and how discerned? The man of the heavy jowl was standing with folded arms, looking from under his brows at the group of girls. Lorenzo saw everything; he noticed him. Our Sandro will tell us it is yonder. The Star of Genoa shines over Florence and our poor little constellations are gone out. Ecco, my Sandro, gravest and hardiest of painters, go summon Madonna Simonetta and her handmaidens to our Symposium. Agnolo will speak further to us of this sovereignty of Beauty. The painter bowed his head and moved away. A green alley vaulted with thick ilex and myrtle formed a tapering vista where the shadows lay misty blue and pale shafts of light pierced through fitfully. At the far end it ran out into an open space and a splash of sunshine. A marble Ganymede with lifted arms rose in the middle like a white flame. The girls were there, intent upon some commerce of their own, flashing hither and thither over the grass in a flutter of saffron and green and crimson. Simonetta-Sandro could see-was a little apart, a... Maurice Hewlett, Books, Fiction and Literature, Earthwork Out Of Tuscany Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153603133

Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. He was born at Weybridge, the eldest son of Henry Gay Hewlett, of Shaw Hall, Addington, Kent. He … Plus…

Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. He was born at Weybridge, the eldest son of Henry Gay Hewlett, of Shaw Hall, Addington, Kent. He was educated at the London International College, Spring Grove, Isleworth, and was called to the bar in 1891. He gave up the law after the success of Forest Lovers (1898). From 1896 to 1901 he was Keeper of Lands, Revenues, Records and Enrolments, a government post as adviser on matters of medieval law. He Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), was an English historical novelist, poet and essayist. He was born at Weybridge, the eldest son of Henry Gay Hewlett, of Shaw Hall, Addington, Kent. He was educated at the London International College, Spring Grove, Isleworth, and was called to the bar in 1891. He gave up the law after the success of Forest Lovers (1898). From 1896 to 1901 he was Keeper of Lands, Revenues, Records and Enrolments, a government post as adviser on matters of medieval law. He settled at Broad Chalke, Wiltshire. His friends included Evelyn Underhill, and Ezra Pound, whom he met at the Poet's Club in London. Amongst his other works are: Earthwork out of Tuscany (1895), The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Ney (1900), New Canterbury Tales (1901), The Queen's Quair; or, The Six Years' Tragedy (1904), The Fool Errant (1905), The Stooping Lady (1907), The Spanish Jade (1908), Open Country: A Comedy with a Sting (1909), Rest Harrow (1910), Helen Redeemed and Other Poems (1913), Lore of Proserpine (1913), The Village Wife's Lament (1918), Gudrid the Fair (1918) and In a Green Shade (1920). Books, Art~~General, Earthwork-Out-of-Tuscany~~Maurice-Hewlett, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153603133

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