Memoirs of Benvenuto Cellini: A Florentine ArtistG. Bell & sons, 1888 - 504 pages |
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... perceive that I have never before been so free from vexations and calamities , or possessed of so great a share of content and health , as at this period . Looking back on some delightful and happy events of my life , and on many ...
... perceive that I have never before been so free from vexations and calamities , or possessed of so great a share of content and health , as at this period . Looking back on some delightful and happy events of my life , and on many ...
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... perceived , came out of it : the scorpion descended upon the ground and had got under a great bench , when I , seeing it , ran and caught it in my hand . This scorpion was of such a size , that whilst I held it in my little hand it put ...
... perceived , came out of it : the scorpion descended upon the ground and had got under a great bench , when I , seeing it , ran and caught it in my hand . This scorpion was of such a size , that whilst I held it in my little hand it put ...
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... perceived so great a change in it whenever he mentioned the flute , that he was often frightened , and left me in tears . Observing then the great concern he was in , I bade one of my sisters bring me a flute ; for , though I had a ...
... perceived so great a change in it whenever he mentioned the flute , that he was often frightened , and left me in tears . Observing then the great concern he was in , I bade one of my sisters bring me a flute ; for , though I had a ...
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... the requisite attainments , he injured the reputation he had before acquired . Among the letters of painters , we perceive one by this same Tasso . CH . III . J MEETS WITH GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT . 24 [ CH . III . MEMOIRS OF BENVENUTO CELLINI .
... the requisite attainments , he injured the reputation he had before acquired . Among the letters of painters , we perceive one by this same Tasso . CH . III . J MEETS WITH GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT . 24 [ CH . III . MEMOIRS OF BENVENUTO CELLINI .
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... perceived this , I shook off my connexions with them , and looked upon them all as unprincipled men , and little better than thieves . A goldsmith , amongst the rest , named Giovanni Battista Sogliani , was so complaisant as to lend me ...
... perceived this , I shook off my connexions with them , and looked upon them all as unprincipled men , and little better than thieves . A goldsmith , amongst the rest , named Giovanni Battista Sogliani , was so complaisant as to lend me ...
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