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Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli Volume 1

Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli Volume 1

Fuller, Margaret

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ISBN10: 1231320648
ISBN13: 9781231320648
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.19 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...points in the character of Hamlet, 'and Mr. D. took nearly the same range. His views of 'Ophelia, however, are unspeakably more just than are 'those of Serlo in Wilhelm Meister. I regret that the ' whole course is not to be on Shakspeare, for I should 'like to read with him all the plays. 'I never have met with a person of finer perceptions. 'He leaves out nothing; though he over-refines on some 'passages. He has the most exquisite taste, and freshens 'the souls of his hearers with ever new beauty. He is 'greatly indebted to the delicacy of his physical organ'ization for the delicacy of his mental appreciation. But 'when he has told you what he likes, the pleasure of 'intercourse is over; for he is a man of prejudice more 'than of reason, and though he can make a lively 'exposi of his thoughts and feelings, he does not jus'tify them. In a word, Mr. Dana has the charms and 'the defects of one whose object in life has been to pre'serve his individuality unprofaned.' ART. While residing at Providence, and during her visits to Boston, in her vacations, Margaret's mind was opening more and more to the charms of art. 'The Ton-Kunst, the Ton-Welt, give me now more 'stimulus than the written Word; for music seems to 'contain everything in nature, unfolded into perfect har'mony. In it the all and each are manifested in most 'rapid transition; the spiral and undulatory movement 'of beautiful creation is felt throughout, and, as we listen, 'thought is most clearly, because most mystically, per'ceived. 'I have been to hear Neukomm's Oratorio of David. 'It is to music what Barry Cornwall's verses and Tal'fourd's Ion are to poetry. It is completely modern, 'and befits an age of consciousness. Nothing can be 'better arranged as a drama; the parts are in excellent 'g...

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