A Confession by Walter Savage Landor
A reflective poem where the speaker doubts pride and detests the crowd. He pleads to separate his verses from popular fashion and hopes a solitary ear may yet appreciate simpler words. The speaker doubts the ease of others and favors restrained verse.
Debating Movements and Venice’s Stable Republic Tone
The piece reviews late nineteenth century literary movements and their decline, recounting the Oxford anecdote of the Esthete clash with Punch. It lauds Gaston Boissier and M Ren Pichon for humane portraits, and lauds Venice’s political system, its doge role, and civic resilience against aristocratic power.
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Francis Gribble
Oxford
New Renaissance
Union
Asthete
Paris
Illuminating Chapters in Her History Venice
Horatio F Brown presents a two volume history of Venice noting his informal scholarly style and strong human feeling. The review discusses the evolving Venetian government the Doge’s fragile power and the Council of Ten as aristocratic pillars shaping state policy.
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Venice
Brown
Republic
Byzantium
Mr. Brown
Ufe
Great Council
Ducal
Rome
Venetian
Maggior Consiglio
Pregadi
Francesco Bussone
Caminola
Filippo Visconti
Francesco Carrara
Piazza di San Marco
Sra
Horatio F. Brown
E. P. Dutton & Co
Sala del Provego
Sue
Marino Fabier
Tian Polity
Council of Ten
Marino Faber
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Revue Des Deux Mondes
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M. Picton
Academy
Sydney Smith
Macaulay
Ibsen
Mr. Shaw
Piazza OF ST. Mark
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