Word: marchesas
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...appreciation in English of the poet whom Italy ranks next to her greatest-Dante, Petrarch, Tasso. First printed in 1935 (but never before in the U.S.), it reappears now containing so much new matter that it is virtually a new book. Or, to put it another way, British-born Marchesa Iris Origo has dredged up so much new misery that Leopardi may now be seen to have been even unhappier than he was in the first edition...
...than Whistler's: John Singer Sargent. John learned from both and came to paint personalities just as brilliantly, charmingly, and revealingly as his masters had. Delineating the mind-heavy brow of G. B. Shaw (opposite), John's brush is icicle-sharp. Gliding across the bosom of the Marchesa Casati (overleaf), it turns feather-soft. He naturally places his technique at the service of his subject matter, and this instinct, which most modern painters scorn, is the first essential of portraiture...
...Italy's Marchesa Olga di Gresy, cited for her Mirsa sweaters; Paris' Gilbert Orcel for his hats; Manhattan's Ben Sommers for his Capezio footwear; Manhattan's Charles James for his dresses...
Past Glories. Among the delegates at the congress were a few grey heads, schoolteachers and oldtime Fascist functionaries, but most were youngsters. In the red and gilt boxes sat such patrons as Marchesa Eloisa Marignoli, one of the party's chief backers, who languidly fanned her stiff, white-powdered face...
...Marchesa is terribly upset. It seems the man joined the Partisans...