Word: musset
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...third meeting of the Conference was held last night in Sever 15. The speaker of the evening was Mr. Garrison, who addressed the society upon the life and poetry of Alfred de Musset. He spoke of the great natural charm and vivacity of de Musset. The delicacy of his style; of his wasted life and the griefs which caused the sad tone so prominent in his later poems...
CONFERENCE FRANCAISE. Meeting this evening at 7.30. Les poesies J'Alfred de Musset, - M. Garrison...
...future suffering is drawn with a realism at times absolutely repulsive. This article will, perhaps, be the one most interesting to the readers. Its effect upon the mind is a strange mixture of psychological curiosity and mental disgust. From this we turn with satisfaction to the translation from de Musset by Mr. Santayana. The poetical powers of Mr. Santayana might, perhaps, be questioned, when he handles that most dangerous of all compositions, the philosophical sonnet, but here they cannot be. The translation is peculiarly happy, and evidences no low order of poetical talent in the writer. The turn...
French Readings. Alfred de Musset. Histoire d'un Metle blanc, translation. Prof. Bocher. Sever...
Tuesday, Nov. 17; translation, Alfred de Musset, Histoire d'un Merle blanc. Prof. Bocher...