Excerpt from Divine Considerations Years, if followed up consecutively. After this they. Discussed the subject together, or they discoursed upon some other points which Vald???s himself brought forward, until the hour for dinner. After dinner, in the afternoon, when the servants were dismissed to their own amusements, his friends, and not himself, pro posed the subjects and led the conversation, and he had to discuss them agreeably to their desire. As they had been pleased to consecrate the morning according to his Wishes ...
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Excerpt from Divine Considerations Years, if followed up consecutively. After this they. Discussed the subject together, or they discoursed upon some other points which Vald???s himself brought forward, until the hour for dinner. After dinner, in the afternoon, when the servants were dismissed to their own amusements, his friends, and not himself, pro posed the subjects and led the conversation, and he had to discuss them agreeably to their desire. As they had been pleased to consecrate the morning according to his Wishes in the serious reading of the 'book of the Soul, ' or upon subjects like his Divine Considerations, ' he in return devoted his acquirements to their gratification on themes of their selection. Such was the origin of the Dialogo de la Lengua, ' a dialogue on the Spanish language, which occupied seven or more sittings, and was in all probability much more copious than the text which has come down to us, and which furnishes us with these particulars. At nightfall Vald???s and his friends returned to the If the origin of the Divine Considerations were such, an explanation is at once afforded of the emphasis with which Curione, in his preface to the Italian edition, dwells on the parallel between the Considerations and the tales ofboccaccio. Both alike would then be associated with the secluded gardens and refreshing atmosphere of a rustic villa, resorted to as an escape from the town. However it may be, it is certain that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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