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opening scene with tlie cour- his brother ; his keen perceptiers , is occasioned by the ha- tions , too , render him feelingl ] bitual neglect of which he is alive to their shallowness conscious , eclipsed as he is by The first words he titters tel the more popular character of both : — " Enter Garcia . Cornelio . Bright skies attend my lord ; give you good day I
Garcia ( smiling ) . I thank the skies : sometimes they frown upon us But they are ever great and lofty . Cor . My lord , That is most true ; albeit our hopes below Are oft as flat as a pond . Gar . Drown not thy soul , Like a blind whelp : hast thou no birth-right , sir ? ( Pointing upwards . )"—p . , 6 .
His endeavours to persuade formed friendship for Passato , the sculptor , Del Passato , to when the conversation begins apply for patronage to Gio- to attract his interest , marks an vanni rather than to himself , open nature longing for symshow the source of his appa- pathy : — rent cynicism ; as his quickly
" Gar . Sir , will you walk with me ? Your conversation throbs about my heart Like new-born hopes : I seem at last to have found A book which I would read most seriously . Come , you shall be my tutor and my friend . "—p . 8 . Immediately afterwards , the cordant elements we have entrance of Giovanni produces noticed may be traced : — a quarrel , in which all the
dis" Gio . Garcia , ' twere well if thou'd ' st bethink thyself " That youth ' s bright spring-tide tends to autumn ' s shade , And manhood , to be high and honourable , Needs preparation . Gar . Sir , what moves your mind To this precocious lecture ? Gio . Your life ' s waste . Gar . My elder by three years 1 Go , grey-green sir I Your olive-leaf of wisdom needs more sun . I cannot , and I will not bear your rod ! Gio . Who is this new acquaintance ? Gar . He is my friend ; That is enough , good brother . Pass . Thank you , sir !
Gio . Found in the streets—the friend of half an hour ! Rude boy , thou must be taught to know thyself , * Ere thou can ' st choose—a friend . Gar . Peace , sir ! Dajlmasso . My lords !
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Cosmo de Medici . 19 i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1837, page 195, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1835/page/51/
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