Conjectures And Researches Concerning the Love, Madness, And Imprisonment of Torquato Tasso
Conjectures And Researches Concerning the Love, Madness, And Imprisonment of Torquato Tasso
Richard Henry Wilde
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In the dis- course he complains, that as an artist he is forbidden to exercise his art, and declares that he who wishes another to be mad, must not complain if he cannot put bounds or method to his madness. He is furthermore consistent in affirming that the Duke desired to be offended,* and that Scipio knew the circumstances under which he meditated leaving Alphonso's em- ployment, and could excuse him.t A man who thus repeats the same facts, without contradiction from any one, and con- tempora...neously produces numerous sonnets, canzoni, dialogues, and discourses, all admi- rable, if he were not of sound mind, must have been visited with a madness more wonderful than wisdom. * See ante, Letter to the Nobles and Deputies of the People of Naples, etc. t See ante, Discourse to Gonzaga, etc. See also his letter to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Lettere, torn, t., 150, 151. VOL.11. 11 Digitized by VjOOQIC 122 Let it be once for all remarked, that the phi- losophy and logic and morality of Tasso, as manifested in these papers, are not intended to be approved without reserve.
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