| 单词 | Musset |
| 例句 | Posters based on the famous images of Bernhardt in La Dame aux Camélias and Musset's Lorenzaccio adorn the walls; whenever Janice Watson's Silvia looks in her mirror, it is her younger self that gazes back. Zanetto/Gianni Schicchi – review 2012-06-24T14:31:56Z Or “Georgia Sand,” a typical exercise in rhymed name-dropping — about the romance between George Sand and Alfred de Musset, no less — that almost feels like a Porter parody? Theater Review: Cole Porter’s ‘Nymph Errant’ Is Revived 2012-07-13T22:47:11Z He co-stars with Charlotte Gainsbourg in the French production, based on a novel by Alfred de Musset. Pete Doherty implicated in German record store robbery 2011-03-09T14:49:56Z Based on an autobiographical novel by Alfred de Musset about his affair with writer George Sand, Doherty's casting in the lead role makes plenty of sense. Singer Pete Doherty's film debut dubbed a "crime" 2012-05-22T15:51:25Z He says he knew the work of Alfred De Musset, the French poet and novelist who wrote Confession. Pete Doherty: the challenge of making a film as a heroin addict 2012-05-24T20:00:02Z In addition, she won the hearts of such great Gallic geniuses as the poet Alfred de Musset, whose advances she spurned, and the composers Charles Gounod and Hector Berlioz, both of whom were her lovers. How Modernity Came to Europe 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The singer was in the Bavarian town earlier this year, filming an adaptation of Alfred de Musset's The Confession of a Child of the Century. Pete Doherty faces charge relating to burglary 2011-07-06T11:18:19Z "Just like Musset, he has this share of innocence and debauchery." Singer Pete Doherty's film debut dubbed a "crime" 2012-05-22T15:51:25Z The film will be based on de Musset's autobiographical novel which chronicles his tumultuous love affair with French writer Georges Sand. Pete Doherty takes dance lessons for French film 2010-12-20T14:25:55Z She has woven her own hair into a dried rose; the catalogue states that inspiration came from Sand’s rupture with Alfred de Musset, one of her infamous lovers, when they exchanged twists of curls. George Sand’s unfinished legacy 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z She stood there, “a nice little country girl in a little skirt,” she later recalled, reciting lines out of Alfred Musset’s play, “There’s No Trifling With Love.” Emmanuelle Riva, revered French actress who broke an Oscar age barrier, dies at 89 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z "We could have done like in Asia, one task per employee, which is faster, but we wanted to have a better quality product," said Diderot Musset, Sûrtab's production manager. Impoverished Haiti manufacturing its own Android tablet 2014-03-16T11:08:18Z But Liszt escaped the fate of De Musset and Chopin. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Some two centuries later, George Sand, who had read of the incident, tried the same trick to win back Alfred de Musset. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z It took place at the time of the last sickness of M. de Musset. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The first handsome Italian she met she fell in love with and allowed poor sick Alfred de Musset to return to Paris alone, although she had promised his mother to guard him carefully. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Alfred de Musset and many another sentimental poet lamented the ephemeral nature of the actor's fame. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Schumann and Chopin, Berlioz and Liszt, Wagner—in a class by himself—are a few that may be cited; not to mention Victor Hugo, Delacroix, Gautier, Alfred de Musset, Stendhal. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z De Musset, too, was entirely cognizant of the story of Ninon's shorn hair. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z It was especially in the plays of Alfred de Musset that his gifts found their happiest expression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z One task that he set himself was translating Alfred de Musset's 'Lorenzaccio,' and into this version he introduced some scenes of his own. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Alfred de Musset was wrecking his constitution by spasms of debauchery. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z She recalled certain verses of Heine mentioning Toledo, and others by Musset addressing Andalusian Marquises of Barcelona; and she used to hum a love song about the oranges of Seville.... The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z And after this populous interregnum, came Alfred de Musset. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Have I not had a care for De Musset and for Heine? The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z I am loth to draw the conclusion that the letter in question was a deliberate forgery of Paul de Musset's. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Dumas, Balzac, and Alfred de Musset were to be seen there twice or thrice a week; the eccentric Lord Seymour, founder of the French Jockey Club, had his own table there. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z Sand's life: her "Histoire," her letters, and now lately these revelations of the de Musset episode. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z George Sand expected De Musset to live on the heights of bloodless idealism. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Then came a French invasion of another sort, of the Romanticists—of De Musset and Gautier, and the long-haired followers of Byron. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Gozzi's literary style and personal character—The false conception of the man and his work which has been diffused by Paul de Musset. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z To her schoolfellows the beautiful Anglo-Indian girl, with her Spanish name and ancestry, must have appeared a new edition of De Musset’s “Andalouse.” Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z M. de Musset's reputation has been achieved since the revolution of July. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z De Musset, by the way refused to admit her to his rooms when he himself lay dying—a grisly joke that Paris appreciated. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z So Byron said, and by him and all the poets of his school—Alfred de Musset for one—the city by the Guadalquivir was ardently loved. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z We must divest our minds of the false conception of Gozzi's character with which Paul de Musset hoaxed the French critics and Vernon Lee. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Musset, who was very much of a free-lance in the contest, maintained indeed that the differentia of the Romantic was the copious use of this part of speech. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The questions Byron discusses have forced themselves upon him; those of De Musset are of his own invention. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Perhaps the message never reached her; perhaps she thought it a trick—she had tried something of the sort on de Musset; perhaps she did not realize that the time was so short. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Byron and Alfred de Musset found the atmosphere of the place most congenial. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z But Vernon Lee knew the book only through Paul de Musset's "perversion." The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Alfred de Musset, while unable to take in the scope of the work, acknowledged that it was colossal. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z The critic then compares De Musset with Byron; the latter is more original and spontaneous, the former richer and more comprehensive. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z De Musset had seen her from afar and had begged for an introduction. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z The P�re Lachaise," he exclaimed, "possesses the tombs of Musset, Balzac, Chopin, La Fontaine, Bizet, of your 'friends' Cuvier and Thiers, and others, but it is too fashionable, too showy.... My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z To condense and manipulate the Memoirs at my own free will, following the plan of Paul de Musset's abridgement, seemed to me unscrupulous, even if I abstained from that amusing writer's deliberate mystifications. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Allusion has already been made to George Sand, Henry Mürger, and Alfred de Musset. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z That passion with which Italy has inspired Shelley, Byron, George Sand, De Musset, Owen Meredith, even the calm analytic mind of Taine, has never touched him. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The same day she returned a most positive refusal, writing: I do not want you to introduce De Musset to me. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Like Alfred de Musset—one of his masters—he had grace and style, ineffable tenderness, gladsome smiles, the cry of the heart, emotion. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z I do not blame Paul de Musset for his literary escapade. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z In many of the libraries I found Lamartine, Balzac, Alexandra Dumas, Eugène Sue, George Sand, De Musset, &c., and many other names less known perhaps in Paris than in Astrakhan. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The unaccountable fear of dogs is not so common as ailurophobia, although it is said that De Musset cordially detested them, and Goethe despised them, notwithstanding, forsooth, he kept a tame snake. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Alfred de Musset makes a melancholy figure in literary history. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z He mounted a table, and instead, gave them a recital of Alfred de Musset's 'Answer to the German Rhine' from end to end. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z But, by so doing, Paul de Musset misled writers who had no access to the sole edition of Gozzi's Memorie, or who were perhaps too careless to seek this document out. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z He learnt from Musset, and believed, with Fortunio, that "a pun is a consolation for many ills, and a play upon words as good a way as another of playing with thoughts, actions, and people." Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z De Musset wrote his plays, which he called proverbes, under the same influence, and later followers of this school are Rostand and the Belgian M. Maurice Maeterlinck. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z She, as some think, sucked Musset’s heart out of him like a vampire. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The lines were those written by de Musset in response to the "German Rhine," and they lost nothing in his impassioned delivery. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z Both of these distinguished writers have fallen into the trap laid for them by Paul de Musset, and have accepted a false conception of the man who forms the subject of these volumes. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Where it is impossible not to observe elements of likeness, as between Byron and Musset, we may take them to be actual, and no matters of chance. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z An Operetta, a Proverbe by Musset, and a series of Tableaux Vivants were finally put in rehearsal and a collection was to be made after the performance. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Paul de Musset, Alfred’s brother, replied in a book which claimed to set the facts in their true light before the world. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z There is a great difference between the apprentices in life, and the masters,—Aucassin and Alfred de Musset were among the apprentices; Dante was one of the masters. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z They're not very original; all the young men write the same kind of poetry nowadays—a sort of mixture of Tennyson, and Edgar Poe, and Alfred de Musset. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z He had read her a couple of verses from Musset, which she particularly loved--les souvenirs--but it had become dark during the reading; he laid the book away. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z To all who, like myself, admire Rizpah vastly, and who never doubted that Mr. Tennyson was a larger poet than Alfred de Musset, the above is, in a sense, consolatory. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Musset was greatest as poet, but he wrote admirable prose in novels and in comedies. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The Troubadours, and the Roman Elegists, De Musset and Verlaine, Hafiz and Keats, are among the very greatest poets, even though they are not prophets. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z At the corner of the Rue Lafitte was a tobacconist’s shop, whose genius was a “splendid creature,” of whom Alfred de Musset became so enamoured that his friends feared for an “imprudence on his part.” Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z A volume of De Musset chanced to be on the chest of drawers; he turned over some pages, then began to talk about love, about his hopes and his transports. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z But the Lyricists pure and simple—and certainly, as far as verse is concerned, De Musset never became anything else—are, after all, the flentes in limine primo. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z We confine ourselves here to brief exhibition by specimen of what Musset accomplished in that species of literary work in which he was greatest, namely, poetry. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z No, I don't, my dear Marion; but so were Shelley, Byron, de Musset, and scores of others. With Edge Tools Alfred de Musset would compose his immortal poetry only when under the influence of drink. Rambles in Womanland This forms a curious contrast to the romantic portrait of the old man vamped up for us by Paul de Musset. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second De Musset, as Mr. Swinburne half allows, never underwent this solemn transformation; and it is perhaps, on that very account, that all of us find him, within limits, so irresistibly attractive. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Musset exhibits something of the wit that he was, in the following bit of rhymed epigram, which, breaking up two stanzas for the purpose, we take from his poem entitled “Namouna.” French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z De Musset is certainly the best example of the poet that France has to offer; with him you always catch the foot-fall of the Muse—you feel, as he felt, the inspiration. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Alfred de Musset's work, notwithstanding his comparatively short life and his want of regular energy, is not inconsiderable in amount, and in quality is of the highest merit and interest. A Short History of French Literature De Musset strove to base upon it a theory that Gozzi was the victim of his own fabulous sprites. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Now I trust I am not insensible to the exquisite melody, the delicious dactyls of Shelley, of De Musset, and, I will add, of Mr. Swinburne himself. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z This self-vindicating epigram of Musset’s may be pronounced clever rather than satisfactory. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Compared even with Musset and Victor Hugo, how much nearer the earth Lermontov is than either of them! An Outline of Russian Literature The dramatic instinct in Musset was very strong, and may, perhaps, be said to have exceeded in volume, originality, and variety, if not in intensity, the purely poetical. A Short History of French Literature Can you enlighten me as to the identity of the "Trilby" referred to by Musset? Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel They were not gamblers, and had not the terrible fits of idleness or drinking which left De Musset stranded every now and again. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Musset—the juxtaposition and contrast of the two men irresistibly provokes the reflection—was as much less than Balzac by inferiority of will as he was greater by superiority of genius. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z It was not wine that ruined Burns and Byron, or Baudelaire, or Alfred de Musset. The Intellectual Life When only nineteen Musset published a volume of poetry, which showed in him a poetic talent inferior only to Hugo's own, and, indeed, not so much inferior as different. A Short History of French Literature What was there about George Sand, save perhaps pretty good eyes, to send such men as Alfred de Musset and Friedrich Chopin absolutely crazy? The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 Alfred de Musset and Alexandre Dumas were both very handsome, but each in a different way. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Around Victor Hugo, as the towering central figure among them all, were mustered, though some of them not to remain in this comradeship with him, Sainte-Beuve, Balzac, George Sand, De Musset. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z M. Paul de Musset is a devoted brother and an agreeable writer; but he is not, from the critic's point of view, the ideal biographer. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Her private history was somewhat remarkable, and she succeeded in making at least two men of greater genius than herself, Alfred de Musset and Chopin, utterly miserable. A Short History of French Literature The right-hand shelves were wholly French, from quaint volumes of troubadours' poetry to Alfred de Musset and De Maupassant. A Monk of Cruta Its recuperative qualities were vouched for by such men as Alfred de Musset, Balzac, and Alexandre Dumas. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Alfred de Musset was the first who found favor with her heart, it appears; and they were inseparably associated for about three years. Home Life of Great Authors Herr Lindau is highly appreciative, but he is also critical, and he says a great many things which M. Paul de Musset leaves unsaid. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. They met Paul de Musset, but missed his brother Alfred that winter, whose poems they both cared for. The Brownings Their Life and Art The famous "J'aime mieux Alfred de Musset," though it came from a man of extraordinary mental power and no small specially critical ability, is not criticism. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 I have spoken before of the H�tel des Haricots, where men like Hugo, Balzac, B�ranger, and Alfred de Musset chose to be imprisoned rather than perform their duties as National Guards. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections So she lived out her brief romance with De Musset, and, apparently unmindful of his tragic end, entered upon a new epoch of her life with that most remarkable modern musical genius, Chopin. Home Life of Great Authors M. de Musset shows good taste in not pretending to narrate them. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Now and then behind his plough, he lighted on genuine verses, verses such as Heine and Alfred de Musset have written in our own days. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer No doubt the critic will often be tempted, will sometimes be actually forced to say, "'J'aime mieux Alfred de Musset,' and there's an end of it." Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 Paul de Musset, perhaps as a kind of revenge for the wrongs suffered by his brother, once gave an amusing description of the miscarried attempt of George Sand "to net" Eug�ne Delacroix. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Poor Alfred de Musset has had the sympathy of all classes and conditions of men, apparently, from that day to this. Home Life of Great Authors It is perhaps indeed in a limited sense that Alfred de Musset's love affairs may be said to have been in some cases more important than in others. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Diderot said that it placed Richardson with Homer and Euripides, Rousseau openly imitated it, and Alfred de Musset has styled it the best novel in the world. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Beneath the first floor is the usual shop,—a rôtisserie patronized by the scholars of two centuries,—famed of Balzac, de Musset, Dumas, Hugo, and a myriad lesser pens. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life Alfred de Musset became so enamoured of her that at one time his familiars apprehended an "imprudence on his part." An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Apart from the ancient classics I may refer to George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Lamartine, and Madame de Stael. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Alfred de Musset, as the author of "Rolla," was a very extraordinary young man—quite the young man of whom Heinrich Heine could say "he has a magnificent past before him." The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. De Musset went away ailing; he returned a mere shadow. Melomaniacs His "Chandelier" having met with success, Rachel applied to De Musset for a play. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Recently I got hold of a volume of de Musset. War Letters of a Public-School Boy For this Modern School has two opposing wings, moved by two opposing forces, Science being the motive power of the one, and Byron and De Musset the inspiring geniuses of the 134 other. The Book of Khalid Paul de Musset immediately retorted with a little book which is decidedly poor as fiction, but tolerably good, probably, as history. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. He would weep after reading de Musset, and a moment later watch with infinite satisfaction the spectacle of two wretched women dancing on heated copper plates. Melomaniacs Hugo, a peer, tranquil in the superior chamber; young De Musset, a courtier of the Duke of Orleans, and hoping for the king's notice of his verses. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Alfred de Musset, a frequenter, said, "you could not open its doors for less than 15 francs." All About Coffee Of Alfred de Musset, his brother and biographer, Paul Musset, records that at the early age of four he was passionately in love with a girl cousin. The Sexual Life of the Child It seems at first like a reckless thing to say, but we will risk it: in the quality of his fancy Musset always reminds us of Shakespeare. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. De Musset, at this time, would have given the world to have been able to make her his wife. Famous Women: George Sand He spouted Musset's lines: "Plant a willow by my grave, The weeping willow that I love...." The Confessions of Arsène Lupin But where would Georges Sand have been without De Musset? The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius I am also intensely fond of Goethe, Heine, and Alfred de Musset. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression But as we have said before, with his youth Musset's inspiration failed him. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. It was early in April that De Musset started on his homeward journey. Famous Women: George Sand De Musset speaks of the “little pebble”: /* But when upon your fated way you meet Some dumb memorial of a passion dead, That little pebble stops you, and you dread To bruise your tender feet. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 One reads upon the tombs, however, the familiar historic names with vivid interest, such as Rossini, Molière, Scribe, Alfred de Musset, Talma, Arago, and others. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Margot, in the same fatal way and, I fear, in the same degree, suggests the country tales of Musset's own faithless love. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century But the great charm is Musset's dramatic world itself, the atmosphere in which his figures move, the element they breathe. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. But neither De Musset nor any other in whom, through the "prism of enthusiasm," she may have seen awhile a hero of romance, was ever a primary influence on her life. Famous Women: George Sand In the absence of an Alfred de Musset she had fled from her husband with a handsome actor of romantic rôles whom later she had left for an ugly violinist with a beautiful technique. The Orchard of Tears We knew them all by heart, or nearly so, and yet we read them still; and Victor Hugo and Lamartine, and dear Alfred de Musset.... The Martian If the letters given in Paul de Musset's book were not written by George Sand they were written by Diabolus. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century The great event in Alfred de Musset's life, most people would say, was his journey to Italy with George Sand. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. With Hugo, Dumas, De Musset, Balzac, not to mention lesser stars, the author of Indiana and Valentine, although a woman, was acknowledged as worthy to rank. Famous Women: George Sand Ah, yes; to be sure, Alfred de Musset. Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux We also grew very fond of Lamartine and Victor Hugo, quite openly—and of De Musset under the rose. The Martian Lucrezia Floriani, though perhaps more suggestive of Chopin than of Musset, but with "tangency" on both, will be discussed in the text. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Alfred de Musset was twenty-three years of age; George Sand, who had published "Indiana," "Valentine," and "Lélia," was close upon thirty. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The history of the separation of the lovers—of De Musset's illness, jealousy, and departure from Venice alone—is a thrice-told tale. Famous Women: George Sand The capricious woman of the Venetian nights, the unfaithful companion of de Musset, was the same nurse who cooked the meals and prepared the cough syrups for the dying Chopin in the solitudes of Valldemosa. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Born in Alfred de Musset 1810, the scion of an old aristocratic family, he was brought up with the Duke of Orleans. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Musset: charm of his dramatised stories; his pure narration unsuccessful. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century If people care supremely for form, Musset will always but half satisfy them. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. How could De Musset, with such an excellent example of prudence, regular hours, good sense, calm self-possession, and ceaseless literary industry as hers before his eyes, not be stirred up to emulate such admirable qualities? Famous Women: George Sand When they tell me that God made himself a man, I prefer to recognize a man who made himself a god.—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought In 1833, De Musset went to Italy together with Georges Sand, Relations with Georges Sand but in Venice the lovers quarrelled and separated. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) But the most crucial example of the "something wrong" which pursues Musset in pure prose narrative is Emmeline. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century So far in relation to Musset's lyric genius—though we have given but a brief and inadequate account of it. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The spring had hardly begun when De Musset was struck down by fever. Famous Women: George Sand Prospective happiness is perhaps the only real happiness in the world.—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought Alfred de Musset, the French lyric poet, died on May 1, in Paris. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Lélia, some years younger than these and later than the Musset tragedy, is a good deal better, or at least less childish. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Alfred de Musset, in "Lorenzaccio," has the air of being as ready to handle a hundred figures as a dozen—of having imagination enough for them all. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. This winter saw the ending for herself and De Musset of their hapless romance. Famous Women: George Sand If you believe in evil, you have done evil.—A. de Musset. Pearls of Thought Louis Napoleon, on his coronation as Emperor, restored Alfred de Musset to office and had him elected to the French Academy. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Musset, again, not ill at short stories, is far better at short plays. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Musset was not a didactic poet, and it was not for him to lose time by taking his first steps as one. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. It must be remembered, however, that De Musset on his side had not refrained during his lifetime from denouncing in eloquent verse the friend he had quarreled with, and satirizing her in pungent prose. Famous Women: George Sand It opened the palaces of Constantinople to the barbarians, but it opened the doors of cottages to the consoling angels of the Saviour.—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought He was supplanted in Georges Sand's affections by Alfred de Musset. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) And there came a pale, Alfred de Musset youth with long hair, a roll of paper and a quill pen. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Herr Lindau thinks that even in the germ Musset's inspiration is already vicious—that "his wonderful talent was almost simultaneously ripe and corrupted." The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Lamartine, Hugo, and, at a later date, Musset, found models or suggestions in his writings. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Of all the sisters of Love one of the most charming is Pity.—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought Her loss was mourned most of all in France, where her death has been commemorated by Alfred de Musset's beautiful threnody ending with the lines: Die, then. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) And do they not also recall another group of two literary brothers, older, it is true, the delicate faces of Paul and Alfred de Musset in the delicious frame of the Musée Carnavalet? Renée Mauperin These, however, are perfection; and if Musset had written nothing else, he would have had a right to say that it was from his own glass that he drank. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Musset was not disposed to play the part of the small drummer-boy inciting the romantic battalion to the double-quick. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Memory.—Memory is what makes us young or old.—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought The original of Sténio was Alfred de Musset, whose intimate friendship with the author is historic. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I Swinburne would have none of it; De Musset was unequal; he did not sustain himself on the wing. Confessions of a Book-Lover This passage is perhaps—unless we except the opening verses of "Rolla"—Musset's noblest piece of poetic writing. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Passion, the spirit of youth, sensibility, a love of beauty, intelligence, esprit, fantasy, eloquence, graceful converse—these were Musset's gifts. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The woman who really wishes to refuse contents herself with saying No. She who explains wants to be convinced.—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought We hope still to deal with Chateaubriand, Madame de Staël, Lamartine, Alfred de Musset, Sainte-Beuve, Victor Hugo, and perhaps others, in a future volume. Classic French Course in English Musset, as Mr. Swinburne has said—too bitterly and strongly said—became in a fashion a Kaled to his Lara, ‘his female page or attendant dwarf.’ Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation It is noticeable that this is the third "passion sérieuse" that M. Paul de Musset alludes to since the dolorous weeks which followed the return from Venice. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Musset, born a poet, was ready for imaginative ventures; he had been introduced, while still a boy, to the C�nacle. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Perfection does not exist; to understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to desire to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought Be my Georges Sand, and I will be your De Musset; be my Stella, and I will be your Swift.' Despair's Last Journey And De Musset's verses arose in my memory: "Hast thou found out, Voltaire, that it is bliss to die, Or does thy hideous smile over thy bleached bones fly?" The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. Musset's grace, in its suavity, freedom, and unaffectedness, is altogether peculiar; though it must be said that it is only in the poems of his middle period that it is at its best. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. It is not the happiest way of communicating truth, and the moral of the book, that debauchery ends in cynicism, was not left for Musset to discover. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. I hate hypocrites, who put on their virtues with their white gloves.—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought She looks at her lover and dies, like the Simonne of Boccaccio and of Musset. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance One day I sat down by his side, having taken up a book, too, to keep up appearances, a volume of De Musset's poems. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. M. Paul de Musset does not relate that his brother began to versify in his infancy; but Alfred was indeed hardly more than an infant when he achieved his first success. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Yet, with an infirmity characteristic of him, Musset was discouraged. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Reason may cure illusions but not suffering.—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought Tristan was a harbinger of Musset; Guinevere gives us a desire for a Cervantes. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The fair Cyrene meanwhile caught up her mandolin and began to sing one of Alfred de Musset's songs, full of the warmth and glow of the sunny South. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania Between him and his readers it is a matter of affection, or it is nothing at all; and there is something very happy, therefore, in M. Paul de Musset's fond, fraternal reticency and extenuation. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. At the close of 1833 Musset was with George Sand in Italy. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. O world! how many hopes thou dost engulf!—Alfred de Musset. Pearls of Thought This theory, put forward in the twelfth century by the singers of the British cycle, has survived, and will be found again in the "Astrée," in Byron, and in Musset. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Give a look, if you can, at a Memoir of Alfred de Musset written by his Brother. Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II According to this rough justice, the case looks badly for Musset's fellow traveller. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The ambitious Shakespearian drama of political conspiracy, Lorenzaccio, was an effort beyond the province and the powers of Musset. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. You do not know, mother, who Musset is. The Argonauts Pandarus, in Boccaccio, is a young nobleman, sceptical too, but frivolous, disdainful, elegant, like a personage of Musset. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Alfred de Musset had steeped the powder and the patches in a glass of Champagne wine. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 She had made great pretensions to reason, and it is fair to say of Alfred de Musset that he had made none whatever. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. With De Musset, George Sand had to reckon on dealing with a writing man, and his accounts of "The Little White Blackbird" had taught her caution. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians I found a poem the other day, a love-song of De Musset. The Hippodrome Alfred de Musset became a dramatist under Shakespeare's spell. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays Swinburne or de Musset have never stirred me so deeply as did that simple recitation. Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel It is easy to believe that Musset may have tried the patience of a tranquil associate. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. She taunted him into a defense of George Sand, who had but recently returned from her escapade to Venice with Alfred de Musset. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Alfred de Musset has described this position of the soul, and its inevitable issue. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism It is as Alfred de Musset has called it, the blood that courses through the veins of God. Among Famous Books But she felt a little dull when Miss Carew and Molly discussed Browning and Tennyson and De Musset. Great Possessions Alfred de Musset, like Mr. Murray's fastidious correspondent, wrote poetry as an amateur—wrote it, as they say in France, en gentilhomme. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. She read Montaigne, Rochefoucald, Racine and Moliere, and a modern by the name of Alfred de Musset, and quoted her authors at inconvenient times. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Did Alfred de Musset know these veiled forms that seem to float over the meadow and did he think of them in the sleeplessness of his nights of May? Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Alfred de Musset would have depicted the suburban quarters of Pompeii exactly in these lines, had he added to his enumeration the wine-shops and the custom-house. The Wonders of Pompeii But modern academic French sculpture feels the weight of De Musset's handicap—it is born too late into a world too old. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture They have sounded the depths of versification, and beside their refined, consummate facture Musset's simple devices and good-natured prosody seem to belong to a primitive stage of art. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. All Paris had rung with the story of how she and De Musset had gone together to Venice, and then in less than a year had quarreled and separated. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits.—Alfred de Musset. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age They read Béranger, François Villon, Victor Hugo, and every now and then they even dashed into de Musset! The Man and the Moment His brother Paul de Musset, a very different person, was there instead—but we hope to have Alfred on another occasion. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II To our own sense Musset's exquisite feeling more than makes up for one-half the absence of "chiselling," and the ineffable grace we spoke of just now makes up for the other half. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. At a challenge I would not decline, I ventured upon the following harsh and ungraceful but literal translation of some of the stanzas from Alfred de Musset's fine lament for Malibran. Records of a Girlhood It is curious that Madame Sand and De Musset originally avoided making each other's acquaintance. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Freely rendered from the French of Alfred de Musset. The Poems of Henry Van Dyke Alfred de Musset's poems I read, collected in a single volume; it is the only edition I ever met with. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II M. Paul de Musset's volume proves, we confess, rather disappointing. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Monsieur Alfred de Musset, lolling in his arm-chair in an attitude which seemed a compromise between sleep and Kief, smiled beatifically. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Musset's mother was deeply opposed to the latter project, foreseeing misfortune with the prescience of affection, and he promised not to go without her consent, although his heart was set upon it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 De Musset had eight persons to follow him to the grave; his Excellency had one hundred thousand. His Excellency the Minister Alfred de Musset was to have been at M. Buloz's, where Robert was a week ago, on purpose to meet him, but he was prevented in some way. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Alfred de Musset lived in a very compact circle; he spent his whole life in Paris, and his friends lived in Paris near him. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. With equal delight the French romanticists—Hugo and Musset in particular—seized upon the treasures of the "Romancero"; but this was somewhat later. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Alfred de Musset's first steps in life were made at the same time with his first essays in poetry. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 In those days, I dreamed of being Musset, I a gourmand, and what have I become? His Excellency the Minister Sabatini, in a black velvet smoking jacket, was lying upon a sofa in his library, with a recently published edition de luxe of Alfred de Musset's poems upon his knee. The Lighted Way Putting aside the "ivresse," which was constant, Musset's life certainly offers little material for narration. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Among French writers he had no modern favourites beyond Hugo, Musset, and Dumas. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century "Rarely," says Paul de Musset, "has so small a quantity of paper made so much noise." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Partake of love as a temperate man partakes of wine: do not become intoxicated.—A. de Musset. More Toasts He was a dabbler now, with—as Heine said of de Musset—a fine future behind him, and none but an artist can tell the bitterness of that self-knowledge. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales To this project, as regarded her son, Mme. de Musset refused her consent. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Many early adherents of Hugo's cénacle and entourage fell away from their allegiance and, like Sainte-Beuve and Musset, took up a critical or even antagonistic attitude. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century In December, 1840, Alfred de Musset was thirty years old, and on his birthday he had one of those reckonings with himself, which the most deliberately careless and volatile men cannot escape. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 It was there, in an upper room, that I now made acquaintance with a couple very different from George Sand and Alfred de Musset, though destined to become hardly less famous than they. A Christmas Garland I was just speaking to your mother about Alfred de Musset. Muslin But Musset, like all poets, was essentially a creature of impression; as with all poets, his sentimental faculty needed constantly to renew itself. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Musset, writing in 1838, says that the tragedies of Corneille and Racine had disappeared from the French stage for ten years. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Seventeen years! a large bit of any one's life—more than a third of Alfred de Musset's own term—yet there is hardly anything to say about it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 The name Trilby also appears in a poem by Alfred de Musset. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians It is the depth of the tragedy which De Musset paints, and that alone; 313and in order to deepen it, Andrea is made a much nobler character than he is in Browning's poem. The Poetry Of Robert Browning They spent the winter at Venice, and M. Paul de Musset and his mother continued to hear regularly from Alfred. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Kitty had indeed behaved like an angel—an angel en toilette de bal, reciting a scene from Alfred de Musset. The Marriage of William Ashe Alfred de Musset was born on the 11th of December, 1810, in the old quarter of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 He had been reading aloud to the ladies—Alfred de Musset, I think. Chateau and Country Life in France Alfred de Musset and others have dramatised it, and it seems strange that none of our soul-wrecking and vivisecting novelists have taken it up for their amusement. The Poetry Of Robert Browning Musset supposed so himself, and took no trouble to encourage the experiment. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Everything is changed, and from the gardens the grisettes of Alfred de Musset are with sighing sent. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 No doubt Paul de Musset has told it as fairly as could be expected from his brother's side: probably the circumstances occurred much as he sets them down. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Alfred de Musset had accused her of assuming the maternal "pose" towards poets and musicians who adored her, whilst she absorbed their loves and lives and then deserted them. Cobwebs of Thought A smile flickered over the young artist's face as he quoted Musset's lines in answer to Giovanni's question. Saracinesca But Musset found no inspiration in the prospect. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Seated in front of them, her hair in disorder and a volume of Musset in her hand, was Juliette, in a dressing-gown of white cashmere. A Love Episode It is twenty years since the death of Alfred de Musset, a poet whose popularity and influence, both in his own country and out of it, can be compared only to Byron's. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 But the answer to Alfred de Musset's reproaches must be looked for not in one book, but in the whole tenor of her life. Cobwebs of Thought With thee would De Musset Sweeten his muse; Use, not abuse, Bright little fellow! Some Private Views It is annoying to think that Alfred de Musset should have been meagrely contemplative. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. He smoked happy pipes and sipped his absinthe—in his case as desperate an enemy as it had proved to De Musset. Promenades of an Impressionist De Musset left college at the age of sixteen, having taken a prize in philosophy for a Latin metaphysical essay. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 And habit is everything to poor humanity, as that graceful poet Alfred de Musset says. The Cross of Berny One of the topics was Alfred de Musset. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 But this was only playing at poetry, and in his next things, produced in the following year or two, Musset struck a graver and more resonant chord. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. By a mischance Alfred de Musset failed to appear when Browning, expecting to meet him, was the guest of M. Buloz. Robert Browning It is a collection of notes on the life of Alfred de Musset, rather than a full memoir. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Their poetry bears the same relation to that of Musset as the history of Renan bears to that of Michelet, and the prose of Flaubert to that of Hugo. Landmarks in French Literature Alfred de Musset was a peculiar type of a peculiar time. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Doubtless, however, Musset was, in the native phrase, lancé. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. French Canadian poetry, however, has been often purely imitative of French models like Musset and Gautier, both in style and sentiment, and consequently lacks strength and originality. Canada under British Rule 1760-1900 The Musset children fell back upon the mysterious machinery of old romance—trap-doors, secret staircases, etc.—and began tapping and sounding the walls for private passages and hidden doorways; but in vain. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Unlike the majority of the Romantics, Musset had a fine sense of psychology and a penetrating historical vision. Landmarks in French Literature A Heine, a couple of de Musset's, and then three volumes of selected poems, from numbers of the English poets. The Reason Why This was the period of Musset's intellectual virility. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. "It is one of the penalties of civilization," replied de Musset, with a shrug. In the Days of My Youth What was the cause of De Musset's unhappiness and impotence? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Musset, in his grace or pathos, is not inferior to Victor Hugo. Delsarte System of Oratory Temperamentally, he belonged to that class of poets who Taine says are vessels too weak to contain the spirit of poetry, the poets whom poetry kills, the Byrons, the Burns's, the De Mussets, the Poes. The Book of American Negro Poetry But even Musset's fondest readers must feel that Shelley had within him a firm, divinely-tempered spring against which his spirit might rebound indefinitely. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. A few years later her relations with the poet Alfred De Musset provided the matter for what is now an historic episode. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction Sainte-Beuve says somewhere, though not in his final verdict on De Musset, that his chief merit is having restored to French literature the wit which had been driven out of it by the sentimentalists. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 "My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass," said Alfred de Musset. Delsarte System of Oratory In process of time she visited Italy with Alfred de Musset. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 The house in which Musset's parents lived was close to this beautiful monument—a happy birthplace for a poet; but both the house and the street have now disappeared. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Back in his lonely cell Kittredge pondered this, and reaching for his little volume of De Musset, his treasured pocket companion that the jailer had let him keep, he opened it at the fly leaves. Through the Wall Mental qualities alone never endear their possessor to every being that comes into contact with him, and Alfred de Musset was idolized by people who could not even read. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 It is because M. Zola, profound analyst and charming narrator, even more forcibly than Musset breaks the æsthetic synthesis by the absence of morality in his writings. Delsarte System of Oratory Yet De Musset went forth from his sick-room with a heart changed towards her. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Musset made an excessive use of liquor; in plain English, he got drunk. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. We cannot withhold the interesting statement of Paul de Musset as to his interview with Jasmin in 1836, after the publication of his second volume of poems. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist I will not stop to moralize upon this: the story of De Musset's life is really only the story of his loves. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 His brother, Paul de Musset, a very different person, was there instead, but we hope to have Alfred on another occasion. Life and Letters of Robert Browning Why, you read about them in Murger, in Musset, in Balzac, and in Flaubert; and the fact of your having read about them is, I may add, their chief importance. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Musset's dialogue, in its mingled gayety and melancholy, its sweetness and irony, its allusions to real things and its kinship with a romantic world, has an altogether indefinable magic. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. It was ordered that Jasmin should be made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, at the same time that Balzac, Frederick Soulie, and Alfred de Musset, were advanced to the same role of honour. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Stimulated by this companionship, Alfred de Musset began to compose. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 No one escaped her inimitable mimicry, not even the “divine Sarah,” Calvé giving us an unpayable impersonation of the elderly tragédienne as Lorenzaccio, the boy hero of Alfred de Musset’s drama. The Ways of Men It was so, I said to myself, Alfred de Musset used to sit and sip his absinthe before a fascinated world. Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance Once Musset attempted a larger theme than usual; in "Lorenzaccio" he wrote an historical drama on the scale of Shakespeare's histories; that is, with multitudes of figures, scenes, incidents, and illustrations. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Jasmin had been made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour at the same time as Balzac, Frederick Soulie, and Alfred de Musset. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Nor can we allow that De Musset sank into a condition of puerile impatience and senile querulousness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 From the very beginning George Sand and Musset took the whole circle of their friends into their confidence. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Alfred de Musset's cats are apostrophized in his verses. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Besides this, they have Musset's grace and delicacy in a perhaps excessive degree; they are the most mannered of his productions. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. The birth of love in his heart was in a dream after having read the forbidden poet, Alfred de Musset. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene The shock left him sobered and calm, anxious to fulfil his duties toward his mother and young sister, whose means, it was feared, would be greatly diminished by the loss of M. de Musset's salary. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Musset, to improve on this idea, decides to write a novel from the episode which was still unfinished. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings He was charming, graceful, and wore a perpetual smile; of middle height, with studied movements, he was ideal in Musset, perfect in Emile Augier, charming in Molière, but execrable in Victor Hugo. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Alfred de Musset was certainly not fortunate in his relations with his more distinguished contemporaries. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. They have made Augustin a kind of Romantic like Alfred de Musset, a dilettante in love. Saint Augustin The affairs of the family turned out much better than had been expected, but Alfred de Musset continued to work with application and ardor. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 The romanticists, who had so many wrong ideas, had none more erroneous than their idea of love, and in the correspondence between George Sand and Musset we see the paradox in all its beauty. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The Cynthia is the first appearance in literature of the neurotic young man, who reappeared last century in Rousseau's Confessions and Goethe's Werther, and who has dominated French literature so largely since Alfred de Musset. Latin Literature Hence for the young poet, says M. Paul de Musset, a great many romantic and "Boccaciennes" adventures. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Was it not Musset who said, "If De Laprade is a poet, then I am not one?" Amiel's Journal The most incredible story in the biography is that Madame Sand actually surprised Madame de Musset into an interview, and, by appeals, eloquence, persuasion and vows, obtained her sorrowful acquiescence. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 The love affair, into which George Sand and Musset had put so much literature, was to serve literature. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings A few of the more personal elegies have a new and not very agreeable kind of realism, as though Musset had been touched with the spirit of Flaubert. Latin Literature M. Paul de Musset mentions that he accompanied them to the mail coach "on a sad, misty evening, in the midst of circumstances that boded ill." The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Think what Villon got directly out of his own life, what Verlaine, what Musset, what Byron, got directly out of their own lives! The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons The Paris of Balzac and Dumas, of De Musset and Hugo--even of Thackeray--could still be seen when I first went there. Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography The chapter which she devotes to the Venice episode, in her biography of Alfred de Musset, is more clear and simple, and at the same time deeper than anything that had yet been written. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings No one cares to recall the unhappy fortunes of Burns, De Musset, Chopin or—even in our own time—of O. Henry, and others who might be named. Marse Henry (Volume 2) An Autobiography If the poetic force is measured by the quality of the inspiration—by its purity, intensity, and closely personal savor—Alfred de Musset's place is surely very high. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. In certain individuals it is possible to trace the transition—Musset's Un Caprice in contrast with the wanton works of his youth. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth No one cares to recall the unhappy fortunes of Burns, De Musset, Chopin or--even in our own time--of O. Henry, and others who might be named. Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography Her thick hair was very dark, and her eyes, her large eyes, haunted Musset for years after. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The Paris of Balzac and Dumas, of De Musset and Hugo—even of Thackeray—could still be seen when I first went there. Marse Henry (Volume 2) An Autobiography Half the beauty of Musset's writing is its simple suggestion of youthfulness—of something fresh and fair, slim and tremulous, with a tender epidermis. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. It appeared that the works of De Musset had just become public property, and were selling far too well. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House They passed the evening close together, she on a stool leaning against his knee, he reading aloud Alfred de Musset's Nuit de Mai. The History of David Grieve The very atmosphere seems to be impregnated with strife, and those interested become, at once, the partisans of George Sand or the partisans of Musset. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The Baroness lay on the sofa and read Chateaubriand and Musset. Married If the presumption is against the dignity of deeply poetic utterance, poor Musset is, in the vulgar phrase, nowhere—he is a mere grotesque sound of lamentation. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Do you suppose Rodin, or de Musset, or Rousseau, or Millet, or any one else who has ever lived, cared whether they had a position, a house, horses, old furniture? The Nest Builder You and I have been living what Musset, what Hugo, what Shakespeare wrote,' and he struck the little volume of Musset beside him. The History of David Grieve On arriving, George Sand was ill, and this exasperated Musset. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings You can talk about everything, and I'm sure you like Alfred de Musset as well as Monsieur Wordsworth. Madame De Mauves We must try to see Musset himself in the same way; his own figure needs to a certain extent the help of our imagination. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. You must conquer your vile taste for A. de Musset, Esquire. Swann's Way The young artist was to compete for tragedy in the first act of Phedre, for comedy in Alfred de Musset's Barberine. The Idol of Paris A review which had, for its first numbers, George Sand, Vigny, Musset, Merimee, among many others, as contributors, may be said to have started well. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Talk to her about everything you can, Alfred de Musset included. Madame De Mauves She chose two plays, one of Musset and the other, "l'Esclave," of Molière—and asked me to take part in this last one. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters As in his later relation to George Sand, the passion of a poet, Alfred Musset, rivalled his, so at this time he found a rival in the Polish poet, Julius Slovaki. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 He talked a long time, with ardent, almost brotherly tenderness; asked when Esperance thought of making her appearance at the Comedie-Française, urging her to play "Camille," and spoke with considerable praise of Musset's heroine. The Idol of Paris On the other hand, if we are to believe the Sandistes, George Sand's one idea in interesting herself in Musset was to rescue him from debauchery and convert him to a better life. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Thus Alfred de Musset as the slave to absinthe sounds much more poetic than, say, Alfred de Musset as a slave to rum or gin, or even this brandy here. Young Lives Alfred de Musset might, perhaps, be cited as a case in point; but he did not write with a view to the stage, and made no bid for contemporary popularity. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship The poet De Musset, one of Sand's later lovers, said her dark complexion gave reflections like bronze; therefore De Musset found her very beautiful. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 I promised not to take it off, but I must take it off to play 'Camille' in Musset's play. The Idol of Paris It was as though George Sand had foreseen her destiny, for she had feared to meet Musset. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings If this thought were developed at leisure, in the country, it might form a small novel, even a comedy on the order of Alfred de Musset. Plays Musset has written in his time this famous verse: "We had already your German Rhine." So Runs the World Paul knew by heart many verses of a forbidden poet named Alfred de Musset. The Story of a Child This particular moon was hanging, not over a church steeple, like De Musset's moon, Comme un point sur un i, but like the big yellow dial of the clock in a church tower. Without Prejudice On second thoughts, I do not want you to bring Alfred de Musset. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Balzac and De Musset and Stevenson suggest that they have had such adventures, but they never come to me. Gallegher and Other Stories Zola brings up his society in such a way that, if everything that he planted would take root, the second of Musset's verses would be: "But to-day we will give you even the Seine." So Runs the World With a beating heart I opened a volume of De Musset's poems: his Don Paez. The Story of a Child Sometimes there was dancing, and then my mother's eye was always on de Musset, who seemed to scorn our games and to be inclined to pay assiduous court to my big sisters. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Musset replied by giving his opinion of the new book. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings He admires Musset's Rhin, and asks if Musset has done anything else. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters While George Sand sat at her writing-table engaged on some work which was to bring her money and fame, Musset trifled away his time among the female singers and dancers of the noiseless city. Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Complete All was romance, fantasy, and passion, and the young men heard the moon sing silvery—you remember De Musset!—and the leaves rustle rhythms to the heart-beats of lovers. Chopin : the Man and His Music Balzac, whom he loved, said nothing to him; he disdained Hugo, scorned Lamartine, who usually touched his emotions, and fell eagerly upon Musset, the poet of youth. Strong as Death When the correspondence between George Sand and Musset appeared, every one was surprised to find passages that were already well known. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Here you have Musset accepted as the national poet and ousting Beranger! The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters While George Sand sat at her writing- table engaged on some work which was to bring her money and fame, Musset trifled away his time among the female singers and dancers of the noiseless city. Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1 After the bitterness of her separation from Alfred de Musset about 1833 she had been lonely, for the Pagello intermezzo was of short duration. Chopin : the Man and His Music The two poets, who did not live far apart, had long counted with pleasure upon a trip to P�re Lachaise, where they wished to visit Alfred de Musset's grave. Björnstjerne Björnson, 1832-1910 Thus, then, Musset had solemnly abjured his love for George Sand, he had engaged his mistress of the night before to a new lover, and was from henceforth to be their best friend. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings A melody was singing in his mind; becoming conscious of it, he remembered that it was the air to which his friend Moncharmont had set the little song of Alfred de Musset. The Crown of Life Poetry has not risen any higher than Alfred de Musset; and any further greatness in French poetry must come from a revival of their own ancient poems and legends. The Interdependence of Literature They had the maternal sanction and means supplied by Madame de Musset. Chopin : the Man and His Music There is often a pervading melancholy about Hawthorne, as Faguet says of de Musset "without posture, without noise but penetrating." Essays Before a Sonata We see this, as from henceforth it was she who implored Musset. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Most of us remember Taine's parallel between Tennyson and Alfred de Musset. Alfred Tennyson Hast thou not heard these sounds? have they not reached thee, the voices and the lyres of Th�ophile Gautier and Alfred de Musset? Letters to Dead Authors De Musset returned alone, sick in body and soul, and thenceforth absinthe was his constant solace. Chopin : the Man and His Music Balzac visited her frequently, calling her the Princesse Bellejoyeuse, and she rendered him many services, but he probably guarded against too great an intimacy, having witnessed the fate of Alfred de Musset. Women in the Life of Balzac George Sand's illness first and then Musset's alarming malady. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The French critic has no high approval of Tennyson's "respectability" and long peaceful life, as compared with the wrecked life and genius of Musset, l'enfant perdu of love, wine, and song. Alfred Tennyson In the French course I read some of the works of Corneille, Moliere, Racine, Alfred de Musset and Sainte-Beuve, and in the German those of Goethe and Schiller. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy But she has been even more unhappy with Musset. Chopin : the Man and His Music How far it may have seemed accurate to De Musset is not to the point. Mauprat Such was the crisis through which Musset had just passed. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The temperament of genius has often been subject to such influence, as M. Lefebure has shown in the modern instances of George Sand and Alfred de Musset: we might add Shelley, Goethe, and even Scott. Alfred Tennyson Swinburne would have none of it; de Musset was unequal; he did not sustain himself on the wing. The Education of Henry Adams De Musset went to Venice with Sand in the fall of 1833. Chopin : the Man and His Music The years 1833 and 1834 were marked by her too-celebrated relations with Alfred de Musset, with whom she lived in Paris and at Venice, and with whom she quarrelled at last in circumstances deplorably infelicitous. Mauprat If some day we were to have her complete correspondence given to us, I should not be surprised if many people preferred it to her letters to Musset. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings He read Victor Hugo, and Alfred de Musset, whose comedies he admired. Alfred Tennyson It was small, and her mother, as Musset would say, seemed to have made it so in order to make it with care. Camille “A vast hope has passed across the world,” says Alfred de Musset; we may say that with Dickens a happy smile, a joyous laugh, went round this earth. Essays in Little Hast thou not heard these sounds? have they not reached thee, the voices and the lyres of Theophile Gautier and Alfred de Musset? Letters to Dead Authors Alfred de Musset read her up: 'You are thinking of a horrible plan. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings He must have known, no less than Musset, the attractions of many a paradis artificiel, with its bright visions, its houris, its offers of oblivion of pain. Alfred Tennyson The “Garden of Florence” is written in the couplets of “Endymion,” and is a beautiful version of the tale once more retold by Alfred de Musset in “Simone.” Letters on Literature Isaure was one of those women who reign like queens through their weakness, such a woman as a schoolboy would feel it incumbent upon him to protect; Malvina was the Andalouse of Musset's poem. The Firm of Nucingen A cruel sort of game, of which Musset grew more and more weary, but which to George Sand gradually became a necessity. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The sentimental exaggeration continued, as we see from the letters exchanged between Musset and George Sand. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings They are simply the sign of the reciprocal influence exercised over each other by George Sand and Musset, an influence to be traced through all their work. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings In the case of Musset it was the contrary. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Musset owed her more than she owed to him. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings When Musset left Venice, after all the atrocious nights she had spent at his bedside, she wrote: "Whom shall I have now to look after and tend?" George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings These poetical descriptions, alternating with lyrical effusions, this kind of dialogue with two voices, one of which is that of nature and the other that of the heart, remind us of one of Musset's Nuits. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings It is certainly true that there was something more in this love than the attraction she felt for Musset and for Michel. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Madame de Musset objected to this, but George Sand promised so sincerely that she would be a mother to the young man that finally his own mother gave her consent. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings It appears that George Sand and Musset each treated this subject, and that a Lorenzaccio by George Sand exists. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings We all know the use to which Musset put this phrase. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings She, on the contrary, only found in Musset a child, and what she was seeking was a dominator. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings "Always treat me like that," writes Musset again. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings After Sandeau and Musset, George Sand had had enough of "adolescents." George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings George Sand had made Liszt's acquaintance through Musset. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings George Sand, who agreed with Musset, claimed for "the most beautiful of all the arts," the honour of being able to paint "all the shades of sentiment and all the phases of passion." George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Thanks to them, we have the complete correspondence of George Sand and Musset, the diary of George Sand and Pagello's diary. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings In her letter telling Sainte-Beuve not to take Musset to call on her, as she thought him impertinent, she tells him to bring Dumas pere, whom she evidently considered well bred. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings George Sand declared that she had neither put herself nor Musset into this book. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Musset was the first one to be impassioned by it, and this may have been as much through his dandyism as from conviction. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings I have not read it, but I prefer Musset's version. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Things did not drag on long, evidently, as she writes to her confessor, Sainte-Beuve, on the 25th of August: "I have fallen in love, and very seriously this time, with Alfred de Musset." George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The next questions are, when did they become lovers, and how did Musset discover their intimacy? George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Musset, the most romantic of French poets, had an eminently classical taste. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Musset had already written on Venice; he now wanted to go there. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings The night following this scene Musset discovered George Sand, crouching on her bed, writing a letter. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings Musset and George Sand still cared for each other. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings |
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