"Anima" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... within him there was another self which could live a life of its own apart from the body, and which survived even death, burial, and burning. Sometimes this inner self was associated with the breath, whence, for example, the Latin 'anima' and the Welsh 'enaid,' both meaning the soul, from the root an-, to breathe. At other times the term employed for the second self had reference to man's shadow: the Greek 'skia,' the Latin 'umbra,' the Welsh 'ysgawd,' the English 'shade.' There ...
— Celtic Religion - in Pre-Christian Times • Edward Anwyl
... pinger ne scolpir fia piu che quieti L' anima volta a quell' Amor divino Ch' aperse, a prender noi, ...
— Michael Angelo Buonarroti • Charles Holroyd
... themselves thereby weak fears or vast desires, there groweth that carefulness and trouble of mind which is spoken of; for then knowledge is no more Lumen siccum, whereof Heraclitus the profound said, Lumen siccum optima anima; but it becometh Lumen madidum, or maceratum, being steeped and infused in the humours of the affections. And as for the third point, it deserveth to be a little stood upon, and not to be lightly passed over; for if any man ...
— The Advancement of Learning • Francis Bacon
... precor nobis salva Karthagine letum.' * * * * * 'i decus Ausoniae, quo fas est ire superbas (572) virtute et factis animas. tibi gloria leto iam parta insigni. nostros Fortuna labores versat adhuc casusque iubet nescire futuros.' haec Libys, atque repens crepitantibus undique flammis aetherias anima exultans ...
— Post-Augustan Poetry - From Seneca to Juvenal • H.E. Butler
... pure, sweet soprano voice, very true, even, and flexible, of remarkable compass and smoothness. Her rendition of 'Casta Diva,' and her soprano in the tower scene from 'Il Trovatore,' and Verdi's 'Forse e' lui che l'anima,' [Transcriber's Note: 'Ah, fors'e lui che l'anima'] as also in the ballad, 'The Rhine Maidens,' was almost faultless, and thoroughly established her claims to the universal commendation she has received from all the connoisseurs in ...
— Music and Some Highly Musical People • James M. Trotter
... diss' io, mi fieno ancor qui tolti, Ma picciol tempo; che poch' e l'offesa Fatta per esser con invidia volti. Troppa e piu la paura ond' e sospesa L'anima mia del tormento di sotto Che gia lo 'ncarco ...
— Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 • Leigh Hunt |
