Courtier

Castiglione's Book of the Courtier is indebted to Plato and Ficino, especially in Pietro Bembo's soliloquy on love at the conclusion of Book IV. back

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Wits Private Wealth, and another called The Courtier and the Country-man, in which last, speaking of Vertue, he hath these Verses:

The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698 1687

And to her Courtier was a reality, the chief reality of life, the focus of her aspiration, the morning and the evening star.

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

And to her Courtier was a reality, the chief reality of life, the focus of her aspiration, the morning and the evening star.

The Patrician John Galsworthy 1900

I'm reading a book about him at the moment titled The Courtier and the Heretic by Matthew Stewart.

Oz Conservative 2008

A truly representative son of the Renaissance, he exhibited in his "Courtier" brilliant classical scholarship and exquisite taste, combined with a keen spirit of observation and noble conceptions.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

"Here's Brad," hissed a friendly "Courtier," calling in through the flap, beyond which a dozen men and women were waiting to make the

The Rose in the Ring George Barr McCutcheon 1897

Castiglione in his "Courtier:" two books yet celebrated in Italy for purity and elegance, and which, if they are now less read, are neglected only because they have effected that reformation which their authors intended, and their precepts now are no longer wanted.

Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746

Now, this is why a clever fellow came up with the idea of the 'Courtier's Reply'.

Pharyngula 2009

Well, Terry Eagleton's piece certainly answers the question of whether the 'Courtier's Reply' is always a straw man.

Atheist Blogs Aggregated 2008