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And after many other works in chiaroscuro, he executed in the same manner a Venus, with many Loves playing about her. Now since, as I have said, he was a painter, I must not omit to tell that he painted in oils, without using a brush, but with his fingers, and partly, also, with other bizarre instruments of his own, an altar-piece which is on the altar of the Volto Santo in Rome.
'Volto sciolto con pensieri stretti', is a most useful maxim in business. It is so necessary at some games, such as 'Berlan Quinze', etc., that a man who had not the command of his temper and countenance, would infallibly be outdone by those who had, even though they played fair. Whereas, in business, you always play with sharpers; to whom, at least, you should give no fair advantages.
Now this whole passage is omitted in Signor Tamburini's work; and in its place appears a literal transcript from Costa's note, as follows: "Veramente fu più mirabile cosa vedere il Giordano volto all' indietro o fuggire il mare, quando così volle Iddio, che non sarebbe vedere qui il provvedimento a quel male, che per colpa de' traviati religiosi viene alia Chiesa di Dio."
He is firm, but gentle; and practices that most excellent maxim, 'suaviter in modo, fortiter in re'. The other is the 'volto sciolto a pensieri stretti'. People unused to the world have babbling countenances; and are unskillful enough to show what they have sense enough not to tell.
Candour, however, obliges us to confess, that though the deference on the part of the gentleman was the most unqualified and praiseworthy, the lady was superior in her inimitable air of frank cordiality. The volto sciolto was in her favour, the pensieri stretti in his. Any one but an ambassador would have been deceived by the husband; any one but a woman would have been duped by the wife.
He is firm, but gentle; and practices that most excellent maxim, 'suaviter in modo, fortiter in re'. The other is the 'volto sciolto a pensieri stretti'. People unused to the world have babbling countenances; and are unskillful enough to show what they have sense enough not to tell.
The height of abilities is to have 'volto sciolto' and 'pensieri stretti'; that is, a frank, open, and ingenuous exterior, with a prudent interior; to be upon your own guard, and yet, by a seeming natural openness, to put people off theirs.
The Italians have a proverb, which I hope you have not forgot poor Pierrotti's lessons so far as not to comprehend 'Volto sciolto e pensieri stretti. There is no occasion to let any one see what you exactly think of him; and it is the less prudent, as you will find reason, in all probability, to change your opinion more than once.
The face of my friend with the great Venetian name was like one of Giorgione's pictures, of that soft and mellow colorlessness that recalls the poet's line, "E smarrisce 'l bel volto in quel colore Che non è pallidezza, ma candore," or the Englishman's version of the same thought, "Her face, oh, call it fair, not pale!"
I wager that Tom made a third, and the Lord deliver you from Tom and Will Esmond together!" "Nay; the truth is, I won of both of them," said Mr. Warrington. "And they paid you? Well, miracles will never cease!" "I did not say anything about miracles," remarked Mr. Harry, smiling over his wine. "And you don't tell tales out of school the volto sciolto hey, Mr. Warrington?" says my lord.
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