Memorie del Presbiterio by Emilio Praga
Memorie del Presbiterio by Emilio Praga
Fra parecchie centinaia di versi che, in mancanza di meriti più assoluti, ebbero incontestabilmente quello di sciogliere per bene lo scilinguagnolo alla sonnolenta critica letteraria del bel Paese, v'hanno due componimenti sovra cui piovve con rara abbondanza la lode; la lode che è per l'anima di un autore ciò che è pei fiori la pia rugiada dell'alba.
Uno di quei componimenti aveva nome il Professore di greco, l'altro portava il titolo che sta in cima di queste righe.
Senza ch'egli ripudii gli altri suoi figli, è naturale che questi due sieno i prediletti del poeta.
Guardate il sorriso trionfante della madre di cui vi prendete nelle braccia e accarezzate, ammirando, il bambino; per poco ella si ristà dal fare altrettanto con voi.
Per me, se me ne fosse data licenza, non indugerei un momento a rispondere con baci in fronte alle indulgenze accordate a quelle mie strofe. Tanto più che, oggidì, le creature che si commovono un po' ancora alla poesia sono le donne, e le donne belle in ispecie.
Ma l'esercizio di siffatti rendimenti di grazie non è concesso in questa valle di frutti proibiti. Forse provvidenzialmente: lo scambio delle gentilezze e delle cortesie diventerebbe troppo generale, e la musica di baci finirebbe per assordar di soverchio la gente d'affari.
Però baciar col pensiero non è, che io mi sappia, proibito. Ed è un bacio morale che io intendo appunto inviare con queste semplici memorie, come un ringraziamento a quelle poche anime appassionate che forse, nelle ore men gaie, si ricordano ancora del mio vecchio professore e dei mio vecchio curato-due scheletri, adesso, amendue.
Semplici memorie; è la giusta parola.
Cominciano e finiscono in un paesello delle Alpi. Il povero sant'uomo e il suo presbiterio, un medico e una farmacia, un sindaco e la sua storia...-Ecco tutte le mie scene e tutti i miei personaggi.
Nulla è grande, nulla è piccino; il cuore ne è la misura; e un po' del mio è restato lassù in quei boschi, fra quelle pareti bianche, in mezzo a quel beato silenzio; lassù dove furono prima pensate queste pagine.
Epperò, chi volesse trovarci altra cosa che un po' di cuore non legga.-So di alcuni, i quali di quel po' si accontenteranno.
I gave him three years of silent devotion behind a mask I never wanted to wear. I made a wager for our bond-he paid me off like a mistress. "Chloe's back," Zane said coldly. "It's over." I laughed, poured wine on his face, and walked away from the only love I'd ever known. "What now?" my best friend asked. I smiled. "The real me returns." But fate wasn't finished yet. That same night, Caesar Conrad-the Alpha every wolf feared-opened his car door and whispered, "Get in." Our gazes collided. The bond awakened. No games. No pretending. Just raw, unstoppable power. "Don't regret this," he warned, lips brushing mine. But I didn't. Because the mate I'd been chasing never saw me. And the one who did? He's ready to burn the world for me.
The day Raina gave birth should have been the happiest of her life. Instead, it became her worst nightmare. Moments after delivering their twins, Alexander shattered her heart-divorcing her and forcing her to sign away custody of their son, Liam. With nothing but betrayal and heartbreak to her name, Raina disappeared, raising their daughter, Ava, on her own.Years later, fate comes knocking when Liam falls gravely ill. Desperate to save his son, Alexander is forced to seek out the one person he once cast aside. Alexander finds himself face to face with the woman he underestimated, pleading for a second chance-not just for himself, but for their son. But Raina is no longer the same broken woman who once loved him.No longer the woman he left behind. She has carved out a new life-one built on strength, wealth, and a long-buried legacy she expected to uncover.Raina has spent years learning to live without him.The question is... Will she risk reopening old wounds to save the son she never got to love? or has Alexander lost her forever?
Rachel used to think that her devotion would win Brian over one day, but she was proven wrong when his true love returned. Rachel had endured it all-from standing alone at the altar to dragging herself to the hospital for an emergency treatment. Everyone thought she was crazy to give up so much of herself for someone who didn't return her feelings. But when Brian received news of Rachel's terminal illness and realized she didn't have long to live, he completely broke down. "I forbid you to die!" Rachel just smiled. She no longer needed him. "I will finally be free."
"Let's get married," Mia declares, her voice trembling despite her defiant gaze into Stefan's guarded brown eyes. She needs this, even if he seems untouchable. Stefan raises a skeptical brow. "And why would I do that?" His voice was low, like a warning, and it made her shiver even though she tried not to show it. "We both have one thing in common," Mia continues, her gaze unwavering. "Shitty fathers. They want to take what's ours and give it to who they think deserves it." A pointed pause hangs in the air. "The only difference between us is that you're an illegitimate child, and I'm not." Stefan studies her, the heiress in her designer armor, the fire in her eyes that matches the burn of his own rage. "That's your solution? A wedding band as a weapon?" He said ignoring the part where she just referred to him as an illegitimate child. "The only weapon they won't see coming." She steps closer, close enough for him to catch the scent of her perfume, gunpowder and jasmine. "Our fathers stole our birthrights. The sole reason they betrayed us. We join forces, create our own empire that'll bring down theirs." A beat of silence. Then, Stefan's mouth curves into something sharp. "One condition," he murmurs, closing the distance. "No divorces. No surrenders. If we're doing this, it's for life" "Deal" Mia said without missing a beat. Her father wants to destroy her life. She wouldn't give him the pleasure, she would destroy her life as she seems fit. ................ Two shattered heirs. One deadly vow. A marriage built on revenge. Mia Meyers was born to rule her father's empire (so she thought), until he named his bastard son heir instead. Stefan Sterling knows the sting of betrayal too. His father discarded him like trash. Now the rivals' disgraced children have a poisonous proposal: Marry for vengeance. Crush their fathers' legacies. Never speak of divorce. Whoever cracks first loses everything. Can these two rivals, united by their vengeful hearts, pull off a marriage of convenience to reclaim what they believe is rightfully theirs? Or will their fathers' animosity, and their own complicated pasts tear their fragile alliance apart?
Yelena discovered that she wasn't her parents' biological child. After seeing through their ploy to trade her as a pawn in a business deal, she was sent away to her barren birthplace. There, she stumbled upon her true origins-a lineage of historic opulence. Her real family showered her with love and adoration. In the face of her so-called sister's envy, Yelena conquered every adversity and took her revenge, all while showcasing her talents. She soon caught the attention of the city's most eligible bachelor. He cornered Yelena and pinned her against the wall. "It's time to reveal your true identity, darling."
I just got my billionaire husband to sign our divorce papers. He thinks it's another business document. Our marriage was a business transaction. I was his secretary by day, his invisible wife by night. He got a CEO title and a rebellion against his mother; I got the money to save mine. The only rule? Don't fall in love. I broke it. He didn't. So I'm cashing out. Thirty days from now, I'm gone. But now he's noticing me. Touching me. Claiming me. The same man who flaunts his mistresses is suddenly burning down a nightclub because another man insulted me. He says he'll never let me go. But he has no idea I'm already halfway out the door. How far will a billionaire go to keep a wife he never wanted until she tried to leave?
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