Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 68
... Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry ... Italy , of which he had with particular dili- gence studied the language and literature : and , though he seems to ...
... Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry ... Italy , of which he had with particular dili- gence studied the language and literature : and , though he seems to ...
Page 93
... Italian pronuncia- tion , which , he said , was necessary , if he would talk with foreigners . This seems to have been a task troublesome without use . There is little reason for preferring the Italian pronunciation to our own , except ...
... Italian pronuncia- tion , which , he said , was necessary , if he would talk with foreigners . This seems to have been a task troublesome without use . There is little reason for preferring the Italian pronunciation to our own , except ...
Page 451
... Italian opera , an exotick and irrational entertainment , which has been always combated , and always has prevailed ... Italy ; but who never , I believe , found many readers in this country , even though introduced by such power- ful ...
... Italian opera , an exotick and irrational entertainment , which has been always combated , and always has prevailed ... Italy ; but who never , I believe , found many readers in this country , even though introduced by such power- ful ...
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