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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 403
... Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he not only collected his observations on the country , but found time to write his Dialogues on Medals , and four ...
... Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he not only collected his observations on the country , but found time to write his Dialogues on Medals , and four ...
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