Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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Samuel Johnson. had he known that such collections had been made twice before by Italian authors . The most amusing passage of his book is his account of the minute republic of San Marino ; of many parts it is not a very severe censure ...
Samuel Johnson. had he known that such collections had been made twice before by Italian authors . The most amusing passage of his book is his account of the minute republic of San Marino ; of many parts it is not a very severe censure ...
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... Italian operas inclined him to try what would be the effect of a musical drama in our own language . He therefore wrote the opera of Rosamond , which , when exhibited on the stage , was either hissed or neglected ; but , trusting that ...
... Italian operas inclined him to try what would be the effect of a musical drama in our own language . He therefore wrote the opera of Rosamond , which , when exhibited on the stage , was either hissed or neglected ; but , trusting that ...
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... 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 . Their usefulness to the ...
... 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 . Their usefulness to the ...
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... Italian , and acted at Florence ; and by the Jesuits of St. Omer's into Latin , and played by their pupils . Of this version a copy was sent to Mr. Addison : it is to be wished that it could be found , for the sake of comparing their ...
... Italian , and acted at Florence ; and by the Jesuits of St. Omer's into Latin , and played by their pupils . Of this version a copy was sent to Mr. Addison : it is to be wished that it could be found , for the sake of comparing their ...
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