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Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the
ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro :
Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ! Uror , et heu ! nostro manat ab igne ...
Cowley delighted in it , as much as if he had invented it ; but , not to mention the
ancients , he might have found it full - blown in modern Italy . Thus Sannazaro :
Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ! Uror , et heu ! nostro manat ab igne ...
Page 60
Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of
longer and shorter verses , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry , and his
malignity to the church , by some lines which are interpreted as threatening its ...
Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of
longer and shorter verses , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry , and his
malignity to the church , by some lines which are interpreted as threatening its ...
Page 61
Italy. ,. of. which. he. had. with. particular. diligence. studied. the. language and
literature ; and though he seems to have intended a very quick perambulation of
the country , stayed two months at Florence ; where he found his way into the ...
Italy. ,. of. which. he. had. with. particular. diligence. studied. the. language and
literature ; and though he seems to have intended a very quick perambulation of
the country , stayed two months at Florence ; where he found his way into the ...
Page 62
Of these Italian testimonies , poor as they are , he was proud enough to publish
them before his poems ; though he says , he cannot be suspected but to have
known that they were said non tam de se , quam supra se . At Rome , as at
Florence ...
Of these Italian testimonies , poor as they are , he was proud enough to publish
them before his poems ; though he says , he cannot be suspected but to have
known that they were said non tam de se , quam supra se . At Rome , as at
Florence ...
Page 82
Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that “ to read Latin with an
English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , " required that Elwood should
learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if
he ...
Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that “ to read Latin with an
English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , " required that Elwood should
learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if
he ...
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Collection of British and American Authors Collection of British authors Volumes 418-419 of Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz edition Volume 418 of Tauchnitz edition The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1858 |
| Original from | Barcelona Athenaeum Library |
| Digitized | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 414 pages |
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