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... Italians were gainers by this literary commerce ; for the encomiums with which Milton repaid Salsilli , though not secure against a stern grammarian , turn the balance indisputably in ... ITALY 61 From Rome he passed on 60 1608-1674 MILTON.
... Italians were gainers by this literary commerce ; for the encomiums with which Milton repaid Salsilli , though not secure against a stern grammarian , turn the balance indisputably in ... ITALY 61 From Rome he passed on 60 1608-1674 MILTON.
Page 80
... Italian tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the Rainbow be the Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shown that the first conception was ...
... Italian tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the Rainbow be the Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shown that the first conception was ...
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... Italian opera , an exotic and irrational entertainment , which has been always combated , and always has prevailed . His ... Italy ; but who never , I believe , found many readers in this country , even though introduced by such powerful ...
... Italian opera , an exotic and irrational entertainment , which has been always combated , and always has prevailed . His ... Italy ; but who never , I believe , found many readers in this country , even though introduced by such powerful ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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