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Page 67
There is little reason for preferring - the Italian pronunciation to our own , except
that it is more general : and to teach it to ... Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised
story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the Rainbow be ...
There is little reason for preferring - the Italian pronunciation to our own , except
that it is more general : and to teach it to ... Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised
story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the Rainbow be ...
Page 227
... of this , which , in opposition to reason , makes Ariosto the . darling and the
pride of Italy ; of this , which , in defiance of ... a mode of writing which the Italians
call refaccimento , a renovation of ancient writers , by modernizing their language
.
... of this , which , in opposition to reason , makes Ariosto the . darling and the
pride of Italy ; of this , which , in defiance of ... a mode of writing which the Italians
call refaccimento , a renovation of ancient writers , by modernizing their language
.
Page 288
He staid a year at Blois * ; probably to learn tlie French languages and then
proceeded in his journey to Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . -
While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he pot only
collected ...
He staid a year at Blois * ; probably to learn tlie French languages and then
proceeded in his journey to Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . -
While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he pot only
collected ...
Page 326
... was solicited to prefix a preface to the translation of Boccalini , a writer whose
satirical vein cost him his life in Italy ; but who never , I believe , found many
readers in this country , even though introduced by sucii powerful
recommendation .
... was solicited to prefix a preface to the translation of Boccalini , a writer whose
satirical vein cost him his life in Italy ; but who never , I believe , found many
readers in this country , even though introduced by sucii powerful
recommendation .
Page 675
His position is at last false : in the time of Dante and Petrarch , from whom he
derives our first school of Poetry , Italy was over - run by “ tyrant power ” and “
coward vice ; " nor was our state much better when we first borrowed the Italian
arts .
His position is at last false : in the time of Dante and Petrarch , from whom he
derives our first school of Poetry , Italy was over - run by “ tyrant power ” and “
coward vice ; " nor was our state much better when we first borrowed the Italian
arts .
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| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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