The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 40
... Italy . Thus Sannazaro : Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ! Uror , et heu ! nostro manat ab igne liquor : Sum Nilus , sumque Etna simul ; restringite flamma O lacrimæ , aut lacrimas ebibe flamma meas . One of the severe ...
... Italy . Thus Sannazaro : Aspice quam variis distringar Lesbia curis ! Uror , et heu ! nostro manat ab igne liquor : Sum Nilus , sumque Etna simul ; restringite flamma O lacrimæ , aut lacrimas ebibe flamma meas . One of the severe ...
Page 80
... Italian writers may be disco- vered 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 extermination . He is ...
... Italian writers may be disco- vered 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 extermination . He is ...
Page 81
... 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 82
... 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 indis- putably in Milton's favour . Of these Italian testimonies ...
... 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 indis- putably in Milton's favour . Of these Italian testimonies ...
Page 111
... 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 rea- son for preferring the Italian pronunciation to our own ...
... 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 rea- son for preferring the Italian pronunciation to our own ...
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