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Page 32
... Italian conceits ; fuch par ticularly as abound in the works of Marino . The fallacy confifts in giving defign and artifice to the wood , as well as to the co- quette ; and in putting the light of the fun and the warmth of a lover on a ...
... Italian conceits ; fuch par ticularly as abound in the works of Marino . The fallacy confifts in giving defign and artifice to the wood , as well as to the co- quette ; and in putting the light of the fun and the warmth of a lover on a ...
Page 40
... Italian Poets . It is certain that Milton , in the beginning of the ode , had the third fonnet of Petrarch ftrong in his fancy , Era ' l giorno , ch ' al fol fi fcoloraro Per la pietà del fuo fattore i rai ; Quand ' , & c . + Milton's ...
... Italian Poets . It is certain that Milton , in the beginning of the ode , had the third fonnet of Petrarch ftrong in his fancy , Era ' l giorno , ch ' al fol fi fcoloraro Per la pietà del fuo fattore i rai ; Quand ' , & c . + Milton's ...
Page 64
... Italian , the Spanish , or even the French , as not having so great a quan- tity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , muit yield to the unparallelled sweet- nefs and copiousness of ...
... Italian , the Spanish , or even the French , as not having so great a quan- tity of words derived from the Latin . But the Latin language itself , as well as all others , muit yield to the unparallelled sweet- nefs and copiousness of ...
Page 65
... Italy , by Barlaham , a learned monk of Calabria ; which country having been a colony of Greeks , retained fome traces of their tongue . Soon afterwards Boc- cace learned Greek of Leontius Pilatus , of Theffalonica , who explained Homer ...
... Italy , by Barlaham , a learned monk of Calabria ; which country having been a colony of Greeks , retained fome traces of their tongue . Soon afterwards Boc- cace learned Greek of Leontius Pilatus , of Theffalonica , who explained Homer ...
Page 69
... Italian , but even to the best Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are ftrong , and the tranfitions bold , and there is a just mixture of fentiment and imagery ; and particularly , they are animated with a noble ...
... Italian , but even to the best Latin odes . In the pieces here commended , the figures are ftrong , and the tranfitions bold , and there is a just mixture of fentiment and imagery ; and particularly , they are animated with a noble ...
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