Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English poetry |
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... Italian , which , as he desired nothing more than to read them , were by diligent application soon dispatched . Of Italian learning he does not appear to have ever made much use in his subsequent studies . He then returned to Binfield ...
... Italian , which , as he desired nothing more than to read them , were by diligent application soon dispatched . Of Italian learning he does not appear to have ever made much use in his subsequent studies . He then returned to Binfield ...
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... Italy ; a design which Pope probably did not approve , as he did not follow it . Pope had now declared himself a poet ; and , thinking himself entitled to poetical conversation , began at seven- teen to frequent Will's , a coffee ...
... Italy ; a design which Pope probably did not approve , as he did not follow it . Pope had now declared himself a poet ; and , thinking himself entitled to poetical conversation , began at seven- teen to frequent Will's , a coffee ...
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... Italians soon transferred Pastoral Poetry into their own language : Sannazaro wrote Arcadia in prose and verse ; Tasso and Guarini wrote Favole Boscareccie , or Sylvan Dramas ; and all nations of Europe filled volumes with Thyrsis and ...
... Italians soon transferred Pastoral Poetry into their own language : Sannazaro wrote Arcadia in prose and verse ; Tasso and Guarini wrote Favole Boscareccie , or Sylvan Dramas ; and all nations of Europe filled volumes with Thyrsis and ...
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