The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 83
... Italian tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorized story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the rainbow be the fiddle - stick of the fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first ...
... Italian tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorized story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the rainbow be the fiddle - stick of the fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first ...
Page 90
... Italian , Spanish , and French . All which sorts of books to be confined to read , without under- standing one word , must needs be a trial of patience almost beyond endurance . Yet it was endured by both for a long time , though the ...
... Italian , Spanish , and French . All which sorts of books to be confined to read , without under- standing one word , must needs be a trial of patience almost beyond endurance . Yet it was endured by both for a long time , though the ...
Page 95
... Italian , French , and Spanish . In Latin his skill was such as places him in the first rank of writers and critics ; and he appears to have cultivated Italian with uncommon diligence . The books in which his daughter , who used to read ...
... Italian , French , and Spanish . In Latin his skill was such as places him in the first rank of writers and critics ; and he appears to have cultivated Italian with uncommon diligence . The books in which his daughter , who used to read ...
Page 99
Samuel Johnson. self . These preludes to his future labours are in Italian , La- tin , and English . Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic ; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit ...
Samuel Johnson. self . These preludes to his future labours are in Italian , La- tin , and English . Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critic ; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit ...
Page 104
... Italian language , has never succeeded in ours , which , having greater variety of termina- tion , requires the rhymes to be often changed . Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater ...
... Italian language , has never succeeded in ours , which , having greater variety of termina- tion , requires the rhymes to be often changed . Those little pieces may be dispatched without much anxiety ; a greater work calls for greater ...
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