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Page 41
... a remark may be , there are not many readers who will disagree in its application to Donne . + The ottava rima of the Italians , the same stanza as that of Beppo and Don Juan . in excellence . There is a fine poetic gloom in 41.
... a remark may be , there are not many readers who will disagree in its application to Donne . + The ottava rima of the Italians , the same stanza as that of Beppo and Don Juan . in excellence . There is a fine poetic gloom in 41.
Page 66
... his well - stored mind . He visited France and Italy and was received in both countries with honor by the learned and distinguished . He would have proceeded to Greece and Sicily , but the first outbreak of the political tempest 66.
... his well - stored mind . He visited France and Italy and was received in both countries with honor by the learned and distinguished . He would have proceeded to Greece and Sicily , but the first outbreak of the political tempest 66.
Page 103
... Italian fields , where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundred fold , who , having learn'd thy way , Early may fly the Babylonian woe . In tender contrast to these are the delicate and chaste outbreaks of ...
... Italian fields , where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundred fold , who , having learn'd thy way , Early may fly the Babylonian woe . In tender contrast to these are the delicate and chaste outbreaks of ...
Page 104
... Italian poems , all full of liberty and learning , we have not now to do . On his private life , excepting through those glimpses which we catch of it from his works , or which are necessary to appreciate them , we have but faintly ...
... Italian poems , all full of liberty and learning , we have not now to do . On his private life , excepting through those glimpses which we catch of it from his works , or which are necessary to appreciate them , we have but faintly ...
Page 117
... Italian school episodes and digressions became more frequent , but they tended neither to increase the interest nor add to the power or majesty of the epic . Events seldom appear vividly real when seen not merely through the author's ...
... Italian school episodes and digressions became more frequent , but they tended neither to increase the interest nor add to the power or majesty of the epic . Events seldom appear vividly real when seen not merely through the author's ...
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