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Page 123
... Poem , a very amusing chap- ter might be written . While the great Comedy is going on upon the scene above , with all its pomp and music , these critics in the pit keep up such a per- petual wrangling among themselves , as seriously to ...
... Poem , a very amusing chap- ter might be written . While the great Comedy is going on upon the scene above , with all its pomp and music , these critics in the pit keep up such a per- petual wrangling among themselves , as seriously to ...
Page 126
... poetic names are attached to the Pine Woods of Ravenna . Not long ago Lord Byron evoked there the fantastic tales borrowed by Dryden from Boccaccio , and now he is himself a figure of the past , wandering in this melancholy place . I ...
... poetic names are attached to the Pine Woods of Ravenna . Not long ago Lord Byron evoked there the fantastic tales borrowed by Dryden from Boccaccio , and now he is himself a figure of the past , wandering in this melancholy place . I ...
Page 127
... Poets , Appendix II . , is as follows : - You must know that this lady , Ma- donna Francesca , was daughter of Messer Guido the Elder , lord of Ravenna and of Cervia , and that a long and grievous war having been waged between him and ...
... Poets , Appendix II . , is as follows : - You must know that this lady , Ma- donna Francesca , was daughter of Messer Guido the Elder , lord of Ravenna and of Cervia , and that a long and grievous war having been waged between him and ...
Page 134
... poem Guido Caval canti treats this subject in very much the same way that Dante does ; and it is curious to observe how at particular times certain ideas seem to float in the air , and to become the property of every one who chooses to ...
... poem Guido Caval canti treats this subject in very much the same way that Dante does ; and it is curious to observe how at particular times certain ideas seem to float in the air , and to become the property of every one who chooses to ...
Page 136
... Poets , p . 60 , " is there in this whole passage about him ! Arrogance punished by arrogance , a Christian mother blessed for the unchristian dis- dainfulness of her son , revenge boasted of and enjoyed , passion arguing in a circle ...
... Poets , p . 60 , " is there in this whole passage about him ! Arrogance punished by arrogance , a Christian mother blessed for the unchristian dis- dainfulness of her son , revenge boasted of and enjoyed , passion arguing in a circle ...
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