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Pagina 96
... 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 Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first conception ...
... 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 Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first conception ...
Pagina 114
... Italian , Latin , and English . Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick ; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit . The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they ...
... Italian , Latin , and English . Of the Italian I cannot pretend to speak as a critick ; but I have heard them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit . The Latin pieces are lusciously elegant ; but the delight which they ...
Pagina 418
... Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he not only collected his observations on the country , but found time to write his Dialogues on Medals , and four ...
... Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he not only collected his observations on the country , but found time to write his Dialogues on Medals , and four ...
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