Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... ITALIAN WRITERS . No. I. DANTE . ( Knight's Quarterly Magazine , Jan- uary 1824. ) CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . No. II . PETRARCH . ( Knight's Quarterly Magazine , April 1824. ) SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT LAWSUIT BETWEEN ...
... ITALIAN WRITERS . No. I. DANTE . ( Knight's Quarterly Magazine , Jan- uary 1824. ) CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . No. II . PETRARCH . ( Knight's Quarterly Magazine , April 1824. ) SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT LAWSUIT BETWEEN ...
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... , Ligarius . By Venus , she almost made me adore her , by telling me that I talked Greek with the most Attic accent that she had heard in Italy . ” " I doubt she will not say the same of FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 5.
... , Ligarius . By Venus , she almost made me adore her , by telling me that I talked Greek with the most Attic accent that she had heard in Italy . ” " I doubt she will not say the same of FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 5.
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... ( Exeunt . ) 1 See Herodotus , viii . 28 . 2 A sow was sacrificed to Ceres at the admission to the greater mysteries CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . ( Knight's Quarterly 51 SCENES FROM ATHENIAN REVELS . "
... ( Exeunt . ) 1 See Herodotus , viii . 28 . 2 A sow was sacrificed to Ceres at the admission to the greater mysteries CRITICISMS ON THE PRINCIPAL ITALIAN WRITERS . ( Knight's Quarterly 51 SCENES FROM ATHENIAN REVELS . "
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... Italian literature , Dante has a double claim to precedency . He was the earliest and the greatest writer of his country . He was the first man who fully descried and exhibited the powers of his na- tive dialect . The Latin tongue ...
... Italian literature , Dante has a double claim to precedency . He was the earliest and the greatest writer of his country . He was the first man who fully descried and exhibited the powers of his na- tive dialect . The Latin tongue ...
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... Italian tongue . Indeed the great majority of the young gentlemen and young ladies , who , when they are asked whether they read Italian , answer Yes , " never go beyond the stories at the end of their grammar , The Pastor Fido , or an ...
... Italian tongue . Indeed the great majority of the young gentlemen and young ladies , who , when they are asked whether they read Italian , answer Yes , " never go beyond the stories at the end of their grammar , The Pastor Fido , or an ...
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