The Critical Review, Or, Annals of LiteratureW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1799 - English literature |
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... Italy , that they caft a ftrong effulgence , even amidst the darknefs of obfcure periods . This is the characteristic feature of the pre- fent work , conftituting , with the difpenfations now first pub- lished , its chief merit , as ...
... Italy , that they caft a ftrong effulgence , even amidst the darknefs of obfcure periods . This is the characteristic feature of the pre- fent work , conftituting , with the difpenfations now first pub- lished , its chief merit , as ...
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... Italian have met with more ap- plaufe perhaps than they deferve . Simplicity , that first of all graces in compofition , he has ufually violated , and confidering the multi- tude of his productions in this fpecies of poetry , (11) ...
... Italian have met with more ap- plaufe perhaps than they deferve . Simplicity , that first of all graces in compofition , he has ufually violated , and confidering the multi- tude of his productions in this fpecies of poetry , (11) ...
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... Italian fonnet - writers , Dante and Lorenzo de ' Medicialone are mentioned . We expected to have feen the name of Filicaia , fome of whofe fonnets are among the fublimeft fpecimens of Italian poetry . Thofe of the chief Portuguese bard ...
... Italian fonnet - writers , Dante and Lorenzo de ' Medicialone are mentioned . We expected to have feen the name of Filicaia , fome of whofe fonnets are among the fublimeft fpecimens of Italian poetry . Thofe of the chief Portuguese bard ...
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... Italian lan- guage . That rule , therefore , which the Italians have efta- blifhed , of exactly four different founds in the fonnet , seems to have arifen from their with to have as many , not from any dread of finding more . But furely ...
... Italian lan- guage . That rule , therefore , which the Italians have efta- blifhed , of exactly four different founds in the fonnet , seems to have arifen from their with to have as many , not from any dread of finding more . But furely ...
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... Italian model . Adapted to the agitations of a real paf- fion ! Express momentary bursts of feeling in it ! I fhould fooner expect to write pathetic Axes , or pour forth extempore Eggs and Altars ! But the beft confutation of fuch idle ...
... Italian model . Adapted to the agitations of a real paf- fion ! Express momentary bursts of feeling in it ! I fhould fooner expect to write pathetic Axes , or pour forth extempore Eggs and Altars ! But the beft confutation of fuch idle ...
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