The Port Folio, Volumes 1-2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1806 |
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Page 6
... Italy should become the seat of this happy revolu- tion . It spread itself through every department , thanks to the beneficent influence of the Medici , who , all- powerful in Florence and Rome , col- lected the arts that were banished ...
... Italy should become the seat of this happy revolu- tion . It spread itself through every department , thanks to the beneficent influence of the Medici , who , all- powerful in Florence and Rome , col- lected the arts that were banished ...
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... Italy , in which they still hold the first rank . Italy is divided in opinion between these two great men , like France , between Corneille and Racine ; for genius , like all conquering powers , divides while it subjugates mankind . We ...
... Italy , in which they still hold the first rank . Italy is divided in opinion between these two great men , like France , between Corneille and Racine ; for genius , like all conquering powers , divides while it subjugates mankind . We ...
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... Italian wit , called concetti ; and hence that deluge of elaborate trifling , in which the lover who is least understood , is es- teemed for having expressed himself well . Dramatic poetry had the same ambition ; and the authors most es ...
... Italian wit , called concetti ; and hence that deluge of elaborate trifling , in which the lover who is least understood , is es- teemed for having expressed himself well . Dramatic poetry had the same ambition ; and the authors most es ...
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... Italian operas , which are intended merely as vehicles for music , and where the performers frequently sing and grope about for half an hour within arm's length of each other , to make the audience believe ( to whom they are visible ...
... Italian operas , which are intended merely as vehicles for music , and where the performers frequently sing and grope about for half an hour within arm's length of each other , to make the audience believe ( to whom they are visible ...
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... Italy , where he improved himself by conver- sing with men of learning , and gained a perfect knowledge of the Spanish and Italian languages . Soon after his return to England , he was made secretary to Sir Thomas Egerton , Lord Keeper ...
... Italy , where he improved himself by conver- sing with men of learning , and gained a perfect knowledge of the Spanish and Italian languages . Soon after his return to England , he was made secretary to Sir Thomas Egerton , Lord Keeper ...
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