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Page 14770
... Italy . But his literary education was acquired , and a considerable part of his life spent , at the court of Alexandria , which then , under the enlight- ened despotism of Ptolemy II . , was the intellectual and artistic centre of the ...
... Italy . But his literary education was acquired , and a considerable part of his life spent , at the court of Alexandria , which then , under the enlight- ened despotism of Ptolemy II . , was the intellectual and artistic centre of the ...
Page 14772
... Italy , has in it the germs not only of the artificial Latin eclogue , but of the provin- cial comedy native to all parts of Italy . The fourteenth- even more remarkable in its truth to nature - is , with all its poetical charm , almost ...
... Italy , has in it the germs not only of the artificial Latin eclogue , but of the provin- cial comedy native to all parts of Italy . The fourteenth- even more remarkable in its truth to nature - is , with all its poetical charm , almost ...
Page 14789
... Italian poet devotes to a real or ideal Laura , Beatrice , or Corinna . Much of this volume is as prosaic as Solon's political harangues ; and we could easily accept Athenæus's assertion that Theognis did not set his poems to music ...
... Italian poet devotes to a real or ideal Laura , Beatrice , or Corinna . Much of this volume is as prosaic as Solon's political harangues ; and we could easily accept Athenæus's assertion that Theognis did not set his poems to music ...
Page 14814
... Italian , the last poet of the aristocratic Gallo - Roman society , had created for himself by his talents and the elegance of his manners 14814 AUGUSTIN THIERRY The Story of Fortunatus (Historical Essays and Narra- tives of the ...
... Italian , the last poet of the aristocratic Gallo - Roman society , had created for himself by his talents and the elegance of his manners 14814 AUGUSTIN THIERRY The Story of Fortunatus (Historical Essays and Narra- tives of the ...
Page 14817
... Italians , his orthodoxy was irreproachable ; but in his practice of life he was effeminate and sensual . He abandoned himself without restraint to the pleas- ures of the table ; and not only was he always found a jovial guest , a great ...
... Italians , his orthodoxy was irreproachable ; but in his practice of life he was effeminate and sensual . He abandoned himself without restraint to the pleas- ures of the table ; and not only was he always found a jovial guest , a great ...
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