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... idea of the sen- timents , if not of the language , of the original . Will the reader admit the following attempt ? Oh heavens , oh earth , oh sea , oh winds and flame ! Oh power supreme , oh high , eternal God ! Oh architect of this ...
... idea of the sen- timents , if not of the language , of the original . Will the reader admit the following attempt ? Oh heavens , oh earth , oh sea , oh winds and flame ! Oh power supreme , oh high , eternal God ! Oh architect of this ...
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... ideas suited to an age so different from their own . " What is " ac- quiescing in the reason of the antients , " but transferring the taste and spirit of the classics into their own tongue ? The first tragedy written at the beginning of ...
... ideas suited to an age so different from their own . " What is " ac- quiescing in the reason of the antients , " but transferring the taste and spirit of the classics into their own tongue ? The first tragedy written at the beginning of ...
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... idea of converting Adam into an epic personage , ' p . 171 ; and Mr. Walker takes leave to observe , that Andreini and Lancetta were not the first Italian writers who dramatized the story of Adam and Eve . ' Muratori tells us that ...
... idea of converting Adam into an epic personage , ' p . 171 ; and Mr. Walker takes leave to observe , that Andreini and Lancetta were not the first Italian writers who dramatized the story of Adam and Eve . ' Muratori tells us that ...
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... idea , if we may rely on the authority of Dr. Burney , who , in his History of Music , seems minutely to have traced it to a much higher period ; -and what Mr. W. calls airs , which were so fre- quently introduced in Testi's drama ...
... idea , if we may rely on the authority of Dr. Burney , who , in his History of Music , seems minutely to have traced it to a much higher period ; -and what Mr. W. calls airs , which were so fre- quently introduced in Testi's drama ...
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... ideas of its beauty and force , than the more renowned writings of Dante , Petrarca , Ariosto , and Tasso . Though we have found much amusement and considerable information on the subject under discussion in this book , we are obliged ...
... ideas of its beauty and force , than the more renowned writings of Dante , Petrarca , Ariosto , and Tasso . Though we have found much amusement and considerable information on the subject under discussion in this book , we are obliged ...
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