Historical Memoir on Italian Tragedy: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time : Illustrated with Specimens and Analyses of the Most Celebrated Tragedies and Interspersed with Occasional Observations on the Italian Theatres and Biographical Notices of the Principal Tragic Writers of Italy |
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... translation , his disappointment would , perhaps , have been less frequent ; but I am not certain that his pleasure ... translated , and , though Italian quotations fre- quently quently occur in the text , the chain of the vi PREFACE .
... translation , his disappointment would , perhaps , have been less frequent ; but I am not certain that his pleasure ... translated , and , though Italian quotations fre- quently quently occur in the text , the chain of the vi PREFACE .
Page vii
... translation of the . Abate Monti's tragedies , by the admirable translator of the Inferno of Dante , I have enriched my memoir with copious extracts from that as yet , inedited work . And when the reader shall have pe- rused the translation ...
... translation of the . Abate Monti's tragedies , by the admirable translator of the Inferno of Dante , I have enriched my memoir with copious extracts from that as yet , inedited work . And when the reader shall have pe- rused the translation ...
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... translation . Sof . A che piangete ? non sapete ancora Che ciò , che nasce , a morte si destina ? Cor . Ahimè ! che questa è pur troppo per tempo ; Ch ' ancor non siete nel vigesim ' anno . Sof . Il bene esser non può troppo per tempo ...
... translation . Sof . A che piangete ? non sapete ancora Che ciò , che nasce , a morte si destina ? Cor . Ahimè ! che questa è pur troppo per tempo ; Ch ' ancor non siete nel vigesim ' anno . Sof . Il bene esser non può troppo per tempo ...
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... translation of a SECT . friend . Amor , che ne i leggiadri alti pensieri Sovente alberghi , e reggi quella parte ; Da cui non ti diparte Rugosa fronte , e pel canuto , e bianco ; Poi sì dolci lacciuoi , con sì bell ' arte Poni d ...
... translation of a SECT . friend . Amor , che ne i leggiadri alti pensieri Sovente alberghi , e reggi quella parte ; Da cui non ti diparte Rugosa fronte , e pel canuto , e bianco ; Poi sì dolci lacciuoi , con sì bell ' arte Poni d ...
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... translated . Nor did it long remain unknown or unnoticed : its expanding fame , crossing the Alps , soon found its way into France . A translation , and an imitation , in the language of that country , are mentioned by Riccoboni in his ...
... translated . Nor did it long remain unknown or unnoticed : its expanding fame , crossing the Alps , soon found its way into France . A translation , and an imitation , in the language of that country , are mentioned by Riccoboni in his ...
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