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... Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered them in VOL . II . B the the pureft ftile ...
... Italy , appeared in tale- writing and fables . Boccace gave a cur- rency and vogue to this fpecies of compo- fition . He collected many of the common tales of his country , and delivered them in VOL . II . B the the pureft ftile ...
Pagina 2
... Italians , Poggio , Bandello , Cinthio , Firenzuola , Malespini , and others . Machiavel him- felf did honour to this ... Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel , that he teaches what men usually do , not what they ought to do ...
... Italians , Poggio , Bandello , Cinthio , Firenzuola , Malespini , and others . Machiavel him- felf did honour to this ... Italy . Lord Bacon fays remarkably of Machiavel , that he teaches what men usually do , not what they ought to do ...
Pagina 4
... Italians and Spaniards . THE ftory of JANUARY and MAY now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of a fond old dotard betrayed into difgrace by an unfuitable match , is fup- ported in a lively manner POPE has en- deavoured ...
... Italians and Spaniards . THE ftory of JANUARY and MAY now before us , is of the comic kind , and the character of a fond old dotard betrayed into difgrace by an unfuitable match , is fup- ported in a lively manner POPE has en- deavoured ...
Pagina 20
... more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears ftrange . This from Mr. Spence . fubject fubject which occurred to me , that I could not 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... more from the Spanish critics alone , than from the Italian , French , and all other critics put together ; which appears ftrange . This from Mr. Spence . fubject fubject which occurred to me , that I could not 20 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Pagina 24
... though io fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... though io fond of theatrical fpectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never pro- duced but one great epic poet ? While on the the other hand , modern Italy , can fhew two 84 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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