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... merits of every contemporary performance . After the age of Clement VII . the Italians seemed to think that there was more merit in praising or censuring well than in writing well ; almost every subse- quent performance being designed ...
... merits of every contemporary performance . After the age of Clement VII . the Italians seemed to think that there was more merit in praising or censuring well than in writing well ; almost every subse- quent performance being designed ...
Pagina 47
... merit are more skilfully directed ; the link of patronage and learning still continues unbroken . The French nobility have certainly a most pleasing way of satisfying the vanity of an author , without in- dulging his avarice . A man of ...
... merit are more skilfully directed ; the link of patronage and learning still continues unbroken . The French nobility have certainly a most pleasing way of satisfying the vanity of an author , without in- dulging his avarice . A man of ...
Pagina 122
... merit of his intentions may be , every writer is now convinced that he must be chiefly indebted to good fortune for finding read- ers willing to allow him any degree of reputation . It has been remarked that almost every character which ...
... merit of his intentions may be , every writer is now convinced that he must be chiefly indebted to good fortune for finding read- ers willing to allow him any degree of reputation . It has been remarked that almost every character which ...
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CHAPTER | 3 |
III | 21 |
Of the present state of polite learning in Italy | 27 |
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