An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope, 1. köideM. Cooper, 1756 |
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Page 66
... Petrarch , which has been adopted by all his fucceffors , difpleases the ear , by its tedi- ous uniformity , and by the number of iden- tical cadences . And indeed to speak truth , there appears to be little valuable in Petrarch ...
... Petrarch , which has been adopted by all his fucceffors , difpleases the ear , by its tedi- ous uniformity , and by the number of iden- tical cadences . And indeed to speak truth , there appears to be little valuable in Petrarch ...
Page 93
... 143 . * The Works of Cardinal Bembo , and of Cafa , of Annibal Caro , and Tafso himself , are full of entire lines taken from Dante and Petrarch . Believe Believe me reader , can say more Than many a AND GENIUS OF POPE . 93.
... 143 . * The Works of Cardinal Bembo , and of Cafa , of Annibal Caro , and Tafso himself , are full of entire lines taken from Dante and Petrarch . Believe Believe me reader , can say more Than many a AND GENIUS OF POPE . 93.
Page 190
... Petrarch polished , and fixed the standard of the Italian language . To Petrarch the ho- * See particularly the beginning of the third Canto of the INFERNO , as alfo the beginning of the fixth . + " Veggiamo in un medefimo progreffo di ...
... Petrarch polished , and fixed the standard of the Italian language . To Petrarch the ho- * See particularly the beginning of the third Canto of the INFERNO , as alfo the beginning of the fixth . + " Veggiamo in un medefimo progreffo di ...
Page 191
... Petrarch , as to Albertino Muffato , a native of Padua : with whofe me- rit the learned feem not to be fufficiently ac- quainted . Muffato died very old , after having borne the greatest offices in his country , in the year 1329 , that ...
... Petrarch , as to Albertino Muffato , a native of Padua : with whofe me- rit the learned feem not to be fufficiently ac- quainted . Muffato died very old , after having borne the greatest offices in his country , in the year 1329 , that ...
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