Folletto, a, disturbs Tasso, II. 169, 175, 176. Fontaine, quoted, II. 262.
Galeani, his work concerning Tasso, I. 191. Galileo visited by Milton, I. 51; writes a discourse on the comparative merits of Tasso and Ariosto, 2:8, 375; why he a- dopted the mode of dialogue, II. 52. Genius, necessity of labour to, I. 55; tor- ments the young, 95; early manifests its peculiarity, 99; facility of the taste of men of, 144; unbending dignity of, 171; should when young be encouraged, 178; effect of, in increasing misery, 181, and seq. 307.
Gentili, Scipio, a commentator of the Jeru- salem, II. 78, 165.
Gibbon, his account of Turpin, I. 86; re- mark on a first work, 104; his account of the men of genius at Ferrara, 122; of the temple of love, 129; of Rinaldo, 136; on submitting a MS. to criticism, 208; quo- ted, 345; his notion that love was the cause of Tasso's madness, 367; remarks Tasso's attention to history in his poem,
Giraldi, his epic poem, I. 90; quoted, 134. Goethe, his Torquato Tasso, I. 136; beautiful passage of, 356.
Goldoni, quotations from his Torquato Tasso, I. 14, 238; II. 1:2, 347.
Gondoliers of Venice, sing the Jerusalem, II. 131, 455,
Gonzaga, Ferrante, invites Tasso to Mo-
dena, I. 299; kindness to him, II. 98, 143, 217, 322.
Gonzaga, Scipio, a dear friend of Tasso, I. 116, 117, 138, 160; is desirous Tasso should leave Ferrara, 199; one of the re- visors of the Jerusalem, 200; letters to, on this subject, chap. ix, x, xi, passim; love of Tasso to, 258; visits him, Il. 98; letter concerning the Crusca, 145; made Pa- triarch of Jerusalem, 165; created cardi- nal, 222, 448; his death, 298, analysis of a letter, and discourse of Tasso to, 896, and seq.
Vincenzo, prince of Mantua, his kindness to Tasso, II. 23, 185; dedication of a dialogue to, 69, 450; visits Tasso, 98; obtains his deliverance, 179, and seq.; succeeds his father, 202; dedication to 203; remarks on his character, and on th probability that he murdered Crichto 1, 446, and seq.
Gray quoted, I. 168; his opinion of Aristotle,
211; account of an Italian fair, II.02; quoted, 280; admired Tasso, 369. Gregory XIII. I. 213; compliment to, in the Jerusalem, 234.
Guarini, Battista, account of, I. 159, 342,
194, 143, 145, 146; a friend of Tasso, 160; probable cause of Alphonso's persecution of, 180; quarrels with Tasso, 186, 403; borrows from the Rinaldo, 332; his Pastor Fido, 180, 343; compared with he Amin- ta, S69; letter on the death of Leonora of Este, II. 451; quoted 95; kind offices of, to Tasso, 106; quoted, 13; on 'ae death of Tasso, 336.
Haslam, Mi, quoted, II. 87, 104. Hayley, Mr, Pref. ix, xxxiii, 44, 263; II. 17, 231, 289, 461, 467, 469. Holland, Lord, quoted, I. 340. Homer, quoted, I. 43; derived assistance from antecedent writers, 56; is the foun- tain of fiction, 82; quoted, 149; roman- tic richness of his Odyssey, 267; remarks on, 274; his allegories, 100; beautiful incident in his Odyssey, I. 43; his mode of praising, 109; reina ks of Tasso on, 480, 481; slavish imitation of by Tasso, in his Jerusalem Con., ibid, and seq. Hoole, Mr, I. 32, 116, 198, 351, 382, transla- tion of part of a canzone, 240; censures a passage of the Jerus. as abrupt, 250; remark of, 331; his merit as a translator, 333; mistakes a passage in the Jerus. 337; remark of, II. 290; defends the Je- rusalem, 362.
Hôpital, chancellor, quoted, I. 27. Horace, on the immortality conferred by poets, I. 174; quoted, 177; verses concerning Hannibal, II. 30; quoted, 189, 446. Houssaye, A. de, quoted, i. 154; of the gol- den rose, II. 300.
Hume, recommends the Epigoniad, I. 340; paraphrases the Syrea's song, of Tasso,
Hurd, Dr, remark of, on Tasso's fictio is, I. 246.
Imperialis, his account of Crichton, I. 429, and seq. Ingegneri, a friend and editor of Ta so, II. 44, 93, 96; assists in the publication of the Jerus. Con. 292; publishes Tasso's poem on the creation, 322.
Israeli, d', Mr, quoted, I. 382; II. 131, 455. Italy favourable to the study of antiquity, Pref. xi; wandering life of the literary men of, 5; compared with France, 165.
Jerusalem Delivered, planned, T. 107; its hap- Py choice as a subject, 110; why adopted by Tasso uncertain, 111, 201; interesting his patriotic feelings, 112; first sketch of, ibid; resumed, 136; progress of 138; sketched in prose, 156, 160; progress of, 165, 174, 191; obscure allusions in, ex- plained, 192, 350, 234, 336; letters of Tasso, on the completion of, 195, and seq.; is.sent to be revised in Rome, 199; its re- viso s, 200; their defects, 211, 213; ob- jections to the episode of Olindo and So- phronia, 214, 248, 279; defended, 215; cor sidered as too much ornamented, 216; pe culiarity of the style of, 217; two revi- sions of, 219; progress of the second re- v sion, 244, and seq.; origin of a verse in, 235; cancellation in, 249; defence of the loves, and magic in, 202, 266; allegory of 277, 401; its conformity with the Aristote-
lian rules of poetry, 373; with history, 263; II. 129, 150: a mutilated edition of, published, 75. other editions, 93; argu- ments of, 94; controversy regarding it with the Academy of Crusca, 119, and eq.; compared with the Orlando, 131 and seq.; sung by the Gondoliers, 131,455, title of, not approved by Tasso, 296; remarks on, ibid; compared with the Conquistata, 297, 482, and seg.; most beautiful stanza in the, 348; source of the defects in the, 355; criticisms on, 357, and seq.; example of imitative harmony in, 360; great writers by whom it has been admired, 367, and seq.
Conquered, II. 234, 244; Tasso 3 fondness of the, 279, 297; published 295, remarks and dissertation on, 296, 477, and seq.
Johnson, Dr, I. 43; writes the dedication of Hoole's Jerusalem, 122; remarks of, 208, 377; II. 195, 205, 267, 371; dictates an account of Crichton, 427; remarks on Milton's style, 475.
Jones, Sir W. I. 17, 242; II. 444. Jousts, what, I. 75.
Mackenzie, Dr, mistakes of, II. 427. Maffei, his theses on leve, I. 147. Malacreta, quoted, I. 372.
Malatesta, Ginevra, is beloved by B. Tasso, I. 4, 5, 325; compliment she receives from Tasso, 147. Manfredi, II. 107. Manso, his Life of Tasso, Pref. x; remark of, on the place of Tasso's birth, 14; his account of his infancy, 17; of his mistres- ses, 233; error of, 294; account of Tasso's meeting with his sister, II. 3; believed the story of Tasso's love for Leonora, 13, 78; introduced to Tasso, 228, and seq.; his nar- rative of the poet's conversation with a spi- rit, 237; removes Tasso from the house of the Count of Paleno, 252; dialogue on Friendship, addressed to, 308; his kindness to Tasso, 369; last parting with, 319; his works, 21; bestows the MS, on Friendship, on the monastery of St Onofrio, 328 wishes to erect a monument to Tasso, 337; his account of the poet's person, 342. bon mots, 347; continence, 250, 446; his ac-
quaintance with Milton, and its conse- quences, 282, and seq.; 459, and seq. Manutiu, see Aldus.
Marino, his Adone, I. 941; quoted, II. 19; his praise of Tasso, 30, 337; acquaintance with Manso and Tasso, 228, 313; his mo- nument, 338.
law, 94, quoted 95; early peculiarity of his genius, 100, quoted 110, 111; his pro- pensity to love, 142, quoted 185; his opi- nion of the necessity of labour to genius, 210; his elisions, 218; his garden of Eden, 226, quoted 235; of allegory, 278; his fondness of music, 286; of Plato, 334;
Marmont 1, remark concerning Didero, I. proposed punctuation of a passage in his
144; Fousseau, 302. Methias, Mr, II. 335.
Mazzoni, I. 185; II. 431.
Medici, fime of their patronage, to what in part oving, I. 122; rivalship between, and the ho use of Este, 124, 229, 252. Menage, quoted, II. 348.
Menzini, beautiful verses of, on Tassc, II.
Mercenar us, Archangelus, disputes with
Mercuriale, Jerome, prescribes for Tasso, II.
Metastasio, of Aristotle's poetics, I. 211, ap- proves the Episode of Sophronia, 215; praises Tasso's style, II. 137; letter of, on the comparative merits of Tasso, and Ari- osto, 152;' quoted, 157, 206; remarks of, on rhyme, 303.
Metauro, canzone of Tasso, to the, II. 381. Mickle, Mr, his prejudiced admiration of Cariöens, I. 387, and seq; 402. Millar quoted, I. 73.
Milton, not named by Serassi, I. 19; his ad- vantages of education, 35; studies mathe- matics, 51; visits Galileo, ibid. his thirst of reading, and admiration of Dante and Petrarch, 55; quoted, 75, 76; his dislike of
Paradise Lost, 364; his confidence in his powers, II. 66, qucted 68; verses on Tas- so's madness, 79; imitates a passage of Tasso, 164, not fitted to write tragedy, 205; his verses to Manso, 228, 230, 308, 310, 358; compared with those of Tasso, 251; not a wit, 278; proud, 280; fond of metaphysical research, 285; obligations to Lubartas, 287; his verses on light, 301; imitates Tasso, 361, 365, 489; his sonnets not after the model of Dante, 374; remark concerning, 430; his introduction to Man- so, 22, and seq. Dissertation on his emula- tion cf Tasso, 459, and seq. Misfortunes, effects of early, on the mind, I.
of Leo X. 229; of Montecatino, 237, quoted 317, 345, 34; patronised by the family of Este, 349; anecdote of Tasso, II. 15; remarks on the poet's confinement, 82, 454; character of Vincenzo Gonzaga,
Muretus, I. 164; remark of Tasso concern- ing, II. 325.
Naples, beauties of, II. 227. Newton, I. 99, II. 90.
Niegossecio Stanislaus, account of, II. 489. Nobili Flaminio de, a revisor of the Jerusa- lem, I. 201; his scrupulousness, 213; re- mark of, 272.
Papio John A. I. 25, 28, 106, II. 190, 220. Pasquier, misrepresented, II. 427. Pastor fido, see Guarini.
Pastoral comedy invented, and perfected at Ferrara, 1. 123, 141.
Pedantry, at the revival of literature, I. 205. Pellegrino Camillo, a 'dialogue of, II. 122, 235, 289.
Petrarch, a favourite of Milton and Tasso, I. 55, 56; his delicate manner of treating love, 79; a friend of the Princes of Ferrara, 346, quoted II. 2, 70, 71, 72, 81, 264; his little satisfaction from his triumph, $21, quoted 349; his excellence in lyric poetry, 373, 374.
Nores Monsig. de, letter of, concerning Tas- Philip II. of Spain, his neglect of the Ama-
Oddi Father, his whimsical objections to the Jerusalem, I. 202; kindness to Tasso, II.
Olindo, see Jerusalem.
Orlando Furioso, see Ariosto.
Ossat Cardinal, quoted, 11. 384, 448.
Ovid, his dislike of law, I. 31, lines on his banishment, 319, quoted I. 61; writes arguments to Virgil, 935.
Palaye St, I. 75; remark of, on the decay of
tournaments in France, 126.
Paleno Count of, his kindness to Tasso, II.
27, 236, 245, 278; the poet's suspicions of him, 281.
Philips, his Splendid Shilling, II. 472. Piccolomini, his commentary on the Poetics, I. 213.
Pigna, I. 102; a favourite of Alphonso, 145; his canzoni commented on by Tasso, 144: introduced into the Aminta, 145, 178; and Jerusalem, 145; death of, 236. Pinel, quoted, I. 292, 308; II. 16. Pinelli, L. 202; II. 112.
Place la, quoted, II. 280.
Plato, admiration entertained for him by the epic poets, I. 334; his dialogues, II. 50, 55; deeply studied by Tasso, 242, 326, 353. Pole Cardinal, I. 46.
Pope, verses of on delicacy of sensation, I. 183; beautiful address to, II. 120; resem- blance of to Tasso, 138, quoted 243. Possevino, his history of the house of Gon- zaga, II. 445, 448.
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