Life of Torquato Tasso: With an Historical and Critical Account of His Writings, Volume 1John Murray, 92, Fleet Street, London, 1810 |
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... Ariosto . - Advantages of education enjoyed by Tasso , CHAPTER V. 69 Torquato studies law at Padua , but is disgusted with that employment . — Writes his Rinaldo - Reflections on this poem . — Is permitted by his father to print it ...
... Ariosto . - Advantages of education enjoyed by Tasso , CHAPTER V. 69 Torquato studies law at Padua , but is disgusted with that employment . — Writes his Rinaldo - Reflections on this poem . — Is permitted by his father to print it ...
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... Ariosto , and of some events in the life of Tasso.- Our poet visits Rome and Florence . - His verses to Leonora , Countess of Scan- diano . - A second revision of his poem is begun . - He is made Historiographer of the family of Este ...
... Ariosto , and of some events in the life of Tasso.- Our poet visits Rome and Florence . - His verses to Leonora , Countess of Scan- diano . - A second revision of his poem is begun . - He is made Historiographer of the family of Este ...
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... Ariosto to Tasso , 375 No. XVI . - Garden of Armida , 378 No. XVII . - Summary of Tasso's letters relative to the revision of his Jeru- salem , $ 93 No. XVIII - Of the allegorical meaning of romantic poems , 400 No. XIX . - Sonnets of ...
... Ariosto to Tasso , 375 No. XVI . - Garden of Armida , 378 No. XVII . - Summary of Tasso's letters relative to the revision of his Jeru- salem , $ 93 No. XVIII - Of the allegorical meaning of romantic poems , 400 No. XIX . - Sonnets of ...
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... Ariosto , and other ex- cellent writers . * To this lady Bernardo addressed many sonnets ; sometimes , from the resemblance of names , celebra- ting her under the allegory of a juniper ( ginebro , ) as Pe- trarch had frequently extolled ...
... Ariosto , and other ex- cellent writers . * To this lady Bernardo addressed many sonnets ; sometimes , from the resemblance of names , celebra- ting her under the allegory of a juniper ( ginebro , ) as Pe- trarch had frequently extolled ...
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... Ariosto ; in the order , and whatever else regards the disposition , I shall , as far as is compatible with my feeble powers , endeavour to imitate Virgil and Homer . " Sperone Spe- roni . " ' * As the name of Sperone Speroni , to whom ...
... Ariosto ; in the order , and whatever else regards the disposition , I shall , as far as is compatible with my feeble powers , endeavour to imitate Virgil and Homer . " Sperone Spe- roni . " ' * As the name of Sperone Speroni , to whom ...
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