Essays on PetrarchJ. Murray, 1823 - 325 pages |
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... DANTE AND PETRARCH . APPENDIX . I. SPECIMENS OF PETRARCH'S LATIN POETRY . II . SPECIMENS OF GREEK AMATORY POETRY ... DANTE'S LATELY DISCOVERed . VII . TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH , BY BARBARINA LADY DACRE . AN ESSAY ON THE LOVE OF ...
... DANTE AND PETRARCH . APPENDIX . I. SPECIMENS OF PETRARCH'S LATIN POETRY . II . SPECIMENS OF GREEK AMATORY POETRY ... DANTE'S LATELY DISCOVERed . VII . TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH , BY BARBARINA LADY DACRE . AN ESSAY ON THE LOVE OF ...
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... Dante says of the sun , " the greatest ministers of Nature ; " - it is by love only that she can reproduce her creations which death is perpetually destroying . But love is seen , by almost all writers , under those outward appearances ...
... Dante says of the sun , " the greatest ministers of Nature ; " - it is by love only that she can reproduce her creations which death is perpetually destroying . But love is seen , by almost all writers , under those outward appearances ...
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... Dante's opinion and that of his friend Guido Cavalcanti , they were rather dici- tori per rima , than deserving of the name of poets * . No sooner was Italian poetry en- * Acciò che non ne pigli alcuna baldanza persona grossa , dico ...
... Dante's opinion and that of his friend Guido Cavalcanti , they were rather dici- tori per rima , than deserving of the name of poets * . No sooner was Italian poetry en- * Acciò che non ne pigli alcuna baldanza persona grossa , dico ...
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... Dante has himself commented on his own love - verses ; an example which was followed two centuries afterwards by Lorenzo de ' Medici , whose Theory of Love is one of the very few tracts that either escaped the un- wearied researches ...
... Dante has himself commented on his own love - verses ; an example which was followed two centuries afterwards by Lorenzo de ' Medici , whose Theory of Love is one of the very few tracts that either escaped the un- wearied researches ...
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... Dante , Petrarch , and Giusto de Conti , describe the supernatural beauty of their mistresses , it is easy to trace the progress of this sort of рое- try , and to perceive that its perfection had been nearly attained by Dante ...
... Dante , Petrarch , and Giusto de Conti , describe the supernatural beauty of their mistresses , it is easy to trace the progress of this sort of рое- try , and to perceive that its perfection had been nearly attained by Dante ...
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Amor ANACREON ancient Arezzo Avignon beauty bella bliss Boccacio bosom breast breath CANZONE CARY'S Transl ch'io charms che'l ciel cielo Cola di Rienzo d'amore Dante death delight dolce dolci donna earth Epist eyes Famil fancy fear feel FRANCESCO PETRARCA friends genius gente grace gran Guido Cavalcanti happy heart heaven honour hope imagination imitation inspired Italian Italy ladies Latin Laura letter live lover lyric poetry mente mind mondo mortal nature never night o'er ogni parlar passion pensier Petr Petrarch pietà pleasure poem poet POETRY OF PETRARCH racters repose Sappho says sempre Senil serene sighs sion smile song SONNET sorrow soul spirit Stefano Colonna sweet tears tempo terra thee thou thought tion TRANSLATION trarch trembling trovo tutto UGO FOSCOLO Vaucluse veggio Venus verses viso vita wearied whilst youth