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Page 222
... English reader almost an unexplored mine of amuse- ment . With the exception of Boccaccio , scarcely one Italian novelist is known in this country ; and he is so questionable a personage , as to be excluded from the libraries of all who ...
... English reader almost an unexplored mine of amuse- ment . With the exception of Boccaccio , scarcely one Italian novelist is known in this country ; and he is so questionable a personage , as to be excluded from the libraries of all who ...
Page 251
... English are greatly indebted to them , in their account of the liter- ature of other states ; which embraces , however , much nar- rower views than those that have been taken by those German authors from whom their materials have been ...
... English are greatly indebted to them , in their account of the liter- ature of other states ; which embraces , however , much nar- rower views than those that have been taken by those German authors from whom their materials have been ...
Page 252
... English readers , to impart a double interest to the work before us ; more particularly as it is very ably rendered from the original , and displays both elegance and fidelity . The language is in general easy and spirited ; and we ...
... English readers , to impart a double interest to the work before us ; more particularly as it is very ably rendered from the original , and displays both elegance and fidelity . The language is in general easy and spirited ; and we ...
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