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Page iii
... Poet , in the Reign of the Emperor Nero , was a Native of Foltera in Tuscany ( B ) . He was a Roman Knight , related and allied to Perfons of the firit Rank . He ftu- died at Volterra till he was twelve Years of Age , and afterwards ...
... Poet , in the Reign of the Emperor Nero , was a Native of Foltera in Tuscany ( B ) . He was a Roman Knight , related and allied to Perfons of the firit Rank . He ftu- died at Volterra till he was twelve Years of Age , and afterwards ...
Page v
... Poets of the fame Genius , but too commonly practifed out of Artifice and Vanity ( D ) . It was very late before Perfius became acquainted with Seneca , and he could never like his Temper . He was a good Friend , still a better Son , a ...
... Poets of the fame Genius , but too commonly practifed out of Artifice and Vanity ( D ) . It was very late before Perfius became acquainted with Seneca , and he could never like his Temper . He was a good Friend , still a better Son , a ...
Page vi
... Poet . We may observe , that the Rigour of the Times in which he lived ferve as no Ex- cufe for the Obscurity of his Stile ( K ) , as fome have pretended . Some Italian Genea- logifts alledge that the Falconcini Family of Volterra ...
... Poet . We may observe , that the Rigour of the Times in which he lived ferve as no Ex- cufe for the Obscurity of his Stile ( K ) , as fome have pretended . Some Italian Genea- logifts alledge that the Falconcini Family of Volterra ...
Page vii
... Poet's Attachment to the Stoic Phi- lofophy , nor could it be alledged that they had any Re- gard to the Infcription at Volterra . No Body ever de- ferved the Title of Severus better than that Poet , confi- dering the imperious Stile of ...
... Poet's Attachment to the Stoic Phi- lofophy , nor could it be alledged that they had any Re- gard to the Infcription at Volterra . No Body ever de- ferved the Title of Severus better than that Poet , confi- dering the imperious Stile of ...
Page viii
... Poet to have been born there ; for his not being a Native of Volterra could fignify nothing to him , if he could not deprive Tuscany of the Honour of him , and prove that he was born in the State of Genoa . He therefore fays that his ...
... Poet to have been born there ; for his not being a Native of Volterra could fignify nothing to him , if he could not deprive Tuscany of the Honour of him , and prove that he was born in the State of Genoa . He therefore fays that his ...
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