This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...loud, Mix'd with the tumults of the shouting crowd! All seem rejoic'd to hail me near the shore, My voyage finish'd and my perils o'er! O! with what fair and prudent dames around, 15 O! with what knights I see the harbour crown'd! See Mamma and Geneura grace the coast, Lo! there the damsel train, Corregio's boast. And ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...loud, Mix'd with the tumults of the shouting crowd! All seem rejoic'd to hail me near the shore, My voyage finish'd and my perils o'er! O! with what fair and prudent dames around, 15 O! with what knights I see the harbour crown'd! See Mamma and Geneura grace the coast, Lo! there the damsel train, Corregio's boast. And Dante in the beginning of his second, Per correr miglior acqua alza le vele Ilomai la navecella del mio ingegno, Che lascia dietro a se mar si crudele. Now let my muse's vessel court the wind With spreading sails, securer seas to find, And leave the cruel stormy main behind. Berni has borrowed the two first lines of "Dante, and placed them at the beginning of his second book of the Innamorato. And Pope, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph and partake the gale? Essay on Man, Ep. IV. Ver. 17. See Mamma and Geneura--He mentions Geneura three times, but it does not clearly appear whether they are all different persons. Mamma is no where else mentioned in the work. Ver. 18.--the damsel train, Corregio's boast. A general praise of the females of the family of Corregio. Sec Book xlii. Note to ver. 668. See these Veronica of Gamb'ra join, So dear to Phcebus and th' Ionian nine! 20 Sprung from the first, again Gencura view; Behold a Julia near her steps pursue! I see Hippolita, of Sforza nam'd, Trivulzia, from the holy cavern fam'd. Emilia Pia, hail! and hail with thee 25 Fair Margarita: Gratiosa see! Angela Borgia, deck7d with every grace: Richarda, born of Este's generous race. Lo! where Bianca and Diana stand With all the sisterhood (a lovely band!) 30 Lo! beauteous Barbara and Laura there, Both wise and virtuous prov'd beyond compare: Ver. 19. Veronica of Gamb'ra-Signora Veronica de Gambera, countess of Corregio, and s...
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