| 单词 | Petrarch |
| 例句 | But Italian was the language of Dante and of Petrarch. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Italian would arrive at dusk, with a gardenia in his buttonhole, and he would translate Petrarch's sonnets for Amaranta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And so did Keats, Shakespeare and Petrarch, and all the rest, and it was in The Romaunt of the Rose. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She absorbed Dante and Petrarch at a humbler level. Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti 2012-06-25T11:57:22Z “It is music born of great ambition, and it sounds like that,” Mr. Trippett wrote in an email, saying that he heard in it elements from Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets and glimmers of Wagner. Listen to the First Glimpse of a Long-Lost Liszt Opera 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Petrarch, the 14th-century Italian poet and scholar, wrote his enormous collection of love poems, sonnets and fragments over 40 years. Review: The Hazy Mysteries of Love at Lincoln Center 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “Love has brought me within the reach of lovely, cruel arms that / unjustly kill me,” Petrarch writes, in Robert M. Durling’s English translation of “Rime Sparse,” a set of poems written in the fourteenth century. Love, Death, and Begging for Celebrities to Kill You 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z It isn’t so much “I like long walks on the beach and reading in the evening,” but rather, “I belong to the tribe that reads Petrarch.” Analysis | At the Met, beautiful paintings that won’t love you back 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z He began a strangely skewed Liszt first half with three works from the composer’s pilgrimage series by bringing a deliberate slowness to character pieces inspired by Petrarch Sonnets 104 and 123. In Vadym Kholodenko, talent and tragedy mix 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z By this reckoning, Petrarch, far from being the founding father of humanism, belonged to its third generation. Ronald G. Witt, Who Gave the Renaissance a New Birthdate, Dies at 84 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z He also sang Liszt’s “Three Sonnets of Petrarch” — known in the opera world as one of the few bits of the song literature that Luciano Pavarotti mastered. Tenor dazzles in a recital with an emotional wallop 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Petrarch, meanwhile, used these credentials to gain employment as a traveling papal clerk. ‘Philology’ by James Turner explains what happened to a discipline that flourished She is revising Ovid and Pope, as well as reinstating Petrarch. Poem of the week: Sappho and Phaon by Mary Robinson 2010-04-12T09:52:00Z The poet Petrarch recorded how trolling for seashells could help people feel “unconscious of depressing cares.” 5 Design Books That Are Easy on the Eyes 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But the first, Liszt’s arrangement for piano of “Pace non trovo,” one of his songs to Petrarch texts, was more than that: wistful yet fresh, altogether elegant. Review: Yunchan Lim, Teenage Piano Star, Arrives in New York 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Petrarch was one of several Italian humanists ushering in the Renaissance. ‘Philology’ by James Turner explains what happened to a discipline that flourished It’s a dynamic at least as old as Petrarch, the 13th-century Italian poet whose scholarship on the Greeks and Romans helped kick-start the Renaissance. The Lindy Way of Living 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The 1501 edition of Virgil, followed within the year by volumes of Horace, Juvenal, Persius, Martial and Petrarch, marked a revolution in publishing. In Venice, the Power of the Press on Display 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “I beheld on earth angelic grace,” Petrarch wrote in his 123rd sonnet. Pretty Yende’s New York Recital Debut 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z I don’t mean the rubbish heap of history, which is how the poet Petrarch envisioned the city in the 14th century. Rome in Ruins 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z It is a very rare survival of his Avignon works and contemporary with his lost portrait of Laura, the beauty to whom the poet Petrarch wrote hundreds of verses. Cy Twombly, Ren? Magritte and Thomas Struth ? the week in art 2011-07-08T16:17:00Z In 1989, the Princeton scholar Thomas P. Roche, Jr.,’s “Petrarch and the English Sonnet Sequences” established Lock as the author of the sonnets, putting her “Meditation” at the chronological head of the English-sonnet-sequence tradition. The Hidden Life of a Forgotten Sixteenth-Century Female Poet 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Petrarch was responsible for coming up with the very idea of the “Dark Ages” that had separated his own era from the greatness of the classical past. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When May asked it to write a specific kind of sonnet—he requested a form used by Italian poet Petrarch—the model, unfamiliar with that poetic setup, defaulted to the sonnet form preferred by Shakespeare. What the New GPT-4 AI Can Do 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Petrarch wrote both in Italian and in Latin. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the diamond-shaped panel does illustrate a line from the poet Petrarch about chasing desire. Review: Hans Holbein struts his stuff at the Getty Museum 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The works of Chaucer, Petrarch and Christine de Pizan celebrate the uniqueness of the individual, savoring the moment and often drawing attention to the messiness of the human experience. The Black Death led to the demise of feudalism. Could this pandemic have similar repercussions? 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Petrarch personally rediscovered long-lost works by Cicero, widely considered the greatest writer of ancient Rome during the republican period, and set about training himself to emulate Cicero’s rhetorical style. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In the medieval era, until Petrarch and the seeds of the Renaissance, it was Latin that was read. From carnage to a camp beauty contest: the endless allure of Troy 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Holmes is an expert in practical chemistry, as well as an authority on newspaper typography, cigarette ash, the sonnets of Petrarch, secret writing, bicycle tyres, music and the varieties of London mud. I lived with depression for decades – until my Asperger's diagnosis explained it all 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z As the Renaissance humanist Petrarch put it, people go forth to behold “the mighty surge of the sea ... the inexhaustible ocean, and the paths of the stars”. Explorers at sea: centuries of science afloat 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z In fact, Petrarch was so taken with Cicero that he described the 900 years of cultural stagnation that preceded his own time as the Dark Ages. Opinion | Setting the record straight on ‘Setting the record straight on Martin Luther’ 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Francesco Petrarca, known as Petrarch in English, was in many ways the founding father of the Renaissance. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen,” Petrarch wrote, and Paterson, still upholding the tradition seven centuries later, would no doubt agree. Adam Driver finds the soulful, intricate poetry in Jim Jarmusch's 'Paterson' 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z He also served as England's ambassador to the Roman court, and joined Chaucer and Petrarch at a wedding feast for King Edward III's son. Book Talk: Back to the future with 21st century soldiers of fortune 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The manuscript had once belonged to Petrarch, the Renaissance poet and early humanist. Stolen Michelangelo Documents Are Offered to Vatican, for a Price 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Also called digits, mutton fists, and indicationum, they featured in the works of Petrarch and Boccaccio. Oxford’s Marginalia Obsession | The New Yorker 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z This was a Greek and Roman concept that the great Renaissance thinker Petrarch championed in particular. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not until the 14th century that Petrarch started hiking through the Italian Alps, just to see what was there. Curiosity Didn't Kill The Cat, It Created The Mousetrap 2013-05-06T12:52:47Z The great Latin poets were imitators indeed, but mere imitators they were no more than Petrarch or Milton. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Together they read Dante and Petrarch, and the magistrate soon became ardently attached to the bright youth of nineteen. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The result of this was that by the end of September he was reading Petrarch with fluency, while she had only reached the first conjugation of verbs and the second declension of nouns. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Petrarch mentions in one of his letters that he wrote one of his sonnets leaning against the tomb of Bibulus. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Petrarch’s description of Laura answers exactly to this character, which is indeed the Italian character. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z “You have then,” Petrarch writes to him, “you have promised with an oath never to return to “Rome. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z He had become imbued with great and noble thoughts from Savonarola's preaching, and from his ardent reading of Dante and Petrarch; he was eager for fame, and he believed in his own power. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Edward's notion of falling in love was that he should be able to introduce into an ordinary conversation phrases that otherwise and outside his study of Petrarch would have sounded extravagant. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z It was rebuilt, only to be again burnt down in 1360, when it remained for four years in utter ruin, in which state it was seen and mourned over by Petrarch. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The first German university was that of Prague, in Bohemia, founded by Emperor Charles IV., a contemporary of Petrarch, and chartered in 1348. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z At his court, in other respects contaminated by vice, and made infamous by cruelty, the poet Petrarch found a home and a munificent patron. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Among them are the heads of Petrarch, Dante, Galileo, and Lorenzo de Medici. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Such was Petrarch's judgment on King Robert dead, and doubtless he believed it, for the King's Court was splendid, poets and scholars were held in honour, and Florentines especially. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Ancient tradition places the tomb of Remus on the Pseudo-Aventine, but in the middle ages the tomb of Caius Cestus was believed—even by Petrarch—to be the monument of Remus. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z It is not quite clear which Apicius Petrarch had in mind. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Petrarch's epistle, eulogizing the virtues and recounting the glory of the tyrant, remains a humiliating record of the power of wealth and greatness, and the pliability of genius. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Padua.—We have passed two days in this venerable city of learning, including a visit to Petrarch's tomb at Arqua. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z As for Petrarch, the storm impressed him so deeply that he told Cardinal Colonna he had resolved never to go afloat again, even at the Pope's bidding. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Then turn we to her latest tribune's name, From her ten thousand tyrants turn to thee, Redeemer of dark centuries of shame— The friend of Petrarch—hope of Italy— Rienzi! last of Romans! Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z In the latter part of his life Petrarch enjoyed the highest renown throughout Europe. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z We may be sure that among the patrons of Petrarch there was no want of refinement, or of the domestic amenities with which a youthful princess, and only child, ought to be surrounded. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z We went thence to the Duomo, where they show a beautiful bust of Petrarch, who lived at Padua some of the latter years of his life. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Petrarch had the treatise of the great orator "De Gloria," but nobody has seen it since. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Its architect was Marchione d'Arezzo, and it was so much admired by Petrarch that he declared it had "no equal upon earth;" he must have meant in height. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z It is supposed to have been written in the year 1370, when Petrarch had completed the sixty-sixth year of his life. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z We are informed at the same time of two native artists, who, according to Lomazzo, flourished at the period of Petrarch and of Giotto. The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. IV (of 6) from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century 2012-02-25T03:00:10.400Z On the afternoon of the next day, we went to Arqua, on a pilgrimage to Petrarch's cottage and tomb. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z There was no such mountain when Petrarch climbed the neighbouring height, nor for full two centuries afterwards. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z When a guest of Rome, lodged in the Vatican, waiting to be crowned with laurel—the first poet so honored since Petrarch—he sighed to flee away and be at rest. The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) 2012-02-22T03:00:24.020Z The following is a letter of Petrarch addressed, by a curious whim, to Posterity. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Yet, in spite of Petrarch’s gibes, Averroism in its spring had nursed Padua with the milk of natural science. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z My dreams of Petrarch and Vaucluse were interrupted by a scene between my friend the captain, and a stout boatman, who had brought his baggage from the batteau. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The true revivers of ancient learning and philosophy, were two writers of fiction—Petrarch, and Boccaccio. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Dante, Petrarch, Chaucer, Spenser, all these were innovators or developers of what may be known as formal metre. Irradiations; Sand and Spray 2012-02-14T03:00:28.347Z Petrarch opened the attack along the whole line. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z So, the sonnets of Petrarch are as unmeaning as the promises of candidates. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z In the 16th century he was held inferior to Petrarch; in the 17th and first half of the 18th he was almost universally neglected. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z It seems to have suggested some of the designs that accompany the old editions of Petrarch’s Triumph of Death. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Among the provencals he has been called the great Master of Love, though this is a name which Petrarch reserves especially for Arnaud Daniel, while he calls Marveil the less famous of the Arnauds. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Petrarch was destined by his father for the law and was sent to study that subject at Montpellier and subsequently at Bologna. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z I know not if I've caught the matchless mood In which impassioned Petrarch sang of thee; But this I know,—the world its plenitude May keep, so I may share thy beggary. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Those which are genuine secure Dante a place among lyrical poets scarcely if at all inferior to that of Petrarch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z It may be as well to mention that this work has been improperly ascribed to Petrarch. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z It will not be forgotten that when Petrarch in the Fourteenth Century wrote his epic, Africa, on which he expected his fame as a poet to rest, he preferred to use the Latin language. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Besides his poems Petrarch wrote a great number of letters, some in Latin and some in Italian. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z The Chapel of St. Martin at Assisi is filled with such faces as Petrarch describes. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z The poet Petrarch, who was the doge’s intimate friend, was sent to Venice on a peace mission by Giovanni Visconti, lord of Milan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z In Petrarch’s work “de remediis utriusque fortunæ,” both in the German and Latin editions, there are several cuts that relate materially to the subject. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z After reading Dante's sonnets it is easy to understand how a half century later Petrarch was able to raise the sonnet form to an excellence that was never to be surpassed. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The beginnings of the Renaissance spirit, which are so discernible in Dante, become in Petrarch the full expression of the new age. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z He is celebrated by the poet Petrarch and by the historian Villani. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Petrarch, writing of himself to a friend, said, “I read, I write, I think; such is my life and my pleasures as they were in my youth.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Each of them believed himself to be a Virgil, a Catullus, a Tibullus, a Petrarch. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z But I prefer to congratulate them on their emancipation from the ideality of Petrarch's age. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z In 1350 Petrarch became acquainted with Boccaccio and thenceforth there existed the warmest friendship between these two great exponents of Renaissance ideals and achievement. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Petrarch related it in a Latin letter in 1373, and his translation formed the basis of much of the later literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Old Petrarch might well exclaim: “I know not that the world hath the equal of this place.” From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z He next painted in the monastery of S. Francesco, Montefalco, filling the choir with a triple course of subjects from the life of the saint, with various accessories, including heads of Dante, Petrarch and Giotto. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z But I can only accept with cordial and serious enthusiasm the honours of that sort paid to a Virgil, a Petrarch, and a Tasso. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z I have written those of Petrarch, Boccaccio, etc., and am now engaged on Macchiavelli; this takes up my time, and is a source of interest and pleasure. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Chaucer followed Petrarch’s version in the Canterbury Tales. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Petrarch acknowledged that if her personal charms had been her sole attraction he had already ceased to love her. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Gonzaga borrowed his forms from the best models, Anacreon and Theocritus, but the matter, except for an occasional imitation of Petrarch, the natural, elegant style and the harmonious metrification, are all his own. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Not being a canon, like Petrarch, he married her in Petrarch's spirit, but with due legal formalities. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z And yet about all he does there is an unassuming dignity that commands respect; and for strength and consistency in the tender passion Petrarch himself does not excel him. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Petrarch was the hero, and on the evening of that day, while the impression was yet strong upon him, he wrote an account of it to a friend. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z The youth of Petrarch was obscure in point of fortune, but it was attended by all the happiness that springs from family concord, and the excellent character of his parents. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The first canto of Petrarch's Triumph of Death appears to be, in part, an allegorical representation–written many years later–of this fearful year. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Probably he met Petrarch and Boccaccio, and certainly he drew largely from their works as well as from Dante's, and he dug into poor Gower as into a stone quarry. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z Gray himself refers to Petrarch as his original, and the thought occurs in Shakspeare: "In me thou seest the glowing of such fire, That on the ashes of his youth doth lie." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z Such an action would have been impossible for a genuine son of the middle ages, but could Petrarch stand on a mountain top to-day, such an outcome of it would be equally impossible. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z After three years spent at Bologna, Petrarch was recalled to France by the death of his father. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z But, save for a few flying visits, Petrarch had little inclination to attach himself to one city, when he felt that all Italy was his country. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z Petrarch takes lofty rank as a lyric poet, breathing the heart of love. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z At the wedding banquet Petrarch was a guest sitting among the princes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z In Petrarch's letter we observe the deficiency in absorbing enthusiasm for the grander forms of nature, as well as his sense of the isolation of such sentiment from true spiritual life. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Petrarch was struck to the heart by a sad presentiment: the emotion was mutual; they both seemed to feel that they should never meet again. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The Dantes, the Petrarchs, the Tassos, are gone forever. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Every life should hold communion with the soul of Dante, and get a taste at least of Petrarch. The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature 2011-10-20T02:00:20.857Z One with a magnificent canopy is of the fifth Lord of Padua, Jacopo di Carrara, a friend of Petrarch's, while other members of this extinct family lie buried in the church. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z His enthusiasm was represented in children successively named Paine, Washington, Franklin, Rousseau, Petrarch, Volney. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z Petrarch was twenty-three years of age when he first felt the power of a violent and inextinguishable passion. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z He talks very fluently about his intimacy with Tasso, Dante, Petrarch, Boccacio, and others. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Like Dante, Milton, and Petrarch, furthermore, his private life was pure. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z A bust of Petrarch, who was a canon here, and some beautiful twelfth-century MSS. with exquisite miniatures in the sacristy, are the most interesting things it contains. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Love's laureate crown Italian Petrarch won; Friendship's we twine for British Tennyson. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z But Petrarch's constancy was proof against hopelessness and time. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z And Petrarch pale, From whose brain-lighted heart were thrown A thousand thoughts beneath the sun, Each lucid with the name of One. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z The devotion of Dante to Beatrice, of Petrarch to Laura, is different from anything in classical poetry, or in the earlier Middle Ages. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z “Greedy of books,”—so Petrarch described himself; and he himself was the first great reader of modern times. Talks to Freshman Girls 2011-09-04T02:00:03.470Z It is still possible, therefore, to hope that he may have met Petrarch not only at Padua in 1372-3, but even earlier at the magnificent wedding feast of Milan. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Petrarch saw thousands die around him, and he trembled for his friends. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Her cousin, Mr. Lee, read Italian with her and her sister; and in course of time they undertook the translation of Petrarch's sonnets into English verse. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z It is first in Provençal lyric verse that something like their ideas may be found; both Dante and Petrarch acknowledge their debt to the Provençal poets. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z The Catholic Church cultivated the mind of Petrarch, she inspired the genius of Dante, and listened to the thrilling tones of Ariosto. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.553Z Petrarch was certainly an honoured guest at this wedding, and Speght, writing in 1598, quotes a report that Chaucer was there too in attendance on his old master. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Petrarch endeavored to merge the living passion of his soul into this airy and unsubstantial devotion. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The poetry of Dante is very different from that of Petrarch, because each is the expression of a powerfully distinct personality. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z He translates a sonnet by Petrarch, but he does not follow the sonnet form. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z When Chaucer went to Italy, Dante had already been dead for over fifty years, but Petrarch and Boccaccio, the other members of that great trilogy of the earlier Renaissance, were both alive. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z The events which so startled Petrarch were indeed immediately attributable to the business qualities and the ambitions of two English kings; but their ultimate cause lay far deeper. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z If Petrarch absented himself for a few days, he was generally better treated on his return. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The poet Petrarch had looked forward to his coming as Dante had to that of his grandfather, Henry VII., but satirized him bitterly when he returned to Bohemia with his money. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z The motives of Faliero are not altogether clear, as his past record, even in the judgment of the poet Petrarch, showed him as a wise, clear-headed man of no unusual ambition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Whereat he seemed at first taken all aback, but the Lady Maddalena exclaimed, ‘A new Petrarch, and new Laura,’ and commanded him on his fame as a scholar to make some rhymes on that subject. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z Only a few months after Chaucer’s unlucky campaign in France, Petrarch had travelled across to Paris, and recorded his impressions in a letter. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z And here on the night of the 20th of July, 1304, Petrarch first saw the light. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z It appears that not only the mistress of Petrarch, but those of Bayard the chevalier “sans reproche,” and Sir Philip Sidney, were married women, with as crystalline reputations as their lovers. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It is mentioned and censured by Roger Bacon, but the Poetics in any form was probably unknown to Dante, to Boccaccio, and beyond a single obscure reference, to Petrarch. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The lonely Petrarch listened, as she sang, so sweet and low, A soft love-laden sonnet, writ by Boccaccio. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z In matter, Chaucer is far more akin to Petrarch and Boccaccio, from whom he also borrowed even more freely. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z The passion of Petrarch for Laura was purified and exalted at the same time. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The English poet might have lost his raciness by a cold imitation of the Latin masters; among the Italians, Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, Chaucer found only models to emulate or to surpass. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The model of all lyrical poetry was Petrarch, and it was in accordance with the lyrical poet's agreement or disagreement with the Petrarchan method that he was regarded as a success or a failure. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z The English ballad-singers may have been as much on the look-out for a new, orally communicated song from foreign parts, as Chaucer was for a poem of Petrarch's or a tale of Boccaccio's. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z It may be well to raise here the further question: Had not Chaucer already met Petrarch on an earlier Italian journey, which would relegate this of 1372-3 to the second place? Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Petrarch beheld the loveliness and sweetness of the young beauty, and was transfixed. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z He invokes the interposition of the civil magistrate against Petrarch and Boccaccio, whose volumes were then selling in every shop. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z This stream may be likened unto the river by whose banks Petrarch loved to wander; inasmuch as it springs full grown from the foot of a great bare precipice. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z If one should sacrifice a great thought to be like Petrarch one would not resemble him. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Similarly, the poets of the 14th century were very frequently sent abroad as ambassadors; Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio had already set Chaucer this example, which his friend Eustache Deschamps was soon to follow. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z Francesco Petrarch was of Florentine extraction, and the son of a notary, who, being held in great esteem by his fellow-citizens, had filled several public offices. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The conception of these pageants reminds one of the allegorical “Trionfi” of Petrarch; but they are not borrowed from the Italian poet. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It was the remarkable Petrarch of Charles Albert Cingria, an author of rare sagacity and deep originality. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z I confess, though, that I did not know that Petrarch had made so frequent use of the 2-rhyme sestet. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Did Chaucer make the personal acquaintance, on this first Italian journey, of Petrarch and Boccaccio, who were beyond dispute the two greatest living men of letters in Europe besides himself? Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z At Bologna, Petrarch made considerable progress in the study of the law, moved thereto, doubtless, by the entreaties of his excellent parent. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z I will paint her pictures that shall beat all the sonnets Petrarch ever sang to his Laura. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z According to modern historians, Petrarch and Rienzi went to Avignon together, but, says Lord Lytton, it was more probable that Rienzi’s mission was posterior to that of Petrarch. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z His sonnets, which are remarkable for their exquisite delicacy and tenderness, won for him the title of “the Scottish Petrarch.” The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z She had read the poets; Dante and Petrarch spoke from her eyes. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z While living at Vaucluse, Petrarch, invited to Rome by the Roman Senate, repaired thither to receive the laurel crown of poesy. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z The finest palaces bordered the Ripa by the port, and these were so beautifully decorated with frescoes and gilding that Petrarch declared that "nothing could be imagined more magnificent." Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z However that may be, it was at Avignon that Petrarch and Rienzi became most intimate, as Petrarch observes in one of his letters. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z This infatuation, which spread through Europe, is of importance to us in our inquiry to-day, for Petrarch was really the worm, the crested and luminous worm, at the root of sixteenth-century poetry. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Moreover, Dante and Petrarch passed for almost classical; and in nearly all such instances of condescension, pecuniary interest swayed the scholar from his wonted orbit. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z It has been supposed that Petrarch, writing c. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II 2011-04-05T02:00:10.813Z The same topic was selected by Silius Italicus, and by Petrarch for his Latin poem Africa, which obtained him a coronation in the Capitol. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Speaking of Petrarch, naturally one’s thoughts turn to Rienzi, the Italian liberator, who fell because the Roman people were not at that time prepared for freedom. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z It has been said that to the Italians of the sixteenth century Petrarch had become what Homer was to the Greeks and Virgil to the Latins. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Both Dante and Petrarch recognize the Sicilian poets as the first to cultivate the vulgar tongue with any measure of success, and to raise it to the dignity of a literary language. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Petrarch, to whom the world has been under such infinite obligations for his ardent zeal in discovering the learned works of the Romans, had seen it in his youth. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z He wears no neckcloth, and cuts his hair in imitation of the prints of Petrarch.” Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z My precious Petrarch, for whom you profess so little fondness, is responsible for that most splendid tribute ever paid to woman.” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z When he appeared upon the scene of human life, Petrarch and the students of Florence had already brought the first act in the recovery of classic culture to conclusion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z A new age had begun; and of this new age Petrarch was the representative, as Dante had been the poet of the ages which had passed away. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Petrarch long preserved this precious volume with great care, and valued it highly. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Hunt wrote: “Petrarch, Boccaccio and Dante are the morning, noon and night of the great Italian day.” Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z “Had Madonna Laura resembled Madonna Helen, the worthy Petrarch would have had her in his arms before she had the chance,” laughed Armstrong, improving his opportunity as he spoke. The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z For him, as for Petrarch, St Augustine was the model of a Christian student. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Thus while Dante remained a Florentine, Petrarch was the first Italian. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Petrarch, as is evinced by his letters, was the most assiduous recoverer and restorer of ancient MSS. that had yet existed. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z It was in the embassy to Genoa, of 1372, that Chaucer is supposed to have met Petrarch, and to have heard from him the story of Griselda. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z “There! if the noble Petrarch had looked like that, Madonna Laura could surely never have resisted him.” The Spell 2011-03-20T02:00:34.173Z The first book which he printed in his new type was a Virgil, and this was quickly followed by works by Petrarch and Dante and a whole 168 series of similar editions. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z These changes mark an important stage in literature emerging from its origins, and account for Petrarch's unequaled authority during the next three centuries. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Cicero was the idol of Petrarch, the great restorer of classical literature. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z He, at least, called my accent "divina," and said that he would come and read Petrarch with me tomorrow. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Petrarch loved his cat almost as much as he loved Laura, and when it died he had it embalmed. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Needless to say, selections from both the Petrarch and the Cicero sets appear in later work. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z It is Petrarch's peculiar glory to have held two equally illustrious places in the history of modern civilization, as the final lyrist of chivalrous love and as the founder of the Renaissance. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Petrarch received in loan from Lapo of Castiglionchio a copy of several of Cicero’s orations, among which were the Philippics, and the oration for Milo. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z From Petrarch to Paul—I mean Virginia's Paul—there is a fascination in these examples that no other quality ever evokes. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Chaucer so far resembled Petrarch, that, like him, he was at once poet, scholar, courtier, statesman, philosopher, and man of the world; but considered merely as poets, they were the very antipodes of each other. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z The Italian presses were busy with Boccaccio, Petrarch, and Dante. Fine Books 2011-03-08T03:00:40.363Z Petrarch, called to perform another mission, had a-87- different training. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Several other orations of Cicero were discovered by Petrarch in different parts of Italy. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z He wrote the most patriotic odes since Petrarch. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z The following sonnet is rather a specimen of versification than of sentiment: the subject is borrowed from Petrarch. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z With all its complexity and subdivisions, it has as real a unity as the age of Pericles, or that of Petrarch and Boccaccio, or the period in Germany that includes both Lessing and Heine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The differences between Dante's and Petrarch's education were marked, and tended to accentuate the divergence of their intellectual and moral qualities. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Nearly half a century from the death of Petrarch had elapsed, before the discovery of a complete copy of Cicero’s rhetorical works. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Petrarch's sonnets and Boccaccio's stories firmly established the primacy to which Dante had raised the Tuscan idiom. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z I doubt this, and I appeal to Petrarch himself. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Here, too, the famed Fontaine first comes to light and air; and above it hangs "Petrarch's Castle," which is not Petrarch's castle, nor ever was. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Petrarch was born at Arezzo in the year 1304, when his father, like Dante, and in the same cause, had been expelled from Florence. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Petrarch frequently quotes the treatise De Finibus, as a work with which he was familiar. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Petrarch studied law at the University of Bologna and became a confirmed Ghibelline. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z The memorandum has often been quoted; but this account of the love of Petrarch would not be complete were it omitted here. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z In a chapel—the gift of Philippe de Cabassole, a friend of Petrarch's—is a funeral monument which will even more forcibly recall the name and association of the poet. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z During those seventeen years of Dante's exile and Petrarch's boyhood, a change had passed over the political scene. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z They had become scarce, however, at the time when Petrarch found a copy of them at Verona, a place where he little expected to make such a discovery665. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Petrarch was the first of the humanists, the herald of the Renaissance, and, if we look farther forward still, the harbinger of the Reformation. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z These imaginary dialogues are a series of Confessions not intended for publication by Petrarch, but now printed with his prose works. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z It would be difficult to say with precision whether Avignon were more closely connected in the average mind with the former papal splendour, with Petrarch and his Laura, or with the famous F�librage. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z At this point the humanist, preoccupied with man as his main subject, meets the poet in Petrarch. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Several scholars who inspected both have observed, that the transcript by Petrarch differed in some respects from the original667. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z After his coronation, Petrarch went about Italy spreading the seeds of the new enthusiasm. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Petrarch loved with all the vivacity of his temper; he took a pleasure in publishing, in exaggerating, in embellishing his passion in the eyes of the world. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z For the "literary pilgrim," first and foremost will be Avignon's association with Petrarch, or rather he with it. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z It reverted to the models furnished by Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, and combined them with the classics, which had for so long a while eclipsed their fame. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z It thus appears, that the Epistles to Atticus were well known to Petrarch. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z It produced the greatest men in literature since Petrarch, the greatest architects since the Gothic masters of the Ile de France, the greatest sculptors since Praxiteles, the greatest painters that ever were. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Petrarch represents her as expressing neither surprise nor admiration at the self-sacrifice of Lucretia, but only wondering that shame and grief had not anticipated the dagger of the Roman matron. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z It belonged originally to the bishops of Cavaillon, but it is possible that Petrarch was a guest there at various times, as we know he was at the more magnificent Palais des Papes at Avignon. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Of Griselda we have Boccaccio's Italian, and Petrarch's Latin prose, in addition to the anonymous ottava rima version. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z We have already seen, that in the time of Petrarch, classical manuscripts had been very inaccurately transcribed; and, therefore, the first great duty of a commentator, was to amend and purify the text. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z He employed scholars to prepare a commentary on the "Divine Comedy," and by urgent persuasion induced Petrarch to take up his abode at Milan. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Petrarch utters a cry of horror, and exclaims—"Yes, you gave her to me, but you have also taken her from me!" The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z They must have been veritable patrons of literature and the arts, as Petrarch and his fellows-in-art were frequently of their household. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Not less familiar with Tuscan poetry of the fourteenth century, he commanded the stores of Dante's, Petrarch's and Boccaccio's diction. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The comedies of Plautus are frequently cited by writers of the fourteenth century, particularly by Petrarch, who mentions the amusement which he had derived from the Casina576. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Petrarch found the law dry, but he left Bologna with a passion for the classic world; and when he went back to Avignon he met all the most cultivated men of Europe. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Of the fame, which even in her lifetime, the love and poetical adoration of Petrarch had thrown round his Laura, a curious instance is given which will characterise the manners of the age. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Petrarch, whose brother was a member of the order, has put himself on record as having been enchanted by it. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z In the history of the vulgar literature he fills a place midway between Petrarch and Ariosto, corresponding to the station of distinction I have assigned to him in humanistic culture. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z His plan for the institution of public libraries did not succeed; but he amassed a private one, which, in that age, was second only to the library of Petrarch. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z One wonders if this clause includes Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, or whether the humanists did not regard them as necessary or appropriate to culture. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Is it not enough that we acknowledge her to have been Petrarch's love—as chaste as fair? The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z It was different in the days of Petrarch and of Rabelais. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z It is a mistake to classify him, as some historians of literature have done, with the deliberate imitators of Petrarch, or to judge his work by its deflection from the Petrarchistic standard of pure style. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z As Petrarch at this time seems to have cordially disliked Leontius, it is not probable that the copy of Terence he gave him was very scarce. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Petrarch and Boccaccio, both Florentines, also deserve their share of praise. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Petrarch has himself left us a most minute and interesting description of the whole course of Laura's conduct towards him, which by a beautiful figure of poetry he has placed in her own mouth. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Somewhere out there Petrarch's Laura was buried, but the grave has vanished utterly, the church is a mere remnant. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z That Lorenzo was incapable of loving as Dante or Petrarch or even Boccaccio loved, is obvious in every verse he wrote. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The books which had belonged to Petrarch and Coluccio, were sold or dispersed after the decease of their illustrious possessors. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Petrarch's importance was very great because he was not too far ahead of his generation. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Petrarch had a gay and captivating exterior; his complexion was fair, with sparkling blue eyes and a ready smile. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Her style was so pure and noble that, had Petrarch not lived, she alone would have upheld the honor of the vulgar tongue. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Petrarch finished a portrait of the life through love of an impassioned man. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Petrarch attached more importance to his epic poem of ‘Africa,’ written in imitation of the rhythm and style of the Aeneid, than to his Sonnets. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil All this honour ostensibly shown to Petrarch was really the salutation to the new dawn. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Petrarch alludes to this incident in the 201st sonnet, the last line of which shows that this royal salutation was considered singular. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Dante and Petrarch are acclaimed as the morning stars of modern literature, but both of them owed their immortality to the inspiration of two pure-minded and noble-hearted women. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The great jurist is here commemorated, not the master of Petrarch in the art of song. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z It is chiefly famous as the place where Petrarch lived his last few years and died in 1374. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Petrarch finds in them one cause the more to hold out his arms toward the mighty past. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Had I taken chronology into due consideration, Dante ought to have preceded Petrarch, having been born some forty years before him,—but I forgot it. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Here Petrarch lived several years, and made the acquaintance of Laura, whose tomb is in the Franciscan church. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Fiammetta was the natural daughter of Petrarch's friend and patron, King Robert. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Among the former are the first edition of the works of Aristotle in 5 vols., and the works of Virgil, Horace, and Petrarch. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The cardinals indeed, accustomed to the safe city of Avignon, did not care to go to turbulent Rome, or perhaps, as Petrarch said, they could not bear to leave their Burgundian wines. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Dante and his Beatrice are best exhibited in contrast to Petrarch and Laura. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Aquila seems to have aimed at an imitation of Dante and Petrarch; and his poems, which were extravagantly praised during the author’s lifetime, are occasionally of considerable merit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Though Boccaccio anticipates in his work the literature of the Renaissance, yet Petrarch was certainly not less influential as an authority in style. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The language of Dante, Petrarch, and Ariosto is still unknown to the common people, though generally understood and spoken in society. The Story of Malta This was the famous Francis of Siena, who is known best in history as the intimate friend of Petrarch, and who was physician to Pope Gregory XI. and to his successor, Urban VI. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time When Petrarch walked along the streets of Avignon, the women smiled, and said, "there goes the lover of Laura!" The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z Petrarch refuses to believe that any good thing can come out of Arabia, and speaks of Averroes as a mad dog barking against the church. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" I have no doubt that all my friends believe This verse belongs to Petrarch; yet 'tis true Rinaldo spoke it very long ago: But who robs not, is called a rogue, you know.— Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z His supremacy was so undoubted that several times he had received the poet's crown from the hands of the Emperor of Germany, that very same crown that afterwards adorned the brows of Petrarch and Tasso. Brother Francis Less than the least Has some sorrowful Atala been borne under its branches to a desert grave, some Dante mourned here his lost Beatrice, some Petrarch his Laura? Glories of Spain Petrarch was in his youth an amiable and accomplished courtier, whose ambition was to cultivate the arts, and please the fair. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z The same reflection must be applied to the three last ages; and we should vainly seek the Septizonium of Severus, which is celebrated by Petrarch and the antiquarians of the sixteenth century. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The Satires do not reveal a hero or a sage, a poet passionate like Dante with the sense of wrong, or like Petrarch aspiring after an impossible ideal. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Believe in her and you shall be saved—so runs the gospel of Petrarch, of Dante, of Browning, of George Meredith. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism But he was never a politician in the sense that Dante and Petrarch were. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Between Petrarch and Lorenzo de' Medici, there occurs not a single great name in Italian poetry. The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-02-25T03:01:04.597Z The imagination of Petrarch might create the presence of a mighty people; and I hesitate to believe that even in the fourteenth century they could be reduced to a contemptible list of thirty-three thousand inhabitants. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 If Dante was the first great poet, Petrarch was the first true artist of Italian literature. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z We cannot perhaps give a better notion of their dissimilitude, than by saying that one school produced Chaucer, and the other Petrarch. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The only important result of Boccaccio’s diplomatic career was his intimacy with Petrarch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Now Petrarch, by his own confession, was not exceptionally well-behaved, but whatever his morals may have been they should not be judged by his lyrics. With Edge Tools Thus wrote Petrarch in his Latin essays; but his love had access to a treasury more potent, and for Laura the chariot stayed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 It was, however, impossible that Petrarch should overleap at one bound all the barriers of the middle ages. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z If Petrarch, Bembo, and a few more, had not aimed rather at purity than copiousness, the phrases which now appear barbarous, and are at least obsolete, might have been fixed by use in poetical language. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 He himself accepted the mission of inviting his friend to Florence, and of announcing to Petrarch at the same time that the forfeited estates of his family had been restored to him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" In the library of an imposing, but new, grey stone mansion on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive two women were dawdling together over Petrarch's "Canzoniere" in the original. With Edge Tools The airiest and most fugitive among Petrarch's love-poems, so far as I know,—showing least of that desperate earnestness which he has somehow imparted to almost all,—is this little ode or madrigal. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 The tentative essays and scattered preludings, the dreams and visions, the preparatory efforts of all previous modern literatures, had been completed, harmonized and presented to the world in the master-works of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z I know not whether we should ascribe to magnanimity or to a politic motive the behaviour of Clement VI. towards Petrarch, who had pursued a course as vexatious as possible to the Holy See. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 He conjures his friend Petrarch to study the great Florentine, and to defend himself against the charges of wilful ignorance and envy brought against him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" In 1350 the king was visited at Prague by Cola di Rienzi, who urged him to go to Italy, where the poet Petrarch and the citizens of Florence also implored his presence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Next he designed a new Roman type, modelled, so it is said, upon the handwriting of Petrarch. The Story of Books Petrarch, who represents this motive, as Dante represents the ecclesiastical, generalized Provençal poetry. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z This ceremony took place in 1341; and it is remarkable that Petrarch had at that time composed no works which could, in our estimation, give him pretensions to so singular an honour. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The message of the monk Petrarch is evidently inclined to treat simply as pious fraud, without, however, actually committing himself to that opinion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Having virtually abandoned all the imperial rights in Italy, the emperor recrossed the Alps, pursued by the scornful words of Petrarch but laden with considerable wealth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Together, these two collections form a body of lyric verse of such richness and variety as neither Petrarch and Tasso nor Garcilaso de la Vega can offer. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Petrarch's outlook over the world and life is, in form at least, less confined to the limitations of his age. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The Triumphs have also a claim to superiority, as the only poetical composition of Petrarch that extends to any considerable length. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 On reading Petrarch’s sonnets, Boccaccio resolved in a fit of despair to burn his own attempts, and only the kindly encouragement of his great friend prevented the holocaust. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Petrarch had urgently pressed Urban V., Gregory’s immediate predecessor, to accomplish the desired change; and Dante had at an earlier date laboured to bring about the same object. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" What good could the study of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio do us now? The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The Canzoniere reminds us of no single spot; wherever there are clear fresh rills and hanging mountains, the lover walks with Petrarch by his side. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z But the principal ornament of our English literature was Geoffrey Chaucer, who, with Dante and Petrarch, fills up the triumvirate of great poets in the middle ages. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Boccaccio evidently has tried to imitate the celebrated Trionfi of Petrarch, but without much success. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Their historical importance, their spiritual fragrance and their literary value combine to put their author almost on a level with Petrarch as a 14th century letter-writer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" I have wooed her in sonnets, which ought to have affected her, for Petrarch polished the verse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Thus, when Petrarch's own self was the object, his hand was steady; his art failed not in modeling the image into roundness. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z What Petrarch began in the fourteenth century was carried on by a new generation with unabating industry. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 In 1374 the news of the loss of his dearest friend Petrarch reached Boccaccio, and from this blow he may be said to have never recovered. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" He has related, after Petrarch, the story of patient Griseldis, with beautiful earnestness and simplicity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 While all this tumult was raging round the house, and within the heart of Giacomo, the student's lamp was burning, how calm, how still, in the remote and secluded chamber of his friend Petrarch! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 But modern men have returned to Petrarch's point of view and found an echo of their own divided spirit in his poetry. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The first to lead the way in restoring Grecian learning in Europe were the same men who had revived the kindred muses of Latium, Petrarch and Boccaccio. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 It is true, that compared with Dante’s grandeur and passion, and with Petrarch’s absolute mastership of metre and language, Boccaccio’s 103 poetry seems to be somewhat thrown into shade. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" And who is it that stole from heaven the immortal fire of genius for Petrarch? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Petrarch was silent; it was neither his wish nor his policy to prolong the discussion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Petrarch's dreams of a united Italy and a resuscitated Roman republic were hardly less visionary than Dante's ideal of universal monarchy with Rome for the seat of empire. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The Venetians had also a settlement in the Crimea, and appear, by a passage in Petrarch's letters, to have possessed some of the trade through Tartary. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 When in the following year the Florentines were anxious to draw men of great reputation to their newly-founded university, it was again Boccaccio who insisted on the claims of Petrarch to the most distinguished position. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Petrarch and Tasso are eminent witnesses to the Italian fondness for cats. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Petrarch immediately descended and ran to meet his friend. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Dante's renunciation and Petrarch's acceptance of this honor were equally appropriate. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Yet we judge so ill of ourselves, that Petrarch chose envy as the vice from which of all others he was most free. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The court of King Robert of Anjou at Naples was frequented by many Italian and French men of letters, the great Petrarch amongst the number. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" He preferred modern tongues to dead languages, an intricate fugue was more to his taste than the simplest equation, and to his shame it must be noted that he read Petrarch at night. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel "What I am always thinking of, my dear Petrarch,—what I shall never cease thinking of till it prove my destruction—which some spirit of divination tells me that it will." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Petrarch succeeded in bringing the old theme of chivalrous love back from the philosophizing mysticism of the Florentines to simple experience. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Goldsmiths, as we may judge by this instance, were opulent persons; yet the friends of Petrarch dissuaded him from the visit, as derogatory to his own elevated station. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 How is it that generation after generation has ratified the opinion of Dante, who called him his "Divine Master"—of Petrarch, who spent his life in the study of his works? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The Canzoniere of Petrarch is of great authority as to the form of this species of verse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" "Not feel!" exclaimed Petrarch "we cannot then describe." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 In a word, Petrarch was the first to open a region where art might be free, and to find for the heart's language utterance direct and limpid. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Yet this was naturally to be expected from so ethereal an imagination as that of Petrarch, always inclined to invest her with the halo of celestial purity. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Drummond was called “the Scottish Petrarch”; and his sonnets, which are the expression of a genuine passion, stand far above most of the contemporary Petrarcan imitations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" How, but for her, he had not known the true tenderness of Metastasio, the fervour of Petrarch, or the chivalry of Ariosto. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Petrarch, of gentle temper, and full of filial respect, ventured upon no resistance; but when he saw his Virgil and his Cicero put upon his funeral pyre, he burst into a flood of uncontrollable tears. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 His devotion to the memory of Dante, and his frank confession of inferiority to Petrarch, whom he loved and served through twenty years of that exacting poet's life, are equally sincere and beautiful. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z From all we know of the age of Petrarch, the only matter of astonishment is the persevering virtue of Laura. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The poetry of the Troubadours, which had come from Provence into Italy, here frequently took a dramatic form, and may have suggested some of his earlier poetic experiments to Petrarch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" He told the Count that it was sufficient to read for her once over a poem of Petrarch, and she could repeat it word for word. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Petrarch had been always well received by one who was anxious to win all sorts of golden opinions, and therefore desirous to be thought an admirer of learning and a patron of youthful genius. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Petrarch's verses, to use Shelley's words, "are as spells, which unseal the inmost enchanted fountains of the delight which is the grief of love." Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The great reputation acquired by the troubadours, and panegyrics lavished on some of them by Dante and Petrarch, excited a curiosity among literary men, which has been a good deal disappointed by further acquaintance. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 If we possessed the lost Philologia of Petrarch, of which, as of a juvenile work, he declared himself ashamed, this would be the earliest of extant humanistic comedies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" In Petrarch, love was both of the flesh and of the spirit in addition to being sincere. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Petrarch had not left the city with the rest—he had lingered behind to perform the last rites and honours to the remains of Giacomo—to raise the tomb and inscribe it with his verse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 But "the soul of man, too, is a universe:" and of this inner microcosm Petrarch was the poet. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z These are seldom the fountains of wealth; yet they would perhaps have been such to Petrarch, if his temper could have borne the sacrifice of liberty for any worldly acquisitions. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 With the Italian class she read parts of Tasso, Petrarch, Ariosto, Alfieri, and the whole hundred cantos of Dante's "Divina Commedia." Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) To Petrarch it was a rebellion against those very things. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern My dear Giacomo," said Petrarch, breaking the long silence, "what has befallen you? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 As a student, a poet, and a man, he lived upon a lower plane of thought than Petrarch; and when he left the concrete for the abstract, his penetrative insight failed him. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Clement VI. conferred one or two sinecure benefices upon Petrarch, and would probably have raised him to a bishopric if he had chosen to adopt the ecclesiastical profession. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The chief poet and writer of the age, Petrarch, urged them both in verse and in prose to return. Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation In Dante it was sublimated, in Petrarch it was distilled. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Petrarch, a frequent visitor at that tomb, had seen and prevented this movement of despair. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Both Dante and Petrarch seemed to be forgotten. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The moral character of Petrarch was formed of dispositions peculiarly calculated for a poet. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 "France," says a recent writer, "has its Abelard and Eloise, Italy its Petrarch and Laura, Persia and Arabia have their pure pathetic romance." Oriental Women To Petrarch always she was in the first festival of her beauty. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Dear, dear Petrarch! let it teach you never again to give advice to a lover, unless it be to show him how, or where, he is to meet his mistress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 They consist of Elegies, Capitoli, and an Eclogue composed in terza rima, with Canzoni, Sonnets, and Madrigals of the type made obligatory by Petrarch. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The great defect of Petrarch was his want of strong original conception, which prevented him from throwing off the affected and overstrained manner of the Proven�al troubadours, and of the earlier Italian poets. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Petrarch's day to our own, that ancient world has renewed its youth: Poets and artists, students and thinkers, have yielded themselves wholly to its fascination, and deeply penetrated its spirit. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes There surviving troubadours escaped and left a legacy which Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio diversely shared. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Petrarch ran back, full of sanguine hope, to his friend, and repeated the result of his mission. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 It was then, in the days of Bembo and Sperone, that Boccaccio took rank with Petrarch as an infallible authority on points of language. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z "I used to lie under the great cedar yonder, and read Petrarch." Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Petrarch's sonnets have a more ethereal grace and a more perfect finish; Shakespeare's more passion; Milton's stand supreme in stateliness; Wordsworth's in depth and delicacy. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes But Dante, whom Petrarch called a miracle of nature, was not Paolo. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Petrarch was horror-struck when he came fully to apprehend the extreme peril to which his friend had exposed himself. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Like his master Petrarch, he pronounced with ardor and decision for that scholarship which restored the link between the present and the past of the Italian race. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Thirty-one of his sonnets were published in Tottel's Miscellany, of which about a third are said to be translations or paraphrases of Petrarch's. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Almost all the poems in the old Provençal had this turn; and from these it was that Petrarch took the idea of his poetry. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Petrarch, young, good-looking, already aureoled, saw her first at matins in a church at Avignon. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern But Petrarch did not limit his kind offices to sympathy and lamentation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 It is, indeed, noteworthy how many of the greatest Italians—Dante, Giotto, Petrarch, Alberti, Lionardo, Tasso: men who powerfully helped to give the nation intellectual coherence—were wanderers. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Yonder, under the fig-tree, hung the cage with her favourite canary; and here were the very books she used to read long ago—Petrarch and Tennyson and Uhland. A Rent In A Cloud From these, Petrarch and Chaucer frequently borrow the idea of their poems. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Avignon stately and luxurious, was, Petrarch declared, the gully of every vice. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Perhaps he had read deeper into the character of this man than Petrarch. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Some mention should, however, here be made of those contemporaries and imitators of Petrarch, in whom the traditions of the fourteenth century expired. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Dante had children by Gemma, Petrarch had children by an unknown concubine, but it was the sainted Beatrice, it was the unattainable Laura, who received the homage of Dante and of Petrarch. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Petrarch came here on his way from Avignon to Paris in 1331, and the superb beginnings of the new cathedral inspired him with the most profound admiration. The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine In ways which Bluebeard had but outlined, the Marquis de Sade, lineal descendant of Petrarch’s Laura, mingled kisses with blood. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern What a joy it was to him, when he obtained the rare Petrarch, the first edition of Dante and Boccacio. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels The current abuse of women, in which Petrarch no less than Alberti and Boccaccio indulged, seems to have been a scholastic survival of the coarse and ignorant literature of the medieval clergy. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z And you must read Petrarch, and repeat Tibullus, and write sonnets. Coelebs In Search of a Wife I had a volume of Petrarch, and read to her that sonnet from the poet’s heart beginning: Sweet bird, that singest on thy airy way. Francezka Petrarch wrote with a comprehensiveness that was human. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern There is an edition of Petrarch’s Sonnets, printed at Venice in 1544. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries Yet Florence, by stepmotherly ingratitude, by Dante's exile, by the alienation of Petrarch, by Alberti's homeless boyhood, prepared for the race a new culture, Tuscan in origin, national by diffusion and assimilation. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z He continued to reside at Avignon despite the arguments of envoys and the verses of Petrarch, but threw a sop to the Romans by reducing the Jubilee term from one hundred years to fifty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" It was in September of last year that one day I sat where I am sitting with the volume of Petrarch, out of which Gaston had often read to me, upon my lap. Francezka Other was Petrarch, From whose brain-lighted heart were thrown A thousand thoughts beneath the sun, Each lucid with the name of One. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Petrarch says that among his countrymen Cicero was a great name, but was studied by few. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" We have to return to Petrarch to find the same high humanistic passion; and Alberti's Italian is here more winning than Petrarch's Latin. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Petrarch was not only the imitator of Virgil, who had been the leading name in Latin letters throughout the middle ages; it was the influence of Petrarch that gave a new prominence to Cicero. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" As I entered it, Francezka was walking meditatively up and down the box bordered walk, where stood the well remembered 255 statue of Petrarch, the sun dial and the stone bench. Francezka In Italy, Provençal verse was the foundation of that of Dante and Petrarch. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Here--here are Petrarch's Sonnets and Ovid's Elegies; take them, read them, write yourself, and come and read to me what you have written. Weird Tales, Vol. II. For her; but doubtless also to be handed round in society; a new sonnet or canzone by that charming and learned man, the Abate Petrarch. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II In literature he continued in some sort the tradition of Dante during the interval dividing that great poet from his successor Petrarch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" At the very top was placed a statue of Petrarch, and on one side of it was a moss-grown marble bench, and on the other, an ancient sun-dial. Francezka She would have none of Petrarch, or, more exactly, so little that hardly can it be said to count. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern The Provençal Trouveurs, or inventors, preceded Petrarch, whose verses are as spells, which unseal the inmost enchanted fountains of the delight which is in the grief of love. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Petrarch does not love sufficiently to guess what such a loss would be. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II The language and versification are beautiful and varied, and we strongly recommend all Italian students to leave, with all due respect, Tasso and Petrarch for a while, and read a page of Giovanni Berchet. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 She was sitting on the bench by the statue of Petrarch. Francezka Chaucer was in Italy in 1372-3, but his meeting with Petrarch is only a matter of conjecture. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Yet Petrarch is still living; Chaucer was not abolished by Sir Walter; and Shakespeare is thought somewhat valuable. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Petrarch, in imitation of Virgil, had written Latin Bucolics, as he had written a Latin Epic, his Africa. Spenser Petrarch, in a noble invective, warmed by Livy and ancient Rome, impatiently beheld the French and the Germans passing the mounts. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 She was gravely studying the inscription on the statue of Petrarch. Francezka Who, born the fair side of the Alps, will budge, When Dante stays, when Ariosto stays, When Petrarch stays for ever? The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV The sonnet originated in southern Europe, and reached its highest stage of development in the hands of the great Italian poet Petrarch, who lived some two centuries before Shakespeare. An Introduction to Shakespeare The translations from Petrarch are almost literally the same, and are said to have been "formerly translated." Spenser Petrarch the first modern, ib.; degrees granted to, ib.; formula employed in granting the degree of, 455; their honours disgraced in Italy, ib.; Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The whole scene might have been transported from Petrarch’s land. Francezka To Petrarch the Rome of the Scipios is more present than the Rome of the Colonnas, and it numbers among its citizens Byron, Goethe, and Leopardi. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe In the hands of Petrarch and other great writers of his own and later times, the sonnet became one of the most popular forms of verse in Europe. An Introduction to Shakespeare Tasso is reckoned as the fourth greatest bard of Italy, ranking after Dante and Petrarch, and being esteemed on a level with rather than below his rival and contemporary, Ludovico Ariosto. The Naples Riviera He tells us how Petrarch was jealous of the genius of his Clotilde’s grandmother, and has even pointed out a sonnet which, “among the traditions of the family,” was addressed to her! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 I said I would have my poor friend buried under the statue of Petrarch—and it was done that very afternoon. Francezka With the aid of Petrarch, he was the first to introduce a professor of Greek language and literature into Italy, and through this influence he secured a partial translation of Homer. History of Human Society We gave him the flask and the Petrarch. Letters from my Windmill He noted, by the way, in the chamber were the busts of Hebe, Laura, Petrarch, Dante, and other worthies; Laura like our Queen. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches If the Abb� Costaing’s discovery 310 be confirmed, the good name of Petrarch is freed from the idle romantic passion for a married woman. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 When I reached the statue of Petrarch under which the poor dog lay buried, I stopped and searched the scene with a glance sharpened by agony. Francezka It was Petrarch's example, more than anything else, which caused Boccaccio to turn his attention to literature. History of Human Society I have friends," said Petrarch, "whose society is extremely agreeable to me, they are of all ages, and of every country. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Her silk looms made her famous throughout the world, her banks were the purse of Europe, and among her famous sons were Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Macchiavelli, Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Amerigo Vespucci. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France Chaucer was not unacquainted with the writings of Dante or of Petrarch. Select Poems of Thomas Gray We pass on, now, from Petrarch and the influence the movement had on Italian literature, to its effect on Italian Art. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work Who Were the Humanists?—Dante was not a humanist, but he may be said to have been the forerunner of the Italian humanists, for he furnished inspiration to Petrarch, the so-called founder of humanism. History of Human Society In the same year his first poetical performances—translations from Petrarch and Du Bellay—were published in a miscellaneous collection without the name of the author. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer “They would have done better to call you Petrarch, for I am Laura.” The Eye of Dread He does not rise to the sublimity of Milton or Dante, or reach the graceful tenderness of Petrarch; but he has a visionary invention of his own, to which there is no rival. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir It is not so much as a poet, however, that Petrarch counts in this process from one period to another; but rather as an intellectual pioneer, leading the way into the great pagan world. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work But it remained for Boccaccio, who was of a more practical turn of mind than Petrarch, to systematize the classical knowledge of antiquity. History of Human Society Besides, what did Eliza know about Tasso, Petrarch, Dante, or any of those wild fellows that disseminate love-poison by the line? The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Petrarch spent his best years in restoring his verses. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Petrarch set the example on the top of Mont Ventoux when he deliberately recollected and wept over his past uncleanness and the carnal corruptions of his soul. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war At the same time he read Tasso, Ariosto, Dante, and Petrarch, making notes as he proceeded, and occupying a year in the task. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 If Petrarch was an enthusiastic collector, Boccaccio was a practical worker. History of Human Society They have no connection with the others, and I would have no contention with those who regard them as suggested by Petrarch, or as complaisant imitations of the vogue or fashion of that time. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems When Petrarch was twenty-two both his parents died. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Who can say but that as time goes on some future Petrarch or some future Mai may discover writings hitherto unknown, concealed in convent boxes, or more mysteriously hidden beneath the labors of Middle-Age monks? The Life of Cicero Volume II. However, he now learned to know at least something of the six great luminaries, Dante, Petrarch, Ariosto, Tasso, Boccaccio, and Machiavelli. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Old Stephen, the idol of Petrarch, alone and wretched, was surrounded by highwaymen, who asked who he was. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome That he ever produced any verses of merit there is not the slightest evidence to prove, but his undoubted learning and the friendship of Petrarch helped him to sustain the character. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Among those who, driven by the decree of banishment, hurried out of the city's southern gate were the parents of Francesco Petrarch. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History This is a quotation from the Italian poet Petrarch. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Here the librarian placed in my hands a manuscript of Petrarch, but, like a true Goth, I threw it aside, saying it was nothing to me. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 The middle of the century sees Petrarch, and with him the Renaissance begins. The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. This project had occupied the mind of Petrarch, and its utility had been recognised by Coluccio de' Salutati, but no one had as yet arisen to accomplish it. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Proud of his son's talents, the elder Petrarch chalked out for him a grand career as an advocate, which was to end in the judge's ermine. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Violated by Charles I., 17, 27.Petrarch, influence of his poems on the literature of Italy, i. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) One perverse twist follows another until the omnibus suddenly deposits you in front of the "cabinet" of Petrarch. A Little Tour of France Italy has been producing great men in every field, but the work of Petrarch reached farther and was more enduring than that of any other. The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17. It may safely be said that, with the occasional exception of Petrarch, no subsequent Italian poet threw the least light on the interpretation of a single word in Dante. Dante: His Times and His Work She wept over Dante's grave, and after many years she begged Petrarch to come and live in the home of his fathers, within her walls. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History After that, they hope to be on the unearthly terms of Laura and her Petrarch. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange The people interpreted the teaching of Petrarch that the world was made for man's enjoyment, as a plea for license and absence of restraint. History of Education Nor do I recall that any passed between Petrarch and Laura, even though at her death he wrote that “there is nothing more left me to live for”! Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 In 1341 Petrarch, recognized by all his contemporary countrymen as their leading scholar and poet, was crowned with a laurel wreath on the steps of the Capitol in Rome. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 One of Chaucer's personages says that he heard a story he is about to tell from Petrarch; but that is no reason for concluding that Chaucer so heard it himself. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History For the connexion of Petrarch with the town see Petrarch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Indeed, Gibbon tells us that in the time of Petrarch, "No more than ten votaries of Homer could be enumerated in all Italy." History of Education To any one who was acquainted with the story of Petrarch, or who had perused his impassioned effusions, the dilapidation of this church, and the barbarous concealment of Laura's tomb, were most mortifying circumstances. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. To Petrarch is ascribed the earliest recognition of the beauty of nature. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 In 1559, he accompanied his father to Venice, and there perused the best Italian authors, especially Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History After visiting the tomb of Laura, at Avignon, I went to see this fountain—a noble one of itself, and rendered forever famous by the songs of Petrarch, who lived near it. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Thus Petrarch's teaching was interpreted to mean that the good things of earth are not to be abused, and that man's acquirements are to be consecrated to his self-development and to the glory of God. History of Education In 1825 he took part in bringing out the famous "Antologia" at Florence, and also issued an edition of Petrarch and two collections of Italian verse. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) At this period Petrarch—that "first modern man"—wrote to Pope Clement VI that Rome had become the abode of demons, the receptacle of all crimes, a hell for the living. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 The Paris invitation was courteously but immediately refused, and proudly and gratefully Petrarch hastened to Rome. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History It gushes, of the size of a river, from a secluded valley of the mountain, the ruins of Petrarch’s château being perched on a rock two hundred feet perpendicular above. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Petrarch broke down the unfruitful methods of the scholastics, and laid the foundations upon which modern education is based; namely, intellectual freedom, self-consciousness, and self-activity. History of Education For this reason, too, a man’s love of woman assumes such form of worship as Dante paid to Beatrice or Petrarch to Laura. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance So a great public gathering was arranged at Rome, and the laurel was with elaborate ceremonies placed on Petrarch's brow. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 The middle of Petrarch's life was darkened by the loss of many friends. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Thus wrote Petrarch, and the comparison between the bodily and mental digestion, if trite, is very far from being a mere superficial analogy. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 The great leaders of Italy were Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. History of Education If we pass to more modern times we find mention of Ætna by Dante, Petrarch, Cardinal Bembo, and other middle age writers. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Their voluptuous banquets were notorious—Petrarch had declaimed against them. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 After some time the elder Petrarch, finding that he could not get permission to return to Florence, sent for his wife and boy, and they went all together to Avignon, where they settled. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History She was a lady of Messina, who lived in the beginning of the fourteenth century; and was the contemporary of Queen Joanna, of Petrarch and Boccaccio. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical Though he succeeded in learning a little Greek late in life, Petrarch was not a Greek scholar. History of Education Giotto, tending his sheep, began to draw pictures of things as he saw them, Savonarola awoke the conscience, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio—a string of names to conjure with—all roused the intellect. The Tapestry Book Petrarch poring over a Homer he could not understand, and Boccaccio in his maturity learning Greek, in order that he might drink from the well-head of poetic inspiration, are the heroes of this period. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 |
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