 | John Boyle Earl of Orrery - 1773 - 328 pagine
...of If a!)'." And again: " Tufcany " was the niiftrcfs of politenefs to France, as " France has Cnce been to all the weftern world; " and this little province...than " perhaps any of the moft extenfive European " kipgdoms." What Greece is, Tufcany pofiibly majr be, perhaps 7/«/y, perhaps Europe. The ball of... | |
 | John Boyle Earl of Orrery - 1773 - 326 pagine
...Tufcary €i was the iniftrefs of politenefs to. France, as " France has fmce been to all the weflern world; " and this little province may juftly boaft...extraordinary men than " perhaps any of the moft extenfive Europtan ''kingdoms." What Greece is, Tufcany poffibly may be, perhaps Italy, perhaps Europe. The ball... | |
 | John Boyle Earl of Orrery - 1774 - 324 pagine
...Florence was in that century called " tlie Athens of Italy" And again : " Tvfcany " was the miftrefa of politenefs to France, as " France has fince been...boaft of " having produced (and nearly at one time) * •', greater number of extraordinary men than •' perhaps any of the moft extenfive European What... | |
 | Henry Neville Maugham - 1903 - 484 pagine
...France, as France has since been to all the western world ; and this little province may justly boast of having produced (and nearly at one time) a greater...number of extraordinary men than perhaps any of the most extensive European kingdoms. . . . The Tuscans were smitten by the charms of poetry to a greater... | |
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Cnce been to all the weftern world; " and this little province may juftly boaft of " having produced (and nearly at one time) a "greater number of ^extraordinary men than " perhaps any of the moft extenfive European 