¬The¬ tourist in Italy.- (¬The¬ landscape annual ; 1831)
Pagina 118 di 324
Autore:
Roscoe, Thomas ; Prout, Samuel [Ill.] / by Thomas Roscoe. Ill. from drawings by S. Prout
Luogo:
London
Editore:
Jennings and Chaplin
Descrizione fisica:
VI, 271 S. : Ill.
Lingua:
Englisch
Soggetto:
g.Italien;f.Führer
Segnatura:
II 302.333
ID interno:
499515
THE PIAZZA DI SAN MARCO. 97 To feel the beauties of Parini's poetry, and to judge, consequently, of its extensive influence, it is requisite not only to be alive to the most recondite elegancies of the Italian language, but to the charming harmony of its blank verse, which, it is admitted on all hands, was brought by him to a pitch of perfection unknown before his time, and unequalled since. No poet is more popular in the north of Italy than Patini; and the exquisite polish and Horatian
curiosity of the reader. During the carnival, as at our own fairs and races, the gaming tables are opened in the Piazza di S. Marco, and the Venetians, like most of the other people of the continent, attach themselves with eagerness to these destructive pursuits. In former times the noble Vene tians were accustomed themselves to keep the basset tables. ' Here none is to enter,' says Mr. Wright, ' that shows a human face, except their excellencies, who keep the bank at the basset table. In other places