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Excerpt from Giuseppe Baretti: With an Account of His Literary Friendships and Feuds in Italy and in England in the Days of Dr. Johnson
The Italian portion of this biography is based, apart from Baretti's own writings, upon the Life by Custodi prefixed to his Scritti scelti, inediti o rari di G. Baretti, and upon Piccioni's admirable researches, which embody and supplement practic ally all that is Of value in the work of his predecessors. The English portion of Baretti's life I have endeavoured to reconstruct, as far as possible, from the available literature of the period; and in a biography intended for English readers this portion has naturally been made the most prominent. Baretti 8 life in England is so closely connected with that of Johnson and his fiiends that the temptation to go over old ground and re-tell old stories is very strong, and I only hope that I may not be thought to have yielded to it too freely.
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The Italian portion of this biography is based, apart from Baretti's own writings, upon the Life by Custodi prefixed to his Scritti scelti, inediti o rari di G. Baretti, and upon Piccioni's admirable researches, which embody and supplement practic ally all that is Of value in the work of his predecessors. The English portion of Baretti's life I have endeavoured to reconstruct, as far as possible, from the available literature of the period; and in a biography intended for English readers this portion has naturally been made the most prominent. Baretti 8 life in England is so closely connected with that of Johnson and his fiiends that the temptation to go over old ground and re-tell old stories is very strong, and I only hope that I may not be thought to have yielded to it too freely.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Lacy Collison-Morley
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780265265987
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Page Count - 393
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ISBN - 9781331355960
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 395
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