And these are not exceptions. Fairfax constantly gives the inapplicable adjective, or the vague general term, where Tasso is faultless in his precision.

[119] Life of Giordano Bruno, by Mr L. Frith: London, 1897. Opere de Giordano Bruno, ed. Wagner: Leipzig, 1830.

[120] This controversy has its place in every life of Tasso, and is told at length by Serassi, Vita de Tasso: Bergamo, 1790. My own trifling acquaintance with it has given me the impression that it can be profitable to no mortal, except perhaps a historian of criticism.

[121] Il Pastor Fido. Verona, 1735.

[122] The names of Corte-Real (1540-1593), P. de Andrade (1576-1660), Sá de Menezes (——?-1664), may represent this class. Others, with the classical prose of Vieira and G. de Andrade, which continued the work of Barros (1496-1570), may be referred to in the next volume.


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