[359] ~Vittorio, Count Alfieri~ (1749-1803), Italian dramatist. His
best-known drama is his _Saul_.
[360] ~Manzoni~ (1785-1873) was a poet and novelist, author of _I
Promessi Sposi_.
[361] ~Giacomo, Count Leopardi~ (1798-1837), Italian poet. His writings
are characterized by deep-seated melancholy.
[362] ~Jean Racine~ (1639-99), tragic dramatist.
[363] ~Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux~ (1636-1711), poet and critic.
[364] ~Andre de Chenier~ (1762-94), poet, author of _Jeune Captive_,
etc.
[365] ~Pierre Jean de Beranger~ (1780-1857), song-writer.
[366] ~Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine~ (1790-1869), poet,
historian, and statesman.
[367] ~Louis Charles Alfred de Musset~ (1810-57), poet, play-writer, and
novelist.
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[368] From _The Recluse_, l. 754.
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[369] _Paradise Lost_, II, 553-54.
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[370] _The Tempest_, IV, i, 156-58.
[371] ~criticism of life~. See _The Study of Poetry, Selections_, Note
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