Miscellanies (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from MiscellaniesWhich was denied to rank. We need not go far to find the reason for this enthusiasm. It is the in¿uence which mind exercises over mind. One hundred thou sand Romans ar'ose when Virgil entered the theatre, and thus paid to the genius of the Mantuan bard the same homage which they offered to Caesar himself. Petrarch received the laurel crown of Poetry in the presence of all the nobles and high-born ladies of Rome. Two hundred and fifty years later, the same honour was decreed to Tasso: but death interposed between the author of Gerusalemme Liberata, and the distino tion which was to receive from him as much honour as, in past times, it had conferred on others. It is a beautiful sentiment of Schiller, that, Genius, kindling with right affections, can hold the millions in its em brace, and throw a kiss to the whole world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.