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Excerpt from Historical Memoir on Italian Tragedy, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time: Illustrated With Specimens and Analyses of the Most Celebrated Tragedies; And Interspersed With Occasional Observations on the Italian Theatres; And Biographical Notices of the Principal Tragic Writers of Italy
The elegant arts lay buried under the ruins of the majestic introd. Fabric of the Roman empire until the beginning of the twelfth century. Soothed by the voice of peace, and no longer dread ing the sword of the spoiler, then, and not sooner, did they venture to raise their heads. Those faculties of the human mind which have beauty and elegance for their objects, now began to unfold themselves; and soon after they were brought into action, they employed their powers upon the dramatic art. 80 early as the year 1304, (1) Vasari describes an at B tempt.
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