Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Volume 1

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As I know no man who surpasses yourself either in combining a love of
the most romantic fiction with the coolest good sense, or in passing
from the driest metaphysical questions to the heartiest enjoyment of
humour,—­I trust that even a modesty so true as yours will not grudge me
the satisfaction of inscribing these volumes with your name.