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

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Volume 1, by Leigh HuntThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Volume 1Author: Leigh HuntRelease Date: January 31, 2004 [EBook #10885]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STORIES FROM THE ITALIAN POETS ***Produced by Stan Goodman, Jayam Subramanian and PG Distributed ProofreadersSTORIES FROM THE ITALIAN POETS: WITH LIVES OFTHE WRITERS.BY LEIGH HUNT.IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.MDCCCXLVI.TO SIR PERCY SHELLEY, BART.MY DEAR SIR PERCY,As I know no man who surpasses yourself either in combining a love of the most romantic fiction with the coolest goodsense, or in passing from the driest metaphysical questions to the heartiest enjoyment of humour,—I trust that even amodesty so true as yours will not grudge me the satisfaction of inscribing these volumes with your name.That you should possess such varieties of taste is no wonder, considering what an abundance of intellectual honours youinherit; nor might the world have been the better for it, had they been tastes, and nothing more. But that you should inheritalso that zeal for justice to mankind, which has become so Christian a feature ...