The modern Orlando a poem Author:George Croly Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTES TO CANTO I. Page 3, line 1. Loved Ariosto. In this Poem the " Imitation " is confined to the miscellaneous nature of the great Italian's immortal wo... more »rk. Ariosto introduces frequent episodes; but his subject is wholly of the chivalric ages, and his episodes are chiefly legendary. Unfortunately, the fine harmony of his southern tongue is less capable of being followed by northern imitation. Page 4, line t. /'// buckler thee against a million, Muse. "I'll buckler thee against a million, Kate."—Katherine and Petruchio. Page 7, line 2. Rome, a Mosaic, $c. " Un pezzo di cielo caduto in terra." " Vedi Napoli, e poi, muori." Common Italian phrases. Page 7, line 9. Steam and six hours. See the pamphlet by a French prince of the blood, menacing Invasion. It will be remembered to his Royal Highness, and forgiven, in the next " Emigration." Twickenham is still open. Page 8, line 12. Not even the Guelph. The most modern order of knighthood. Page 9, line 2. Sultaun. The Turkish pronunciation. Page 11, line 10. Behind Cos. A pretty island, once much infested by pirates. . v Page 13, line 3. Saldmed. The Eastern word for bowing and salutation. Page 16, line 12. Laughed at thy pillar. Napoleon's monument of the " conquest " of England, which he never visited but as its prisoner. It remains the most solid burlesque in exislence. Any nation but the French would have pulled it down long ago, from the mere sense of ridicule. Page 20, line 9. Chateaux en Espagne. " Castles in the air." Page 22, line 1. Sitnplon's ridge, Lodi, S$c. The scene of Napoleon's first and most brilliant campaigns. Page 28, line 11. That " Soldier's " year " Fifteen." 1815. The most memorable epoch of the century. — The year of Waterloo ; of th...« less