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THE BEE, 
LITERARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 
FOR 
WeDNESDAY, JUNE 20. 1792, 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE'SOCIETY OF ARCADIA AT ROME, WITH A 
SKETCH OF THE STATE OF LITERATURE IN ITALY FOR THESE 
LAST ‘THREE CENTURIES. By ABBE TOURNER, TEACHER OF 
_ LANGUAGES, EDINBURGH, AUTHOR OF THE ANECDOTES OF POPE 
GANGANELLI, Uc. 
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: 
Continued from p. 199. 
Arter Ta/so appeared the cavalier Giambattista 
Marini, who was, by nature, endowed with all the 
gifts necefsary to form an excellent poet. © His un- 
derstanding was quick and methodical; his verses 
soft and farmonious ; he had a perspicuity in his 
stile, joined to the most lively graces, and the most 
tender allirements, so as to command the pafsions. 
He was sufficiently acquainted with science, and abun- 
dantly stored with erudition. His first appearance 
in poetry, was so splendid, that it was like to oblite- 
rate the fame of all those who had gone before him 
in Italian poetry. He made use in his Poeste Bos- 
chereccie, e Marittime, of so laudable a moderation 
in his stile, that, it must be allowed, the greatest 
part of these pieces may serve as examples to those who 
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