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tive pieces : the moft efteemed, however, 
ef his pvefies, are the blank verles 
Verfi Scol:i which were printed in 
conjunction with thofe of Frugoni and 
Algarotti. 
Next to Bettinelli, the moft efteemed 
writer is Abbot JoserH PaRINI, a 
Milanefe. This poet poffeffes the fin- 
gular merit of having compoied a whole 
poem in an ironical way : this is the fa- 
mous [/ Mattino it Mezxzogiorno e la Sera, 
the objeét of which is to turn into ridi- 
cule the Milanefe nobility. It was 
printed firft at Milan, in 1767. The 
Abbot Parini wrote afterwards fome 
other pieces, which appeared in the pe- 
riodical work called the Poetical. Year, 
publifhed at Venice, 1n 1793. 
Mr. Catsagici, Imperial counfel- 
lor, lately dead, in his 8oth year, obtain 
ed a high reputation for his dramatic 
poem of Aleffe, for a Differtation on 
Dramatic Poetry, and for a number of 
fugitive pieces. His: ftyle, however, is 
extremely incorrect. 
The Abbot CasTI, native of Monte- 
fiafcone, in the ecclefiaftical ftate, and 
fucceflor to the famous Metaftafio, in 
the court of Vienna, is now an old man, 
above 70. His Lyric Poems are médocre 
productions; his Novels in Verfe are 
much fuperior, yet abounding with ob- 
f{cenities. 
Mr. Conpani, a nobleman, and a 
knight, is moreover an elegant poet. I 
am not able to fay, whether he is yet 
living. He has employed his mufe very 
fuccefsfully on phiiofophical and political 
fubjeéts, and excels chiefly in blank 
verfe. 
Mr. Bonni (CLEMENT) perhaps ftill 
living, is\celebrated for fome burlefque, 
yet inftructive poems, compofed with 
tafte. The poems La Moda and L’df- 
zata, are the moft efteemed. 
Count ViTToRIO ALFIERI, a Pied. 
montefe, now in Florence, has acquired 
great reputation by his tragedies. He 
writes gcod Italian. 
Abbot ZACCHIROW1 obtained much 
celebrity in 1774, by his juvenile poem 
The Conclave. it was a bold piece of fa- 
tire, yet unequal and il} written. Some 
years after, he publifhed, at Naples, a 
didactic poem on /xyculation, in which are 
fome fine frokes in the genuine {pirit of 
Latterly, his mute has been oc- 
cupied in Lyric fugitive pieces. 
The Abbot Burota (AURELIO DI 
Gioxc!) formerly a Benedictine monk, 
is a native of Rimini. He wrote, at a 
wery early age, {ome Anacreontics, which 
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were confidered as fine {pecimens of po- 
etry, although deficient in ftyle. He had 
alfo tranflated fome poetical pieces from. 
the German. His ftyle afterwards be- 
came \more correct, and his laft lyric 
pieces are excellent. 
The Abbot Monti (VINCENT), a 
Roman, holds a diftinguifhed rank 
among the dramatic and lyric poets. 
His bett tragedy is Ariflodemo, and his bett 
‘lyric compofition L’ Lxtufiafmo Malinco- 
2100. 
Mr. Serio (D. Lure?) a famous ad- 
vocate at Naples, is alfo the poet-laureat 
at that court. His firft dramatic piece 
was the Iphigenia in Auiide. His greateft 
merit, however, confifts in zmprovvifute, 
and he is, perhaps, the firft in this kind 
in Italy. 
Count Fanrone, a native of Sarza- 
ya, in Tufcany, about 36 years of age, 
is a great imitator of Horace, and has 
publifhed many excellent odes. The 
celebrated Bodoni is about. to publifh a 
fuperb edition of his works, in 4 vols. 
The Abbot Gopparp (Louts) the 
prefent Cufiode of Arcadia, has publified 
but few poetical works, yet has recited a 
great number in the public meetings of 
that fociety. He has alfe written a 
highly-approved tranflation of Horace, 
which he is alfo about to publish. 
_ Mr. Lamperti (Lewis) of Reggio, 
1s well converfant in the ancient and 
modern languages, and has publithed an 
elegant tranflation of fome Idyles of 
Theocritus. 
Count LoREwzI, a native of Verona, 
is a good poet, and a very great improv- 
vifaioré. Bettinelli, in his enthufiattie 
admiration of the fine arts, {peaks of 
him in terms highly to his honour. 
Mr. Mazza, a Parmefan, is admired 
as a poet for his nervous ftyle, his happy 
choice of words, and the fublimity and 
novelty of his conceptions. His beft 
work is L’ Armonia. 
Mr. PINDEMONTE, a Veronefe, has 
compofed fome excellent lyric poems, and 
fome other pieces, in ottavarima, taking 
Ariofto for his model. 
Mr. VANNeETTI, of Roveredo, has 
written a fmall number of poems, among 
which are fome tranflazions of Horace. 
He has gained the applaufe of Betti- 
nelli. : 
Mr. BanuFFatpiexcels in dithiram- 
bic poetry. 
Mr. GIawni isa great improvus/atore. 
His poems are written with energy, als 
though his ftyle be incorreét. 
Count CALINI, a Parmefan nobleman, 
Oz has 
