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Giovanni Povoleri

 

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Giovanni Povoleri : [translation of Gray's Elegy into Italian]

'Povoleri the Italian who dedicated the Tragedy of Rosmunda to me some years ago, has translated Gray's Church Yard Elegy into Tuscan: tis enchantment to hear the Fellow read his own Language, he does it so divinely; & has indeed great Taste and Skill in ours'.

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Giovanni Povoleri      Manuscript: Unknown

 

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