PIETRO See also:

• COSSA, LUIGI (1831-1896)
• PIETRO COSSA (183o-188o)

COSSA (183o-188o)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1830, and claimed descent from the See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• XXIII

XXIII., deposed by the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• CONSTANCE
• CONSTANCE (Ger. Konstanz or Costnitz)
• CONSTANCE, COUNCIL OF
• CONSTANCE, LAKE OF (called by the Romans Lacus Brigantinus or lake of Bregenz, and now usually named in German Bodensee, as well as the " Swabian Sea ")

Constance . He manifested an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent spirit from his youth, and was expelled from a Jesuit school on the See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of indocility and patriotism . After fighting for the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic in 1849, he emigrated to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America, but failing to establish himself returned to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and lived precariously as a See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man until 1870, when his reputation was established by the unexpected success of his first acted tragedy, See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero . From this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to his See also:

• DEATH

death in 188o See also:

• COSSA, LUIGI (1831-1896)
• COSSA, PIETRO (183o-188o)

Cossa continued to produce a See also:

• PLAY

play a See also:

• YEAR

year, usually upon some classical subject . See also:

• CLEOPATRA

Cleopatra, Messalina, See also:

• JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian, enjoyed See also:

• GREAT

great popularity, and his dramas on subjects derived from Italian See also:

• HISTORY

history, See also:

• RIENZI, COLA DI (c. 1313–1354)

Rienzi and The Borgias, were also successful . See also:

• PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS (originally perhaps MACCUS; cf. Asin. Prol. 11)

Plautus, a See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, was preferred by the author himself, and is more See also:

• ORIGINAL

original . Cossa had neither the See also:

• DIVINATION
• DIVINATION, OMEN, ASTROLOGY

divination which would have enabled him to reconstruct the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• WORLD

world, nor the See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination which would have enabled him to idealize it . But he was an energetic writer, never tame or languid, and at the same time able to command the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of an See also:

• AUDIENCE (from Lat. audire, to hear)

audience without recourse to melodramatic artifice; while his sonorous See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, if scarcely able to support the See also:

• ORDEAL (O.Eng. ordal, ordael, judgment)

ordeal of the closet, is sufficiently near to See also:

• POETRY

poetry for the purposes of the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . His collected Teatro poetico was published in 1887 .