CARLO ALESSANDRO See also:

• CARLO ALESSANDRO GUIDI (1650-1712)

GUIDI (1650-1712)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian lyric poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia in 1650 . As See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief founder of the well-known See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy called " L'See also:

• ARCADIA

Arcadia," he had a considerable See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the reform of Italian See also:

• POETRY

poetry, corrupted at that 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 by the extravagance and See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste of the poets See also:

• MARINI (or MARINO), GIAMBATTISTA (1569-1625)

Marini and See also:

• ACHILLINI, ALESSANDRO (1463-1512)

Achillini and their school . The poet See also:

• GUIDI, CARLO ALESSANDRO (1650-1712)

Guidi and the critic and jurisconsult See also:

• GRAVINA
• GRAVINA, GIOVANNI VINCENZO (1664—1718)

Gravina checked this evil by their See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence and example . The See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius of Guidi was lyric in the highest degree; his songs are written with singular force, and See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm the reader, in spite of touches of bombast . His most celebrated See also:

• SONG

song is that entitled Alla See also:

• FORTUNA (FORTUNE)

Fortuna (To See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

Fortune), which certainly is one of the most beautiful pieces of poetry of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Guidi was See also:

• SQUINT (possibly connected with Swed. svinka, to flinch; 0. Eng. swiccan, avoid)

squint-eyed, humpbacked, and of a delicate constitution, but possessed undoubted See also:

• LITERARY

literary ability . His poems were printed at See also:

• PARMA

Parma in 1671, and at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1704 . In 1681 he published at Parma his lyric tragedy Amalasunta in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and two See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral dramas See also:

• DAPHNE

Daphne and See also:

• ENDYMION

Endymion . The last had the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of being mentioned as a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model by the critic Gravina, in his See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on poetry . Less fortunate was Guidi's poetical version of the six homilies 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:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement XI., first as having been severely criticized by the satirist Settano, and next as having proved to be the indirect cause of the author 's See also:

• DEATH

death . A splendid edition of this version had been printed in 1712, and, the pope -being then in See also:

• SAN

San Gandolfo, Guidi went there to See also:

• PRESENT

present him with a copy . On the way he found out a serious typographical See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error, which he took so much to See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart that he was seized with an apoplectic See also:

• FIT

fit at See also:

• FRASCATI

Frascati and died on the spot .

Guidi was honoured with the See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of Ranuccio II., See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Parma, and of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden .