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Aleardi

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[ah-le-ahr-dee] / ˌɑ lɛˈɑr di /

noun

  1. Count Aleardo 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.


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Aleardi spent the brief period of the campaign in a military prison at Verona, where his sympathies were given an ounce of prevention.

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by William Dean Howells

No one could be more opposed, in spirit and method, to Aleardo Aleardi than Giulio Carcano; but both of these poets betray love and study of English masters.

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by William Dean Howells

The essays on Petrarch and Tasso are tedious, but those on Aleardi and Count Arrivabene are excellent, particularly the former. 

From Reviews by Oscar Wilde

Such is the spirit, such is the manner, of the Prime Storie of Aleardi.

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by William Dean Howells

In the first quarter of the century was born a poet, in the village of San Giorgio, near Verona, of parents who endowed their son with the magnificent name of Aleardo Aleardi.

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by William Dean Howells

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