Foscolo

/ ˈfɔskolo /

noun

1. Ugo (ˈuːɡo), real name Niccolò Foscolo . 1778–1827, Italian poet and writer; his patriotic verse includes Dei sepolcri (1807)

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The remains of the Italian patriot, poet and scholar, Ugo Foscolo, were exhumed at Chiswick churchyard, England, after forty-four years of interment.

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A plaque has been installed, quoting a line from the Italian poet Ugo Foscolo, whose works are widely studied by the nation’s schoolchildren.

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“Ads considered disparaging are those that depict other commodities in a negative or unpleasant light via either video, photography or statements,” said attorney Michele Simon, of the law firm Foscolo and Handel, after reviewing the AEB emails.

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The most intriguing is the most recent, 2011's Cantiere del Poema, three settings for voice and instruments of texts by Sciarrino, Petrarch and the 18th-century poet and revolutionary Ugo Foscolo.

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Hence, two Italian refugees, Ugo Foscolo and Rosetti, during their sojourn in England, undertook the dreary task of explaining Dante's poem in a purely political point of view, and with learning and wit they have attempted to prove that the poet was opposed to the temporal power of the pope, and the head, or at least a member, of a secret society.

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