Excerpt from One Hundred Sonnets: Translated After the Italian; With the Original Text, Notes and a Life of Petrarch It may be asked how can the amorosi detti of the lover, who sighed nearly five centuries ago, be supposed to awaken the sympathies of an age which has the addition of that period to its experience, and which doubtless has not failed to progress in an equal ratio, both in refinement and elevation of sentiment? My only reply is a reference to the works of 11 pin gen tile amatore of the fourteenth century, where. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.