The best contemporary evidence for Crichton's stay in Venice is a handbill printed by the Guerra press in 1580 (and now in the British Museum), giving a short biography and an extravagant eulogy of his powers; he speaks ten languages, has a command of philosophy, theology, mathematics; he improvises Latin verses in all metres and on all subjects, has all Aristotle and his commentators at his fingers' ends; is of most beautiful appearance, a soldier from top to toe, &c. This work is undoubtedly by Manutius, as it was reprinted with his name in 1581 as Relatione della qualitet di ... [Please select]
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"She has great talent in that respect and improvises wonderful melodies." [Please select]
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"It was contrary to his habit to finish at one painting, and he used to say that a poet who improvises cannot hope to form pure verses." [Please select]
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Its weapons of defence serve often as pins for the native, who in the forest improvises for himself a hat or umbrella of leaves. [Please select]
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