Petrarchin a sentence
Petrarch as in: Francesco Petrarch
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Think of all the poetry — think Petrarch, think John Donne, think the Vita Nuova, think ...† (source)
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Naturally, this has led to impromptu romances and heartfelt debates on the merits of Pushkin over Petrarch.† (source)
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And so did Keats, Shakespeare and Petrarch, and all the rest, and it was in The Romaunt of the Rose.† (source)
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The Italian would arrive at dusk, with a gardenia in his buttonhole, and he would translate Petrarch's sonnets for Amaranta.† (source)
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And all of a sudden he began to speak about Petrarch, whom he called the "Father of Modernity."† (source)
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At length she returned with a lamp; and Archer, having meanwhile put together a phrase out of Dante and Petrarch, evoked the answer: "La signora e fuori; ma verra subito"; which he took to mean: "She's out—but you'll soon see."† (source)
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And now here is my pocket Petrarch, and not another word shall I say of this case until we are on the scene of action.† (source)
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Petrarch didn't see half as much of Laura, nor Dante of Beatrice, as you see of Ann now; and yet they wrote first-rate poetry—at least so I'm told.† (source)
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However slight the terrestrial intercourse between Dante and Beatrice or Petrarch and Laura, time changes the proportion of things, and in later days it is preferable to have fewer sonnets and more conversation.† (source)
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Beautiful with a beauty which was wholly feminine and angelic, with a complete beauty which would have made Petrarch sing and Dante kneel.† (source)
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Though his love was as chaste as that of Petrarch for his Laura, it had made fetters of what previously was only a difficulty.† (source)
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But some Petrarch[708] or Ariosto,[709] filled with the new wine of his imagination, writes me an ode or a brisk romance, full of daring thought and action.† (source)
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Let, therefore, your illustrious house take up this charge with that courage and hope with which all just enterprises are undertaken, so that under its standard our native country may be ennobled, and under its auspices may be verified that saying of Petrarch: Virtu contro al Furore Prendera l'arme, e fia il combatter corto: Che l'antico valore Negli italici cuor non e ancor morto.† (source)
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But on the other hand, one could just as easily quote that old motto of Petrarch's, Herr Settembrini knew the one he meant.† (source)
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Petrarch, or Tasso, or Dante?† (source)
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Her battles, whoso list them for to read, Against Sapor the king, <14> and other mo', And how that all this process fell in deed, Why she conquer'd, and what title thereto, And after of her mischief* and her woe, *misfortune How that she was besieged and y-take, Let him unto my master Petrarch go, That writes enough of this, I undertake.† (source)
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