THE

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN

PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY.

VOLUME XVII.

Ballantyne Press

BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND ca

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

OF

GIACOMO LEOPARDI.

TRANSLATED

BY

CHARLES EDWARDES.

With Biographical Sketch.

LONDON:

TRÜBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL.

1882.

[All rights reserved.]

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DIALOGUE BETWEEN FASHION AND DEATH

PRIZE COMPETITION OF THE ACADEMY OF SILLOGRAPHS

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A GOBLIN AND A GNOME

DIALOGUE BETWEEN MALAMBRUNO AND FARFARELLO

DIALOGUE BETWEEN NATURE AND A SOUL

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DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN ALMANAC SELLER AND A PASSER-BY

DIALOGUE BETWEEN PLOTINUS AND PORPHYRIUS

COMPARISON OF THE LAST WORDS OF BRUTUS AND THEO-

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