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'Began Politian's letters, and read Giannotti on the Government of Florence'
'Read Politian's Lamia'
'Read the "Orfeo" and "Stanze" of Poliziano. The latter are wonderfully fine for a youth of 16. They contain a description of a Palace of Venus which seems the suggestion of Tennyson's "Palace of Art" in many points'.