Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Torquato

i.e. Torquato Tasso, the poet. (1544-1595.) (See Alfonso.)

“And see how dearly earned Torquato's fame.”

Lord Byron: Childe Harold. iv. 36.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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