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... authority due to the writer pointed out . " As a speaker , some have said I was clear and powerful ; but , as it seemed to myself , weak and obscure . Nor indeed in ordinary conversation with my friends or acquaintances did I ever ...
... authority due to the writer pointed out . " As a speaker , some have said I was clear and powerful ; but , as it seemed to myself , weak and obscure . Nor indeed in ordinary conversation with my friends or acquaintances did I ever ...
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... authority of the laws was irksome to me , which doubtless is great , and redolent of that Roman antiquity in which I delight ; but because the practice of those laws is depraved by the wicked- ness of men . I was disgusted at the ...
... authority of the laws was irksome to me , which doubtless is great , and redolent of that Roman antiquity in which I delight ; but because the practice of those laws is depraved by the wicked- ness of men . I was disgusted at the ...
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... authority for the fact that she presented her husband with a large family of children . The reader of Petrarch's amatory verses , and of these pages dedicated to his memory , will seek in vain for any incidents of romance to give a ...
... authority for the fact that she presented her husband with a large family of children . The reader of Petrarch's amatory verses , and of these pages dedicated to his memory , will seek in vain for any incidents of romance to give a ...
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... authority of father , and to inspire Boccaccio with the sympathy of a younger brother . He says in the 8th book , " De casibus virorum illustrium , " speaking of Petrarch : " In somnis sibi visum adspectu modestum et moribus , venustâ ...
... authority of father , and to inspire Boccaccio with the sympathy of a younger brother . He says in the 8th book , " De casibus virorum illustrium , " speaking of Petrarch : " In somnis sibi visum adspectu modestum et moribus , venustâ ...
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... authority ; and it would add nothing to the interest of this volume to attempt a sketch of so unattractive a work . The versification is harsh and often incorrect : and wherever it rises into elegance it may be accused of plagiarism ...
... authority ; and it would add nothing to the interest of this volume to attempt a sketch of so unattractive a work . The versification is harsh and often incorrect : and wherever it rises into elegance it may be accused of plagiarism ...
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