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... mind Shall renovate the studies of mankind- The love of beauty and the cause of truth From ancient sources draw eternal youth . " -Africa , lib . ix . Petrarch , then , was great , not only by a bootless pas- sion which his poetical ...
... mind Shall renovate the studies of mankind- The love of beauty and the cause of truth From ancient sources draw eternal youth . " -Africa , lib . ix . Petrarch , then , was great , not only by a bootless pas- sion which his poetical ...
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... mind and the lordly genius , and that thirst of excellence , which is not satisfied by any present things , but pursues its ends in the eternity of the future and the ideal effigies of the past . ” 1 With no lordly genius , but with a ...
... mind and the lordly genius , and that thirst of excellence , which is not satisfied by any present things , but pursues its ends in the eternity of the future and the ideal effigies of the past . ” 1 With no lordly genius , but with a ...
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... mind must look beyond it only to be deceived . " It is remarkable that Petrarch , though gifted with genius and power of mind far below that of Dante , exercised a much wider influence over his own age , and enjoyed a greater popularity ...
... mind must look beyond it only to be deceived . " It is remarkable that Petrarch , though gifted with genius and power of mind far below that of Dante , exercised a much wider influence over his own age , and enjoyed a greater popularity ...
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... 1370 - a fact referred to in the letter . Indeed this reference shows what was uppermost in the poet's mind whilst he was writing it . There ፡፡ EPISTLE TO POSTERITY . " 17 FRANCIS PETRARCH - THE "EPISTLE TO POSTERITY,"
... 1370 - a fact referred to in the letter . Indeed this reference shows what was uppermost in the poet's mind whilst he was writing it . There ፡፡ EPISTLE TO POSTERITY . " 17 FRANCIS PETRARCH - THE "EPISTLE TO POSTERITY,"
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... mind was rather well balanced than acute ; adapted to every good and wholesome study , but especially prone to philosophy and poetry . And yet even this I neglected , as time went on , through the pleasure I took in sacred literature ...
... mind was rather well balanced than acute ; adapted to every good and wholesome study , but especially prone to philosophy and poetry . And yet even this I neglected , as time went on , through the pleasure I took in sacred literature ...
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