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... Italy , and there the manuscripts had aroused great interest . They contained the works of an ancient people , the Greeks , whose civilization was even further away than that of the Romans . Everyone seemed to be seized with a desire to ...
... Italy , and there the manuscripts had aroused great interest . They contained the works of an ancient people , the Greeks , whose civilization was even further away than that of the Romans . Everyone seemed to be seized with a desire to ...
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... Italy and of the wonderful Greek literature that had been given to Europe roused in him an immense enthusiasm , and when he went up to Oxford he attended the lectures of William Grocyn , one of the most famous of the scholars who had ...
... Italy and of the wonderful Greek literature that had been given to Europe roused in him an immense enthusiasm , and when he went up to Oxford he attended the lectures of William Grocyn , one of the most famous of the scholars who had ...
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... Italy . We do not know how Mr Barrett received the news . " I have no objection to the young man , ” he said later ... Italian city to another , and went on expeditions that it would have frightened Mrs Browning even to think of a year ...
... Italy . We do not know how Mr Barrett received the news . " I have no objection to the young man , ” he said later ... Italian city to another , and went on expeditions that it would have frightened Mrs Browning even to think of a year ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAYS OF THE FIGHTINGMEN | 13 |
THE SINGERS OF THE CHURCH | 26 |
THE MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS | 32 |
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