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Page 57
... Italian and Spanish . French and Italian and Span- ish are known as Romance languages , and For so these tales were called romances . a long time they were the principal form of fiction , and " romance " consequently came to mean any ...
... Italian and Spanish . French and Italian and Span- ish are known as Romance languages , and For so these tales were called romances . a long time they were the principal form of fiction , and " romance " consequently came to mean any ...
Page 120
... Italy , in the year 59 B.C. , and was edu- Icated there and at Rome . He was of a noble family and so had not the same trouble in getting on that Vergil had . He led a quiet life and kept out of public view as much as he could , partly ...
... Italy , in the year 59 B.C. , and was edu- Icated there and at Rome . He was of a noble family and so had not the same trouble in getting on that Vergil had . He led a quiet life and kept out of public view as much as he could , partly ...
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... Italy , Lope de Vega and Calderon in Spain , and the great Frenchmen Corneille , Racine , and Molière . These men did not all live at one time , about two centuries separating Ariosto , the earliest of them , from Metastasio , the ...
... Italy , Lope de Vega and Calderon in Spain , and the great Frenchmen Corneille , Racine , and Molière . These men did not all live at one time , about two centuries separating Ariosto , the earliest of them , from Metastasio , the ...
Contents
OUR GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS PART I | 1 |
POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES PART I | 14 |
FIVE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERS INTRODUCED TO LITTLE FOLK | 27 |
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