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... later ; for the edition of Mariana now in the library ( no . 100 in my list ) is dated 1678. It was an extraordinarily popular book in Spain , being reprinted over and over again in the seventeenth century ; and at the end of that ...
... later ; for the edition of Mariana now in the library ( no . 100 in my list ) is dated 1678. It was an extraordinarily popular book in Spain , being reprinted over and over again in the seventeenth century ; and at the end of that ...
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... later date : ' La mujer engañò a Adan , a David y à Salomón , a Holofernes capitán y al valeroso Sanson . ' 2 The same volume has two additional songs written , apparently as an afterthought , on the final fly - leaves , and not ...
... later date : ' La mujer engañò a Adan , a David y à Salomón , a Holofernes capitán y al valeroso Sanson . ' 2 The same volume has two additional songs written , apparently as an afterthought , on the final fly - leaves , and not ...
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... later in his life he used to commission friends who were travelling abroad to buy books for him and send or bring them home . We know for instance that in 1699 and 1700 , John Jackson , Pepys's favourite nephew and heir , was 8 Samud ...
... later in his life he used to commission friends who were travelling abroad to buy books for him and send or bring them home . We know for instance that in 1699 and 1700 , John Jackson , Pepys's favourite nephew and heir , was 8 Samud ...
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... later life renounced all follies , and became an austere scholar . He was dominated by Petrarch , who snubbed and bullied him mercilessly , much in the same way as Johnson treated Boswell . Boccaccio , like Petrarch , made discoveries ...
... later life renounced all follies , and became an austere scholar . He was dominated by Petrarch , who snubbed and bullied him mercilessly , much in the same way as Johnson treated Boswell . Boccaccio , like Petrarch , made discoveries ...
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... later addition . The books of Boccaccio went after his death , in 1375 , to the church of S. Spirito in Florence . There is a catalogue of the library there , dated 1451 , in which there is mentioned a special collection , termed the ...
... later addition . The books of Boccaccio went after his death , in 1375 , to the church of S. Spirito in Florence . There is a catalogue of the library there , dated 1451 , in which there is mentioned a special collection , termed the ...
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