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Preaches on the ' Book of Genesis ' Death of Lorenzo and Accession of Piero de '
Medici Savonarola reforms his Convent Descent of Charles VIII . into Italy
Revolution in Florence Interview of Savonarola with the King of France
Savonarola ...
Preaches on the ' Book of Genesis ' Death of Lorenzo and Accession of Piero de '
Medici Savonarola reforms his Convent Descent of Charles VIII . into Italy
Revolution in Florence Interview of Savonarola with the King of France
Savonarola ...
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... Cambray At the University of Paris Takes private Pupils His first Visit to
England Learns Greek at Oxford His Verses on England Second Visit to England
At Cambridge Residence in Italy Intimate with the Aldi at Venice His Reception at
Rome ...
... Cambray At the University of Paris Takes private Pupils His first Visit to
England Learns Greek at Oxford His Verses on England Second Visit to England
At Cambridge Residence in Italy Intimate with the Aldi at Venice His Reception at
Rome ...
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... the Italian , the Monk . M. Perrens has paid especial attention to the
corresponding dates of his works , and the events of his life : we can thus follow
the Preacher , step by step , day by day , up through the rapid path of his ascent
to fame and ...
... the Italian , the Monk . M. Perrens has paid especial attention to the
corresponding dates of his works , and the events of his life : we can thus follow
the Preacher , step by step , day by day , up through the rapid path of his ascent
to fame and ...
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3 Savonarola , like all men , especially Italian men , of his temperament , sought
expression for his passionate feelings in poetry . The able editor of his few poems
, M. de Rians , assigns his earliest ode , ' De Ruinâ Mundi , ' to some period a ...
3 Savonarola , like all men , especially Italian men , of his temperament , sought
expression for his passionate feelings in poetry . The able editor of his few poems
, M. de Rians , assigns his earliest ode , ' De Ruinâ Mundi , ' to some period a ...
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His age has been called the Augustan age of Italian letters ( strangely enough in
the native land of Dante , Ariosto , and Tasso ) , but he resembled Augustus in
more than his patronage of poets and philosophers , --in the skill with which , like
...
His age has been called the Augustan age of Italian letters ( strangely enough in
the native land of Dante , Ariosto , and Tasso ) , but he resembled Augustus in
more than his patronage of poets and philosophers , --in the skill with which , like
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays ATLA monograph preservation program Library of English literature |
| Author | Henry Hart Milman |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1870 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 May 2006 |
| ISBN | 0790564882, 9780790564883 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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