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Page 183
... writer surpassed his sheer technical brilliance . It is , however , Virgil ( 70-19 BC ) who is preeminent in Latin poetry . He enjoyed the patronage of Augustus , but before writing his epic , the Aeneid , in which discreet lip service ...
... writer surpassed his sheer technical brilliance . It is , however , Virgil ( 70-19 BC ) who is preeminent in Latin poetry . He enjoyed the patronage of Augustus , but before writing his epic , the Aeneid , in which discreet lip service ...
Page 419
... writing the history of Rome down to the pres- ent day was not a new one . Historical research and writing had flourished at Rome for 200 years , since the first Roman historian Quintus Fabius Pictor . There had been two main in ...
... writing the history of Rome down to the pres- ent day was not a new one . Historical research and writing had flourished at Rome for 200 years , since the first Roman historian Quintus Fabius Pictor . There had been two main in ...
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... writing popular fiction , including the widely read ad- ventures of the Japanese intelligence agent Mr. Moto , Marquand wrote his three most characteristic novels , satirical but sympathetic studies of a crumbling New England gentility ...
... writing popular fiction , including the widely read ad- ventures of the Japanese intelligence agent Mr. Moto , Marquand wrote his three most characteristic novels , satirical but sympathetic studies of a crumbling New England gentility ...
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progressives had popularized during the leg | 91 |
La Fontaine also called MLLE | 494 |
Jean de La Fontaine oil painting by François | 537 |
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