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... classical antiquity , especially the Scythians ; there was a correspondence in customs and modes of warfare . Spenser with the enthusiasm of a Renaissance scholar studied the indigenous people of Ireland . He did not learn to speak ...
... classical antiquity , especially the Scythians ; there was a correspondence in customs and modes of warfare . Spenser with the enthusiasm of a Renaissance scholar studied the indigenous people of Ireland . He did not learn to speak ...
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... classical antiquity . Perhaps the shock of the plague , the death within hours of old and young alike , acted now not only as a memento mori but also as a warning that time was short . Improved measurement and computation in the ...
... classical antiquity . Perhaps the shock of the plague , the death within hours of old and young alike , acted now not only as a memento mori but also as a warning that time was short . Improved measurement and computation in the ...
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... classics and were writing in a spirit that had left the Middle Ages behind . Fresh contact with classical antiquity took other forms . With the translation of Aristotle's Poetics into Italian in 1548 the idea of heroic poetry or epic ...
... classics and were writing in a spirit that had left the Middle Ages behind . Fresh contact with classical antiquity took other forms . With the translation of Aristotle's Poetics into Italian in 1548 the idea of heroic poetry or epic ...
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