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Page 134
... Italian . Though Italy originated the novella , it was slow in coming to the full - length novel . There is little to record before I promessi sposi ( The Betrothed ) by Alessandro Manzoni ( 1785-1873 ) , a romantic and patriotic novel ...
... Italian . Though Italy originated the novella , it was slow in coming to the full - length novel . There is little to record before I promessi sposi ( The Betrothed ) by Alessandro Manzoni ( 1785-1873 ) , a romantic and patriotic novel ...
Page 190
... Italian physician and astrologer Gironimo Cardano , a work of great charm , and the celebrated adventures of the goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini in Italy of the 16th century ; the uninhib- ited autobiography of the English ...
... Italian physician and astrologer Gironimo Cardano , a work of great charm , and the celebrated adventures of the goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini in Italy of the 16th century ; the uninhib- ited autobiography of the English ...
Page 217
... Italy was established in 529 , and other monas- tic centres of scholarship followed , particularly after the 6th- and 7th - century Irish missions to the Rhine and Great Britain and the Gothic missions up the Danube . These monasteries ...
... Italy was established in 529 , and other monas- tic centres of scholarship followed , particularly after the 6th- and 7th - century Irish missions to the Rhine and Great Britain and the Gothic missions up the Danube . These monasteries ...
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