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Francesco Petrarch

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Petrarch, or Petrarca, (1304-1374) a poet, historian, and scholar, Petrarch was absorbed with the classics and introduced them to his contemporaries. He is seen as a forerunner of the Renaissance. He was a great letter writer, and wrote some odd letters to dead figures of the past. Here are some samples


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Quote Left Great is my envy of you, earth, in your greed Folding her in invisible embrace,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure. Quote Right
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Quote Left And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand. Quote Right
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Quote Left My flowery and green age was passing away, and I feeling a chill in the fires had been wasting my heart, for I was drawing near the... Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things