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... story of the patience of Griselda , the last tale in the " Decameron , " and one which Petrarch said none had been able to read without tears . With the last letter he ever wrote , Petrarch sent to Boccaccio his own Latin prose version ...
... story of the patience of Griselda , the last tale in the " Decameron , " and one which Petrarch said none had been able to read without tears . With the last letter he ever wrote , Petrarch sent to Boccaccio his own Latin prose version ...
Page 439
... story - telling passed into the acting of the story : very much as the art of the mediæval story - teller had passed into that of the Elizabethan dramatist . The Princess Delia was sought by her brothers , and sought also by Eumenides ...
... story - telling passed into the acting of the story : very much as the art of the mediæval story - teller had passed into that of the Elizabethan dramatist . The Princess Delia was sought by her brothers , and sought also by Eumenides ...
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... story : the old story of the caskets , used by Shakespeare for a solving of life's problem from its human side ; and the old story of the pound of flesh , through which he added the diviner sense of duty . Bassanio sought Portia , that ...
... story : the old story of the caskets , used by Shakespeare for a solving of life's problem from its human side ; and the old story of the pound of flesh , through which he added the diviner sense of duty . Bassanio sought Portia , that ...
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