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... greater praise than any of the French writers , including Arnaut Daniel , who wrote of Lancelot , though Dante says : ' Verses of love and tales of romance , he surpassed them all , and let the fools talk who think that he of Limoges ...
... greater praise than any of the French writers , including Arnaut Daniel , who wrote of Lancelot , though Dante says : ' Verses of love and tales of romance , he surpassed them all , and let the fools talk who think that he of Limoges ...
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... greater than the cruel Achilles , who sold the corpse of Hector to his pleading father , whereas Aeneas freely gave up the corpse of Lausus , and elsewhere said to one who promised him a quantity of gold and silver talents : " Those ...
... greater than the cruel Achilles , who sold the corpse of Hector to his pleading father , whereas Aeneas freely gave up the corpse of Lausus , and elsewhere said to one who promised him a quantity of gold and silver talents : " Those ...
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... greater from the smaller , as the sound of the trumpet for thunder , but for the smaller from the greater , as towering for giants : " Towered with half their bulk the horrible giants.'4 In short , metaphors should be graceful ...
... greater from the smaller , as the sound of the trumpet for thunder , but for the smaller from the greater , as towering for giants : " Towered with half their bulk the horrible giants.'4 In short , metaphors should be graceful ...
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