The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland part 2 (1912)
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on, whichis a Greek word meaning a worker with thehand. It has now been narrowed down to meanone who operates on the human body. Tyrant was at first used in a good sense,meaning a prince or governor. It has now cometo mean a cruel and oppressive ruler. Villain used to mean a slave attached to… … WRITERS AND SCHOOLMEN OF THE MIDDLE AGES. I. BOCCACCIO I3I3-I375; 2. DANTE 1265-1321 ; 3. PETRARCH I304-I374 ; 4. THOMAS AQUINAS I225-I275; 5. PIERRE LOMBARD IIOO?-Il6o; 6. CHAUCER 13407-1400; 7. JOHN GOWER 1325 ?-I4o8 ; 8. ALBERTUS MAGNUS II93-I280; 9. JEAN FROISSART I337-I4IO ; IO. DUNS SCOTUS…
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