Ryan, Sara Agnes · Chicago : The Mayer and Miller Co. · leaf 138
owd,(As, touching my Discourse, Im told by thee)This were my grievous pain; and certainlyMy proper blame should not be disavow d;Though hereof somewhat, I declare aloud,Were due to others, not alone to me.False hopes, true poverty, and therewithalThe blinded judgment of a host of friends,And their… … Boccaccio. Boccaccio is known to fame for his prosework, the Decameron. Though written in thevernacular and with the subject matter local,the style is classic, and it laid the foundationof modern Italian prose. In 1348, the Plague—the Black Death whichdevastated all Europe—visited Florence,…
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