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Title: Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI
Author: John Lord
Release Date: December 24, 2003 [eBook #10532]
Language: English
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LORD'S LECTURES
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VI
RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION.
BY JOHN LORD, LL.D.,
AUTHOR OF "THE OLD ROMAN WORLD," "MODERN EUROPE," ETC., ETC.
CONTENTS.
DANTE.
RISE OF MODERN POETRY.
The antiquity of Poetry The greatness of Poets Their influence on Civilization The true poet one of the rarest of men The p