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Petrarch, or Petrarca, (1304-1374) a poet, historian, and scholar, Petrarch was absorbed with the classics and introduced them to his contemporaries. He is seen as a forerunner of the Renaissance. He was a great letter writer, and wrote some odd letters to dead figures of the past. Here are some samples
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Death had his grudge against me, and he got up in the way, like an armed robber, with a pike in his hand.
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what a grudge I am bearing against Death, that is standing in her two eyes, and will not call me with a word.
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Man has no greater enemy than himself.
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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
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Five enemies of peace inhabit with us--avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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