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... France has ever known ; without it , there would have been no Grand Siècle . In fact , it was during this age that the conception was gradually evolved which determined the lines upon which all French literature in the future was to ...
... France has ever known ; without it , there would have been no Grand Siècle . In fact , it was during this age that the conception was gradually evolved which determined the lines upon which all French literature in the future was to ...
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... France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity ; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower . In every branch of human activity - in war , in administration , in social life , in art , and in literature -the same ...
... France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity ; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower . In every branch of human activity - in war , in administration , in social life , in art , and in literature -the same ...
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... France the men of affairs were merely the helpless tools of an autocratic machine , and the changes had to owe their origin to men un- instructed in affairs - to men of letters . Reform had to come from the outside , instead of from ...
... France the men of affairs were merely the helpless tools of an autocratic machine , and the changes had to owe their origin to men un- instructed in affairs - to men of letters . Reform had to come from the outside , instead of from ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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