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Page 41
... appeared on the bookstalls of Paris ; and with its appearance the long reign of confused ideals and misguided efforts came to an end for ever . pamphlet was the first of Pascal's Lettres Provinciales- the work which ushered into being ...
... appeared on the bookstalls of Paris ; and with its appearance the long reign of confused ideals and misguided efforts came to an end for ever . pamphlet was the first of Pascal's Lettres Provinciales- the work which ushered into being ...
Page 62
... appeared , and the Précieuses Ridicules- a skit upon the manners and modes of speech affected by the fops of 1650 - still raises to - day our inextinguish- able laughter . This is the obvious side of Molière ; and it is hardly in need ...
... appeared , and the Précieuses Ridicules- a skit upon the manners and modes of speech affected by the fops of 1650 - still raises to - day our inextinguish- able laughter . This is the obvious side of Molière ; and it is hardly in need ...
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... appearance of a corpse galvanized into an incredible animation . But in truth it was no dead ghost that inhabited this strange tenement , but the fierce and powerful spirit of an intensely living man . Some signs had already appeared of ...
... appearance of a corpse galvanized into an incredible animation . But in truth it was no dead ghost that inhabited this strange tenement , but the fierce and powerful spirit of an intensely living man . Some signs had already appeared of ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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