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... character of the time . FROISSART has filled his splendid pages with ' the pomp and circum- stance of glorious war ' . Though he spent many years and a large part of his fortune in the collection of materials for his history of the wars ...
... character of the time . FROISSART has filled his splendid pages with ' the pomp and circum- stance of glorious war ' . Though he spent many years and a large part of his fortune in the collection of materials for his history of the wars ...
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... characters ; and the characters themselves appear to us from only a very few carefully chosen points of view . The narrowed and selective nature of Molière's treat- ment of character presents an illuminating contrast when compared with ...
... characters ; and the characters themselves appear to us from only a very few carefully chosen points of view . The narrowed and selective nature of Molière's treat- ment of character presents an illuminating contrast when compared with ...
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... character are not shown us - only its essentials ; the human spirit comes before us shorn of its particulars , naked and intense . Nor is it as might , perhaps , have been expected - in the portrayal of in- tellectual characters that ...
... character are not shown us - only its essentials ; the human spirit comes before us shorn of its particulars , naked and intense . Nor is it as might , perhaps , have been expected - in the portrayal of in- tellectual characters that ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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