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Page 13
... close tout autour à la ronde , et ces riches palais et ces hautes églises . . . . Et sachez qu'il n'y eut si hardi à qui la chair ne frémit ; et ce ne fut une merveille ; car jamais si grande affaire ne fut entreprise de nulles gens ...
... close tout autour à la ronde , et ces riches palais et ces hautes églises . . . . Et sachez qu'il n'y eut si hardi à qui la chair ne frémit ; et ce ne fut une merveille ; car jamais si grande affaire ne fut entreprise de nulles gens ...
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... close before him , he sees the fatal gibbet , and his own body swinging among the crows . With Villon the medieval literature of France comes at once to a climax and a termination . His potent and melancholy voice vibrates with the ...
... close before him , he sees the fatal gibbet , and his own body swinging among the crows . With Villon the medieval literature of France comes at once to a climax and a termination . His potent and melancholy voice vibrates with the ...
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... close , of the classical period , both practised the art of extreme brevity with astonishing success . The DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD was the first French writer to understand completely the wonderful capacities for epigrammatic statement ...
... close , of the classical period , both practised the art of extreme brevity with astonishing success . The DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD was the first French writer to understand completely the wonderful capacities for epigrammatic statement ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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