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... complete expression of the new spirit , in all its aspects . In the Lettres Persanes of MONTESQUIEU ( published 1721 ) may be discerned the germs of the whole thought of the eighteenth century in France . The scheme of this charming and ...
... complete expression of the new spirit , in all its aspects . In the Lettres Persanes of MONTESQUIEU ( published 1721 ) may be discerned the germs of the whole thought of the eighteenth century in France . The scheme of this charming and ...
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... complete detachment was a necessary condition for all great writing ; and he did his best to put this theory into practice . But there was one respect in which he did not succeed in his endeavour . His hatred and scorn of the mass of ...
... complete detachment was a necessary condition for all great writing ; and he did his best to put this theory into practice . But there was one respect in which he did not succeed in his endeavour . His hatred and scorn of the mass of ...
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... complete edition 1844 . IV . Age of Louis XIV MOLIÈRE , 1622-73 . -Les Précieuses Ridicules , 1659 . L'École des Femmes , 1662 . Tartufe , 1664 . Le Misanthrope , 1666 . Le Malade Imaginaire , 1673 . LA ROCHEFOUCAULD , 1613-80 . Maximes ...
... complete edition 1844 . IV . Age of Louis XIV MOLIÈRE , 1622-73 . -Les Précieuses Ridicules , 1659 . L'École des Femmes , 1662 . Tartufe , 1664 . Le Misanthrope , 1666 . Le Malade Imaginaire , 1673 . LA ROCHEFOUCAULD , 1613-80 . Maximes ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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