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... doubts . The form of the detached essay , which he was the first to use , precisely suited his habit of thought . In that loose shape - admitting of the most indefinite ... doubt . Whatever the purely philosophical value 28 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... doubts . The form of the detached essay , which he was the first to use , precisely suited his habit of thought . In that loose shape - admitting of the most indefinite ... doubt . Whatever the purely philosophical value 28 FRENCH LITERATURE.
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... doubt this teaching is to be found throughout his work , devoted as it is , by its very nature , to the eccentricities and exaggerations which beset humanity . But if he had been nothing more than a sober pro- pounder of the golden mean ...
... doubt this teaching is to be found throughout his work , devoted as it is , by its very nature , to the eccentricities and exaggerations which beset humanity . But if he had been nothing more than a sober pro- pounder of the golden mean ...
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... doubt that may at first sight escape the notice of the reader , and that will repay the deepest attention . His greatest works come near to tragedy . Le Tartufe , in spite of its patched - up happy ending , leaves an im- pression of ...
... doubt that may at first sight escape the notice of the reader , and that will repay the deepest attention . His greatest works come near to tragedy . Le Tartufe , in spite of its patched - up happy ending , leaves an im- pression of ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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