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... expression . The mere fact that the Pléiade formed a definite school , with common principles and a fixed poetical creed , differentiates them in a striking way from the poets who had preceded them . They worked with no casual purpose ...
... expression . The mere fact that the Pléiade formed a definite school , with common principles and a fixed poetical creed , differentiates them in a striking way from the poets who had preceded them . They worked with no casual purpose ...
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... expression to new theories and new ideals . A man of powerful though narrow intelligence , a passionate theorist ... expressing the fervours of personal passion or the airy fancies of dreamers , would be a perfect instrument for the ...
... expression to new theories and new ideals . A man of powerful though narrow intelligence , a passionate theorist ... expressing the fervours of personal passion or the airy fancies of dreamers , would be a perfect instrument for the ...
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... expression of actual facts , but for their power of suggestion , for the effects of remoteness , contrast , and multiplicity which could be produced by them - in fact , for their rhetorical force . The new vocabulary came into existence ...
... expression of actual facts , but for their power of suggestion , for the effects of remoteness , contrast , and multiplicity which could be produced by them - in fact , for their rhetorical force . The new vocabulary came into existence ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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