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Page 91
... feels as one reads that this is an impartial judge . And , more than that , one feels that the judge is not only a ... feeling on friendship or on love . ' Un beau visage , ' he murmurs , ' est le plus beau de tous les spectacles , et ...
... feels as one reads that this is an impartial judge . And , more than that , one feels that the judge is not only a ... feeling on friendship or on love . ' Un beau visage , ' he murmurs , ' est le plus beau de tous les spectacles , et ...
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... feeling of revolt that surged up within him when he contemplated the drawing - rooms of Paris , with their brilliance and their philosophy , their intellect and their culture , arose from a profounder cause than a false historical ...
... feeling of revolt that surged up within him when he contemplated the drawing - rooms of Paris , with their brilliance and their philosophy , their intellect and their culture , arose from a profounder cause than a false historical ...
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... feelings of others ; a great poet is one who can invest his own with beauty and proclaim them to the world . We have ... feeling and of mood . He was sensitive to an extra- ordinary degree — with the sensitiveness of a proud , shy nature ...
... feelings of others ; a great poet is one who can invest his own with beauty and proclaim them to the world . We have ... feeling and of mood . He was sensitive to an extra- ordinary degree — with the sensitiveness of a proud , shy nature ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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