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Page 52
... give expression to the moving forces of their time , but to react against them . They were rebels as well as ... gives the last fine taste . Before considering these supreme artists more par- ticularly , it will be well to notice briefly ...
... give expression to the moving forces of their time , but to react against them . They were rebels as well as ... gives the last fine taste . Before considering these supreme artists more par- ticularly , it will be well to notice briefly ...
Page 81
... give in the circumstances if , somehow or other , he were meta- morphosed into a rat . It is this world of shifting ... gives them immortality is the way they are told . Under the guise of an ingenuous , old - world manner , La Fontaine ...
... give in the circumstances if , somehow or other , he were meta- morphosed into a rat . It is this world of shifting ... gives them immortality is the way they are told . Under the guise of an ingenuous , old - world manner , La Fontaine ...
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... give an accurate account of them . He believed that he had found in them a signal instance of his favourite theory of the beneficial effects produced by the separation of the three powers of government - the judicial , the legislative ...
... give an accurate account of them . He believed that he had found in them a signal instance of his favourite theory of the beneficial effects produced by the separation of the three powers of government - the judicial , the legislative ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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