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... ideals of a great age . And what were these ideals ? The fact that the con- ception of society which made Versailles possible was narrow and unjust must not blind us to the real nobility and the real glory which it brought into being ...
... ideals of a great age . And what were these ideals ? The fact that the con- ception of society which made Versailles possible was narrow and unjust must not blind us to the real nobility and the real glory which it brought into being ...
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Lytton Strachey. deserves attention as the spokesman of the literary ideals of his age . BOILEAU , once the undisputed arbiter of taste throughout ... ideals of the X new school . Thus , through him , classicism gained THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV ...
Lytton Strachey. deserves attention as the spokesman of the literary ideals of his age . BOILEAU , once the undisputed arbiter of taste throughout ... ideals of the X new school . Thus , through him , classicism gained THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV ...
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... ideal system of government ; but these were exceptions , and the majority of the Philosophes ignored politics proper ... ideals . In two direc ло tions particularly their influence has been enormous . By their 112 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... ideal system of government ; but these were exceptions , and the majority of the Philosophes ignored politics proper ... ideals . In two direc ло tions particularly their influence has been enormous . By their 112 FRENCH LITERATURE.
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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