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... important , period of his astonishing career . It is a curious fact that if Voltaire had died at the age of sixty he would now only be remembered as a writer of talent and versatility , who had given conspicuous evidence , in one or two ...
... important , period of his astonishing career . It is a curious fact that if Voltaire had died at the age of sixty he would now only be remembered as a writer of talent and versatility , who had given conspicuous evidence , in one or two ...
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... important members were VICTOR HUGO , ALFRED DE THÉOPHILE GAUTIER , ALEXANDRE DUMAS , and ALFRED DE MUSSET - was , as we have said , inspired by that supremely French love of Rhetoric which , during the long reign of intellect and prose ...
... important members were VICTOR HUGO , ALFRED DE THÉOPHILE GAUTIER , ALEXANDRE DUMAS , and ALFRED DE MUSSET - was , as we have said , inspired by that supremely French love of Rhetoric which , during the long reign of intellect and prose ...
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... importance , that a short account of their work can hardly fail to give a false impression of it . Only its leading ... important results were in the domain of Prose . Nowhere were the defects of the Romantics more obvious than in their ...
... importance , that a short account of their work can hardly fail to give a false impression of it . Only its leading ... important results were in the domain of Prose . Nowhere were the defects of the Romantics more obvious than in their ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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