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... perhaps the most important function performed by the Academy has been a more indirect one . mere existence of a body of writers officially recognized by the authorities of the State has undoubtedly given a peculiar prestige to the ...
... perhaps the most important function performed by the Academy has been a more indirect one . mere existence of a body of writers officially recognized by the authorities of the State has undoubtedly given a peculiar prestige to the ...
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... perhaps more often than not - com- plex , obscure , fantastic , and strange . At the bottom of all Boileau's theories lay a hearty love of sound common sense . It was not , as has sometimes been asserted , imagination that he disliked ...
... perhaps more often than not - com- plex , obscure , fantastic , and strange . At the bottom of all Boileau's theories lay a hearty love of sound common sense . It was not , as has sometimes been asserted , imagination that he disliked ...
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... perhaps , have been expected - in the portrayal of in- tellectual characters that Racine particularly excels ; it is in the portrayal of passionate ones . His supreme mastery is over the human heart - the subtleties , the profundities ...
... perhaps , have been expected - in the portrayal of in- tellectual characters that Racine particularly excels ; it is in the portrayal of passionate ones . His supreme mastery is over the human heart - the subtleties , the profundities ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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