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Page 56
... seems certain that the difference between the reputations of the two men with the world in general by no means corresponds with the real difference in their worth . It is by his very perfection , by the very completeness of his triumph ...
... seems certain that the difference between the reputations of the two men with the world in general by no means corresponds with the real difference in their worth . It is by his very perfection , by the very completeness of his triumph ...
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... seems to have taken all subjects for its province- from the origin of music to the purpose of the universe ; and the central figure the queer , delightful , Bohemian Rameau , evoked for us with such a marvellous dis- tinctness - is in ...
... seems to have taken all subjects for its province- from the origin of music to the purpose of the universe ; and the central figure the queer , delightful , Bohemian Rameau , evoked for us with such a marvellous dis- tinctness - is in ...
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... seem to have been in the right ; but it seems no less clear that they were too anxious to proclaim and emphasize the faults of a poor , unfortunate , demented man . We can hardly blame them ; for , in their eyes , Rousseau appeared as a ...
... seem to have been in the right ; but it seems no less clear that they were too anxious to proclaim and emphasize the faults of a poor , unfortunate , demented man . We can hardly blame them ; for , in their eyes , Rousseau appeared as a ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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