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... soul . In the last years of his short life he sank into a torpor of superstition - ascetic , self- mortified , and rapt in a strange exaltation , like a medieval monk . Thus there is a tragic antithesis in his character - an unresolved ...
... soul . In the last years of his short life he sank into a torpor of superstition - ascetic , self- mortified , and rapt in a strange exaltation , like a medieval monk . Thus there is a tragic antithesis in his character - an unresolved ...
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... soul . His flashlignt never fails : the affected fop , the ignorant doctor , the silly tradesman , the heartless woman of fashion - on these , and on a hundred more , he turns it , inexorably smiling , just at the compromising moment ...
... soul . His flashlignt never fails : the affected fop , the ignorant doctor , the silly tradesman , the heartless woman of fashion - on these , and on a hundred more , he turns it , inexorably smiling , just at the compromising moment ...
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... soul . It describes Rousseau's life , from its beginning until its maturity , from the most personal point of view , with no disguises or reticences of any Kind . It is written with great art . Rousseau's style , like his matter ...
... soul . It describes Rousseau's life , from its beginning until its maturity , from the most personal point of view , with no disguises or reticences of any Kind . It is written with great art . Rousseau's style , like his matter ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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