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... verse . Their technical ability was very great ; and it is hardly too much to say that the result of their efforts was the creation of something hitherto lacking in French literature - a poetical instrument which , in its strength , its ...
... verse . Their technical ability was very great ; and it is hardly too much to say that the result of their efforts was the creation of something hitherto lacking in French literature - a poetical instrument which , in its strength , its ...
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... verse of Corneille loses half its value when it is un- heard ) , on a full - flowing tide of language where the waves of the verse , following one another in a swift succession of ever - rising power , crash down at last with a roar ...
... verse of Corneille loses half its value when it is un- heard ) , on a full - flowing tide of language where the waves of the verse , following one another in a swift succession of ever - rising power , crash down at last with a roar ...
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... verse attempted to make poetry more truly poetical than it had ever been before , to introduce into it the vagueness and dreaminess of individual moods and spiritual fluctuations , to turn it away from definite fact and bring it near to ...
... verse attempted to make poetry more truly poetical than it had ever been before , to introduce into it the vagueness and dreaminess of individual moods and spiritual fluctuations , to turn it away from definite fact and bring it near to ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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