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Page 214
... importance of the Court as an authority for good usage , François rightly observes that the political and social circumstances had changed since Vaugelas's day with the Court dispersing and more significance being attached to the life ...
... importance of the Court as an authority for good usage , François rightly observes that the political and social circumstances had changed since Vaugelas's day with the Court dispersing and more significance being attached to the life ...
Page 225
... importance of clarity and purity of language ; indeed , the topicality of the comments accounts in no small way for the success of the Remarques . Nevertheless , the work does have an original value , which lies partly in the unique ...
... importance of clarity and purity of language ; indeed , the topicality of the comments accounts in no small way for the success of the Remarques . Nevertheless , the work does have an original value , which lies partly in the unique ...
Page 228
... importance of the Court and the Academy to him , for he states proudly in 1645 that he has passed all his life at the Court , and in a letter of 1630 he stresses the attitude required in order to succeed there : ' Monseigneur se fait ...
... importance of the Court and the Academy to him , for he states proudly in 1645 that he has passed all his life at the Court , and in a letter of 1630 he stresses the attitude required in order to succeed there : ' Monseigneur se fait ...
Contents
The Arsenal Manuscript | 3 |
Usage and Reason | 13 |
Presentation and Terminology | 40 |
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