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... tion ; for it is easy to perceive in it an in- tellectual tendency far in advance of its age- a spirit which , however trammelled by anti- quated conventions , yet claims kinship with that of Rabelais , or even that of Voltaire . Jean ...
... tion ; for it is easy to perceive in it an in- tellectual tendency far in advance of its age- a spirit which , however trammelled by anti- quated conventions , yet claims kinship with that of Rabelais , or even that of Voltaire . Jean ...
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... tion of France . The Chronicles of Froissart are history seen through the eyes of a herald ; the Memoirs of PHILIPPE DE COMMYNES are history envisaged by a politician and a diplomatist . When Commynes wrote towards the close of the ...
... tion of France . The Chronicles of Froissart are history seen through the eyes of a herald ; the Memoirs of PHILIPPE DE COMMYNES are history envisaged by a politician and a diplomatist . When Commynes wrote towards the close of the ...
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... tion , the dazzling optimism , the courage , the inventiveness , the humanity , of that extraor- dinary age . And these qualities are con- veyed to us , not by some mere conscientious pedant , or some clumsy enthusiast , but by a born ...
... tion , the dazzling optimism , the courage , the inventiveness , the humanity , of that extraor- dinary age . And these qualities are con- veyed to us , not by some mere conscientious pedant , or some clumsy enthusiast , but by a born ...
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... tion of the point of view is to be found - in the book itself ; it is too wide and variegated for any other habitation . Yet , if it would be vain to attempt an accurate and exhaustive account of Rabelais ' philosophy , the main ...
... tion of the point of view is to be found - in the book itself ; it is too wide and variegated for any other habitation . Yet , if it would be vain to attempt an accurate and exhaustive account of Rabelais ' philosophy , the main ...
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... tion from his true eminence . Montaigne was neither a great artist nor a great philosopher ; he was not great at all . He was a charming , admirable human being , with the most en- gaging gift for conversing endlessly and con ...
... tion from his true eminence . Montaigne was neither a great artist nor a great philosopher ; he was not great at all . He was a charming , admirable human being , with the most en- gaging gift for conversing endlessly and con ...
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Page 71 - Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can yet the lease of my true love control, Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom.
Page 60 - Quelle chimère est-ce donc que l'homme ? Quelle nouveauté, quel monstre, quel chaos, quel sujet de contradiction, quel prodige ! Juge de toutes choses, imbécile ver de terre; dépositaire du vrai, cloaque d'incertitude et d'erreur ; gloire et rebut de l'univers.
Page 129 - Les choses les plus souhaitées n'arrivent point ; ou , si elles arrivent, ce n'est ni dans le temps ni dans les circonstances où elles auraient fait un extrême plaisir.
Page 128 - L'on voit * certains animaux farouches , des mâles et des femelles, répandus par la campagne, noirs , livides, et tout brûlés du soleil, attachés à la terre qu'ils fouillent et qu'ils remuent avec une opiniâtreté invincible : ils ont comme une voix articulée ; et quand ils se lèvent sur leurs pieds , ils montrent une face humaine , et en effet ils sont des hommes.
Page 126 - ... a pris racine au milieu de ses tulipes et devant la Solitaire; il ouvre de grands yeux, il frotte ses mains, il se baisse, il la voit de plus près, il ne l'a jamais vue si belle, il a le cœur épanoui de joie; il la...
Page 60 - Nous sommes plaisants de nous reposer dans la société de nos semblables : misérables comme nous, impuissants comme nous, ils ne nous aideront pas; on mourra seul.
Page 118 - Jupin pour chaque état mit deux tables au monde : L'adroit, le vigilant, et le fort, sont assis A la première ; et les petits Mangent leur reste à la seconde.
Page 123 - Nous pardonnons souvent à ceux qui nous ennuient, mais nous ne pouvons pardonner à ceux que nous ennuyons.
Page 14 - ... n'ai jou que faire. Mais en infer voil jou aler, car en infer vont li bel clerc, et li bel cevalier qui sont mort as tornois et as rices gueres, et li...
Page 240 - Oui l'oeuvre sort plus belle D'une forme au travail Rebelle, Vers, marbre, onyx, émail!