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... life was singularly uneventful . He married in 1640 and proved a devoted husband and a fond father to his six children . He lived quietly and simply in Rouen until 1662 , when he moved to Paris for the sake of his family . Corneille was ...
... life was singularly uneventful . He married in 1640 and proved a devoted husband and a fond father to his six children . He lived quietly and simply in Rouen until 1662 , when he moved to Paris for the sake of his family . Corneille was ...
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... life , they never failed to give him ungrudging loyalty and support . These years of provincial touring are one of the most obscure periods of Molière's life , and reliable details of his wanderings are as rare as solid facts about ...
... life , they never failed to give him ungrudging loyalty and support . These years of provincial touring are one of the most obscure periods of Molière's life , and reliable details of his wanderings are as rare as solid facts about ...
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... life . His father was a notary in good circum- stances , and the boy was sent to the Jesuit Collège Louis le Grand , where he soon proved that although his physique may have been below the average his intelligence was very decidedly the ...
... life . His father was a notary in good circum- stances , and the boy was sent to the Jesuit Collège Louis le Grand , where he soon proved that although his physique may have been below the average his intelligence was very decidedly the ...
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