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... France , was of a simple origin . With a very few exceptions , every word in the French vocabu- lary comes straight from the Latin . The influence of the pre - Roman Celts is almost imperceptible ; while the number of words introduced ...
... France , was of a simple origin . With a very few exceptions , every word in the French vocabu- lary comes straight from the Latin . The influence of the pre - Roman Celts is almost imperceptible ; while the number of words introduced ...
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... France , with its aristocratic society , its barbaric vigour , its brutality , and its high sentiments of piety and honour . The beauty of the poem lies in the grand simplicity of its style . Without a trace of the delicacy and variety ...
... France , with its aristocratic society , its barbaric vigour , its brutality , and its high sentiments of piety and honour . The beauty of the poem lies in the grand simplicity of its style . Without a trace of the delicacy and variety ...
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... France . While the Chansons de Geste were develop- ing in numerous cycles of varying merit , an- other group of narrative poems , created under different influences , came into being . These were the Romans Bretons , a series of ro ...
... France . While the Chansons de Geste were develop- ing in numerous cycles of varying merit , an- other group of narrative poems , created under different influences , came into being . These were the Romans Bretons , a series of ro ...
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Lytton Strachey. stories gained an immense popularity in France , but they did not long retain their original character . In the crucible of the facile and successful CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES , who wrote towards the close of the twelfth ...
Lytton Strachey. stories gained an immense popularity in France , but they did not long retain their original character . In the crucible of the facile and successful CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES , who wrote towards the close of the twelfth ...
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... France . Lorris died before he had finished his work , which , however , was destined to be completed in a singular manner . Forty years later , another young scholar , JEAN DE MEUNG , added to the 18 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... France . Lorris died before he had finished his work , which , however , was destined to be completed in a singular manner . Forty years later , another young scholar , JEAN DE MEUNG , added to the 18 FRENCH LITERATURE.
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Page 126 - Dieu et la nature sont en tout cela ce qu'il n'admire point; il ne va pas plus loin que l'oignon de sa tulipe, qu'il ne livrerait pas pour mille écus, et qu'il donnera pour rien quand les tulipes seront négligées et que les œillets auront prévalu. Cet homme raisonnable, qui a une âme, qui a un culte et une religion, revient chez soi fatigué, affamé, mais fort content de sa journée : il a vu des tulipes.
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 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.