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... LOUIS XIV V THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . VI THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT VII THE AGE OF CRITICISM CONCLUSION • · CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL WORKS · BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX PAGE 7 26 42 62 132 199 232 244 248 · 253 255 î ...
... LOUIS XIV V THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . VI THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT VII THE AGE OF CRITICISM CONCLUSION • · CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL WORKS · BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX PAGE 7 26 42 62 132 199 232 244 248 · 253 255 î ...
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... significance is reached by JOINVILLE in his Vie de Saint Louis , written towards the close of the cen- tury . The fascination of the book lies in its human qualities . Joinville narrates , in the easy flowing 16 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... significance is reached by JOINVILLE in his Vie de Saint Louis , written towards the close of the cen- tury . The fascination of the book lies in its human qualities . Joinville narrates , in the easy flowing 16 FRENCH LITERATURE.
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... Louis - these things he relates with a charming and ingenuous sym- pathy , yet with a perfect freedom and an absolute veracity . Nor is it only the charac- ter of his master that Joinville has brought into his pages ; his book is as ...
... Louis - these things he relates with a charming and ingenuous sym- pathy , yet with a perfect freedom and an absolute veracity . Nor is it only the charac- ter of his master that Joinville has brought into his pages ; his book is as ...
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... Louis XI , had played an important part in this develop- ment ; and his book is the record of the triumphant policy of his crafty and sagacious sovereign . It is a fine piece of history , written with lucidity and firmness , by a man ...
... Louis XI , had played an important part in this develop- ment ; and his book is the record of the triumphant policy of his crafty and sagacious sovereign . It is a fine piece of history , written with lucidity and firmness , by a man ...
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... Louis XIV , the tendencies in French literature were fluctuating and un- certain . It was a period of change , of hesi- tation , of retrogression even ; and yet , below these doubtful , conflicting movements , a great new development ...
... Louis XIV , the tendencies in French literature were fluctuating and un- certain . It was a period of change , of hesi- tation , of retrogression even ; and yet , below these doubtful , conflicting movements , a great new development ...
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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.