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... actual things . The description of Nicolette , escaping from her prison , and stepping out over the grass in her naked feet , with the daisies , as she treads on them , showing black against her whiteness is a wonderful example of his ...
... actual things . The description of Nicolette , escaping from her prison , and stepping out over the grass in her naked feet , with the daisies , as she treads on them , showing black against her whiteness is a wonderful example of his ...
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... actual work . Some of his Odes - among which his great address to Louis XIII on the rebellion of La Rochelle deserves the highest place are admirable examples of a restrained , measured , and weighty rhetoric , moving to the music not ...
... actual work . Some of his Odes - among which his great address to Louis XIII on the rebellion of La Rochelle deserves the highest place are admirable examples of a restrained , measured , and weighty rhetoric , moving to the music not ...
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... actual form of their work , at least impelled them towards a deliberate effort to produce some form , and to be content no longer with the vague and the haphazard . In two directions particularly this new self - consciousness showed ...
... actual form of their work , at least impelled them towards a deliberate effort to produce some form , and to be content no longer with the vague and the haphazard . In two directions particularly this new self - consciousness showed ...
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... actual experi- ence ; they never blench , they never waver , but move adamantine to their doom . They are for ever asserting the strength of their own individuality . " Je suis maître de moi comme de l'univers , Je le suis , je veux l ...
... actual experi- ence ; they never blench , they never waver , but move adamantine to their doom . They are for ever asserting the strength of their own individuality . " Je suis maître de moi comme de l'univers , Je le suis , je veux l ...
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... actual subject - matter- the ethical system of the Jesuits of the time- is remote from modern interests ; yet such is the brilliance of Pascal's art that every page of them is fascinating to - day . The vivacity of the opening letters ...
... actual subject - matter- the ethical system of the Jesuits of the time- is remote from modern interests ; yet such is the brilliance of Pascal's art that every page of them is fascinating to - day . The vivacity of the opening letters ...
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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.