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... appeared for the first time to the astonished eyes of the Christian nobles , is well known : " Ils ne pouvaient croire que si riche ville pût être au monde , quand ils virent ces hauts murs et ces riches tours dont elle était close tout ...
... appeared for the first time to the astonished eyes of the Christian nobles , is well known : " Ils ne pouvaient croire que si riche ville pût être au monde , quand ils virent ces hauts murs et ces riches tours dont elle était close tout ...
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... appeared , as was natural , in the domain of poetry . The change was one towards con- sciousness and deliberate , self - critical effort . The medieval poets had sung with beauty ; but that was not enough for the poets of the ...
... appeared , as was natural , in the domain of poetry . The change was one towards con- sciousness and deliberate , self - critical effort . The medieval poets had sung with beauty ; but that was not enough for the poets of the ...
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... appeared with even more striking force in the prose of RABELAIS . The great achievement of the Pléiade had been the establishment , once and for all , of the doctrine that literature was something essentially artistic ; it was Rabelais ...
... appeared with even more striking force in the prose of RABELAIS . The great achievement of the Pléiade had been the establishment , once and for all , of the doctrine that literature was something essentially artistic ; it was Rabelais ...
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... appearance , his health , his habits , and his tastes . Here lies the peculiar charm of his book - the endless garrulity of its confi- dences , which , with their combined humour , suavity , and irresponsibility , bring one right into ...
... appearance , his health , his habits , and his tastes . Here lies the peculiar charm of his book - the endless garrulity of its confi- dences , which , with their combined humour , suavity , and irresponsibility , bring one right into ...
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... appeared on the bookstalls of Paris ; and with its appearance the long reign of confused ideals and misguided efforts came to an end for ever . The pamphlet was the first of Pascal's Lettres Provinciales - the work which ushered into ...
... appeared on the bookstalls of Paris ; and with its appearance the long reign of confused ideals and misguided efforts came to an end for ever . The pamphlet was the first of Pascal's Lettres Provinciales - the work which ushered into ...
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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.