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... brilliance and animation of their descriptions , the vigour of their charac- ter - drawing , the flowing picturesqueness of their style . They unroll themselves like some long tapestry , gorgeously inwoven with scenes of adventure and ...
... brilliance and animation of their descriptions , the vigour of their charac- ter - drawing , the flowing picturesqueness of their style . They unroll themselves like some long tapestry , gorgeously inwoven with scenes of adventure and ...
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... number of converging causes , of which the most important were the diffusion of classical literature consequent upon the break - up of the Byzantine Empire at the hands of the Turks , the brilliant civilisation ' of 26 THE RENAISSANCE.
... number of converging causes , of which the most important were the diffusion of classical literature consequent upon the break - up of the Byzantine Empire at the hands of the Turks , the brilliant civilisation ' of 26 THE RENAISSANCE.
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... brilliant government of Francis I , there was an out- burst of original and vital writing . This literature , which begins , in effect , what may be called the distinctively modern literature of France , differs in two striking respects ...
... brilliant government of Francis I , there was an out- burst of original and vital writing . This literature , which begins , in effect , what may be called the distinctively modern literature of France , differs in two striking respects ...
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... brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible out- break of the Wars of Religion . For about sixty years , with a few intermissions , the nation was a prey to the horrors of civil strife . And when at last order was ...
... brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible out- break of the Wars of Religion . For about sixty years , with a few intermissions , the nation was a prey to the horrors of civil strife . And when at last order was ...
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... brilliance of Pascal's art that every page of them is fascinating to - day . The vivacity of the opening letters is astonishing ; the tone is the gay , easy tone of a man of the world ; the attack is delivered in a rushing onslaught of ...
... brilliance of Pascal's art that every page of them is fascinating to - day . The vivacity of the opening letters is astonishing ; the tone is the gay , easy tone of a man of the world ; the attack is delivered in a rushing onslaught of ...
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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.