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... characteristic qualities of French literature were developed , than the way in which the vague imaginations of the Celtic romances were metamorphosed by French writers into the unambiguous elegances of civilised life . Both the Chansons ...
... characteristic qualities of French literature were developed , than the way in which the vague imaginations of the Celtic romances were metamorphosed by French writers into the unambiguous elegances of civilised life . Both the Chansons ...
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... characteristics appear in the Fabliaux in all their completeness . In one or two of the stories , when the writer possesses a true vein of sensibility and taste , we find a surprising vigour of perception and a remark- able ...
... characteristics appear in the Fabliaux in all their completeness . In one or two of the stories , when the writer possesses a true vein of sensibility and taste , we find a surprising vigour of perception and a remark- able ...
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... characteristics of all that was best in French poetry for the next three hundred years . In such an exquisite little work of art as his epistle in three - syllabled verse " À une Damoyselle Malade , " beginning- " Ma mignonne , Je vous ...
... characteristics of all that was best in French poetry for the next three hundred years . In such an exquisite little work of art as his epistle in three - syllabled verse " À une Damoyselle Malade , " beginning- " Ma mignonne , Je vous ...
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... characteristic appears in his glorification of eating and drinking : such things were part of the natural constitution of man , therefore let man enjoy them to the full . Who knows ? Perhaps the Riddle of the Universe would be solved by ...
... characteristic appears in his glorification of eating and drinking : such things were part of the natural constitution of man , therefore let man enjoy them to the full . Who knows ? Perhaps the Riddle of the Universe would be solved by ...
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... characteristic efflorescence in prose and poetry that France has ever known ; without it , there would have been no Grand Siècle . In fact , it was during this age that the conception was gradually evolved which determined the lines ...
... characteristic efflorescence in prose and poetry that France has ever known ; without it , there would have been no Grand Siècle . In fact , it was during this age that the conception was gradually evolved which determined the lines ...
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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.