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... a 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.
... a 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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... classical literature led to two results . In the first place , it led to the invention of a great number of new poetical forms , and the aban- donment of the old narrow and complicated conventions which had dominated the poetry of the ...
... classical literature led to two results . In the first place , it led to the invention of a great number of new poetical forms , and the aban- donment of the old narrow and complicated conventions which had dominated the poetry of the ...
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... Classical Art . 99 It is in their shorter poems - when the stress of classical imitation is forgotten in the ebullition of individual genius — that Ronsard and his followers really come to their own . These beautiful lyrics possess the ...
... Classical Art . 99 It is in their shorter poems - when the stress of classical imitation is forgotten in the ebullition of individual genius — that Ronsard and his followers really come to their own . These beautiful lyrics possess the ...
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... classical type of Senecan tragedy which Jodelle had imitated , and which was alone tolerable to the French critics of the seventeenth century . Instead of making the vital drama of Hardy artistic , he made the literary drama of Jodelle ...
... classical type of Senecan tragedy which Jodelle had imitated , and which was alone tolerable to the French critics of the seventeenth century . Instead of making the vital drama of Hardy artistic , he made the literary drama of Jodelle ...
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... classical age- the Grand Siècle of Louis XIV . In the Lettres Provinciales PASCAL created French prose - the French prose that we know to - day , the French prose which ranks by virtue of its vigour , elegance , and precision as a ...
... classical age- the Grand Siècle of Louis XIV . In the Lettres Provinciales PASCAL created French prose - the French prose that we know to - day , the French prose which ranks by virtue of its vigour , elegance , and precision as a ...
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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.