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... detail , beauty with truth . Together with the Chanson de Roland -though in such an infinitely different style -Aucassin et Nicolete represents the most valuable elements in the French poetry of this early age . With the thirteenth ...
... detail , beauty with truth . Together with the Chanson de Roland -though in such an infinitely different style -Aucassin et Nicolete represents the most valuable elements in the French poetry of this early age . With the thirteenth ...
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... detail and such relish by Joinville , the whole force of this contrast becomes delightfully apparent . One seems to see in them , compressed and symbolised in the characters of these two friends , the conflicting qualities of sense and ...
... detail and such relish by Joinville , the whole force of this contrast becomes delightfully apparent . One seems to see in them , compressed and symbolised in the characters of these two friends , the conflicting qualities of sense and ...
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... detail ; it would touch nothing but generalities , for they alone are safe , harmless , and respectable ; and , if they are also empty , how can that be helped ? Starving , it shrank into itself , muttering old incantations ; and it ...
... detail ; it would touch nothing but generalities , for they alone are safe , harmless , and respectable ; and , if they are also empty , how can that be helped ? Starving , it shrank into itself , muttering old incantations ; and it ...
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... detail follows detail and complex scenes are developed , there is no trace of the superfluous ; every word has its purpose in the general scheme . This quality appears most clearly , perhaps , in the adroit swiftness of his conclusions ...
... detail follows detail and complex scenes are developed , there is no trace of the superfluous ; every word has its purpose in the general scheme . This quality appears most clearly , perhaps , in the adroit swiftness of his conclusions ...
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... detail ; but he was without the virulent bitterness of the great Dean . In fact his indictment owes much of its impressiveness to the sobriety with which it is presented . There is no rage , no strain , no over - emphasis ; one feels as ...
... detail ; but he was without the virulent bitterness of the great Dean . In fact his indictment owes much of its impressiveness to the sobriety with which it is presented . There is no rage , no strain , no over - emphasis ; one feels as ...
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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.