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... dramatic skill , and the command of narrative power displayed in some of these pleasant satires , where the foibles and the cunning of men and women are thinly veiled under the disguise of animal life , give a foretaste of the charming ...
... dramatic skill , and the command of narrative power displayed in some of these pleasant satires , where the foibles and the cunning of men and women are thinly veiled under the disguise of animal life , give a foretaste of the charming ...
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... drama came into existence . Previous to that date , two main movements are discernible in French dramatic art - one carrying on the medieval traditions of the mystery- and miracle - play , and culminating , early in the seventeenth ...
... drama came into existence . Previous to that date , two main movements are discernible in French dramatic art - one carrying on the medieval traditions of the mystery- and miracle - play , and culminating , early in the seventeenth ...
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... drama would develop along the path which had been opened out for it so triumphantly by the Cid . But what was that path ? Nothing shows more strikingly the strength of the literary opinion of that age than the fact that it was able to ...
... drama would develop along the path which had been opened out for it so triumphantly by the Cid . But what was that path ? Nothing shows more strikingly the strength of the literary opinion of that age than the fact that it was able to ...
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... drama of Hardy artistic , he made the literary drama of Jodelle alive . Probably it was fortunate that he did so ; for he thus led the way straight to the most characteristic product of the French genius - the tragedy of Racine . With ...
... drama of Hardy artistic , he made the literary drama of Jodelle alive . Probably it was fortunate that he did so ; for he thus led the way straight to the most characteristic product of the French genius - the tragedy of Racine . With ...
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... Drama of this kind must , it is clear , lack many of the qualities which are usually associated with the dramatic art ; there is no room in it for variety of character - drawing , for delicacy of feeling , or for the realistic presen ...
... Drama of this kind must , it is clear , lack many of the qualities which are usually associated with the dramatic art ; there is no room in it for variety of character - drawing , for delicacy of feeling , or for the realistic presen ...
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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.