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... EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . VI THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT VII THE AGE OF CRITICISM CONCLUSION • · CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL WORKS · BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX PAGE 7 26 42 62 132 199 232 244 248 · 253 255 î این گه نامه دستم ...
... EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . VI THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT VII THE AGE OF CRITICISM CONCLUSION • · CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AUTHORS AND THEIR PRINCIPAL WORKS · BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE INDEX PAGE 7 26 42 62 132 199 232 244 248 · 253 255 î این گه نامه دستم ...
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... eighteenth century , it was unspeculative ; compared with that of the Middle Ages , unspiritual . It was devoid of that perception of the marvellous and awful significance of Natural phenomena which dominates the literature 70 FRENCH ...
... eighteenth century , it was unspeculative ; compared with that of the Middle Ages , unspiritual . It was devoid of that perception of the marvellous and awful significance of Natural phenomena which dominates the literature 70 FRENCH ...
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... eighteenth century this Colossus had feet of clay . But , after all , even clay has a merit of its own : it is the substance of the common earth . That sub- stance , entering into the composition of Molière , gave him his broad - based ...
... eighteenth century this Colossus had feet of clay . But , after all , even clay has a merit of its own : it is the substance of the common earth . That sub- stance , entering into the composition of Molière , gave him his broad - based ...
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... eighteenth century : itself . Yet La Bruyère was not a social reformer nor a political theorist : he was simply a moralist and an observer . He saw in a flash the condition of the French peasants- " Certains animaux farouches , des ...
... eighteenth century : itself . Yet La Bruyère was not a social reformer nor a political theorist : he was simply a moralist and an observer . He saw in a flash the condition of the French peasants- " Certains animaux farouches , des ...
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... as the patron of Racine and the protector of Molière that the superb and . brilliant Louis gained his highest fame , his true immortality . CHAPTER V THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THE eighteenth century in France THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV.
... as the patron of Racine and the protector of Molière that the superb and . brilliant Louis gained his highest fame , his true immortality . CHAPTER V THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THE eighteenth century in France THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV.
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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.