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... . Discarding ab- solutely the aids of ornament and the rhetori- cal elaboration of words , he has succeeded in evoking with an extraordinary , naked vivid- ness the scenes of strife and heroism which he describes ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES 9.
... . Discarding ab- solutely the aids of ornament and the rhetori- cal elaboration of words , he has succeeded in evoking with an extraordinary , naked vivid- ness the scenes of strife and heroism which he describes ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES 9.
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... extraordinary genius lives now as a poet and a dreamer - an artist who could clothe in unforgettable verse the intensest feelings of a soul . The bulk of his work is not large . In his Grand Testament — a poem of about 1500 lines ...
... extraordinary genius lives now as a poet and a dreamer - an artist who could clothe in unforgettable verse the intensest feelings of a soul . The bulk of his work is not large . In his Grand Testament — a poem of about 1500 lines ...
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... extraordinary prose are long and complex , but they exist ; and they are controlled with the absolute skill of a master . The purpose of Rabelais ' book cannot be summed up in a sentence . It may be de- scribed as the presentment of a ...
... extraordinary prose are long and complex , but they exist ; and they are controlled with the absolute skill of a master . The purpose of Rabelais ' book cannot be summed up in a sentence . It may be de- scribed as the presentment of a ...
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... extraordinary and the sublime , bring him into closer kinship with Marlowe than with any other writer of his own nation until the time of Victor Hugo . But Corneille could not do what Marlowe did . He could not infuse into the free form ...
... extraordinary and the sublime , bring him into closer kinship with Marlowe than with any other writer of his own nation until the time of Victor Hugo . But Corneille could not do what Marlowe did . He could not infuse into the free form ...
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... extraordinary degree for precisely contrary qualities for the solidity of its psychological foundations and for the supreme excellence of its craftsmanship . It was the work of profound and subtle artists writing for a small , leisured ...
... extraordinary degree for precisely contrary qualities for the solidity of its psychological foundations and for the supreme excellence of its craftsmanship . It was the work of profound and subtle artists writing for a small , leisured ...
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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.