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... genius of the French language , descended from its single Latin stock , has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity , in unity , in clarity , and in restraint . Some of these qualities are already dis- tinctly visible ...
... genius of the French language , descended from its single Latin stock , has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity , in unity , in clarity , and in restraint . Some of these qualities are already dis- tinctly visible ...
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... genius - positive , definite , materialistic ; the former were impregnated with all the dreaminess , the mystery , and the romantic spirituality of the Celt . The legends upon which they were based revolved for the most part round the ...
... genius - positive , definite , materialistic ; the former were impregnated with all the dreaminess , the mystery , and the romantic spirituality of the Celt . The legends upon which they were based revolved for the most part round the ...
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... genius . Its innate love of absolute realism and its peculiar capacity for cutting satire these characteristics appear in the Fabliaux in all their completeness . In one or two of the stories , when the writer possesses a true vein of ...
... genius . Its innate love of absolute realism and its peculiar capacity for cutting satire these characteristics appear in the Fabliaux in all their completeness . In one or two of the stories , when the writer possesses a true vein of ...
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... 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 , containing a ...
... 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 , containing a ...
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... vous donne Le bonjour , " we already have , in all its completeness that tone of mingled distinction , gaiety and grace which is one of the unique products of the mature poetical genius of France . But Marot's gift was 28 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... vous donne Le bonjour , " we already have , in all its completeness that tone of mingled distinction , gaiety and grace which is one of the unique products of the mature poetical genius of France . But Marot's gift was 28 FRENCH LITERATURE.
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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.