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... humanity , the 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 ...
... humanity , the 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 ...
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... is reached by JOINVILLE in his Vie de Saint Louis , written towards the close of the cen- tury . The fascination of the book lies in its human qualities . Joinville narrates , in the easy flowing 16 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... is reached by JOINVILLE in his Vie de Saint Louis , written towards the close of the cen- tury . The fascination of the book lies in its human qualities . Joinville narrates , in the easy flowing 16 FRENCH LITERATURE.
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... human nobleman , and the grave , elevated , idealising king . In their conversations , re- counted with such detail and such relish by Joinville , the whole force of this contrast becomes delightfully apparent . One seems to see in them ...
... human nobleman , and the grave , elevated , idealising king . In their conversations , re- counted with such detail and such relish by Joinville , the whole force of this contrast becomes delightfully apparent . One seems to see in them ...
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... humanity , of that extraor- dinary age . And these qualities are con- veyed to us , not by some mere conscientious " pedant , or some clumsy enthusiast , but by a born writer - a man whose whole being was fixed and concentrated in an ...
... humanity , of that extraor- dinary age . And these qualities are con- veyed to us , not by some mere conscientious " pedant , or some clumsy enthusiast , but by a born writer - a man whose whole being was fixed and concentrated in an ...
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... highest ideals of science and humanity . With an equal loathing of asceti- cism , he satirises the monks themselves , and sketches out , in his description of the abbey of Theleme , a glowing vision of the Utopian THE RENAISSANCE 35.
... highest ideals of science and humanity . With an equal loathing of asceti- cism , he satirises the monks themselves , and sketches out , in his description of the abbey of Theleme , a glowing vision of the Utopian THE RENAISSANCE 35.
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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.