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... ideals - the mar- tial prowess , the chivalric devotion , the soar- ing honour of the great nobles of the age . But now another form of literature arose which depicted , in short verse narratives , the more ordinary conditions of middle ...
... ideals - the mar- tial prowess , the chivalric devotion , the soar- ing honour of the great nobles of the age . But now another form of literature arose which depicted , in short verse narratives , the more ordinary conditions of middle ...
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... 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.
... 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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... seventeenth century , the poetry of MALHERBE had given expression to new theories and new ideals . A man of powerful though narrow intelligence , a passionate theorist , and an ardent specialist in grammar THE AGE OF TRANSITION 43.
... seventeenth century , the poetry of MALHERBE had given expression to new theories and new ideals . A man of powerful though narrow intelligence , a passionate theorist , and an ardent specialist in grammar THE AGE OF TRANSITION 43.
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... ideal figures , speaking with a force and an elevation unknown in actual experi- ence ; they never blench , they never waver , but move adamantine to their doom . They are for ever asserting the strength of their own individuality ...
... ideal figures , speaking with a force and an elevation unknown in actual experi- ence ; they never blench , they never waver , but move adamantine to their doom . They are for ever asserting the strength of their own individuality ...
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... ideals and misguided efforts came to an end for ever . The pamphlet was the first of Pascal's Lettres Provinciales - the work which ushered into being the great classical age- the Grand Siècle of Louis XIV . In the Lettres Provinciales ...
... ideals and misguided efforts came to an end for ever . The pamphlet was the first of Pascal's Lettres Provinciales - the work which ushered into being the great classical age- the Grand Siècle of Louis XIV . In the Lettres Provinciales ...
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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.