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... imaginative strange- ness , which have played such a dominating part in our literature . The genius of the French language , descended from its single Latin stock , has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity , in unity ...
... imaginative strange- ness , which have played such a dominating part in our literature . The genius of the French language , descended from its single Latin stock , has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity , in unity ...
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... imaginations of the Celtic romances were metamorphosed by French writers into the unambiguous elegances of civilised life . Both the Chansons de Geste and the Romans Bretons were aristocratic literature : they were concerned with the ...
... imaginations of the Celtic romances were metamorphosed by French writers into the unambiguous elegances of civilised life . Both the Chansons de Geste and the Romans Bretons were aristocratic literature : they were concerned with the ...
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... imagination with detail , beauty with truth . Together with the Chanson de Roland -though in such an infinitely different style -Aucassin et Nicolete represents the most valuable elements in the French poetry of this early age . With ...
... imagination with detail , beauty with truth . Together with the Chanson de Roland -though in such an infinitely different style -Aucassin et Nicolete represents the most valuable elements in the French poetry of this early age . With ...
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... laughter ; sensuality and sentimentality both mingled with his finest imaginations and his profoundest visions ; and all these qualities are reflected , shifting and iridescent , in the magic ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES 23.
... laughter ; sensuality and sentimentality both mingled with his finest imaginations and his profoundest visions ; and all these qualities are reflected , shifting and iridescent , in the magic ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES 23.
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... imagination will not leave him . In the midst of his wildest de- bauches , he suddenly remembers the horrible features of decaying age ; he repents ; but there , close before him , he sees the fatal 24 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... imagination will not leave him . In the midst of his wildest de- bauches , he suddenly remembers the horrible features of decaying age ; he repents ; but there , close before him , he sees the fatal 24 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.