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Lytton Strachey. woven into his story a succession of vivid dialogues , and by means of an acute sense of observation he has succeeded in keeping his airy fantasy in touch with actual things . The description of Nicolette , escaping from ...
Lytton Strachey. woven into his story a succession of vivid dialogues , and by means of an acute sense of observation he has succeeded in keeping his airy fantasy in touch with actual things . The description of Nicolette , escaping from ...
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... means of poetical expression ; and they de- voted their lives to the proof of their doctrine . But their respect for their own tongue by no means implied a neglect of the Classics . On the contrary , they shared to the full the ...
... means of poetical expression ; and they de- voted their lives to the proof of their doctrine . But their respect for their own tongue by no means implied a neglect of the Classics . On the contrary , they shared to the full the ...
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... means simply for the sake of concealment that he made his work into the singular mixture that it is , of rambling narra- tive , disconnected incident , capricious dis- quisition , and coarse humour . That , no doubt , was the very ...
... means simply for the sake of concealment that he made his work into the singular mixture that it is , of rambling narra- tive , disconnected incident , capricious dis- quisition , and coarse humour . That , no doubt , was the very ...
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... means . More com- pletely than any of his great contemporaries , Boileau was a representative of middle - class France . Certainly the most famous , and perhaps the greatest , of the writers for whom Boileau acted as the apologist and ...
... means . More com- pletely than any of his great contemporaries , Boileau was a representative of middle - class France . Certainly the most famous , and perhaps the greatest , of the writers for whom Boileau acted as the apologist and ...
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... means corresponds with the real difference in their worth . It is by his very perfection , by the very complete- ness of his triumph , that Racine loses . He is so absolute , so special a product of French genius , that it is well ...
... means corresponds with the real difference in their worth . It is by his very perfection , by the very complete- ness of his triumph , that Racine loses . He is so absolute , so special a product of French genius , that it is well ...
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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.