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... period of change , of hesi- tation , of retrogression even ; and yet , below these doubtful , conflicting movements , a great new development was germinating , slowly , surely , and almost unobserved . From one point of view , indeed ...
... period of change , of hesi- tation , of retrogression even ; and yet , below these doubtful , conflicting movements , a great new development was germinating , slowly , surely , and almost unobserved . From one point of view , indeed ...
Page 80
... period the patronage of the king gave him an assured position ; he became a celebrity at Paris and Versailles ; he was a successful man . Yet , even during these years of prosperity , he was far from being free from troubles . He was ...
... period the patronage of the king gave him an assured position ; he became a celebrity at Paris and Versailles ; he was a successful man . Yet , even during these years of prosperity , he was far from being free from troubles . He was ...
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... period of time and over a huge tract of space . The scene constantly shifts from Alexandria to Rome , from Athens to Messina , from Pom- pey's galley to the plains of Actium . Some commentators have been puzzled by the multitude of ...
... period of time and over a huge tract of space . The scene constantly shifts from Alexandria to Rome , from Athens to Messina , from Pom- pey's galley to the plains of Actium . Some commentators have been puzzled by the multitude of ...
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... periods of BosSUET , ordered , lucid , magnificent , reflect its literary ideals as clearly as the couplets of Racine . Un- fortunately , however , in the case of Bossuet , the splendour and perfection of the form is very nearly all ...
... periods of BosSUET , ordered , lucid , magnificent , reflect its literary ideals as clearly as the couplets of Racine . Un- fortunately , however , in the case of Bossuet , the splendour and perfection of the form is very nearly all ...
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... period , both practised the art of extreme brevity with astonishing success . The DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD was the first French writer to understand completely the wonderful capacities for epigrammatic statement which his language ...
... period , both practised the art of extreme brevity with astonishing success . The DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD was the first French writer to understand completely the wonderful capacities for epigrammatic statement which his language ...
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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.