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... politics and diplomacy of the age and were to receive their final exposition in the " Prince " of Machiavelli . In his calm , judicious , unaffected pages we can trace the first beginnings of that strange movement which was to convert ...
... politics and diplomacy of the age and were to receive their final exposition in the " Prince " of Machiavelli . In his calm , judicious , unaffected pages we can trace the first beginnings of that strange movement which was to convert ...
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... political causes . The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible out- break of the Wars of Religion . For about sixty years , with a few intermissions ...
... political causes . The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible out- break of the Wars of Religion . For about sixty years , with a few intermissions ...
Page 62
... . Though , with the ascendancy of Louis , the political power of the nobles finally came to an end , France remained , in the whole complexion of her social life , completely aristocratic . Louis , 62 THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV.
... . Though , with the ascendancy of Louis , the political power of the nobles finally came to an end , France remained , in the whole complexion of her social life , completely aristocratic . Louis , 62 THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV.
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... political power , exercised a further influence upon the writers of the age . The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action , the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background , and their place was taken by ...
... political power , exercised a further influence upon the writers of the age . The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action , the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background , and their place was taken by ...
Page 70
... politics and of philosophy . It took for granted a fixed and autocratic society ; it silently assumed the orthodox teaching of the Roman Catholic Church . Thus , com- pared with the literature of the eighteenth century , it was ...
... politics and of philosophy . It took for granted a fixed and autocratic society ; it silently assumed the orthodox teaching of the Roman Catholic Church . Thus , com- pared with the literature of the eighteenth century , it was ...
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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.