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... a complete contrast , both with the rough , bold spirit of the Chansons de Geste and the literal realism of the Fabliaux . This is the " chante - fable " ( or mingled narrative in verse and prose ) of 12 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... a complete contrast , both with the rough , bold spirit of the Chansons de Geste and the literal realism of the Fabliaux . This is the " chante - fable " ( or mingled narrative in verse and prose ) of 12 FRENCH LITERATURE.
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... prose , a delicious atmosphere of delicate romance . It is " the tender eye - dawn of aurorean love " that he shows us - the happy , sweet , almost childish passion of two young creatures who move , in absolute innocence and beauty ...
... prose , a delicious atmosphere of delicate romance . It is " the tender eye - dawn of aurorean love " that he shows us - the happy , sweet , almost childish passion of two young creatures who move , in absolute innocence and beauty ...
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... prose passages , the little work is in effect simply a poem - is not all sentiment and dreams . With admirable art the author has interspersed here and there contrasting episodes of realism or of absurdity ; he has woven into his story ...
... prose passages , the little work is in effect simply a poem - is not all sentiment and dreams . With admirable art the author has interspersed here and there contrasting episodes of realism or of absurdity ; he has woven into his story ...
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... Prose . La Conquête de Constantinople , by VILLEHAR- DOUIN , written at the beginning of the century , is the earliest example of those historical memoirs which were afterwards to become so abundant in French literature ; and it is writ ...
... Prose . La Conquête de Constantinople , by VILLEHAR- DOUIN , written at the beginning of the century , is the earliest example of those historical memoirs which were afterwards to become so abundant in French literature ; and it is writ ...
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... prose . His Chroniques , devoid of any profundity of insight , any true grasp of the movements of the age , have rarely been paralleled in the brilliance and animation of their descriptions , the vigour of their charac- ter - drawing ...
... prose . His Chroniques , devoid of any profundity of insight , any true grasp of the movements of the age , have rarely been paralleled in the brilliance and animation of their descriptions , the vigour of their charac- ter - drawing ...
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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.