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... seems to see in them , compressed and symbolised in the characters of these two friends , the conflicting qualities of sense and spirit , of worldliness and self - immolation , of the most shrewd ORIGINS - THE MIDDLE AGES 17.
... seems to see in them , compressed and symbolised in the characters of these two friends , the conflicting qualities of sense and spirit , of worldliness and self - immolation , of the most shrewd ORIGINS - THE MIDDLE AGES 17.
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... and it is itself gigantic ; it is as broad as Gargantua himself . It seems to belong to the morning of the world - a time of mirth , and a time of expectation ; when the earth was teeming with a miraculous 36 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... and it is itself gigantic ; it is as broad as Gargantua himself . It seems to belong to the morning of the world - a time of mirth , and a time of expectation ; when the earth was teeming with a miraculous 36 FRENCH LITERATURE.
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... " atmos- phere , " without local colour , but simply in the clear white light of reason , rivet our attention , and seem at last to seize upon our very souls . Their sentences , balanced , weighty 52 FRENCH LITERATURE.
... " atmos- phere , " without local colour , but simply in the clear white light of reason , rivet our attention , and seem at last to seize upon our very souls . Their sentences , balanced , weighty 52 FRENCH LITERATURE.
Page 68
... seem uninteresting and out of date , unless we spend some patient sympathy in the discovery of the real charm and the real beauty that it contains . Nor is this our only difficulty : the classical tradition , like all traditions ...
... seem uninteresting and out of date , unless we spend some patient sympathy in the discovery of the real charm and the real beauty that it contains . Nor is this our only difficulty : the classical tradition , like all traditions ...
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... seem at first confined , artificial , and insignificant . But let us wait a little ! Gradually we shall come to feel the charm of the well - ordered chamber , to appre- ciate the beauty of the decorations , the dis- tinction and the ...
... seem at first confined , artificial , and insignificant . But let us wait a little ! Gradually we shall come to feel the charm of the well - ordered chamber , to appre- ciate the beauty of the decorations , the dis- tinction and the ...
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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.