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... traditions of a still more remote past . The earliest , the most famous , and the finest of these poems is the Chanson de Roland , which recounts the mythical incidents of a battle between Charlemagne , with “ all his peerage , " and ...
... traditions of a still more remote past . The earliest , the most famous , and the finest of these poems is the Chanson de Roland , which recounts the mythical incidents of a battle between Charlemagne , with “ all his peerage , " and ...
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... traditions which still lingered in Brittany and England . The spirit of these poems was very different from that of the Chansons de Geste . The latter were the typical offspring of the French genius - positive , definite , materialistic ...
... traditions which still lingered in Brittany and England . The spirit of these poems was very different from that of the Chansons de Geste . The latter were the typical offspring of the French genius - positive , definite , materialistic ...
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... tradition in the poetry of France which should bring it into accord with the immortal models of Greece and Rome . This desire to imitate ! classical literature led to two results . In the first place , it led to the invention of a great ...
... tradition in the poetry of France which should bring it into accord with the immortal models of Greece and Rome . This desire to imitate ! classical literature led to two results . In the first place , it led to the invention of a great ...
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... traditions of the mystery- and miracle - play , and culminating , early in the seventeenth century , with the rough , vigorous and popular drama of Hardy ; and the other , originating with the writers of the Renais- sance , and leading ...
... traditions of the mystery- and miracle - play , and culminating , early in the seventeenth century , with the rough , vigorous and popular drama of Hardy ; and the other , originating with the writers of the Renais- sance , and leading ...
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... tradition into dis- repute . It was inevitable that there should be a certain narrowness in a literature which was in its very essence deliberate , refined , and select ; omission is the beginning of all art ; and the great French ...
... tradition into dis- repute . It was inevitable that there should be a certain narrowness in a literature which was in its very essence deliberate , refined , and select ; omission is the beginning of all art ; and the great French ...
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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.