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... vast addition was not only quite out of proportion but also quite out of tone with the original work . Jean de Meung abandoned entirely the refined and aristocratic atmosphere of his predecessor , and wrote with all the realism and ...
... vast addition was not only quite out of proportion but also quite out of tone with the original work . Jean de Meung abandoned entirely the refined and aristocratic atmosphere of his predecessor , and wrote with all the realism and ...
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... vast fresh regions of speculation and adventure . Men saw with astonishment the old world of their fathers vanishing away , and , within them and with- out them , the dawning of a new heaven and a new earth . The effect on literature of ...
... vast fresh regions of speculation and adventure . Men saw with astonishment the old world of their fathers vanishing away , and , within them and with- out them , the dawning of a new heaven and a new earth . The effect on literature of ...
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... vast spirit of the Renaissance is gathered within its pages : the tremendous vitality , the enormous erudi- tion , the dazzling optimism , the courage , the inventiveness , the humanity , of that extraor- dinary age . And these ...
... vast spirit of the Renaissance is gathered within its pages : the tremendous vitality , the enormous erudi- tion , the dazzling optimism , the courage , the inventiveness , the humanity , of that extraor- dinary age . And these ...
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... vast forces of good and evil . At last the veil of wit and laughter is entirely removed , and Pascal bursts forth into the full fury of invective . The vials of wrath are opened ; a terrific denunciation rolls out in a thundering ...
... vast forces of good and evil . At last the veil of wit and laughter is entirely removed , and Pascal bursts forth into the full fury of invective . The vials of wrath are opened ; a terrific denunciation rolls out in a thundering ...
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... vast elaborate gardens , its great trees trans- ported from distant forests , its amazing waterworks constructed in an arid soil at the cost of millions , its lesser satellite parks and palaces , its palpitating crowds of sumptuous ...
... vast elaborate gardens , its great trees trans- ported from distant forests , its amazing waterworks constructed in an arid soil at the cost of millions , its lesser satellite parks and palaces , its palpitating crowds of sumptuous ...
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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.