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... and laughter ; sensuality and sentimentality both mingled with his finest imaginations and his profoundest visions ; and all these qualities are reflected , shifting and iridescent , in the magic ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES 23.
... and laughter ; sensuality and sentimentality both mingled with his finest imaginations and his profoundest visions ; and all these qualities are reflected , shifting and iridescent , in the magic ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES 23.
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... vision rises before him of the physical terrors of death— the hideousness of its approaches , the loath- someness of its corruptions ; in vain he smiles , in vain he weeps ; the grim imagination will not leave him . In the midst of his ...
... vision rises before him of the physical terrors of death— the hideousness of its approaches , the loath- someness of its corruptions ; in vain he smiles , in vain he weeps ; the grim imagination will not leave him . In the midst of his ...
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... ideals of science and humanity . With an equal loathing of asceti- cism , he satirises the monks themselves , and sketches out , in his description of the abbey of Theleme , a glowing vision of the Utopian THE RENAISSANCE 35.
... ideals of science and humanity . With an equal loathing of asceti- cism , he satirises the monks themselves , and sketches out , in his description of the abbey of Theleme , a glowing vision of the Utopian THE RENAISSANCE 35.
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Lytton Strachey. abbey of Theleme , a glowing vision of the Utopian convent . His thought was bold ; but he lived in a time when the mildest speculation was fraught with danger ; and he says what he has to say in the shifting and ...
Lytton Strachey. abbey of Theleme , a glowing vision of the Utopian convent . His thought was bold ; but he lived in a time when the mildest speculation was fraught with danger ; and he says what he has to say in the shifting and ...
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... vision , of plastic beauty , of subtle feeling ; but that of intellectual excitement and spiritual strength . It is the poetry of Malherbe multiplied a thousand- fold in vigour and in genius , and expressed in the form most appropriate ...
... vision , of plastic beauty , of subtle feeling ; but that of intellectual excitement and spiritual strength . It is the poetry of Malherbe multiplied a thousand- fold in vigour and in genius , and expressed in the form most appropriate ...
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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.