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... Beyle occupies a position in France analogous to that of Shelley in England . Shelley is not a national hero , not ... Beyle in France . After all , when Bunthorne asked for a not - too - French French bean he showed more commonsense ...
... Beyle occupies a position in France analogous to that of Shelley in England . Shelley is not a national hero , not ... Beyle in France . After all , when Bunthorne asked for a not - too - French French bean he showed more commonsense ...
Page 158
... Beyle's handwriting . No doubt , for that wayward lover of paradoxes , the real joke lay in everybody taking for a joke what he took quite seriously . This attempt to reach the exactitude and the detachment of an official document was ...
... Beyle's handwriting . No doubt , for that wayward lover of paradoxes , the real joke lay in everybody taking for a joke what he took quite seriously . This attempt to reach the exactitude and the detachment of an official document was ...
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... Beyle's genius that seems to be most in favour with French critics . To judge from M. Barrès , writing dithyrambically of Beyle's ' sentiment d'honneur , ' that is his true claim to greatness . The sentiment of honour is all very well ...
... Beyle's genius that seems to be most in favour with French critics . To judge from M. Barrès , writing dithyrambically of Beyle's ' sentiment d'honneur , ' that is his true claim to greatness . The sentiment of honour is all very well ...
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SHAKESPEARES FINAL PERIOD The Independent | 1 |
WORDS AND POETRY The Hogarth Press 1928 | 16 |
RABELAIS The New Statesman Feb 16 1918 CHARAC | 31 |
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