Les caracteres: or, Les Moeurs de ce siecle |
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Page viii
... first edition was modestly entitled : Les Caractères de Théophraste , traduits du grec , avec les Caractères ou les mœurs de ce siècle . It met with such success that it was followed by two others before the end of the year . The ...
... first edition was modestly entitled : Les Caractères de Théophraste , traduits du grec , avec les Caractères ou les mœurs de ce siècle . It met with such success that it was followed by two others before the end of the year . The ...
Page xi
... first fifteen chapters to the preparation of the sixteenth , it cannot be denied that , as a matter of fact , La Bruyère's work is by no means methodical , and that the place occupied by many of his reflexions and portraits might be ...
... first fifteen chapters to the preparation of the sixteenth , it cannot be denied that , as a matter of fact , La Bruyère's work is by no means methodical , and that the place occupied by many of his reflexions and portraits might be ...
Page 104
... first member of the sentence is affirmative or interrogative - negative . ne cède : we should now say ne le cède . 4 7. sensiblement , ' deeply . ' Notice sensible , sensitive , ' ' keen , ' ' painful , ' etc .; sensé , ' sensible ...
... first member of the sentence is affirmative or interrogative - negative . ne cède : we should now say ne le cède . 4 7. sensiblement , ' deeply . ' Notice sensible , sensitive , ' ' keen , ' ' painful , ' etc .; sensé , ' sensible ...
Page 105
... first hand . ' 28. je l'ai appris : the pronoun le does not refer to any of the preceding words , it stands for ce que je dis . I. qu'il ne l'avait commencée : cf. p . 12 1. 23 . 7. on bouche ses oreilles : for on se bouche les oreilles ...
... first hand . ' 28. je l'ai appris : the pronoun le does not refer to any of the preceding words , it stands for ce que je dis . I. qu'il ne l'avait commencée : cf. p . 12 1. 23 . 7. on bouche ses oreilles : for on se bouche les oreilles ...
Page 107
... first king of the house of Bourbon , whilst Henry III . , whom he succeeded , was the last of the branch of Orléans - Angoulême , of the stock of the Valois . 3. pendant que .. : cf. p . 6 1. 24 . : 8. Ninus the founder of the Assyrian ...
... first king of the house of Bourbon , whilst Henry III . , whom he succeeded , was the last of the branch of Orléans - Angoulême , of the stock of the Valois . 3. pendant que .. : cf. p . 6 1. 24 . : 8. Ninus the founder of the Assyrian ...
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account adjective already explained believe Bruyère Bruyère's caractère carrosse CHAPTER choses Church construction croit Démophile denier Diphile dire discours doubt Épidaure Esculape esprit everything expletive extol famous fear femme first Floridors fortune French friends generally gens give good goût great Henry IV Hermagoras homme house indefinite infinitive jour know l'esprit last life LINE literary livre Louis Louis XIV made maison make meaning means Ménalque mérite mind Molière's monde money mood name neither never no doubt notice noun obsolete omission omitted once one's Onuphre Page LINE parle passe people Périandre personne place preposition present pronoun quelquefois redundant referring refers reflexions riche rien s'il sait seemed seen sense seul seventeenth century sorte speak speaking State subjunctive take talent things think thought time town trouve used used instead verb veut visage VIVA VOCE want wish WORDS work writer years yeux ΙΟ