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Page vii
... have been more fortunate — if not for the man , at any rate for the moralist - for he was thus enabled to approach and study that brilliant but frivolous world of courtiers which he has so cleverly depicted and which , had it not been ...
... have been more fortunate — if not for the man , at any rate for the moralist - for he was thus enabled to approach and study that brilliant but frivolous world of courtiers which he has so cleverly depicted and which , had it not been ...
Page xi
... have been the author's purpose , but without dwelling upon the singularity of a plan which consecrates the first fifteen chapters to the preparation of the sixteenth , it cannot be denied that , as a matter of fact , La Bruyère's work ...
... have been the author's purpose , but without dwelling upon the singularity of a plan which consecrates the first fifteen chapters to the preparation of the sixteenth , it cannot be denied that , as a matter of fact , La Bruyère's work ...
Page 103
... have just . ' 1. conviennent : for s'accordent . 4. qu'elles . . : for par lesquels elles This use of que is a Latinism frequent in the seventeenth century . 6. forment : i.e. causent . Cf. Racine's Andromaque , v . 5— Ta haine a pris ...
... have just . ' 1. conviennent : for s'accordent . 4. qu'elles . . : for par lesquels elles This use of que is a Latinism frequent in the seventeenth century . 6. forment : i.e. causent . Cf. Racine's Andromaque , v . 5— Ta haine a pris ...
Page 126
... have already noticed this use of soi instead of lui in a definite sense . 31. rendre visite , ' to pay a visit ' ; rendre une visite , ' to return a visit . ' IO . assiste : not assists . ' 15. tout d'un coup : see p . 64 1. 21 . 16 ...
... have already noticed this use of soi instead of lui in a definite sense . 31. rendre visite , ' to pay a visit ' ; rendre une visite , ' to return a visit . ' IO . assiste : not assists . ' 15. tout d'un coup : see p . 64 1. 21 . 16 ...
Page 132
... have travelled . 8. en apprennent . the pronoun en . : another instance of the expletive use of 12. d'une i.e. par suite d'une . 13. dont .. for this irregular use of a pronoun referring to an indeterminate noun cf. p . 48 l . 11 , and ...
... have travelled . 8. en apprennent . the pronoun en . : another instance of the expletive use of 12. d'une i.e. par suite d'une . 13. dont .. for this irregular use of a pronoun referring to an indeterminate noun cf. p . 48 l . 11 , and ...
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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