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Page 59
... brilliance and force even that of the Lettres Provinciales . In addition , one hears the intimate voice of Pascal , speaking upon the profoundest problems of existence the most momentous topics which can agitate the minds of men . Two ...
... brilliance and force even that of the Lettres Provinciales . In addition , one hears the intimate voice of Pascal , speaking upon the profoundest problems of existence the most momentous topics which can agitate the minds of men . Two ...
Page 60
... brilliant mathematician ; yet he shrank from a consideration of the theory of Copernicus : it was more important , he declared , to think of the immortal soul . In the last years of his short life he sank into a torpor of superstition ...
... brilliant mathematician ; yet he shrank from a consideration of the theory of Copernicus : it was more important , he declared , to think of the immortal soul . In the last years of his short life he sank into a torpor of superstition ...
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... brilliance , had come into its own , when the sombre spirituality of the Middle Ages had been at last forgotten , when the litera- tures of Greece and Rome had delivered their benignant message , when civilisation could enjoy for a ...
... brilliance , had come into its own , when the sombre spirituality of the Middle Ages had been at last forgotten , when the litera- tures of Greece and Rome had delivered their benignant message , when civilisation could enjoy for a ...
Page 71
... brilliance . To eyes which have grown accustomed to the elemental conflicts without , the room may seem at first confined , artificial , and insignificant . But let us wait a little ! Gradually we shall come to feel the charm of the ...
... brilliance . To eyes which have grown accustomed to the elemental conflicts without , the room may seem at first confined , artificial , and insignificant . But let us wait a little ! Gradually we shall come to feel the charm of the ...
Page 73
... brilliant writings , and gives the last fine taste . Before considering these supreme artists more particularly , it will be well to notice briefly the work of one who can lay no claim to such a title , but who deserves attention as the ...
... brilliant writings , and gives the last fine taste . Before considering these supreme artists more particularly , it will be well to notice briefly the work of one who can lay no claim to such a title , but who deserves attention as the ...
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Page 71 - Not mine own fears, nor the prophetic soul Of the wide world dreaming on things to come, Can yet the lease of my true love control, Supposed as forfeit to a confined doom.
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 129 - Les choses les plus souhaitées n'arrivent point ; ou , si elles arrivent, ce n'est ni dans le temps ni dans les circonstances où elles auraient fait un extrême plaisir.
Page 128 - L'on voit * certains animaux farouches , des mâles et des femelles, répandus par la campagne, noirs , livides, et tout brûlés du soleil, attachés à la terre qu'ils fouillent et qu'ils remuent avec une opiniâtreté invincible : ils ont comme une voix articulée ; et quand ils se lèvent sur leurs pieds , ils montrent une face humaine , et en effet ils sont des hommes.
Page 126 - ... a pris racine au milieu de ses tulipes et devant la Solitaire; il ouvre de grands yeux, il frotte ses mains, il se baisse, il la voit de plus près, il ne l'a jamais vue si belle, il a le cœur épanoui de joie; il la...
Page 60 - Nous sommes plaisants de nous reposer dans la société de nos semblables : misérables comme nous, impuissants comme nous, ils ne nous aideront pas; on mourra seul.
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.
Page 123 - Nous pardonnons souvent à ceux qui nous ennuient, mais nous ne pouvons pardonner à ceux que nous ennuyons.
Page 14 - ... n'ai jou que faire. Mais en infer voil jou aler, car en infer vont li bel clerc, et li bel cevalier qui sont mort as tornois et as rices gueres, et li...
Page 240 - Oui l'oeuvre sort plus belle D'une forme au travail Rebelle, Vers, marbre, onyx, émail!