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Page 63
... ideals of a great age . And what were these ideals ? The fact that the conception of society which made Versailles possible was narrow and unjust must not blind us to the real nobility and the real glory which it brought into being . It ...
... ideals of a great age . And what were these ideals ? The fact that the conception of society which made Versailles possible was narrow and unjust must not blind us to the real nobility and the real glory which it brought into being . It ...
Page 65
... reflecting what was finest in the social ideals of the time , escaped the worst faults of the literary productions of persons of rank -superficiality and amateurishness . The literature of that age was THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV 65.
... reflecting what was finest in the social ideals of the time , escaped the worst faults of the literary productions of persons of rank -superficiality and amateurishness . The literature of that age was THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV 65.
Page 69
... ideals long outworn . Every great tradition has its own way of dying ; and the classical tradition died of timidity . It grew afraid of the flesh and blood of life ; it was too polite to face realities , too elevated to tread the common ...
... ideals long outworn . Every great tradition has its own way of dying ; and the classical tradition died of timidity . It grew afraid of the flesh and blood of life ; it was too polite to face realities , too elevated to tread the common ...
Page 73
... ideals of his age . BOILEAU , once the undisputed arbiter of taste throughout Europe , is now hardly remembered save as the high - priest of an effete tradition and as the author of some brilliant lines which have passed as proverbs ...
... ideals of his age . BOILEAU , once the undisputed arbiter of taste throughout Europe , is now hardly remembered save as the high - priest of an effete tradition and as the author of some brilliant lines which have passed as proverbs ...
Page 74
... ideals of the new school . Thus , through him , clas- sicism gained self - consciousness ; it became possessed of a definite doctrine ; and a group of writers was formed , united together by common aims , and destined to exercise an ...
... ideals of the new school . Thus , through him , clas- sicism gained self - consciousness ; it became possessed of a definite doctrine ; and a group of writers was formed , united together by common aims , and destined to exercise an ...
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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!