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... whole atmosphere of the work is that of eleventh- century France , with its aristocratic society , its barbaric vigour , its brutality , and its high sentiments of piety and honour . The beauty of the poem lies in the grand simplicity ...
... whole atmosphere of the work is that of eleventh- century France , with its aristocratic society , its barbaric vigour , its brutality , and its high sentiments of piety and honour . The beauty of the poem lies in the grand simplicity ...
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... Fabliaux , as they were called , are on the whole of no great value as works of art ; their poetical form is usually poor , and their substance exceedingly gross . Their chief interest lies in the ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES 11.
... Fabliaux , as they were called , are on the whole of no great value as works of art ; their poetical form is usually poor , and their substance exceedingly gross . Their chief interest lies in the ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES 11.
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... whole force of this contrast becomes delightfully apparent . One seems to see in them , compressed and symbolised in the characters of these two friends , the conflicting qualities of sense and spirit , of worldliness and self ...
... whole force of this contrast becomes delightfully apparent . One seems to see in them , compressed and symbolised in the characters of these two friends , the conflicting qualities of sense and spirit , of worldliness and self ...
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... whole of the scholastic learning of the Middle Ages is poured in a confused stream through this re- markable and deeply interesting work . Nor is it merely as a repository of medieval erudition that Jean de Meung's poem deserves atten ...
... whole of the scholastic learning of the Middle Ages is poured in a confused stream through this re- markable and deeply interesting work . Nor is it merely as a repository of medieval erudition that Jean de Meung's poem deserves atten ...
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... whole unimagined universe of instruction and delight . At the same time the physical discoveries of explorers and men of science opened out vast fresh regions of speculation and adventure . Men saw with astonishment the old world of ...
... whole unimagined universe of instruction and delight . At the same time the physical discoveries of explorers and men of science opened out vast fresh regions of speculation and adventure . Men saw with astonishment the old world of ...
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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!