Modern French LiteratureGould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1848 - 448 pagini |
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Pagina 15
... thought . Yet this same language , so plastic and idiomatic in the Essays of Montaigne , takes a new form in the hands of Pascal . With him , French be- comes firm , austere , and subservient to reasoning alone - the Latin influence ...
... thought . Yet this same language , so plastic and idiomatic in the Essays of Montaigne , takes a new form in the hands of Pascal . With him , French be- comes firm , austere , and subservient to reasoning alone - the Latin influence ...
Pagina 18
... thought as they did . The French nation was beginning to read - to under- stand — to believe — to doubt — in short , to have an opinion , what- ever it might be ; and when has it been seen that an opinion , good or bad , ridiculous or ...
... thought as they did . The French nation was beginning to read - to under- stand — to believe — to doubt — in short , to have an opinion , what- ever it might be ; and when has it been seen that an opinion , good or bad , ridiculous or ...
Pagina 20
... thoughts , words , and principles were in the mouths of all - it gave rise to that absurd and erroneous enthusiasm for antiquity , so prolific in the growth of parodies and crimes . A similar in- fluence can never occur again ; it is ...
... thoughts , words , and principles were in the mouths of all - it gave rise to that absurd and erroneous enthusiasm for antiquity , so prolific in the growth of parodies and crimes . A similar in- fluence can never occur again ; it is ...
Pagina 21
... thoughts ; but the character of his poetry more large- ly partakes of sensual sadness , of bitterness of spirit devoid of gravity , and yet deriving its richest colors from the splendid im- ages of nature . The points of resemblance ...
... thoughts ; but the character of his poetry more large- ly partakes of sensual sadness , of bitterness of spirit devoid of gravity , and yet deriving its richest colors from the splendid im- ages of nature . The points of resemblance ...
Pagina 24
... thought . The true Christian thinker must be shocked to see the worship of our Saviour defended by flowers of rhetoric ; to see paganism , with all its sensual idolatry , its voluptuous absurdities , favorably contrasted with the ...
... thought . The true Christian thinker must be shocked to see the worship of our Saviour defended by flowers of rhetoric ; to see paganism , with all its sensual idolatry , its voluptuous absurdities , favorably contrasted with the ...
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Pagina 397 - This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Pagina 397 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Pagina 156 - The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or barbarism, to prosperity or to wretchedness.