The French Librarian: Or Literary Guide, Pointing Out the Best Works of the Principal Writers of France, in Every Branch of Literature; with Criticisms, Personal Anecdotes, and Bibliographical Notices; Preceded by a Sketch of the Progress of French Literature |
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... considered as having given to the French lan- guage the strength and the flexibility it wanted . Marot was only successful in the lighter kind of poetry ; Malherbe was the first French poet who attempted a nobler flight , and to him is ...
... considered as having given to the French lan- guage the strength and the flexibility it wanted . Marot was only successful in the lighter kind of poetry ; Malherbe was the first French poet who attempted a nobler flight , and to him is ...
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... considered to have lasted until , as has already been observed , experience fully proved the absurdity of the doctrines , and the danger of the principles it advocated . As we approach nearer our own time , we find two writers well ...
... considered to have lasted until , as has already been observed , experience fully proved the absurdity of the doctrines , and the danger of the principles it advocated . As we approach nearer our own time , we find two writers well ...
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... considered the disciple , St. Pierre , keenly alive to all the beauties of na- ture , describes her with all the warmth of a lover , and in his glowing pages we frequently find descriptions equal in beauty to those of Buffon , but ...
... considered the disciple , St. Pierre , keenly alive to all the beauties of na- ture , describes her with all the warmth of a lover , and in his glowing pages we frequently find descriptions equal in beauty to those of Buffon , but ...
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... considered as peculiarly belonging to her sex and ours ; and so profound is her reasoning , and so deep and powerful are her sentiments , that she may be said to have written with the head of a man , and the heart of a woman . Of the ...
... considered as peculiarly belonging to her sex and ours ; and so profound is her reasoning , and so deep and powerful are her sentiments , that she may be said to have written with the head of a man , and the heart of a woman . Of the ...
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... considered as in- dispensable , are the compositions of BOSSUET , BOURDALOUE , MASSILLON and SAURIN . Of living Theologians , those which enjoy at present the greatest reputation amongst the French , are the Abbé GREGOIRE , M. de la ...
... considered as in- dispensable , are the compositions of BOSSUET , BOURDALOUE , MASSILLON and SAURIN . Of living Theologians , those which enjoy at present the greatest reputation amongst the French , are the Abbé GREGOIRE , M. de la ...
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Page xiv - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 293 - Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie, considérés relativement aux principes des connaissances humaines, par M.
Page 195 - Montaigne. 5e édition. augmentée d'un troisième livre et de six cents additions aux deux premiers.
Page 141 - Politique de tous les cabinets de l'Europe pendant les règnes de Louis XV et de Louis XVI...
Page 273 - Galerie historique des hommes les plus célèbres de tous les siècles et de toutes les nations, contenant leurs portraits...
Page xxxiii - Ce qu'il ya d'étrange, c'est que les routiniers prétendent appuyer leur règle des deux unités sur la vraisemblance, tandis que c'est précisément le réel qui la tue. Quoi de plus invraisemblable et de plus absurde en effet que ce vestibule, ce péristyle, cette antichambre, lieu banal où nos tragédies ont la complaisance de venir se dérouler...
Page 278 - Essai sur l'histoire de la Musique en Italie, depuis les temps les plus anciens jusqu'à nos jours.
Page 445 - MUSÉE FRANÇAIS, recueil complet des tableaux, statues et bas-reliefs. qui composent la collection nationale ; avec l'explication des sujets, et des discours historiques sur la peinture, la sculpture et la gravure, par S.
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Page 365 - BIBLIOTHÈQUE UNIVERSELLE DES VOYAGES , ou notice complète et raisonnée de tous les voyages . anciens et modernes dans les quatre parties du monde , publiés tant en langue française qu'en langues étrangères...