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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... spirit which these northern warriors infused into our early Literature soon gave place , how- ever , to the gentler aspirations of the Trouba- dours ; and the praise of beauty , as well as of valour , was the theme which occupied the ...
... spirit which these northern warriors infused into our early Literature soon gave place , how- ever , to the gentler aspirations of the Trouba- dours ; and the praise of beauty , as well as of valour , was the theme which occupied the ...
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... spirit of emulation , and this con- currence of talents was productive of many happy results . This age was however ... spirit of Colum- bus , the discovery of a new world . A love of chivalry , the Eastern traditions , a delightful cli ...
... spirit of emulation , and this con- currence of talents was productive of many happy results . This age was however ... spirit of Colum- bus , the discovery of a new world . A love of chivalry , the Eastern traditions , a delightful cli ...
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... spirit and an energy which unfortunately were not a lit- tle repressed by the despotism of her rulers . But the names of Calderon , of Lopez de Vega and of Cervantes , are more than sufficient to give it a high rank in Literature ...
... spirit and an energy which unfortunately were not a lit- tle repressed by the despotism of her rulers . But the names of Calderon , of Lopez de Vega and of Cervantes , are more than sufficient to give it a high rank in Literature ...
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... lived Ronsard , whose endeavours to enrich and improve his native tongue , by infusing into it the richness and spirit of the Greek and Latin languages , were as fruitless as his efforts , in his Epic xiv SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS.
... lived Ronsard , whose endeavours to enrich and improve his native tongue , by infusing into it the richness and spirit of the Greek and Latin languages , were as fruitless as his efforts , in his Epic xiv SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS.
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... spirit of ri- baldry peculiar to himself . The work of Rabe- lais exposing but one species of folly , and being written in one particular style , suits but one particular class of readers ; Montaigne , who had in view a nobler end ...
... spirit of ri- baldry peculiar to himself . The work of Rabe- lais exposing but one species of folly , and being written in one particular style , suits but one particular class of readers ; Montaigne , who had in view a nobler end ...
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Page xxii - 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 xl - ... c'est-à-dire tout le drame, se passe dans la coulisse. Nous ne voyons en quelque sorte sur le théâtre que les coudes de l'action ; ses mains sont ailleurs. Au lieu de scènes, nous avons des récits; au lieu de tableaux, des descriptions. De graves personnages, placés, comme le chœur antique, entre le drame et nous, viennent nous raconter ce qui se fait dans le temple, dans le palais, dans la place publique, de façon que souventes fois nous sommes tentés de leur crier: «Vraiment! mais...
Page 207 - There used to be in Paris, under the ancient regime, a few women of brilliant talents, who violated all the common duties of life, and gave very pleasant little suppers.
Page 473 - 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.
Page xli - Verser la même dose de temps à tous les événements! appliquer la même mesure sur tout! On rirait d'un cordonnier qui voudrait mettre le même soulier à tous les pieds. Croiser l'unité de temps à l'unité de lieu comme les barreaux d'une cage et y faire pédantesquement entrer, de par Aristote, tous ces faits, tous ces peuples, toutes ces figures que la Providence déroule à si grandes masses dans la réalité! c'est mutiler hommes et chose?; c'est faire grimacer l'histoire.
Page 299 - Galerie historique des Hommes les plus célèbres de tous les siècles et de toutes les nations, contenant leurs portraits gravés au trait d'après les meilleurs originaux, avec l'abrégé de leurs...
Page 343 - ANNALES DE CHIMIE, ou Recueil de memoires concernant la chimie et les arts qui en dependent [/rant vol.
Page 172 - I believe that Voltaire had for this work an advantage which he has seldom enjoyed. When he treats of a distant period, he is not a man to turn over musty monkish writers to instruct himself.
Page 103 - Dibdin's Library Companion, p. 538. The reader will find the notice mentioned by Mr. Dibdin, in Barbier's Bibliothèque d'un Homme de Goût, vol. 4, p. 17. Mr. Dibdin adds in a note, " We owe to Brantôme, I believe, the preservation of the affecting song which Mary sung in the vessel, while quitting the shores of France, to return to her kingdom. Yet there may be reasonable doubts of its authenticity. Was the sensitive mind of a woman in her situation, in a state to warble ditties ?" " Here M. Villemain...
Page xiv - C'estoit donné toute la terre ronde, Car seulement au cueur on se prenoit. Et si, par cas, à, jouyr on venoit, Sçavez-vous bien comme on s'entretenoit? Vingt ans, trente ans : cela duroit un monde Au bon vieulx temps.