AddisonMacmillan, 1884 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... French in his political and religious sympathies , and entirely so in his literary tastes . To convert and to corrupt those of his subjects who immediately surrounded him was an easy matter . " All by the king's example lived and loved ...
... French in his political and religious sympathies , and entirely so in his literary tastes . To convert and to corrupt those of his subjects who immediately surrounded him was an easy matter . " All by the king's example lived and loved ...
Pagina 13
... French romances were therefore generally in vogue . All the casuistry of love which had been elaborated by Mademoiselle de Scudery was reproduced with improvements by Mrs. Aphra Behn . At the same time , as usually happens in diseased ...
... French romances were therefore generally in vogue . All the casuistry of love which had been elaborated by Mademoiselle de Scudery was reproduced with improvements by Mrs. Aphra Behn . At the same time , as usually happens in diseased ...
Pagina 14
William John Courthope. Dunkirk to the French ; hardly any action in his life evinces any sense of patriotism or honour . And yet we have only to glance at Johnson's Life of Dryden to see how all the tragedies of the time turn on the ...
William John Courthope. Dunkirk to the French ; hardly any action in his life evinces any sense of patriotism or honour . And yet we have only to glance at Johnson's Life of Dryden to see how all the tragedies of the time turn on the ...
Pagina 20
... French language , brought to English composition a nicer standard of logic and a more choice selection of language , while the necessity of pleasing their audiences with brilliant dialogue made them careful to give their sentences that ...
... French language , brought to English composition a nicer standard of logic and a more choice selection of language , while the necessity of pleasing their audiences with brilliant dialogue made them careful to give their sentences that ...
Pagina 40
... French was the universally recognised language of diplomacy . French manners and conversation were considered to be the best school for politeness , while Italy was held in the highest respect by the northern nations as the source of ...
... French was the universally recognised language of diplomacy . French manners and conversation were considered to be the best school for politeness , while Italy was held in the highest respect by the northern nations as the source of ...
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