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... French are more difficult to conquer . ” This “ frivolous people whom we are apt to imitate ” he holds responsible for the loss of favor formerly enjoyed by “ those ceilings which a Burlington had taught us to introduce from Roman ...
... French are more difficult to conquer . ” This “ frivolous people whom we are apt to imitate ” he holds responsible for the loss of favor formerly enjoyed by “ those ceilings which a Burlington had taught us to introduce from Roman ...
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... French . It is true that they are difficult to conquer ; but let us rouse in every sense the national spirit against them ; and no more permit them to deprave our taste in this noble science , than to introduce among us the miseries of ...
... French . It is true that they are difficult to conquer ; but let us rouse in every sense the national spirit against them ; and no more permit them to deprave our taste in this noble science , than to introduce among us the miseries of ...
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... French civilization . The English were relieved from the necessity for such a purgation by a fortunate circumstance : their capacity for the absorption of Continental culture was counterbalanced by a similar capacity for the adoption ...
... French civilization . The English were relieved from the necessity for such a purgation by a fortunate circumstance : their capacity for the absorption of Continental culture was counterbalanced by a similar capacity for the adoption ...
Table des matières
THE INFLUENCE OF THE FAR EAST UPON LITERATURE | 3 |
THE CHALLENGE OF THE MIDDLE AGES | 43 |
CLASSICAL CRITICISM OF GOTHIC TASTE | 87 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
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