Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Cosmopolitan Spirit in Literature: A Study of the Literary Relations Between France and England During the Eighteenth Century |
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... poems , he shewed himself independent of the necessities of race and blood . But while this may be , we must at least admit that with all the strength of his soul he be- lieved in the originality of his country — that he gloried in ...
... poems , he shewed himself independent of the necessities of race and blood . But while this may be , we must at least admit that with all the strength of his soul he be- lieved in the originality of his country — that he gloried in ...
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... poems . He possessed a more open mind than his famous rivals . Above all , he had more zeal , and in opposition to Father Bouhours warmly took up the defence of " Germany , which had produced so many great men , and had invented so many ...
... poems . He possessed a more open mind than his famous rivals . Above all , he had more zeal , and in opposition to Father Bouhours warmly took up the defence of " Germany , which had produced so many great men , and had invented so many ...
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... a gentleman of Switzerland . Second edition , London , 1726 , 8vo . 3 See Hirzel's edition of Haller's poems ( Frauenfeld , 1882 ) . great , and was thought extreme . His criticism of 42 INFLUENCE OF ENGLAND UPON FRANCE.
... a gentleman of Switzerland . Second edition , London , 1726 , 8vo . 3 See Hirzel's edition of Haller's poems ( Frauenfeld , 1882 ) . great , and was thought extreme . His criticism of 42 INFLUENCE OF ENGLAND UPON FRANCE.
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... poem ; the obscenity , the strange com- bination of frivolity and ponderous buffoonery , the musty odours of kitchen and stable , which render Butler's work , considered as a poem , odd and almost monstrous - nothing of all this ...
... poem ; the obscenity , the strange com- bination of frivolity and ponderous buffoonery , the musty odours of kitchen and stable , which render Butler's work , considered as a poem , odd and almost monstrous - nothing of all this ...
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... poem issued in 1762 : " Blood - nurtured tigers ! Your Lockes and Newtons never taught you such barbarous lessons as these . From them arose your imperishable renown ; they have absolved you from a Cromwell's crimes . " 3 4 The author ...
... poem issued in 1762 : " Blood - nurtured tigers ! Your Lockes and Newtons never taught you such barbarous lessons as these . From them arose your imperishable renown ; they have absolved you from a Cromwell's crimes . " 3 4 The author ...
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