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... French Influence . Predominance of Roman Influence in Renaissance . French Estimate of Homer and Vergil . - French Classical Literature . IV . Metaphysical Poets : Cowley , Donne , Waller . - The Couplet Suc- ceeding the Stanza ...
... French Influence . Predominance of Roman Influence in Renaissance . French Estimate of Homer and Vergil . - French Classical Literature . IV . Metaphysical Poets : Cowley , Donne , Waller . - The Couplet Suc- ceeding the Stanza ...
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... French influence . Taken vaguely , the French influence in litera- ture lay in the direction of correctness , especially in the way of correctness as compared with the work of rough , untutored genius . Yet the tendency towards ...
... French influence . Taken vaguely , the French influence in litera- ture lay in the direction of correctness , especially in the way of correctness as compared with the work of rough , untutored genius . Yet the tendency towards ...
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... French , for instance , cared very little for Homer un- til this century , as may be readily shown . In the revival of letters , the French naturally found the acquisition of Latin infinitely easier than that of Greek , * and , moreover ...
... French , for instance , cared very little for Homer un- til this century , as may be readily shown . In the revival of letters , the French naturally found the acquisition of Latin infinitely easier than that of Greek , * and , moreover ...
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... French nation . There were , to be sure , men who knew how to admire both La Fontaine , Racine , Boileau , and others ; but , in general , the French agreed with Voltaire in put- ting Homer below Tasso . Voltaire said ( " Essai sur les ...
... French nation . There were , to be sure , men who knew how to admire both La Fontaine , Racine , Boileau , and others ; but , in general , the French agreed with Voltaire in put- ting Homer below Tasso . Voltaire said ( " Essai sur les ...
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... French literature naturally inspired imitation . And , to repeat , French literature , like that of Italy , was especially a copy of the Roman literature , which , as I have said , was itself a copy of that of Greece . Just as a light ...
... French literature naturally inspired imitation . And , to repeat , French literature , like that of Italy , was especially a copy of the Roman literature , which , as I have said , was itself a copy of that of Greece . Just as a light ...
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