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Page 336
... considered it cold . Véricour liked it but with reservations . As for Samson Agonistes , Pongerville did not allude to it . Taine thought it imitative and undramatic . While admitting that it was somewhat cold and plotless , de Guerle ...
... considered it cold . Véricour liked it but with reservations . As for Samson Agonistes , Pongerville did not allude to it . Taine thought it imitative and undramatic . While admitting that it was somewhat cold and plotless , de Guerle ...
Page 338
... considered it a pointless crime to have executed Charles I and Louis XVI . As for Milton's guilt or innocence , Villemain , de Guerle and Pongerville considered the poet reprehensible . Chasles thought this too harsh , and Geffroy and ...
... considered it a pointless crime to have executed Charles I and Louis XVI . As for Milton's guilt or innocence , Villemain , de Guerle and Pongerville considered the poet reprehensible . Chasles thought this too harsh , and Geffroy and ...
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... considered its basic contradiction , its need to be taken literally and the reader's inability to accept it as absolute truth . Lamartine , citing its speeches and lectures , asserted that it was poetic only in spots . Most of the ...
... considered its basic contradiction , its need to be taken literally and the reader's inability to accept it as absolute truth . Lamartine , citing its speeches and lectures , asserted that it was poetic only in spots . Most of the ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Abel François Villemain | 27 |
François René de Chateaubriand | 48 |
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