North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 1Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1965 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 69
... Fontenelle together . The great Corneille was his man ; he raised him above every body . But this great man was from his own province , his uncle , and , after all , what a reasoner ! This kind of beauty was made to suit Fontenelle . He ...
... Fontenelle together . The great Corneille was his man ; he raised him above every body . But this great man was from his own province , his uncle , and , after all , what a reasoner ! This kind of beauty was made to suit Fontenelle . He ...
Page 70
... Fontenelle has often been reproached with having an insensible heart . They said of him , and it was true , that he had never either laughed or wept . This trait characterizes the man . He knew not the tumult of the passions , the ...
... Fontenelle has often been reproached with having an insensible heart . They said of him , and it was true , that he had never either laughed or wept . This trait characterizes the man . He knew not the tumult of the passions , the ...
Page 71
... Fontenelle often boasted , that he had never asked a service of any one ; he might have added , nor rendered one . A woman of a great deal of sense and merit , ( madame Geoffrin ) in whom he had much confidence , and whom he has made ...
... Fontenelle often boasted , that he had never asked a service of any one ; he might have added , nor rendered one . A woman of a great deal of sense and merit , ( madame Geoffrin ) in whom he had much confidence , and whom he has made ...
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