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Page 321
... Scudéry , the heroine is a lady of rank and amiable qualities , but , being brought up by her father in perfect seclusion , and accus- tomed to the constant perusal of such works as Clelie and Artamène , she at length believes in the ...
... Scudéry , the heroine is a lady of rank and amiable qualities , but , being brought up by her father in perfect seclusion , and accus- tomed to the constant perusal of such works as Clelie and Artamène , she at length believes in the ...
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... Scudéry , which is dated 1699 , and forms the twelfth of the dissertations published by the Abbé Tilladet ; his information was col- lected from a Marquis D'Urfé , the last , I believe , who enjoyed the title , and Margaret D'Alegre ...
... Scudéry , which is dated 1699 , and forms the twelfth of the dissertations published by the Abbé Tilladet ; his information was col- lected from a Marquis D'Urfé , the last , I believe , who enjoyed the title , and Margaret D'Alegre ...
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... Scudéry and Calprenède , belongs of reality to d'Urfé , and is more striking in Astrea than in Cyrus or Cléopâtre . The publication of the Astrée and d'Urfe's introduction of sentiment and nature into Romance , marks an era in ...
... Scudéry and Calprenède , belongs of reality to d'Urfé , and is more striking in Astrea than in Cyrus or Cléopâtre . The publication of the Astrée and d'Urfe's introduction of sentiment and nature into Romance , marks an era in ...
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... Scudéry , in her preface to Ibrahim , one of her earliest productions , affirms that she had chosen the Astrea as her model . To that species of com- position may , no doubt , be attributed some of the tamest features of the heroic ...
... Scudéry , in her preface to Ibrahim , one of her earliest productions , affirms that she had chosen the Astrea as her model . To that species of com- position may , no doubt , be attributed some of the tamest features of the heroic ...
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... Scudéry . The POLEXANDRE of Gomberville , ' which was first published in 1632 , and en- joyed a high reputation in the age of Cardinal Richelieu , was the earliest of the heroic romances , and seems to have been the model of the works ...
... Scudéry . The POLEXANDRE of Gomberville , ' which was first published in 1632 , and en- joyed a high reputation in the age of Cardinal Richelieu , was the earliest of the heroic romances , and seems to have been the model of the works ...
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