The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Page 60
Francis Mahony. V. There are statues gracing This noble place in- All heathen ... V. Dans ces classiques lieus Plus d'une statue brille , Et se présente aux ... Hugo , Ou quelqu'auteur en vogue , En ce genre d'églogue . Je n'aurais pas d ...
Francis Mahony. V. There are statues gracing This noble place in- All heathen ... V. Dans ces classiques lieus Plus d'une statue brille , Et se présente aux ... Hugo , Ou quelqu'auteur en vogue , En ce genre d'églogue . Je n'aurais pas d ...
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... Victor Hugo had not written his glorious ro- mance , the Hunchback Quasimodo ; and , consequently , I could not have read his beautiful description : " In an ordi- nary way , the noise issuing from Paris in the day - time is the talking ...
... Victor Hugo had not written his glorious ro- mance , the Hunchback Quasimodo ; and , consequently , I could not have read his beautiful description : " In an ordi- nary way , the noise issuing from Paris in the day - time is the talking ...
Page 162
... Victor Hugo had not written his glorious ro- mance , the Hunchback Quasimodo ; and , consequently , I could not have read his beautiful description : " In an ordi- nary way , the noise issuing from Paris in the day - time is the talking ...
... Victor Hugo had not written his glorious ro- mance , the Hunchback Quasimodo ; and , consequently , I could not have read his beautiful description : " In an ordi- nary way , the noise issuing from Paris in the day - time is the talking ...
Page 210
... Victor Hugo , André Chenier , Chateaubriand , and Delavigne , like the rod of the prophet ; had not swallowed up the inferior spells of the magicians who preceded them . But I cannot for a moment longer repress my enthusiastic ...
... Victor Hugo , André Chenier , Chateaubriand , and Delavigne , like the rod of the prophet ; had not swallowed up the inferior spells of the magicians who preceded them . But I cannot for a moment longer repress my enthusiastic ...
Page 230
... Victor Hugo , Lamartine , Chateaubriand , Delavigne , and Béranger ? To their effusions I shall gladly dedicate a few more papers ; nor can I imagine any literary pursuit better calculated to beguile , in a pleasant and pro . fitable ...
... Victor Hugo , Lamartine , Chateaubriand , Delavigne , and Béranger ? To their effusions I shall gladly dedicate a few more papers ; nor can I imagine any literary pursuit better calculated to beguile , in a pleasant and pro . fitable ...
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