Portraits of the Seventeenth Century Historic And Literary volume 1
Portraits of the Seventeenth Century Historic And Literary volume 1
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In like manner the mon- archy of Louis XiV, admired at first for the ostenta- tious and apparent regularity and order that Voltaire extols, then revealed in its real infirmity by the Memoirs of Dangeau and the Princess Palatine, and belittled intentionally by Lemontey, reappears to us in Saint-Simon vast, impeded, fluctuating, in a confu- sion that is not without grandeur and beauty; with the running-gear of the old abolished constitution more and more useless, but with all that habit retains o...f form and motion even after the spirit and mean- ing of things have passed away; already subject to despotic good pleasure, but ill-disciplined for the supreme etiquette that was about to triumph.
This being clearly laid down, it becomes easy to put in their right place, and to see in their true light, the men native to the time who, in their conduct and in their works, have done much besides fulfilling the programme of the master. Without this general VOL. II. — lO.
146 Xa Jfontaine.
knowledge we run some risk of considering them too much apart, as beings aloof and accidental.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In like manner the mon- archy of Louis XiV, admired at first for the ostenta- tious and apparent regularity and order that Voltaire extols, then revealed in its real infirmity by the Memoirs of Dangeau and the Princess Palatine, and belittled intentionally by Lemontey, reappears to us in Saint-Simon vast, impeded, fluctuating, in a confu- sion that is not without grandeur and beauty; with the running-gear of the old abolished constitution more and more useless, but with all that habit retains o...f form and motion even after the spirit and mean- ing of things have passed away; already subject to despotic good pleasure, but ill-disciplined for the supreme etiquette that was about to triumph.
This being clearly laid down, it becomes easy to put in their right place, and to see in their true light, the men native to the time who, in their conduct and in their works, have done much besides fulfilling the programme of the master. Without this general VOL. II. — lO.
146 Xa Jfontaine.
knowledge we run some risk of considering them too much apart, as beings aloof and accidental.
What to read after Portraits of the Seventeenth Century Historic And Literary volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Augustin Sainte Beuve to read onlineMoreLess
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