The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... LITERATURE AND THE JESUITS . VERT - VERT , THE PARROT THE SONGS OF FRANCE : CHAPTER I. - WINE AND WAR 99 • II . WOMEN AND WOODEN SHOES III - PHILOSOPHY • " " 99 IV . FROGS AND FREE TRADE THE SONGS OF ITALY : CHAPTER I. 29 II . THE SONGS ...
... LITERATURE AND THE JESUITS . VERT - VERT , THE PARROT THE SONGS OF FRANCE : CHAPTER I. - WINE AND WAR 99 • II . WOMEN AND WOODEN SHOES III - PHILOSOPHY • " " 99 IV . FROGS AND FREE TRADE THE SONGS OF ITALY : CHAPTER I. 29 II . THE SONGS ...
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... literature is like a pure grain of Araby's incense in the golden censer of religion . His taste for the fine arts was more genuine than might be conjectured from the scanty specimens that adorned his apartment , though perfectly in ...
... literature is like a pure grain of Araby's incense in the golden censer of religion . His taste for the fine arts was more genuine than might be conjectured from the scanty specimens that adorned his apartment , though perfectly in ...
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... literature it touched on , it was sure to illuminate and adorn , from the lightest and most ephemeral matters of the day , to the deepest and most abstruse problems of metaphysical inquiry ; vigorous and philosophical , at the same time ...
... literature it touched on , it was sure to illuminate and adorn , from the lightest and most ephemeral matters of the day , to the deepest and most abstruse problems of metaphysical inquiry ; vigorous and philosophical , at the same time ...
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... literature and traditionary stories of the country had excited in that master - mind- such the predominance of its local reminiscences - such the transcendent influence of song ! For this did the then " Great Unknown wend his way ...
... literature and traditionary stories of the country had excited in that master - mind- such the predominance of its local reminiscences - such the transcendent influence of song ! For this did the then " Great Unknown wend his way ...
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... " great unknown ” of the dark ages . SCOTT . Be that as it may , I can give you a parallel sentiment from one of your French poets ; for I understand you are partial to the literature of that merry nation . The 46 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
... " great unknown ” of the dark ages . SCOTT . Be that as it may , I can give you a parallel sentiment from one of your French poets ; for I understand you are partial to the literature of that merry nation . The 46 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
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