Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Prehistoric And Literary volume 1
Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Prehistoric And Literary volume 1
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And ends thus: "I own that a dream would be better. " An English critic, at the time when these Letters were published in London, remarked, very justly, that Mme. Du Deffand seemed to combine in the character of her mind something of the qualities of the two nations: the charm and liveli- ness of the one, with the boldness and vigorous judg- ment of the other.
What she liked first of all in Walpole was his free- dom of thought and of judgment. She loved truth above all else, and that people sho...uld be truly them- selves. The taste of her time disgusted her: "What people call eloquence to-day has become to me so odi- ous that 1 would prefer the language of the markets; VOL. I. — 18.
274 /IDat)ame Du DeffanO, by dint of searching for wit they smother it. " Her literary judgments, which must have seemed excess- ively severe at the time, are nearly all confirmed to-day. "That Saint-Lambert, " she said, "has a cold, tasteless, false mind; he thinks he abounds in ideas, but he is sterility itself" What she said of Saint-Lambert, she says, with variations, of many others.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And ends thus: "I own that a dream would be better. " An English critic, at the time when these Letters were published in London, remarked, very justly, that Mme. Du Deffand seemed to combine in the character of her mind something of the qualities of the two nations: the charm and liveli- ness of the one, with the boldness and vigorous judg- ment of the other.
What she liked first of all in Walpole was his free- dom of thought and of judgment. She loved truth above all else, and that people sho...uld be truly them- selves. The taste of her time disgusted her: "What people call eloquence to-day has become to me so odi- ous that 1 would prefer the language of the markets; VOL. I. — 18.
274 /IDat)ame Du DeffanO, by dint of searching for wit they smother it. " Her literary judgments, which must have seemed excess- ively severe at the time, are nearly all confirmed to-day. "That Saint-Lambert, " she said, "has a cold, tasteless, false mind; he thinks he abounds in ideas, but he is sterility itself" What she said of Saint-Lambert, she says, with variations, of many others.
What to read after Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Prehistoric 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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