The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-24

r. 1v;,, ba romor,borod That r,oIoridre classed
RaboloIs with Shoteapeore. Dante. and Ger
yontes or,on, tho ,roat oreo,ive minds of the
world aud d.olarad thnt ba oou,d write n
| treats, in nrajao ~ Tho moral elevation OF the
lifo 81 f;argaptnn ,yhirh would mnk, the
| Church stare and tho Conveptjcle croap, Next
In rink Ia Rahc,ois though eonsrntcd from
him nv nearly half n century. would by gem
erai consent ho ,i,cna Mnptniyn, Wbat in
ccssantly surnriscs thc render of his writings
IL their modern tonc which demonstrates how
| far be WAC 4, ,dr,nco ~ b;s cnptcmpornrjcs
| on the ninth ~ ro,, nroyroas
| Montairnc's craving for froedom OF thought,
| which rnvcnIs ,t,,,ttiror,h oil his ostepsiblo
dlIcttontcism b,e hccn os.rihod IN the inf,u.
epcc Of Rnmus WHO CARVED bis nrotest against
| authority from III, n,ld If nb;losophy TO Tint
| of religion. md who. although Mt on, time n
professor IN Inc trnivorsitv Of Pm r,s wos even.
| tuallv dcnriyed NJ Ma of,1cc md was sinbbed
In tho strcets ~ p,ris dnring Tho niybt of 81.
Bhrthoiomew. famus hnd adopted the Socfa-
| tic method in his discussions. and main
| tanned that the way to discover truth was not
| SO much to ascertain what Aristotle had said
as 10 io'io" reason 10 is CONCLUSIONS .oh,
'eihporane"us Win .he uuconNen'lola'
e"npos'',ohS OF hapo'a's anu Ho'''a'sne
"ero ueioeFa'o anu concor'cu ehor's u
l
guase. Conspicuous IN inns movement wore
| h"hshru ana pu beiiaS' Whose cei'f"' p"r-
| poso was 10 iIahe frehcn literature upoh
| ia''i anu "reek ihoueis. h"op,ihs .'oo'y
| ,"o "'p's'e ., UNIV WHICH was y" We "u,oc"''a
| Wy "o''s"or'h' 'ney eo,'e"oco '''a' u,S,'"e.
| poe''c i,ns"hSo shouia pe croateu "na hcne
| su'rou iroW INC ianiliht'hins USES vi oa'y
my. No' oi''y was 'ne st'le vi '".i', verso ,
| Nr'eIs W no hccep!eu as u i''''e.h o"' ''e'r
| 'e'y "''"s "cre W w t'"ns'trtou ~ rre"e' "
| ni"ke up u speciai poetic u'a'ec'. announcer anu
happier luea OF hohsarus was 10 a.,pt "'a
niencn woros u ',,e new nioNe..en, ny 'ne
species Oh propaGatlon sun prac'lseu among
."o u"N"'eu MS
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ien y, ."'ou' ai'' as 'rs"'o9 c",'ecn''o'' eo'''-
,''o,' ."o"s i''."'eu' ooo VI ms ,''io' i'es'
"o"e,o.' ",e sun '"'oti'c' ''nu WI Ne'''., "9
IL" eAa"'p'e vi tenuerness anu bymp"'ns'
uuo'es " so'he'' from WHICH We rep'o""ee 'he
his' 'o"' 'ihcs'
oua,lh vous screz bcn viellc an soir il Ia chandcc
| Assise auprts du teu. devidant ct nant.
Drez rhnn'ant mes vers ct vons tmervcl!ante-
Ho's''a mo eeepra't au temps que )e'a's oe"e.
or Du Bcllay's work very little has proved
| enduring. but TINT LITTLE shows high uuolitv.
His Porte Courtison ), 10 tho first speclmcn Of
| sntiro in Alcyondrino metrc nftcrwnr,} used
40 effectively nv Mothurin Rcunior and
| Boilsau. Tho p,d,ntrv Of tina so..aIled Plci,l
| Of which Honsnrd md Du Bellay we're the
chief stars did M, extond 70 nrose rbo
memoirs Of Brnntamo EXHIBIT n simnle. boyish
popular yet noble. We must not leave tho
Ago Of Adolescence without noting that a
basis was being laid for tho comedy OF
Moli6re and tho tragedy Of Corneille and Ra-
cine Tho earliest comic writer's latter the
| anonymous creator Of "Patelin ~ were Jean de
Ia Taille and Larivey. whose plays. according
to Sainte- Beuvc. did not lnck uttractiveness.
Written In octo.syllabic verse. they were rec
commended by lively dialogue and by sallies
against priests. husbands. and ladies' Their
contemporary Jodelle. marks an epoch in the
history Of the French drama. for he conceived
tho idea of treating stories of Cleopatra and OF
Dido in the Greek manner. but after his own
plot and in his own language. Another writer
of the samo period produced n "Mcdca"
initiated from Seneca. and n third put on
the stage n Death OF Caesar" of which
La Harpe speaks indulgently. On the whole
is it in metricnl composition that the advance
made durin. the Age Of Adolescence is chiefly
seen. The strict rules that have given to
French verse its delicuto poise and tho
rhythmic chime of its clear music wpre M;
indeed obligatory until they we're adopted by
Malherbe and formulated by BoiIcau, Yet tho
change is felt 10 b" approaching when one
reads MnrOt, and 10 DO realized when the
"plrnd and he rinr RI ue,l in n g n r, rr,,h.
Ill.
What Mr. Keen. calls the AGA Of GLORY
1owned ,t tho vary b.pirpin- NJ III, soyon,
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