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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE I hereby recommend that this dissertation prepared under my direction by Anne McConnell entitled THE OPERA-BALLET: OPERA AS LITERATURE be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement of the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Dissertation Director m After inspection of the final copy of the dissertation, the follov/ing members of the Final Examination Committee concur in its approval and recommend its acceptance:"" \ % 1171. fj(wrd d ~X) ^tt, W fi 1*72- "This approval and acceptance is contingent on the candidate's adequate performance and defense of this dissertation at the final oral examination. The inclusion of this sheet bound into the library copy of the dissertation is evidence of satisfactory performance at the final examination.
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Page 1 and 2: INFORMATION TO USERS This dissertat
Page 3: THE OPERA-BALLET: OPERA AS LITERATU
Page 7 and 8: TO MY GRANDFATHER ROLLIN PEASE So o
Page 9 and 10: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABSTRACT vii
Page 11 and 12: ABSTRACT Since the seventeenth cent
Page 13 and 14: These works, combining insouciant l
Page 15 and 16: poets such as Benserade and great d
Page 17 and 18: opera to the literature of their pe
Page 19 and 20: written to be sung, and that a full
Page 21 and 22: Most of these royal entertainments
Page 23 and 24: "Academie de poesie et de musique,
Page 25 and 26: The first work in which all the dev
Page 27 and 28: Participating in this ballet with t
Page 29 and 30: Les Cris de Paris, show that the un
Page 31 and 32: outlined, more or less in detail, t
Page 33 and 34: songs related to the action of the
Page 35 and 36: the whole spirit of this period: lo
Page 37 and 38: primary importance in the ballets:
Page 39 and 40: Je rougis, je palis, je sofipire of
Page 41 and 42: (Pour LE ROY, represantant un Espri
Page 43 and 44: Le Balet est icy espece de Poeme Dr
Page 45 and 46: purpose, as had the ancient tragedy
Page 47 and 48: number of entrees be limited: "Quan
Page 49 and 50: Menestrier begins by praising the b
Page 51 and 52: ancient history or mythology, or fr
Page 53 and 54: French court, but also as an expres
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These intermSdes often had nothing
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usually in a situation where the yo
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a appele le concours de la musique,
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about her own feelings. The stratag
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me m£prise! Non, non, je sais bien
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oreilles; elles sont cause que tout
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necessary to such verses of love, a
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mention the poetry, suffered from t
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ordinaires n'en permettent. Cette p
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Aux sujets qu'a traites Quinault, 5
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l'opera a pour objet, en utilisant
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subjects ridiculous. Rochemont prai
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his life, since the spectacle almos
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pour que, dans nos moeurs regues, l
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16 veritablement un ideal, un plais
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pastorale, and in the court ballet.
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ne se plait 5. donner qu'aux heros
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This pleasure, this easy diversion,
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de faste et le plus fin poison, ses
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Lies doux emportments de vos coeurs
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But Boileau and his supporters kept
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The two are of necessity different,
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mis dans son Alexandre, nous faisan
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eighteenth century, and became a po
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La BruySre, who was fascinated by t
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Des machines d'abord le surprenant
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Boileau was not the only one to fin
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l'ordre rigoureux des proportions,
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criticize it than to work hard at d
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On the subject of the literary valu
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Quinault's operas throughout her le
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CHAPTER 5 THE END OF THE REIGN OF L
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to contradict the whole sensual spi
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the society of Paris lived in the m
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-the rest of the Regency court, how
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maitre; et Philippe d'Orleans allai
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114 The arts adapt to the new atmos
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of the late seventeenth and early e
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new society much more than the clas
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L'essentiel de la volupte est bien
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death of Lully in 1687, and during
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As the large group of courtiers gat
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p. 89). Hypocrisy is certainly pres
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128 do in the simple life represent
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130 This new form of opera, the ope
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•Dissertation sur Hom&re' de Terr
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symmetry and simplicity of form and
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In the third entree, or that of Aut
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anciens and the modernes, but as a
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140 Folie, 1703); and though these
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ather than the grandeur of classica
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as the true expression of their des
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propounded ideas that would be bett
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This art of pleasing, according to
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comme je l'ai dit, le sentiment sup
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152 J'ai fait regner l'Amour dans t
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n'emousse pas le moins du monde l'i
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time. In his best moments, he sough
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Campra, having become very popular
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opera-ballet very well: "Nous irons
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162 charms. Not only do we see the
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Si vous voulez que les Graces Vous
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to prove to Discord that she has lo
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which heretofore has taken second p
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the fete before declaring himself.
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Lorsque Doris me parut belle, Je ne
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174 will continue the game. In acce
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176 Although the main characters ma
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of the Regency originated. Italy wi
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180 and a Troupe of Masques enters
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follow the Masque offstage, and we
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Olimpia, while she calmly pursues h
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186 Je sens les plus vives allarmes
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Des beautes de ces lieux j'emprunto
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Qu'il reunisse en lui la force et l
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seulement que dfes l'slge de vingt-
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CHAPTER 7 THE OPERA-BALLET: DEFINIT
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the opera-ballet was not the predec
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again explains this need: "Quelles
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elaxing entertainment, which requir
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They consisted mostly of airs (many
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assure the success of Rameau in the
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206 II existe tout un courant, au X
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Memoires of Barbarigo, who died in
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sc&nes de veritable comedie. A ce p
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expressed by. charming and unrealis
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opera-ballet, which begins again to
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dry to touch the heart profoundly,
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is overwhelmed, and lets the two go
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One of the most interesting of the
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222 Les Fetes venitiennes, in all i
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le jeu, et tout ce qui y avoit rapp
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are charming and pert, and even in
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qualities her daughter lacks. Cleon
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in love with her. She promised to m
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eautiful, commands the sailors and
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only way to interest the society of
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written the entrees of "Les Jours"
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discussed at greater length in the
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240 It is finally revealed that Luc
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•Oronte might marry again, thus m
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theatres of the Foire, where he con
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Venus, will triumph over the evil T
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The sparring between Eraste and Luc
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CHAPTER 8 THE PROLOGUE Due to the f
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entertainment prepared for the grea
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le merveilleux still alive in this
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But poor old Time is also expelled
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(L'Ete vient dans un char) L'ETE Je
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260 Because the purpose of the prol
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262 governed by dance rhythms, that
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youth and to love without ceasing a
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Les Fetes de l'ete is a good exampl
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268 Des Ris et des Jeux; Et l'aimab
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safety of anonymity: Pour cacher un
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272 When folly was praised so highl
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Veilles Bacchus, veilles Amour, End
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CHAPTER 9 THE PASTORALE Although th
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however, the author of the pastoral
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almost voluptuously or they shrug t
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Ciel! c'est pour la premiere fois Q
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with an inconstant lover prevents o
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we feel distinctly that, though she
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Votre douleur vous est trop chere,
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Quel triomphe pour vous! quelle glo
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up his inability to keep silent abo
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win her over, and Iphise, Isabelle'
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The rondeau will be a favorite form
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Probably Pellegrin's best accomplis
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ut a rather peaceful and unhurried
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Fuyons done .... ISABELLE LEANDRE Q
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Lisidor, she knows he flees any per
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of the opera, it is a gentle expres
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new idea. The repetition of the fir
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for the games of the Carte de Tendr
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312 The comparison with the Goddess
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She also shows strength and spirit,
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L'Amour est un enfant qui ne cherch
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however, in her fears and in her ch
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In two entrees, "Les Devins de la P
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II va s'enfuir avec les graces Que
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La Laideur se perd par mon fard, La
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LEANDRE Croyez-vous que bientot je
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LEONORE Faudra-t-il toujours vous e
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330 of many comic devices, this sce
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There are some comic entrees in Les
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After singing the praises of reason
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Frenchman, is again ridiculed as he
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COLOMBINE Pourquoi detournes-tu les
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LUCILE Vous avez icy devance Le che
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The lines in the preceding passage
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upon each other, the two cannot hol
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LEONTINE L'amour, que dans mes chan
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LEONTINE "C'est Flore qui t'appelle
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350 It is in Les Fetes de Thalie th
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more central to the interest of the
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ACASTE L'Hymen ne servira jamais qu
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many suitors, finding that being a
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358 Caliste merite mes soins, A reg
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ZERBIN Elle est prude, bizarre, inc
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CALISTE Quoi jamais ? DORANTE Jamai
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e all the greater because of the es
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of her ugliness). In the scene with
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HORTENSE Je regarde partout, et ne
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Au seul nom de l 1 Amour, d'oii vie
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Que le calme le plus heureux Regne
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Lucinde) or indulgent (for Belise)
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OCTAVE Je n'aime pas assez? Cruelle
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than admirable, including young peo
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Ma Soeur se plaint de son partage,
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to profit from the springtime of th
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satiety and langor has not yet desc
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Oil ne volent les Amours. Plaignons
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LEANDRE Florise m'aimez-vous .. . F
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J'aime, lorsque je voi la beaute qu
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the first to desert Lucinde, it bei
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characters, the satire of their old
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Quel seroit le triste entretien, D'
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Silvanire is the man the real Silva
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Triomphez charmante Folie, Chez vou
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sensibilite" in France, which led t
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The Regency man believed in this re
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406 single-minded--unable to change
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oth. The accompaniment of music and
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disapproval, seldom ridiculed or cr
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Texts of ball
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Boileau-Despreaux, Nicolas. Les pre
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Galli de Bibiena, Jean. Histoire de
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Parfaict, Claude and Fran$ois. Hist
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Brunetifere, Ferdinand. Etudes crit
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Rolland, Romain. Lies Origines du t
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