Brunetière
Americannoun
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M. Brunetière, on the contrary, holds that the true expression of the national genius is to be found in the writers of Louis XIV.'s time—that France is instinctively and naturally classical.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
I beg you, therefore, to be kind enough to ask M. Brunetière to give me permission to second the views of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands by assisting to circulate Dr. Kuyper's article.
From Boer Politics by Guyot, Yves
But M. Brunetière would surely not deny that Walter Scott's work is objective and dramatic quite as often as it is lyrical.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
He sums up Ferdinand Brunetière as "constipé," a sound definition of a shrewd, unsympathetic critic.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
Indeed, M. Brunetière himself is respectful to the traditional meaning of the word.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
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