Tears and Weeping: An Aspect of Emotional Climate Reflected in Seventeenth-century French Literature

Tears and Weeping: An Aspect of Emotional Climate Reflected in Seventeenth-century French Literature
ISBN-10
3878088957
ISBN-13
9783878088950
Category
Crying
Pages
116
Language
English
Published
1981
Publisher
Gunter Narr Verlag
Author
Sheila Page Bayne

Description

The virtues of the deceased were many ; his wise counsels to the king made him reknowned in peace as well as in war . ... but a noble and courageous spirit should be above weeping : L'on pardonne les pleurs aux personnes comunes ...

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