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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 118 — I. OF WORKS OF THE MIND.

Henri Van Laun translation

It is now generally supposed that by the satirist described Boileau is meant, for he sometimes commences grand subjects, as in his satires Sur lʼHomme or Sur la Noblesse, but he never enters deeply into the matter, and treats of Les Embarras de Paris or Le Repas ridicule.

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