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The Characters, of Jean de la Bruyère, translated by Henri van Laun

The Characters, of Jean de la Bruyère, translated by Henri van Laun

by Jean de La Bruyère

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Author
La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645-1696
Title
The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère
Credits
Produced by Gary Rees, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Character sketches -- Early works to 1800
Category
Text
eBook-No.
46633
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46633
Release Date
August 19, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE “CHARACTERS”
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR
  6. 6.PREFACE.
  7. 7.I. OF WORKS OF THE MIND.
  8. 8.II. OF PERSONAL MERIT.
  9. 9.III. OF WOMEN.
  10. 10.IV. OF THE AFFECTIONS.
  11. 11.V. OF SOCIETY AND OF CONVERSATION.
  12. 12.VI. OF THE GIFTS OF FORTUNE.
  13. 13.VII. OF THE TOWN. 322
  14. 14.VIII. OF THE COURT.
  15. 15.IX. OF THE GREAT.
  16. 16.X. OF THE SOVEREIGN AND THE STATE. 487
  17. 17.XI. OF MANKIND.
  18. 18.XII. OF OPINIONS.
  19. 19.XIII. OF FASHION.
  20. 20.XIV. OF CERTAIN CUSTOMS.
  21. 21.XV. OF THE PULPIT. 831
  22. 22.XVI. OF FREETHINKERS. 853
  23. 23.FOOTNOTES:

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