When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her...#Lytton Strachey
Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and...#Lytton Strachey
Though, with the ascendancy of Louis, the political power of the nobles finally came to...#Lytton Strachey
The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy...#Lytton Strachey
The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry...#Lytton Strachey
The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most...#Lytton Strachey
Modern as the style of Pascal's writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the...#Lytton Strachey
