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  • I also picked up a copy of the lovely Tel quel anthology from 1968 entitled Théorie d'ensemble Éditions du Seuil.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Miglior acque 2009

  • I also picked up a copy of the lovely Tel quel anthology from 1968 entitled Théorie d'ensemble Éditions du Seuil.

    Robert Bartlett, The Hanged Man (Princeton UP, 2004) Miglior acque 2009

  • A son actif, notons egalement une certaine intuition pour le long terme, une bonne vision d'ensemble et surtout une saine moralité.

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2004

  • Page by farreaching page it offers the far-reaching planner a vue d'ensemble of how the todder roots and green crops, the department stores and bacon factories, the breweries, coke ovens, sycamores, people, and skilled people are disposed over the face of the United Kingdom.

    On the Map Quine, W.V. 1964

  • It breaks into its mechanical constituents and proves to have been nothing but an _effet d'ensemble_ produced on a mind whose habits and categories are essentially rhetorical.

    The Life of Reason George Santayana 1907

  • EDGAR QUINET (1803-1875), the friend and brother-in-arms of Michelet in his attack upon the Jesuits, born at Bourg, of a Catholic father and a Protestant mother, approached the study of literature and history with that tendency to large _vues d'ensemble_ which was natural to his mind, and which had been strengthened by discipleship to Herder.

    A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878

  • A practical position, either private or public, chains the mind to specialities and details, while a philosopher's business is with general truths and connected views (vues d'ensemble).

    Auguste Comte and Positivism John Stuart Mill 1839

  • However, in _morceaux d'ensemble_ he is quite at home, and, of course, shews himself to great advantage.

    Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798

  • In _morceaux d'ensemble_, he is quite at home, and when he dialogues with the orchestra, he shews much energy and feeling.

    Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798

  • I laughed very heartily, and it was truly a curious sight for a Venetian, when I saw the Doge followed by twelve Councillors appear on the stage, all dressed in the most ludicrous style, and dancing a 'pas d'ensemble'.

    Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 06: Paris Giacomo Casanova 1761

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