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D'Aubigné, as its author, the characterisation of Sainte-Beuve exactly applies: "Juvénal du xvi. siècle, âpre, austère, inexorable, hérissé d'hyperboles, étincelant de beautés, rachetant une rudesse grossière par une sublime énergie."
A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878
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Compare for a moment the dark bosses of the Palazzo St.ozzi, the '_âpre énergie_' of the Palazzo Vecchio, the '_beauté sombre et sévère_' of the mediæval Bargello, with the open, airy brightness of the Doge's Palace, or the glorious Byzantine gold-and-blue of St. Mark's at Venice, and you get at once an admirable measure of this persistent trait in the Etruscan idiosyncrasy.
Science in Arcady Grant Allen 1873
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ΔpreMMP-2 and ΔproMMP-2 were obtained by deletion by PCR of the nucleotide sequence coding for the signal peptide (Δpre) or the propeptide (Δpro).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Virginie Renaud et al. 2010
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La bataille qui se prépare est donc âpre, et les événements risquent de se précipiter; l'Occident mené par l'OTAN ne songe qu'à renforcer son hégémonie, au détriment bien sûr des puissances émergentes, mais aussi des Etats souverains - et des peuples du monde.
Atlantic Review 2009
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