L'autorit6 a cess6 d'avolr plus de poids que la raison.'" Preface de l'Histoire de l'Acad6mie des Sciences depuis 1666. Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) was considered by French literary critics a witty, elegant writer, an influential philosopher, and an excellent popularizer of science.
Periphrasis in eighteenth-century English verse and the function of the direct article
β Scribed by David Parker
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 658 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-2677
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