Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . 199 PIERRE CORNEILLfc. PIERRE CORNEILLE. AMONG the brilliant lights of French literature that shone conspicuously during the sixteenth century, the name of PIERRE CORNEILLE appears the mostprominent, and may be considered in his relations to Gallic literature and thecreation of a refined taste among the higher orders of the French peo
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . 199 PIERRE CORNEILLfc. PIERRE CORNEILLE. AMONG the brilliant lights of French literature that shone conspicuously during the sixteenth century, the name of PIERRE CORNEILLE appears the mostprominent, and may be considered in his relations to Gallic literature and thecreation of a refined taste among the higher orders of the French people, inthe same light as we regard Shakspere in his relation to, and influence upon,the literary taste of the English. Although his genius and talents were suffi-ciently vigorous and versatile to warrant the belief that he might have becomeeminent in every department of the republic of letters, yet his taste was deci-dedly dramatic, and upon his compositions of this character, his fame as a poetand a scholar chiefly rests. Prior to the splendid reign of Louis XIV., the literature (particularly dra-matic literature) of France was at a low ebb, and the stage, from which thepeople in a great measure derived many of their literary tastes and social pecu-liarities, presented a singu
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