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French to English translations [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Balzac's Works | |||||||
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4 +3 | luminous fluid |
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4 | a brilliant source of light |
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luminous fluid Explanation: I think "mysterious, radiant kind of power" is taking rather too many liberties. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2011-04-25 15:05:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "For to [Balzac] Nature was a mere bundle of forces which might be pulled out and examined like so many nervous filaments. In " Louis Lambert," which contains Balzac's philosophy, substance is only matter, the human will a voltaic pile, and God Himself a luminous fluid. Every- where, from "La Peau de Chagrin" to that most desolate and unethical of tragedies, " Le Cousin Pons," we see the individual, however strongly drawn, at the mercy of his surroundings and of his nature. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/william-francis-barry/... |
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