[1] Told me by an eye-witness of the scene, Philarète Chasles.
[2] In the list of personages we find the following directions to the actor for the rendering of the part of Borgia. Observe how all the qualities beloved of Romanticism are enumerated as if in a catalogue, and how in all essentials the directions might serve for Victor Hugo's young heroes, or indeed for Antony: "Montagnard brusque et bon. Vindicatif et animé par la vendetta comme par une seconde âme: conduit par elle comme par la destinée. Caractère vigoureux, triste et profondément sensible. Haïssant et aimant avec violence. Sauvage par nature, et civilisé comme malgré lui par la cour et la politesse de son temps."
[3] See the characteristic introduction to Chatterton, "Dernière nuit de travail, du 29 au 30 Juin 1834."
[4] Cf. Madame de Girardin: Lettres parisiennes, ii 31.
[5] Augier's Gabrielle is perhaps the prettiest play which the Common-sense School produced. His dramas, La Jeunesse and La Pierre de Touche, were evidently inspired by Ponsard's L'Honneur et l'Argent.
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LITERATURE IN ITS RELATION TO THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE DAY
Meanwhile Saint-Simonism had been thoroughly leavening literature.