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But even in the "Tartarin" series he is not entirely himself. The pure stream of his native simplicity and naïveté is already tinged with the worldly-wiseness of the Parisian.
Yet after all, as I've said already, Fame is but fume, a motion of the mind, A very pleasant draught, but somewhat heady, As many oft have found and yet may find; Its only fault is that it makes unsteady Our very best resolves and seems design'd, Just like most good things as Champaign and Hock; Only to make us go off on half-cock.
In the "Lettres de mon moulin" the writer is still in sympathy with his native land, while in the earliest of the "Tartarin" series, "Tartarin de Tarascon," there is already a spirit of disdainful raillery which Daudet learned in Paris. Tarascon was piqued when "Tartarin de Tarascon" appeared. Indeed, there is more than a little in the book that may well offend local pride.
I shall cause a railing to be put round the whole of the ground, it being necessary even for the preservation of the willows, many sprigs from which had already began to be taken by different individuals who went down to visit the place after the corpse was interred. EXTRAIT D'UNE D
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