and I had imagined also that it was characteristic of the mental attitude towards life of the circle in which Swann moved, where, by a natural reaction from the 'lyrical' enthusiasms of earlier generations, an excessive importance was given to small and precise facts, formerly regarded as vulgar, and anything in the nature of 'phrase-making' was banned.
eta susmoa nuen, halaber, hura Swann bizi zèn lagunarteko izpiritu-giroaren era bat ere bazatekeela, non, aurretiko belaunaldien lirismoarekiko kontrakarrean, gehiegiraino ere birbalioztatzen baitziren egitate zehatz ttipiak, behiala arruntegitzat joak, eta "esaldi arranditsuak" baztertzen.