The French Librarian: Or Literary Guide, Pointing Out the Best Works of the Principal Writers of France, in Every Branch of Literature; with Criticisms, Personal Anecdotes, and Bibliographical Notices; Preceded by a Sketch of the Progress of French Literature |
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... Lettres , & c . . Poetry , Novels , the Drama , & c . Fine Arts , Antiquities , & c . Arts and Sciences , Mathematics , Metaphysics Natural History , Chemistry , Anatomy , & c . Journals and Periodical Works Voyages and Travels Complete ...
... Lettres , & c . . Poetry , Novels , the Drama , & c . Fine Arts , Antiquities , & c . Arts and Sciences , Mathematics , Metaphysics Natural History , Chemistry , Anatomy , & c . Journals and Periodical Works Voyages and Travels Complete ...
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... Lettres provinciales " was the model on which all the best writers of the age of Louis XIV formed . their own . But this was the least of his claims to the admiration of posterity ; at once eminent in piety , and distinguished for ...
... Lettres provinciales " was the model on which all the best writers of the age of Louis XIV formed . their own . But this was the least of his claims to the admiration of posterity ; at once eminent in piety , and distinguished for ...
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... lettres , qui elles - mêmes avaient pris le premier rang entre tous les objets où se portent la curi- osité et l'attention des hommes . Il est triste que Voltaire n'ait pas senti combien il pouvait ennoblir et illustrer une pareille ...
... lettres , qui elles - mêmes avaient pris le premier rang entre tous les objets où se portent la curi- osité et l'attention des hommes . Il est triste que Voltaire n'ait pas senti combien il pouvait ennoblir et illustrer une pareille ...
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... Lettres persanes " a work written in his youth , displayed some share of the spirit of licentiousness and infidelity which was then in vogue , he redeemed his character by the publication of his Esprit des Lois , " a book which proved ...
... Lettres persanes " a work written in his youth , displayed some share of the spirit of licentiousness and infidelity which was then in vogue , he redeemed his character by the publication of his Esprit des Lois , " a book which proved ...
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... Lettres . CLÉMENT ( L'abbé D. ) Sermons . Paris , 1770 , 9 vols . 12mo . " The eloquence of the Abbé Clément is of a peculiar nature ; it has not the thunder of Bossuet , the rapidity of Bourdaloue , the delicacy of Cheminais , the ...
... Lettres . CLÉMENT ( L'abbé D. ) Sermons . Paris , 1770 , 9 vols . 12mo . " The eloquence of the Abbé Clément is of a peculiar nature ; it has not the thunder of Bossuet , the rapidity of Bourdaloue , the delicacy of Cheminais , the ...
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