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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Page xxix
... Montesquieu , in his " 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 ...
... Montesquieu , in his " 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 ...
Page xxxi
... Montesquieu , and Rousseau , En- dowed with a vivid imagination , and possessing to a high degree the power of expressing his thoughts in language at once correct and ani- mated , he has described the beauties and won- ders of nature in ...
... Montesquieu , and Rousseau , En- dowed with a vivid imagination , and possessing to a high degree the power of expressing his thoughts in language at once correct and ani- mated , he has described the beauties and won- ders of nature in ...
Page xxxv
... Montesquieu , the strong appeals made to the feelings of men by Rousseau , and the fearless attacks of Voltaire and his disciples against all established institutions , contributed to rouse the people to a sense of their situation , of ...
... Montesquieu , the strong appeals made to the feelings of men by Rousseau , and the fearless attacks of Voltaire and his disciples against all established institutions , contributed to rouse the people to a sense of their situation , of ...
Page xlii
... Montesquieu's ad- mirable Sketch , there scarcely was a work , in French , deserving the name of a history , at least in the higher sense of the word . That want is now fully supplied ; and the names of Guizot , of Sismondi , of Thierry ...
... Montesquieu's ad- mirable Sketch , there scarcely was a work , in French , deserving the name of a history , at least in the higher sense of the word . That want is now fully supplied ; and the names of Guizot , of Sismondi , of Thierry ...
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... or has been more the sub- ject of criticism , and upon the whole more eulo- gised than the Esprit des Lois of MONTESQUIEU . It is only necessary to indicate the Five Codes , to which should be added the excellent Commen- tary of.
... or has been more the sub- ject of criticism , and upon the whole more eulo- gised than the Esprit des Lois of MONTESQUIEU . It is only necessary to indicate the Five Codes , to which should be added the excellent Commen- tary of.
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