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... happy at Berlin , if La Metric , physician to the king , and no doubt extremely envious of the partiality he evinced for the new cham- berlain , had not repeated to Voltaire a very unkind speech which his majesty said con- cerning him ...
... happy at Berlin , if La Metric , physician to the king , and no doubt extremely envious of the partiality he evinced for the new cham- berlain , had not repeated to Voltaire a very unkind speech which his majesty said con- cerning him ...
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... have been con- demned by the religionists in this world , may be perfectly happy in the next , For God , not man , abfolves our frailties here . he After this slight vindication of Voltaire , in regard to LIFE OF VOLTAIRE . Xxxvii.
... have been con- demned by the religionists in this world , may be perfectly happy in the next , For God , not man , abfolves our frailties here . he After this slight vindication of Voltaire , in regard to LIFE OF VOLTAIRE . Xxxvii.
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... happy to em- ploy so excellent an historiographer in affairs which he considered of more importance to the nation than plays or the histories of past times . Although some airy courtiers at- tempted to ridicule the marquis , those who ...
... happy to em- ploy so excellent an historiographer in affairs which he considered of more importance to the nation than plays or the histories of past times . Although some airy courtiers at- tempted to ridicule the marquis , those who ...
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... happy days in which we lived with him we cannot but recal to your memory the nume- rous marks of friendship he bestowed on us ; kindnesses so effectual , that had I the power I could not do more for you who are my son . How grateful you ...
... happy days in which we lived with him we cannot but recal to your memory the nume- rous marks of friendship he bestowed on us ; kindnesses so effectual , that had I the power I could not do more for you who are my son . How grateful you ...
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... happy ; while all the other contending powers were suffer- ing the miseries of depredation . Princes in these times ruin themselves by war - he en- riched himself , and turned his attention to the embellishment of Berlin , to which city ...
... happy ; while all the other contending powers were suffer- ing the miseries of depredation . Princes in these times ruin themselves by war - he en- riched himself , and turned his attention to the embellishment of Berlin , to which city ...
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Page 219 - Avide de la gloire , il volait aux alarmes. Ce jour, sa jeune épouse, en accusant le ciel, En détestant la ligue et ce combat mortel, Arma son tendre amant, et d'une main tremblante Attacha tristement sa cuirasse pesante , Et couvrit, en pleurant, d'un casque précieux Ce front si plein de grâce et si cher à ses yeux.
Page 190 - With fame, in just proportion, envy grows ; The man that makes a character, makes foes : Slight, peevish insects round a genius rise, As a bright day awakes the world of flies ; With hearty malice, but with feeble wing, (To show they live) they flutter, and they sting : But as by depredations wasps proclaim The fairest fruit, so these the fairest fame.
Page 221 - D'Ailly voit son visage : ô désespoir ! ô cris ! Il le voit, il l'embrasse : hélas ! c'était son fils. Le père infortuné, les yeux baignés de larmes, Tournait contre son sein ses parricides armes ; On l'arrête : on s'oppose à sa juste fureur...
Page 220 - Fait tomber à ses pieds ce guerrier généreux. Ses yeux sont pour jamais fermés à la lumière ; Son casque auprès de lui roule sur la poussière ; D'Ailly voit son visage : ô désespoir ! ô cris ! Il le voit, il l'embrasse : hélas ! c'était son fils.
Page xxxix - O Parnasse, frémis de douleur et d'effroi! Pleurez , Muses ! brisez vos lyres immortelles ! Toi, dont il fatigua les cent voix et les ailes, Dis que Voltaire est mort, pleure, et repose-toi.
Page 7 - No stranger, sir, though born in foreign climes. On Dorset downs, when Milton's page, With Sin and Death provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, who sooth'd with gentle rhymes?" By Dorset downs he probably meant Mr. Dodington's seat. In Pitt's poems is "An Epistle to Dr. Edward Young, at Eastbury in Dorsetshire, on the Review at Sarum, 1722.
Page 7 - On Dorset downs, when MILTON'S page, With Sin and Death, provok'd thy rage, Thy rage provok'd, who sooth'd with gentle rhymes ? V. Who kindly couch'd thy censure's eye, And gave thee clearly to descry Sound judgment giving law to fancy strong ? Who half inclin'd thee to confess, Nor could thy modesty do less, That MILTON'S blindness lay not in his song ? VI.
Page 220 - Discorde accourut ; le démon de la guerre, La Mort pâle et sanglante, étaient à ses côtés. Malheureux, suspendez vos coups précipités ! Mais un destin funeste enflamme leur courage ; Dans le cœur l'un de l'autre ils cherchent un passage, Dans ce cœur ennemi qu'ils ne connaissent pas.
Page 123 - ... of HOMER, .and that too, even then, when he is under obligations to him ; insomuch that a very ingenious gentleman of my acquaintance tells me, that whenever you treat the English bard as a drunken savage in your avant propos, he always deems it a sure prognostic that your play is the better for him.
Page 126 - ... as mrs Gibber you would have beheld in Mandane a figure that would be an ornament to any stage in Europe, and you would have acknowledged that her acting promises...