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... thought to recommend himself to J. J. Rousseau , by pointing out faults in the writings of Vol- taire , and was greatly surprised , knowing them to be at variance , when Rousseau re- plied : " Voltaire has written so many things for the ...
... thought to recommend himself to J. J. Rousseau , by pointing out faults in the writings of Vol- taire , and was greatly surprised , knowing them to be at variance , when Rousseau re- plied : " Voltaire has written so many things for the ...
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... thought , ra- pidly improving in sense and elegance , the father imagined him to be in the road to ruin ; he was a poet , and associated with persons of fashion ; instead of studying law , he b 3 LIFE OF VOLTAIRE . xiii.
... thought , ra- pidly improving in sense and elegance , the father imagined him to be in the road to ruin ; he was a poet , and associated with persons of fashion ; instead of studying law , he b 3 LIFE OF VOLTAIRE . xiii.
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... Thoughts . In the fluency of the English language , and on religious topics , undoubtedly the latter must have excelled , and given great pleasure to the company by his spirited defence of Milton's allegorical personages , Death and Sin ...
... Thoughts . In the fluency of the English language , and on religious topics , undoubtedly the latter must have excelled , and given great pleasure to the company by his spirited defence of Milton's allegorical personages , Death and Sin ...
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... thought the prelate Bossuet was eloquent only , and had wasted too much labour on the Jewish nation . " XI . MEROPE . Voltaire to his friend M. D'Aiguebere . " Merope is not yet printed : I am afraid it will not be so well received in ...
... thought the prelate Bossuet was eloquent only , and had wasted too much labour on the Jewish nation . " XI . MEROPE . Voltaire to his friend M. D'Aiguebere . " Merope is not yet printed : I am afraid it will not be so well received in ...
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... thoughts with a Frenchman's vivacity . Having found the wit of his ná- tion either too simple or too delicate , he has nerved the simplicity with force , and sub- stituted a politeness in the place of affecta- tion . C 2 VOLTAIRIANA ...
... thoughts with a Frenchman's vivacity . Having found the wit of his ná- tion either too simple or too delicate , he has nerved the simplicity with force , and sub- stituted a politeness in the place of affecta- tion . C 2 VOLTAIRIANA ...
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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...