Lacon, Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who ThinkCharles Wells, 1836 - 504 sider |
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... Voltaire who observes , that it was very fortunate for Cromwell , that he appeared upon the stage at the precise moment when the people were tired of kings ; and as unfortunate for his son Richard , that he had to make good his ...
... Voltaire who observes , that it was very fortunate for Cromwell , that he appeared upon the stage at the precise moment when the people were tired of kings ; and as unfortunate for his son Richard , that he had to make good his ...
Side 92
... Voltaire , on hearing the name of Haller mentioned to him by an English traveller at Ferney , burst forth into a violent panegyric upon him ; his visiter told him that such praise was most disinterested , for that Haller by no means ...
... Voltaire , on hearing the name of Haller mentioned to him by an English traveller at Ferney , burst forth into a violent panegyric upon him ; his visiter told him that such praise was most disinterested , for that Haller by no means ...
Side 254
... Voltaire , † not only steal , but , like the harpies , befoul and bespatter those whom they have plundered . Others , again , give us the mere carcass of another man's thoughts , but deprived of all their life and spirit , and this is ...
... Voltaire , † not only steal , but , like the harpies , befoul and bespatter those whom they have plundered . Others , again , give us the mere carcass of another man's thoughts , but deprived of all their life and spirit , and this is ...
Side 424
... Voltaire carried this opinion so far , that he seems to infer that distance of time might make a poet still more interesting , by making him invisible ; for he asserts that the reputation of Dante will con tinually be growing greater ...
... Voltaire carried this opinion so far , that he seems to infer that distance of time might make a poet still more interesting , by making him invisible ; for he asserts that the reputation of Dante will con tinually be growing greater ...
Side 437
... Voltaire was once desired by a poet to criticise a tragedy he had written . He prefaced his request by say- the judgment , rather than sharpened its acumen . Minds 37 * LACON . 437 egotism that is suicidal, and has a double-...
... Voltaire was once desired by a poet to criticise a tragedy he had written . He prefaced his request by say- the judgment , rather than sharpened its acumen . Minds 37 * LACON . 437 egotism that is suicidal, and has a double-...
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