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Side 8
... took shelter with the duchess of Saxe - Gotha . Maupertius , as Voltaire himself related , took the advantage of misrepresenting him in his absence ; and he was detained by the king's order , at Francfort on the Maine , till he had ...
... took shelter with the duchess of Saxe - Gotha . Maupertius , as Voltaire himself related , took the advantage of misrepresenting him in his absence ; and he was detained by the king's order , at Francfort on the Maine , till he had ...
Side 9
... took care to proclaim , either with a view that they should reach pos- terity , or to please the curious , contributed as much to extend his reputation as the marks of esteem and bounty he had received from sovereign princes . The king ...
... took care to proclaim , either with a view that they should reach pos- terity , or to please the curious , contributed as much to extend his reputation as the marks of esteem and bounty he had received from sovereign princes . The king ...
Side 10
... took a large dose of opium , which de- prived him of his senses . He died 30th May , 1778 , and was bu- ried at Sellices , a Benedictine abbey between Nogent and Troyes , Many accounts have been published respecting his behaviour when ...
... took a large dose of opium , which de- prived him of his senses . He died 30th May , 1778 , and was bu- ried at Sellices , a Benedictine abbey between Nogent and Troyes , Many accounts have been published respecting his behaviour when ...
Side 11
... took of those of an eagle and an ape : and who can say that this contrast was not the principle of his predominant taste for anti- thesis ? What an uncommon and perpetual change from great- ness to meanness , from glory to contempt ...
... took of those of an eagle and an ape : and who can say that this contrast was not the principle of his predominant taste for anti- thesis ? What an uncommon and perpetual change from great- ness to meanness , from glory to contempt ...
Side 32
... took pleasure in my society , heard me with atten- tion , seemed delighted with the naivete of my conversation , appeared to consult me in every thing , and , on all subjects , pos- sessed a taste similar to my own . The hope I ...
... took pleasure in my society , heard me with atten- tion , seemed delighted with the naivete of my conversation , appeared to consult me in every thing , and , on all subjects , pos- sessed a taste similar to my own . The hope I ...
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