Voltairiana. Selected and tr. by M.J. Young, المجلد 1 |
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الصفحة xxii
... learned lady , he performed all the experiments on light and electricity . But those philosophical pursuits did not prevent his devotion to the Muses ; at Cirey he wrote Alzire , Zulime , and Mahomet ; there he finished his Discours sur ...
... learned lady , he performed all the experiments on light and electricity . But those philosophical pursuits did not prevent his devotion to the Muses ; at Cirey he wrote Alzire , Zulime , and Mahomet ; there he finished his Discours sur ...
الصفحة xxiii
... learned guests . At Cirey , Voltaire was honoured with the correspondence of the Prince Royal of Prussia , who chose him for the confidant and director of his literary pursuits . He sent his portrait and his ma- nuscripts to Voltaire ...
... learned guests . At Cirey , Voltaire was honoured with the correspondence of the Prince Royal of Prussia , who chose him for the confidant and director of his literary pursuits . He sent his portrait and his ma- nuscripts to Voltaire ...
الصفحة 33
... learned , for the first time , what his Majesty's intentions were , and I never saw a man so cheerful as he was upon the occasion . Our conversa- tion turned precisely on a point of history that you have discussed in four lines - Which ...
... learned , for the first time , what his Majesty's intentions were , and I never saw a man so cheerful as he was upon the occasion . Our conversa- tion turned precisely on a point of history that you have discussed in four lines - Which ...
الصفحة 43
... ; which is proved by the following extract from an eloquent letter , in French , from the Cardinal Passionei to Voltaire : " I have read your charming and learned Italian letter repeatedly , and always with new pleasure . VOLTAIRIANA . 43.
... ; which is proved by the following extract from an eloquent letter , in French , from the Cardinal Passionei to Voltaire : " I have read your charming and learned Italian letter repeatedly , and always with new pleasure . VOLTAIRIANA . 43.
الصفحة 97
... learned the whole tragedy of Athalia , from having heard it repeated innumerable times by the scholars who acted that play . I commenced , there- fore , at the first scene , and performed Ab- ner and Jond alternately ; but before I had ...
... learned the whole tragedy of Athalia , from having heard it repeated innumerable times by the scholars who acted that play . I commenced , there- fore , at the first scene , and performed Ab- ner and Jond alternately ; but before I had ...
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Abbé affection Alzire amiable battle beautiful Berlin booksellers Cardinal Cardinal Passionei celebrated character Charles XII charms Cirey comedy Corneille court Crebillon crown D'Ailly death Duke de Choiseul elegant enemies English enjoy envy esteem evinced fame family of Calas father favour Ferney fortune Frederic French Freron friendship gave Geneva genius glory happy heart Henriade honour innocent Jesuits judge King of France King of Prussia lady letter literary live Louis XIV Madame de Chatelet Madame Denis Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Corneille Mahomet majesty manner Marchioness de Chatelet Marquis Marshal Saxe master ment merit Merope METASTASIO monarch nation nature never Ninon de L'Enclos noble Paris Pays de Gex performed philosophical piece play pleasure poem poet Pope possessed prince received Richelieu royal sensible sent Sirven soon taire taste theatre thou thousand livres tion took tragedy translated verses Voltaire Voltaire's writing written wrote young Zaïre
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...