The Life of David HumeHunt and Clarke, 1826 - 147 páginas |
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... poem , of which Henry IV should be the hero , and ardently desirous of studying the history of France . To this journey are we indebted for the " Henriade , ” and the age of Louis XIV . The death of this monarch was recent ; the people ...
... poem , of which Henry IV should be the hero , and ardently desirous of studying the history of France . To this journey are we indebted for the " Henriade , ” and the age of Louis XIV . The death of this monarch was recent ; the people ...
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... poem of the " League , " corrected his tragedy of " Edipus , " which he had begun long before , and wrote some merry verses on the misfortune of being there a prisoner . The regent , duke of Orleans , being informed of his innocence ...
... poem of the " League , " corrected his tragedy of " Edipus , " which he had begun long before , and wrote some merry verses on the misfortune of being there a prisoner . The regent , duke of Orleans , being informed of his innocence ...
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... poetic talent he es- teemed . Voltaire consulted him on his poem on the " League ; " and read his epistle to Urania to him , written for madame de Rupelinonde . This poem was the first monument of his freedom of thinking , and of his ...
... poetic talent he es- teemed . Voltaire consulted him on his poem on the " League ; " and read his epistle to Urania to him , written for madame de Rupelinonde . This poem was the first monument of his freedom of thinking , and of his ...
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... poem . It must be regretted , no doubt , that Voltaire , the fables of whose tragedies are so full of action , who has made the passions speak a language so natural and so true , and who could paint them so effectually as well by ...
... poem . It must be regretted , no doubt , that Voltaire , the fables of whose tragedies are so full of action , who has made the passions speak a language so natural and so true , and who could paint them so effectually as well by ...
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... poem , gal- lant , brave , and humane , but continually subject to misfortune which alighted on him alone , could interest only by his courage and his clemency . Nor was it pos- sible that the unnatural conversion of Henry IV should ...
... poem , gal- lant , brave , and humane , but continually subject to misfortune which alighted on him alone , could interest only by his courage and his clemency . Nor was it pos- sible that the unnatural conversion of Henry IV should ...
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