Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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Page 55
... feelings of the two jealous and vainglorious Frenchmen , succeeded in producing a bitter enmity between them . Voltaire resolved to set his mark , a mark never to be effaced , on the forehead of Maupertuis , and wrote the exquisitely ...
... feelings of the two jealous and vainglorious Frenchmen , succeeded in producing a bitter enmity between them . Voltaire resolved to set his mark , a mark never to be effaced , on the forehead of Maupertuis , and wrote the exquisitely ...
Page 63
... feeling was strongest in Maria Theresa ; but it was by no means confined to her . Frederic , in some respects a good master , was emphatically a bad neigh- bour . That he was hard in all dealings , and quick to take all advantages , was ...
... feeling was strongest in Maria Theresa ; but it was by no means confined to her . Frederic , in some respects a good master , was emphatically a bad neigh- bour . That he was hard in all dealings , and quick to take all advantages , was ...
Page 64
... West ! The mistress was completely gained over , and easily carried her point with Lewis , who had , indeed , wrongs of his own to resent . His COALITION AGAINST PRUSSIA 65 feelings were not quick , but 64 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
... West ! The mistress was completely gained over , and easily carried her point with Lewis , who had , indeed , wrongs of his own to resent . His COALITION AGAINST PRUSSIA 65 feelings were not quick , but 64 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
Page 65
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. COALITION AGAINST PRUSSIA 65 feelings were not quick , but contempt , says the eastern proverb , pierces even through the shell of the tortoise ; and neither prudence nor decorum had ever ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. COALITION AGAINST PRUSSIA 65 feelings were not quick , but contempt , says the eastern proverb , pierces even through the shell of the tortoise ; and neither prudence nor decorum had ever ...
Page 78
... King was not much more respectful . It would probably have puzzled Voltaire himself to say what was his real feeling towards Frederic . It THE DUKE OF RICHELIEU 79 was compounded of all sentiments 78 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
... King was not much more respectful . It would probably have puzzled Voltaire himself to say what was his real feeling towards Frederic . It THE DUKE OF RICHELIEU 79 was compounded of all sentiments 78 FREDERIC THE GREAT.
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