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... Voltaire's view was very different . To him , as to Montesquieu , natural causes alone were operative in history ... Voltaire , ' he said , ' writes history to glorify his own convent , like any Benedictine monk . ' Voltaire's ' convent ...
... Voltaire's view was very different . To him , as to Montesquieu , natural causes alone were operative in history ... Voltaire , ' he said , ' writes history to glorify his own convent , like any Benedictine monk . ' Voltaire's ' convent ...
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... Voltaire's meaning is deep in proportion to the lightness of his writing - that it is when he is most in earnest that he grins most . And , in Candide , the brilliance and the seriousness alike reach their climax . The book is a ...
... Voltaire's meaning is deep in proportion to the lightness of his writing - that it is when he is most in earnest that he grins most . And , in Candide , the brilliance and the seriousness alike reach their climax . The book is a ...
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... Voltaire's style is narrow ; it is like a rapier - all point ; with such neatness , such lightness , the sweeping blade of Pascal has become an impossi- bility . Compared to the measured march of Bossuet's sentences , Voltaire's ...
... Voltaire's style is narrow ; it is like a rapier - all point ; with such neatness , such lightness , the sweeping blade of Pascal has become an impossi- bility . Compared to the measured march of Bossuet's sentences , Voltaire's ...
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ORIGINS THE MIDDLE AGES | 7 |
THE AGE OF TRANSITION | 31 |
THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 142 |
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