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Page 138
... Voltaire obtained an astute practical knowledge of law which he later put to good use in the everlasting legal squabbles he seemed to take such delight in , and in the multifarious and often shady financial speculations which made him ...
... Voltaire obtained an astute practical knowledge of law which he later put to good use in the everlasting legal squabbles he seemed to take such delight in , and in the multifarious and often shady financial speculations which made him ...
Page 140
... Voltaire's future life . He was dining one evening with the Duc de Sully when a message was brought that Voltaire was urgently required by a visitor . No sooner had he set foot outside the front door than he was set upon and thrashed by ...
... Voltaire's future life . He was dining one evening with the Duc de Sully when a message was brought that Voltaire was urgently required by a visitor . No sooner had he set foot outside the front door than he was set upon and thrashed by ...
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... Voltaire at the French court . His implacable enemy the Comte de Fleury died in 1743 , and the Marquis d'Argenson , now Foreign Secretary , managed , after a good deal of tactful persuasion , to win over Louis XV , so that Voltaire was ...
... Voltaire at the French court . His implacable enemy the Comte de Fleury died in 1743 , and the Marquis d'Argenson , now Foreign Secretary , managed , after a good deal of tactful persuasion , to win over Louis XV , so that Voltaire was ...
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