Littell's Living Age, Volume 69Living Age Company Incorporated, 1861 |
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Page 387
... nature , says Goethe , is best di- vined by observing what he ridicules . In these romances we can study Voltaire's real nature ; for in them we have set before us all he thought ridiculous in society around him and in the general ...
... nature , says Goethe , is best di- vined by observing what he ridicules . In these romances we can study Voltaire's real nature ; for in them we have set before us all he thought ridiculous in society around him and in the general ...
Page 391
... nature . Yet the groundwork of all Voltaire's satires sinks no deeper than this . Even on some incomparable . But no sensation is diffused of his favorite themes Voltaire was occa- by any one of them to show that their au- sionally ...
... nature . Yet the groundwork of all Voltaire's satires sinks no deeper than this . Even on some incomparable . But no sensation is diffused of his favorite themes Voltaire was occa- by any one of them to show that their au- sionally ...
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... nature , had occasionally a certain melancholy on him ; similar , I think , to that which Kant describes in a commen- tary on an observation of Saussure : " A species of sadness , " he says , " belonging to the bracing emotions , and ...
... nature , had occasionally a certain melancholy on him ; similar , I think , to that which Kant describes in a commen- tary on an observation of Saussure : " A species of sadness , " he says , " belonging to the bracing emotions , and ...
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Religion and Literature in France | 7 |
SATURDAY REVIEW | 12 |
Brennus de Roma | 13 |
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