Quarterly Review, Volumes 146-147J. Murray., 1878 |
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Page i
... Voltaire , 115 ; alliance with Joseph , 116 ; love of flattery , ib .; complaints against Turkey , 117 ; plans for the conquest and reconstruction of , 118 ; her manifesto about the island of Taman , 119 ; annexation of the Crimea , 121 ...
... Voltaire , 115 ; alliance with Joseph , 116 ; love of flattery , ib .; complaints against Turkey , 117 ; plans for the conquest and reconstruction of , 118 ; her manifesto about the island of Taman , 119 ; annexation of the Crimea , 121 ...
Page ii
... Voltaire , 88-90 ; her bon - mot , 90 ; acquainted with Horace Walpole , 91 ; letters to Crawford , 92 ; de- scribed by Henault , 95 ; death and burial , 96 . Disraeli's , Mr. , speech on the Select Committee in 1857 , 97 . • Dryden ...
... Voltaire , 88-90 ; her bon - mot , 90 ; acquainted with Horace Walpole , 91 ; letters to Crawford , 92 ; de- scribed by Henault , 95 ; death and burial , 96 . Disraeli's , Mr. , speech on the Select Committee in 1857 , 97 . • Dryden ...
Page v
... Voltaire's correspondence with Madame du Def- nians , 143 . fand , 88 , 90 ; on Catherine of Russia , 90 ; ad- vice to her about Constantinople , 115 . WAKE , ARCHBISHOP , his correspondence with M. Beauvois , 287 . Walpole , Horace ...
... Voltaire's correspondence with Madame du Def- nians , 143 . fand , 88 , 90 ; on Catherine of Russia , 90 ; ad- vice to her about Constantinople , 115 . WAKE , ARCHBISHOP , his correspondence with M. Beauvois , 287 . Walpole , Horace ...
Page 75
... Voltaire , etc. Nouvelle édition , augmentée des Extraits des Lettres d'Ho- race Walpole , etc. , et précédée d'une Notice sur Madame du Deffand . Par M. Thiers . Deux volumes . Paris , 1864 . 2. Correspondance complète de la Marquise ...
... Voltaire , etc. Nouvelle édition , augmentée des Extraits des Lettres d'Ho- race Walpole , etc. , et précédée d'une Notice sur Madame du Deffand . Par M. Thiers . Deux volumes . Paris , 1864 . 2. Correspondance complète de la Marquise ...
Page 76
... Voltaire lavishes on her sheet after sheet of wit , thought , fine ob- servation , and profanity , worthy of Za- dig ' or Candide . ' Bearing in mind probably the Horatian maxim , difficile est proprie communia di- cere , ' hardly one ...
... Voltaire lavishes on her sheet after sheet of wit , thought , fine ob- servation , and profanity , worthy of Za- dig ' or Candide . ' Bearing in mind probably the Horatian maxim , difficile est proprie communia di- cere , ' hardly one ...
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