The National Review, Volume 58W.H. Allen, 1911 - English literature |
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Page 290
... Voltaire's career filled with enough intellec- tual activity to eke out the lifetime of an ordinary man , and arrive ... Voltaire is the centre of a group which is probably discussing the play in progress . Voltaire , as one entitled to ...
... Voltaire's career filled with enough intellec- tual activity to eke out the lifetime of an ordinary man , and arrive ... Voltaire is the centre of a group which is probably discussing the play in progress . Voltaire , as one entitled to ...
Page 292
... Voltaire's enthusiasm was never wholly sincere , nor his comprehension of his genius complete . To the end Shakespeare remained for Voltaire the drunken savage of genius , and his work a disordered chaos with flashes of sudden power ...
... Voltaire's enthusiasm was never wholly sincere , nor his comprehension of his genius complete . To the end Shakespeare remained for Voltaire the drunken savage of genius , and his work a disordered chaos with flashes of sudden power ...
Page 297
... Voltaire that he had heart in his brains , and give him the more substantial praise . Goethe's estimates are not usually tinged with exaggeration , and I give his curious judgment of Voltaire because it comes from a man who balances his ...
... Voltaire that he had heart in his brains , and give him the more substantial praise . Goethe's estimates are not usually tinged with exaggeration , and I give his curious judgment of Voltaire because it comes from a man who balances his ...
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