Letters on England
by Voltaire
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About this eBook
- Author
- Voltaire, 1694-1778
- Credits
- Transcribed from the 1894 Cassell & Co. edition by David Price
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
- Subject
- Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 2445
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2445
- Release Date
- December 1, 2000
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.LETTERS ON ENGLAND by Voltaire
- 2.INTRODUCTION
- 3.LETTERS ON ENGLAND — LETTER I.—ON THE QUAKERS — LETTER II.—ON THE QUAKERS — LETTER III.—ON THE QUAKERS — LETTER IV.—ON THE QUAKERS — LETTER V.—ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND — LETTER VI.—ON THE PRESBYTERIANS — LETTER VII.—ON THE SOCINIANS, OR ARIANS, OR ANTITRINITARIANS — LETTER VIII.—ON THE PARLIAMENT — LETTER IX.—ON THE GOVERNMENT — LETTER X.—ON TRADE — LETTER XI.—ON INOCULATION — LETTER XII.—ON THE LORD BACON — LETTER XIII.—ON MR. LOCKE — LETTER XIV.—ON DESCARTES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON — LETTER XV.—ON ATTRACTION — LETTER XVI.—ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S OPTICS — LETTER XVII.—ON INFINITES IN GEOMETRY, AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S CHRONOLOGY — LETTER XVIII.—ON TRAGEDY — LETTER XIX.—ON COMEDY — LETTER XX.—ON SUCH OF THE NOBILITY AS CULTIVATE THE BELLES LETTRES — LETTER XXI.—ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER AND MR. WALLER — LETTER XXII.—ON MR. POPE AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS POETS — LETTER XXIII.—ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS — LETTER XXIV.—ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES
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