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Histoire De Charles Xii Roi De Su De Ed With Notes By G E Fasnacht

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Author : François Marie Arouet de Voltaire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

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Voltaire S History Of Charles Xii King Of Sweden

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Author : Voltaire
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2008-01-01

Voltaire S History Of Charles Xii King Of Sweden written by Voltaire and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

THE “Life of Charles XII” that Mr. John Burns once bought for a penny in the New Cut—an incident in itself historical if one looks at it in the right way—was, he writes to say, an English version of Voltaire’s book. The “Histoire de Charles XII, Roi de Suède,” was first published at Rouen in 1731, first freely translated into English by Alexander Henderson in 1734, and soon afterwards reduced into a chap-book, which made the King a proverbial hero in English fairs and market-places. There have been other translations since Henderson’s, and it is now retranslated by Miss Todhunter with a closer correspondence than his to Voltaire’s original. The book may claim a particular right to an English hearing, apart from the main interest of its subject. It was in England that the life of Charles XII was written by Voltaire, when he was on a visit of exigency there after the Rohan escapade and his second Bastille imprisonment. The effect of this stay in England was that of a determining event in his career. “Voltairism,” writes Mr. John Morley, “may be said to have begun from the flight of its founder from Paris to London. This, to borrow a name from the most memorable instance of outward change marking inward revolution, was the decisive ‘hegira,’ from which the philosophy of destruction in a formal shape may be held seriously to date.” We may supplement this passage from the criticism of a French critic of another school, who says, “England at this time was worked by a spirit of dogmatic irreligion which based itself on a false erudition, a bold criticism and an insidious metaphysic. It was the time of Woolston, of Toland, of Tindal, of Chubb, of Collins, of Bolingbroke. Until then, an insouciant disciple and imitator of the epicureans of the Temple and the roués of the Regency, Voltaire had only ventured on impiety by sallies; dogmas and mysteries had so far only inspired him with bon mots. In the school of the English philosophers he learnt to reason out his incredulity.” Voltaire had had time by this to mend his youth and find his intellectual stature. Born in 1694, he was now a man approaching thirty-three. He had written plays, for his love for the theatre, as it lasted late in him, began early; he had completed his epic, “la Henriade”; he had used his wit irresponsibly, and, thanks to it, had twice been in the Bastille. In England he learnt, if one may say so, to take his wit seriously, that is, to realize it as a decisive weapon in his inevitable revolt and warfare. Similarly he was to use some of his other faculties in their most adroit perfection. If in the “Henriade” the epic method had failed him, considered by the side of other poems as ambitious and as long, he was able to sit down on his return from his English exile and complete this rapid piece of biography, in effect a short prose epic, which shows us the narrative art used by a consummate master in that art. More than this we need not claim for him. If we admit Carlyle’s stigma of “persifleur” as applying to his first period, we need not go on to write him down now philosopher, by way of compensation, because he had studied for a brief period under certain notorious English philosophers. He was neither a persifleur nor a philosopher: he was a militant scribe and hyper-critic with a master bias, anti-religious or anti-Catholic, and an inimitable gift of expression. We see his gift in a very luminous special form in his “Charles XII,” which luckily need offend no man’s susceptibilities.

Histoire De Charles Xii New Edition With An English Vocabulary For The Use Of Schools By M Bertrand

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Author : Voltaire
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869

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Histoire Militaire De Charles Xii Roi De Su De The Military History Of Charles Xii King Of Sweden To Which Is Added An Account Of The Battle Of Pultowa Etc

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Author : Gustaf ADLERFELD
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1740

Histoire Militaire De Charles Xii Roi De Su De The Military History Of Charles Xii King Of Sweden To Which Is Added An Account Of The Battle Of Pultowa Etc written by Gustaf ADLERFELD and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1740 with Sweden categories.

Histoire De Charles Xii

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Author : Voltaire
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-03-12

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Histoire de Charles XII / Voltaire; illustree par FoulquierDate de l'edition originale: 1851Collection: Pantheon populaire illustre; 49Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique.En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles.Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.frhttp: //gallica.bnf.fr/ark: /12148/bpt6k61800242

Historie De Charles Xii

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Author : Voltaire
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887

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The History Of Charles Xii King Of Sweden Translated And Abridged By Andrew Henderson From Voltaire S Histoire De Charles Xii

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Author : King of Sweden CHARLES XII.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1750

The History Of Charles Xii King Of Sweden Translated And Abridged By Andrew Henderson From Voltaire S Histoire De Charles Xii written by King of Sweden CHARLES XII. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1750 with categories.

Histoire De Charles Xii

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Author : Voltaire
language : en
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Release Date : 1900

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The History Of Charles Xii Etc Translated And Abridged From Voltaire S Histoire De Charles Xii

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1762

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Histoire De Charles Xii Roi De Suede

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Author : Voltaire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1830

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