The Life of Voltaire volume 1
The Life of Voltaire volume 1
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' In April it was in the hands of the censor. Voltaire quite expected to be given a privilege for it. The censor did not seem to see any- thing objectionable in it.
It is easy to fancy what a success a work so gay, wit'ty, and daring would meet with, when it dropped red-hot from the press, while it was still in the hands of the authorities awaiting the coveted yellow seal. If it was a cathedral, it was one which afforded the author no sanctuary. The old dangers and the old outcries, to which he... should have been getting wearily used by now, met him as usual. There was a threatened lettre de cachet. ' Here is a little villain of a writer who ought to be sent over the sea again, ' said Marais.
All Paris was up in arms in fact. ' This " Temple of Taste " has roused up those whom I have not praised enough for their liking, ' Voltaire wrote to Theriot on May 1, ' and still more those whom I have not praised at all ... Add to that the crime of having printed this bagatelle without a permission, and the anger of the minister against such an outrage ; add to that the bowlings of the Court and the menace of a lettre de cachet, and, with all, you will have but a feeble idea of ^ET.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
' In April it was in the hands of the censor. Voltaire quite expected to be given a privilege for it. The censor did not seem to see any- thing objectionable in it.
It is easy to fancy what a success a work so gay, wit'ty, and daring would meet with, when it dropped red-hot from the press, while it was still in the hands of the authorities awaiting the coveted yellow seal. If it was a cathedral, it was one which afforded the author no sanctuary. The old dangers and the old outcries, to which he... should have been getting wearily used by now, met him as usual. There was a threatened lettre de cachet. ' Here is a little villain of a writer who ought to be sent over the sea again, ' said Marais.
All Paris was up in arms in fact. ' This " Temple of Taste " has roused up those whom I have not praised enough for their liking, ' Voltaire wrote to Theriot on May 1, ' and still more those whom I have not praised at all ... Add to that the crime of having printed this bagatelle without a permission, and the anger of the minister against such an outrage ; add to that the bowlings of the Court and the menace of a lettre de cachet, and, with all, you will have but a feeble idea of ^ET.
What to read after The Life of Voltaire volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Evelyn Beatrice Hall to read onlineMoreLess
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