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THE

FRIENDS OF VOLTAIRE

JEAN-LEROND D'ALEMBERT.

From an Emjravina

after Pujas.

8

THE

FRIENDS OF VOLTAIRE BY S.

G.

TALLBNTYEE

THE LIFE OF YOLTAIBE

'

pour

II

AUTHOB OF THE WOMEN OF THE SALONS

'

'

ames pensantes se frottent de la lumifere.'

faut que les

fairs jaillir

VOLIAIBE

:

Letter

to the

Due

I'uiie

'

ETC.

centre I'autre

d'Uzes, December

i,

1751.

WITH PORTBAIT

SMITH, ELDBE, &

LONDON CO., 15 WATEELOO PLACE 1906

[All

rights rcBorvcd]

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CONTENTS PAGE I.

II.

III.

D'Alembbrt

the Thinker (1717-1783)

:

Diderot: the Talker (1713-1784)

Galiani: the

Wit

IV. Vatjvbnakgues

Host

(1723-1789)

62

.

Index

.

:

:

.

.

.

.

the aristocrat (1743-1794)

96

118

150

.

.

.

.

the Playwright (1782-1799)

...

.

.

VIII. Tdkgot: the Statesman (1727-1781)

x. condorcet

.

the Contradiction (1715-1771)

IX. Bbatjmarchais

1

32

(1728-1787)

VI. Grimm: the Journalist (1723-1807)

:

.

...

the Aphorist (1715-1747)

:

V. D'Holbach: the

VII. Helvetius

.

.

.

176

206

236

268

.

299

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.

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Frontispiece

Piijos.

Diderot

To face

From an Engraving

ii,

32

by Eenriquez, after the Portrait hy

Vanloo.

Galiani From a

Vauvenargubs From a

62

„

96

„

118

„

150

„

176

Print in the Bibliothhque Nationale, Paris.

D'HOLBACH From a

„ Print.

Portrait in the Mus^e Condi, Cliantilly.

Grimm From an Engraving^

after Carmontelle, in the Bihliothhque

Rationale, Paris.

HELviTius From an Engraving

hy St. Aubin, after IJw Portrait by

Vanloo.

,,206

TURGOT From an Engraving

by Le Beau, after the Portrait by

Troy.

Beaumarchais From an

„

236

„

268

Engraving, after Michon^ in the BibliotMque

Nationale^ Paris.

CONDORCBT Fr

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