Voltaire
[vɔl'ter]
Definition
(noun.) French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778).
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Examples
- She set up an academy, and corresponded with Voltaire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In many ways Voltaire's _Siècle de Louis XIV_ is still the best and most wholesome account. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As to his religious notions--why, as Voltaire said, incantations will destroy a flock of sheep if administered with a certain quantity of arsenic. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Till then, neither you nor Voltaire will ever enlighten the world by laughing at it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Frederick carried culture to the pitch of authorship, and corresponded with and entertained Voltaire, to their mutual exasperation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She read Voltaire, and had Rousseau by heart; talked very lightly about divorce, and most energetically of the rights of women. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No matter, Voltaire says somewhere, that provided there was a battle, it does not signify when it took place. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The observation of Mr. de Voltaire may be applied, I believe, not only to France, but to all other Roman Catholic countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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