The Dramatic Works of Mr. de Voltaire, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of Mr. De Voltaire, Vol. 2 Amongft the many obligations which we of later ages have to the Italians, and particularly to the Popes and their minifters, we mutt not pars over the cultiva tion and improvement of the belles-lettres, which have l'often'd by degrees the grofs and barbarous man ners of our northern climates, and to which we are in a great meafure indebted for our politenefs, our hap pinefs, and our glory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.