Letters on England eBook

Voltaire

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Start of eBook	1
INTRODUCTION	1
LETTERS ON ENGLAND	2
LETTER I.—ON THE QUAKERS	2
LETTER II.—ON THE QUAKERS	5
LETTER III.—ON THE QUAKERS	7
LETTER IV.—ON THE QUAKERS	9
LETTER V.—ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND	13
LETTER VI.—ON THE PRESBYTERIANS	15
LETTER VII.—ON THE SOCINIANS, OR ARIANS, OR ANTITRINITARIANS	16
LETTER VIII.—ON THE PARLIAMENT	17
LETTER IX.—ON THE GOVERNMENT	19
LETTER X.—ON TRADE	22
LETTER XI.—ON INOCULATION	24
LETTER XII.—ON THE LORD BACON	27
LETTER XIII.—ON MR. LOCKE	30
LETTER XIV.—ON DESCARTES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON	35
LETTER XV.—ON ATTRACTION	39
LETTER XVI.—ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S OPTICS	45
LETTER XVII.—ON INFINITES IN GEOMETRY, AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S CHRONOLOGY	47
LETTER XVIII.—ON TRAGEDY	52
LETTER XIX.—ON COMEDY	56
LETTER XX.—ON SUCH OF THE NOBILITY AS CULTIVATE THE BELLES LETTRES	59
LETTER XXI.—ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER AND MR. WALLER	60
LETTER XXII.—ON MR. POPE AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS POETS	64
LETTER XXIII.—ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS	67
LETTER XXIV.—ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES	70

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