 The English are more fond of action than we are, and speak more to the eye ; the French give more attention to elegance, harmony, and the charms of verse. It is certainly more difficult to write well than to bring upon the stage assassinations, wheels,...  The Works of M. de Voltaire: Brutus - Page 216by Voltaire - 1761Full view - About this book
 | Voltaire - 1761 - 326 lehte
...ner than by dumb fhew : but they did not do even fo much as this. The Englifh are more fond of action than we are, and fpeak more to the eye :. the French...Cato, which reflects fo much honour on MrAddifon, your fucceflbr in the miniftry, I have heard you fay, owes its great reputation to its fine poetry ; that... | |
 | Voltaire - 1901 - 614 lehte
...speak more to the eye ; the French give more attention to elegance, harmony, and the charms of verse. It is certainly more difficult to write well than to bring upon the stage assassinations, wheels, mechanical powers, ghosts, and sorcerers. The tragedy of "Cato," which... | |
 | Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1901 - 328 lehte
...speak more to the eye ; the French give more attention to elegance, harmony, and the charms of verse. It is certainly more difficult to write well than to bring upon the stage assassinations, wheels, mechanical powers, ghosts, and sorcerers. The tragedy of "Cato," which... | |
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