Excerpt from Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire, Vol. 27: Melanges Historiques
C'elt feulement dans la vie de M. De Voltaire qu'il faut parler de la Beaumeile, qui troubla long-temps le repos de ce grand-homme mais qui n'était ni allez inliruit fur l'hilloire, ni allez éclairé pour faire des remarques utiles fur les ouvrages.
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