 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1862 - 456 páginas
...eighteenth century. Les quatre, it was agreed, were Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Buffon. " Whom," said Ampere to Tocqueville, " do you put highest...Nothing can exceed the clearness, the finesse, the gayety, and yet the simplicity of his style. He had a right to answer, as he did, to a lady who talked... | |
 | Max Lerner - 148 páginas
...yet the simplicity of his style." And he goes on to tell of Voltaire's answer to a lady who admired his phrases: "Madame, je n'ai jamais fait une phrase de ma vie." This use of style to play down style was Tocqueville's aim, and largely he succeeded. Every sentence... | |
 | Max Lerner - 1994 - 254 páginas
...yet the simplicity of his style." And he goes on to tell of Voltaire's answer to a lady who admired his phrases: "Madame, je n'ai jamais fait une phrase de ma vie." This use of style to play down style was Tocqueville's aim, and largely he succeeded. Every sentence... | |
 | Hugh Brogan, Denis Hugh Vercingetorix Brogan - 2007 - 756 páginas
...came to mind: the Church of England, the problem of poverty, the brilliant simplicity of Voltaire's style ('He had a right to answer, as he did to a lady...to him about the beauty of his phrases, Madame, je n'aijamais 493 fait une phrase de ma vie'*\ Talleyrand, Napoleon, and ancient Egypt, on which Ampere... | |
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Whom,' said Ampere to Tocqueville, ' do you put highest ? ' ' Voltaire,' answered Tocqueville. ' Nothing can exceed the clearness, the finesse, the gaiety, and yet the simplicity of his style. He had a right to answer, as he did, to a lady who talked... 