Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG ENGLISH WORKS OF
FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET
( VOLTAIRE )
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
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## A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY
## ZADIG OR, THE BOOK OF FATE
## CANDIDE
## VIRGIL AND VOLTAIRE
## MICROMEGAS
## VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCES
## ROMANCES
SOCRATES
LETTERS ON ENGLAND
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY
VOLUME I
By
VOLTAIRE
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
A
A.
A, B, C, OR ALPHABET.
ABBÉ.
ABBEY—ABBOT.
ABLE—ABILITY.
ABRAHAM.
ABUSE.
ABUSE OF WORDS.
ACADEMY.
ADAM.
ADORATION.
ADULTERY.
AFFIRMATION OR OATH.
AGAR, OR HAGAR.
ALCHEMY.
ALKORAN;
ALEXANDER.
ALEXANDRIA.
ALGIERS.
ALLEGORIES.
ALMANAC.
ALTARS, TEMPLES, RITES, SACRIFICES, ETC.
AMAZONS.
AMBIGUITY—EQUIVOCATION.
AMERICA.
AMPLIFICATION.
ANCIENTS AND MODERNS.
ANECDOTES.
ANGELS.
ANNALS.
ANNATS.
ANTHROPOMORPHITES.
ANTI-LUCRETIUS.
ANTIQUITY.
APIS.
APOCALYPSE.
ANTI-TRINITARIANS.
APOCRYPHA—APOCRYPHAL.
APOSTATE.
APOSTLES.
APPARITION.
APPEARANCE.
APROPOS.
ARABS;
ARARAT.
ARIANISM.
ARISTEAS.
ARISTOTLE.
ARMS—ARMIES.
AROT AND MAROT.
ART OF POETRY.
ARTS—FINE ARTS.
ASMODEUS.
ASPHALTUS.
ASS.
ASSASSIN—ASSASSINATION.
ASTROLOGY.
ASTRONOMY,
ATHEISM.
ATHEIST.
ATOMS.
AVARICE.
AUGURY.
AUGUSTINE.
AUGUSTUS (OCTAVIUS).
AVIGNON.
AUSTERITIES.
AUTHORS.
AUTHORITY.
AXIS.
B
BABEL.
BACCHUS.
BACON (ROGER).
BANISHMENT.
BAPTISM.
BARUCH, OR BARAK, AND DEBORAH;
BATTALION.
BAYLE.
BDELLIUM.
BEARD.
BEASTS.
BEAUTIFUL (THE).
BEES.
BEGGAR—MENDICANT
BEKKER,
BELIEF.
BETHSHEMESH.
BILHAH—BASTARDS
BISHOP.
BLASPHEMY.
BODY.
BOOKS.
BOURGES.
BRACHMANS—BRAHMINS.
BREAD-TREE.
BUFFOONERY—BURLESQUE—LOW COMEDY.
BULGARIANS.
BULL.
BULL (PAPAL).
C
CÆSAR.
CALENDS.
CANNIBALS.
CASTING (IN METAL).
CATO.
CELTS.
CEREMONIES—TITLES—PRECEDENCE.
CERTAIN—CERTAINTY.
CHAIN OF CREATED BEINGS.
CHAIN OR GENERATION OF EVENTS.
CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN THE GLOBE.
CHARACTER.
CHARITY.
CHARLES IX.
CHINA.
CHRISTIANITY.
CHRISTMAS.
CHRONOLOGY.
CHURCH.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
CHURCH PROPERTY.
CICERO.
CIRCUMCISION.
CLERK—CLERGY.
CLIMATE.
COHERENCE—COHESION—ADHESION.
COMMERCE.
COMMON SENSE.
CONFESSION.
CONFISCATION.
CONSCIENCE.
CONSEQUENCE.
CONSTANTINE.
CONTRADICTIONS.
CONTRAST.
CONVULSIONARIES.
CORN.
COUNCILS.
COUNTRY.
CRIMES OR OFFENCES.
CRIMINAL.
CROMWELL.
CUISSAGE.
CURATE (OF THE COUNTRY).
CURIOSITY.
CUSTOMS—USAGES.
CYRUS.
D
DANTE.
DAVID.
DECRETALS.
DELUGE (UNIVERSAL).
DEMOCRACY.
DEMONIACS.
DESTINY.
DEVOTEE.
DIAL.
DICTIONARY.
DIOCLETIAN.
DIONYSIUS, ST. (THE AREOPAGITE),
DIODORUS OF SICILY, AND HERODOTUS.
DIRECTOR.
DISPUTES.
DISTANCE.
DIVINITY OF JESUS.
DIVORCE.
DOG.
DOGMAS.
DONATIONS.
DRINKING HEALTHS.
THE DRUIDS.
E
EASE.
ECLIPSE.
ECONOMY (RURAL).
ECONOMY OF SPEECH—
ELEGANCE.
ELIAS OR ELIJAH, AND ENOCH.
ELOQUENCE.
EMBLEMS.
ENCHANTMENT.
END OF THE WORLD.
ENTHUSIASM.
ENVY.
EPIC POETRY.
EPIPHANY.
EQUALITY.
ESSENIANS.
ETERNITY.
EUCHARIST.
EXECUTION.
EXECUTIONER.
EXPIATION.
EXTREME.
EZEKIEL.
FABLE.
FACTION.
FACULTY.
FAITH.
FALSITY.
FALSITY OF HUMAN VIRTUES.
F
FANATICISM.
FANCY.
FASTI.
FATHERS—MOTHERS—CHILDREN.
FAVOR.
FAVORITE.
FEASTS.
FERRARA.
FEVER.
FICTION.
FIERTÉ.
FIGURE.
FIGURED—FIGURATIVE.
FIGURE IN THEOLOGY.
FINAL CAUSES.
FINESSE, FINENESS, ETC.
FIRE.
FIRMNESS.
FLATTERY.
FORCE (PHYSICAL).
FORCE—STRENGTH.
FRANCHISE.
FRANCIS XAVIER.
FRANKS—FRANCE—FRENCH
FRAUD.
FREE-WILL.
FRENCH LANGUAGE.
FRIENDSHIP.
FRIVOLITY.
G
GALLANT.
GARGANTUA.
GAZETTE.
GENEALOGY.
GENESIS.
GENII.
GENIUS.
GEOGRAPHY.
GLORY—GLORIOUS.
GOAT—SORCERY.
GOD—GODS.
GOOD—THE SOVEREIGN GOOD, A CHIMERA.
GOOD.
GOSPEL.
GOVERNMENT.
GOURD OR CALABASH.
GRACE.
GRACE (OF).
GRAVE—GRAVITY.
GREAT—GREATNESS.
GREEK.
GUARANTEE.
GREGORY VII.
H
HAPPY—HAPPILY.
HEAVEN (CIEL MATÉRIEL).
HEAVEN OF THE ANCIENTS.
HELL.
HELL (DESCENT INTO).
HERESY.
HERMES.
HISTORIOGRAPHER.
HISTORY.
HONOR.
HUMILITY.
HYPATIA.
I
IDEA.
IDENTITY.
IDOL—IDOLATER—IDOLATRY.
IGNATIUS LOYOLA.
IGNORANCE.
IMAGINATION.
IMPIOUS.
IMPOST.
IMPOTENCE.
INALIENATION—INALIENABLE.
INCEST.
INCUBUS.
INFINITY.
INFLUENCE.
INITIATION.
INNOCENTS.
INQUISITION.
INSTINCT.
INTEREST.
INTOLERANCE.
INUNDATION.
J
JEHOVAH.
JEPHTHAH.
JESUITS; OR PRIDE.
JEWS.
JOB.
JOSEPH.
JUDÆA.
JULIAN.
JUST AND UNJUST.
JUSTICE.
K
KING.
KISS.
L
LAUGHTER.
LAW (NATURAL).
LAW (SALIC).
LAW (CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL).
LAWS.
LAWS (SPIRIT OF).
LENT.
LEPROSY, ETC.
LETTERS (MEN OF).
LIBEL.
LIBERTY.
LIBERTY OF OPINION.
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
LIFE.
LOVE.
LOVE OF GOD.
LOVE (SOCRATIC LOVE).
LUXURY.
M
MADNESS.
MAGIC.
MALADY—MEDICINE.
MAN.
MARRIAGE.
MARY MAGDALEN.
MARTYRS.
MASS.
MASSACRES.
MASTER.
MATTER.
MEETINGS (PUBLIC).
MESSIAH.
METAMORPHOSIS.
METAPHYSICS.
MIND (LIMITS OF THE HUMAN).
MIRACLES.
MISSION.
MONEY.
MONSTERS.
MORALITY.
MOSES.
MOTION.
MOUNTAIN.
N
NAIL.
NATURE.
NECESSARY—NECESSITY.
NEW—NOVELTIES.
NUDITY.
NUMBER.
NUMBERING.
O
OCCULT QUALITIES.
OFFENCES (LOCAL).
ONAN.
OPINION.
OPTIMISM.
ORACLES.
ORDEAL.
ORDINATION.
ORIGINAL SIN.
OVID.
P
PARADISE.
PASSIONS.
PAUL
PERSECUTION.
PETER (SAINT).
PETER THE GREAT AND J.J. ROUSSEAU.
PHILOSOPHER.
PHILOSOPHY.
PHYSICIANS.
PIRATES OR BUCCANEERS.
PLAGIARISM.
PLATO.
POETS.
POISONINGS.
POLICY.
POLYPUS.
POLYTHEISM.
POPERY.
POPULATION.
POSSESSED.
POST.
POWER—OMNIPOTENCE.
POWER.
PRAYER (PUBLIC), THANKSGIVING, ETC.
PREJUDICE.
PRESBYTERIAN.
PRETENTIONS
PRIDE.
PRIESTS.
PRIESTS OF THE PAGANS.
PRIOR, BUTLER, AND SWIFT.
PRIVILEGE—PRIVILEGED CASES
PROPERTY.
PROPHECIES.
PROPHETS.
PROVIDENCE.
PURGATORY.
Q
QUACK (OR CHARLATAN).
R
RAVAILLAC.
REASONABLE, OR RIGHT.
RELICS.
RELIGION.
RHYME.
RESURRECTION.
RIGHTS.
RIVERS.
ROADS.
ROD.
ROME (COURT OF).
S
SAMOTHRACE.
SAMSON.
SATURN'S RING.
SCANDAL.
SCHISM.
SCROFULA.
SECT.
SELF-LOVE.
SENSATION.
SENTENCES (REMARKABLE).
SENTENCES OF DEATH.
SERPENTS.
SHEKEL.
SIBYL.
SINGING.
SLAVES.
SLEEPERS (THE SEVEN).
SLOW BELLIES (VENTRES PARESSEUX).
SOCIETY OF LONDON, AND ACADEMIES.
SOCRATES.
SOLOMON.
SOMNAMBULISTS AND DREAMERS.
SOPHIST.
SOUL.
SPACE.
STAGE (POLICE OF THE).
STATES—GOVERNMENTS.
STATES-GENERAL.
STYLE.
SUPERSTITION.
SYMBOL, OR CREDO.
SYSTEM.
T
TABOR, OR THABOR.
TALISMAN.
TARTUFFE—TARTUFERIE.
TASTE.
TAUROBOLIUM.
TAX—FEE.
TEARS.
TERELAS.
TESTES.
THEISM.
THEIST.
THEOCRACY.
THEODOSIUS.
THEOLOGIAN.
THUNDER.
TOLERATION.
TOPHET.
TORTURE.
TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
TRINITY.
TRUTH.
TYRANNY.
TYRANT.
U
UNIVERSITY.
USAGES.
V
VAMPIRES.
VELETRI,
VENALITY.
VENICE.
VERSE.
VIANDS.
VIRTUE.
VISION.
VISION OF CONSTANTINE.
VOWS.
VOYAGE OF ST. PETER TO ROME.
W
WALLER.
WAR.
WEAKNESS ON BOTH SIDES.
WHYS (THE).
WICKED.
WILL.
WIT, SPIRIT, INTELLECT.
WOMEN.
X, Y, Z
XENOPHANES.
XENOPHON,
YVETOT.
ZEAL.
ZOROASTER.
DECLARATION INQUIRERS, AND DOUBTERS,
LIST OF PLATES
VOLTAIRE AT THE AGE OF THIRTY—Frontispiece
MAHOMET
LOUIS AND MDLLE. DE LA VALLIÈRE
ANCIENT GREECE
THE BASTILLE—Frontispiece
A TYPE OF BEAUTY
AN ASTROLOGER
ALEXANDER'S TRIUMPH
VOLTAIRE'S RECEPTION OF MADAME D'ÉPINAY AT LES DÉLICES—
THE DEATH OF COLIGNY
CATHERINE II. OF RUSSIA
THE ALMONER AND THE ANABAPTIST
VOLTAIRE'S ARREST AT FRANKFORT Frontispiece
OLIVER CROMWELL
TIME MAKES TRUTH TRIUMPHANT
FRANCIS I. AND HIS SISTER
SANS SOUCI Frontispiece
A LAND STORM
THE TEMPTATION OF ADAM
DESCARTES
VOLTAIRE'S HOME IN GENEVA—Frontispiece
THE ACROPOLIS AT ATHENS
THE DUKE OF SULLY
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INQUISITION IN PORTUGAL
OLD ROUEN—frontispiece
MONTESQUIEU
THE DREAM OF HUMAN LIFE
ANCIENT ROME
ALLEGORICAL BUST OF VOLTAIRE—frontispiece
THE INITIATE BANISHING THE PRIEST
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
JOHN CALVIN
VOLTAIRE: THE HOUDON BUST—Frontispiece
GENIUS INSPIRING THE MUSES
SAMSON DESTROYING THE TEMPLE
JOHN LOCKE
VOLTAIRE'S REMAINS ON THE BASTILLE—Frontispiece
THE DEATH OF SOCRATES
THE VISION
PIERRE CORNEILLE
ZADIG;
OR, THE
Book of Fate.
AN
Oriental History,
Translated from the
French Original
OF
MR. VOLTAIRE.
——— Quo fata trahunt, retrahuntque sequamur.
Per varios casus, per tot discrimina rerum,
Tendimus in Latium. ——— Virg.
MDCCXLIX.
THE
CONTENTS
CHAP. I.
The blind Eye page 1
CHAP. II.
The Nose 13
CHAP. III.
The Dog and the Horse, &c. 20
CHAP. IV.
The Envious Man 33
CHAP. V.
The Force of Generosity 45
CHAP. VI.
The Just Judge 53
CHAP. VII.
The Force of Jealousy 63
[xii]CHAP. VIII.
The Thresh’d Wife 79
CHAP. IX.
The Captive 89
CHAP. X.
The Funeral Pile 100
CHAP. XI.
The Evening’s Entertainment 111
CHAP. XII.
The Rendezvous 124
CHAP. XIII.
The Free-booter 135
CHAP. XIV.
The Fisherman 147
CHAP. XV.
The Basilisk 159
CHAP. XVI.
The Tournaments 187
CHAP. XVII.
The Hermit 205
CHAP. XVIII.
The Riddles, or Ænigmas 225
CANDIDE
By VOLTAIRE
INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP LITTELL
1918
CONTENTS
[Pg xiii]
CHAPTER PAGE
I. How Candide was brought up in a Magnificent Castle, and how he was expelled thence 1
II. What became of Candide among the Bulgarians 5
III. How Candide made his escape from the Bulgarians, and what afterwards became of him 9
IV. How Candide found his old Master Pangloss, and what happened to them 13
V. Tempest, Shipwreck, Earthquake, and what became of Doctor Pangloss, Candide, and James the Anabaptist 18
VI. How the Portuguese made a Beautiful Auto-da-fé, to prevent any further Earthquakes: and how Candide was publicly whipped 23
VII. How the Old Woman took care of Candide, and how he found the Object he loved 26
VIII. The History of Cunegonde 30
IX. What became of Cunegonde, Candide, the Grand Inquisitor, and the Jew 35[Pg xiv]
X. In what distress Candide, Cunegonde, and the Old Woman arrived at Cadiz; and of their Embarkation 38
XI. History of the Old Woman 42
XII. The Adventures of the Old Woman continued 48
XIII. How Candide was forced away from his fair Cunegonde and the Old Woman 54
XIV. How Candide and Cacambo were received by the Jesuits of Paraguay 58
XV. How Candide killed the brother of his dear Cunegonde 64
XVI. Adventures of the Two Travellers, with Two Girls, Two Monkeys, and the Savages called Oreillons 68
XVII. Arrival of Candide and his Valet at El Dorado, and what they saw there 74
XVIII. What they saw in the Country of El Dorado 80
XIX. What happened to them at Surinam and how Candide got acquainted with Martin 89
XX. What happened at Sea to Candide and Martin 98
XXI. Candide and Martin, reasoning, draw near the Coast of France 102[Pg xv]
XXII. What happened in France to Candide and Martin 105
XXIII. Candide and Martin touched upon the Coast of England, and what they saw there 122
XXIV. Of Paquette and Friar Giroflée 125
XXV. The Visit to Lord Pococurante, a Noble Venetian 133
XXVI. Of a Supper which Candide and Martin took with Six Strangers, and who they were 142
XXVII. Candide's Voyage to Constantinople 148
XXVIII. What happened to Candide, Cunegonde, Pangloss, Martin, etc. 154
XXIX. How Candide found Cunegonde and the Old Woman again 159
XXX. The Conclusion 161
THE FOURTH BOOK of VIRGIL'S ÆNEID,
and
THE NINTH BOOK of VOLTAIRE'S HENRIAD.
Translated into English verse with a view of comparison between the Latin, French, and English poetry.
By the Translator of the HENRIAD.
1804.
CONTENTS
TO MONSIEUR DELILLE.
PREFACE.
ARGUMENT.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF VIRGIL'S ÆNEID,
THE HENRIAD. CANTO IX.
ARGUMENT.
THE WORKS
OF
VOLTAIRE
PREFACES, CAUTIONS, NOTES, ETC.
BY M. BEUCHOT.
VOLUME XXXIII.
NOVELS. VOLUME I.
IN PARIS,
LEFÈVRE, BOOKSELLER,
RUE DE L'ÉPERON, Ko 6. WERDET ET LEQUIEN FILS,
RUE DU BATTOIR, No 20.
MDCCCXXIX.
MICROMEGAS,
PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY.
CONTENTS
I. Voyage of an inhabitant of the Sirius star to the planet Saturn.
II. Conversation between the inhabitant of Sirius and that of Saturn.
III. Voyage of the two inhabitants of Sirius and Saturn.
IV. What happened on planet Earth.
V. Experiments and reasonings of the two voyagers.
VI. What happened to them among men.
VII. Conversation with the men.
VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCES
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.
1889.
CONTENTS.
THE WHITE BULL: A SATIRICAL ROMANCE.
CHAPTER I. How the Princess Amasidia meets a bull.