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VOLTAIRE (1694-1778).
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VOLTAIRE (1694-1778).
L.S. "Voltaire", at Château de Ferney August 27, 1768, [to Antoine LE BAULT, conseiller au Parlement de Bourgogne]| 1 1/2 pages in-4.
"I flatter myself that you will have excellent wine this year, and that you will kindly let me drink a hundred bottles. Mr. Président de BROSSES makes me drink the dregs of Tourney's wine| if you sold your wine as dear as he sells his, you would make an immense fortune. If he wants to take you on as arbitrator, you're a gourmet when it comes to procedures, so I'll go along with whatever you order. Besides, if Mr. de Brosses doesn't want to do me justice, I'd rather suffer than plead| and although I've lost a lot with him in this affair, I like my role better than his"...
Attached is a copy by the same secretary of a letter from Voltaire to Président de BROSSES, August 19, 1768 (3 1/2 pages in-4).
L.S. "Voltaire", at Château de Ferney August 27, 1768, [to Antoine LE BAULT, conseiller au Parlement de Bourgogne]| 1 1/2 pages in-4.
"I flatter myself that you will have excellent wine this year, and that you will kindly let me drink a hundred bottles. Mr. Président de BROSSES makes me drink the dregs of Tourney's wine| if you sold your wine as dear as he sells his, you would make an immense fortune. If he wants to take you on as arbitrator, you're a gourmet when it comes to procedures, so I'll go along with whatever you order. Besides, if Mr. de Brosses doesn't want to do me justice, I'd rather suffer than plead| and although I've lost a lot with him in this affair, I like my role better than his"...
Attached is a copy by the same secretary of a letter from Voltaire to Président de BROSSES, August 19, 1768 (3 1/2 pages in-4).