THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE AND OTHER POEMS
Translated by William F. Fleming
CONTENTS
AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE.
THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE.
AN INQUIRY INTO THE MAXIM, “WHATEVER IS, IS RIGHT.”
PREFACE TO THE POEM ON THE LAW OF NATURE.
THE LAW OF NATURE.
PRAYER.
THE TEMPLE OF TASTE.
THE TEMPLE OF FRIENDSHIP.
THOUGHTS ON THE NEWTONIAN PHILOSOPHY, ADDRESSED TO THE MARCHIONESS DU CHÂTELET.
ON THE DEATH OF ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR, A CELEBRATED ACTRESS.
TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA ON HIS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.
FROM LOVE TO FRIENDSHIP.
THE WORLDLING.
ON CALUMNY.
THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO M. VOLTAIRE.
ON THE ENGLISH GENIUS.
WHAT PLEASES THE LADIES.
THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE.
THE EDUCATION OF A DAUGHTER.
THE THREE MANNERS.
TEONE.
APAMIS.
THELEMA AND MACAREUS.
AZOLAN.
THE ORIGIN OF TRADES.
THE BATTLE OF FONTENOY.
THE MAN OF THE WORLD.
THE PADLOCK.
IN CAMP BEFORE PHILIPPSBURG, JULY 3, 1734.
ANSWER TO A LADY, OR A PERSON WHO WROTE TO VOLTAIRE AS SUCH.
ENVY.
THE NATURE OF VIRTUE.
TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
TO M. DE FONTENELLE.
TO COUNT ALGAROTTI AT THE COURT OF SAXONY.
TO CARDINAL QUIRINI.
TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE PRINCESS OF .
TO M. DE CIDEVILLE.
TO —— .
EPISTLE XIII.
TO THE DUKE OF RICHELIEU, MARSHAL OF FRANCE, IN WHOSE HONOR THE SENATE OF GENOA HAD JUST BEFORE CAUSED A STATUE TO BE ERECTED.
TO MADAM DE , ON THE MANNER OF LIVING AT PARIS AND VERSAILLES.
TO THE PRINCE OF VENDôME.
TO MADAM DE GONDOIN, AFTERWARD COUNTESS OF TOULOUSE, ON THE DANGER SHE HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO IN PASSING THE LOIRE IN 1719.
TO THE DUKE DELAFEUILLADE.
TO MARSHAL VILLARS.
TO MONSIEUR GENONVILLE.
TO THE COUNTESS OF FONTAINE-MARTEL.
WRITTEN FROM PLOMBIÉRES TO M. PALLU, INTENDANT OF LYONS.
THE NATURE OF PLEASURE.
THE UTILITY OF SCIENCES TO PRINCES.
EPISTLE IN ANSWER TO A LETTER, WITH WHICH, UPON HIS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE, THE KING OF PRUSSIA HONORED THE AUTHOR.
EPISTLE TO THE KING, PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY AT THE CAMP BEFORE FREIBURG.
ON THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES.
TO THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY.
INSCRIBED TO THE GENTLEMEN OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WHO SAILED TO THE POLAR CIRCLE AND THE EQUATOR, IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH.
TO M. DE GERVASI, THE PHYSICIAN.
THE REQUISITES TO HAPPINESS.
TO A LADY, VERY WELL KNOWN TO THE WHOLE TOWN.
FANATICISM.
ON PEACE CONCLUDED IN 1736.
TO ABBÉ CHAULIEU.
PARIS
ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING.
TO PRESIDENT HÉNAULT, AUTHOR OF AN EXCELLENT WORK UPON THE HISTORY OF FRANCE.
CANTO OF AN EPIC POEM.
EPISTLE ON THE NEWTONIAN PHILOSOPHY. TO THE MARCHIONESS OF CHÂTELET.