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Letters on England

Voltaire

Read by Xiaoyan Arrowsmith · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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INTRODUCTION (7:07)
LETTER I. ON THE QUAKERS (14:46)
LETTER II. ON THE QUAKERS (7:11)
LETTER III. ON THE QUAKERS (11:11)
LETTER IV. ON THE QUAKERS (12:50)
LETTER V. ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (8:26)
LETTER VI. ON THE PRESBYTERIANS (4:58)
LETTER VII. ON THE SOCINIANS, OR ARIANS, OR ANTITRINITARIANS (5:41)
LETTER VIII. ON THE PARLIAMENT (8:52)
LETTER IX. ON THE GOVERNMENT (12:26)
LETTER X. ON TRADE (5:09)
LETTER XI. ON INOCULATION (12:58)
LETTER XII. ON THE LORD BACON (14:30)
LETTER XIII. ON MR. LOCKE (19:49)
LETTER XIV. ON DESCARTES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON (15:08)
LETTER XV. ON ATTRACTION (27:04)
LETTER XVI. ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S OPTICS (11:59)
LETTER XVII. ON INFINITES IN GEOMETRY, AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S CHRONOLOGY (17:43)
LETTER XVIII. ON TRAGEDY (18:36)
LETTER XIX. ON COMEDY (13:29)
LETTER XX. ON SUCH OF THE NOBILITY AS CULTIVATE THE BELLES LETTRES (5:15)
LETTER XXI. ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER AND MR. WALLER (15:44)
LETTER XXII. ON MR. POPE AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS POETS (13:46)
LETTER XXIII. ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS (10:34)
LETTER XXIV. ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES (14:56)