...not in some measure divested of that manner by the translator's skill. A novel of his, called the ' The Year of William Meister's Apprenticeship,' published...Tillotson I find quoted in Jortin's Tracts, volume i. 371 ; and it is odd enough that it should have probably originated in a misrecollection of some words...

...He was not ashamed to borrow from Tillotson. That admirable Prelate had said, with great aptness, " If God were not a necessary Being, he might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men." Voltaire melted the thought into the following line : — " Se Dieu n'cxistait, il faudroit 1'inventer."...

...him into his gallery as the first of English orators; and one of the noblest passages he wrote — " If God were not a necessary Being, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men," was plundered and melted down by Voltaire into a single line — " Si Dieu n'existait, il faudroit...

...him into his gallery as the first of English orators ; and one of the noblest passages he wrote — " If God were not a necessary Being, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men," — was plundered and melted down by Voltaire into a single line, — " Si Dieu n'existait, U faudroit...

...Buffon. " You must have read the Me"moires de Bezenval. I hailed in them the resurrection of French which had, I thought, been buried for ever under the...almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.' 1 Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudroit 1'inventer.' The passage of Tillotson I find quoted in Jortin's...

...profited by his intimacy with the English primate. In one of his letters, Sir James Mackintosh says, " You would scarcely suppose that Voltaire had borrowed...almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of man.' ' Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudroit 1'inventer.' ... It is odd enough that the passage should...

...suppose that Voltaire had borrowrd or stolen from Tillotson ; but so the VOLTAIRE AND TILLOTSON. 55 truth seems to be. Tillotson says, ' If God were not...almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of man.' 1 Si Dicu n'exiitait pas, il faudroit 1'inventer.' . . . It Li odd enough that the passage should...

...profited by his intimacy with the English primate. In one of his letters, Sir James Mackintosh says, " You would scarcely suppose that Voltaire had borrowed or stolen from Tillotson; but so the VOLTAIEE AND TILLOTSON. 55 truth seems to be. Tillotson says, ' If God were not a necessary being,...

...profited by his intimacy with the English primate. In one of his letters, Sir James Mackintosh says, " You would scarcely suppose that Voltaire had borrowed...almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of man.' 1 Si Dieu n'existait pas, il fandroit 1'inventer.' ... It is odd enough that the passage should...

...profited by his intimacy with the English primate. In one of his letters, Sir James Mackintosh says, " You would scarcely suppose that Voltaire had borrowed or stolen from Tillotson; but so the VOLTAIRE AND TILLOTSON. 55 truth seems to be. Tillotson says, ' If God were not a necessary being,...