[132] Maury, p. 315. [↑]

[133] Id. pp. 82–84. It is noteworthy that the orthodox Thomas, and not any of the philosophes, was the first to impeach the Government in academic discourses. Mesnard, pp. 82–84, 100 sq. [↑]

[134] “L’excellent Pompignan,” M. Lanson calls him, p. 723. [↑]

[135] “Les provisions de sa charge pendant six mois en 1736.” Voltaire, Lettre à Mme. D’Épinay, 13 juin, 1760. “Je le servis dans cette affaire,” adds Voltaire. [↑]

[136] Mesnard, pp. 67, 71, 73, 89. [↑]

[137] Le Pauvre Diable, ouvrage en vers aisés de feu M. Vadé, mis en lumière par Catherine Vadé, sa cousine (falsely dated 1758); La Vanité; and Le Russe à Paris. [↑]

[138] Mesnard, pp. 86–92. [↑]

[139] Id. pp. 93–94. [↑]

[140] Id. pp. 95–96. [↑]

[141] Lanson, Hist. de la litt. française, p. 725. [↑]