[138] Hardy, quoted by Aubertin, 407, 408.
[139] Corr. Lit., ii. 271.
[140] To D'Alembert, Dec. 29, 1757; Jan. 1758.
[141] For a short account of Helvétius's book, see a later chapter.
[142] Corr. Lit., ii. 292, 293.
[143] Barbier, vii. 125-142.
[144] Lacretelle's France pendant le 18ième Siècle, iii. 89.
[145] Jobez, ii. 464, 538.
[146] See Rousseau, vol. i. chaps, vii. and ix. (Globe 8vo ed.)
[147] Louis XV. et Louis XVI., p. 50.