Le plus célébré écrivain , Voltaire

411. 10. The statue of Condillac, famous in the history of philosophy, is an illustration by which the philosopher strives to push Locke’s sensationalism still farther, showing that ail ideas can be referred to the simple sense of touch.

427. 21. It has been thought that it might be interesting to compare the prose account (written much later in life) of the real or imaginary circumstances which suggested Le Lac with that poem itself, especially as the extract is an excellent example of the author s prose style. In the original draft of the poem the resemblance was still doser, for it included the following stanzas, struck out in publication :

Elle se tut. Nos cœurs, nos yeux se rencontrèrent,

Des mots entrecoupés se perdaient dans les airs,

Et dans un long transport nos âmes s’envolèrent Dans un autre univers.

Nous ne pûmes parler: nos âmes affaiblies Succombaient sous le poids de leur félicité ;

Nos cœurs battaient ensemble, et nos bouches unies Disaient 'Éternité!’

186. 7' -A. party of Prench officers hâve established themselves in some ruins in Spain supposed to be haunted by a certain Inès.