memoirs of the comtesse du barry-第20节
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〃True;〃 said Louis XV; 〃there are so many persons who are interested in our ignorance; that it is a miracle if we escape out of their hands as reasonable beings。〃
I went on to tell the king our conversation。
〃Ah;〃 cried he; 〃here is one who will increase the vanity of the literary tribe: they want it; certainly。 All these wits are our natural born enemies; and think themselves above us; and the more we honor them; the greater right do they assume to censure and despise us。〃
This was the usual burden of his song: he hated men of learning。 Voltaire especially was his detestation; on account of the numerous epigrams which this great man had written against him; and Voltaire had just given fresh subject of offence by publishing 〃