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NHG-P.760.017
11 Apr 1760:11 (184)
Extract of a Letter from Geneva, Nov. 6. Two days after the
news arrived of the taking of Quebec, Mons. de Voltaire gave
a grand entertainment at his house in the country. In the
evening, the company retired into a noble gallery, at the
end of which was erected an elegant theatre, and a new piece
called La Patriot Insulaire was performed, in which all the
genius and fire of that celebrated poet were exhausted in
favour of the cause of liberty. M. de Voltaire himself
appeared in the principal character, and drew tears from the
whole audience. . . [10 more lines]
After the play, the windows of the gallery flew open [
] presented a spacious court finely illuminated and [ ].
In the middle of the [ ] a magnificent firework was
played off accompanied with martial musick; the star of St.
George [ ] forth innumerable rockets, and underneath [
] representation, by girandols, of the cataracts of Canada.
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