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NYM(G.773.025
1 Feb 1773:23,24 (1110)
A Dream. By Voltaire. . . [The following words were John
Calvin's in the dream] I have written [said he] against
painting and sculpture. I have made it plainly appear, that
the works of taste and art are good for nothing; and I have
proved, that it is a devilish thing indeed to dance a
minuet. . . [14 more lines, then, Voltaire speaking] I
beheld a number of fakeers, talapoins, bonzes, black, white,
and grey friars, who all imagined, that, to pay their court
to the Supreme Being, it would be necessary to sing and whip
themselves, or to go naked. . . [14 more lines]
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