247, &c.

&c.), "28th October, 1750," and subsequent dates.] It is proper also to observe that, besides shining at the King's Suppers like no other, Voltaire applies himself honestly to do for his Majesty the small work required of him,--that of Verse-correcting now and then.
Two Specimens exist; two Pieces criticised, ODE AUX PRUSSIENS, and THE ART OF WAR: portions of that Reprint now going on ("to the extent of Twelve Copies,"-- woe lies in one of them, most unexpected at this time!) "AU DONJON DU CHATEAU;"-- under benefit of Voltaire's remarks.

Which one reads curiously, not without some surprise.

[In--OEuvres de Frederic,--x.

276-303.] Surprise, first at Voltaire's official fidelity; his frankness, rigorous strictness in this small duty: then at the kind of correcting, instructing and lessoning, that had been demanded of him by his Royal Pupil.