"'That is because the English are not sufficiently acquainted with the French tongue to feel the beauties of Racine's style, or the harmony of his versification.

Corneille ought to please them more because he is more striking; but Racine pleases the French because he has more softness and tenderness.' SHERLOCK.

"'How did you find [LIKE] the English fare (LA CHERE ANGLAISE ?'--which Voltaire mischievously takes for 'the dear Englishwoman').
VOLTAIRE.

"'I found her very fresh and white,'-- truly! [It should be remembered, that when he made this pun upon Women he was in his eighty-third year.] SHERLOCK.

"'Their language ?' VOLTAIRE.