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Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 55 — 27.

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At Monrepos in 1757-58, when Voltaire was living at les Délices, Gibbon had heard him in his tragedies of Zaïre, Alzire, Zulime, and his sentimental comedy L'Enfant Prodigue. Voltaire settled at Ferney in 1758.

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