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Des devoirs d'un roi patriote, et portrait des ministres de tous les temps. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglois de Bolingbroke

1790 Subjects: Philosophy, Politics and government Forms: Essays Translation Status: Abridged French Paris URL

Authors of source text

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Contributions

Anonymous (20)
translator
Victor Desenne
publisher

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Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism, On the Idea of a Patriot King, and on the State of Parties, at the Accession of King George the First has translation
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Des devoirs d'un roi patriote, et portrait des ministres de tous les temps. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglois de Bolingbroke paratext

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Notes

This abridged retranslation of Bolingbroke's 'The idea of a Patriot King', appeared in 1790, at the height of attempts to fashion a constitutional monarchy, projecting Bolingbroke's vision of kingship into the age of democratic revolution. Most of the English references were removed to make it relevant for the French context. The translation starts from page two of the original.

Includes a half-page translator's non-dedication 'reminder' to the King urging him to embrace liberty, truth and patriotism, and two pages of notes at the end.

See Rachel Hammersley, 'The English Republican tradition and eighteenth-century France' (2010, MUP), pp.162-63.