Voltaire's History of Charles XII, King of Sweden #223421

French critic of another school, who says, Eng land at this time was worked by a spirit of dog matic irreligion which based itself on a false erudition, a bold criticism and an insidious meta physic. It was the time of Woolston, of Toland, of Tindal, of Chubb, of Collins, of Bolingbroke. Until then, an insouciant disciple an'd imitator of the epicureans of the Temple and the roués of the Regency, Voltaire had only ventured on impiety by sallies; dogmas and mysteries had so far only inspired him with bon mots. In the school of the English philosophers he learnt to reason out his incredulity.