"He forbad us the use of wine, which as it were buries our reason."
Persian Letters [Lettres persane]
12 entries in the ESTC for this title (1722, 1730, 1731, 1736, 1751, 1759, 1760, 1762, 1767, 1773, 1775).<br>
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The earliest English-language issue is <u>Persian Letters</u>, trans. John Ozell, 2 vols. (London: Printed for J. Tonson, 1722). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW3305275439&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Searching <u>The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu</u>, 4 vols. (London: T. Evans, 1777) at Online Library of Liberty &lt;<a href="http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1338/74623">Link to OLL</a>&gt;. French text from <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30268/30268-h/30268-h.htm">Project Gutenberg</a>.