"Absurd curiosity (for we must call things by their right names) has been carried so far as to seek Hebrew and Chaldee derivations from certain Teutonic and Celtic words. This, Bochart never fails to do. It is astonishing with what confidence these men of genius have proved that expressions used on the banks of the Tiber were borrowed from the patois of the savages of Biscay." Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary, 1764: "Augury" (on-lineArchived 9 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine)
"Absurd curiosity (for we must call things by their right names) has been carried so far as to seek Hebrew and Chaldee derivations from certain Teutonic and Celtic words. This, Bochart never fails to do. It is astonishing with what confidence these men of genius have proved that expressions used on the banks of the Tiber were borrowed from the patois of the savages of Biscay." Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary, 1764: "Augury" (on-lineArchived 9 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine)