Project Gutenberg 2010-06-02 Public domain in the USA. 194 Temple, William 1628 1699 Temple, William, Sir An Answer to a scurrilous pamphlet, lately printed, intituled, A letter from Monsieur de Cros, to the Lord ---- An Answer to a Scurrilous Pamphlet [1693] Produced by Colin Bell, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "An Answer to a scurrilous pamphlet, lately printed, intituled, A letter from Monsieur "de Cros", to the Lord ----" is a polemical work likely authored by an anonymous writer in the late 17th century. The book serves as a rebuttal to a pamphlet attacking Sir William Temple's "Memoirs," which detailed his experiences and insights regarding political affairs of the time. The work focuses on defending Temple's reputation by critiquing the writing style and arguments presented by Monsieur de Cros, who is depicted as lacking substance and coherence. In the text, the author meticulously dismantles de Cros's claims by addressing various points of contention, often highlighting the absurdity and contradictions in de Cros's assertions. The author argues that de Cros's letter fails to engage with the actual context or significance of Temple's writings, instead relying on insults and unfounded accusations. The work is characterized by its sharp wit, extensive use of rhetorical devices, and its aim to vindicate Temple's contributions to political discourse while ridiculing his adversary's lack of literary merit. Ultimately, the pamphlet emerges as a spirited defense of political integrity and the art of writing, exposing de Cros as an antagonist more concerned with personal vendetta than with reasoned argument. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 59.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Europe -- History -- 1648-1715 Du Cros, Simon, active 17th century. Lettre de Monsieur Du Cros à Mylord **** afin de servir de réponse aux impostures de Monsieur le chevalier Temple D Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 99139 2025-06-13T10:33:03.239357 text/html 95525 2021-01-06T16:40:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 35981 2021-01-06T16:40:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 139791 2025-06-13T10:33:10.503330 application/epub+zip 138894 2025-06-13T10:33:07.255406 application/epub+zip 94741 2025-06-13T10:33:05.886403 application/epub+zip 367206 2025-06-13T10:33:12.720307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350612 2025-06-13T10:33:09.582350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122531 2022-09-15T05:42:57.737366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 87409 2025-06-13T10:33:02.851376 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86969 2021-01-06T16:40:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 33672 2021-01-06T16:40:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 86964 2021-01-06T16:40:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33627 2021-01-06T16:40:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20926 2025-06-13T10:33:12.883305 application/rdf+xml 26109 2025-06-13T10:33:06.456357 image/jpeg 4762 2025-06-13T10:33:06.171346 image/jpeg 139284 2025-06-13T10:33:03.249366 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia