Largely because of Candide<span>, Voltaire ranks with Jonathan Swift as one of the greatest ... </span>Voltaire's<span>primary device as a satirist is that of irony, applying it not only to ... Voltaire </span>used<span> them ironically with fine comic effect to advance his satire of ... The baron is a great, powerful lord in </span>Westphalia<span>; the baroness is the best of all</span>
