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Anthony Hecht translated a poem in which this author (0[1])asks (0[1])"would you thus limit God?" and addresses (0[1])"Woeful mankind, born to a woeful earth!" 73 anti-religious articles in alphabetical order form the "portable" first edition of this author's Philosophical Dictionary. (20[1])After an attack on a castle in a novella by this author, a Bulgarian captain (20[1])captures (20[1])a woman (20[1])whom he later sells (20[3])to (20[1])(*) Don Issachar (10[6])("ISS-uh-kar"). In that novella by this author, (10[1])the Oreillons (10[1])("OH-ray-ons") release a protagonist (10[2])who (10[1])later finds jewels and gold on the ground in El Dorado. (10[2]0[2])Cacambo (0[1])tracks down (10[3])Cunégonde (10[2])("koo-nay-GOND") in a novella (10[1])by this author (10[1])in which the "best of all possible worlds" (10[2])is described by Dr. Pangloss. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of Candide ■END■ (10[5])

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