S.
Sablière, madame de la, I. 165. Her
society of poets, philosophers, &c.,
166. 171. Her husband, the marquis
de la Sablière, 166. 171. His
fate, 163. 171.
Sacy, M. de, friend of Pascal, I.
198. And of Racine, 298.
Saint Cyr, scene of madame Guyon's
impassioned mysteries, I. 342.
Sainte Helène, M. de, I. 223.
Saint Lambert, M. de, II. 141. 143.
Scaramouche, Italian actor, instructs
Molière, I. 102.
Scarron, abbé, imitator of Rabelais
in facetiousness, I. 36. Allusions
to, 283.
Schomberg, count de, I. 215. Created
marshal, 215. II. 145.
"Sciomachie, La," by Rabelais, I.
37.
Scott, sir Walter, his Essay on
Molière, I. 108. 128. 130, n. Allusion
to his works, 147.
Schlegel, his criticisms on Molière,
I. 146.
Schlegel, William, not permitted by
Buonaparte to reside at madame
de Staël's at Coppet, II. 336.
Scudéri, M. de, I. 45. His attack
upon Corneille, 47.
Scudéri, mademoiselle, her novels,
I. 107. Their extravagant style
in language and argument, 107.
Allusions to, I. 223, n. 293.
Séguier, chancellor of France, I.
222. 223.
Segur, count de, descended in the
female line from Montaigne, I.
21, n.
Seneca, tragedies of, I. 44.
Sévigné, madame de, compares the
genius of Corneille with Racine,
and prefers the former, I. 57. Her
delightful style, 85. 87. Her character
of the duke of Rochefoucauld,
88. Her life narrated,
214-258. Her maiden name
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, 214.
Her father, the baron de Chantal,
slain at La Rochelle in an engagement
with the English, 215. His
laconic epistle to marshal Schomberg,
215. His family the elder
branch of the Rabutins, 214. 215.
His wife was Marie de Coulanges,
214. 215. Their daughter, Marie
de Rabutin-Chantal, born in
1626, 214. Is left an orphan, 215.
Taught Italian and Latin by
Ménage and Chapelle, 216. Is
married to Henri, marquis de
Sévigné, 216. Her children, 216.
The marquise a zealous Frondeuse,
217. Her friendship with
mademoiselle de Montpensier
and the duchess de Châtillon, 217.
Loss of her husband, 218. Educates
her children, 218. Her
widowhood exemplary, 218. Her
grief on the loss of the abbé de
Coulanges, her uncle, 223. She frequents
the Hôtel Rambouillet, 220.
Quarrel of Bussy-Rabutin with his
fair cousin, 221. Reconciliation,
225. He reproaches her with
avarice, 225. Her sorrow for the
imprisonment and exile of de
Retz, 221. Her sympathy with the
misfortunes of Fouquet, 222. 223,
n. She retires from Paris, 225.
Returns and presents her daughter
at court, 225. Her journeys
to her estate of Les Rochers in
Brittany, 237. 239. 249.; and to see
her daughter in Provence, 228.
241. Her separation from her
daughter, 228. Her son accompanies
an expedition to Candia,
226. His attachment for Ninon
de l'Enclos, 230. He marries and
retires to his estates in Brittany,
231. 240. 247. 249. Madame de
la Fayette and other friends of
madame de Sévigné, 231. Her
life in Brittany described, 240. 241.
Seized with rheumatism, 244.
She is out of favour at court,
as being a Jansenist, 248. 249. 257.
She spends her latter years with
her daughter in Provence, 253.
Final visit to Paris, 254. She
dies at Grignan, aged 70. 254.
Opinions on her character and
literary merit, 255-258. Her
family now extinct, 258. Remark
of madame de Sévigné, II. 207.
Her correspondence:—Letters
to her daughter, madame de
Grignan, I, 220. 224. 237. 238. 239.
241. 244. 246. 247. 248. 251.
Her letters to her cousin the
count de Bussy-Rabutin, 217.
226. 227. 247. 249. 251. Her letters
to various friends, 223.
Letters from count de Bussy to
madame de Sévigné, 219.
Sévigné, Henri Marquis de, I. 216.
His marriage with Marie de Rabutin-Chantal
at first happy, 216.
Their son and daughter, 216.
His relationship to the cardinal
de Retz, 217. The marquis and
his celebrated lady join the
Fronde, 217. His affection for
Ninon de l'Enclos, 217. Killed
by the chevalier d'Albret in a
duel, 218.
Shakspeare, William, I. 40. Voltaire's
remarks on, II. 101.
Sirven family, case of the, II. 83.
"Songes Drolatiques," to whom
ascribed, I. 38.
Sophocles, I. 40. II. 15. His "Œdipus
Tyrannus," 16.
Sorbonne, the, condemns Rabelais'
"Pantagruel," I. 31. The "Philosophical
Cream," a burlesque
on the schoolmen of, 38. Condemns
the book on St. Augustin,
by Antony Arnaud, 200.
Soyecourt, M. de, Grand-Veneur,
I. 113.
Spain, the modern drama takes its
rise in, I. 41. Guillen de Castro,
45. Lope de Vega, 51. War of
with France during the minority
of Louis XIV., 67.
Staël Holstein, baronne de, her
father, M. Necker, placed in the
banking-house of Thelusson, II.
295. His essay on corn-laws,
295. Marries mademoiselle
Churchod, 296. Their only
daughter, 296. Early instructions
and habits of madame de Staël,
297. Attention paid her in society
by men of letters, 297. Her
attention to their discourse, 298.
Her taste for society thus acquired,
298. Fears with regard to
her health, 299. She attributes her
frankness, to her father's quick
perception of her faults, 300. His
high repute in France, 301. His
"Compte Rendu," 301. 304. Retires
to Coppet on the Lake of Geneva,
302. His work on finance, its
enormous sale, 303. Mlle. Necker
begins to write at an early age,
303. Her Plays and Tales printed,
303. Her suitors, 304. Mr. Gibbon
a visitor at Necker's, 305.
She espouses the baron de Staël
Holstein, 305. Her letters on the
writings of Rousseau, 305. Portrait
or character of her at this
period, 306. Her father restored
to the ministry by Louis XVI.,
307. His moderation, 307. Is
again exiled, and ordered to depart
silently, 308. Necker and
his wife repair to Brussels. 309.
Madame de Staël's remarks on
joining him there, 309. His
generosity in financial matters
toward the nation, 309. The Bastille
being destroyed, Louis again
sends for him, and he returns to
Paris, 310. The baroness describes
their journey, 311. She
witnesses many events of the revolution,
312. Interview with
Marie Antoinette, 313. Necker
resigns on account of the issue
of assignats, which he disapproved,
313. Madame de Staël
shares in Lafayette's plan for
effecting the escape of the king,
314. Her carriage stopped by
the republicans, 314. Her courage,
314. Sets out from Paris,
315. Carried before the section
of St. Germain, 316. She pleads
before Robespierre's tribunal her
being the ambassadress from
Sweden, 316. Is saved by the
interposition of Manuel, 316. Is
allowed to leave Paris with her
maid only, 317. Her joy on traversing
Mount Jura and arriving
at her father's at Coppet,
317. Visits England, 317. Her
father's pamphlet in favour of
Louis XVI., and her appeal for
the queen, 318. Death of madame
Necker, 318. M. de Staël
repairs to Paris as Swedish ambassador,
accompanied by the
baroness, 319. Although denounced
in the reign of terror,
her influence was still great, 320.
Her feelings and character depicted,
320. Her first meeting
with Buonaparte unpropitious,
321. Invasion of Switzerland,
322. She repairs to Coppet to M.
Necker, 322. Witnesses the revolution
which established Buonaparte,
323. Her conversation
with Joseph Buonaparte, 324.
Benjamin Constant her friend,
324. Enmity of Napoleon on account
of Constant's opposition,
325. Her loss of her husband in
1799, 327. Her novel of "Delphine,"
327. Its charm, 327. Her
love of her father, 328. On the expiration
of the peace of Amiens she
is exiled from Paris, 329. She is
accompanied by Benjamin Constant
to Weimar and Berlin, 330.
Her "Années d'Exil" one of her
best writings, 330. 339. Death of
her father, 331. Her affection
for her children, 331. Her society,
331. Publishes the writings
of M. Necker, 331. Visits
Rome and writes "Corinne,"
331. Opinion of that work in
Italy, 332. Publishes "Corinne"
at Rouen, 332. Her perception of
ennui, 333. Her sentiments, 333.
Intends publishing her "Germany"
at Blois, 331. The impression
is seized, and she is ordered to
quit France, 331. Persecution of
her unabated, 335. She accompanies
M. de Montmorency in a
tour through Switzerland, 336.
Madame Recamier banished for
having spent a few hours with
her, 336. M. Rocca, a young
Spanish officer in the French
army, wounded, visits Geneva,
337. Falls in love, 337. Madame
de Staël marries him, 338.
She escapes from Coppet, 338.
Journey through Austria, Poland,
Russia, and Sweden, to England,
338. 339. Admired by the English,
339. Louis XVIII. repays to her
two millions which her father had
generously advanced to Louis
XVI., 339. Lord Byron thought
likely to marry Albertine de
Staël, her daughter, 339. Byron
living at Diodati visits at Coppet,
310. Her daughter marries the
duke de Broglie, 310. Madame de
Staël's piety, 341. Her remark
upon life, 341. Her resignation in
sickness, 341. Her death in Paris,
aged nearly fifty-two, 341. M.
Rocca survived his wife but a few
months, 341. She had many enemies,
the result sometimes of envy
of merit, 342. Her love of France,
342. Chateaubriand's opinion of
her, 343. Interest of her works,
343.
Stanislas, king of Poland, II. 49. 51.
Sterne, Laurence, his "Tristram
Shandy" resembles "Rabelais," I.
37.
St. Evremond, M. de, I. 57.
St. Pierre, M. Bernardin de, II. 128.
His account of J. J. Rousseau,
167.
St.Pierre, abbé de St., II. 139.
Sully, duke of, I. 41. His administration,
64.
Sully, duke of, a warm friend of
Voltaire, II. 17.
Swift, dean, his "Gulliver," and
"Tale of a Tub," I. 36.
T.
"Tartuffe, Le," of Molière, I. 119.
Application of the character to
the bishop of Autun, 147.
Tellier, Le, secretary of state, I. 222.
224.
Tellier, archbishop of Rheims,
I. 339, n.
Tencin, cardinal, II. 71. 74.
Terence, comedies of, I. 153. 155.
Theatre, French, mysteries and
moralities preceded the regular
drama, I. 41. Indebted to Spanish
dramatists, 41. "Mélite," by
Corneille, 42. Dramas of Hardy,
41. 42. Of cardinal de Richelieu,
41. 43. Theatre in the cardinal's
palace, 43. "Sophonisba" of
Mairet, 44. Plays of Corneille
critically examined, 45-59. His
"Essais sur le Théâtre," 54. Voltaire's
rules for French diction in
tragedy, 61. Corneille's style,
62. Molière's first comedy of
"L'Etourdi," 103. His "Le Dépit
Amoureux," 103. Farcical interludes
of merit by Molière, 105.
These form the groundwork of his
best comedies, 105. Theatres of
Paris in the time of Molière,
106. 304. Racine's comedy of
"Les Plaideurs," 310. Voltaire's
"Œdipe" and numerous dramas,
II. 15. et seq.
Thianges, madame de, I. 278.
Thiers, M., his "History of the
French Revolution," II. 273.
Thiriot, M., early companion of
Voltaire, II. 9. 16. 32. 107.
Thomas, M., French writer and
poet, II. 171.
Thou, De; president, his opinion of
Rabelais, I. 33.
Tiraqueau, André, French magistrate,
letter of Rabelais to, I. 25.
26.
Torricelli, mathematician, I. 192.
Tory, Geoffry, the "Champ Fleury"
of, I. 31.
Toulouse, judgments by the parliament
of, II. 79. 83.
Tragedy, French, Pierre Corneille,
the father of. I. 40-62. Thomas
Corneille's plays, 56. Racine's
tragedies, 58. Voltaire's Commentary
on Corneille, 45, n. 61.
Voltaire's tragedies, II. 15. 19. 22.
25. 45, &c.
Tronchin, Dr., of Geneva, II. 72.
81. 106. 299.
Turenne, marshal de, serves in conjunction
with Condé at Rocroi, I.
67. Gives battle to the prince of
Condé, 83.; and defeats him, 81.
His death, 241.
Turgot, M., finance minister, II.
100. 101. 178.
Turlupin, French comedian in
Molière's time, I. 101.
U.
Unity of time in dramatic works,
critique on the, I. 45. 49. 52.
V.
Vallière, mademoiselle de la, favourite
of Louis XIV., I. 112.
119. 162. 225. 236.
Vega, Lope de, his "Verdad Sospechosa,"
I. 51. 102.
Vendôme, duke of, II. 6.
Versoi, village of, II. 100.
Verville, Béroalde de, his "Moyen
de Parvenir," I. 36.
Victoire, the abbé de la, I. 263.
Villars, maréchale, de, II. 17.
Villars, duchess de, II. 9. 45.
Villette, M. and madame de, II.
102.
Virgil, extraordinary commentary
on a line of, II. 144.
Vitart, M., uncle of Jean Racine, I.
301.
Voiture, his poetry addressed to
Julie d'Angennes, I. 108. Fabulous
adventure in punishment of
his insolence towards her, 108.
Is styled Alcovist, 109. His conceits,
153. Anecdote relative to,
159.
Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet
de, observations of, I. 30. His
pillage of Rabelais, 34. His Commentary
on the "Cid," 45, n. 61.
Patronises a lady descended from
the daughter of Corneille, 61.
His observation on the duke of
Rochefoucauld's "Maxims," 63.
His opinion of Molière, 146. On
Pascal, 203, n. Of madame de Sévigné,
255. His censure of Boileau,
264, n. His "Siècle de
Louis XIV.," 345, n. His letters,
II. 1. His infidel principles,
2. Distinction between Christianity
and that religion known as
the church of Rome, 2. His
birth in 1694, 4. Educated in the
college of Louis-le-Grand, 5. Introduced
to Parisian society, 6.
His love for mademoiselle du
Noyer, 8. His reconciliation
with his father, M. Arouet, 9. Is
placed as pupil with M. Alain, attorney,
9. Is enamoured with
madame de Villars, 9. He visits
M. de Caumartin, 10. His return
to Paris, the duke of Orléans
being regent, 11. Is sent to the
Bastille for verses imputed to him,
11. Liberated on the mistake
being proved, 11. Writes the
"Henriade," 12. Its interest, 14.
His tragedy of "Œdipus." 15. 19.
His mode of life, 16. Visits the
châteaux of the nobility, 16. Has
the small-pox, 16. His tragedy of
"Mariamne," 16. Visits Holland,
17. His quarrel with J. J. Rousseau,
17. Is insulted by Chev. de
Rohan, challenges him; but is sent
to the Bastille, banished, and
visits England, 18. Studies Locke
and Newton, 18. An edition of
the "Henriade," in London, enriches
him, 19. 20. Returns to
Paris, 19. Success of his tragedies,
19. The priests detest him, 19.
Acquires some wealth by his pen
and by inheritance, 20. Purchases
the estate of Voltaire, and
assumes that name, 21. His attachment
for madame du Châtelet,
21. His "Brutus" and "Eryphile"
unsuccessful tragedies, 22.
Pathos of his "Zaire," 22. Rapidly
composed, 22. Its success, 22.
Increase of his fame, 22. His
"Charles XII.," 23. "Siècle de
Louis XIV.," 23. 25. 30. 60. 64. Is
constrained to withdraw into
Normandy, having offended the
clergy, 64. His "Lettres sur les
Anglais," 64. Lettre de cachet
issued against him for that publication,
24. 32. Conceals himself
at the marquis du Châtelet's in
Champagne, 32. His "Mérope,"
"Mahomet," &c., 25. He acts
in a private theatre, 25. Writes
the "Pucelle d'Orléans," 25. 28.
33. Revisits Cirey and the marquis
du Châtelet, 26. 28. His
conduct towards madame de
Graffigny, 33. His "Correspondence"
with Frederic the Great,
35. 37. The poet and king flatter
and quarrel, 36. Visits Frederic
in Germany, 39. "Mahomet"
performed at Lille, 43. Desires a
seat in the French Academy, 44.
56. Cabal to oppose him, 45.
Success of his "Mérope," 45.
Is sent to the Hague and to
Berlin as an envoy from Louis
XV., 46. He returns to France,
47. Visits the duchess du Maine,
and writes "Zadig," 48. Acts
at Sceaux the part of Cicero in
his "Rome Sauvée," 48. He
visits king Stanislas at Luneville,
49. 51. His "Semiramis," 49.
Ill of fever at Chalons, 50. "Catiline,"
51. He settles in Paris,
and receives his niece madame
Denis to preside in his house, 55.
55. Private theatre in his house,
55. Account of Voltaire by Le
Kain, 54. Visits Frederic at
Potsdam, 57. Is appointed chamberlain
by that monarch, 58. A
pension granted him, 59. Discontents,
61. Frederic requiring
a strict attention to his injunctions,
69. Voltaire rendered suspicious,
63. Becomes indignant,
66. Satirizes Maupertuis, 66. 67.
His amicable interview with the
monarch, 68. He repairs to Saxe
Gotha, 69. Meets madame Denis
at Frankfort, 69. Is arrested, 69.
Letter of the king, 70. 71, n. His
journey to Lyons, 71. Consults Dr.
Tronchin at Geneva on his health,
72. Purchases a house near Geneva
named "Les Delices," 71. 74.
Composes tragedies, and writes
"Candide," 74. His "Manners
and Spirit of Nations," 74. Some
dangers impend over him, 75.
Force of his satire, 75. His château
of Ferney on the borders of
France and Geneva, 76. The
"Encyclopédie," begun by Diderot
and d'Alembert, 77. Voltaire
writes some literary articles
for it, 77. Case of Jean Calas,
broken on the wheel on a false
accusation, 79. Voltaire succeeds
in proving his innocence, 81.
Exculpation and relief of the
surviving family, 82. Case of
the Sirven family, 83. Case of
the chevalier de la Barre, 84.
Heaps ridicule on Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, 88. His conversation
delightful, 90. Visited by Marmontel,
91. By the countess de
Genlis, 94. Attempted persecution
of, by the bishop of the
diocese, 99. Residence of Voltaire,
through his active spirit of
charity and improvement, a blessing
to the district, 100. He repairs
to Paris in 1788, 102. His
tragedy of "Irene," 103. Honourable
reception of the poet,
103. His profession of faith, 104.
His death, 106. His friendly and
forgiving nature, 107. Criticism
on his works, 109. His plays,
109. Was visited at Ferney by
Condorcet and d'Alembert, 176.
W.
Wagner, M., secretary of Voltaire,
II. 105.
Walpole, Horace, his fictitious letter
on the subject of Rousseau, II.
159. 161. His contempt of Rousseau,
164.
Warens, countess de, II. 117. Her
history told by Jean Jacques
Rousseau, 117-128. 137.
Winterfeld, baron de, II. 9.
Winterfeld, baroness de, formerly
Mlle. du Noyer, II. 8. 9.
Wycherly, his comedy, "The Country
Girl," imitated from Molière,
I. 117.
THE END.