H.

Hamilton, la belle, countess of
Grammont, I. 119.

Hardy, early French dramatic author,
I. 41.

Harlay de, archbishop of Paris, I.
140. 333.

Harpe, La, M., critical remarks of
I. 178. 258. II. 102.

Helvetius, M., II. 171. Madame
Roland's opinion as to, 263.

Henrietta of England, duchess of
Orléans, I. 58. 308. Her death,
164.

Henry, king of Navarre, I. 11.

Henry IV. king of France, I. 11.
Character of his court warlike and
unlettered, 41. The "Henriade"
a history of this great monarch
and his times, II. 12.

Herbault, Puits d', monk of Fontevrault,
I. 31.

Hippocrates, edited or translated by
Rabelais, I. 26. 28. 37. His system,
26.

Holland, lord, on the Spanish
Drama, &c., I. 45, n.

Houdetot, countess d', II. 128. Her
visit to J. J. Rousseau at the Hermitage,
141.

Huguenots, blame attached by
Montaigne to their party, I. 12.
Oppression of the, 257. Bourdaloue
sent into the south to
convert protestants, 257, n. Fénélon
commissioned to convert
the Huguenots, 333. Out of the
pale of the Romish church, 339.
II. 79. The dragonnades, 79. 87.

Hume, David, persuades Rousseau
to visit England, II. 159. Is indignant
at the folly and jealousies
of Jean Jacques, 162.

I.

Innocent X., condemns the five propositions
on grace and election,
said to be from the book on Augustin
by Jansenius, I. 200.

Intolerance, cases of, II. 79. 83. 85.

J.

James II., arrival of, in France, I.
251.

Jansenius, Cornelius, bishop of
Ypres, five propositions selected
by the Jesuits from his work on
St. Augustin, and condemned by
the Sorbonne, I. 200.

Jansenists, origin of the, I. 200.
Controversies respecting the abbé
Arnaud, 200.; and the Lettres
Provinciales, 207. Praise of
education by the Jansenists, 298.
Their spirit of controversy, 339.
Fénélon opposed to Jansenism,
362. Persecution of the, II. 86.

Jesuits, order of, I. 200. 207. They
employ themselves particularly in
education, 298. Polemical spirit
infused by the religious orders,
and an apathy for the affairs of
this world, 298. Banishment of
the, II. 87.

Jordan, Mrs., her excellent taste,
and vivacity in comedy, I. 117.

Jura Mountains, peasants of the,
II. 100.

K.

Keith, lord, his regard for Rousseau,
II. 157.

Kœnig, Prussian mathematician,
II. 65.

L.

La Beaumelle, his attack on Voltaire
in Prussia, II. 66.

La Bruyère, his critique on Rabelais,
I. 34. Describes Corneille's
conversation and manner, 55. His
portrait of La Fontaine, 181.

La Fare, anacreontic poet, I. 171.

La Fontaine, Jean de, versifier of
Rabelais' Tales, I. 34. His life
peaceful, 150. Born in 1621 at
Château Thierry, 150. His father,
151. He enters the community
of the Pères de l'Oratoire,
151. Renounces the cloister, and
espouses Mlle. Marie d'Héricart,
151. Becomes master of the royal
domains in his district, 151.
Hears Malherbe's ode on the assassination
of Henri IV., and
commences poet, 152. Studies
the Roman poets, 153. Verses by,
112. His "Adonis" in heroic
verse, 155. His character indolent
and insouciant, 155. Resides
long at Château Thierry, 155.
Fights M. Poignan, on account
of madame de la Fontaine, 156.
That officer disarms the poet both
of sword and jealousy, 156. Divers
reports as to the placid temper
of his wife, 157. Visits Paris,
but neglects business, 157. Becomes
domiciled with the duke
and duchess of Bouillon, 159.
His intimacy with Racine, Molière,
and Boileau, 160. Comfortable
amid Parisian society, he
forgets his wife and his home, 161.
Fouquet grants him a pension,
162. He solicits that finance
minister's pardon from Louis
XIV., 162. 222. His "Contes et
Merveilles en vers," 163. 173. Tale
of "Pysche and Cupid," 163. 177.
Noticed by Henrietta duchess of
Orléans. 164. His tale of "Joconde,"
165. His "Fables," 164.
178. 180. Is elected of the French
Academy, 167. Anecdote on that
subject, 167. He has the ill luck
to displease the abbé Furetière
by an inadvertence, 168. La Fontaine
incorrigibly forgetful, 169.
Forgets that he has a son, and
admires him as a stranger, 169.
Anecdotes exhibiting him, 170,
&c. Resides in the house of madame
d'Hervart, 172. 170. Decline
of his health, 173. The
priests constrain him to destroy
some of his works, 173. And to
make public reparation for the
evil influence of his "Fables,"
175. He recovers and writes
more tales, 176. Dies, aged
seventy-four, 176. Criticism on
his works, 177. His dramatic
pieces, 178. His tables and tales,
178. 180. English fables compared
with, 179. Opinions by his
contemporaries of, 181. Epitaph
by himself, 182.

La Harpe, M., criticisms of, I. 178.
258. II. 102.

Lally-Tolendal, M. de, saved by
madame de Staël, II. 315. 316.

Lamb, Miss, pretty song by, I. 108.

La Metrie, physician at Potzdam,
II. 62.

Lamoignon, M. de, premier président,
I. 267. 271.

Langeron, the abbé de, I. 366.
"Langey, Chevalier de, Military
Stratagems and Prowess of," by
Rabelais, I. 37.

La Noue, tragedian, II. 43.

Leibnitz, letter of the celebrated,
II. 65.

Le Kain, tragedian, II. 54. He resides
with Voltaire, and performs
on his stage, 54.

Le Nôtre, architect, &c., I. 112.

Lettres Provinciales of Pascal, I.
198. Object of this work explained,
201. Condemnation of
the book, 207. Misfortunes resulting
therefrom at Port Royal,
207.

L'Huilier, M., engages Gassendi to
educate Chapelle the poet, I. 99.

Ligne, prince de, visits Rousseau
incognito, II. 165. Declares himself
by letter, and kindly offers
a home to J. J. Rousseau, 166.

Locke, John, works of, II. 18. 24.
His "Treatise on Education,"
151.

Longueville, duke of, I. 69.

Longueville, duchess of, I. 68. Her
beauty, 70. Various allusions to
this princess, 72. 74. 77. Her character
and religious sentiments,
83, n.

Louis XIII., accession of, I. 64.
Death of, 66. M. Poquelin and
his son Molière his deputy, valet-de-chambre
to, 100. The king
causes M. de Cinq-Mars and De
Thou to be beheaded, 100. Allusions
to this monarch, 215.

Louis XIV., grants a pension to
Pierre Corneille, I. 55. His attachment
to Henrietta duchess of
Orléans, 58. Splendour of his
court begins to be remarkable,
111. Takes a part in the ballets at
court, 118. 119. Discontinues to
do so, from a passage in "Britannicus"
alluding to Nero, 118,
n. His journeys, 120. Flattery
of by the poets and savants, 163.
Did not comprehend La Fontaine,
164. And delays his ratification
of his being received in the French
Academy, 167. Trial of Fouquet,
finance minister, 112. 113. 222.
223. The king refuses to pardon
him, 224. The fêtes at Versailles,
225. 256. Tournament at, Louis
representing count Roger, 225.
His affection for the beautiful
La Vallière, 112. 119. 162. 225.
236. His court described, 244, n.
His queen, 236. Secret marriage
with madame de Maintenon, 87.
236. 237. 248. His reign, animadversions
on, 257. 323. Age of
Louis XIV. described, 269. Louis
XIV. conceives a dislike for Fénélon,
333. 346. Perceives his injustice,
but burns his papers, 366.
Anecdotes of the king, 319. 323.
Preceptors to his son and grand-sons,
334. 336, n. The Gallican
church, its state in the reign of
Louis XIV., 339-362. References
to Louis XIV., in the life
of Voltaire, II. 6. 10.

Louis XV., I. 368. II. 44. 46. 47. 55.
57. 60. His inglorious old age,
101.

Louis XVI., II. 86. 100. 104. For
the historical events of his reign
and fall, see the Lives of Condorcet,
Mirabeau, &c. in Vol. II.

Love and gallantry, novels breathing
of, I. 107. 108. Ill taste of
language relating to, 108. Purity
of sentiment aimed at nevertheless,
108.

Lucian, by whom imitated, I. 35.

Lucretius, II. 144.

Lulli, musical composer, solicits
La Fontaine to write the opera of
"Daphne," I. 166. His death
described, 176.

Luxembourg, maréchal duc de, II.
149. His kind attentions to his
neighbour Jean Jacques Rousseau,
150.

Luxembourg, duchess of, II. 150.
152. Her conduct with regard to
Rousseau, when he was danger of
arrest, 153.

Lyons, almanacs calculated under
the meridian of, I. 37.

M.

Machiavelli, studied by La Fontaine,
I. 154. Frederic the Great's
work against the principles of, II.
40.

Maillezieux, bishop of, correspondence
of Rabelais with the, I. 28.
30. "Letters from Italy" to, 37.

Maine, duchess du, festivities at her
château of Sceaux, II. 48.

Maintenon, madame de, I. 87. Her
portrait of the duke de la Rochefoucauld,
88. Her friendship for
madame de Coulanges, 234.
Anecdotes of, 236. 237. 248. 282.
283. 320. 322. 323. Her estate of
Maintenon, II. 21.

Mairet, his tragedy of "Sophonisbe,"
I. 44.

Malesherbes, M. de, Rousseau's correspondence
with, II. 136. His
benevolent attentions to Rousseau,
151. 152.

Manardi, Medical Epistles of, I. 37.

Mancini, nieces of cardinal Mazarin,
I. 159. 172.

Marmontel, M., his visit to Voltaire
at Ferney, II. 90-94.

Marot, Clément, admired by La
Fontaine, I. 154.

Marsillac, prince de, I. 65. His advice
to the duchess de Chevreuse,
66. See Duke de la Rochefoucauld.

Marsillac, prince de, son of the
above, assists the duke of Rochefoucauld
in the battle of St. Antoine,
I. 81. Espouses his cousin,
Mlle. de la Roche-Guyon, 83.
Attends the duke his father in
his last illness, 89.

Mattecoulon, M. de, brother to
Montaigne, I. 15.

Maucroix, poet and scholar, I. 154.

Maupertuis, M. de, II. 39. 65. His
dissension with Voltaire at Potzdam,
66. "Akakia," a satire by
Voltaire on, 66. 67. He challenges
Voltaire, who laughs at
him, 68.

Maurepas, count de, II. 45. 295. 302.

Mauroy, poetry of, I. 265.

Mazarin, cardinal, succeeds Richelieu,
I. 66. Is minister in the
regency of Anne of Austria, 66.
Imprisons the princes Condé,
Conti, and Longueville, 72. Is
obliged to fly, 73. Successes of,
in the royal cause, 81. Is displaced
for a time, for the sake of
an accommodation of the civil
dissensions, 82. On his return to
power he permits de la Rochefoucauld
to appear at court, 84.

Mazarin, duchess of, I. 159. 172.

Ménage, instructs Marie de Rabutin-Chantal,
I. 216.

Mersenne, le Père, scientific correspondence
of, I. 192.

Mirabeau, Gabriel Honoré, marquis
of, descended from an Italian
family named Arrighetti, II.
195. His grandfather, Jean Antoine,
196. His father, comte Victor
de Mirabeau, wrote "L'Ami
des Hommes," 197. The comté's
marriage, 198. His lady's domestic
happiness obstructed by a madame
de Pailly, a beautiful woman, who
chose to reside with them, 198.
The marquis's idea of his own
infallibility, 199. He became a
persecutor of his son, Gabriel
Honoré, the fifth child, 199.; who
was born with teeth, and suffered
severely from the small-pox, 199.
His early talent, 199. Memoirs
of Mirabeau, by M. Lucas Montigny,
noticed, 200, n. Madame
de Pailly cruel to this boy, 201.
His early education, 201. Severity
of his father, 202. The abbé
Choquart, his preceptor, proud
of him, 202. Is sent to join the
marquis de Lambert's regiment,
202. His subsequent expostulations
with his hard-hearted parent,
who had imprisoned him in
the fortress of the Isle of Rhé,
204. The governor sends him on
the expedition to Corsica, 204.
His history of that island, and an
Itinerary from personal observation,
204. He avows his liking
for the military profession, 205.
His father praises him on his return,
206. Marries the daughter
of the marquis de Marignane,
207. He incurs debts, 207. His
father procures a lettre-de-cachet
to confine him, 208. He writes
an "Essay on Despotism," 208.
Becomes jealous of the chevalier
de Gassaud, 209. On hearing his
explanation, he escapes to forward
his projected marriage by
pleading for him, 209. Meets a
nobleman who had insulted his
sister, and gives him a blow, 209.
His father hearing of his evasion,
shuts him up in a dismal castle,
209. His love adventures, 211.
He escapes with Sophie de Ruffey
de Monnier, to Holland, 215.
Translates for the booksellers of
Amsterdam, 215. M. de Monnier
proceeds against the fugitives,
who are condemned to
punishment, 216. He is imprisoned
at Vincennes, 217. His
letters, 217. Fate of Sophie
de Monnier, 222, n. He quits
prison on coming to terms with
his father, 224. He tries by law
to oblige his wife to live with
him, 224. Fails in his suit,
224. Is no longer injured by
private enemies, 227. Is esteemed,
and employed in public services,
228. His impetuous eloquence,
228. He foresees the
revolution, 228. Desires to be
elected a representative to the
states-general, 230. The nobles
of Provence exclude him
by a vote from their body,
231. The people greet him on
his return towards Paris, 232.
Allays some outbreaks of the
people of Marseilles and of Aix,
233. Is elected deputy from both
those places, 234. Takes his seat
in the tiers-état, 234. He declares
the power of the people to
be independent of the crown,
236. His eloquence in the debates,
239. Death of his father,
240. His speeches all-powerful
with the assembly, 241. Supports
the financial proposition of
Necker for a tax on property, 243.
His influence preponderates over
every other, 245. Accused of
being an Orleanist, 246. 247. His
negotiations with the court, 248.
249. His speech on the question
of the National Convention,
250. His hôtel sumptuously
provided, 251. His treaty with
the court, in the handwriting of
Louis XVIII., 252. He declines
in health, 253. His right to stand
up as a dictator in the assembly
questioned, 254. His policy was
to head a moderate party of royalists,
and to repress the Jacobins,
248. 250. 254. The king and
the people alike anxious for his
recovery, 255. His opinion of
William Pitt, 256. His death,
aged forty-two, in 1791, 256.
He was the first buried in the
Pantheon, 257. Courageous and
warm-hearted, 258. His sayings
and bon-mots are on record, 258.
His style of oratory, 259. His
military talents, 259.

"Misanthrope, Le," of Molière, I.
5.

Molière, Jean Baptiste Poquelin,
considered by Boileau as the first
writer of his day, I. 97. His parentage
respectable, 97. Education
of, 98. Taught by Gassendi,
99. Does the duty of valet-de-chambre
to Louis XIII. for his
father, 100. Studies the law at
Orléans, 101. Private theatricals
with some young friends, 101.
Makes the stage his profession,
101. His company of actors, 102.
Ill success of his "Thebaid" prevents
his writing tragedy, 103.
His early comedies, 103. 105. Performs
in the provinces, 102. 105.
On the restoration of tranquillity
at Paris, his company perform in
presence of Louis XIV. and the
queen-mother, 106. They are
styled "Les Comédiens de Monsieur,"
107. His success in dramatic
satire, 110. His "Ecole des
Maris," 111. 112. Account of
"Les Fâcheux," a satirical farce,
112. Louis XIV. commands Molière
to introduce a sporting character,
113. Anecdotes of the rebuffs
experienced by the dramatist
as royal valet-de-chambre, 114.
Louis protects him, 114. Scandal
relative to Molière refuted, 115, n.
118. His marriage, 116. Not
productive of Felicity, 117. 131.
Writes the "Critique de l'Ecole
des Femmes" in reply to his detractors,
131. His "Impromptu
de Versailles," 131. Louis XIV. is
godfather to Molière's eldest child,
118. Molière performs "Sganarelle,"
119. His "Tartuffe,"
anecdotes as to, 119. 120. Tumult
of soldiers at his theatre,
121. The "Misanthrope," 122.
"Amphitryon," scene from the,
124. "George Dandin," scene
from, 127. "L'Avare," criticised
by Schlegel, 127. Success of "Le
Tartuffe" on its representation,
129. Molière a favourite of Parisian
society, 130. Anecdotes of
his circle of friends, 131. His
house at Auteuil, 131. His portraiture
of himself, 131, n. His
"Monsieur de Pourceaugnac,"
132. "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"
approved by Louis XIV.,
133. "Fourberies de Scapin,"
134. "Les Femmes Savantes,"
scene from, 135. His "Malade
Imaginaire," 138. His own malady
unfeigned, 139. Death of
Molière, aged fifty-one, 139. 147.
Mode of his burial because a
player, 140. 141. His generosity,
143. Talent as an actor, 144. Criticism
of his works, 145. 146. Eloge
of, 148. Marriage of his widow,
148.; and of his daughter, 149.
His prediction as to "le bon homme"
La Fontaine, 160. Molière
willing to employ Racine as a
young dramatic writer of promise,
304. His quarrel with Racine on
the ill-success of "Andromaque,"
304. His admiration of Racine's
"Les Plaideurs," 311. Further
allusions to, 262. 372.

Molina, the jesuit, I. 200.

Molinists, their controversy with
the Jansenists, I. 201. Louis XIV.'s
predilection for their doctrine,
II. 6.

Mondorge, comedian, relieved by
Molière when in need, I. 143.

Montaigne, Michel de, born Feb. 8.
1533, in Périgord, I. 1. Pierre
Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne,
his father, 1. Education of Michel,
2. Taught to speak Latin
from his cradle, 3. Tardiness
of his mind in infancy, 4. He
loses at school the power of
speaking good Latin acquired as
a child, 5. Fond of Ovid's "Metamorphoses,"
5. Reads Virgil, Terence,
and Plautus, 5. Memory
defective, 6. His cheerful temper,
6, n. Lively imagination, 6, n.
Pourtrays the character of Etienne
de la Boétie, 7. Poem of
the latter on their friendship, 7.
Death of Boétie, 9. He marries,
and is a good husband and tender
father, 9. He loses his father
Pierre Eyquem, 9. Is careful of
his paternal inheritance, 10. Domestic
habits, 10. Writes his Essays,
7. 10. His travels in France,
10. Visits the court and capital,
10. His moderation in politics,
11. He complains of the religious
feuds, and of his being pillaged,
12. Takes no measures for
defence of his château of Montaigne,
12. Is surprised by an
officer and his party, who refrain
from injuring him, 14. His calm
composure again preserves him
from danger when taken prisoner,
14. Afflicted by painful disorders
he resorts to Plombières for the
waters, and proceeds to Munich,
&c., 15. 16. He visits Venice and
Rome, 17. Is well received by
the pope, 17. Familiar with Roman
history, 17. He prints two
books of his Essays, 17. Mode
of treating the papal censures,
17. His pleasure on being declared
a citizen of Rome by a
bull for that purpose, 18. He
offers a silver sculptured tablet,
at the shrine of Loretto, 18. 19.
His wife, and daughter Eléanore,
19. Sojourns at Lucca, 19. Is
elected mayor of Bordeaux,
crosses Mont Cénis and arrives
at his château of Montaigne, 19.
Is commanded by the king to till
the office of mayor, and is re-elected
to the same, 19. His decline
and bad state of health, 19.
His friendship for mademoiselle
Marie de Gournay le Jars, and
portrait of that lady, 20, n. His
resignation when attacked with a
fatal quinsy, 20. His devout behavioural.
Dies 13th Sept. 1592.,
21. His disposition and vivacity,
21. Descendants of, by his daughter
Eléanore, 21, n. Edition of
his Essays dedicated to Richelieu,
21. Instructive and entertaining
character of the Essays, 22. Their
originality, 22.

Montaigu, M., ambassador to Venice,
his character, II. 128.

Montauzier, duke of, husband of
Julie d'Angennes, I. 128. 263, n.
312.

Montespan, madame de, I. 167.
244, n. 279. 282.

Montfleuri, tragedian, cause of his
death, I. 308.

Montpellier, the faculty at, I. 27.
Duprat, chancélier, deprives the
physicians of their privileges, who
are defended by Rabelais, 27.

Montpensier, mademoiselle de,
daughter of Gaston d'Orléans, I.
81. Her spirit in the contest before
the walls of Paris, 82. Her
intercourse with madame de Sévigné,
217.