S.
Sablière, madame de la, I.165. Hersociety of poets, philosophers, &c.,166.171. Her husband, the marquisde la Sablière,166.171. Hisfate,163.171.Sacy, M. de, friend of Pascal, I.198. And of Racine,298.Saint Cyr, scene of madame Guyon'simpassioned mysteries, I.342.Sainte Helène, M. de, I.223.Saint Lambert, M. de, II.141.143.Scaramouche, Italian actor, instructsMolière, I.102.Scarron, abbé, imitator of Rabelaisin facetiousness, I.36. Allusionsto,283.Schomberg, count de, I.215. Createdmarshal, 215. II.145."Sciomachie, La," by Rabelais, I.37.Scott, sir Walter, his Essay onMolière, I.108.128.130, n. Allusionto his works,147.Schlegel, his criticisms on Molière,I.146.Schlegel, William, not permitted byBuonaparte to reside at madamede Staël's at Coppet, II.336.Scudéri, M. de, I.45. His attackupon Corneille,47.Scudéri, mademoiselle, her novels,I.107. Their extravagant stylein language and argument,107.Allusions to, I.223, n.293.Séguier, chancellor of France, I.222.223.Segur, count de, descended in thefemale line from Montaigne, I.21, n.Seneca, tragedies of, I.44.Sévigné, madame de, compares thegenius of Corneille with Racine,and prefers the former, I.57. Herdelightful style,85.87. Her characterof the duke of Rochefoucauld,88. Her life narrated,214-258. Her maiden nameMarie de Rabutin-Chantal,214.Her father, the baron de Chantal,slain at La Rochelle in an engagementwith the English,215. Hislaconic epistle to marshal Schomberg,215. His family the elderbranch of the Rabutins,214.215.His wife was Marie de Coulanges,214.215. Their daughter, Mariede Rabutin-Chantal, born in1626,214. Is left an orphan,215.Taught Italian and Latin byMénage and Chapelle,216. Ismarried to Henri, marquis deSévigné,216. Her children,216.The marquise a zealous Frondeuse,217. Her friendship withmademoiselle de Montpensierand the duchess de Châtillon,217.Loss of her husband,218. Educatesher children,218. Herwidowhood exemplary,218. Hergrief on the loss of the abbé deCoulanges, her uncle,223. She frequentsthe Hôtel Rambouillet,220.Quarrel of Bussy-Rabutin with hisfair cousin,221. Reconciliation,225. He reproaches her withavarice,225. Her sorrow for theimprisonment and exile of deRetz,221. Her sympathy with themisfortunes of Fouquet,222.223,n. She retires from Paris,225.Returns and presents her daughterat court,225. Her journeysto her estate of Les Rochers inBrittany,237.239.249.; and to seeher daughter in Provence,228.241. Her separation from herdaughter,228. Her son accompaniesan expedition to Candia,226. His attachment for Ninonde l'Enclos,230. He marries andretires to his estates in Brittany,231.240.247.249. Madame dela Fayette and other friends ofmadame de Sévigné,231. Herlife 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 withher daughter in Provence,253.Final visit to Paris,254. Shedies at Grignan, aged 70.254.Opinions on her character andliterary merit,255-258. Herfamily now extinct,258. Remarkof madame de Sévigné, II.207.Her correspondence:—Lettersto her daughter, madame deGrignan, I,220.224.237.238.239.241.244.246.247.248.251.Her letters to her cousin thecount de Bussy-Rabutin,217.226.227.247.249.251. Her lettersto various friends,223.Letters from count de Bussy tomadame de Sévigné,219.Sévigné, Henri Marquis de, I.216.His marriage with Marie de Rabutin-Chantalat first happy,216.Their son and daughter,216.His relationship to the cardinalde Retz,217. The marquis andhis celebrated lady join theFronde,217. His affection forNinon de l'Enclos,217. Killedby the chevalier d'Albret in aduel,218.Shakspeare, William, I. 40. Voltaire'sremarks on, II.101.Sirven family, case of the, II.83."Songes Drolatiques," to whomascribed, I.38.Sophocles, I. 40. II.15. His "ŒdipusTyrannus,"16.Sorbonne, the, condemns Rabelais'"Pantagruel," I.31. The "PhilosophicalCream," a burlesqueon the schoolmen of,38. Condemnsthe book on St. Augustin,by Antony Arnaud,200.Soyecourt, M. de, Grand-Veneur,I.113.Spain, the modern drama takes itsrise in, I.41. Guillen de Castro,45. Lope de Vega,51. War ofwith France during the minorityof Louis XIV.,67.StaëlHolstein, baronne de, herfather, M. Necker, placed in thebanking-house of Thelusson, II.295. His essay on corn-laws,295. Marries mademoiselleChurchod,296. Their onlydaughter,296. Early instructionsand habits of madame de Staël,297. Attention paid her in societyby men of letters,297. Herattention to their discourse,298.Her taste for society thus acquired,298. Fears with regard toher health,299. She attributes herfrankness, to her father's quickperception of her faults,300. Hishigh repute in France,301. His"Compte Rendu,"301.304. Retiresto Coppet on the Lake of Geneva,302. His work on finance, itsenormous sale,303. Mlle. Neckerbegins to write at an early age,303. Her Plays and Tales printed,303. Her suitors,304. Mr. Gibbona visitor at Necker's,305.She espouses the baron de StaëlHolstein,305. Her letters on thewritings of Rousseau,305. Portraitor character of her at thisperiod,306. Her father restoredto the ministry by Louis XVI.,307. His moderation,307. Isagain exiled, and ordered to departsilently,308. Necker andhis wife repair to Brussels.309.Madame de Staël's remarks onjoining him there,309. Hisgenerosity in financial matterstoward the nation,309. The Bastillebeing destroyed, Louis againsends for him, and he returns toParis,310. The baroness describestheir journey,311. Shewitnesses many events of the revolution,312. Interview withMarie Antoinette,313. Neckerresigns on account of the issueof assignats, which he disapproved,313. Madame de Staëlshares in Lafayette's plan foreffecting the escape of the king,314. Her carriage stopped bythe republicans,314. Her courage,314. Sets out from Paris,315. Carried before the sectionof St. Germain,316. She pleadsbefore Robespierre's tribunal herbeing the ambassadress fromSweden,316. Is saved by theinterposition of Manuel,316. Isallowed to leave Paris with hermaid only,317. Her joy on traversingMount Jura and arrivingat her father's at Coppet,317. Visits England,317. Herfather's pamphlet in favour ofLouis XVI., and her appeal forthe queen,318. Death of madameNecker,318. M. de Staëlrepairs to Paris as Swedish ambassador,accompanied by thebaroness,319. Although denouncedin the reign of terror,her influence was still great,320.Her feelings and character depicted,320. Her first meetingwith Buonaparte unpropitious,321. Invasion of Switzerland,322. She repairs to Coppet to M.Necker,322. Witnesses the revolutionwhich established Buonaparte,323. Her conversationwith Joseph Buonaparte,324.Benjamin Constant her friend,324. Enmity of Napoleon on accountof Constant's opposition,325. Her loss of her husband in1799,327. Her novel of "Delphine,"327. Its charm,327. Herlove of her father,328. On the expirationof the peace of Amiens sheis exiled from Paris,329. She isaccompanied by Benjamin Constantto Weimar and Berlin,330.Her "Années d'Exil" one of herbest writings,330.339. Death ofher father,331. Her affectionfor her children,331. Her society,331. Publishes the writingsof M. Necker,331. VisitsRome and writes "Corinne,"331. Opinion of that work inItaly,332. Publishes "Corinne"at Rouen,332. Her perception ofennui,333. Her sentiments,333.Intends publishing her "Germany"at Blois,331. The impressionis seized, and she is ordered toquit France,331. Persecution ofher unabated,335. She accompaniesM. de Montmorency in atour through Switzerland,336.Madame Recamier banished forhaving spent a few hours withher,336. M. Rocca, a youngSpanish officer in the Frencharmy, wounded, visits Geneva,337. Falls in love,337. Madamede 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 hertwo millions which her father hadgenerously advanced to LouisXVI.,339. Lord Byron thoughtlikely to marry Albertine deStaël, her daughter,339. Byronliving at Diodati visits at Coppet,310. Her daughter marries theduke de Broglie,310. Madame deStaël's piety,341. Her remarkupon life,341. Her resignation insickness,341. Her death in Paris,aged nearly fifty-two,341. M.Rocca survived his wife but a fewmonths,341. She had many enemies,the result sometimes of envyof merit,342. Her love of France,342. Chateaubriand's opinion ofher,343. Interest of her works,343.Stanislas, king of Poland, II.49.51.Sterne, Laurence, his "TristramShandy" 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 ofVoltaire, II.17.Swift, dean, his "Gulliver," and"Tale of a Tub," I.36.
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"Tartuffe, Le," of Molière, I.119.Application of the character tothe 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 andmoralities preceded the regulardrama, I.41. Indebted to Spanishdramatists,41. "Mélite," byCorneille,42. Dramas of Hardy,41.42. Of cardinal de Richelieu,41.43. Theatre in the cardinal'spalace,43. "Sophonisba" ofMairet,44. Plays of Corneillecritically examined,45-59. His"Essais sur le Théâtre,"54. Voltaire'srules for French diction intragedy,61. Corneille's style,62. Molière's first comedy of"L'Etourdi,"103. His "Le DépitAmoureux,"103. Farcical interludesof merit by Molière,105.These form the groundwork of hisbest comedies,105. Theatres ofParis 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 theFrench Revolution," II.273.Thiriot, M., early companion ofVoltaire, II.9.16.32.107.Thomas, M., French writer andpoet, II.171.Thou, De; president, his opinion ofRabelais, 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 parliamentof, II.79.83.Tragedy, French, Pierre Corneille,the father of. I.40-62. ThomasCorneille's plays,56. Racine'stragedies,58. Voltaire's Commentaryon 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 conjunctionwith Condé at Rocroi, I.67. Gives battle to the prince ofCondé,83.; and defeats him,81.His death,241.Turgot, M., finance minister, II.100.101.178.Turlupin, French comedian inMolière's time, I.101.
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Unity of time in dramatic works,critique on the, I.45.49.52.
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Vallière, mademoiselle de la, favouriteof 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 "Moyende 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 commentaryon a line of, II.144.Vitart, M., uncle of Jean Racine, I.301.Voiture, his poetry addressed toJulie d'Angennes, I.108. Fabulousadventure in punishment ofhis insolence towards her,108.Is styledAlcovist,109. His conceits,153. Anecdote relative to,159.Voltaire, François-Marie Arouetde, observations of, I.30. Hispillage of Rabelais,34. His Commentaryon the "Cid,"45, n.61.Patronises a lady descended fromthe daughter of Corneille,61.His observation on the duke ofRochefoucauld's "Maxims,"63.His opinion of Molière,146. OnPascal,203, n. Of madame de Sévigné,255. His censure of Boileau,264, n. His "Siècle deLouis XIV.,"345, n. His letters,II.1. His infidel principles,2. Distinction between Christianityand that religion known asthe church of Rome,2. Hisbirth in 1694,4. Educated in thecollege of Louis-le-Grand,5. Introducedto Parisian society,6.His love for mademoiselle duNoyer,8. His reconciliationwith his father, M. Arouet,9. Isplaced as pupil with M. Alain, attorney,9. Is enamoured withmadame de Villars,9. He visitsM. de Caumartin,10. His returnto Paris, the duke of Orléansbeing regent,11. Is sent to theBastille for verses imputed to him,11. Liberated on the mistakebeing proved,11. Writes the"Henriade,"12. Its interest,14.His tragedy of "Œdipus."15.19.His mode of life,16. Visits thechâteaux of the nobility,16. Hasthe small-pox,16. His tragedy of"Mariamne,"16. Visits Holland,17. His quarrel with J. J. Rousseau,17. Is insulted by Chev. deRohan, challenges him; but is sentto the Bastille, banished, andvisits England,18. Studies Lockeand Newton,18. An edition ofthe "Henriade," in London, enricheshim,19.20. Returns toParis,19. Success of his tragedies,19. The priests detest him,19.Acquires some wealth by his penand by inheritance,20. Purchasesthe estate of Voltaire, andassumes that name,21. His attachmentfor madame du Châtelet,21. His "Brutus" and "Eryphile"unsuccessful tragedies,22.Pathos of his "Zaire,"22. Rapidlycomposed,22. Its success,22.Increase of his fame,22. His"Charles XII.,"23. "Siècle deLouis XIV.,"23.25.30.60.64. Isconstrained to withdraw intoNormandy, having offended theclergy,64. His "Lettres sur lesAnglais,"64. Lettre de cachetissued against him for that publication,24.32. Conceals himselfat the marquis du Châtelet's inChampagne,32. His "Mérope,""Mahomet," &c.,25. He actsin a private theatre,25. Writesthe "Pucelle d'Orléans,"25.28.33. Revisits Cirey and the marquisdu Châtelet,26.28. Hisconduct towards madame deGraffigny,33. His "Correspondence"with Frederic the Great,35.37. The poet and king flatterand quarrel,36. Visits Fredericin Germany,39. "Mahomet"performed at Lille,43. Desires aseat in the French Academy,44.56. Cabal to oppose him,45.Success of his "Mérope,"45.Is sent to the Hague and toBerlin as an envoy from LouisXV.,46. He returns to France,47. Visits the duchess du Maine,and writes "Zadig,"48. Actsat Sceaux the part of Cicero inhis "Rome Sauvée,"48. Hevisits 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 madameDenis to preside in his house,55.55. Private theatre in his house,55. Account of Voltaire by LeKain,54. Visits Frederic atPotsdam,57. Is appointed chamberlainby that monarch,58. Apension granted him,59. Discontents,61. Frederic requiringa strict attention to his injunctions,69. Voltaire rendered suspicious,63. Becomes indignant,66. Satirizes Maupertuis,66.67.His amicable interview with themonarch,68. He repairs to SaxeGotha,69. Meets madame Denisat Frankfort,69. Is arrested,69.Letter of the king,70.71, n. Hisjourney to Lyons,71. Consults Dr.Tronchin at Geneva on his health,72. Purchases a house near Genevanamed "Les Delices,"71.74.Composes tragedies, and writes"Candide,"74. His "Mannersand Spirit of Nations,"74. Somedangers impend over him,75.Force of his satire,75. His châteauof Ferney on the borders ofFrance and Geneva,76. The"Encyclopédie," begun by Diderotand d'Alembert,77. Voltairewrites some literary articlesfor it,77. Case of Jean Calas,broken on the wheel on a falseaccusation,79. Voltaire succeedsin proving his innocence,81.Exculpation and relief of thesurviving family,82. Case ofthe Sirven family,83. Case ofthe chevalier de la Barre,84.Heaps ridicule on Jean-JacquesRousseau,88. His conversationdelightful,90. Visited by Marmontel,91. By the countess deGenlis,94. Attempted persecutionof, by the bishop of thediocese,99. Residence of Voltaire,through his active spirit ofcharity and improvement, a blessingto the district,100. He repairsto Paris in 1788,102. Histragedy of "Irene,"103. Honourablereception of the poet,103. His profession of faith,104.His death,106. His friendly andforgiving nature,107. Criticismon his works,109. His plays,109. Was visited at Ferney byCondorcet and d'Alembert,176.
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Wagner, M., secretary of Voltaire,II.105.Walpole, Horace, his fictitious letteron the subject of Rousseau, II.159.161. His contempt of Rousseau,164.Warens, countess de, II.117. Herhistory told by Jean JacquesRousseau,117-128.137.Winterfeld, baron de, II.9.Winterfeld, baroness de, formerlyMlle. du Noyer, II.8.9.Wycherly, his comedy, "The CountryGirl," imitated from Molière,I.117.