ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE,
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A.D.
Pascal declares the ” Five Propositionswith St. Paul - -
His dying Sentiments -
1662. AStat. 39. His Death •
His admirable Character •
Eloquence of his Works *
His Address to Atheists
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to be in accordance
- . 208
* . - 209
- 210- 210
. - - 211
- 211
1636—1696.
1626. Birth of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal - - -214
Account of this noble Family - - -214
1627. Her Father, Baron de Chantal, slain at the Isle of Rh 6 - -215
Account of the De Coulanges Family - - - 215
The Breton Race described - - - 216
1644. iEtat. 18. Mademoiselle de Rabutin-Chantal marries Henry Mar-quis de Sevign£ - - 216
Cardinal de Retz and the Fronde - 217
Count de Bussy-Rabutin, Cousin of Madame de S£vign€ - 217Ninon de l’Enclos - - • 217
Marquis de Sevignfe falls in a Duel with the Chevalier d’Albret- 218The Prince de Conti - 219
H 6 tel de Rambouillet - - - 220
Cardinal de Retz imprisoned, and escapes - - 220
Disgrace and Trial of Fouquet, Minister of Finance - -222
Letters of Madame de Sevigne - - 224
1664. Fetes at Versailles - - 225
Louis XIV . takes a Part in the Tournament and Jousts - 225
His Affection for Mademoiselle de la Vallifere - -225
Benserade, the Court Poet • - - 226
Mademoiselle de Sevigne appears in the Ballets at Court - 2261669. Her Marriage with the Count de Grignan - - 227
Correspondence of the Marchioness de Sevigne addressed to herDaughter, Madame de Grignan - - 227
Count and Countess de Grignan repair to Provence , of which heis Lieutenant-Governor - - 228
Ninon de J’Enclos again the Cause of Affliction - - 230
Countess de la Fayette - - -231
Monsieur and Madame de Coulanges, Cousins of Madame deSevigne - - - . 232
Dialogue, Supposititious, of M. de Coulanges and M. de Bussy-Rabutin - 5232
Celebrity for Talent of Madame de Coulanges - - 234
Poetry of that Lady’s Husband - - - 235
M. Corbinelli - 236
Madame de Maintenon - . 237
D’Argenson and Corbinelli, amusing Anecdote of - 237
1675. Death of Turenne - -238