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288. Deceptive assurance of herbeing at liberty, 288. But car-ried to Ste. Pelagie, 288. Shenames Marceau to be her advo-cate, 291. Her defence writtenby her over-night, 291. Her sen-tence, 291. Is guillotined, 292.Her dying address to the statueof Liberty, 293. M. Roland, insafety at Rouen , stabs himself,not to outlive his wife, 293. Hercourage and sweetness of cha-racter recorded, 293.
Rome, visit of Rabelais to, i. 28.Facetiousness of Rabelais elicited,29. He attacks the vices of thehigh clergy and ignorance of themonks, 31.
Rotrou, poetry of, i. 43.
Rousseau, Jean Baptiste, banishedon his dispute with M. Saurin,ii. 6. His quarrel with Voltaire ,17.31.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, ridiculedby Voltaire, ii. 88. Born at Ge-neva in 1712, 111. His studies inthat town, 112. Early life of, 113.His “ Confessions,” 113. etpassim.His rambles, 115. Visits the curePontverre, 116. VisitsmadamedeWarensat Annecy, 117. Is sent asa proselyte to an hospital at Turin ,317. Errors and consequent re-morse, 119. Leads a vagabondlife, 120. Returns to madame deWarens , 121. His want of moralcourage, 121. She departs forParis , 122. Becomes a music-master at Neufchdtel, 122. Andat Chambery , 124. His projects,125. Resides with madame de"Warens at Les Charmettes, nearChambery , 125. His new me-thod of noting music, 127. Ar-rives in Paris , 128. AccompaniesM. Montaigu as secretary to Ve-nice, 128. Returns to Paris , andis kindly received by his formerfriends, 129. His mistress, The-rtlse le Vasseur, 130.144.162. Hesends their children to theFound-ling Hospital, 131. His account ofthis act in his “ Confessions, ”130. Remissness of his moral sen-timents, 132. His friendship forDiderot , 133. 144. Laments hisfriend’s imprisonment, 144. Theacademy of Dijon having proposeda question as to the influence ofthe progress of arts and sciences onthe happiness and virtue of man,Jean Jacques, in an essay, assertsit to be of evil tendency, and soeloquently as to bear off the palm
134. This success acquires himconsideration, 135. He refusesthe offer of a place with a farmer-general, although a road to for-tune, 129.135. Earns a livelihoodby copying music, 135. His “ De-vin du Village,” 136. It becomesthe fashion with the great to en-courage andsoothehim, 136. Re-visits Geneva , 137. Abjures theRomish faith, 137. He inhabitsthe Hermitage, near the wood ofMontmorenci, 138. His writings,139. His meditations and daydreams, 139. His “ System ofEducation,” 139. Writes the“ NbuvelleHeloise,”140.150. Hisdeclarations tomadame d’Houde-tot, 142. His mental sufferingsnurtured by this hopeless passion,145. Accusation against Grimm’sloyalty in his conduct to Rous-seau, 145. Diderot ’s letter toRousseau respecting madamed’Epinay, 146. Indecision of JeanJacques, 146. Removes to Mont-morenci, 147. Diderot having of-fended him, seeks a reconcili-ation, and is repulsed, 148. Thenobility court him with compas-sionate regard, 150. His religiousprinciples unsettled, 152. “ TheConfession of the Vicar ofSavoy,”152. Consequences of the pub-lication of “ Emile,” 153. The“ Emile” of Rousseau condemnedto the flames at Geneva , 153.Rousseau proceeds to Iverdun,in the territory of Bern , 154.Exiled by the states of Bern and Geneva , he settles at Motiers,near Neufchatel, 154. Engagesin a controversy of the Genevans,157. His “ Lettres £crites de laMontagne,” 157. Resides in theisland of St. Pierre, lake of Bi-enne, 158. Accompanies DavidHume to England, 159. Writesthe first portion of his “ Confes-sions” at Wotton, 160. GeorgeIII . grants him a pension of 100/.per annum, 161. Being half de-ranged, he flies to France , 161.Is protected by the prince of Con-ti, 162. He quits the Armeniandress he had worn for ten years,163. Is welcomed in Paris , 163.Reads his “Confessions” to acircle of acquaintance, 164. Hismode of life, and diligence inearning a subsistence, 165. Theprince de Ligne takes an interestin his welfare, 165. His objec-tion to receive presents, 167.Respect shown for him by a