INDEX.

365

u.

Unity of time in dramatic works,critique on the, i. 45. 49.52.

V.

Vallifere, mademoiselle de la, fa-vourite of Louis XIV., i. 112.119. 162. 225. 236.

Vega, Lopede, his “ Verdad Sospe.chosa,” i. 51. 102.

Vendome, duke of, ii. 6.

Versoi, village of, ii- 100.

Verville , Beroalde de, his “ Moyende Parvenir,” i. 36.

Victoire, the abbe de la, i. 263.

Villars, marechale, 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. Fabu-lous adventure in punishment ofhis insolence towards her, 108.Is styled Alcovist, 109. His con-ceits, 153. Anecdote relative to,159.

Voltaire , Francois-Marie Aronetde, observations of, i. 30. Hispillage of Rabelais , 34. His Com-mentary on 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 Molifere, 146. OnPascal, 203, n. Of madamede S£-vigne, 255. His censure of Boi-leau, 264, n. His “ Sit-cle deLouis XIV.,” 345, n. His let-ters, ii. 1. His infidel principles,2. Distinction between Christ-ianity and that religion known asthe church of Rome, 2. Hisbirth in 1694,4. Educated in thecollege of Louis-le-Grand, 5. In-troduced to Parisian society, 6.His love for mademoiselle duNoyer, 8. His reconciliationwith his father, M. Arouet, 9. Isplaced as pupil with M. Alain, at-torney, 9. Is enamoured withmadame de Villars, 9. He visitsM. deCaumartin,10. His returnto Paris , the duke of Orleansbeing 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 " (Edipus, ” 15.19.His mode of life, 16 . Visits thechateaux of the nobility, 16. Hasthe small-pox, 16. His tragedy of‘^Mariane,” 16. Visits Holland,17. His quarrel with J. B. Rous-seau, 17. Is insulted by Chev. deRohan, challenges him ; but issentto the Bastille, banished, andvisits England, 18. Studies Lockeand Newton, 18. An edition ofthe " Henriade,” in London , en-riches him, 19, 20. Returns toParis , 19. Success of his tragedies,19. The priests detest him, 19.Acquires some wealth by his penand by inheritance, 20. Pur-chases the estate of Voltaire , andassumes that name, 21. His at-tachment for madame du Cbate-let,21. His “ Brutus” and “Ery-phile ” unsuccessful tragedies, 22.Pathos of his “ Zaire, ” 22. Ra-pidly composed, 22. Its success,22.Increase of his fame, 22. His“ Charles XII. ,”;23. “SifecledeLouis 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 publi-cation, 24. 32. Conceals himselfat the marquis du Chatelet’s inChampagne , 32. His “ M^rope,”“ Mahomet,” &c., 25. He actsin a private theatre, 25. Writesthe “ Pucelle d’Orleans, ” 25. 28.33. Revisits Cirey arid the mar-quis du Chatelet, 26. 28. Hisconduct towards madame deGraffigny , 33. His “ Correspond-ence” 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 “ Merope,” 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 Sauvt'e,” 48. Hevisits king Stanislas atLuneville,49. 51. His “ Semiramis,” 49.Ill of fever at Chalons, 50. “Ca-tiline,” 51. He settles in Paris ,and receives his niece madameDenis to preside in his house, 55.55. Private theatre in hishouse,