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55. Account of Voltaire by LeKain , 54. Visits Frederic atPotsdam , 57. Is appointed cham-berlain by that monarch, 58. Apension granted him, 59. Dis-contents, 61. Frederic requiringa strict attention to his injunc-tions, 62. Voltaire rendered sus-picious, 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.Letterof the king, 70, 71, n. Hisjourney to Lyons, 71. Consults Dr.Tronchin at Geneva on his health,72. Purchases a house nearGenevanamed “ Les Delices,” 71. 74.Composes tragedies, and writesu Candide, ” 74. His “ Mannersand Spirit of Nations,” 74. Somedangers impend over him, 15.Force of his satire, 75. His cha-teau of Ferney on the borders ofFrance and Geneva , 76. The“ Encyclopedic,” begun by Dide-rot and d’Alembert, 77. .Vol-taire writes some literary articlesfur 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-Jacques
Rousseau , 88. His conversationdelightful, 90. Visited by Mar-montel, 91. By the countess deGenlis, 94. Attempted persecu-cution of, by the bishop of thediocese, 99. Residence of Vol-taire , through his active spirit ofcharity and improvement, a bless-ing to the district, 100. He re-pairs to Paris in 1788, 102. Histragedy of “ Irene,” 103. Ho.nourable reception 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 let-ter on the subject of Rousseau , ii.159,161. His contempt of Rous-seau , 164.
Warens, countess de, ii. 117. Herhistory told by Jean JacquesRousseau , 117—128. 137-
Winterfeld, baron de, ii. 9.
Winterfeld, baroness de, formerlyMile, du Noyer, ii. 8, 9.
Wycherly,his comedy,” TheCoun-try Girl,” imitated from Moliere ,i. 117.
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