Elector Palatine, Charles Theodore, [288-9], [344]
“Elements of Newton’s Philosophy,” [94], [100-2];
published, [103-4]
Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, [330], [378];
her death, [453]
Enclos, Ninon de l’, [1], [2], [3], [5], [7]
“Encyclopædia,” the (Diderot and d’ Alembert), [252], [290], [323-6], [369]
“English Letters, The; or, The Philosophical Letters,” [55-59], [68], [71-72], [88], [142];
published, [73]
“Envieux, L’,” [119]
Enville, Duchesse d’. See Calas and [432]
Ephraim (moneylender). See Hirsch
“Epick Poetry of the European Nations, The,” [54], [117]
Épinay, Madame d’, [352];
her visit to Délices, [339]
“Epistle to Uranie.” See “Uranie”
“Ériphyle,” [64-7];
produced, [65]
Espinas (affair of), [439]
“Essay on the Manners and Mind of Nations,” [203];
published, [291], [347]
“Essay on the Nature and Propagation of Fire” (Mme. du Châtelet’s), [105], [130]
“Essay on the Nature and Propagation of Fire,” [101-4];
published, [105]
Étallonde de Morival, d’. See La Barre
“Eulogy (or Panegyric) of Saint Louis,” [200]
“Events of the Year,” [157]
Falkener, Sir Everard, [51], [53], [164], [249-51];
his death, [377]
“Fanaticism, Ode on,” [75]
“Fanine.” See “Zulime”
Fleury, Cardinal, [68], [133-4], [141], [142], [143];
his death, [146]
Florian, Marquis de, [324], [430], [504-5], [505]
Florian, Marquise de. See Fontaine, Madame de
“Florianet,” [505]
Fontaine, Madame de (Mlle. Mignot and Marquise de Florian), [98], [212], [300], [321], [324], [326], [353], [366], [430];
her marriage to M. de Fontaine, [100];
her death, [505]
Fontaine-Martel, Comtesse de, [65], [70];
her death, [68]
Fontenelle (writer), [30], [67], [101], [211], [397-539]
“Fontenoy” published, [160]
Fox, Charles James, [478]
Frankfort (affair of), [270-84]
Franklin, Benjamin, [533], [550]
Frederick II. of Prussia (Frederick the Great), [123], [139], [141], [143], [147], [198-200], [209], [214], [227], [296], [311], [330], [344], [360], [452], [494], [501], [516];
his correspondence with Voltaire, [89-90], [127-30];
sends him “Anti-Machiavelli,” [128];
becomes King, [131];
relations to Mme. du Châtelet, [131-2];
meets Voltaire at Moyland, [132];
and at Remusberg, [134];
invades Silesia, [137-8];
entertains Voltaire at Aix-la-Chapelle, [143];
and at Berlin and Bayreuth, [150-2];
his epitaph on Mme. du Châtelet, [204];
as d’Arnaud’s patron, [216-218];
his reception of Voltaire, [221-224];
at the Carrousel, [223-225];
as Voltaire’s pupil, [226];
borrows Voltaire from Louis, [227];
at the Suppers, [228-9];
his conduct to Darget, [233];
in the d’Arnaud quarrel, [234-5];
in the Hirsch affair, [238-43];
his writings, [243-245];
strained relations with Voltaire, [245-7];
in the quarrel with Maupertuis, [253-64];
dismisses Voltaire, [268];
parts from him, [269];
in the affair of the “Œuvre de Poésie,” [275-85];
effects of Voltaire’s visit, [286-7];
relations with him in Seven Years’ War, [333-7], [345-6], [373-5], [408], [453];
subscribes to Voltaire’s statue, [498];
reads his “Eulogium,” etc., [559];
caricatured in his “Memoirs,” [561]
Fredersdorff, [262-3], [266], [277], [280]
Fréron (critic and journalist), [214], [215], [219], [234], [394-5], [397], [399];
and “The Scotch Girl,” [390-3];
death of, [518]
“Fréron, Anecdotes of,” [399]
Freytag (the resident), [270-1];
and see Frankfort
Gallien, [468]
Gaultier, Abbé, [534-9], [553], [556], [557]
Gay, John, [48], [51], [52]
“Geneva” Article (d’Alembert’s), [325], [337-8], [346]
Genlis, Madame de, [520]
Genlis, Marquis and Marquise de, [332]
Génonville, de, [23], [27];
his death, [38]
George I., [27], [49]
George II., [150]
“Gertrude, or the Education of a Daughter,” [440]
Gervasi, Doctor, [39]
Gibbon, Edward, [341]
Gleichen, Baron, [340], [500]
Gluck (musician), [532]
Gonon. See Saurin
Gorse. See Calas
“Gospel of the Day, The,” [373]
Gouvernet, Marquise de. See Livri
Graffigny, Mme. de, [119], [122], [186], [192];
her visit to Cirey, [106-15]
Grasset (publisher), [312];
and see Saurin
Grétry (musician), [469-70]
Gros (curé of Ferney), [483-4], [495]
Guébriant, Marquis de, [75]
Guénée, Abbé, [522]
Guise, Mlle. de. See Richelieu, Duchesse de
Haller (writer), [348-9]
Hanway, Jonas, [225]
Helvétius, [350], [369];
his death, [505]
Hénault, President, [30], [154], [213]
Hennin (French envoy), [464]
“Henriade, The,” [15], [21], [29], [30], [33] seq., [53-4], [56], [63-4], [147], [355];
its publication, [40]
Henry of Prussia, Prince, [235]
Hirsch (the affair of), [237-43]
Hornoy, Abbé d’, [366], [504], [558];
at Voltaire’s death and burial, [555-7]
“Host and Hostess, The,” [521]
Huber (artist), [340], [516]
Hugenot (curé of Ferney), [495], [558]
“Indiscret, L’,” [41-3];
produced, [42]
“Infâme, l’,” [379-83]
“Institutions Physiques” (Madame du Châtelet’s), [131]
“Irène,” [525-6], [544-5], [565];
produced, [540]
“J’ai Vu,” [19], [22], [23]
Jalabert (barrister). See Sirvens
Jore (publisher), [64], [72], [73];
his quarrel with Voltaire, [88-9]
Joseph II. (Emperor of Austria), [522-3]
Kaiserling, [96-7], [132]
Keith, George (Earl Marischal of Scotland), [230], [279], [327]
Keith, James, [230]
Koenig (mathematician), [124-6], [140];
championed by Voltaire, [257-61]
La Barre, Chevalier de (the affair of the), [455-61]
La Beaumelle, [271], [471];
his quarrel with Voltaire, [253-4]
La Borde (playwright), [468], [507]
La Harpe (critic and dramatist), [531], [537], [540-1], [556], [559];
at Ferney, [454], [471-6]
Lally, General, his vindication, [510-13]
La Mettrie, Doctor, [229], [246-7], [258];
his death, [247]
Lasalle, de. See Calas
Launay, Mademoiselle de. See Staal
Lauraguais (playwright), [409]
Lavaysse, Gaubert. See Calas
“Laws of Minos, The,” [504]
“League, The.” See “Henriade”
Le Brun (poet), [22], [398], [534]
Lécluse (dentist), [395]
Lecouvreur, Adrienne (actress), [29], [38], [39], [44-5];
her death and burial, [61]
“Lecouvreur, Adrienne, Poem on the Death of,” [62]
Lekain (actor), [313], [394];
introduced to Voltaire, [212];
visits him, [312-13], [360], [429], [506-7], [521];
his death, [529]
Lervéche. See Saurin
Lessing, [236-7]
Letourneur (controversy with), [519]
“Letter on Plays, The” (J. J. Rousseau’s), [346]
“Letter on the Thoughts of Pascal,” [73]
“Life, The use of,” [95]
Ligne, Prince de, [362], [440]
Linant, [70], [82], [98]
“Literary War, The” (Grasset’s), [348], [350]
Livri, Mademoiselle de (Marquise de Gouvernet), [18], [23], [27], [28], [548]
Longchamp, S. G. (servant-secretary), [86], [108], [165], [176], [177], [191], [195], [201], [203-4], [207-9], [219], [278];
becomes Voltaire’s servant, [171];
dismissed, [256];
to see Voltaire in Paris, [548-9]
Lorry, Doctor, [539], [555]
Louis XIV., [15];
his death, [16-17]
“Louis XIV., Century of,” [80], [125], [236], [247], [253], [271], [287], [347];
published, [249-51]
Louis XV., [31], [37], [41], [42], [151], [155], [157-66], [171], [180-2], [189], [214], [218-19], [222], [241], [294], [329], [344], [384];
his death, [514]
“Louis XV., Century of,” [164]
“Louis XV., Panegyric of,” [198], [302]
Louis XVI., [526], [563], [565]
Luchet, Marquis and Marquise de, [515-16]
Luxembourg, Duchesse de, [145]
Machault (Keeper of the Seals), [329]
“Mahomet,” [132], [139], [161], [212], [246];
produced, [139-42]
Mailly, Mme. de, [140]
Maine, Duchesse du, [17], [28], [171], [211], [215], [217];
her character, [172];
visited by Voltaire and Mme. du Châtelet, [172-4];
shelters Voltaire at Sceaux, [177-9]
Maintenon, Letters of Mme. de, [255-6]
Maisons, De, [38-40];
his death, [64]
Maistre, Comte de, [358]
“Man with Forty Crowns, The,” [482]
Margravine of Bayreuth, Wilhelmina, [134], [224], [243], [270], [272], [282], [284], [297], [309-11], [334-5];
her death, [345]
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, [134], [150], [334], [336]
“Mariamne,” [38], [43];
produced, [41], [68]
Marie Antoinette, [520-1], [526], [541], [564-5]
Marie Leczinska, [42-3], [181], [185], [191], [313], [318], [437];
death of, [479]
Mariette (barrister). See Calas
Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, [48], [52], [65]
Marmontel, [168], [209], [213], [217-18], [344], [532];
as Voltaire’s protégé, [169-170];
stays at Délices, [395]
Martin, Abbé, [535]
Martin (the affair of), [509]
Maupeou, Chancellor, [503-4], [510]
Maupertuis, Moreau de (philosopher), [68], [76], [113], [132], [133], [140], [229], [270];
history and character, [252-4];
quarrel with Voltaire over Raynal, [253];
over La Beaumelle, [254-5];
over Koenig, [257-261];
visits Plombières, [299];
his death, [374]
Melton, Lord, [225]
Melun, Duc de, [41]
“Memoirs of the House of Brandenburg” (Frederick the Great’s), [244], [289]
“Memoirs for the Life of M. de Voltaire,” [335], [374];
published, [562]
Menou, Father, [185], [294]
“Mérope,” [111], [115];
produced, [144-6]
“Micromégas,” [178]
Mignot, Abbé, [122], [209], [353], [366], [504], [535], [537], [559];
at Voltaire’s death and burial, [557]
Mignot, Catherine (Catherine Arouet), [2], [3], [4], [31];
her death, [49]
Moisnel. See La Barre
“Mondain, Le,” published, [93]
“Mondain, Le, Defence of,” [95]
Montbaillis (the affair of the), [510]
Montesquieu, [148]
Montferrat, M. and Mme. de, [340]
Montpéroux, de (French envoy), [396]
Morand (servant), [555], [557]
Morangiés, Comte de, [510]
Morellet, Abbé, [386], [390], [516]
Morsan, Durey de, [468]
Mouhy, Chevalier de, [119], [123], [373]
Moussinot, Abbé, [92], [122], [125]
Muy, Marquise de, [339]
“Nanine,” [331];
produced, [199], [305]
“Narrative of Brother Grasse,” published, [380]
“Narrative of the Jesuit Berthier,” published, [379]
“Natural Law,” [252], [272], [369];
published, [317-8]
Néaulme, Jean (publisher), [292-3]
Necker, Mme. (Mlle. Curchod), [341], [520], [533];
and the Pigalle Statue, [497], [499]
Necker, M., [497]
Newton, Sir Isaac, [48], [53-5], [57]
“Œdipe,” [15], [17], [20], [43], [53], [565];
produced, [25-6], [34]
“Œuvre de Poésie” (King Frederick’s).
See Frankfort;
and [275], [334], [375]
Oldfield, Mrs. (actress), [57]
Olivet, Abbé d’, [5], [6], [168], [213];
his death, [479]
“Olympie,” [410], [429];
produced, [441-2]
“Opinions of Jean Meslier, Extract of the,” [411]
“Oreste,” [214];
produced, [210-11]
“Originaux, les,” [179]
“Orphan of China, The,” [289-90];
produced, [313]
Palissot, Charles (journalist), [389-391]
Panckoucke (publisher), [516]
“Panpan.” See Graffigny
Patu (poet), [314]
“Peter the Great, The History of,” [330-31];
published, [378]
Peterborough, Lord, [51]
“Philippics, The,” [28]
“Philosophical Dictionary, The,” [252], [260], [287], [325], [442-3], [461]
“Philosophical Letters.” See “English Letters”
Piccini (musician), [532]
Pictet, the family, [340]
Pigalle (sculptor), [497-9]
“Pimpette.” See Dunoyer
Piron, Alexis (poet), [36], [46], [68], [142], [189], [210], [498]
Poissonnier, Doctor, [516]
Pollnitz, Baron, [230-31], [273]
Pompadour, Marquise de, [162-6], [180-81], [213], [219], [227], [279-80], [319], [329], [334], [336], [344], [358], [395];
her character and friendship for Voltaire, [162-3];
his verses to her, [181];
she offers him a cardinal’s hat, [319];
sends him her portrait, [406];
death of, [442]
Pompignan, Bishop of Puy, [385], [388], [411]
Pompignan, Marquis le Franc de, his quarrel with Voltaire, [384-8],
[407], [411]
“Poor Devil, The,” [389]
Pope, Alexander, [48], [52], [56]
Pope Benedict XIV., [161] seq.
“Pour, Le, et le Contre.” See Uranie
Prades, Abbé de, [268], [280]
“Praise of Hypocrisy, The,” [466]
“Préservatif, Le,” [119-20];
published, [119]
Prie, Mme. de, [41-45], [117]
“Princess of Navarre, The,” [154-5];
produced, [156-7]
“Prodigal Son, The,” [83], [89], [180];
produced, [92]
“Prude, The,” [179]
“Prussians, To the” (Frederick the Great’s), [245]
“Pucelle, The,” [78], [82], [97], [110], [113], [231], [272], [282], [301], [303];
published, [311-12];
authorised publication, [432-34]
“Puero Regnante,” [19], [22]
Quinault, Mlle. (actress), [83], [92], [144]
Rameau, J. P. (composer), [71], [154], [155], [163], [165]
Raynal, Abbé, [214], [217], [253]
“Refutation of an anonymous Article, A,” [347]
Regent, the (Philip, Duke of Orleans), [17], [20], [22], [26-8], [30];
his death, [40]
“Reply, A, from an Academician of Berlin,” [258-60]
Ribotte-Charon. See Calas
Richard (monk), [468]
Richelieu, Duc de, [28], [29], [41], [42], [61], [66], [71], [75], [79], [89], [150], [209], [213], [333-4], [498];
his marriage, [72];
quarrel with Voltaire, [198];
Voltaire visits him at Lyons, [302];
in the affair of Byng, [326-7];
visits Voltaire at Ferney, [432];
in Paris, [534];
and on his deathbed, [554]
Richelieu, Duchesse de (Mlle. de Guise), [72], [83], [303]
Richier (secretary), [235-6]
Rieu (American officer), [476], [559]
Rohan, Chevalier de, his quarrel with Voltaire, [44-7], [61]
“Rome Sauvée,” [44], [210], [213], [226], [231], [256];
produced, [213]
Rousseau, Jean Baptiste (poet), [3], [7], [118], [124];
quarrels with Voltaire in Holland, [34-5];
over the “Temple of Taste,” [68-9];
attacks him in “Bibliothèque Française,” [91-92]
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, [146], [165], [299], [370-1], [498];
his “Discourse on Inequality,” [314];
remonstrates on “Disaster of Lisbon,” [322];
his “Letter on Plays,” [346];
his “New Eloïsa,” [401-2];
his “Emile” and “Savoyard Vicar,” [166], [170], [181], [430-1]
Roy, Charles (poet), [166], [170], [181]
Royal Society, the, [147]
Rucker, Councillor. See Frankfort
Rupelmonde, Mme. de, [33-5], [66]
“Russia under Peter I.” See “Peter the Great”
Saint-Ange, Marquis de, [14], [18]
Saint-Julien, Mme., [468], [494], [516], [520], [554]
Saint-Lambert, Marquis de, [185], [193], [197], [208], [487], [532];
his character, [185];
his love affair with Mme. du Châtelet, [185-8];
his conduct on its discovery, [193-6];
at the illness and death of Mme. du Châtelet, [201-3]
Saint-Marc, Marquis de, [545]
Saint-Sulpice, de Tersac, Curé of, [538], [556-7]
“Samson,” [71], [564]
Saurin Controversy, the, [347], [355]
Saussure, Mlle. de, [507]
Saxe-Gotha, Duchess of, [272], [296], [317]
“Scarmentado,” [178], [215]
Schmidt Councillor. See Frankfort
Schoepflin, the brothers (historian and printer), [290], [296]
Schouvaloff, Count, [378-9]
“Scotch Girl, The,” [390];
produced, [391-3]
“Scythians, The,” produced, [470]
Ségur, Comtesse de, [548]
“Seigneurial Rights,” [410];
produced, [411]
“Semiramis,” [66], [171], [198];
produced, [189]
“Semiramis, The Advertisement to,” [191]
“Sermon of Fifty, The,” [431]
“Sésostris,” [526]
Sèvres (affair of the Bridge of), [32-3], [120]
Shakespeare, Voltaire’s opinion of, in “English Letters,” [55-6];
in “Advertisement to Semiramis,” [191];
in writing to Walpole, [479];
and in the quarrel with Letourneur, [519]
Sherlock, Martin, [361], [408], [517-19]
Sirvens (affair of the), [446-52]
Sloane, Sir Hans, [54]
Staal, Mme. de (Mlle. de Launay), [18], [173], [179]
Stanislas Leczinski (ex-King of Poland), [42], [63], [189-91], [193], [198], [200], [207], [349];
his Court and character, [184-5]
Stormont, Lord, [533]
Suard, Mme., [156], [516], [546]
Sully, Duc and Duchesse de, [18], [30], [45], [54]
Swift, Jonathan, [48], [52], [54], [56], [58]
“Tancred” (“Aménaïde”), [354], [430];
produced, [393]
“Temple, Epicureans of the,” [9]
“Temple of Glory, The,” [164];
produced, [163-5]
“Temple of Taste, The,” [71], [91];
published, [69-70]
Tencin, Cardinal de, [302], [336], [340], [375];
his death, [336]
Tencin, Mme. de, [46], [67], [302], [323]
Terrai, Abbé, [365], [508], [514]
Tersac, de. See Saint-Sulpice
Theriot, [31], [34], [38-42], [46-9], [60], [62], [83], [117], [134], [190], [217], [354];
fellow-pupil with Voltaire, [14];
visits Cirey, [100];
his treachery in Desfontaines’ affair, [120-4];
visits Délices, [432];
death of, [507]
Thil, Mlle. du, [176], [201], [202], [303], [311]
Thomson, James, [48], [51]
Tinois (secretary), [235]
Tissot, Doctor, [309]
Tournemine, Father, [5], [6], [12]
Travenol Lawsuit, [170], [172]
“Treatise on Metaphysics,” [80], [84], [86], [203]
“Treatise on Tolerance,” [438-40], [444]
Trinquier (Judge of Mazamet). See Sirvens
“Triumvirate, The,” produced, [442]
Tronchin, Doctor Theodore, [303], [324], [326], [350], [352], [354], [376], [396];
his character and régime, [303-4];
and the “Geneva” Article, [337-8];
his “cure” at Geneva, [338-40];
in Voltaire’s last illnesses, [532] seq., [546-8], [553]
Tronchin, the family, [303-4], [310], [443]
Tronchin, Mme., [340]
Turgot (Comptroller-General), [515], [527], [542]
Tyrconnel, Lord, [230], [247];
his death, [256]
Unigenitus, the Bull, [16], [17], [220]
“Uranie, Epistle to,” [33];
published, [66]
Vallette, [376], [389]
Vallière, Duc de la, [319]
Van Duren (printer), [129], [276]
“Vanity” published, [387-88]
Vauvenargues, Marquis de, [169]
Végobre (lawyer). See Calas and [432]
Vernet, Pastor, [308];
quarrels with Voltaire, [466-7]
Vestris, Mme. (actress), [532], [540], [545]
Viguière, Jeannette. See Calas
Villars, Duc de, [396], [432], [435]
Villars, Mme. de, [145]
Villars, Maréchal de, [29], [89], [249]
Villars, Maréchale de, [26], [29], [145]
Villette, Marquis de, [526], [527], [538], [543], [545], [554], [560], [562];
marries Mlle. de Varicourt, [525];
at Voltaire’s death and burial, [553-4], [555], [557];
and second funeral, [563];
his death, [566]
Villette, Marquis de. See Belle-et-Bonne
Villevieille, Marquis de, [519], [525], [535], [537]
“Voice, The, of the Sage and the People,” [219], [250];
published, [215]
Voisenon, Abbé, [188]
Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de, birth and parentage, [1-2];
baptism, [2];
first letter, [4];
school life, [4-7];
visits Ninon de l’Enclos, [5];
first tragedy, [6];
sees J. B. Rousseau, [7];
literary leanings, [7];
studies law, [8];
wild life in Paris, [8-9];
sent to Caen and the Netherlands, [10];
love affair with Olympe Dunoyer, [10-14];
clerk to Maître Alain, [13];
writes prize poem and satire, [14];
visits Saint-Ange and begins “Henriade,” [15];
at Louis XIV.’s funeral, [17];
reads “Œdipe” to the Temple, [17];
introduced to Duchesse du Maine, [17];
visits Saint-Ange, [18];
exiled to Sully, [18];
satires assigned to him, [19];
interview with Regent, [20];
in the Bastille, [20-2];
writes “Henriade,” [21];
changes his name, [22];
exiled to Châtenay, [22];
second interview with Regent, [22-3];
love affair with Mlle. de Livri, [23];
acts in “Œdipe,” [26];
his gains from it, [27];
stays at Villars, [28];
at Sully’s and Richelieu’s, [29];
failure of “Artémire,” [29];
to Richelieu’s, Sully’s, Bolingbroke’s, and Villars, [30];
his father’s death, [30];
his economy, [31];
his affair with Levi, [32];
and at the Bridge of Sèvres, [33];
his trip to Holland, [33-5];
writes “Epistle to Uranie,” [33];
quarrels with J. B. Rousseau, [34-5];
to Cambrai, La Source, and Ussé, [35-6];
to Paris and Rouen, [36];
publishing “Henriade,” [37];
goes to Maisons, [38];
has smallpox, [38-9];
produces “Mariamne,” [41];
visits Forges, [41];
produces “L’Indiscret,” [41];
at Court, [41-2];
quarrels with Rohan, [44-6];
second imprisonment in the Bastille, [46-7];
his visit to England, [47-59];
writes “English Letters,” [55-8];
at St. Germains, [60];
engaged in a lottery, [60];
at death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, [61];
writes poem on her death, [62];
his views on actors, [62];
produces “Brutus,” [63];
living at Rouen, [64];
at the death of Maisons, [64];
produces “Charles XII.,” [65-6];
produces “Eriphyle,” [65];
candidate for Academy, [66];
produces “Zaire,” [67];
at Court, [68];
at death of Countess Martel, [68];
produces “Temple of Taste,” [69-70];
his protégés, [70];
visited by Mme. du Châtelet, [70];
produces “Adélaïde du Guesclin,” [72];
at Richelieu’s wedding, [73];
“English Letters” burnt and escape to Cirey, [73];
first meets Mme. du Châtelet, [74];
meets her at Sceaux, [76];
as her lover, [76-8];
arrives at Cirey, [78];
goes to Baden, [79];
life at Cirey, [79-80];
plans “Prodigal Son,” [83];
to Lunéville, [83];
occupations at Cirey, [83];
“Death of Cæsar” in print, [84];
his “Treatise” and “Discourses,” [84];
produces “Alzire,” [87];
quarrels with Jore, [88-9];
candidate for Academy, [89];
as correspondent of Prince Frederick, [89-91];
attacks J. B. Rousseau, [91-2];
produces “Prodigal Son,” [92];
corresponds with Moussinot, [92];
in affair of “Mondain,” [93-4];
visits Brussels, Leyden, and Amsterdam, [94];
writes defence of “Mondain” and “Use of Life,” [95];
Voltaire and nature, [96];
as host to Kaiserling, [96-7];
marrying his nieces, [98-9];
his generosity, [100];
his scientific studies, [101];
writes “Elements of Newton” and “Essay on Fire,” [102-5];
his life during Graffigny’s visit, [106-115];
and with Mme. du Châtelet, [114-16];
quarrels with Desfontaines, [117-23];
visits Brussels, Enghien, Paris, [124-26];
literary correspondence with Frederick, [127-31];
meets him at Moyland, [131-33];
goes to Hague, [133];
and Remusberg, [134];
his journey to Brussels, [135-8];
hears of invasion of Silesia, [137-8];
quarrels with Mme. du Châtelet, [138];
produces “Mahomet” at Lille, [139];
dissipation in Paris, [140];
produces “Mahomet” there, [140-3];
visits Frederick, [143];
produces “Mérope,” [144-6];
candidate for Academy, [146-7];
his mission to Frederick, [150-2];
disagrees with Mme. du Châtelet, [153];
writes “Princess of Navarre,” [154-5];
adventure in Paris, [156];
at Armand’s funeral, [156];
produces “Princess” at Court, [157];
as Historiographer, [158-60];
gains Pope’s favour, [160-2];
and Pompadour’s, [163-4];
produces “Temple of Glory,” [163-5];
his treatment of servants, [165];
elected to Academy, [166-8];
as friend of Vauvenargues and Marmontel, [169-70];
in lawsuits, [170];
Gentleman-in-Ordinary, visits Duchesse du Maine, [171-4];
escapes from Court to Sceaux, [176-7];
life there, [178-80];
his poem to Pompadour, [180-2];
escapes to Cirey, [182-4];
visits Stanislas, [184-9];
Paris and Commercy, [189];
produces “Sémiramis,” [189];
goes to Café Procope, [190];
falls ill at Châlons, [192];
discovers treachery of Saint-Lambert and Mme. du Châtelet, [192-3];
his conduct in the matter, [194-6];
quarrels with Richelieu and sells post of Gentleman-in-Ordinary, [198];
studies in Paris, [198-99];
produces “Nanine,” [199];
stays at Lunéville, [199-200];
during illness and death of Mme. du Châtelet, her effect on him, [202-7];
his despair in Paris, [208];
produces “Oreste,” [210-11];
Mme. Denis to live with him, [211];
acting in Rue Traversière, [212];
produces “Rome Sauvée,” [213-14];
quarrels with Fréron, [214];
reasons for going to Prussia, [216-19];
his departure and arrival at Potsdam, [220];
his enjoyment there, [221-22];
at the Carrousel, [223-25];
in Potsdam, [226-27];
at the Royal Suppers, [228-31];
writes Letter of Buts, [233];
quarrels with d’Arnaud, [233-35];
with Tinois and Lessing, [235-36];
small disagreeables, [236-37];
quarrels with Hirsch, [237-43];
correcting Frederick’s works, [244-46];
his strained relations with him, [246-48];
produces “Louis XIV.,” [249-51];
quarrels with Maupertuis, [252-60];
produces “Akakia,” [260-64];
preparing to leave, [265-67];
is dismissed, [268];
parts from Frederick, [268-69];
goes to Leipzig, etc., [269-73];
detained at Frankfort, [274-85];
results of Prussian visit, [286-87];
visits Mayence, etc., and Colmar, [288-90];
his “Essay” appears, [291-95];
deciding where to live, [296];
publishes “Annals,” [297];
as correspondent of du Deffand, [297];
communicates at Easter, [298];
to Senones and Plombières, [299];
looking for a Swiss property, [300];
visits Richelieu, [301-3];
at Geneva with Tronchins, [303-6];
at Prangins, [305];
acquires Délices and Monrion, [306];
improving Délices, [308-10];
visited by Lekain, [310-11];
denies “Pucelle,” [311-12];
produces “Orphan of China,” [313];
answers Rousseau’s “Inequality,” [314];
writes “Disaster of Lisbon,” [315-16];
and “Natural Law,” [316-18];
offered cardinal’s hat, [319];
dismisses Collini, [320-21];
as d’Alembert’s host, [323-26];
espouses cause of Byng, [327-28];
his opinion of Damiens affair, [329];
and of Lausanne society, [330-31];
at work and play, [331];
invents war-chariot, [332];
interferes in Seven Years’ War, [333-34], [374-75];
in affair of “Geneva” Article, [337-38];
entertaining visitors, [338-43];
to stay with Elector Palatine, [344-45];
writes Ode on death of Margravine, [345];
on the Saurin controversy, [347];
receives Bettinelli, [349-50];
buys Ferney and Tourney, [350-55];
his house, garden, and life at Ferney, [356-68];
his “Natural Law” burnt, [369];
produces “Candide,” [370-73];
in affair of Frederick’s Ode, [373-74];
has d’Aumard to live with him, [376];
reading English books, [377];
writes “Peter the Great,” [378-79];
his battle against l’infâme, [379-83];
attacks Pompignan, [384-88];
Palissot and Fréron, [388-91];
produces “Scotch Girl,” [391-93];
and “Tancred,” [393-94];
receives Marmontel and acts plays, [395-97];
adopts Marie Corneille, [397-400];
compared with Rousseau, [401];
criticises “Eloïsa,” [402];
quarrels with Jesuits, [403];
builds a church, [404-7];
annotates Corneille, [407];
quarrels with de Brosses, [409];
writes “Olympie,” [410];
and “Eloge de Crébillon,” and “Opinions of Meslier,” [411-12];
in the affair of Calas, [412-28], [437], [443-45];
has “Olympie” acted at Ferney, [429];
quarrels with Rousseau, [431-32];
receives Theriot and Richelieu, [432];
produces “Pucelle,” [433-34];
marries Marie Corneille to Dupuits, [434];
has Father Adam to live with him, [436-37];
writes “Treatise on Tolerance,” [438-39];
helps Espinas and Chaumont, [439-40];
receives Ligne and Boufflers, [440-41];
produces “Olympie,” [441-42];
in the affair of the Sirvens, [446-52];
reconciled to Frederick, [453];
corresponds with Catherine the Great, [453], [487];
visited by Clairon and Wilkes, [455];
in the affair of La Barre, [455-60];
escapes to Rolle, [460];
his “Philosophical Dictionary,” [461];
in the affairs of Bourgeoisie and Natives, [463-5];
quarrels with Vernet, [466-67];
in the affair of Covelle, [467-68];
in the blockade of Ferney, [467-68];
receives Boswell, etc., [468-70];
quarrels with La Beaumelle, [471];
in La Harpe’s treachery, [471-76];
alone at Ferney, [476-77];
preaches in church, [477];
receives Fox, [478];
corresponds with Walpole, [479];
as a pamphleteer, [481-83];
communicates at Easter, [484-85];
obtains annuity for Capuchins, [486];
his industries at Ferney, [487-96];
his statue by Pigalle, [497-99];
receives Burney, d’Alembert, Condorcet, [500-2];
in the affair of the Parliament of Paris, [503-4];
receives Florians and Dr. Moore, [505-6];
his relations with Mme. Dubarry, [507-8];
in the affairs of the Bombelles, Martin, and Montbaillis, [508-11];
and of Lally, [511-13];
writes “Eulogy on Louis XV.,” [514];
his friendship for Turgot, [515];
has a succession of visitors, [515-17];
adopts “Belle-et-Bonne,” [517];
quarrels with Letourneur, [519];
writes “Sésostris”;
and dismisses Adam, [521];
quarrels with Guénée, [521-22];
chagrin at Joseph II.’s neglect, [522-23];
affection for “Belle-et-Bonne,” marries her to Villette, [523-24];
writing “Irène,” [525-26];
his reasons for and against going to Paris, [526-27];
his journey there, [528-29];
his reception by the capital, [529-31];
his visitors, [531-34];
his dealings with Gaultier, [534-39];
visited by du Deffand and d’Alembert, [535-37];
his declaration of faith, [538];
ill in bed, [538-41];
hears of success of “Irène,” [541];
discovers it has been altered, [542];
sees Turgot, [542];
his reception at Academy and Comédie, [542-45];
indecision as to his movements, [546-47];
visits Mme. du Deffand and Marquise de Gouvernet, [548];
to séance at Academy, [549];
buys a house, [550];
last attendance at Academy and Dictionary scheme, [550-551];
to performance of “Alzire,” [551];
his last illness, [553-56];
his death, [556];
his burial at Scellières, [557-58];
his Will, [558];
as subject of Academy prize poem, [559];
eulogised by Frederick, [559];
his library and Ferney sold, [560];
eulogised at Academy, [561];
his “Memoirs” appear, [562];
second funeral, [563-65];
his tomb violated, [566];
his Centenary, [566];
as foe of Roman Catholicism, [567];
as poet, playwright, historian, [567];
as novelist and letter-writer, [568];
his religion, [569-70];
his work for the world, [570-71]
Wagnière (servant-secretary), [278], [358], [360-61], [367], [505], [559-60];
enters Voltaire’s service, [321];
during his last visit to Paris, [531], [534] seq., [545-6], [550]
Walpole, Horace, [479]
“Whens, The,” etc., [385-6]
Wilkes, John, [455]
Willancourt, Abbess of. See La Barre
Williams, Hanbury, [231]
Ximenès, Marquis de (or Chimenès), [246], [315], [402]
Young, Dr. (poet), [48], [51]
“Zadig,” [178-80], [215]
“Zaire,” [67-8], [242];
produced, [68]
“Zulime” (“Fanine”), [331], [341]
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