Unity of time in dramatic works,
critique on the, I. [45]. [49]. [52].

V.

Vallière, mademoiselle de la, favourite
of Louis XIV., I. [112].
[119]. [162]. [225]. [236].
Vega, Lope de, his "Verdad Sospechosa,"
I. [51]. [102].
Vendôme, duke of, II. [6].
Versoi, village of, II. [100].
Verville, Béroalde de, his "Moyen
de Parvenir," I. [36].
Victoire, the abbé de la, I. [263].
Villars, maréchale, de, II. [17].
Villars, duchess de, II. [9]. [45].
Villette, M. and madame de, II.
[102].
Virgil, extraordinary commentary
on a line of, II. [144].
Vitart, M., uncle of Jean Racine, I.
[301].
Voiture, his poetry addressed to
Julie d'Angennes, I. [108]. Fabulous
adventure in punishment of
his insolence towards her, [108].
Is styled Alcovist, [109]. His conceits,
[153]. Anecdote relative to,
[159].
Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet
de, observations of, I. [30]. His
pillage of Rabelais, [34]. His Commentary
on the "Cid," [45], n. [61].
Patronises a lady descended from
the daughter of Corneille, [61].
His observation on the duke of
Rochefoucauld's "Maxims," [63].
His opinion of Molière, [146]. On
Pascal, [203], n. Of madame de Sévigné,
[255]. His censure of Boileau,
[264], n. His "Siècle de
Louis XIV.," [345], n. His letters,
II. [1]. His infidel principles,
[2]. Distinction between Christianity
and that religion known as
the church of Rome, [2]. His
birth in 1694, [4]. Educated in the
college of Louis-le-Grand, [5]. Introduced
to Parisian society, [6].
His love for mademoiselle du
Noyer, [8]. His reconciliation
with his father, M. Arouet, [9]. Is
placed as pupil with M. Alain, attorney,
[9]. Is enamoured with
madame de Villars, [9]. He visits
M. de Caumartin, [10]. His return
to Paris, the duke of Orléans
being regent, [11]. Is sent to the
Bastille for verses imputed to him,
[11]. Liberated on the mistake
being proved, [11]. Writes the
"Henriade," [12]. Its interest, [14].
His tragedy of "Œdipus." [15]. [19].
His mode of life, [16]. Visits the
châteaux of the nobility, [16]. Has
the small-pox, [16]. His tragedy of
"Mariamne," [16]. Visits Holland,
[17]. His quarrel with J. J. Rousseau,
[17]. Is insulted by Chev. de
Rohan, challenges him; but is sent
to the Bastille, banished, and
visits England, [18]. Studies Locke
and Newton, [18]. An edition of
the "Henriade," in London, enriches
him, [19]. [20]. Returns to
Paris, [19]. Success of his tragedies,
[19]. The priests detest him, [19].
Acquires some wealth by his pen
and by inheritance, [20]. Purchases
the estate of Voltaire, and
assumes that name, [21]. His attachment
for madame du Châtelet,
[21]. His "Brutus" and "Eryphile"
unsuccessful tragedies, [22].
Pathos of his "Zaire," [22]. Rapidly
composed, [22]. Its success, [22].
Increase of his fame, [22]. His
"Charles XII.," [23]. "Siècle de
Louis XIV.," [23]. [25]. [30]. [60]. [64]. Is
constrained to withdraw into
Normandy, having offended the
clergy, [64]. His "Lettres sur les
Anglais," [64]. Lettre de cachet
issued against him for that publication,
[24]. [32]. Conceals himself
at the marquis du Châtelet's in
Champagne, [32]. His "Mérope,"
"Mahomet," &c., [25]. He acts
in a private theatre, [25]. Writes
the "Pucelle d'Orléans," [25]. [28].
[33]. Revisits Cirey and the marquis
du Châtelet, [26]. [28]. His
conduct towards madame de
Graffigny, [33]. His "Correspondence"
with Frederic the Great,
[35]. [37]. The poet and king flatter
and quarrel, [36]. Visits Frederic
in Germany, [39]. "Mahomet"
performed at Lille, [43]. Desires a
seat in the French Academy, [44].
[56]. Cabal to oppose him, [45].
Success of his "Mérope," [45].
Is sent to the Hague and to
Berlin as an envoy from Louis
XV., [46]. He returns to France,
[47]. Visits the duchess du Maine,
and writes "Zadig," [48]. Acts
at Sceaux the part of Cicero in
his "Rome Sauvée," [48]. He
visits king Stanislas at Luneville,
[49]. [51]. His "Semiramis," [49].
Ill of fever at Chalons, [50]. "Catiline,"
[51]. He settles in Paris,
and receives his niece madame
Denis to preside in his house, [55].
[55]. Private theatre in his house,
[55]. Account of Voltaire by Le
Kain, [54]. Visits Frederic at
Potsdam, [57]. Is appointed chamberlain
by that monarch, [58]. A
pension granted him, [59]. Discontents,
[61]. Frederic requiring
a strict attention to his injunctions,
[69]. Voltaire rendered suspicious,
[63]. Becomes indignant,
[66]. Satirizes Maupertuis, [66]. [67].
His amicable interview with the
monarch, [68]. He repairs to Saxe
Gotha, [69]. Meets madame Denis
at Frankfort, [69]. Is arrested, [69].
Letter of the king, [70]. [71], n. His
journey to Lyons, [71]. Consults Dr.
Tronchin at Geneva on his health,
[72]. Purchases a house near Geneva
named "Les Delices," [71]. [74].
Composes tragedies, and writes
"Candide," [74]. His "Manners
and Spirit of Nations," [74]. Some
dangers impend over him, [75].
Force of his satire, [75]. His château
of Ferney on the borders of
France and Geneva, [76]. The
"Encyclopédie," begun by Diderot
and d'Alembert, [77]. Voltaire
writes some literary articles
for it, [77]. Case of Jean Calas,
broken on the wheel on a false
accusation, [79]. Voltaire succeeds
in proving his innocence, [81].
Exculpation and relief of the
surviving family, [82]. Case of
the Sirven family, [83]. Case of
the chevalier de la Barre, [84].
Heaps ridicule on Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, [88]. His conversation
delightful, [90]. Visited by Marmontel,
[91]. By the countess de
Genlis, [94]. Attempted persecution
of, by the bishop of the
diocese, [99]. Residence of Voltaire,
through his active spirit of
charity and improvement, a blessing
to the district, [100]. He repairs
to Paris in 1788, [102]. His
tragedy of "Irene," [103]. Honourable
reception of the poet,
[103]. His profession of faith, [104].
His death, [106]. His friendly and
forgiving nature, [107]. Criticism
on his works, [109]. His plays,
[109]. Was visited at Ferney by
Condorcet and d'Alembert, [176].

W.

Wagner, M., secretary of Voltaire,
II. [105].
Walpole, Horace, his fictitious letter
on the subject of Rousseau, II.
[159]. [161]. His contempt of Rousseau,
[164].
Warens, countess de, II. [117]. Her
history told by Jean Jacques
Rousseau, [117]-[128]. [137].
Winterfeld, baron de, II. [9].
Winterfeld, baroness de, formerly
Mlle. du Noyer, II. [8]. [9].
Wycherly, his comedy, "The Country
Girl," imitated from Molière,
I. [117].

THE END.

[TABLE,
ANALYTICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL,
TO THE FIRST VOLUME OF
LIVES OF
EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN
OF ITALY, SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL.]

DANTE ALEGHIERI.

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