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Name: Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Authors, French -- Biography

D'Alembert, M., proverbial saying
of, I. 163. Remarks of, 334. 336.
His éloge of Fénélon, 345, n. 369.
371. The Encyclopédie, II. 77.
His friendship with Condorcet,
176.

D'Angeau, marquis do, I. 58. His
fortune at play, 244, n.

Dauphin, the, son of Louis XIV.,
I. 334. 336, n.

Davenport, Mr., permits Rousseau
to occupy his house at Wotton in
Derbyshire, II. 160.

Denis, madame, niece of Voltaire,
II. 53. 55. 58. 69. 89. 98. 99. 105.

Descartes, his celebrity for science,
I. 185.

Desfontaines, the abbé, II. 31, 32.

Deshoulières, madame, her sonnet
on Racine's "Phèdre," I. 312.

Des Marais, bishop of Chartres, I.
342.

Des Marets, French academician, I.
47.

Devaux, M., II. 33.

Diderot, M., writes a large portion
of the Encyclopédie, II. 77. That
work was condemned by the parliament
and clergy, and suppressed,
77. Is confined at Vincennes
for publishing a pamphlet,
133. Visited by J. J. Rousseau,
133. High reputation of, 171.

Drama, the: France indebted to
Spanish tragic authors, I. 41. 45.
In comedy to Lope di Vega, 51.
The Greek drama not suitable to
modern times, 305. Voltaire's critique
on the tragedies of Sophocles,
II. 15. _See_ Theatre.

Dubois, cardinal, II. 10.

Du Deffand, la marquise, letter
from Voltaire to, II. 89. 103.

Dumouriez, general, minister for
foreign affairs, II. 277. 278. 314.

Dupin, madame, II. 128. 129.

Duprat, chancellor, invades the
privileges of the faculty at Montpellier,
I. 27. The gift of tongues
an introduction of Rabelais to, 27.

Dupuis, M. and madame, II. 89.

Duverdier, the Bibliothèque Française
of, I. 39. His Prosographie,
39.


E.

Encyclopédie, by MM. Diderot,
d'Alembert, Voltaire, and others,
II. 77. 148.

Enville, duchess d', II. 81.

Epinay, madame d', II. 138. 143. 145.
164.

Etallonde, the chevalier d', II. 86.
107.

Euripides, I. 40.


F.

Fables of La Fontaine, I. 164. 178.
180. Gay's, 179. Anonymous
English fables imitated from La
Fontaine, 179.

Fayette, countess de la, her novel
of "La Princesse de Clèves," I.
84. Her taste and erudition, 85.
Friendship of the duke of Rochefoucauld
for, 85. 87. Her mansion
the resort of French literati, &c.,
231. Her portrait or character of
de Sévigné, 255.

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Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 2 (of 2)Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

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Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Authors, French -- Biography

D'Alembert, M., proverbial saying
of, I. 163. Remarks of, 334. 336.
His éloge of Fénélon, 345, n. 369.
371. The Encyclopédie, II. 77.
His friendship with Condorcet,
176.

D'Angeau, marquis do, I. 58. His
fortune at play, 244, n.

Dauphin, the, son of Louis XIV.,
I. 334. 336, n.

Davenport, Mr., permits Rousseau
to occupy his house at Wotton in
Derbyshire, II. 160.

Denis, madame, niece of Voltaire,
II. 53. 55. 58. 69. 89. 98. 99. 105.

Descartes, his celebrity for science,
I. 185.

Desfontaines, the abbé, II. 31, 32.

Deshoulières, madame, her sonnet
on Racine's "Phèdre," I. 312.

Des Marais, bishop of Chartres, I.
342.

Des Marets, French academician, I.
47.

Devaux, M., II. 33.

Diderot, M., writes a large portion
of the Encyclopédie, II. 77. That
work was condemned by the parliament
and clergy, and suppressed,
77. Is confined at Vincennes
for publishing a pamphlet,
133. Visited by J. J. Rousseau,
133. High reputation of, 171.

Drama, the: France indebted to
Spanish tragic authors, I. 41. 45.
In comedy to Lope di Vega, 51.
The Greek drama not suitable to
modern times, 305. Voltaire's critique
on the tragedies of Sophocles,
II. 15. _See_ Theatre.

Dubois, cardinal, II. 10.

Du Deffand, la marquise, letter
from Voltaire to, II. 89. 103.

Dumouriez, general, minister for
foreign affairs, II. 277. 278. 314.

Dupin, madame, II. 128. 129.

Duprat, chancellor, invades the
privileges of the faculty at Montpellier,
I. 27. The gift of tongues
an introduction of Rabelais to, 27.

Dupuis, M. and madame, II. 89.

Duverdier, the Bibliothèque Française
of, I. 39. His Prosographie,
39.


E.

Encyclopédie, by MM. Diderot,
d'Alembert, Voltaire, and others,
II. 77. 148.

Enville, duchess d', II. 81.

Epinay, madame d', II. 138. 143. 145.
164.

Etallonde, the chevalier d', II. 86.
107.

Euripides, I. 40.


F.

Fables of La Fontaine, I. 164. 178.
180. Gay's, 179. Anonymous
English fables imitated from La
Fontaine, 179.

Fayette, countess de la, her novel
of "La Princesse de Clèves," I.
84. Her taste and erudition, 85.
Friendship of the duke of Rochefoucauld
for, 85. 87. Her mansion
the resort of French literati, &c.,
231. Her portrait or character of
de Sévigné, 255.

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