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
George
III. grants him a pension of 100_l._
per annum, 161. Being half deranged,
he flies to France, 161.
Is protected by the prince of Conti,
162. He quits the Armenian
dress he had worn for ten years,
163. Is welcomed in Paris, 163.
Reads his "Confessions" to a
circle of acquaintance, 164. His
mode of life, and diligence in
earning a subsistence, 165. The
prince de Ligne takes an interest
in his welfare, 165. His objection
to receive presents, 167.
Respect shown for him by a
Parisian audience at a theatre,
168. His death, 169. Inquiry
into his state of mind, 169. _et
passim._ Inscription on his tomb,
170. His character, 171. His reveries,
172. Critique on the
"Emile," 173. On the "Nouvelle
Héloise," 174.
S.
Sablière, madame de la, I. 165. Her
society of poets, philosophers, &c.,
166. 171. Her husband, the marquis
de la Sablière, 166. 171. His
fate, 163. 171.
Sacy, M. de, friend of Pascal, I.
198. And of Racine, 298.
Saint Cyr, scene of madame Guyon's
impassioned mysteries, I. 342.
Sainte Helène, M. de, I. 223.
Saint Lambert, M. de, II. 141. 143.
Scaramouche, Italian actor, instructs
Molière, I. 102.
Scarron, abbé, imitator of Rabelais
in facetiousness, I. 36. Allusions
to, 283.
Schomberg, count de, I. 215. Created
marshal, 215. II. 145.
"Sciomachie, La," by Rabelais, I.
37.
Scott, sir Walter, his Essay on
Molière, I. 108. 128. 130, n. Allusion
to his works, 147.
Schlegel, his criticisms on Molière,
I. 146.
Schlegel, William, not permitted by
Buonaparte to reside at madame
de Staël's at Coppet, II. 336.
Scudéri, M. de, I. 45. His attack
upon Corneille, 47.
Scudéri, mademoiselle, her novels,
I. 107. Their extravagant style
in language and argument, 107.
Allusions to, I. 223, n. 293.
Séguier, chancellor of France, I.
222. 223.
Segur, count de, descended in the
female line from Montaigne, I.
21, n.
Seneca, tragedies of, I. 44.
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