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
Enmity of Napoleon on account
of Constant's opposition,
325. Her loss of her husband in
1799, 327. Her novel of "Delphine,"
327. Its charm, 327. Her
love of her father, 328. On the expiration
of the peace of Amiens she
is exiled from Paris, 329. She is
accompanied by Benjamin Constant
to Weimar and Berlin, 330.
Her "Années d'Exil" one of her
best writings, 330. 339. Death of
her father, 331. Her affection
for her children, 331. Her society,
331. Publishes the writings
of M. Necker, 331. Visits
Rome and writes "Corinne,"
331. Opinion of that work in
Italy, 332. Publishes "Corinne"
at Rouen, 332. Her perception of
ennui, 333. Her sentiments, 333.
Intends publishing her "Germany"
at Blois, 331. The impression
is seized, and she is ordered to
quit France, 331. Persecution of
her unabated, 335. She accompanies
M. de Montmorency in a
tour through Switzerland, 336.
Madame Recamier banished for
having spent a few hours with
her, 336. M. Rocca, a young
Spanish officer in the French
army, wounded, visits Geneva,
337. Falls in love, 337. Madame
de Staël marries him, 338.
She escapes from Coppet, 338.
Journey through Austria, Poland,
Russia, and Sweden, to England,
338. 339. Admired by the English,
339. Louis XVIII. repays to her
two millions which her father had
generously advanced to Louis
XVI., 339. Lord Byron thought
likely to marry Albertine de
Staël, her daughter, 339. Byron
living at Diodati visits at Coppet,
310. Her daughter marries the
duke de Broglie, 310. Madame de
Staël's piety, 341. Her remark
upon life, 341. Her resignation in
sickness, 341. Her death in Paris,
aged nearly fifty-two, 341. M.
Rocca survived his wife but a few
months, 341. She had many enemies,
the result sometimes of envy
of merit, 342. Her love of France,
342. Chateaubriand's opinion of
her, 343. Interest of her works,
343.
Stanislas, king of Poland, II. 49. 51.
Sterne, Laurence, his "Tristram
Shandy" resembles "Rabelais," I.
37.
St. Evremond, M. de, I. 57.
St. Pierre, M. Bernardin de, II. 128.
His account of J. J. Rousseau,
167.
St.Pierre, abbé de St., II. 139.
Sully, duke of, I. 41. His administration,
64.
Sully, duke of, a warm friend of
Voltaire, II. 17.
Swift, dean, his "Gulliver," and
"Tale of a Tub," I. 36.
T.
"Tartuffe, Le," of Molière, I. 119.
Application of the character to
the bishop of Autun, 147.
Tellier, Le, secretary of state, I. 222.
224.
Tellier, archbishop of Rheims,
I. 339, n.
Tencin, cardinal, II. 71. 74.
Terence, comedies of, I. 153. 155.
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