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The Friends of Voltaire

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Diderot, Denis, 11, 17, 30, 88, 125, 128, 130, 131,
      138, 143, 163, 165, 168, 170, 191-2, 199, 202;
  education, 32-3;
  early life in Paris, 34-6;
  marriage, 37-8; episode of Mme. Puisieux, 39;
  writes ‘Essay on Merit and Virtue’ and ‘Philosophical Thoughts,’ 39;
  birth of his daughter, 40;
  writes ‘Letter on the Blind,’ 41;
  prisoner in Vincennes, 42-3;
  works at Encyclopædia, 43-8;
  miscellaneous labours, 49-51;
  episode of Mlle. Volland, 51;
  visits _salons_, 52-3;
  visits Grandval, 53-6;
  produces plays, 56;
  visits Catherine the Great, 56-8;
  sees Voltaire, 58-9;
  illness and death, 60-1;
  estimate of his work and character, 61

Diderot, Madame (Mlle. Anne Toinette Champion), 36-9, 40-1, 51, 60-1

‘Dynamics, Treatise on’ (d’Alembert), 10


‘Elements of Philosophy’ (d’Alembert), 17, 72

Encyclopædia, The, 11-13, 14, 15-17, 43-8, 56, 121, 133, 150, 213

‘Épinay, Correspondence with Madame d’ (Galiani), 68

Épinay (Madame d’), 52-3, 79-80, 93, 125, 163-7, 172

‘Eugénie’ (Beaumarchais), 241

‘Existence’ (Turgot), 133, 213


‘Fame and Pleasure, Discourses on’ (Vauvenargues), 103

‘Father of the Family, The’ (Diderot), 56

Fel, Mademoiselle (opera dancer), 150-1, 166

‘Figaro, The Marriage of’ (Beaumarchais), 252-60

Franklin, Benjamin, 129-30, 204

Frederick the Great, 10, 13-14, 17-18, 88, 144, 156, 158, 167-8, 202

Fréron, Élie (journalist), 88

Frise, or Frisen, Comte de, 153, 155


Galiani, Abbé, 125, 130, 135-6, 144, 148;
  his characteristics, 62-3;
  birth and education, 63-4;
  at the Academy of Naples, 64-5;
  literary work, 65;
  religion, 66;
  posts and pensions, 67-8;
  appointed Secretary in Paris, 68-9;
  his reception there, 70-1;
  his popularity, 71-3;
  as a conversationalist, 73-4;
  at the _salons_, 74-80;
  his wit, 81-2;
  his work, 82-3;
  visits London, 83-4;
  recalled to Naples, 84-6;
  publishes ‘Dialogues on Corn Trade,’ 86-7;
  its reception, 87-90;
  life at Naples, 90-3;
  friendship with Mme. d’Épinay, 93;
  illness and death, 94-5;
  his mission, 95

Galiani, Bernard, 63-4, 92

Galiani, Celestin, 63-4, 67

Garrick, David, 55, 56, 129

‘Geneva’ (d’Alembert), 15-16, 47

Geoffrin, Madame, 52, 66, 74-5, 127-8

‘Goezman Memoirs’ (Beaumarchais), 241, 243-6

‘Good Sense’ (d’Holbach), 147

Graffigny, Madame de, 183-4, 211-12

Grimm, Melchior, 49, 52-3, 58, 71, 79, 88, 125, 130, 144-5;
  his love affair with Mlle. Fel, 150-1;
  birth and early life, 151-2;
  character, 152-4;
  life in Paris, 154-5;
  his ‘Literary Correspondence,’ 156-63;
  his attachment to Mme. d’Épinay, 163-6;
  visits Geneva, 166-7;
  and Frederick the Great, 167-8;
  and England, 168;
  and the Russian Court, 168-70;
  corresponds with Catherine the Great, 171;
  his conduct in the Revolution, 172-3;
  last years and death, 174-5;
  his mission, 175

‘Guilty Mother, The’ (Beaumarchais), 264, 266


‘Happiness’ (Helvétius), 180, 204