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Morellet, Abbé, 386, 390, 516

Morsan, Durey de, 468

Mouhy, Chevalier de, 119, 123, 373

Moussinot, Abbé, 92, 122, 125

Muy, Marquise de, 339

“Nanine,” 331;
produced, 199, 305

“Narrative of Brother Grasse,” published, 380

“Narrative of the Jesuit Berthier,” published, 379

“Natural Law,” 252, 272, 369;
published, 317-8

Néaulme, Jean (publisher), 292-3

Necker, Mme. (Mlle. Curchod), 341, 520, 533;
and the Pigalle Statue, 497, 499

Necker, M., 497

Newton, Sir Isaac, 48, 53-5, 57

“Œdipe,” 15, 17, 20, 43, 53, 565;
produced, 25-6, 34

“Œuvre de Poésie” (King Frederick’s). _See_ Frankfort;
_and_ 275, 334, 375

Oldfield, Mrs. (actress), 57

Olivet, Abbé d’, 5, 6, 168, 213;
his death, 479

“Olympie,” 410, 429;
produced, 441-2

“Opinions of Jean Meslier, Extract of the,” 411

“Oreste,” 214;
produced, 210-11

“Originaux, les,” 179

“Orphan of China, The,” 289-90;
produced, 313

Palissot, Charles (journalist), 389-391

Panckoucke (publisher), 516

“Panpan.” _See_ Graffigny

Patu (poet), 314

“Peter the Great, The History of,” 330-31;
published, 378

Peterborough, Lord, 51

“Philippics, The,” 28

“Philosophical Dictionary, The,” 252, 260, 287, 325, 442-3, 461

“Philosophical Letters.” _See_ “English Letters”

Piccini (musician), 532

Pictet, the family, 340

Pigalle (sculptor), 497-9

“Pimpette.” _See_ Dunoyer

Piron, Alexis (poet), 36, 46, 68, 142, 189, 210, 498

Poissonnier, Doctor, 516

Pollnitz, Baron, 230-31, 273

Pompadour, Marquise de, 162-6, 180-81, 213, 219, 227,
279-80, 319, 329, 334, 336, 344, 358, 395;
her character and friendship for Voltaire, 162-3;
his verses to her, 181;
she offers him a cardinal’s hat, 319;
sends him her portrait, 406;
death of, 442

Pompignan, Bishop of Puy, 385, 388, 411

Pompignan, Marquis le Franc de, his quarrel with Voltaire, 384-8,
407, 411

“Poor Devil, The,” 389

Pope, Alexander, 48, 52, 56

Pope Benedict XIV., 161 _seq._

“Pour, Le, et le Contre.” _See_ Uranie

Prades, Abbé de, 268, 280

“Praise of Hypocrisy, The,” 466

“Préservatif, Le,” 119-20;
published, 119

Prie, Mme. de, 41-45, 117

“Princess of Navarre, The,” 154-5;
produced, 156-7

“Prodigal Son, The,” 83, 89, 180;
produced, 92

“Prude, The,” 179

“Prussians, To the” (Frederick the Great’s), 245

“Pucelle, The,” 78, 82, 97, 110, 113, 231, 272, 282, 301, 303;
published, 311-12;
authorised publication, 432-34

“Puero Regnante,” 19, 22

Quinault, Mlle. (actress), 83, 92, 144

Rameau, J. P. (composer), 71, 154, 155, 163, 165

Raynal, Abbé, 214, 217, 253

“Refutation of an anonymous Article, A,” 347

Regent, the (Philip, Duke of Orleans), 17, 20, 22, 26-8, 30;
his death, 40

“Reply, A, from an Academician of Berlin,” 258-60

Ribotte-Charon. _See_ Calas

Richard (monk), 468

Richelieu, Duc de, 28, 29, 41, 42, 61,
66, 71, 75, 79, 89, 150, 209, 213,
333-4, 498;
his marriage, 72;
quarrel with Voltaire, 198;
Voltaire visits him at Lyons, 302;
in the affair of Byng, 326-7;
visits Voltaire at Ferney, 432;
in Paris, 534;
and on his deathbed, 554

Richelieu, Duchesse de (Mlle. de Guise), 72, 83, 303

Richier (secretary), 235-6

Rieu (American officer), 476, 559

Rohan, Chevalier de, his quarrel with Voltaire, 44-7, 61

“Rome Sauvée,” 44, 210, 213, 226, 231, 256;
produced, 213

Rousseau, Jean Baptiste (poet), 3, 7, 118, 124;
quarrels with Voltaire in Holland, 34-5;
over the “Temple of Taste,” 68-9;
attacks him in “Bibliothèque Française,” 91-92

Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 146, 165, 299, 370-1, 498;
his “Discourse on Inequality,” 314;
remonstrates on “Disaster of Lisbon,” 322;
his “Letter on Plays,” 346;
his “New Eloïsa,” 401-2;
his “Emile” and “Savoyard Vicar,” 166, 170, 181, 430-1

Roy, Charles (poet), 166, 170, 181

Royal Society, the, 147

Rucker, Councillor. _See_ Frankfort

Rupelmonde, Mme. de, 33-5, 66

“Russia under Peter I.” _See_ “Peter the Great”

Saint-Ange, Marquis de, 14, 18

Saint-Julien, Mme., 468, 494, 516, 520, 554

Saint-Lambert, Marquis de, 185, 193, 197, 208, 487, 532;
his character, 185;
his love affair with Mme. du Châtelet, 185-8;
his conduct on its discovery, 193-6;
at the illness and death of Mme. du Châtelet, 201-3

Saint-Marc, Marquis de, 545

Saint-Sulpice, de Tersac, Curé of, 538, 556-7

“Samson,” 71, 564

Saurin Controversy, the, 347, 355

Saussure, Mlle. de, 507

Saxe-Gotha, Duchess of, 272, 296, 317

“Scarmentado,” 178, 215

Schmidt Councillor. _See_ Frankfort

Schoepflin, the brothers (historian and printer), 290, 296

Schouvaloff, Count, 378-9

“Scotch Girl, The,” 390;
produced, 391-3

“Scythians, The,” produced, 470

Ségur, Comtesse de, 548

“Seigneurial Rights,” 410;
produced, 411

“Semiramis,” 66, 171, 198;
produced, 189

“Semiramis, The Advertisement to,” 191

“Sermon of Fifty, The,” 431

“Sésostris,” 526

Sèvres (affair of the Bridge of), 32-3, 120

Shakespeare, Voltaire’s opinion of, in “English Letters,” 55-6;
in “Advertisement to Semiramis,” 191;
in writing to Walpole, 479;
and in the quarrel with Letourneur, 519

Sherlock, Martin, 361, 408, 517-19

Sirvens (affair of the), 446-52

Sloane, Sir Hans, 54

Staal, Mme. de (Mlle. de Launay), 18, 173, 179

Stanislas Leczinski (ex-King of Poland), 42,
63, 189-91, 193, 198, 200, 207, 349;
his Court and character, 184-5

Stormont, Lord, 533

Suard, Mme., 156, 516, 546

Sully, Duc and Duchesse de, 18, 30, 45, 54

Swift, Jonathan, 48, 52, 54, 56, 58

“Tancred” (“Aménaïde”), 354, 430;
produced, 393

“Temple, Epicureans of the,” 9

“Temple of Glory, The,” 164;
produced, 163-5

“Temple of Taste, The,” 71, 91;
published, 69-70

Tencin, Cardinal de, 302, 336, 340, 375;
his death, 336

Tencin, Mme. de, 46, 67, 302, 323

Terrai, Abbé, 365, 508, 514

Tersac, de. _See_ Saint-Sulpice

Theriot, 31, 34, 38-42, 46-9, 60, 62, 83, 117, 134, 190, 217, 354;
fellow-pupil with Voltaire, 14;
visits Cirey, 100;
his treachery in Desfontaines’ affair, 120-4;
visits Délices, 432;
death of, 507

Thil, Mlle. du, 176, 201, 202, 303, 311

Thomson, James, 48, 51

Tinois (secretary), 235

Tissot, Doctor, 309

Tournemine, Father, 5, 6, 12

Travenol Lawsuit, 170, 172

“Treatise on Metaphysics,” 80, 84, 86, 203

“Treatise on Tolerance,” 438-40, 444

Trinquier (Judge of Mazamet). _See_ Sirvens

“Triumvirate, The,” produced, 442

Tronchin, Doctor Theodore, 303, 324, 326, 350, 352, 354, 376, 396;
his character and régime, 303-4;
and the “Geneva” Article, 337-8;
his “cure” at Geneva, 338-40;
in Voltaire’s last illnesses, 532 _seq._, 546-8, 553

Tronchin, the family, 303-4, 310, 443

Tronchin, Mme., 340

Turgot (Comptroller-General), 515, 527, 542

Tyrconnel, Lord, 230, 247;
his death, 256

Unigenitus, the Bull, 16, 17, 220

“Uranie, Epistle to,” 33;
published, 66

Vallette, 376, 389

Vallière, Duc de la, 319

Van Duren (printer), 129, 276

“Vanity” published, 387-88

Vauvenargues, Marquis de, 169

Végobre (lawyer). _See_ Calas and 432

Vernet, Pastor, 308;
quarrels with Voltaire, 466-7

Vestris, Mme. (actress), 532, 540, 545

Viguière, Jeannette. _See_ Calas

Villars, Duc de, 396, 432, 435

Villars, Mme. de, 145

Villars, Maréchal de, 29, 89, 249

Villars, Maréchale de, 26, 29, 145

Villette, Marquis de, 526, 527, 538, 543, 545, 554, 560, 562;
marries Mlle. de Varicourt, 525;
at Voltaire’s death and burial, 553-4, 555, 557;
and second funeral, 563;
his death, 566

Villette, Marquis de. _See_ Belle-et-Bonne

Villevieille, Marquis de, 519, 525, 535, 537

“Voice, The, of the Sage and the People,” 219, 250;
published, 215

Voisenon, Abbé, 188

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de, birth and parentage, 1-2;
baptism, 2;
first letter, 4;
school life, 4-7;
visits Ninon de l’Enclos, 5;
first tragedy, 6;
sees J. B. Rousseau, 7;
literary leanings, 7;
studies law, 8;
wild life in Paris, 8-9;
sent to Caen and the Netherlands, 10;
love affair with Olympe Dunoyer, 10-14;
clerk to Maître Alain, 13;
writes prize poem and satire, 14;
visits Saint-Ange and begins “Henriade,” 15;
at Louis XIV.’s funeral, 17;
reads “Œdipe” to the Temple, 17;
introduced to Duchesse du Maine, 17;
visits Saint-Ange, 18;
exiled to Sully, 18;
satires assigned to him, 19;
interview with Regent, 20;
in the Bastille, 20-2;
writes “Henriade,” 21;
changes his name, 22;
exiled to Châtenay, 22;
second interview with Regent, 22-3;
love affair with Mlle. de Livri, 23;
acts in “Œdipe,” 26;
his gains from it, 27;
stays at Villars, 28;
at Sully’s and Richelieu’s, 29;
failure of “Artémire,” 29;
to Richelieu’s, Sully’s, Bolingbroke’s, and Villars, 30;
his father’s death, 30;
his economy, 31;
his affair with Levi, 32;
and at the Bridge of Sèvres, 33;
his trip to Holland, 33-5;
writes “Epistle to Uranie,” 33;
quarrels with J. B. Rousseau, 34-5;
to Cambrai, La Source, and Ussé, 35-6;
to Paris and Rouen, 36;
publishing “Henriade,” 37;
goes to Maisons, 38;
has smallpox, 38-9;
produces “Mariamne,” 41;
visits Forges, 41;
produces “L’Indiscret,” 41;
at Court, 41-2;
quarrels with Rohan, 44-6;
second imprisonment in the Bastille, 46-7;
his visit to England, 47-59;
writes “English Letters,” 55-8;
at St. Germains, 60;
engaged in a lottery, 60;
at death of Adrienne Lecouvreur, 61;
writes poem on her death, 62;
his views on actors, 62;
produces “Brutus,” 63;
living at Rouen, 64;
at the death of Maisons, 64;
produces “Charles XII.,” 65-6;
produces “Eriphyle,” 65;
candidate for Academy, 66;
produces “Zaire,” 67;
at Court, 68;
at death of Countess Martel, 68;
produces “Temple of Taste,” 69-70;
his protégés, 70;
visited by Mme. du Châtelet, 70;
produces “Adélaïde du Guesclin,” 72;
at Richelieu’s wedding, 73;
“English Letters” burnt and escape to Cirey, 73;
first meets Mme. du Châtelet, 74;
meets her at Sceaux, 76;
as her lover, 76-8;
arrives at Cirey, 78;
goes to Baden, 79;
life at Cirey, 79-80;
plans “Prodigal Son,” 83;
to Lunéville, 83;
occupations at Cirey, 83;
“Death of Cæsar” in print, 84;
his “Treatise” and “Discourses,” 84;
produces “Alzire,” 87;
quarrels with Jore, 88-9;
candidate for Academy, 89;
as correspondent of Prince Frederick, 89-91;
attacks J. B. Rousseau, 91-2;
produces “Prodigal Son,” 92;
corresponds with Moussinot, 92;
in affair of “Mondain,” 93-4;
visits Brussels, Leyden, and Amsterdam, 94;
writes defence of “Mondain” and “Use of Life,” 95;
Voltaire and nature, 96;
as host to Kaiserling, 96-7;
marrying his nieces, 98-9;
his generosity, 100;
his scientific studies, 101;
writes “Elements of Newton” and “Essay on Fire,” 102-5;
his life during Graffigny’s visit, 106-115;
and with Mme. du Châtelet, 114-16;
quarrels with Desfontaines, 117-23;
visits Brussels, Enghien, Paris, 124-26;
literary correspondence with Frederick, 127-31;
meets him at Moyland, 131-33;
goes to Hague, 133;
and Remusberg, 134;
his journey to Brussels, 135-8;
hears of invasion of Silesia, 137-8;
quarrels with Mme. du Châtelet, 138;
produces “Mahomet” at Lille, 139;
dissipation in Paris, 140;
produces “Mahomet” there, 140-3;
visits Frederick, 143;
produces “Mérope,” 144-6;
candidate for Academy, 146-7;
his mission to Frederick, 150-2;
disagrees with Mme. du Châtelet, 153;
writes “Princess of Navarre,” 154-5;
adventure in Paris, 156;
at Armand’s funeral, 156;
produces “Princess” at Court, 157;
as Historiographer, 158-60;
gains Pope’s favour, 160-2;
and Pompadour’s, 163-4;
produces “Temple of Glory,” 163-5;
his treatment of servants, 165;
elected to Academy, 166-8;
as friend of Vauvenargues and Marmontel, 169-70;
in lawsuits, 170;
Gentleman-in-Ordinary, visits Duchesse du Maine, 171-4;
escapes from Court to Sceaux, 176-7;
life there, 178-80;
his poem to Pompadour, 180-2;
escapes to Cirey, 182-4;
visits Stanislas, 184-9;
Paris and Commercy, 189;
produces “Sémiramis,” 189;
goes to Café Procope, 190;
falls ill at Châlons, 192;
discovers treachery of Saint-Lambert and Mme. du Châtelet, 192-3;
his conduct in the matter, 194-6;
quarrels with Richelieu and sells post of Gentleman-in-Ordinary, 198;
studies in Paris, 198-99;
produces “Nanine,” 199;
stays at Lunéville, 199-200;
during illness and death of Mme. du Châtelet, her effect on him, 202-7;
his despair in Paris, 208;
produces “Oreste,” 210-11;
Mme. Denis to live with him, 211;
acting in Rue Traversière, 212;
produces “Rome Sauvée,” 213-14;
quarrels with Fréron, 214;
reasons for going to Prussia, 216-19;
his departure and arrival at Potsdam, 220;
his enjoyment there, 221-22;
at the Carrousel, 223-25;
in Potsdam, 226-27;
at the Royal Suppers, 228-31;
writes Letter of Buts, 233;
quarrels with d’Arnaud, 233-35;
with Tinois and Lessing, 235-36;
small disagreeables, 236-37;
quarrels with Hirsch, 237-43;
correcting Frederick’s works, 244-46;
his strained relations with him, 246-48;
produces “Louis XIV.,” 249-51;
quarrels with Maupertuis, 252-60;
produces “Akakia,” 260-64;
preparing to leave, 265-67;
is dismissed, 268;
parts from Frederick, 268-69;
goes to Leipzig, etc., 269-73;
detained at Frankfort, 274-85;
results of Prussian visit, 286-87;
visits Mayence, etc., and Colmar, 288-90;
his “Essay” appears, 291-95;
deciding where to live, 296;
publishes “Annals,” 297;
as correspondent of du Deffand, 297;
communicates at Easter, 298;
to Senones and Plombières, 299;
looking for a Swiss property, 300;
visits Richelieu, 301-3;
at Geneva with Tronchins, 303-6;
at Prangins, 305;
acquires Délices and Monrion, 306;
improving Délices, 308-10;
visited by Lekain, 310-11;
denies “Pucelle,” 311-12;
produces “Orphan of China,” 313;
answers Rousseau’s “Inequality,” 314;
writes “Disaster of Lisbon,” 315-16;
and “Natural Law,” 316-18;
offered cardinal’s hat, 319;
dismisses Collini, 320-21;
as d’Alembert’s host, 323-26;
espouses cause of Byng, 327-28;
his opinion of Damiens affair, 329;
and of Lausanne society, 330-31;
at work and play, 331;
invents war-chariot, 332;
interferes in Seven Years’ War, 333-34, 374-75;
in affair of “Geneva” Article, 337-38;
entertaining visitors, 338-43;
to stay with Elector Palatine, 344-45;
writes Ode on death of Margravine, 345;
on the Saurin controversy, 347;
receives Bettinelli, 349-50;
buys Ferney and Tourney, 350-55;
his house, garden, and life at Ferney, 356-68;
his “Natural Law” burnt, 369;
produces “Candide,” 370-73;
in affair of Frederick’s Ode, 373-74;
has d’Aumard to live with him, 376;
reading English books, 377;
writes “Peter the Great,” 378-79;
his battle against _l’infâme_, 379-83;
attacks Pompignan, 384-88;
Palissot and Fréron, 388-91;
produces “Scotch Girl,” 391-93;
and “Tancred,” 393-94;
receives Marmontel and acts plays, 395-97;
adopts Marie Corneille, 397-400;
compared with Rousseau, 401;
criticises “Eloïsa,” 402;
quarrels with Jesuits, 403;
builds a church, 404-7;
annotates Corneille, 407;
quarrels with de Brosses, 409;
writes “Olympie,” 410;
and “Eloge de Crébillon,” and “Opinions of Meslier,” 411-12;
in the affair of Calas, 412-28, 437, 443-45;
has “Olympie” acted at Ferney, 429;
quarrels with Rousseau, 431-32;
receives Theriot and Richelieu, 432;
produces “Pucelle,” 433-34;
marries Marie Corneille to Dupuits, 434;
has Father Adam to live with him, 436-37;
writes “Treatise on Tolerance,” 438-39;
helps Espinas and Chaumont, 439-40;
receives Ligne and Boufflers, 440-41;
produces “Olympie,” 441-42;
in the affair of the Sirvens, 446-52;
reconciled to Frederick, 453;
corresponds with Catherine the Great, 453, 487;
visited by Clairon and Wilkes, 455;
in the affair of La Barre, 455-60;
escapes to Rolle, 460;
his “Philosophical Dictionary,” 461;
in the affairs of Bourgeoisie and Natives, 463-5;
quarrels with Vernet, 466-67;
in the affair of Covelle, 467-68;
in the blockade of Ferney, 467-68;
receives Boswell, etc., 468-70;
quarrels with La Beaumelle, 471;
in La Harpe’s treachery, 471-76;
alone at Ferney, 476-77;
preaches in church, 477;
receives Fox, 478;
corresponds with Walpole, 479;
as a pamphleteer, 481-83;
communicates at Easter, 484-85;
obtains annuity for Capuchins, 486;
his industries at Ferney, 487-96;
his statue by Pigalle, 497-99;
receives Burney, d’Alembert, Condorcet, 500-2;
in the affair of the Parliament of Paris, 503-4;
receives Florians and Dr. Moore, 505-6;
his relations with Mme. Dubarry, 507-8;
in the affairs of the Bombelles, Martin, and Montbaillis, 508-11;
and of Lally, 511-13;
writes “Eulogy on Louis XV.,” 514;
his friendship for Turgot, 515;
has a succession of visitors, 515-17;
adopts “Belle-et-Bonne,” 517;
quarrels with Letourneur, 519;
writes “Sésostris”;
and dismisses Adam, 521;
quarrels with Guénée, 521-22;
chagrin at Joseph II.’s neglect, 522-23;
affection for “Belle-et-Bonne,” marries her to Villette, 523-24;
writing “Irène,” 525-26;
his reasons for and against going to Paris, 526-27;
his journey there, 528-29;
his reception by the capital, 529-31;
his visitors, 531-34;
his dealings with Gaultier, 534-39;
visited by du Deffand and d’Alembert, 535-37;
his declaration of faith, 538;
ill in bed, 538-41;
hears of success of “Irène,” 541;
discovers it has been altered, 542;
sees Turgot, 542;
his reception at Academy and Comédie, 542-45;
indecision as to his movements, 546-47;
visits Mme. du Deffand and Marquise de Gouvernet, 548;
to séance at Academy, 549;
buys a house, 550;
last attendance at Academy and Dictionary scheme, 550-551;
to performance of “Alzire,” 551;
his last illness, 553-56;
his death, 556;
his burial at Scellières, 557-58;
his Will, 558;
as subject of Academy prize poem, 559;
eulogised by Frederick, 559;
his library and Ferney sold, 560;
eulogised at Academy, 561;
his “Memoirs” appear, 562;
second funeral, 563-65;
his tomb violated, 566;
his Centenary, 566;
as foe of Roman Catholicism, 567;
as poet, playwright, historian, 567;
as novelist and letter-writer, 568;
his religion, 569-70;
his work for the world, 570-71

Wagnière (servant-secretary), 278, 358, 360-61, 367, 505, 559-60;
enters Voltaire’s service, 321;
during his last visit to Paris, 531, 534 _seq._, 545-6, 550

Walpole, Horace, 479

“Whens, The,” etc., 385-6

Wilkes, John, 455

Willancourt, Abbess of. _See_ La Barre

Williams, Hanbury, 231

Ximenès, Marquis de (or Chimenès), 246, 315, 402

Young, Dr. (poet), 48, 51

“Zadig,” 178-80, 215

“Zaire,” 67-8, 242;
produced, 68

“Zulime” (“Fanine”), 331, 341

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The author deals first with Drake and what he calls the Fleet Tradition, of which he regards Drake, the greatest Elizabethan sailor, as the indubitable founder; next the author deals with Nelson, his relations with Lady Hamilton, and the various heroic achievements which have immortalized his name. From Nelson the author passes on to Napoleon, and shows how his career and policy have had a vital relation to the World War. As himself a sailor of the old wooden-ships period, Sir Walter is able to handle, with special knowledge and intimacy, the technique of the seafaring exploits of Nelson; and Sir Walter’s analysis of the character of Nelson, a combination of vanity, childishness, statesmanlike ability, and incomparable seamanship and courage, is singularly well conceived.

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