Abbeville, condemnation of the
chevalier de la Barre at, II. 84.
Academy, the French, its judgment
on the "Cid," I. 47. Cardinal de
Richelieu's marginal observations
on that critique, 48. Question of
electing Molière, 141. La Fontaine,
academician, 167. Boileau's
election, 167. The "Dictionary"
of, 168. Furetière's Dictionary
in competition to it, 168.
Academy of Sciences, the French
Royal, II. 25.
Æschylus, I. 40.
Alembert, _see_ D'Alembert.
Amelot, M., secretary of state, II.
46, 47.
Angennes, Mlle. Julie d', deity of
the Hôtel Rambouillet, I. 108.
Duchess of Montauzier, 123.
263, n.
Angennes, Angélique, married to
the chevalier de Grignan, I. 247,
248.
Anne of Austria, regent during the
minority of Louis XIV., I. 66.
She withdraws from Paris, with
the young king and Mazarin, to
St. Germain, 70. The capital
blockaded by Condé, 70. A short
peace, 71.
Antoine, Faubourg St., battle
between Condé and Turenne near
the gates of the, I. 81. Turenne
victorious, 81.
Arbuthnot, Dr., character of, I. 30.
Argenson, M. d', anecdote relative
to, I. 235.
Argental, count d', II. 53. 100.
Ariosto, I. 154. Imitated by La Fontaine,
165. 181.
Aristotle, controversy respecting,
excited by Rabelais, I. 31. Ramus's
Anti-Stagyrite, 31.
Arlechino, or Harlequin, Italian
actor, I. 102.
Arnaud, Antony, the abbé, controversialist,
I. 198. 267. 315. 339.
Arnaud d'Andilli, brother of Antony,
I. 198.
Arnaud, Angélique, abbess of Port
Royal, I. 198.
Arouet, M., father of Voltaire, II. 4.
7. 9. 11.
Artagnan, M. d', I. 223, n.
Assoucy, d', musician and poet,
kindly entertained during his
peregrinations by Molière and his
brother comedians, I. 104.
Atmospheric air, properties of, I.
191.