N.

Nantes, revocation of the edict of, I.

257. 323. II. 79.

Necker, M., minister to Louis XVI.

_See_ Staël.

Nemours, duke of, joined by the

great Condé, I. 78. Is wounded

in the battle of St. Antoine, 81.

Killed in a duel by his brother-in-law

the duke of Beaufort, 82.

Nevers, duke of, I. 313.

Newcastle, duke of, his "Sir Martin

Marplot" an imitation of

"L'Etourdi" of Molière, I. 103.

Newton, sir Isaac, II. 18. 24. 25.

Nicole, M., theologian, I. 198. 267.

307. 315.

Ninon de l'Enclos, a trust confided

to, I. 120, n. Molière reads his

"Tartuffe" to, 120. The marquis

de Sévigné her admirer, 217. 230.

The marquis de Grignan, 230, n.

Ladies of the court friendly to

her, 235.

Noailles, de, archbishop of Paris

and cardinal, I. 339.

Noyer, madame du, II. 7. 8.

Noyer, mademoiselle du, admiration

of Voltaire for, II. 8. She marries

the baron de Winterfeld, 9.

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