Vallière, mademoiselle de la, favourite
of Louis XIV., I. 112.
119. 162. 225. 236.
Vega, Lope de, his "Verdad Sospechosa,"
I. 51. 102.
Vendôme, duke of, II. 6.
Versoi, village of, II. 100.
Verville, Béroalde de, his "Moyen
de Parvenir," I. 36.
Victoire, the abbé de la, I. 263.
Villars, maréchale, de, II. 17.
Villars, duchess de, II. 9. 45.
Villette, M. and madame de, II.
102.
Virgil, extraordinary commentary
on a line of, II. 144.
Vitart, M., uncle of Jean Racine, I.
301.
Voiture, his poetry addressed to
Julie d'Angennes, I. 108. Fabulous
adventure in punishment of
his insolence towards her, 108.
Is styled _Alcovist_, 109. His conceits,
153. Anecdote relative to,
159.
Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet
de, observations of, I. 30. His
pillage of Rabelais, 34. His Commentary
on the "Cid," 45, n. 61.
Patronises a lady descended from
the daughter of Corneille, 61.
His observation on the duke of
Rochefoucauld's "Maxims," 63.
His opinion of Molière, 146. On
Pascal, 203, n. Of madame de Sévigné,
255. His censure of Boileau,
264, n. His "Siècle de
Louis XIV.," 345, n. His letters,
II. 1. His infidel principles,
2. Distinction between Christianity
and that religion known as
the church of Rome, 2. His
birth in 1694, 4. Educated in the
college of Louis-le-Grand, 5. Introduced
to Parisian society, 6.
His love for mademoiselle du
Noyer, 8. His reconciliation
with his father, M. Arouet, 9. Is
placed as pupil with M. Alain, attorney,
9. Is enamoured with
madame de Villars, 9. He visits
M. de Caumartin, 10. His return
to Paris, the duke of Orléans
being regent, 11. Is sent to the
Bastille for verses imputed to him,
11. Liberated on the mistake
being proved, 11. Writes the
"Henriade," 12. Its interest, 14.
His tragedy of "Œdipus." 15. 19.
His mode of life, 16. Visits the
châteaux of the nobility, 16. Has
the small-pox, 16. His tragedy of
"Mariamne," 16. Visits Holland,
17. His quarrel with J. J. Rousseau,
17. Is insulted by Chev. de
Rohan, challenges him; but is sent
to the Bastille, banished, and
visits England, 18. Studies Locke
and Newton, 18. An edition of
the "Henriade," in London, enriches
him, 19. 20. Returns to
Paris, 19. Success of his tragedies,
19. The priests detest him, 19.
Acquires some wealth by his pen
and by inheritance, 20. Purchases
the estate of Voltaire, and
assumes that name, 21. His attachment
for madame du Châtelet,
21. His "Brutus" and "Eryphile"
unsuccessful tragedies, 22.
Pathos of his "Zaire," 22. Rapidly
composed, 22. Its success, 22.
Increase of his fame, 22. His
"Charles XII.," 23. "Siècle de
Louis XIV.," 23. 25. 30. 60. 64. Is
constrained to withdraw into
Normandy, having offended the
clergy, 64. His "Lettres sur les
Anglais," 64. Lettre de cachet
issued against him for that publication,
24. 32. Conceals himself
at the marquis du Châtelet's in
Champagne, 32. His "Mérope,"
"Mahomet," &c., 25. He acts
in a private theatre, 25. Writes
the "Pucelle d'Orléans," 25. 28.
33. Revisits Cirey and the marquis
du Châtelet, 26. 28. His
conduct towards madame de
Graffigny, 33. His "Correspondence"
with Frederic the Great,
35. 37. The poet and king flatter
and quarrel, 36. Visits Frederic
in Germany, 39. "Mahomet"
performed at Lille, 43. Desires a
seat in the French Academy, 44.
56. Cabal to oppose him, 45.
Success of his "Mérope," 45.
Is sent to the Hague and to
Berlin as an envoy from Louis
XV., 46. He returns to France,
47. Visits the duchess du Maine,
and writes "Zadig," 48. Acts
at Sceaux the part of Cicero in
his "Rome Sauvée," 48. He
visits king Stanislas at Luneville,
49. 51. His "Semiramis," 49.
Ill of fever at Chalons, 50. "Catiline,"
51. He settles in Paris,
and receives his niece madame
Denis to preside in his house, 55.
55. Private theatre in his house,
55. Account of Voltaire by Le
Kain, 54. Visits Frederic at
Potsdam, 57. Is appointed chamberlain
by that monarch, 58. A
pension granted him, 59. Discontents,
61. Frederic requiring
a strict attention to his injunctions,
69. Voltaire rendered suspicious,
63. Becomes indignant,
66. Satirizes Maupertuis, 66. 67.
His amicable interview with the
monarch, 68. He repairs to Saxe
Gotha, 69. Meets madame Denis
at Frankfort, 69. Is arrested, 69.
Letter of the king, 70. 71, n. His
journey to Lyons, 71. Consults Dr.
Tronchin at Geneva on his health,
72. Purchases a house near Geneva
named "Les Delices," 71. 74.
Composes tragedies, and writes
"Candide," 74. His "Manners
and Spirit of Nations," 74. Some
dangers impend over him, 75.
Force of his satire, 75. His château
of Ferney on the borders of
France and Geneva, 76. The
"Encyclopédie," begun by Diderot
and d'Alembert, 77. Voltaire
writes some literary articles
for it, 77. Case of Jean Calas,
broken on the wheel on a false
accusation, 79. Voltaire succeeds
in proving his innocence, 81.
Exculpation and relief of the
surviving family, 82. Case of
the Sirven family, 83. Case of
the chevalier de la Barre, 84.
Heaps ridicule on Jean-Jacques
Rousseau, 88. His conversation
delightful, 90. Visited by Marmontel,
91. By the countess de
Genlis, 94. Attempted persecution
of, by the bishop of the
diocese, 99. Residence of Voltaire,
through his active spirit of
charity and improvement, a blessing
to the district, 100. He repairs
to Paris in 1788, 102. His
tragedy of "Irene," 103. Honourable
reception of the poet,
103. His profession of faith, 104.
His death, 106. His friendly and
forgiving nature, 107. Criticism
on his works, 109. His plays,
109. Was visited at Ferney by
Condorcet and d'Alembert, 176.