See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS CASIMIR See also:

• JEAN FRANCOIS CASIMIR DELAVIGNE (1793-1843)

DELAVIGNE (1793-1843)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French poet and dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1793 at See also:

• HAVRE
• HAVRE, LE

Havre . His See also:

• FATHER

father sent him at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, there to be educated at the Lycee See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon . Constitutionally of an ardent and sympathetic temperament, he enlarged his outlook by extensive See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous See also:

• READING

reading . On the loth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1811 the empress See also:

• MARIE

Marie See also:

• LOUISE [AUGUSTE WILHELMINE AMALIE LUISE] (1776-1810)

Louise gave See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth to a son, named in his very See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . This event was celebrated by See also:

• DELAVIGNE, JEAN FRANCOIS CASIMIR (1793-1843)

Delavigne in a Dithyrambs sur la naissance du roi de Rome, which secured for him a. See also:

• SINECURE (Lat. sine cura, without care)

sinecure in the See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . About this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he competed twice for an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize, but without success . Delavigne, inspired by the See also:

• CATASTROPHE (Gr. Karaurpoch, from KaraQrp4ecv, to over-turn)

catastrophe of 1815, wrote two impassioned poems, the first entitled See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo, the second, Devastation du See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

muses, both written in the See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat of patriotic See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm, and teeming with popular See also:

• POLITICAL

political allusions . A third, but of inferior merit, Sur le besoin de s'unir apres le depart See also:

• DES

des strangers, was afterwards added . These stirring pieces, termed by him Messeniennes, sounded a keynote which found an See also:

• ECHO (Gr. I'Xw)

echo in the See also:

• HEARTS

hearts of all . Twenty-five thousand copies were sold; Delavigne was famous . He was appointed to an honorary librarianship, with no duties to See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge . In 1819 his See also:

• PLAY

play See also:

• LES

Les vepres Siciliennes was performed at the Odeon, then just rebuilt; it had previously been refused for the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

Francais .

On the See also:

• NIGHT

night of the first See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation, which was warmly received, See also:

• PICARD, LOUIS JOSEPH ERNEST (1821-1877)

Picard, the manager, threw himself into the arms of his elated friend, exclaiming, " You have saved us ! You are the founder of the second French Theatre." This success was followed up by the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of the Comediens (182o), a poor play, with little See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot, and the Paria (1821), with still less, but containing some well-written choruses . The latter piece cbtained a longer See also:

• LEASE (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. laxare, to loosen)

lease of See also:

• LIFE

life than its See also:

• INTRINSIC (through Fr. intrinsique, from Lat. intrinsecus, inwardly; inter, within, secus, following, from root of sequi, to follow)

intrinsic See also:

• LITERARY

literary merits warranted, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the popularity of the political opinions freely expressed in it—so freely expressed, indeed, that the displeasure of the king was incurred, and Delavigne lost his See also:

• POST

post . But See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis Philippe, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, willing to gain the See also:

• PEOPLE

people's See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good wishes by complimenting their favourite, wrote to him as follows: " The See also:

• THUNDER

thunder has descended on your See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house; I offer you an apartment in mine." Accordingly Delavigne became librarian at the Palais Royal, a position retained during the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his life . It was here that he wrote the Ecole des vieillards (1823), his best See also:

• COMEDY

comedy, which gained his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election to the Academy in 1825 . To this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period also belong La Princesse Aurelie (1828), and See also:

• MARINO

Marino See also:

• FALIERO (or FALTER), MARINO (1279-1355)

Faliero (1829), a See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama in the romantic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . For his success as a writer Delavigne was in no small measure indebted to the stirring nature of the times in which he lived . The Messeniennes, which first introduced him to universal See also:

• NOTICE

notice, had their origin in the excitement consequent on the occupation of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France by the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies in 1815 . Another crisis in his life and in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, the revolution of 183o, stimulated him to the production of a second masterpiece, La Parisienne . This See also:

• SONG

song, set to See also:

• MUSIC

music by See also:

• AUBER, DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT (1782-1871)

Auber, was on the lips of every Frenchman, and rivalled in popularity the Marseillaise . A See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion piece, La Varsovienne, was written for the Poles, by whom it was sung on the march to See also:

• BATTLE

battle . Other See also:

• WORKS

works of Delavigne followed each other in rapid See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession—Louis XI (1832), Les Enfants d'Edouard (1833), See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Juan d'Autriche (1835), Une Famille au temps du See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther (1836), La Popularite (1838), La Fille du See also:

• CID, THE

Cid (1839), Le Conseiller rapporteur (184o), and See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles VI (1843), an See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera partly written by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother .

In 1843 he quitted Paris to seek in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy the See also:

• HEALTH

health his labours had cost him . At See also:

• LYONS
• LYONS (Fr. Lyon)
• LYONS, COUNCILS OF
• LYONS, EDMUND LYONS, BARON (1790-1858)
• LYONS, RICHARD BICKERTON PEMELL LYONS, 1ST EARL (1817–1887)

Lyons his strength altogether gave way, and he died on the 1th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December . By many of his own time Delavigne was looked upon as unsurpassed and unsurpassable . Every one bought and read. his works . But the b,pplause of the moment was gained at the See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice of lasting fame . As a writer he had many excellences . He expressed himself in a terse and vigorous style . The poet of See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason rather than of See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination, he recognized his own See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, and was rarely tempted to flights of See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy beyond his See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers . He wrote always as he would have spoken, from sincere conviction . In private life he was in every way estimable,—upright, amiable, devoid of all See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy, and generous to a See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault . His Poesies and his Thedtre were published in 1863 . His CEuvres completes (new edition, 1855) contains a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical notice by his brother, Germain Delavigne, who is best known as a librettist in opera .

See also Sainte-Beuve, Portraits litteraires, vol. v.; A . Favrot, Etude sur Casimir Delavigne (1894); and F . Vuacheux, Casimir Delavigne (1893) .