See also:

• MARIE

MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE GAY (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

GAY (1776-1852)  , See also:

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

French author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 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 on the 1st of See also:

• JULY

July 1776 . Madame See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

Gay was the daughter of M . Nichault de la Valette and of Francesca Peretti, an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady . In 17.93 she was married to M . Liottier, an See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange See also:

• BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

broker, but she was divorced from him in 1799, and shortly afterwards was married to M . Gay, See also:

• RECEIVER

receiver-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the Riser or See also:

• RUHR

Ruhr . This See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union brought her into intimate relations with many distinguished personages; and her See also:

• SALON

salon came to be frequented by all the distinguished litterateurs, musicians, actors and painters of the 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, whom she attracted by her beauty, her vivacity and her many amiable qualities . Her first See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

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

production was a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter written in 1802 to the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal de Paris, in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Madame de See also:

• STAEL, MADAME DE

Stael's novel, Delphine; and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year she published anonymously her first novel Laure d'Estell . Leonie de Montbreuse, which appeared in 1813, is considered by Sainte-Beuve her best See also:

• WORK

work; but Anatole (1815), the See also:

• ROMANCE

romance of a See also:

• DEAF

deaf-See also:

• MUTE (Lat. tnutus, dumb)

mute, has perhaps a higher reputation . Among her other See also:

• WORKS

works, Salons celebres (2 vols., 1837) maybe especially mentioned . Madame Gay wrote several comedies and See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera libretti which met with considerable success . She was also an accomplished musician, and composed both the words and See also:

• MUSIC

music of a number of songs .

She died in Paris on the 5th 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 1852 . For an See also:

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

account of her daughter, Delphine Gay, Madame de See also:

• GIRARDIN, DELPHINE DE (1804–1855)
• GIRARDIN, EMILE DE (1802–1881)

Girardin, see GIRARDIN . See her own Souvenirs d'une vieille femme (1834) ; also See also:

• THEOPHILE

Theophile See also:

• GAUTIER
• GAUTIER, EMILE THEODORE LEON (1832-1897)
• GAUTIER, THEOPHILE (1811-1872)

Gautier, Portraits contemporains; and Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du lundi, vol. vi .