See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

VICTOR See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)

ETIENNE DE See also:

• VICTOR JOSEPH ETIENNE DE JOUY (1764-1846)

JOUY (1764-1846)  , See also:

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

French dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• JOUY, VICTOR JOSEPH ETIENNE DE (1764-1846)

Jouy, near See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles, on the 12th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1764 . At the See also:

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

age of eighteen he received a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and sailed for See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America in the See also:

• COMPANY

company of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')

Guiana . He returned almost immediately to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete his studies, and re-entered the service two years later . He was sent to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, where he met with many romantic adventures which were afterwards turned to See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

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

account . On the outbreak of the Revolution he returned to France and served with distinction in the See also:

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

early See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns, attaining the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant-See also:

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

general . He See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew suspicion on himself, however, by refusing to See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour the See also:

• TOAST

toast of See also:

• MARAT, JEAN PAUL (1743-1793)

Marat, and had to See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly for his See also:

• LIFE

life . At the fall of the Terror he resumed hiscommission but again See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under suspicion, being accused of treasonable See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy, See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris, 1st See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MALMESBURY
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HARRIS, IST EARL OF (1746-1820)
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HOWARD HARRIS, 3RD EARL OF (1807-1889)

Malmesbury who had been sent to France to negotiate terms of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . He was acquitted of this See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge, but, weary of repeated attacks, resigned his position on the pretext of his numerous wounds . Jouy now turned his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to literature, and produced in 1807 with immense success his See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera La vestale (See also:

• MUSIC

music by See also:

• SPONTINI, GASPARO LUIGI PACIFICO (1774-1851)

Spontini) . The piece ran for a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred nights, and was characterized by the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute of France as the best lyric See also:

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

drama of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . Other operas followed, but none obtained so See also:

• GREAT

great a success . He published in the See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette de France a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of satirical sketches of Parisian life, collected under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of L'Ermite de la Chaussee d'Antin, ou observations sur See also:

• LES

les mceurs et les usages See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais au commencement du xixe siecle (1812-1814, 5 vols.), which was warmly received .

In 1821 his tragedy of Sylla gained a See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph due in See also:

• PART

part to the See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius of See also:

• TALMA, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1763-1826)

Talma, who had studied the title-role from See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon . Under the Restoration Jouy consistently fought for the cause of freedom, and if his See also:

• WORK

work was overrated by his contemporaries, they were probably influenced by their respect for the author himself . He died in rooms set apart for his use in the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of St Germain-en-Laye on the 4th of September 1846 . Out of the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his operas, tragedies and See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous writings may be mentioned, Fernand Cortez (1809), opera, in collaboration with J . E . Esmenard, music by Spontini; Tippo Saib, tragedy (1813); Belisaire, tragedy (1818); Les Hermites en See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison (1823), written in collaboration with See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine See also:

• JAY (Fr. geai)
• JAY, JOHN (1745-1829)
• JAY, WILLIAM (1769-1853)

Jay, like himself a See also:

• POLITICAL

political prisoner; See also:

• GUILLAUME
• GUILLAUME, JEAN BAPTISTE CLAUDE EUGENE (1822-1905)

Guillaume Tell (1829), with Hippolyte Bis, for the music of See also:

• ROSSINI, GIOACHINO ANTONIO (1792-1868)

Rossini . Jouy was also one of the founders of the Biographie nouvelle See also:

• DES

des contemporains .