See also:

• XAVIER, FRANCISCO DE (1506-1552)

XAVIER DE See also:

• MAISTRE, JOSEPH DE (1754-1821)
• XAVIER DE MAISTRE (1763-1852)

MAISTRE (1763-1852)  , younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

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

Joseph de See also:

• MAISTRE, JOSEPH DE (1754-1821)
• MAISTRE, XAVIER DE (1763-1852)

Maistre, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHAMBERY

Chambery in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1763 . He served when See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young in the Piedmontese See also:

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

army, and wrote his delightful fantasy, Voyage autour de ma chambre (published 1794) when he was under See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest at See also:

• TURIN

Turin in consequence of a See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel . See also:

• XAVIER, FRANCISCO DE (1506-1552)

Xavier shared the politics and the See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty of his brother, and on the See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, he See also:

• LEFT

left the service, and took a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian army . He served under See also:

• SUVAROV

Suvarov in his victorious Austro-Russian See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign and accompanied the See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . He shared the disgrace of his See also:

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

general, and supported himself for some 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 in St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg by See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature See also:

• PAINTING

painting . But on his brother's arrival in St Petersburg he was introduced to the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of marine . He was appointed to several posts in the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, but also saw active service, was wounded in the See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, and attained 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:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general . He married a Russian 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 and established himself in his adopted 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, even after the overthrow of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon, and the consequent restoration of the Piedmontese See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty . For a time, however, he lived at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, but he returned to St Petersburg and died there on the 12th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1852 . He was only once 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 (in 1839), when Sainte-Beuve, who has left some pleasant reminiscences of him, met him . Besides the Voyage already mentioned, Xavier de Maistre's See also:

• WORKS

works (all of which are of very modest dimensions) are Le Lepreux de la cite d'Aoste (1811), a touching little See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of human misfortune; See also:

• LES

Les Prisonniers du Caucase, a powerful See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch of Russian See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, La Jeune Siberienne, and the Expedition nocturne, a sequel to the Voyage autour de ma chambre (1825) . His See also:

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

style is of remarkable ease and purity .

His works, with the exception of some brief chemical tractates, are included in the collections of See also:

• CHARPENTIER, FRANCOIS (1620-1702)

Charpentier, See also:

• GARNIER, CLEMENT JOSEPH (1813–1881)
• GARNIER, GERMAIN, MARQUIS (1754-1821)
• GARNIER, JEAN LOUIS CHARLES (1825-1898)
• GARNIER, MARIE JOSEPH FRANCOIS [FRANCIS] (1839–1873)
• GARNIER, ROBERT (c. 1545–c.1600)

Garnier, &c . See Sainte-Beuve's Portraits contemporains, vol. iii .