BARONNE DE See also:

• MARGUERITE

MARGUERITE JEANNE CORDIER See also:

• DELAUNAY, ELIE (1828-1891)
• DELAUNAY, LOUIS ARSENE (1826-1903)

DELAUNAY See also:

• BARONNE DE MARGUERITE JEANNE CORDIER DELAUNAY STAAL (1684-1750)

STAAL (1684-1750)  , 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 3oth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1684 . Her See also:

• FATHER

father was a painter named Cordier . He seems to have deserted her See also:

• MOTHER

mother, who then resumed her See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden name, See also:

• DELAUNAY, ELIE (1828-1891)
• DELAUNAY, LOUIS ARSENE (1826-1903)

Delaunay, which was also adopted by her daughter . She was educated at a See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent at See also:

• EVREUX

Evreux, of which Mme de la Rochefoucauld, See also:

• SISTER

sister of the author of the 3laximes, was See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior . Here she became attached to Mme de Grieu, who, being appointed See also:

• ABBESS (Lat. abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot)

abbess of the convent of St 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 at See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen, took her friend with her . Mlle Delaunay lived there until 1710 in the enjoyment of the utmost See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration . There she held a little See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of her own, which included See also:

• BRUNEL, ISAMBARD KINGDOM (1806-1859)
• BRUNEL, SIR MARC ISAMBARD (1769-1849)

Brunel, the friend of See also:

• FONTENELLE, BERNARD LE BOVIER DE (1657-1757)

Fontenelle, the sieur de la Rey and the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

abbe Vertot . She describes her own first See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion for the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis de See also:

• SILLY

Silly, the See also:

• BROTHER

brother of a friend with whom she was visiting . Her See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection was not returned, but she entered on a 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 him in which she plays the See also:

• PART

part of director . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of her See also:

• PATRON

patron, Mme de Grieu, poverty compelled her to enter the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of the duchesse du See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine at Sceaux in the capacity of femme de chambre . Her See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent soon manifested itself in the literary court of the duchess, and secured for her, among other friendships, the somewhat undesirable admiration of the abbe See also:

• CHAULIEU, GUILLAUME AMFRYE DE (1639-1720)

Chaulieu . The duchess is said, but chiefly on the waiting -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's own authority, to have been not a little jealous of her attendant .

Enough, however, is known of the duchess's imperious and capricious See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper to make it improbable that her service was agreeable . Mlle Delaunay, however, enjoyed a large See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of her confidence and had a considerable share in See also:

• DRAWING

drawing up the Memoire See also:

• DES

des princes legitimes which demanded the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the states-See also:

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

general . She was implicated in the affair of the Cellamare See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy, and was sent in 1718 to the See also:

• BASTILLE (from Fr. bastir, now bdtir, to build)

Bastille, where she remained for two years . Even here, however, she made conquests, though she was far from beautiful . Her own See also:

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

account of her love for her See also:

• FELLOW

fellow prisoner, the See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

chevalier de Menil, and of the passion of the chevalier de Maisonrouge, her gaoler, for her, is justly famous . She returned on her liberation to the service of the duchess, who showed no gratitude for the devotion, approaching the heroic, that Mlle Delaunay had shown in her cause . She received no promotion and still had to fulfil the wearisome duties of a waiting-maid . She refused, it is said, See also:

• ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)

Andre See also:

• DACIER

Dacier, the widower of a wife more famous than himself, and in 1735, being then more than fifty, married the See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron de See also:

• STAAL, MARGUERITE JEANNE CORDIER DELAUNAY, BARONNE DE (1684-1750)

Staal . Her dissatisfaction with her position had be-come so evident that the duchess, afraid of losing her services, arranged the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage to give Mlle Delaunay See also:

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

rank sufficient to allow of her promotion to be on an equality with the ladies of the court . On this footing she remained a member of thehousehold . It was at 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 that she became the friend and correspondent of Mme du See also:

• DEFFAND, MARIE ANNE DE

Deffand . She died at Gennevilliers on the 15th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1750 .

Her Memoires appeared about five years later, and have often been reprinted, both separately and in collections of the See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs of the 17th and 18th centuries, to both of which the author belonged both in See also:

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

style and See also:

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

character . She has much of the frankness and seductive verve of Mme de See also:

• SEVIGNE, MARIE DE

Sevigne and her contemporaries, but more than a little alloyed with the sensibilite of a later time . It may be doubted whether she does not somewhat exaggerate the discomforts . of her position and her sense of them . In her lack of illusions she was a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Sainte-Beuve says that the most See also:

• FIT

fit time for the See also:

• READING

reading of the Memoires is the See also:

• LATE

late autumn, under the trees of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November . But her See also:

• BOOK

book is an extremely amusing one to read, as well as not a little instructive . The humours of the " court of Sceaux " are depicted as hardly any other society of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind has ever been . " Dans cet See also:

• ART

art enjoue de raconter," says Sainte-Beuve, " Madame de Staal est classique." Besides her Memoires Mme de Staal See also:

• LEFT

left two excellent See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short comedies, performed at the court of Sceaux, and some letters, the answers to which are in some cases extant, and show, as well as the references of contemporaries, that the writer did not exaggerate her own See also:

• CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm . Her Memoires were translated by S . See also:

• BATHURST
• BATHURST, EARLS

Bathurst (1877) and by C . H . See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell (1892) .

See the edition (1877) of her Memoires by M. de See also:

• LESCURE, LOUIS MARIE JOSEPH, MARQUIS DE (1766—1793)

Lescure .