See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

ABBE DE See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

CLAUDE See also:

• HENRI

HENRI DE FUZEE See also:

• ABBE DE CLAUDE HENRI DE FUZEE VOISENON (1708—75)

VOISENON (1708—75)  , See also:

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

French dramatist and See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of letters, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at the chateauof See also:

• VOISENON, CLAUDE HENRI DE FUZEE, ABBE DE (1708—75)

Voisenon near See also:

• MELUN

Melun, on the 3th of See also:

• JULY

July 1708 . At the See also:

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

age of ten he addressed an See also:

• EPISTLE

epistle in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse to See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire, who asked the boy to visit him . From this introduction dated a friendship that lasted for fifty years . Voisenon made his debut as a dramatist with L'Heureuse ressemblance in 1728, followed in 1739 by a three-See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act See also:

• COMEDY

comedy L'Ecole du monde at the See also:

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

Theatre frangais . This was preceded by a verse See also:

• PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

prologue, L'See also:

• OMBRE

Ombre de See also:

• MOLIERE (1622-1673)

Moliere, and a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month later Voisenon produced a See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism on his own piece in Le Retour de l'ombre de Moliere . A See also:

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

duel in which he was the aggressor inspired him with remorse, and he entered the priesthood, becoming See also:

• VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar-See also:

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

general to the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• BOULOGNE, or BOULLONGNE

Boulogne . He received the See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Jard, which made no demands on him . He became closely attached to Madame du See also:

• CHATELET (from Med. Lat. castella)

Chatelet, the See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress of Voltaire (q.v.), and was intimate with the See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de See also:

• CAYLUS,

Caylus and Mademoiselle See also:

• QUINAULT, PHILIPPE (1635-1688)

Quinault Dufresne . He made witty but by no means edifying contributions to the Etrennes de See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-See also:

• JEAN

Jean, the Bads de Bois, &c . In 1744 he produced the Mariages assortis and in 1746 his masterpiece, the Coquette fixee . He lived on terms of the closest intimacy with 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 See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon See also:

• FAVART, CHARLES SIMON (1710-1792)

Favart and his wife . His See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen was always at the service of any of his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, and it was generally supposed, though on insufficient grounds, that he had a considerable See also:

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

share in Favart's most successful operas .

Voisenon had, See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange to say, scruples all his See also:

• LIFE

life about the incongruity between his way of living and his profession, but he continued to write indecent stories for private circulation, and wrote verses in 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 of Madame du See also:

• BARRY
• BARRY, ELIZABETH (1658—1713)
• BARRY, JAMES (1741—1806)
• BARRY, SIR CHARLES (1795-1860)
• BARRY, SIR REDMOND (1813-188o)
• BARRY, SPRANGER (1719-1777)

Barry, as he had done for Madame de See also:

• POMPADOUR, JEANNE ANTOINETTE POISSON LE NORMANT

Pompadour . He was elected to the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 1762 . On the disgrace of his See also:

• PATRON

patron, the duc de See also:

• CHOISEUL, CESAR
• CHOISEUL, ETIENNE FRANCOIS

Choiseul, he lost his See also:

• PENSIONS

pensions and honours, but soon recovered his position . He was intimate with the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor See also:

• MAUPEOU, RENE NICOLAS CHARLES AUGUSTIN (1714-1792)

Maupeou, and was suspected of See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing on his behalf in See also:

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

defence of the abolition of the See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement . This and some other incidents brought him into general disgrace . See also:

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

Early in 1775 he retired to the See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

chateau de Voisenon, where he died on the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November of the same See also:

• YEAR

year . His cEuvres completes were published by his executrix, Madame. de See also:

• TURPIN (d. c. 800)
• TURPIN, FRANCOIS HENRI (17og-1799)
• TURPIN, RICHARD [Drcx] (1706-1739)

Turpin, in 1781 . VOI'f URE, See also:

• VINCENT (or VINCENTIUS), ST
• VINCENT, GEORGE (1796-1831?)
• VINCENT, MARY ANN (1818-1887)

VINCENT (1598-1648), French poet, was the son of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant of See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens . He was introduced by a school-See also:

• FELLOW

fellow, the comte d'Avaux, to Gaston d'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, and accompanied him to See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels and See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine on See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions . Although a follower of Gaston, he won the favour of See also:

• RICHELIEU, ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Richelieu, and was one of the earliest academicians . He also received appointments and pensions from 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 XIII. and See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria . He published nothing in See also:

• BOOK

book See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, but his verses and his See also:

• PROSE

prose letters were the delight of the coteries, and were copied, handed about and admired mote perhaps than the See also:

• WORK

work of any contemporary .

He had been early introduced to the Hotel de See also:

• RAMBOUILLET
• RAMBOUILLET, CATHERINE DE VIVONNE, MARQUISE DE (1588-1665)

Rambouillet, where he was the especial friend of Julie d'Angennes, who called him her " See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf 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." His ingenuity in providing amusement for the younger members of the circle ensured his popularity, which was never seriously threatened except by See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine Godeau, and this rivalry ceased when Richelieu appointed Godeau bishop of See also:

• GRASSE
• GRASSE, FRANCOIS JOSEPH PAUL, MARQUIS DE GRASSETILLY, COMTE DE (1722-1788)

Grasse . When at the See also:

• DESIRE

desire of the duc de See also:

• MONTAUSIER, CHARLES DE

Montausier nineteen poets contributed to the.Guirlande de Julie, which was to decide the much-feted Julie in favour of his suit, Voiture refused to take See also:

• PART

part . The See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel between the Uranistes and the Jobelins arose over the respective merits of a See also:

• SONNET (Ital. Sonetto, dim. of Suono, Fr. Sonnet)

sonnet of Voiture addressed to a certain Uranie, and of another composed by See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac de .See also:

• BENSERADE, ISAAC DE (1613—1691)

Benserade, till then unknown, on the subject of See also:

• JOB

Job . Another famous piece of his of the same See also:

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

kind, La Belle Matineuse, is less exquisite, but still very admirable, and Voiture stands in the highest 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 writers of vers de societe . His prose letters are full of lively wit, and, in some cases, as in the 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 on Richelieu's policy (Letter LXXIV.), show considerable See also:

• POLITICAL

political penetration . He ranks with Jean de See also:

• BALZAC, HONORS DE (1790-1850)
• BALZAC, JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE (1594-1654)

Balzac as the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief director of the reform in French prose which accompanied that of See also:

• MALHERBE, FRANCOIS DE (1555-1628)

Malherbe in French verse . Voiture died at the outbreak of the See also:

• FRONDE, THE

Fronde, which killed the society to which he was accustomed, on the 26th of May 1648 . ' See A . Roux, cEuvres de M. de Voiture (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, 1856) ; and C . A . Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du lundi, vol. xii .