INDEX.
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A
Adhémar, Count (see note), 30
Adoration, 413
Affection, 423
Alone, 409
Apparition, An, 362
Arianism, 413
B
Baptism, 416
Bellefond, Marshal, 75, 152
Blanchfort, 392
Bleeding, An anecdote, 401
Books, 421
Bouillon, Duchess de, 189, 191
Bourdaloüe, 91, 111
Brancas, 43
Bride, A, 401
Brinon, Madame de, 260, 270
Brinvilliers, Madame de, 154, 155
Brittany, Disturbances in, 124, 238
Bussy, Count de (see note), 19, 350
Bussy, Count de, Letters to, 19-28
C
Calprenedre, La, 62
Chantal, Baroness de, 7
Charles II. of England, 245, 246
Chaulnes, Madame de, 66
Châtelet, Magdelen de (see note), 56
Chaulnes, Madame de, 66
Chaulnes, Duke de, 386
Chess, 409
Children, Hints about, 395
Christian Humility, 410
Colbert, 178
Company, 401
Condé, Prince de, 87
Conti, Prince de, 353, 356, 361
Corbinelli, 181, 217, 355
Coulanges, M. de, Letters to, 368-393
Coulanges, M. de, Letters from, 425
Coulanges, Madame de, 187, 212, 223, 426
Court News, 38
Courtier, A, 409
D
Dauphiness, 208, 216
Death, 79
Death of Madame de Sévigné, 428
Departure of Madame de Sévigné, 28
Descartes (termed Father in the Letters), 238
Devices, Several, 406
Dreux, Madame de, 214
Dubois, 220
Dullness, 134
E
Elopement, 331
Esther, Tragedy of, 283
Evening employments, 400
Expenses, 415
F
Faith in Christ, 419
Fayette, Madame de La, 211, 212, 294
Feuillade, M. de, 129
Fire-eater, The, 420
Flechier, (see note), 217
Folly, 414
Forgiving Mother, A, 408
Fortune, Calculation of her, 51
Fouquet, M., 205, 208, 297-329
Fouquet, Madame de, 300, 303
Free will, 405
G
Gaming, 404
General Preface, III
Geneviève, 121
Gourville, M., 8
Grammont, Countess de, 182
Grammont, Marshal de, 91, 422
Grignan, Count de, 26, 27
Grignan, Count de, Letter from, 427
Grignan, Count de, Letters to, 338-346
Grignan, Madame or Countess, Letters to, 28-296
Grignan, Countess de, Letters from, 424
Grignan, Mademoiselle, 357
Grignan, the young Marquis, 417
Guiche, Count de, 91, 92
H
Harcourt, Countess de, 63
History of the Bible, 423
Home Life, 411
Hope ever, 426
J
Jealousy, 414
Jews, their religion, 147
Joli, Claude, 29
Josephus, 426
K
King, The (see note), 410
King of England, 265, 269, 271, 280, 282
King of France, Anecdote of, 308
King of France, Generosity of, 364
L
La Marans, 76, 89, 107
La Trousse, 129
Launoi, Mademoiselle de, 112
Lauzun, Duke de, Marriage of, 369
Lavardin, M. de, 228, 234, 378
La Voisin, The prisoner, 184, 190, 200
Liberty at Home, 411
Liberty of Mind, 421
Living, Rules of, 399
Longueville, Madame de, 89, 210, 211
Lot of Mankind, The, 414
Louvois, M. de, 381, 383
Love, its symptoms, 408
Luxembourg, M. de, 185, 188, 192, 215
M
Mainbourg, Father (see note), 143
Maine, Duke of, 102
Mademoiselle de Montpensier, Marriage of, 368-373
Maintenon, Madame de (see note), 181, 182, 223
Marriage, The impromptu, 400
Mary Blanche, 417
Mary Stuart (see note), 253
Maxims, 57, 67
Méri, Chevalier de, 181
Montespan, Madame de, 118, 119, 160, 396, 397
Montmort, Abbé, 40
Moonlight Walk, 230
Moral Essays, 422
Moulceau, President de, Letters to, 347-367
N
Namur, 388
Nicole, 61, 70, 72
Ninon de l’Enclos, 8, 39
Noailles, Duke de (see note), 348
Nuns of St. Marie, 422
O
Obstinate Son, 407
Old age, 425
Order, 56, 416
Order de la St. Esprit, 255
P
Pain, 81
Paulina, 162, 164, 279, 289, 291, 418
Pecuniary embarrassments, 407
Philipsburg, 252
Philosophy, 424
Plessis, Mademoiselle du, 49, 51, 60, 225
Polignac, Madame de, 363
Pomponne, M. de, his dismissal, 177, 187, 193
Pomponne, M. de, Letters to, 297-329
Port Royal, 395
Potable Gold (see note), 167
Preface, General, 7
Presentiment, 427
Providence, 405
Puissort (see note), 302
Q
Quarrels in High Life, 402
Queen of England, 261, 271, 273
Queen of France, Illness of, 312
Queen of Spain poisoned (see note), 277
R
Rabutin-Chantal, Marie de, 7
Racine, 75, 80
Readings, 412
Reason, Use of, 405
Reflections, 396
Regrets, 32
Reproaches, 161
Retz, Cardinal de, 114, 117, 120
Rheims, Archbishop of, 111
Rheumatism, 151
Richelieu, Cardinal (see note), 229
Robbery (see note), 109
Rochefoucault, M. de la, 42, 82, 202, 204
Rocks, The (Madame de Sévigné’s estate), 48
Roquette, Gabriel de (see note), 210
S
Saint Simon, Duke of, 109
Scarron, Madame de, 74, 394
Schomberg, Count de, 253
Schomberg, Madame de (see note), 102
Selections from various letters, 394
Sermons, 426
Sévigné, Madame de, and her times, 5
Sévigné, Marguerite de (see note), 28
Sévigné, Marquis de, 172, 183, 198
Sévigné, Marquis de, Letters to, 330-337
Sévigné, Madame de, Death of, 428
Sévigné, Marquis de, Extravagance of, 403
Sobieski, John (see note), 95
Soissons, Countess de, 186, 190
St. Augustine, 157, 414
St. Cyr, 275
Submission, 424
Supper at Madame Coulanges, 394
T
Telescope, The, 398
Termes, M. de, 168, 169
Thianges, Madame de, 100
Thianges, Mademoiselle de, 341
Transparencies, 159
Trappe, La, 37
Turenne, Marshall de (see note), 64, 126-135
Twilight, 427
V
Vallière, Duchess de la, 33, 104, 114
Vardes, M. de, 54, 351
Vatel, 44, 45
Vendôme, Chevalier, 93, 94
Ventadour, M. de, 38
Versailles in 1676, 396
Villars, Abbé (see note), 68
Villeroi, Marshal de, 189
Vivonne, M. de, 93, 94, 110
W
Whims, 123
Words, The use of, 139
Work, 399