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his Alzire a success, 377–78;
begins correspondence with Prince Frederick, 378, 442–46, 718, 740;
and publication of Le Mondain, 378;
in Brussels and Holland (1736–37, 1739–40), 378, 379, 446;
and Frederick’s accession, 447, 448;
meets Frederick at Cleves, 379, 448–49;
his three diplomatic missions to Germany (1740–43), 379, 381, 382, 449–50, 455;
in Brussels (1741–42), 82, 379–80;
his Mahomet and Mérope produced, 379–81;
calls Frederick great, but protests conquests, 431, 458, 779;
returns to Paris with Mme. du Châtelet (1744), 383, 391;
his collaborations with Rameau, 297, 363, 384, 385;
and Vauvenargues, 338, 340, 384;
at Versailles, 384–86, 392;
and the rise of Mme. de Pompadour, 279, 283, 384–85;
as royal historiographer, 337, 384–85, 760;
is admitted to Academy, 283, 385;
writes contes, 385–87;
at Sceaux, 386–88;
his Voix du sage suppressed, 254, 387–88;
to Café Procope in disguise, 294, 388;
falls ill at Châlons, 383, 388;
at Lunéville (1748, 1749), 388–93
passim, 631;
is supplanted by Saint-Lambert, 180, 389;
and Mme. du Châtelet’s death, 390–91;
his love letters to Mme. Denis, 391–93;
accepts Frederick’s offer of a home, 393, 516, 633
IN GERMANY (1750–53): 397, 400, 407, 461–70, 638–40, 715, 718–19, 740;
episode with Hirsch, 462–63, 719;
and Fréron, 463, 760;
publishes Siècle de Louis XIV, 463–65;
and La Mettrie, 465, 621–22;
attacks Maupertuis, falls out with Frederick, 465–69, 719;
is detained at Frankfurt, 469–70, 488
IN ALSACE AND LORRAINE (1753–54): 470–71;
at Senones, 471, 501
IN SWITZERLAND (1755–58): 302, 471–73, 475, 482–89, 601, 635, 640–42, 716, 719–20, 742, 762;
buys Les Délices, 472–73;
and Haller, 477–78, 601;
and the Geneva clergymen, 480–82, 489, 641;
issues Essai sur les moeurs, 480, 483–89
AT FERNEY (1758–78): 159, 497, 575, 715, 724–44, 750, 772, 784;
moves to, 489, 720;
produces Sémiramis at, 482;
and the local clergy, 751–52, 767
VOLTAIRE AND SCIENCE: 577, 584, 589, 590, 598;
and Buffon, 572, 575;
and inoculation, 596;
and Maupertuis, 365, 371, 374, 449, 465–69, 515, 578, 719;
on medicine and physicians, 600, 601;
as Newton’s apostle in France, 246, 248, 369–70, 375, 378, 514, 544;
his scientific studies, 7, 21, 246, 365, 375, 382, 464, 484, 508
VOLTAIRE AND SOCIAL REFORM: his dream of enlightened despotism, 100, 246, 505, 665, 688, 776;
and educational reform, 773–76; passim;
and free enterprise, 666;
on heredity and environment, 690;
on war and patriotism, 779
VOLTAIRE AND THE JESUITS: 287, 370, 375, 377, 385, 471;
his affection for them, 4, 35, 759, 766–67, 772;
his controversy with Berthier, 758–59;
and the drive against them, 751, 767, 768;
his warning on their suppression, 772
VOLTAIRE AND THE WAR AGAINST CHRISTIANITY (1734 f.): 21, 486, 488, 497, 572, 693, 715–54, 767, 772;
and the atheists, 611, 613, 617, 700, 710, 711–13, 717, 747–48, 752;
his deism, 376, 577, 605, 607, 609, 613, 619, 711–12, 715–18, 738, 749;
and the Calas, Sirven, and La Barre cases, 718, 726–36, 737, 751, 752, 761, 778, 783;
his campaign against l’infâme, 160, 248, 617, 730, 736–44, 752, 759, 785;
and the clergy’s counterattack, 756–60 passim;
and the Encyclopédie, 370, 486, 636, 639–44
passim, 674, 697, 718–20, 740, 752;
and Helvétius’ philosophy, 680–83
passim, 688–92 passim;
and the Lisbon earthquake, 370, 718, 720–24, 744;
optimism satirized by, in Candide, 718, 723–26;
his rapprochement with the Church, 750–53;
on reason versus dogma, 744–50;
on religion and morality, 376, 706, 716, 747–48, 776, 777;
his triumph, 298, 764, 784–86
VOLTAIRE, DIDEROT, AND ROUSSEAU: 345, 625, 648, 664, 674, 675, 689;
Diderot and Voltaire compared as artists, 625, 650, 668, 672, 678;
and Diderot’s drama of sentiment, 670, 671, 752;
Diderot’s estimate of Voltaire, 752, 753;
Voltaire on Diderot’s study of the blind, 620–30;
Voltaire and Rousseau, 370, 378, 569, 664, 718, 723
Volupté, La (La Mettrie), 621
Voré-au-Perche, 680, 681, 692
Voyage autour du monde (Bougainville), 662
Voyages (Hakluyt), 503
Voyer d’Argenson, see Argenson
vulcanism, 557
Wake, William (1657–1737), Archbishop of Canterbury (1716–37), 94
Wales, 59, 107, 132, 133
Wales, Prince of: in 1714–27, see George II; in 1727–51, see Frederick Louis; in 1751–60, see George III
Wales, Princess of: in 1714–27, see Caroline of Ansbach; in 1736–72, see Augusta of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Wallace Collection, 279
Wallachia, 435
Wallis, Samuel (1728–95), 558
Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–97), letter writer, 209, 504, 784;
on his father, 96, 103;
and Gray, 180, 181, 183;
on the house of Hanover, 94;
Hogarth anecdote, 218;
on Jenkins’ ear, 102*;
and Lady Mary, 210, 212–13;
on opera, 232, 240;
attends and comments on Paris salons, 159, 695, 696, 780, 781;
other observations and opinions, 61, 79, 97, 332, 359
Walpole, Horatio, Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678–1757), brother of Sir Robert, 103, 245
Walpole, Margaret, Lady, sister-in-law of Horace Walpole, 212
Walpole, Maria (Molly), Lady, nee Skerrett (d. 1738), 2d wife of Sir Robert, 212
Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745), statesman, 49, 95–99, 164, 214, 246;
and Bolingbroke, 96, 99, 100, 101, 162;
and Queen Caroline, 95, 96, 97;
his character and manners, 66, 96–98;
his corruption in office, 79, 90, 96, 97, 100, 114, 195;
death of, 103;
his enemies, 99, 100;
his excise bill defeated, 82, 98;
builds Houghton Hall, 97, 215, 216;
and Irish coinage, 104–5;
and Licensing Act, 183;
marries his mistress, 212;
his peace policy, 94, 97–98, 101–2, 114, 215, 271, 457;
and the press, 97, 162–63;
and South Sea Company, 57–59
passim, 96, 102;
and Voltaire, 245, 248;
war party forces his downfall, 102–3, 109, 113, 114, 457
Walsh, John (fl. 1711), 230
Walsingham, Petronilla Melusina, Countess of, later Countess of Chesterfield (c.1693–1778), 82
Walther, Johann Gottfried (1684–1748), 414
Wandsworth, 245
Wanstead, Essex, England, 56, 539, 540
Warburton, William (1698–1779), 117, 124–25, 127, 175, 721
Ware, Isaac (d. 1766), 215
War of Independence, American, see American Revolution
Warsaw, Pact of (1745), 456
Warton, Joseph (1722–1800), 172
watchmaking, 475, 479
Waterland, Daniel (1683–1740)
, 122
Water Music (Handel), 242, 244
Watson, William (1715–87), 520
Watt, James (1736–1819), 517, 525, 528, 531
Watteau, Antoine (1684–1721), 25–28, 317, 330, 372, 404;
Diderot on, 668
Wealth of Nations, The (Adam Smith), 690
Webbe, Samuel (1740–1816), 224
Wedgwood, Josiah (1730–95), 216, 528
Wednesbury, England, 136
Weimar, 409 414, 417
Weissenstein, Schloss, 406
Welfs (Guelphs), 89
Welsch, Maximilian von (1671–1745), 406
Werckmeister, Andreas (1645–1706), 419
Werlds Beskribnung (Bergman), 560–61
Werner, Abraham Gottlob (1749–1817), 556
Wesley, Charles (1707–88), 116, 127, 129–33
passim, 136
Wesley, John (1703–91), 125, 128–37, 160, 192;
in America, 74, 130–31;
and Böhler, 131, 132, 403;
founds Methodism, 116, 128, 129, 130;
his political views, 135;
his Puritan teachings, 129, 133–34, 135, 597, 721
Wesley, Samuel (1662–1735), father of John Wesley, 129, 130
Wesley, Samuel II (1690–1739), 129
Wesley, Susanna Annesley, 129, 130
West, Richard (d. 1742), 180, 181
West Indies, 76, 538, 557, 561, 694, 768
Westley, Bartholomew (d. 1670), 129
Westley, John (1636–78), 129
Westminster, borough of, 64, 72, 196
Westminster, Treaty of (England-Prussia, 1756), 115, 285
Westminster Abbey, 95, 176, 214, 215, 246, 329, 588;
Handel honored in, 225, 244, 245
Westminster Hall, 98
Westminster School, 62
Westphalia, 437, 695
Whale, Robert (fl. 1725), 64
Whately, Richard (1787–1863), 755
Whigs, 31, 82, 90–91, 96, 117, 162;
Bolingbroke and, 91, 99, 100–101;
and George I, 91, 232;
Hume and, 157, 158;
critical of Pope, 167
whiskey trade, 66
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834–1903), 223
Whiston, William (1667–1752), 95, 120
Whitefield, George (1714–70), 129, 132–33, 136, 204
Whitehead, Alfred North (1861–1947), 512
White’s Club, London, 66, 79–80, 220
Whitman, Walt (1819–92), 431
Whytt, Robert (1714–66), 588–89
Wieland, Christoph Martin (1733–1813), 193, 401, 477
Wilcke, Johan Carl (1732–96), 517, 522
Wild, Jonathan (1682?–1725), 70, 185, 195
Wilhelm Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1728), 414
Wilhelm Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1717), 414
Wilhelmine, Margravine of Bayreuth (1709–58), 402, 405, 439–42
passim, 460, 469, 470
Wilhering Abbey, Austria, 433
Wilkes, John (1727–97), 223
Wilkinson, Mr. (fl. 1737), 131
William I (the Silent) of Orange and Nassau (b.1533-d.1584), 381
William III, King of England (r. 1689–1702), 99, 157, 214
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, see Cumberland, Duke of
William of Brunswick, Prince, 459
Willis, Bishop, 117
Will’s Coffeehouse, London, 165
Wilmington, Sir Spencer Compton, Earl of (1673?–1743), 96, 113, 178
Winchester College, 62
Winckelmann, Johann (1717–68), 399, 501
“Windsor Forest” (Pope), 167
Windsor Palace, 60
Wissembourg, 273
witchcraft: belief in, 134, 494;
persecution for, 106, 108, 476, 694, 783
Withering, William (1741–99), 593
Witt, Jan de (1625–72), 601, 748
Woffington, Peg (1714?–66), 183, 184
Wohlau, principality of, 451
Wolf, A., 507*
Wolf, Friedrich August (1759–1824), philologist, 500
Wolfenbüttel, 502
Wolff, Caspar Friedrich (1733–94), biologist, 566–67, 576, 579
Wolff, Christian von (1679–1754), 379, 401–2, 442, 443, 444, 448, 505–6, 551
Wolstein, Dr. (fl. 1791), 593
Wood, John (c.1705–1754), 80, 216
Wood, John, Jr. (d. 1782), 80, 216
Wood, Robert (fl. 1750), 215
Wood, William (1671–1730), ironmaster, 104–5
wool production, 46, 48, 104
Woolston, Thomas (1669–1733), 120, 247, 495
Worcester, Edward Somerset, 2d Marquis of (1601–67), 52
Wordsworth, William (1770–1850), 169, 177, 180
Wortley Montagu, Edward (1678–1761), husband of Lady Mary, 205–6, 208–13 passim
Wren, Sir Christopher (1632–1723), 165, 171, 215–16
Württemberg, duchy of, 402, 566
Würzburg, bishopric of, 397, 405
Wyatt, John (fl. 1738), 51
Xavier, Saint Francis (1506–52), 753
Xenophanes (6th cent, B.C.), Greek philosopher, 342
Xenophon (434?–355 B.C.), Greek historian, 487
Xerxès (Crébillon père), 329
Ximénès, Marquis Augustin Marie de (1726–1817), 393
Yarmouth, Countess of, 117
Young, Edward (1683–1765), 180, 246
Young Pretender, see Stuart, Charles Edward
Ypres, 276
Yvon, Abbé Claude (1714–91), 644, 758
Zachau, Friedrich Wilhelm (1663–1712), 227, 231
Zadig (Voltaire), 386
Zaïre (Voltaire), 246, 363–65, 481
Zeiller, Johann (fl. 1757), 406
Zelter, Karl Friedrich (1758–1832), 430
Zend-Avesta, 502–3
Zeno (336–264 B.C.), Greek Stoic philosopher, 355, 616, 621
Zeno, Apostiolo (1668–1750), 410, 434
zoology, 563, 569–75, 584
Zoroaster (6th cent, B.C.), 742, 746
Zurich, 473–77
passim, 680
Zurich, Lake of, 474
Zwettl Abbey, Austria, 433
Zwinger Palace, Dresden, 399, 405, 406–7
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