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Title
The Works of Monsieur de St. Evremond
,
Vol. 2
Author
Charles de Saint-Évremond
Translator
Pierre Des Maizeaux
Year
1728
Source
pdf
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Volumes
Index:The works of Monsieur de St. Evremond (1728) Vol. 1.pdf
Index:The works of Monsieur de St. Evremond (1728) Vol. 2.pdf
Index:The works of Monsieur de St. Evremond (1728) Vol. 3.pdf
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A
TABLE
OF THE PIECES
CONTAIN'D
IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
A Conver
s
ation between
M. de St. Evremond
and the Duke of
Candale
.
p. 1
A Letter to the Count
de Lionne
.
24
A Letter from M.
Corneille
to
M. de St. Evremond
; to return him thanks for the Prai
s
es he had be
s
tow'd upon him, in the
Di
s
s
ertation
on
Racine
's
Alexander.
26
M. de St. Evremond
's An
s
wer to M.
Corneille
.
28
A Letter to the Count
de Lionne
;
Your impatience for my Return,
&c.
30
To the
s
ame;
Nothing is
s
o agreeable to Friend
s
hip,
&c.
32
Intere
s
t in Per
s
ons altogether corrupted.
34
The too rigid Virtue.
38
The Sen
s
e of an hone
s
t experienced Courtier, upon rigid Virtue, and ba
s
e Intere
s
t.
42
A Letter to the Count
de Lionne
;
Perhaps you are not at Paris,
&c.
48
To the
s
ame;
I received ju
s
t now the Letter,
&c.
49
To the
s
ame;
If I con
s
ulted nothing but Di
s
cretion,
&c.
51}}
To the
s
ame;
Altho I
s
hould not regret M. de Lionne, &c.
52
To the Mare
s
chal
de Crequi
, who asked the temper of my Mind, and my Thoughts of all things in my old Age.
53
Of Reading, and the Choice of Books.
58
Of Poetry.
60
Of
s
ome Spani
s
h, Italian and French Books.
62
Of Conver
s
ation.
66
Of Literature and the Civil Law.
70
Of Ingratitude.
76
Of Religion.
80
A Problem in imitation of the Spaniards: To Madam
de Queroualle
.
91
A Letter to Count
d'Olonne
;
As
s
oon as I heard of your Di
s
grace,
&c.
94
Of Ancient and Modern Tragedy.
101
On the Characters of Tragedies.
112
To an Author who ask'd my Opinion of a Play, where the Heroine does nothing but lament her
s
elf.
121
A Letter to Count
de Lionne
;
As irk
s
ome and heavy as my Di
s
graces are,
&c.
124
A Di
s
cour
s
e upon the French Hi
s
torians.
126
Reflections upon the French Tran
s
lators.
144
Upon Tragedies.
154
Upon our Comedies, except the
s
e of
Moliere
, in which the true
s
pirit of Comedy is found; and upon the Spani
s
h Comedy.
159
Of the Italian Comedy.
163
Of the Engli
s
h Comedy.
168
Upon Opera's
172
A Di
s
s
ertation upon the word
Va
s
t
.
182
Upon Friend
s
hip.
202
A Letter to the Earl of St.
Albans
;
No Company is
s
o agreeable,
&c.
212
A Letter to the Dutche
s
s of
Mazarin
;
I have re
s
olved,
&c.
215
For Madam
de Beverweet
.
220
A Letter to Madam
de Beverweet
.
225
A Defence of
s
ome Dramatick Pieces of M.
Corneille
.
227
A Letter to the Dutche
s
s of
Mazarin
;
If you find any Extravagances,
&c.
236
A Letter to the Earl of St.
Albans
;
I have been at Death's door,
&c.
239
A Letter to the Duke of
Buckingham
.
243
A Letter to the Dutche
s
s of
Mazarin
; with a Di
s
cour
s
e upon Religion.
246
The Character of the Dutche
s
s of
Mazarin
.
250
A Letter to the Dutche
s
s of
Mazarin
;
I read ju
s
t now the Copy of Ver
s
es,
&c.
254
A Letter to Count
d'Olonne
;
I know not why you
s
hou'd admire my Ver
s
es,
&c.
258
Friend
s
hip without Friend
s
hip. To the Earl of St.
Albans
.
261
A Letter to M.
Justel
;
I am overjoy'd to
s
ee you in England,
&c.
271
Thoughts, Reflections and Maxims
.
281
Upon Health
.
ibid.
Upon Love
.
282
Upon Devotion
.
283
On Death
.
284
A Letter to the Dutche
s
s of
Mazarin
; On her de
s
ign of retiring into a Convent.
285
To the
s
ame: On the Death of her Lover.
294
To the
s
ame: On her de
s
ign of leaving England.
298
To the
s
ame: On the
s
ame
s
ubject.
301
Some Ob
s
ervations upon the Ta
s
te and Judgment of the French.
303
A Letter to Mr. ***, who cou'd not endure that the Earl of St.
Albans
s
hould be in love in his old Age.
308
A funeral Oration on the Dutchefs of MAZARIN.
p. 310
A Letter to the Count DE GRAMMONT; I aminformed, &c.
327
A Letter to young DERY.
331
Reflections upon Religion.
333
That Devotion is our laft Love.
337
A Letter to a Lady, who defign'd to turn Devout.
340
Of the Poems of the Antients.
344
Of the Wonderful that is found in the Poems ofthe Antients.
352
An Elucidation on what I faid of the Italian Mufick.
358
A Letter to the Dutchefs of MAZARIN; I amnot fo vain, &c.
360
On the Morals of EPICURUS.
363
Of Retirement.
370
A Letter of M. DE LA FONTAINE to theDutchefs of BOUILLON.
379
An Anfwer of M. DE ST. EVREMOND tothe Letter of M. DE LA FONTAINE to theDutchefs of BOUILLON.
387
M. DE LA FONTAINE'S Anfwer to M. DEST. EVREMOND.
394
A Judgment on the three Accounts of SIAM;and on CONFUCIUS's Book.
403
A Letter to M. JUSTEAltho you have madea Refolution, &c.
405
A Letter to M. DE LA BASTIDE.
407
A Letter to Monfieur ***, in the name of theDutchefs of MAZARIN; I am not confiderableenough in the World, &c.
409
A Letter to Monfieur ***, in the name of theDutchefs of MAZARIN; I don't wonder thatMonfieur Mazarin, &c.
412
A Letter to Monfieur ***, in the name of theDutchefs of MAZARIN; No body can bavea deeper Senfe, &c.
414
A Letter to the Dutchefs of NEVERS, in thename of the Dutchefs of MA ZARIN; I neverdoubted of your having all the Concern, &c.
415
A Letter to Monfieur ***, in the Name of theDutchefs of MAZARIN; I always believed thatyou were fo kind, &c.
416
A Judgment upon fome French Authors.
417
A Letter to the Dutchefs of MAZARIN; I hopeyou will be fo good as to excufe me, &c.
419
A Letter from Madam DE L'ENCLOS to M. DEST. EVREMONDD; M. de Charleval is juftdead, &c.
421
A Letter from the fame to M. DE ST. EVREMOND; I was all alone in my Chamber, &c.
422
M. DE ST. EVREMOND'S Anfwer to MadamDE L'ENCLOs; Monfieur Turretin, &c.
424
A Billet to the Dutchefs of MAZARIN; I begI thinkof you to tell the Dutchess of Bouillon, &c.
425
A Letter to the Dutchefs of BOUILLON, in thename of the Dutchefs of M AZARIN;I have explained myfelf fo often, &c.
426
A Billet to the Dutchefs of MAZARIN; If youhave a mind to understand, &c.
427
A Letter to the fame; No Letter had ever given memore Pleafure, &c.
428
To the fame; The fine Air of Chelsea, &c.
429
A Fragment upon the difcovery of a Confpiracyagainst the King in 1696.
430
A Letter to Madam DE L'ENCLOS; I havereceiv'd the fecond Letter, &c.
431
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