The Works of Monsieur de St. Evremond/Volume 2

by Charles de Saint-Évremond

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THE
WORKS
OF MONSIEUR
DE
S^T. EVREMOND,

Made English from the French Original:

WITH THE
LIFE OF THE AUTHOR;

BY
M^R. DES MAIZEAUX, F. R. S.

To which are added
The Memoirs of the Dutchess of Mazarin, &c.

The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

Printed for J. and J. Knapton, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, J. Round, E. Curl, R. Gosling, F. Fayram, G. Harris, J. Pemberton, J. Osborn and T. Longman, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and T. Osborn.

M.DCC.XXVIII.

A
TABLE
OF THE PIECES
CONTAIN'D
IN THE SECOND VOLUME.

A Conversation 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 Praises he had bestow'd upon him, in the Dissertation on Racine's Alexander.		26
M. de St. Evremond's Answer to M. Corneille.		28
A Letter to the Count de Lionne; Your impatience for my Return, &c.		30
To the same; Nothing is so agreeable to Friendship, &c.		32
Interest in Persons altogether corrupted.		34
The too rigid Virtue.		38
The Sense of an honest experienced Courtier, upon rigid Virtue, and base Interest.		42
A Letter to the Count de Lionne; Perhaps you are not at Paris, &c.		48
To the same; I received just now the Letter, &c.		49
To the same; If I consulted nothing but Discretion, &c.		51}}
To the same; Altho I should not regret M. de Lionne, &c.		52
To the Mareschal 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 some Spanish, Italian and French Books.	62
	Of Conversation.	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 soon as I heard of your Disgrace, &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 self.		121
A Letter to Count de Lionne; As irksome and heavy as my Disgraces are, &c.		124
A Discourse upon the French Historians.		126
Reflections upon the French Translators.		144
Upon Tragedies.		154
Upon our Comedies, except these of Moliere, in which the true spirit of Comedy is found; and upon the Spanish Comedy.		159
Of the Italian Comedy.		163
Of the English Comedy.		168
Upon Opera's		172
A Dissertation upon the word Vast.		182
Upon Friendship.		202
A Letter to the Earl of St. Albans; No Company is so agreeable, &c.		212
A Letter to the Dutchess of Mazarin; I have resolved, &c.		215
For Madam de Beverweet.		220
A Letter to Madam de Beverweet.		225
A Defence of some Dramatick Pieces of M. Corneille.		227
A Letter to the Dutchess 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 Dutchess of Mazarin; with a Discourse upon Religion.		246
The Character of the Dutchess of Mazarin.		250
A Letter to the Dutchess of Mazarin; I read just now the Copy of Verses, &c.		254
A Letter to Count d'Olonne; I know not why you shou'd admire my Verses, &c.		258
Friendship without Friendship. To the Earl of St. Albans.		261
A Letter to M. Justel; I am overjoy'd to see 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 Dutchess of Mazarin; On her design of retiring into a Convent.		285
To the same: On the Death of her Lover.		294
To the same: On her design of leaving England.		298
To the same: On the same subject.		301
Some Observations upon the Taste and Judgment of the French.		303
A Letter to Mr. ***, who cou'd not endure that the Earl of St. Albans should 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