The Works of Monsieur de St. Evremond/Volume 1

by Charles de Saint-Évremond

Transcription(contributor provided)

Charles de Saint Denis
Seigneur de Saint Evremond.

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.

In Three Volumes.

VOL. I.

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 FIRST VOLUME.

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Dedication
• Preface
• The Life of M. de St. Evremond
• Errata

HE Duke of Longueville's Retreat to his Government of Normandy.		p. 1.
A Letter to Madam ***. I remember that when I went to the Army, &c.		13
To the same; I thought you had utterly forgot me, &c.		14
A Letter to Madam ***. You are upon the point, &c.		15
The Character of the Countefs D'OLONNE.		17
A Letter to the Countefs D'OLONNE, fent with the foregoing Character.		22
A Letter to Madam ***. How violent foever my Friendship is, &c.		23
A Letter to Madam ***. As nothing is fo honourable as an antient Friendship, &c.		25
Man, who is defirous to know all things, knows not himſelf.		26
Reflections on the Maxim, That we ought to defpife Fortune, and not care for the Court.		31
A Letter to Count D'OLONNE. You left me yefterday in a Converfation,		&c. 36
A Letter to Monfieur *** You acquaint me you are in Love with a Proteftant Lady, &c.		40
Of Pleafures.		42
A Judgment on the Sciences to which a Gentleman may apply himſelf.		49
Reflections on the different Genius of the Roman People, at the different times of the Republick.		p. 55
	Chap. I. Of the fabulous Original of the Romans, and of their Genius under the firft Kings.	ibid.
	Chap. II. Of the Genius of the Romans in the beginning of the Republick.	62
	Chap. III. Of the firft Wars of the Romans.	64
	Chap. IV. Against the Opinion of LIVY, about the imaginary War in which he engages ALEXANDER against the Romans.	66
	Chap. V. The Genius of the Romans, at the time when PYRRHUS waged war against them.	72
	Chap. VI. Of the firft Carthaginian War.	79
	Chap. VII. Of the fecond Punick War.	83
	Chap. VIII. Of the Genius of the Romans towards the end of the fecond War of Carthage.	100
	Chap. IX, X, XI, XII, XIII. XIV. XV. 111,	112
	Chap. XVI. Of AUGUSTUS, and his Genius.	113
	Chap. XVII. Of TIBERIUS, his Government, and his Genius.	127
A Judgment upon CESAR and ALEXANDER.		135
Of the Complacency that Women take in their Beauty.		149
A Judgment upon SENECA, PLUTARCH, and PETRONIUS.		153
The Ephefian Matron.		171
A Conversation between the Mareschal d'Hoquincourt and Father Canaye.		176
A Conversation between my Lord d'Aubigny and M. de St. Evremond.		186
The Irish Prophet. A Novel.		189
A Letter to the Marquis de Crequi. After having lived in the constraint of Courts, &c.		203
The Idea of a Woman that never was, nor will ever be found.		208
A Letter to Count de Lionne. If I could discharge all the obligations, &c.		214
To the same. If you do me the honour to write to me, &c.		218
To the same. I should have great excuses to make to you, &c.		220
To the same. You are none of those who endeavour, &c.		221
Observations on Sallust and Tacitus.		224
A Dissertation on Racine's Tragedy, call'd The Great Alexander.		232
A Letter to the Count de Lionne. I know not yet what success your endeavours, &c.		244
To the same. If it were true, as you tell me, &c.		246