Rousseau's Dog (42 page)

French National Assembly, 255, 261–62

French Revolution, 255, 261, 290, 292

friendship, 31, 149, 216

JJR's views on, 3, 6, 30, 32, 33, 148, 152, 175, 237, 270–72

Fuseli, Henry, 212

galante
, 77–78

Garrick, David, 22, 93, 97–101, 122, 191, 300

Garrick, Mrs., 97, 98, 101

Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy
(Reynolds), 98

Gazette de France,
186, 292

Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser,
93

Gazette littéraire,
206

general will, 138, 139–40, 261

Geneva, 5–7, 12–13, 51, 87, 106, 142, 194, 241, 290

French influence on, 37, 48

Party of Liberty in, 48, 227

Petit Conseil of, 37–38, 47–48, 294

theater in, 29–30

Gentleman's Magazine,
166, 211, 246

Gentlemen's Society, 243, 245

Geoffrin, Mme, 69–70, 159

George II, King of England, 39, 297, 300

George III, King of England, 20, 23, 57, 97–102, 224, 237, 296, 297, 300

Conway's relationship with, 55, 127, 128, 149, 219, 299

DH and, 60, 63, 65, 127

DH-JJR conflict and, 204, 211

at Drury Lane, 97–101

Grenville's relationship with, 61–62, 296, 301, 302

Ramsay and, 119, 120, 121, 297

royal pensions and, 91, 127, 128–29, 131, 176–78, 184, 186, 187, 188, 219, 236, 253, 256

Georgel, Abbé, 66–67

Gibbon, Edward, 44–45

Girardin, Marquis de, 255 Gisors, 250–52

Glorious Revolution, 24

God, 144–47

DH's views on, 146, 147, 258

JJR's views on, 145, 229, 254

Goldsmith, Oliver, 68, 101

Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 54, 219, 237, 299, 300–301, 303

Graham, Henry Grey, 254

Granville, Bernard, 224, 226, 233, 239, 241, 272, 300, 301, 302

Gray, Thomas, 160

Great Britain:

colonies of, 56–57, 128, 258, 299–302

Treaty of Paris and, 53, 56–57

see also
England; Scotland; Wales

Greek “Tale,” 167

Grenville, George, 23, 60, 61–62, 127, 301

Rockingham's takeover from, 54, 62, 299, 301, 302

Grimm, Friedrich, 28–31, 75, 109, 289

in Confessions, 127

on DH, 14, 73–74, 89

DH-JJR conflict and, 211, 214–15

on JJR, 4, 87, 89, 166, 172, 222

JJR's break with, 30–31, 214–15, 290

on objects of mutual desire, 58–59

Grosley, Pierre Jean, 103

Guibert, Comte, 291

Gustav III, King of Sweden, 75

Guy, Pierre, 115, 204

Handel, George Frideric, 224

Hazlitt, William, 262

Helvétius, Claude Adrien, 38, 159, 164, 290, 295

Henault, Charles Jean François, 164

Hermitage, 28, 31, 33, 82, 290

Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of, 52–55, 52, 59–61, 62–63, 219, 301–2

DH-JJR conflict and, 198, 210, 270

Hertford, Lady, 54, 58, 63, 219

Hervey, Lady, 90, 164

Hill, Aaron, 99

Hill, G. Birkbeck, 1, 179

history, DH's contribution to, 2, 19, 21–24, 25, 136, 142, 262–63

History of England
(Hume), 21–27, 94, 145, 186, 243, 256, 257, 262–63

History of the House of Tudor
(Hume), 23

Hobbes, Thomas, 138

Hogarth, William, 114

Holbach, Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d', 190, 201, 289–91

DH-JJR conflict and, 183–86, 190, 201, 203, 205–6, 215, 216–17

DH's correspondence with, 127, 131, 183–86, 198, 200, 204, 205, 216–17

DH's warning from, 90, 126, 183, 291

JJR's finances and, 131, 186, 198–99, 201

salon of, 29, 72–74, 183, 292

Holland, Lord, 72

Home, Catherine, 15

Home, John (Hume's brother), 15, 125, 129–30

DH's correspondence with, 4, 17–18, 96, 97, 126

Home, Joseph, 15

Home, Katherine, 15, 19, 24

Home, Rev. John (Hume's cousin), 20

Houdetot, Countess Sophie d', 28, 34, 82, 290, 293

House of Commons, British, 54, 55, 219, 299

House of Lords, British, 219

Howitt, William, 223

human nature, 137, 142

Hume, David, 1–4, 14–27, 59–101, 119–38, 141–53

career blocks of, 17, 19, 63–64, 144

career paths of, 15–27

Chiswick selection and, 112–13

death of, 257–60

as diplomat, 2–3, 17–18, 26, 53–54, 57, 59–67, 120, 219, 236, 299, 302

education of, 15–16

as empiricist, 134–35, 146

finances of, 16–19, 21, 24, 53, 62, 63, 256

French women and, 68–73, 83

good nature of, 3, 4, 14–15, 84, 211, 272

as historian, 2, 19, 21–24, 64, 77, 136, 138, 142, 262–63

JJR befriended by, 3, 4, 40–41, 80–92, 94, 96–98, 103–6, 112–13, 122–27, 147, 172, 174, 175, 181–84, 194, 212, 216, 217, 266, 270, 288

JJR compared with, 133–34, 141–48, 268

JJR's correspondence with, 42–43, 84–85, 126, 129, 141, 148, 151, 156–57, 163, 174–75, 178–83, 180, 187–89, 192–94, 201, 202–3, 216, 222, 266

JJR's royal pension and, 41, 91, 127, 128–29, 131, 176–79, 184, 186, 188, 195, 201, 202, 236, 237, 241, 267

JJR's unnerving experience with, 91, 173, 187

King of Prussia letter and, 132, 157, 159–66, 188, 194, 200, 202, 203, 218, 266, 268, 270

name change of, 15

as philosopher, 2, 16, 17, 19, 41, 59, 63–64, 73, 77, 133–38, 146–47, 211, 263–64

physical appearance of, 1, 17–18, 68, 71, 72, 119–21, 190, 258

posthumous reputation of, 262–63

Ramsay's portrait of, 1, 119–20, 257, 297–98

rationalism of, 14, 124, 146, 147, 148, 193, 272–73

retour chaise affair and, 151–52, 156–57, 174, 175, 192–93, 269

skepticism of, 53, 67, 74, 123, 134–36, 146, 147, 148, 260–61

solitude as viewed by, 123–24, 132–33, 143, 153, 220

spirit of irreligion of, 22, 134, 144–47, 258, 259–60

writing style of, 189

see also specific works

Hume-Rousseau conflict, 157–230, 241, 297

DH's acting out of character and, 266–73

DH's publishing and, 185, 206–12, 218, 270

DH's publishing concerns and, 185, 196–99, 202–6

DH's reputation concerns and, 183—87, 209, 218, 256, 272

JJR's allegations and, 172–75, 180–83, 180, 226, 267, 268

JJR's detailed indictment and, 187–89, 191, 192, 212

JJR's metaphorical slapping and, 188, 192

twelve lies and, 193–94, 203

see also
King of Prussia letter

Humphrey Clinker
(Smollett), 95, 102

inner self, 2, 6, 31

instincts, 136, 137–38

intimacy, JJR's need for, 109

Ireland, 62—63, 253, 302

Isham, Ralph, 117–18

Isle Saint-Pierre, 50–51, 85, 116, 294

Ivernois, François-Henri d', 170, 227, 294

Ivernois, Jean-Antoine d', 294

Jacobites, 39, 297

James I, King of England, 21

Jefferson, Thomas, 263

Jessop, Edmund, 245

Johnson, Samuel, vii, 22, 78, 112, 119, 180, 260, 295, 301, 302

on DH, 189

Kant, Immanuel, 140, 260–61

Kildare, Marchioness of, 225

King of Prussia letter, 132, 157–68, 178, 188, 194, 200, 203, 215, 244, 268, 270

authorship of, 132, 158, 160, 161, 165, 172, 268

d'Alembert's disavowal of, 206

DH's quip and, 164, 202, 266

JJR's response to, 165, 166, 171, 188

other French letters after, 167–68

parody response to JJR and, 166–67

Walpole rebuked for, 206, 212, 213

knowledge, 9, 134, 144

Lake Neuchâtel, 37, 38

La Roche (Luxembourg's servant), 35, 186

Laud, Archbishop, 23

Leigh, Ralph A., 127, 183, 195, 244

Lennox, Lady Sarah, 53

L'Espinasse, Julie de, 70–71, 152

d'Alembert's devotion to, 71, 287, 289, 291

DH-JJR conflict and, 185, 199, 201, 268

DH's correspondence with, 185

Lethe
(Garrick), 98, 101

“Letter from M. Voltaire to M. Jean-Jacques Rousseau”
(Lettre de M. de Voltaire au docteur J. J. Pansophe)
(parody), 166–67

Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See
(Diderot), 9

Letters from the Country
(Jean-Robert Tronchin), 48, 294

Letters of David Hume to William Strahan
(Hill, ed.), 1

Letters Written from the Mountain
(Rousseau), 48, 168

Letter to a Member of the National Assembly,
A (Burke), 261–62

Letter to Christophe de Beaumont
(Rousseau), 47

Letter to d'Alembert on the Theater
(Rousseau), 29

Le Vasseur, Thérèse, 46, 251, 291, 292

appearance of, 11, 88, 109

Boswell's relationship with, 46–47, 107, 109, 112, 117–19, 296

Conway's dinner invitation and, 149, 151

DH's views on, 88, 105, 107, 241, 266

English of, 222, 223

in flight from Wootton Hall, 240–42, 245, 247

health problems of, 233, 235

JJR's correspondence with, 110, 117

JJR's relationship with, 3, 11, 12, 28, 36, 38, 46, 49, 50, 105–11, 149, 194, 247, 250, 252, 291

JJR's separations from, 3, 36, 50, 85, 88, 98, 105–8, 113, 116–18

journey to England of, 112, 116–19

in London, 118, 124, 172, 173

marriages of, 252, 291

mother of, 11, 12, 28, 49, 110

at Wootton Hall, 154, 219, 222, 223, 227, 233, 235, 238

Lincolnshire, 238, 240

Lindsay, Lady Anne, 14

Lisbon, 80, 147

Liston, Robert, 88

Lloyd's Evening Post,
100–101, 205, 246

Lloyd's Evening Register,
166

Locke, John, 189

logic, 135, 137, 146

London, 22–25, 41, 53, 64, 82, 113, 143, 155, 235

booksellers in, 22, 94, 104, 171

crime in, 104

described, 102–5

DH in, 4, 16, 18, 22–23, 68, 80, 89, 92–98, 118, 124, 132, 150, 172–74, 294–95, 296

DH-JJR conflict in, 191, 198, 207, 211–14, 218, 226

JJR in, 4, 68, 92–107, 112, 119–24, 150, 151, 172–74, 266, 293, 295

JJR's views on, 42, 102, 105, 112, 113

King of Prussia letter in, 132, 157–58, 161, 164–65, 188

Mme de Boufflers in, 78, 266

Ramsay's studio in, 119–23, 298

as supposed JJR destination, 235, 241

theater in, 93, 97–102

London Chronicle,
59–60, 93, 94, 165, 166, 205, 211, 244, 246

London Evening Post,
99–100

London Magazine,
211

Louis, Dauphin (son of Louis XV), 66, 152

Louis XV, King of France, 12, 44, 66, 142, 288, 291–92

Louis XVI, King of France, 66

Louis XVIII, King of France, 66

Louth, 234, 242

Lucian, 259

Lunar Society, 223

Luxembourg, Charles-François-Frédéric de Montmorency-Luxembourg, Maréchal de France, Duc de, 31–32, 33, 34, 36, 186, 216, 292

Luxembourg, Madeleine-Angélique de, 31, 32, 35, 76, 107, 117, 152, 160, 292

Luze, Jean-Jacques de, 85, 88–91

Luze, Mme de, 155, 221

Lyon, 8, 252

Mably, M. de, 8

Macaulay, Thomas B., 52, 154, 263

Madison, James, 262

Maiden
(Voltaire), 38

Malesherbes, Lamoignon de, 34, 74, 141, 249

Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 17–18

Marischal, Keith George, tenth Earl Marischal, 42–45, 128, 144, 297

background of, 39

DH-JJR conflict and, 203–4, 217

DH's friendship with, 40, 42–43

JJR's correspondence with, 119, 175, 177, 217

JJR's relationship with, 39–40, 44, 49, 83, 84, 91, 127, 217, 237, 297

JJR's royal pension and, 91, 127, 128, 175, 177

Marmontel, Jean-François, 188, 199

Marx, Karl, 140

Maty, Matthew, 96

Meinières, Mme de, 184, 190–91, 192

Memoirs
(Rockingham), 96–97

Memoirs of George III
(Walpole), 95, 128

Millar, Andrew, 25

Monthly Review,
22, 129, 230, 231

DH-JJR conflict and, 211, 212

Montigny, Jean-Charles Trudaine de, 131, 153, 203, 249

Mont-Louis, 31–32, 35–36, 82

Montmorency, 28, 32–33, 43, 76, 107, 232, 292

Morellet, Abbé André, 199, 292

Morley, John, 228

Mossner, Ernest Campbell, 71, 74, 90–91

Môtiers, 38–47, 51, 82, 83, 170, 260

JJR attacked in, 49–50, 144

JJR sent money in, 186

visitors to, 44–47, 271, 294

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 70, 75

music, 240, 251

JJR's talents in, 8, 9, 10, 12, 28–29, 40, 49, 82, 156, 218–19, 253

My Own Life
(Hume), 53, 67, 257, 272

Natural History of Religion
(Hume), 131, 292

Natural Son, The
(Diderot), 29

nature, 135, 138, 139, 143, 254–55, 262

JJR's views on, 2, 28, 34, 120, 124, 138–39, 143, 145, 156

Necker, Jacques, 44, 204

Necker, Suzanne (née Curchod), 44, 45, 69, 183

Neuchâtel, 38–47, 50, 87, 88, 113, 171, 293, 297

Nicomachean Ethics
(Aristotle), 271

Nivernois, Duc de, 159, 164

noblesse de l'épée,
70

North, Lord, 303

Nouvelle Héloïse, La, ou Lettres de Deux Amans (Julie)
(Rousseau), 33, 45, 73, 110, 130, 168, 204, 262, 290

in England, 94, 104

success of, 34, 94

Nuneham, George Harcourt, Viscount, 96, 173