Epinay

By this time he had found out the secret of Madame d'Epinay's supposed illness and her anxiety to pass some months away from her family, and the share which Grimm had in it.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

For Madame d'Epinay's equally credible version, assigning all the stiffness and arrogance to Rousseau, see Mem., ii.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

While Grimm was amusing himself at Madame d'Epinay's country house,

Diderot and the Encyclopaedists Morley, John, 1838-1923 1905

The reader of Madame d'Epinay's memoir is informed how hard she found it to tame Diderot into sociability.

Diderot and the Encyclopaedists Morley, John, 1838-1923 1905

Hence Madame d'Epinay's barely-concealed mortification when she heard of the meetings in the forest, the private suppers, the moonlight rambles in the park.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

When our born solitary, wearied of Paris and half afraid of the too friendly importunity of Geneva, at length determined to accept Madame d'Epinay's offer of the Hermitage on conditions which left him an entire sentiment of independence of movement and freedom from all sense of pecuniary obligation, he was immediately exposed to a very copious torrent of pleasantry and remonstrance from the highly social circle who met round D'Holbach's dinner-table.

Rousseau Morley, John 1905

I would have taken him to supper at Madam d 'Epinay's, but he refused to go; and, notwithstanding all the efforts which at different times the desire of uniting those I love induced me to make, to prevail upon him to see her, even that of conducting her to his door which he kept shut against us, he constantly refused to do it, and never spoke of her but with the utmost contempt.

The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896

This note, simply doubled up, so that the contents were easily read, was addressed to me at Madam d'Epinay's, and sent to M. de Linant, tutor to the son, and confidant to the mother.

The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896

Madame d'Epinay's barely-concealed mortification when she heard of the meetings in the forest, the private suppers, the moonlight rambles in the park.

Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) John Morley 1880

When our born solitary, wearied of Paris and half afraid of the too friendly importunity of Geneva, at length determined to accept Madame d'Epinay's offer of the Hermitage on conditions which left him an entire sentiment of independence of movement and freedom from all sense of pecuniary obligation, he was immediately exposed to a very copious torrent of pleasantry and remonstrance from the highly social circle who met round D'Holbach's dinner-table.

Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) John Morley 1880