St. Andrew's, 317. Account of Aberbrothick, 322. Account of Montrofe, 325. Account of Aberdeen, 327. Account of Slane's Caftle, and the Buller of Buchan, 333. Account of Bamff, 336. Account of Elgin, 339. Account of Fores, Calder, and Fort George, 341. Account of Inverness, 343. Account of Lough Nefs, 346. Account of the Fall of Fiers, 351. Account of Fort Auguftus, 353. Account of Anoch, 354. Account of Glenfheals, 362. Account of the Highlands, 364. Account of Glenelg, 370. Account of Sky and Armidel, 372. Account of Coriatachan, in Sky, 377. Account of the Inland of Raafay, 384. Account of Dunvegan, 395. Account of Ulinifh, 401. Account of Talisker, in Sky, 406. Account of Ollig, in Sky, 409. Account of the Ifland of Col, 465. Account of Griffipol, in Col, 467. Account of the Ifland of Rum, 473. Account of the Ifland of Barra, 474. Account of the lfle of Mull, 487. Account of the Ifle of Ulva, 492. Account of Inch Kenneth, 494. Account of Icolmkill, 501. Account of Iona, 502. Account of Lochbuy, 508. Account of Inverary, 515. Account of Glafgow, 516.

Heedfull, Sophia, her history, viii. 390.

Henry II. Story of the publication of his Life, by Lord Lyttleton, iv. 314.

Henry IV. obfervations on Shakespeare's plays of, ix. 316.
Henry V. obfervations on Shakespeare's play of, ix. 319.
Henry VI. obfervations on Shakespeare's plays of, ix. 319.
Henry VIII. obfervations on Shakespeare's play of, ix. 323.

Henry, King of France, observations on the epitaph on his heart, ix. 442.
Hercules, his death cannot well be painted, viii. 180.
Hermeticus, his fecret for detecting incontinence, vii. 344.

Hermit, hiftory of an, xi. 60. His directions for the choice of life, 61. Hertford, Countess of, obtains Savage's pardon for the murder of Sinclair, iii. 273.

Hefied, his diftribution of mankind into three claffes, V. 441. Hefitation, the effect of indolence and divided attention, vi. 403. Hickman, Mifs, Verfes to her, playing on the Spinnet, xi. 371. Highgate, account of the foundation of the free-school and chapel there,

iii. 28.

Highlands of Scotland, account of, x. 364. Mountainous countries commonly contain the oldest inhabitants, 364. A robber sheltered from juftice, any man of the fame clan might be taken in his place, 366. Ufed to have the execution of the laws amongst themselves, 368. Their lairds fupported their claims in the field, to make treaties, and form alliances, 369. Origin of the clans, 370. Great improvement in their manners, 383.

Highlanders, civility a part of their national character, x. 346. One of their huts defcribed, 349. Chiefly acquire the English language from the army or navy, 355. The moft favage clans live next the lowlands, 355. Rafing of rents one of the means of driving them to emigration, 357. Definition of whom are intended by that name, 373. Uncertainty of the information received from them, 374. The plaid rarely worn in the islands, 375. Unwillingness of the Highlanders to lay afide the plaid, 376. The law which de

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prived them of arms confidered, 426. State of justice there confidered, 428. Caufes of their emigrations confidered, 432. Their habitations described, 439. Their food, 441. Their bagpipes and pipers, 413. Their fchools, 444. Their religion, 445. Their fuperftition much abated, 448. Account of their bards, 454. Their attention to genealogies, 455. Their domefticks paid by particular pieces of beef, 456. The arms, 457. Their funerals, 458. Hill, Aaron, a friend to Savage, iii. 261. Corrects Savage's tragedy of Sir T. Overbury, and writes the Prologue and Epilogue, 262. Encourages a volume of Savage's Mifcellany of Poems, by publishing his ftory in the Plain Dealer, and by which feventy guineas was left for him in a few days, 263.

Hints, the folly of giving orders to fervants by hints, viii. 182.
Hippocrates, Sir R. Blackmore's cenfure of his Aphorifms, iii. 187.
Hirfutus, his character, vii. 217.

Hiftory, the writers of it often chargeable with the depravation of mankind, vi. 52. The difficulty of writing a good one, 329. England remarkably barren of hiftorical genius, 329. Not to be written in the style of poetry, viii. 318. Preffes on the mind with the weight of truth, 339. Not fo ufeful to make a man wife as biography, 339. Many of the relations of hiftorians would not be credited unless well authenticated, 350.

Hogarth, W. Epitaph for him, xi. 379.

Homer, the Iliad tranflated by Broome, Ozell, and Oldefworth, iii. 415. A play formed from the Iliad, by Pope, when at fchool, iv. 3. A tranflation of the Iliad propofed to be published by fubfcription, by Pope, 21. Hiftory of the notes, 26. His life written by Parnell, 27. 654 copies fubfcribed for, and the money received by Pope, 53201. 4. 28. Hiftory of Pope's tranflation of the Iliad, 28. Extracts from the first tranflation, 29. Propofals published by Pope for a tranflation of the Odyffey, 48. Pope's tranflation in the British Museum, 49. The tranflation completed in 1725, 50. 819 copies fubfcribed for, 50. The tranflation criticised by Spence, 50. Pope's tranflation of the Iliad confidered, 125. Obfervations on the notes, 128. Pope's tranflation of the Odyffey confidered, 128. Remarks on the propriety of his verfification, vi. 130, 131. 144. 147. Why reckoned inferior to Virgil, by Scaliger, 140. Honours, tranfitory, Cicero's reflections upon them, 300. Hope, defcribed by Cowley, ii. 39. The strong influence of it upon our refolutions and actions, v. 9. Of remote advantages should be indulged with caution, as it often vitiates the human understanding, 11, 12. Frequently attended with difcontent and impatience, 27. Fallacious and afflictive, necessary in fome degree, in every cor dition of life, 423. 427. The rational advantages of it acquired by wisdom and fortitude, 428. The vifionary and delusive amusements of it fubfide in age and want, 429. It ought to be cherished when it operates as an excitement of induftry, vi. 292. It predominates amidst frequent difappointments, vii. 323. In what refpect the chief happiness of man, 367. Its fruftration lefs dreadful than its extinction, viii. 234.

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Horace,

Horace, remarks on feveral paffages of, ix. 35. Lib. iv. Ode vii. tranflated, xi. 372.

Horfes, account of those in the islands of Sky, x. 415.

of Barra not more than 26 inches in height, 474.

Horfe Racing, the folly of, ix. 26.

In the island

Hajpitals for the Sick, the ufe and advantages of, viii. 15. Their being made permanent recommended, 15. Danger from the competitions between different hofpitals, 16.

Howard, Sir Robert, joins Dryden in writing the Indian Queen, ii. 312. Has a controverfy with Dryden on dramatick rhyme, 314. Hudibras, Part I. published 1663, Part II 1664. Part III. publihed 1678, ii. 180. The idea taken from Don Quixote, 184. The characters compared, 184. Being written on a temporary fubject, is now nearly forgotten, viii. 237.

Hughes, John, his life, iii. 112. Born at Marlborough, in Wiltshire, 112. Educated in a diffenter's academy, 112. poetry and mufick, 113. Held a place in the office of Ordnance, Became fkilled in 113. Tranflated Fontenelle's Dialogues of the Dead, and added two new ones, which he dedicates to Lord Wharton, who promised to provide for him in Ireland, 115. Affifted in the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, 115. Made Secretary to the Commiffioners of Peace, 1717, 116. Died in 1719-20, 117. Account of his works, 118. His character according to Swift and Pope, 118.

Hum, flory of Burnet and Sprat refpecting the practice of humming, when fermons were approved of, iii. 10.

Human Wishes, the Vanity of, in imitation of the Tenth Satire of Ju-
venal, xi. 331.

Humour, good, the peculiar value of this quality, vi. 7, 8.
Humourifts, confiderations on that character, ix. 145.

Hungary, Queen of, oppofes the King of Pruffia's claim on Silefia, iv.
543. Surrenders half of Silefia to the King of Pruffia, 548. Op-
pofed on every fide, prepares for refiftance, 555. 500,000l. voted
to her by the English Parliament, 556. Makes peace with the King
of Pruffia, and furrenders the remaining half of Silefia to him, 5t0.
Proceedings against the army of France, 562.

Hunt, Arabella, account of her, iii. 169.

Hymenæus, his account of the difagreeable qualities of fome ladies, vi. 265. 271. 278. 284. His marriage with Tranquilla, and the happinefs connected with it, vii. 159.

Hyperboles, examples of, enormous and difgufting, ii. 32.
Hyperdulus, account of his treatment by his relations, vii. 51.

Hypertatus, his reflections upon the conveniences and advantages of a
garret, vi. 292. 299.

Hypocrify, not always to be charged upon fuch as are zealous for virtues which they neglect to practise, v. 90. Wherein it differs from affectation, 134.

I. and J.

AMAICA characterized, x. 167.

James I. King, a remarkable converfation between him and the Bifhops of Durham and Winchester, ii. 223.

Witchcraft, ix. 314. Characterized, x. 162.

Ianthe, her character, v. 121.

Wrote in defence of

Java, island of, account of, and of the inhabitants, iv. 436.

Icolmkill, account of, x. 501.

Idleness, its fatal effects, vi. 89. Its competition with pride, viii. 121. Character of the true votaries of, 121. Under the appearance of bufinefs, ridiculed, 191.

Idler, definition of an, viii. 1.

The peculiar characteristick of man, 2. Has no rivals or enemies, 3. His privilege to form schemes, 3. Always inquifitive, and feldom retentive, 3. Naturally cenforious, 4. May fometimes be stimulated to vigour and activity, 4. Invites correfpondents, 4. Laments his not having received any effays, 6. A genuine one defcribed, 34. Enemies to the Idler, 36. Journal of a genuine one, 129. His farewell, 408.

Idlers, the various employment of, vii. 64. Cruel Idlers reprobated, 65.

Jenyns, Seame, review of his Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin" of Evil, x. 220.

Ignorance of ourselves, the fource of most errors in human conduct, v. 158. And admiration, their mutual and reciprocal operation, vi.

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Images, how the fame images ftrike the mind in a fimilar manner, as Spring, Night, Grove, &c. ix. 103.

Imagination, the danger of indulging the excurfions and amusements of it, vi. 110. On the diforders of, xi. 121.

Imitation of others, when attended with fervility, highly cenfurable, vii. 145.

Imlac, the hiftory of, xi. 21, Son of a merchant at Goiama, 22. Receives 10,0co pieces of gold of his father, for the purpose of trading, 24. Refolves on travelling inftead of trading, 25. Arrives at Surat, and is plundered by his fervants and dependants, 26. Arrives at Agra, the capital of Indoftan, 27. Proceeds through Perfia and Arabia, 28. Becomes a poet, 30. Refides three years in Palestine, 33, Becomes impatient to return to his native country, 37. Hs difappointment of finding happiness, on his return, his father being dead, and divided his eftate amongst his brothers, they left the country, and he found hardly a person who knew him, 38. His retreat to the happy valley, 39. Leaves the happy valley with Raffelas and Nekayah, 44.

Impatience of fudy, the mental dife fe of the prefent generation, vii. 82. Imperia, her ambition and pride, vi. 283.

Inch Keith, ifland of, account of, x. 215.

Inch Kenneth, account of, x. 494. Account of a remarkable cav:

there, 498.

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Inconfiflenty,

Inconfiftency, diftinguished from diversity, xi. 23.

Incontinence, the effect of the magnet in the detection of, vii. 341. A
fcheme for the detection of it proposed, 344.

Independants and Prefbyterians, account of the difputes between them
at Oxford, on the authority of minifters, iv. 510.

Indian, fpeech of an Indian on the European encroachments, viii. 325.
Indians of America, confiderations on their granting their lands to fo-
reign nations, x. 146. The English and French both to be con-
fidered as robbers quarrelling for the fpoil, 148.

Indians on the coast of Brazil, their method of taking oftriches, iv. 422.
Account of them, 423.

Indolence, the difficulty of being reformed from it, vii. 93.

Industry neceflary, as well as genius, to acquire an eminence in literary
productions, v. 165. 167.

Ingratitude, the peculiar bafenefs and infamy of it, vii. 51. The effect
of great depravity of mind, 51.

Injuries, the forgiveness of them neceffary to happiness, vii. 260.
When eafieft to be practifed, 261. The motives to encourage it,
261.

Innocence, the great prerogative of this excellent quality, v. 434-
Intereft, the influence of it upon the refolutions and actions of life,
vii. 250. A deftroyer of friendship, viii. 90.

Inverary, account of, x. 515.

Inverness, account of, x. 343. Account of the caftle of Macbeth, 343,
John, King, obfervations on Shakespeare's play of, ix. 315.
Febnfon, his Tour to the Western Islands. See Hebrides,

Jobafon, Dr. is prefented with the freedom of Aberdeen, x. 332.
Conceived the first thoughts of the Journey to the Hebrides whilft
retting by the fide of a river in the Highlands, 361. His opinion
of the authenticity of the poems of Offian, 462. Prayers and
Devotional Exercifes, xi. 191. Apophthegms, Sentiments, Opi
nions, and occafional Reflections, 197.

Johnson, Mr. (of the Lay Monaftery), his character, iii. 179.
Johnson, Mrs. See Stella.

Iona, account of, x. 502.

Jonson, Ben, made his own plots, ii. 323. Defcribed in the affembly
of bards, xi. 167. Characterized as a writer of plays, 344.
Fortin, Mr. affifts Pope in the notes to the Iliad, iv. 26.

Journal of a fenior fellow of a college, viii. 129. Of a scholar, 267,
Journey into Devonshire, exaggeratingly related, viii. 198.
Journies, more pleafing in theory than in practice, 233.

Ireland, may date its riches and profperity from the patronage of Dean
Swift, iii. 403.

Irene, a tragedy, xi. 221.

Iron, every where to be found, viii. 146. More valuable for the use
of man than gold, 146. Neceffaries of life plentiful as iron, fuper-
Aluities fcarce as gold, 146.

Julian Port, account of the inhabitants, iv, 427.

Julius Cæfar, obfervations on Shakespeare's tragedy of, ix. 325.
Junius, his writings characterized, x. 67.

Junius (the Grammarian), account of his writings, ix. 201.

Fuffice,