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ADDISON, JOSEPH; on burlesque poetry,
i. 185 note. His retort upon Edmund
Smith, ii. 51, 52. His complaint of
the neglect of Smith's tragedy, 53.
His opinion of Rowe, 114, 115. His
birth, parentage, and tutors, 119.
Takes the lead in a 66
barring-out
119, 120, and notes. His early friend-
ship with Steele, 120. His treatment
of Steele in a matter of debt, 121, and
note, and vol. iii. 424. His success
at college, ii. 121. His fondness for
his Latin compositions, 122. His in-
terviews with Malbranche and Boi-
leau, ib. note 7. Admiration of Boi-
lean for his Latin poems, 122, 123,
and note. Begins to write English
poetry, 123. Dryden's eulogium on
his Georgics', ib. Influence of his
introduction to Montague (Halifax)
on his prospects, 124. Obtains a pen-
sion and proceeds on his travels, 125.
His Dialogue on Medals'; contro-
versy as to where Cato' was written,
b. and notes 20 21. His Epistle' to
Halifax, 126, and note 23. Conse-
quences of the non-remittance of his
pension, ib. Publishes his 'Travels,'
126, 127, and notes 25-7. His pro-
jected tutorship to the son of the

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proud Duke", 127, and note 28.
Writes his 'Campaign'; his attic
study, ib. and note 29. His rewards,
128. Fate of his opera of Rosa-
mond'; its dedication, ib. and notes
32 33. Its merit, 160, 161. His Irish
secretaryship; contrast between him
and his chief, 128, 129. Swift's com-
ments upon the conjunction of the
two, 129, and notes 35 36. Mr. Macau-
lay on Addison's Irish parliamentary
career, ib. note 37. His reasons for
taking fees from his friends, 130, and
uote 38. His participation in The

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Tatler', b. and notes 38 39 Com-
mencement of The Spectator'; its
objects, 131. Addison's view of the
effects of his periodicals, 133, and
note". His share in "Theophrastus',
ib. and notes. His jealous care of Sir
Roger de Coverley, 134, 135. Inter-
ference of the stamp with the sale of
'The Spectator', 135, and note. Com-
pletion of 'Cato' for the stage, 135,
136. The author's coquettings rela-
tive thereto, 136, 137. Its perform-
ance and success, 137, 138. Why
published without a dedication, 138.
Dennis's assaults upon it, and Pope's
equivocal defence, 138, 139, and
notes 55 57. Its various translations
and performances abroad, 139, and
note 63
Addison's share in The
Guardian'; his equal love of fame and
profit, 140, 141, and notes 64-66. His
silence on the authorship of "The
Drummer', 141, and notes 67 68. Short
life of his 'Whig Examiner'; its
merits, 142, and notes 69-72. Revival
of The Spectator'; his papers in it,
142, 143. His difficulty in a State
crisis, 143. His 'Freeholder'; Steele's
remark upon it, 144. His infelicitous
marriage; character of his wife, 144,
145, and note 76. Becomes Secretary
of State; cause of his resignation, 145,
and notes 77 78 His further literary
projects; Tonson's sneer at his piety,
146. His quarrel with Steele, 147.
Their pamphleteering skirmishes, 148.
His approaching end and unexplained
interview with Gay, 149. His death-
bed monition to Lord Warwick, 150,
and note 3. His death, burial place,
and portraits, ib. and note 85 His
personal character; his alleged bash-
fulness, 151. His literary egotism and
jealousy, 152. His fluency of com-
position and anxiety for correctness
of style, 153. His daily life; devo-

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tion to Bacchus, &c., 153, 154, and
notes 97 98. Mandeville's notion of
him, 154, and note 100. His quickness
of discernment and moral excellence,
155. His services to religion, 156.
His reputation as a critic, 156. His
early poems, 157, and note 105. Meta-
phor in his Letter from Italy', 158.
His Campaign'; epithet bestowed on
it by J. Warton, ib. and note
107; cor-
rectness of its similes, 159, 160.
His Cato' rather a poetic dialogue
than a drama, 161. Specimen of
Dennis's criticisms on the tragedy,
162-174, and note 115. Character of
Addison's translations, 174. His ver-
sification, 175. Value of his criti-
cisms, 175-177. His merits as an
essayist, 177, 178. Copy of his me-
morial to George I., 179, 180. Pope's
charge against him relative to Tick-
ell's translation of Homer, 321-323,
and iii. 43, 44, and notes 93 94. His
advice to Pope and supposed motive,
iii. 19, 20, and note . Alleged effect
of Pope's Windsor Forest' upon
him, 22. His appreciation of Pope's
artifices, and of the object of the
comparison between Philips and Pope,
22, 23, and notes 49 51 53. Opening
of the breach between him and Pope,
40, 41. Reported angry interview of
the two, 42, 43.

Akenside, Mark; honourable conduct of

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Ridicule is the test of Truth', 377,
378, and notes 67. Attacks Pulte-
ney, and agrees to write in Dods-
ley's Museum', 378, and note. Lo-
calities in which he practised as a
physician, 378, 379. Munificence of
his friend Dyson, 379, and note
His Discourse on the Dysentery' a
"specimen of Latinity", 379, 380.
Cause of his death; Henderson's ludi-
crous description of him, 380, and
note. Character of his Pleasures
of Imagination', 380-382. Best me-
moir of him, ., note. Three letters
(now first published) from him to
David Fordyce, 383-388.
Andrews, Bishop; apposite rebuke of a
brother Bishop by, i. 220.
Arbuthnot, Dr.; eulogium on, iii. 79.

Atterbury, Francis ; praises Pope's verses
on Addison, iii. 45. His friendship
towards Pope and last interview with
him, 49, and note 110 Work edited
by him, 83, and note

B.

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Blackmore, Sir Richard; long residence
in college of, ii. 249. His travels;
takes a degree at Padua. ib. Re-
proached for having once taught at a
school, 249, 250. How he wrote his
'Prince Arthur', 250, 251. Dennis's
attack on the poem, 251, and note .
Subsequent friendship of poet and
critic, 252. Taken into favour by
William III., ib., and note. What the
wits attributed his knighthood to, 253,
and note 10. His 'Paraphrase of Job';
Dryden's ridicule of it, ib., and note ".
Storm raised by his Satire against
Wit', 254, and notes 12-15. Oblivion
into which his Eliza' soon fell, 255,
and note 7. His Advice to Poets',
and to a Weaver, ., and notes 18-29.
Superiority of his Creation' over his
other works, 256. His periodical 'The
Lay Monastery', 257, and notes *7.
Its chief member described, 257-259.
Lifelessness of his prose writings, 259.
His observations on Wit, 259, 260.
His fierce attack upon A Tale of a
Tub', 260, 261. Favourable sample
of his prose, 261, 262. His Redemp-
tion', abortive translation of the
Psalms, and epic of Alfred ', 262,
263, and notes 36 37. Loses his pa-
tients, and takes to writing medical
treatises, 263, 264. Samples of their
style, 264, 265. His death and curious
contingent bequest, 265, and note.
His indifference to the assaults of
satirists, 266. Enumeration of some
of his assailants, ib., note. Superficial
nature of his attainments, 267. His
style; character of his Creation,'
267. Song of Mopas from his Prince
Arthur', 268-270.

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Broome, William ; birth and education of,
iii. 209, and notes. His share in the
translation of the Odyssey', and re-
muneration, 210-212, and notes
Pope's treatment of him in The Dun
ciad', 212, and notes 14 15. His marriage
and various church preferments, 213,
and notes 18 20 His Poems and Odes
of Anacreon, 213, 214. His death
and burial-place, 214, and note
Character of his poetry; his frequent
imitations, ib., and note 23. Henley's
distich on his aid to Pope, 215, and
note 24. Copy of his will, 215, 216.
Buckingham, Edmund, Duke of; Pope's
Epitaph on, iii. 152, 153.

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Buckingham, John, Duke of. See Shef-
field.

Butler, Samuel; bitter lines on Sir John
Denham by, i. 70. His reprehensible
conduct on the occasion of Sir John's
lunacy, 71. His birth, parentage, and
college career, 171. His various em-
ployments, 172. His position at the
Restoration, and marriage, 173. Pub-
lication of the first part of Hudi-
bras', ib. Pepys's naive confessions
relative to the work, ib., note". Pub-
lication of the second Part, and copies
of its three title-pages, 174, and note7.
Court neglect of the author; his al-
leged benefactors, ib. Discreditable
story of Villiers, Duke of Bucking-
ham, 175. Hudibras, Part 3 issued, ib.
His death, and interment at a friend's
expense, 176. Oldham, Dryden,
Dennis, and Cibber's complaints of
the neglect he suffered, ib., notes 18 19.
His monument, 177. His posthumous
works, spurious and genuine, ib., and
note 20. His last friend; his personal
appearance and portraits, 178, and
notes. Character of Hudibras', 178.
Extent of the author's obligations to
Cervantes, 179. Defects in the con-
struction of his work, 180. Exube-
rance of his wit, 181. His extensive
learning, 182. Why Hudibras' can-
not be fully appreciated in modern

times, 182-184. Its diction and metre,
185, 186. Dryden and Addison on
its versification, ib., notes.

C.

Caryl, John Lord; Pope's Epitaph on,
iii. 143, note 286.
Chapman's Homer', diversity of
opinions regarding, i. 250, and
note 61.

Chesterfield, Lord; anecdote of, i. Pre-
face xxiv.

Cibber's Lives of the Poets'; question
of the authorship of, ii. 329, and notes
1 and 3.
Cleveland, John; specimens of the
metaphysic poetry of, i. 26, 29.
Clifford, Martin; legatee under Cowley's
will, i. 63. His position and literary
performances, ib., and note 63. Speci-
men of his sarcastic criticisms on
Dryden, 287.

Collier, Jeremy; Dryden's reply to the
censures of, i. 330. Controversy
created by his attack upon the stage,
331, note. Ability of his work, ii.
236. His superiority to his antagon-
ists, 237.

Collins, William; birth, birthplace, and
first published verses of, iii. 281, and
note. His sudden departure from
college, ib. His arrival in London
and unsettledness of habit, 281, 282.
Commencement of Johnson's inti-
macy with him, 282. His accession
to wealth, and attack of insanity, ib.,
and note. Romantic character of his
genius, 283. General blamelessness
of his conduct; affliction of his latter
days and death, 283, 284, and note 9.
His own derogatory opinion of his
'Eclogues', 285, and note ". Nature
of his disorder, ib. Defects of his
diction and character of his writings,
286, and notes.

Congreve, William; antiquity of the
ancestry of, ii. 231. Doubts as to
his birthplace; Southerne's insinua-
tion regarding it, ib., and notes. His
celerity in his studies, 232. His first
literary performance, ib., and note ".
His Old Bachelor'; occasion of its
composition, 232, 233. Its produc-
tion on the stage, and profitable re-
sults, 233. Character of the comedy,
234. Production of his Double
Dealer'; its reception by the critics, ib.
and notes. His Elegy on Queen Mary,
and reward for it, 235, and note ". His

'Love for Love', and 'Mourning
Bride'; popularity of the latter, ib.,
and notes 10 His attempts to cope
with Jeremy Collier, 237. Indefen-
sibility of his comedies, ib. His last
play, and disgust at its reception,
237, 238. His enjoyments in private
life and political consistency, 238.
Liberality of the Tories to him on
their accession to power, ib. Literary
honours paid to him; Voltaire's
visit to him, 239, and notes 14-16. His
deprivation of sight and other afflic-
tions, ib., and note 17. His last days,
funeral, and bequest to the Duchess of
Marlborough, 240, and note 16. Her
mode of keeping him in remembrance,
ib., note ". Originality of his come-
dies; feebleness of his non-dramatic
compositions, 241. Admired passage
from his Mourning Bride', 241,
242. Johnson's way of proving its
superiority to any passage in Shake-
speare, 242, note. Specimens of his
funeral, congratulatory and miscel-
laneous verses, 243, 244, and notes

Cowley, Abraham; character of Sprat's
Life of, i. 3. His birth and parent-
age, ib., and note 2. His first impulse
to poetry, 4. His 'Learned Pue-
rilities', and early appearance in print,
5. His settlement at Cambridge, sub-
sequent ejection, and removal to Ox-
ford, 6. Goes to Paris; his confiden-
tial services to Charles and his Queen
there, 7. His reasons for publishing
his 'Mistress', ib. His return, sei-
zure, and imprisonment, 10. Comes
to terms with the ruling powers,
10, 11, and note 16. Becomes a Doc-
tor of Physic, 12. Poetic results
of his botanical studies, ib. Cha-
racter of his Latin poetry, 12, 13,
and notes

20 21 Neglected by the
Court, 13. Failure of his comedy
on the stage, 13, 14, and notes 22 23.
Publishes his Complaint', 14. Po-
etic witticisms at his expense, 14,
15. His retirement to Chertsey, 15,
and note 26. His troubles in his
retreat, 16, and note 28. His death
and funeral, 17, 18, and notes 31 32.

His various portraits, note. Speci-
mens of his metaphysical poetry and
of that of contemporary writers, 22-
32. His fertility of invention, 33.
Character of his complimentary
verses, 35, 36. Excellence of his
Anacreontiques', 37, 38. Hyper-
bolic style of his Mistress', 38. 39.
Intenability of a theologian's censure
on this work, 39. Criticisms on his
Pindarique odes, 40-43. His mis-
apprehension of Pindar's style, 44,
45, and note 41. His Davideis';
neglect into which it has fallen,
45, 46. Infelicity of his choice of
subject, 46, 47. Examples of his
similes, 48. Costume bestowed by
him on the angel Gabriel, and criti-
cism thereon, 49, 50. His intended
close of the Davideis', 51, note.
Comparison of his poem with Tasso's
'Jerusalem', 51, 52. His obligations
to Donne, 53, 54, and notes.
Ideas borrowed from Cowley by other
poets, 54, and note ". His negligence
of diction, 55, 56. His own defence
of his peculiar versification, 57, 58.
His use of hemistichs in supposed
imitation of Virgil, 59, and notes. His
prose essays; Charles Lamb's eulogy
thereon, 60, and note. Merits justly
ascribable to him, 60, 61. Dryden's
verdict on his style, 61, note. Copy
of his will, and notices of his legatees,
62-64, and notes 61-63. His use of the
Alexandrine, 384; see also additional
note, iii. 423.

Cowper, William; exclamation of, re-

lative to Johnson's Life of Milton',
i. Preface ix. Line of Cowley's
paraphrased by him, 54, note 1. His
remarks on Johnson's criticisms on
Prior, ii. 220 note, 222 note, 225
note. His opinion of Dryden and
Pope, iii. 116, note. His remark
on Johnson's criticism on Watts's
poetry, 256, note 19.

Craggs; Pope's epitaph on, iii. 144.
Crispe, Sir Nicholas; loyalty of, to
Charles the First, i. 230. His ill-
advised plot, 230, 231, and notes * 25.
Croft, Herbert; Burke's remarks on the
Life of the Poet Young, by, i. Pre-
face xx. His insensibility to Burke's
sarcasm, xx. xxi. See Young.
Cunningham, Allan; characteristic anec
dote of, i. Preface xxvii.