Altilia, her coquetry defcribed, vii. 246. Amazons, obfervations on the history of the, viii. 351. Amazons of the Pen, ix. 117. Old maids in Ambition, generally proportioned to capacity, iv. 335. A quality natural to youth, v. 97. The peculiar vanity of it in the lower ftations of life, 420. 421. A deftroyer of friendship, viii. ço. Characterized, xi. 268. America, Taxation no Tyranny, or, an Answer to the Refolutions and Addrefs of the American Congref [1775], x. 93. Motives urged by patriots against the taxation of. 95. Examination into our claim to the right of taxing it, and of their objections to be taxed, Ico. The plea of want of representation examined, 110. Their claims of exemption from taxation from their charters examined, 117. Objection to taxation made by an old member, examined, 119. Proceedings of the congre's of Philadelphia examined, 124. Pleas of the Bofionians expofed, 126. Their refolutions and addrefs expofed in a supposed ac drefs from the Cornish men, 132. Some of the arguments made ufe of against cur taxing it examined, 137. Firft incited to rebellion from European intelligence, 140. Confiderations on the Indians granting their lands to foreign nations, 146. Diffi. culty of afcertaining boundaries, 150. The power of the French there, 1756, 155. Colonies fift tettled there in the time of Elizabeth, 158. Continued in the reign of James 1. 163. Colony first fent to Canada by the French, 165. The first discovery of Newfoundland by Cabot, and the fettlement from thence to Georgia confidered, 178. The encroachment of French on our back fettle ments cxamined, 179. Amicus, his reflections on the deplorable cafe of profitutes, vi. 231. Ameret, Lady Sophia Murray celebrated by Waller under that name, 11. 228. Amujements, by what re, ulations they may be rendered useful, vi. 113. Anacreon, a specimen of Stanley's tranflation of, ii. 44. Ode ix. tranflated, xi. 374. Anatomy, cruelty in anatomical refearches reprobated, viii. 66. Ancestor, how far the meritorious deeds of, confer honour on his defcendants, confidered, ix. 3. Andrews. St. a count of the city of, x. 317. The ruins of the cathedral, 318. Account of the university, 319. Expence of education there for a fcholar of the h ghei clats, tor the term of 7 months, 151. for the lower claf, rol. 320. Angelo, Michael, obtervations on his flyle of painting, viii. 318. Anger, the neceffity of checking and regulating it, v. 66. A tumultuous and dangerous paffion, derived from pride, 68. Expofed to contempt and deriûor, -c. The picious effects of it, 71, 72. Animal food, on the choice and rejection of various forts of, x. 387.. Anningate and Ajut, the Greenland lovers, their history, vii. 267. 276. Anoch, acc unt of, x. 354. Confilts only of three huts, 354. Account of the landlord and his house, 354. Anton, Lord, little advantage to have been expected, had his voyage lucceeded to the extent of his wishes, x. 38. Anthea, Anthea, her difagreeable character, v. 220, 225. Antony and Cleopatra, obfervations on Shakespeare's play of, ix. 325. Apophthegms, by Dr. Johnfon, xi. 197. Application, defultory, injurious to our improvements in knowledge and virtue, vi. 388. Active and diligent, ftrongly enforced by a. view of the shortnefs and uncertainty of human life, 400. Arabs, account of their manner of living, xi. 107. Arbuthnot, Dr. with Pope, fuppofed to have affitted Gay in writing Three Hours after Marriage, iii. 206. Sketch of his character, iv. 75. The first volume of the Memoirs of Scriblerus published by him, in conjunction with Pope and Swift, 78. Arcades, written by Milton, about 1637, ii. 90. Archery, the importance of, in former times, iv. 623. Arches, confiderations on elliptical and femicircular, which is to be preferred, x. 290. Architecture, the degenerate ftate of, at Rome, x. 295. Argatio, his character, v. 179. Arifto, fome lines of, from which Pope feems to have borrowed the fentiments of his own epitaph, iv. 158. Ariftotle, his fentiments of what is requifite to the perfection of a tragedy, vi. 429. Account of a MS. translation of his politicks in the library at Aberdeen, x. 330. Armidel, in the Isle of Sky, account of, x. 372. Arms of the Highlanders, account of, x. 457. Army, caufes of the fuperiority of the officers of France to thofe of England, x. 181. Made formidable by regularity and discipline, X. 286. Art, terms of, the receffity of, viii. 280. Afcham, Roger, his life, iv. 617. Born at Kirby Wilke, near North Allerton, 1515, 617. Educated with the fons of Mr. Wingfield, and entered at Cambridge, 1530 618. Applied to the ftudy of Greek, 618. A favourer of the Proteftant opinion, 619. Chofen Fellow of St. John's, 1534, 619. M. A. and tutor, 1537, 621. Not lefs eminent as a writer of Latin than as a teacher of Greek, 622. Fond of archery, 622. Published his Toxiphilus, 1544, 623. Receives a penfion of 10. from Henry VIII. 625. The equivalent value of his penfion, at this time, confidered, 627. Orator of the university, 628. Taught prince Edward, princess Elizabeth, and many of the nobility, writing, 628. Receives a penfion from Edw. VI. 628. Tutor to the princess Elizabeth, which he quits without confent, 628, Secretary to Sir Richard Morifine, ambaffador to Germany, 629. On the death of Edw. VI. lofes his penfion and places, 630. Latin Secretary to Philip and Mary, 631. Enquiry how he could as a Proteftant hold the place under Philip and Mary, 631. Favoured by Card. Pole, 632. Continued in the fame employment under Elizabeth, 633. Prebend of Weftwang, in the church of York, 633. Died 1574, 636. His character, 636. Affurance, not always connected with abilities, vii. 114. Atrology, the credit given to it in the last century, ii. 191. Aftronomer, the caufe of uneafinefs in an, xi. 116. Suppofes himself to have the power of the winds, rain, and feafons, 117. Leaves his directions Fiz directions to Imlac, 120. Pekuah wishes to become his fcholar, 129. His opinion of the choice of life, 131. His fuperftition removed, by entering into the amusements of life, 134. As you like it, obfervations on Shakespeare's, ix. 308. Athanatus, his just reflections on the near profpect of death, v. 344350. Atheists, their industry in fpreading their opinions, iv. 613. Atterbury, Dr. his infcription on the monument of Philips, ii. 290. Atterbury, Bp. Pope examined before the Lords on the tial of the Bishop, v. 48. Pretents Pope with a Bible at their last interview, iv. 49. Defribed in the affembly of bards, as a vifitor, xi. 178. Avarice, fatal effects of infatiable, v. 249. Aubigny, Lady, carries a commision from Ch. I. to Sir Nicholas Crifpe, ii. 237. Auchinleck, Lord, his feat at Auchinleck described, x. 518. Avarice, always poor, vilu, 293. The vanity of, xi. 340. Auguftus, Review of Blackwell's Memoirs of the Court of, x. 185. Aukraßeals, account of the village of, x. 362. Aurantius, his unjust and abulive treatment of Liberalis, vii. 141. Aureng Zebe, a tragedy, remarks upon fome improprieties in it, vi. 347Aufterities, and mortifications, their ufe in religion, vi. 251. Authors, have a defire of appearing to have d ne every thing by chance, i. 157. Criticum a proper check on bad ones, iv. 130. The impropriety of editors in altering the pofthumous works of aunors, 16). Character of, not to be collected from their works, 170. The complaint of furreptitious editions enquired into, 584. The difficulty of his art addrefs, v. 1. By what methods he may be irtroduced with ads ant ge to the publick, 3, 4. Often deluded by the viñenary and vain anticipations of happiness, 11. The neglect of him the most dreadful mortification, 12. The folly of endeavouring to acquire fame merely by writing, 13. Some peculiar discouragements to which he is exposed, 13. His proper task is to inftruct and entertain, 14. The difficulty of executing it with advantage, 14. Increated by the cap ice and i..-nature of his readers, 14. His acquilition of f me difficult, and his poffeffion of it precarious, 139. The great difference between the productions of the fame author accounted for, 141. Naturally fond of their own productions, 352. Many deluded by the viin hope of acquiring immortal reputation, vi. 221. Their literary fame defined to various measures of duration, 223. vii. 35. Their being efteemed, principally owing to the inHluence of curiofity or pride, vi. 224. Their proper rank and useFulness in fociety, 411. Characters of the manufacturers of literazure, vi. 32. As they grow more elegant become less intelligible, viii. 143. Difficulties they find in publishing their works, 222. The precarious fame of, 235. Who write on fubjects which have been pre-occupied by great men, generally fink, 265. Journal of an, 207. Seldom write their own lives, 405. Their lives full of incident, 4c5. Signs of knowing how a publication is received, 406. Writing their own lives recommended, 48. Their miffortune in not having their works understood by the readers, ix. 34. Not Not to be charged with plagiarism merely for fimilarity of fentiment, 78. Who communicate truth with fuccefs, among the first benefactors to mankind, ~9. Hints for them to attract the favour and notice of mankind, 81. No want of topick whilst mankind are mutable, 82. The prefent age an age of authors, 116. Want of patronage complained of, 119. Qualifications neceffary for an, 121. Their importance to the welfare of the publick, 149. The good they do to mankind compared to a fingle drop in a fhower of rain, 152. Who provides innocent amufement, may be considered as benefactors to life, 153. Their condition with regard to themselves, 156. Their expectation before publication confidered, 157. The pleasure and difficulties of compofition, 158. After all, the publick judgment frequently perverted from the merit of his work, 160. The merit of his works afcertained by the test of time which they have retained fame, 240. A century the term fixed for the test of literary merit, 241. The genius of the age to be confidered in order to fix the abilities of, 311. The expectation they form of the reception of their labours, 422. Should not promife more than they can perform, x. 186. May compile new works with old materials, 186. Some fuppofed to write for the fake of making fport for fuperior beings, 244. No longer matter of a book which he has given to the publick, 259. Authority, the accidental prefcriptions of it often confounded with the laws of nature, vii. 96. Authority, parental, frequently exerted with rigour, vii. 45. B. BACON, Francis, Lord, the life prefixed to the edition of his works, 1740, written by Mallett, iv. 281. His fevere reflection on beautiful women, v. 246. Was of opinion that his moral effays would be of longer duration than his other works, vi. 226. Obfervations on his character, ix. 143. Bail, the danger of becoming, exemplified in the character of Severus, ix, 40. Baillet, his collection of critical decifions remarked, vi, 138. Bam account of that town, x. 336. Bards, uncertainty in the account of them, x. 454. A view of the affembly of, for the admiflion of Milton, xi, 166. Bargains, the folly of buying bargains expofed, viii. 138. Barra, Island of, account of, x. 474. Horfes there not more than twenty-fix inches high, 474. Barretier, John Philip, his life, iv. 461. Son of a Calvinist minister, and born at Schwabach, 1720-21, 461. His early acquirements of learning, 462. In his ninth year could fpeak Latin, German, and French, equally well, 463. In his eleventh year tranflated the Travels of Rabbi Benjamin from the Hebrew into French, with notes, 463. The method by which his father taught him the languages, 466. Published Anti-Artemonius, 1735, 468. Patronized Ff3 for for his learning, by the king of Pruffia, 1735, 468. Died 1740, 471. Bashfulness, fometimes the effect of ftudious retirement, vii. 106. 114. 116. Barretti, tranflation of fome lines at the end of his Eafy Phrafeology, Bavaria, Ele&or of, invefted with the imperial dignity, iv. 555. Died 1745, V. 577. Baxter, Mr. Rickard, incitement he often urged to the present exercise Bayes, that character defigned for Dryden, ii. 342. That character 342. Beaumont, defcribed in the affembly of bards, xi. 168. Beaumont and Fletcher, their plots in Spanish stories, ii. 323. Beggars, the best method of reducing the number, x. 269. As nu- Behn, fra, rejected from the affembly of bards, xi. 172. Bellaria, her Character, vii. 293. Bellarmine, Card, writes in defence of Paul V. against the Venetians, iv. 324. Bemoin (a prince of Africa), account of him, ix. 391. Is driven Beferade, Monf. tranflation of his Ines, a fon lit, xi. 379. a trial, 145. Betterton, a picture of him painted by Pope, iv. zo. Defcribed in Bible |