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INDEX.

logy of matter and mind, 555. Mrs.
Hemans' employment of imagery quite
in accordance with prevailing notions,
556, 557. Expression of her scenery,
Her "Lady of the Castle," 558.
Her sketch of "Joan of Arc in
Rheims," 561. Arabella Stuart, 562.
"An Hour of Romance," 563. "Girls'
School"-"Lost Pleiad," 564. "The
Dying Improvisatore," 565. Doubt-
ful durability of modern poetry, 566.
Henault, i. 234, 235. 240. His character
of Madame du Deffand, i. 248.
Madame de Flamarens, 249.
"Henry the Fourth," Shakespeare's,
Pepys's opinions of, i. 486.
Henry the Eighth, his conduct towards
Ireland, iii. 277.

Of

Herat, magnificence of the court and
city of, in the time of Baber, i. 745.
Hereditary monarchy, its origin and jus-
tification, iii. 150, 151.

Hesketh, Lady, Cowper's correspondence
with, i. 404.

Highland scenery, observations on, in
connection with Beauty, i. 37.
Hill, Aaron, a correspondent of Richard-
son, i. 314. His prediction of the
downfal of Pope's popularity, 315.
Extracts from his letters, 315.
Hinda. See Moore.
Hindoos, mythology of the, i. 108.
Hindustan, account of, by Baber, i. 741.
"Hippias the Greater," of Plato, i. 14.
History insufficient of itself to convey a
just view of the real state of things, i.
477. Common defects of regular his-
tory, 478, &c. Fox's notions of what
it should be, 525. Evils of making
theory the basis of, 572. Small interest
of exotic history, 720.

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History of Ireland, The. By John
O'Driscol." Review of, iii. 275. See
Ireland.

Holland, Lord, notice of his portion of

the "History of the early Part of the
Reign of James the Second," i. 523.
Homer, age and poetry of, i. 106. 124,

125.

Howe, Admiral Lord, account of his

celebrated victory of June 1st, 1794,
iii. 419.

"Human Life: a Poem. By Samuel
Rogers." Review of, ii. 391. See
Rogers.
Humble life, tales of, most relished by
the middling class of society, ii. 323.
Hume, i. 86. 162. iii. 373. Remarks

on Bishop Warburton's treatment of,
iii. 482. 490, 491. Bishop Warbur-

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Hurd, Dr., his servility and obsequious-
ness towards Bishop Warburton, iii.
482. 492. 505.
"Hutchinson, Colonel, Governor of Not-
tingham Castle, &c. &c." Memoirs of,
reviewed, i. 435. Contrast of his
heroic honesty with Oliver Cromwell's
duplicity, 454, &c. Account of his
early life, 456. He joins the Parlia-
mentarians and Puritans, 457. His de-
meanour in the High Court of Justice,
459. His able conduct when arraigned,
460. His fine irony on Inglesby, 461.
His cruel imprisonment and death,
462. Extracts from the work, 441,
442, 443, 444, 445-448, 449, 450
456. 459 461.

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Hutchinson, Dr., his theory of Beauty,
i. 17, &c.

Hutchinson, Mrs. Lucy, wife of Colonel
Hutchinson, her " Memoirs of the Life
of Colonel Hutchinson," reviewed, i.
435. State of England in her time,
436. Character of country gentlemen
437. Prevailing errors as to the Pu-
ritans, and the condition of their wo-
men, 438, &c. Her amiable character,
440. Compared with Madame Roland,
441. Fragment of her early history
by herself, 441. Her character of her
parents, 442. Her early education,
Romantic legend of her family,

443.

444.

Romantic love of her husband,
445. Her courtship and marriage,
446, &c. Her picture of the Courts of
James and Charles the First, 448, &c.
Her talent for delineating character,
449. Several of her portraitures, 450,
&c. Comparison of Mrs. Hutchinson
with Lady Fanshawe, 465.

I.

Idealists neither mad nor wicked, ii.

601.

Ideas, the theory of, maintained by Mr.
Drummond against the arguments of
Dr. Reid, ii. 632. Mistakes as to the
theory of ideas, 633, &c. Fallacy of
Hume's illustration, 634.

Imagination, remarks on, in relation to
Beauty, i. 56.

Imprisonment. For some important and
interesting particulars on this head, see
the article 66 Prison Discipline" in
this Index.

INDEX.

"Improvisatore, The Dying," by Mrs.
Hemans, ii. 567.

Incurables, remedies for, iii. 6.

India, for several interesting particu-
lars, see Heber.

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India "Narrative of a Journey through
the Upper Provinces of India from
Calcutta to Bombay, &c.

By Bishop
Heber." Review of, iii. 436. See Heber.
Reasons assigned for the general in-
correctness of former accounts of India,
440, &c. Bishop Heber the first really
impartial reporter on our Indian em-
pire, 443.

India- Review of "Sketches of India.
Written by an Officer, for Fire-side
Travellers at Home ;" and "Scenes and
Impressions in Egypt and Italy." By
the Author of, "Sketches in India, &c."
iii. 457. General remarks on the in-
teresting character of these works, 457,
&c.
458.

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pride
General

Most travellers too ambitious,
A stranger's first impressions of
India, 460. Luxurious marching in
that country, 461. Palanquin-ele-
phant and camel- pagoda, 462. Re-
flections among the ruins of Bijan-
agur, 463. Restraints on European
observers, 464. Schindia
and pomp of war, 465.
aspect of the country, 466. Pictu-
resque description of an Arab vessel
and its crew, 467. Poetical and gra-
phic sketch of the camel, 468. Ad-
mirable description of the Desert, 469.
Descent on the land of Egypt, 470.
Description of the majestic ruins of
Luxore, 471. Gigantic remains, 472.
Tombs of the kings, 473. Slave mar-
ket- Ali Pacha, 474. Sicilian cot-
tage scene- - Etna, 475. Sicilian rustic
inns, 476. General merits of the book,
477, 478.

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Inquiry," Dr. Hucheson's, on the na-
ture of Beauty, i. 17, &c.
"Institute, The," of Ali Pacha, remarks
on, iii. 474.

Intelligence, its connection with liberty,
i. 84. Its connection with morality, 83.
Intolerance, glaring instances of, in Cole-
ridge, iii. 668, &c.
"Ireland, The History of. By John
O'Driscol." Review of, iii. 275.
good history of Ireland still a desidera-
tum, 275. General summary of the pro-
minent features of Irish history, 277.

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No cure for the evils of Ireland but
complete union, 278. Example fur-
nished in the case of Scotland, 279.
Parallel drawn between the condition
of the two countries, 280. True con-
dition of Ireland, 281. The Union
should have put an end to all ascend-
ancy, 282. Consequences likely to re-
sult from the incompleteness of the
Union, 283. Greater risks in separa-
tion, 284. The miseries resulting from
it, worst for Ireland, 285. No happi-
ness for either country apart, 286.
The union between the two countries
to be useful, must be complete, or dis-
solved, 287. Reasons for patience, 288.
Nationality of Mr. O'Driscol, 289.
Ireland could not be populous of old,
290. General observations on the
history, 291, 292. [For some interest-
ing notices on the affairs of Ireland,
see the articles "Charlemont," and
Curran," in this Index.]

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Irish Characters, remarks upon Miss
Edgeworth's, iii. 8. Descriptions
of domestic manners of the Irish by
Miss Edgeworth, 23, &c. Irish re-

volution of 1782, notices of, 520,
&c. Irish morality, remarks on, 680.
Trials in 1799, remarks on Curran's
noble conduct during them, 682. Irish
eloquence -a specimen of Curran's,
€89.

Irving, Washington, his "Memoirs of the
Life and Voyages of Columbus," i.
687. See Columbus. Review of his

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Bracebridge Hall; or the Humor-
ists," iii. 355. See Bracebridge Hall.
"Isabella," Keats's. See Keats.
Italian Literature, remarks on, i. 121.
Poetry, 122.

"Ivanhoe: A Romance. By the author
of Waverley." "The Novels and Tales
of the Author of Waverley." Review
of, iii. 72. These works have laid the
foundation of a new school of invention,
72. The author, though not to be
placed on a level with Shakespeare, yet
entitled to a comparison with him, 73.
The author's voluminousness, 74.
"The Heart of Midlothian," remarks
upon, 75.
"The Bride of Lammer-
moor," remarks upon, 76. "The Le-
gend of Montrose," remarks upon, 77.
"Ivanhoe:" character of the story, 78.
Difficulties of the subject, 79. Bright
revocation of lost glories-but still too
shadowy, 80, 81. Deliverance of
Rebecca, 82. Divine judgment on
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Rebecca, 84. Beautiful and touching Kemble, Campbell's verses to, extract
Bright impossibilities,

dialogue, 85.
86. Truth pleases longer than fancy,"

87.

J.

James the Second, Fox's History of the
early Part of the Reign of, reviewed,
i. 513.

James the Second, his base dependence
on France, i. 538. His horrible tyranny
in Scotland, 539.
Jefferies, Judge, exonerated from any
share in the condemnation of Russell
and Sydney, i. 535.

Jenyns, Soame, Cumberland's excellent
picture of, iii. 553.

"Jesse and Colin," Crabbe's, notice of,
ii. 337.

"John Bull, History of," by Swift, no-
tice of, i. 211.
Johnson, Dr., i. 167. Boswell's Life of,
noticed, 479. Bishop Warburton's
treatment of, iii. 500. Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu's remarks on, 568.
Sir James Mackintosh's character of,
655. Account of his "Lives of the
Poets," 657.

Jortin, Dr., and Bishop Warburton, iv.
498, 499, &c.

"Julius Cæsar," Shakespeare's, remarks
upon, by Mr. Hazlitt, ii. 78.

Jurisprudence, civil and criminal, natural
division of, ii. 590.

K.

Kâbul, notice of, by Baber, i. 738.
Katrine, Loch, Sketch of, by Walter
Scott, ii. 263.

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Keats, John, Review of his "Endymion,"
and of his "Lamia, Isabella, The Eve
of St. Agnes, and other Poems," ii.
373. Character of his poetry, 373.
Eminently fanciful and beautiful, but
rash, 374. Too merely poetical, 375.
Sketch of the Shepherd King Hymn
to Pan, 378. Endymion's visions of
love, 380. Venus and Adonis, 381.
Enchanted waterworks, 382. Sub-
marine adventures, 383. Inextricable
consummation, 384. Abstract of the
minor Poems,—"Lamia," " Isabella,"
384. Ode to a Nightingale, 385.
Address to Autumn, 386. "The Eve
of St. Agnes," 387. "Lines to Fancy,"
Fragment of" Hyperion," 390.

389.

from, ii. 211.

Kenilworth," Sir Walter Scott's, re-
marks upon, iii. 91.

Kennett, Bishop, extract from his Diary
respecting Dean Swift, i. 179.
Khorasan, King of, Baber's description
of him, i. 475.

"Khorassan, The Veiled Prophet of," by
Moore, notice of, ii. 482.

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work, 616. Her early history, 617.
The famous Tenth of August, 618.
Fidelity of French domestics, 619.
Takes refuge in La Vendée, 620.
Description of that country, 621.
First revolution in La Vandée un-
premeditated, 623. It originated with
the peasantry-its success, 624, &c.
M. de Lescure joins the insurgents, 626.
His family imprisoned, 627.
His pe-
rils and deliverance, 628, &c. Henri
de Larochejaquelein, his valour, 630.
Extensive, but undisciplined levies,
631. Vendéan leaders, 632. M. de
Lescure-all volunteers, 633. Gene-

rosity to prisoners, 634. Marie Jeanne,
635. Irregular darings, 636. Spread
of the insurrection, 637. Check at
Nantes-country laid waste, 638. Suc-
cess at Chatillon, 639. English Mis-
sion-Quiberon, 640. War of exter-
mination and horror, 641. Guerilla
exploits, 642. M. de Lescure mor-
tally wounded, 643. Retreat across
the Loire, 644. Horrors of actual
war, 645. Last victory of the insur-
gents, 646. M. de Lescure's last in-
terview with his wife, 647. His death,
648. Sufferings of his widow, 649.
Dreadful close of the conflict, 650.
Adventures of Madame de Lescure,
651, &c. Amnesty, on the fall of Ro-
bespierre, 653. Horrible executions
at Nantes, 654. Fate of the brave
Henri, 655. Fate of Merigny, 656.
Final amnesty, 656. Conclusions sug-
gested by the History, 657.
Laureates and Lakers, iii. 48.
Laws, their value must be estimated by
their power to preserve the public tran-
quillity, iii. 163.

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Lay of the Last Minstrel a Poem.
By Walter Scott." Review of, ii. 214.
See Scott.

"Learned Boy, The," by George Crabbe,
notice of, ii. 345.

Leckie, Gould Francis, review of his

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Essay on the Practice of the British
Government," &c. iii. 145. His eulo-
gium on arbitrary power, 146. Sum-
mary of his doctrine, 147.
Real use
and principle of monarchy, 148.
Its
natural history, 149. Origin of here-
ditary monarchy, 150. Full justifica.
tion of it, 151. Kings must have real,
but limited, power, 152. Necessary
limits of all power, 153. A controlling
power vested in the soldiery, the no-
bility, and representative parliaments,
154, 155.
Influence of virtual power

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possessed by the people on the execu-
tive authorities, 156, 157. Real evils
of despotism, and of feudal aristocracies,
158, 159. Dangers even of constitu-
tional monarchies, 160. True cause
of civil wars and revolutions, 161.
True cause of the French revolution,
162. Public peace more important
than good laws, 163. The question dis-
cussed -"Do we recognise the indi-
vidual will of the Sovereign?" 164, 165.
Proper meaning of "The King" in
the English constitution, 166, 167.
The powers of the sovereign, under the
English constitution, far above those of
any minister, 169. Real use and ends
of checks on royalty, 170. No ultimate
security but in freedom, 172. Free
states more consistent than despotisms,
173. National faith safer with parlia-
ments than with arbitrary monarchs,
174, 175. Necessity of party - and its
dangers, 166. Has done much good,
and little mischief, 167. Avowed par-
ties never dangerous, 168. Solid bene-
fits of free government, 169.

Legend of Montrose, The," remarks
upon, iii. 77.

"Legion Club, The," of Swift, noticed,
i. 218.

"Legislation, Civil and Penal, Treatise
of, by Jeremy Bentham," review of,
ii. 575. See Bentham.

Leland, Dr., and Bishop Warburton, iii.
498, &c.

Lescure, M. de, and the Wars in La
Vendée, i. 626, &c.
Lespinasse, Mademoiselle de, her Letters,
notice of, i. 227. Some account of
her, 228. 250, &c. Extracts from her
Letters, 253, &c.

Leyden, John, Esq. M. D., notice of his
translation of Memoirs of Zehir-ed-din-
Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hin-
dustan, i. 719.

Liberals in England more abused than in
America, iii. 318.

Liberty, connection of intelligence with,
i. 84. Some persons systematic haters
of, iii. 224. Recent events must tend
to its increase, 225. The love of liberty
must be preceded by love to our fel-
low-men, 362.

"Life, Tales of Fashionable. By Miss
Edgeworth." Review of, iii. 3. See
Edgeworth.

"Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life."
Review of, iii. 103, &c.
Lillo the poet, notice of, by Campbell in

his Specimens of British Poets, ii. 25.

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Literary men, Lady Mary Wortley Mon-
tagu's judgments on, iii. 567.
Literature, Early English, retrospects of,
i. 161. Baneful effects of the Restor-
ation on, 162, ii. 42. These effects
prolonged by the adhesion of Dryden,
i. 163. Better state of things under
Anne, 164. Subsequent decline, 165.
Long interregnum of native genius, 165.
Symptoms of revival, 166. Its com-
plete emancipation, 167. Influence of
the Reformation on, 168.

Literature, Italian, observations on, i.
121.

Literature of the Later Empire, i. 117.
Literature of the North, i. 124. Differ-
ent characteristics from that of the
South, i. 125.

Literature, progress of, i. 82.
Locke, i. 86, 87. Refutation of his
definition of Substance, ii. 622.

No-

tices of, 644. 648.
Lockhart, testimony to the general agree-
ableness of his writings, iii. 107.
Long Parliament, The, i. 557.
Longevity of French authors, i. 364.
Louis the Sixteenth of France, character
and fate of, i. 596.

Louis the Eighteenth- notices of, iii.
198. Dangers to be apprehended from
his resumption of power, 199, &c.
Difference between his position, after
his restoration, and that of Napoleon,
203.

Love, the early Greek poets had no idea
of, as now understood, i. 109.
"Lover's Journey, The," by George
Crabbe, notice of, ii. 333.
Lowth, Dr., remarks on Bishop Warbur-
ton's treatment of, iii. 497.
Luxore, description of the gigantic ruins
at, iii, 470.

M.

"Macbeth," Shakespeare's, comparison
of, with his "Richard the Third," by
Hazlitt, ii. 77.

Mackintosh, Sir James. Review of " Me-
moirs of the Life of the Right Ho-
nourable Sir James Mackintosh. Edited
by his Son, Robert James Mackintosh,
Esq.," iii. 643. General remarks on
the work, 643. Various kinds of bio-
graphy, 644.
That of men of genius
the best, 645. The best materials of
biography found in private correspond-
ence, &c., 646. Great value of such

materials, 647. These Memoirs rich
in such materials, 649. Peculiarities
of Sir James's intellect, 650. Tender-
ness and humility of his nature, 651.
Traits of kind affection, 652. And of
deep humility, 653. His letters and
Journals, 654. His character of John-
son, 655. Progress of language, 514.
View of Johnson as a critic, 657. True
tone of polite writings, 658. Moral
effects of poetry and fiction, 659. Uses
of poetry and novels, 660. Sir James
Mackintosh's testimony to the character
of Mr. Horner, 661. Advantages of
great cities, 661. Coleridge's estimate
of Sir James, 662. Its arrogance and
absurdity, 663. Comparison of him
with Coleridge, 664. Morbid intellect
of the latter, 665. Venial errors of Sir
James's enthusiasm, 666. Insane ex-
travagance of Coleridge's, 667. Cole-
ridge the open champion of intolerance,
668. His real merits, and absurd pre-
tensions, 669. Testimony to the ho-
nourable manner in which Sir James
employed his talents, 670. The value
of philosophy not diminished by its
occasional abuse, 671-673. Sir James
Mackintosh's works better calculated to
improve the age than more voluminous
ones, 674, 675. His actual course of
utility, and its triumphant superiority
to any other, 676, 677. His ground-
less self-reproach, 678. Mischief of
early vows or pledges, 679.

"Maid's Story, The," by George Crabbe,

notice of, ii. 366. Extracts from, 367.
Maine, duchess of, i. 241.
"Manfred," Lord Byron's, review of, ii.
128. See Byron.

"Manoeuvring," Miss Edgeworth's tale
of, remarks upon, iii. 7.
Manufactures, history of, i. 104.
Mar, the Countess of, Lady Mary Wort-
ley Montagu's letters to, iii. 563.
Marat and Robespierre, iii. 211.
Marigny, his unhappy fate, i. 656.
"Marino Faliero," Lord Byron's, review
of, ii. 87. See Byron.
"Marmion," its unexampled sale, ii. 237.
See Scott.

Marmontel, i. 227. 250.
Marriages among the Quakers, remarks
on, iii. 386. See Quakerism.
Marshall's "Life of Washington," cri-
tique on, in the Edinburgh Review,
vindicated from the charges of Mr.
Marshall, iii. 331.

"Martinus Scriblerus," Swift's, notice
of, i. 211,

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