Camel, mention of the, by Persius, 433.

Campaign, The, a poem to the Duke of Marlborough, 53. The exe-
cution better than the plan, ib. note.

Cap worn by the eastern nations, 405.

Caraccio, said to have assisted Aretine by designs from the Spintriæ
of Tiberius, 344.

Catullus, his allusion to the goddess Fidelity, 364.

Cato, tragedy of, 199. Opening too solemn, 215, note. Love-scenes
in, beautiful but rather misplaced, 230, note. Beautiful and ap-
propriate simile of a stream, 234. Use made of the Philippics of
Cicero, 236, note. Inaccuracy of a speech respecting terms, 243.
note. Definition of honour, 252. Fine allusion to mount Atlas, 255.
Touch of nature in the soliloquy of Syphax, 256. Scene of the
mutiny, 269. Death of Sempronius, 274. Cato's magnanimity on
the death of his son, 282. His soliloquy, 287. His death, 294. A
sentiment in his last speech not in character, and why introduced,
ib. note. Verses with that play presented to the Princess of Wales,

$299.

Cave of Polyphemus described, 48.

Cecilia's (St.) Day, a song for, 26.

Cephisus, the father of Narcissus by Liriope the Nereid, 153.
Ceres, the presiding goddess of Sicily, 427.

Charles V. a medal on his resigning the crown of Spain, 446.

Chastity, a goddess of the Romans, described on a medal, 368 to

371.

Chaucer, characterized, 29.

Chiron, the centaur, takes charge of the infant Esculapius, 133.

Chlamys, a vestment of the Romans, 346.

Christ, the cross of, on a medal of Constantine, 401. Mottoes of
Gustavus Adolphus relating to, 445, 448.
Chronogrammatists, German, ridiculed, 448.

Chronology, use of medals in, 349.

Church, danger of it, represented on a pope's coin, 451.

Cicero's Philippics, of service to the author in two scenes of Cato, 236,

note.

Claudian, the poet, his character, 173. His epigrammatic minuteness
in description, 181. His account of the phoenix, 372. His personi-
fication of Victory, 381. His illustration of the wand of Liberty, 382.
Peculiarity in this author's writings, 382. His character of Trajan,
402. His metaphorical compliment to Theodosius, 410. Repre-
sents Spain crowned with olive, 421. Personification of Rome,
424.

Claudius, a reverse of, expressing good-will, 392. Dress of, on a
medal, 393.

Clitumnus, river, described, 35, 37.

Clymene, mother of Phaëton, mourns over his tomb, 123.

Coin, old, licked by an antiquary to find out its age, 487.

Coins, ancient and modern, the different workmanship in each, 459.
Colonies of the Romans, ceremony on settling, 402.

Commentators, bad, on Ovid's Metamorphoses, 173.
Commodus, how distinguished on medals, 350.

Commodus, medal of, 399. Nature of the allusion, 400. Represented
on a medal, fencing, 441.

Concord, device of, on ancient medals, 361. Illustrated from Seneca
and Statius, 362.

Congreve, praised, 33.

Constantine, Emperor, the sign that appeared to him in the heavens,
401. A coin of his explained, 380.

Cornu-copiæ, emblematical of concord, 361. And of peace, 362.
Corona radiata, a type of divinity, 413.

Coronis, the story of, 130.

Cotes, Mr. Digby, his verses to the author of Cato, 207.

Courage, esteemed by the ancients the perfection of virtue, 361.
Cowley, his poetical character, 30. His propensity to allegory and
pun, 184.

Crack, an unpoetical word, 110, note.

Craggs, Mr. his character, by Mr. Pope, 338.

Cranes, battle of, with the pygmies, a Latin poem, 317.

Creticus, rallied by Juvenal on the thinness of his dress, 365.

Cross, medal of, in allusion to the battle of Constantine with

Maxentius, 401.

Curtius, his statue crowned with an oaken garland, 389.

Cybele, mother of the gods, allusion to, 396.

Cyclops described, 48.

Cycnus transformed into a swan, 124.

Cynthio, a character in the dialogues on medals, 339.

D.

Daci, medal on Trajan's victory over them, 402.

Dacier's opinion respecting the vestis trabeata of the Romans, 347.
Dart, double-pointed, an emblem of the sun-beams, 414.

Dauphin edition, contains the best commentaries on Ovid, 174.
Decius, ambassador from Cæsar to Cato, 239.

Dedicatio Poematum, 307.

Deliberation, danger of, to woman, 273, note.

Denham's Cooper's Hill, praised, 32.

Dialogue, a favourite mode of writing among polite authors, ancient
and modern, 359.

Dialogues on Medals, 335. (See medals). Why never published by
the author, 435, note.

Diana discovers the pregnancy of Calisto, 127.* Transforms her into
a bear, 128.

Distinguish, improper use of the word, 340, note.

Dolphins, transformation of mariners into, 160.

Domitian, Martial censured for ridiculing his memory, 405. His
tyranny, 409.

Donawert, march of Marlborough's army to, 58.

Dormer, his fall at Blenheim deplored, 61.

Dragons, of Africa, described by Lucan, 416.

Dryden, Mr. a panegyric on his translation from the Latin poets, 3.
Characterized as a poet, 32.

Dunciad, quotation from, 277, note.

Dunkirk, the motto of a medal on that town censured, 451.

E.

Earth, its sacred theory, by Dr. Burnett, a Latin poem on. 333.
Earth, how represented on medals, 399.

Echion, one of the surviving offspring of the dragon slain by Cadmus,
146.

Echo, a famous one, in Woodstock-park, allusion to, 73.

Echo, transformation of, 153. Reason of an omission in the story,
154, note.

Egypt, medallic representation of, 418.

Elephant, an emblem of Africa, 415.

Elinor, Queen, a character in the opera of Rosamond, 72. Poisons
Rosamond, 91.

Enceladus, buried under Ætna, 46.

Eneid, third, translation of a story from, 46.

English poets, account of, 29.

Envy, personification of, 137.

Epilogue, to the British Enchanters, 108. To Cato, by Dr. Garth,
298.

Equity described on a medal, 371.

Eridanus, river, described, 37.

Essay on Virgil's Georgics, 188. When written, ib. note.

Eternity, represented in ancient medals with a globe and a phoenix on
it, 371. Expressed by the sun and moon, 377. By a figure sitting
on a globe of the heavens adorned with stars, 378.

Eugene, Prince, his interview and alliance with the Duke of Marlbo-
rough, 55.

Eugenius, a character in the dialogues on medals, 339.

Europa, rape of, 139. Notes on, 177.

Eusden, Mr. his verses to the author of Cato, 203.

Expletives, in poetry, rule respecting, 14, note.

F.

Fabius, called the buckler of Rome, 356.

Falls in tears, correction of the phrase, 234, note.

Faustinas, The, how distinguished from each other on medals, 350.
Felix, orthography of, in Roman inscriptions, 348.

Fidelity, a goddess of the Romans, described on a medal, 364. Em-

blem of, by two joined hands, 392.

Fear and Hope, Ovid's beautiful similitude of, 366.

France, described on a medal, 422.

Fortune, translation of Horace's ode to her, 368.

Frankincense, an emblem of Arabia, 432.

Fruitfulness, an emblem of it on a medal, 396.

G.

Garth, Dr. his epilogue to the tragedy of Cato, 298.

Gaul, defiance of her arts and arms, 43. Aaggrandizement of, prior
to the Duke of Marlborough's campaign, 53.

George I. verses to Sir Godfrey Kneller on his picture of that king,

291.

Georgic, Virgil's fourth, a translation of, 15.

Georgics, of Virgil, essay on, 188. Definition of, 189. Character
of the several books, 194, 196. Compared with the Eneid, 197.
Globe, an emblem of eternity, 372, 378.

Glory, the attendant of virtue, 361.

Good-will, an emblem of it on a medal, 392.

Graces, why represented naked, and knit together in a dance, 355.
Greek priest, story of a, buying pictures, 452.

Grideline, a character in the opera of Rosamond, 76.

Gustavus Adolphus, inscription from a medal of, 445. Chronogram
of, on a medal, 448.

H.

Halifax, Lord, letter to, from Italy, 35.

Hands, two, joined, emblems of fidelity, 392. Giving of, expresses
good will, ib.

Hannes, D. D. ad, insignissimum medicum et poetam, 328.

Happiness represented on a medal by a ship under sail, 383.

Heliogabalus, a medal of his, explained, 364.

Henry II. a character in the opera of Rosamond, 72. 85. His vision,
97. His lamentation on the death of Rosamond, 101.

Hercules Farnese, represented on medals, 352.

Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, story of, 166.

Hesiod, inferior to Virgil in his Georgics, 188. His character and
writings considered, 192. Plan and style of his work, 194. His
scale of the ages of animals, 375.

Hochstet, allusion to the battle of, 63.

Holland, peace with, English medal commemorating, 446.

Homer, a proficient in rhetoric before it was invented, 358. Excels
Virgil in heroic poetry, ISS.

Honour, speech concerning, 252. Sometimes represented on the
same coin with Virtue, 361.

Hoop, of marble, an emblem of time, 376.

Hope, why represented in a white garment, 365. Bears in her hand
a flower or blossom, 367.

Horace, ode III. book III. translated, 102. On the graces, 355. His
allusion to the horn of plenty, 363. Description of the fortitude of
a just man, 367. Allusion to a device of security in his ode to
fortune, 368. Keenness of his satire, 369. His metaphors to
express liberty, 351. And happiness, 383. Ridicules the compa-
rison of great men to the sun, 401.

Horn, the fittest emblem of plenty, 355. Two, express extraordinary
plenty, 390.

Horse, an emblem of the warlike genius of the Moors, 420.

Howsoever, a word exploded from verse, 109, note.

Hughes, Mr. his verses to the author of Cato, 201.

Ibis, the Egyptian bird, 419.

I.

Immortality of the soul, Cato's soliloquy on it, 287.

Innocent XI. his coin to represent the danger of the church, 451.

Pasquinade on the same subject, ib.

Inscriptions on ancient and modern coins considered, 444.

Instita, a part of the Roman dress, 346.
Isis, a deity of the Egyptians, 418.

Italian version of the letter to Lord Halifax, 33.
Italy, described on a medal, 428.

J.

January, Hesiod's description of that month, 194.
Janus, temple of, from Virgil, 403.

Jefferys, Mr. his verses to the author of Cato, 208.

Jews, lamenting their captivity, how described by the Psalmist, 429.
Job, the book of, allusion to, 61, note.

Jourdain, Mons. had talked prose all his life without knowing what it
was, 338.

Juba, prince of Numidia (in Cato) 224, 244, 248, 274, 281, 292.
Judea, represented in captivity on the coins of Vespasian, 428.
Julia, wife of Septimius Severus, medal in compliment to, 396.
Juno, jealous of Calisto turns her into a bear, 128. Transforms herself
into an old nurse to ensnare Semele, 151. Her petition to Jupiter
respecting Latium, 394.

Jupiter, strikes Phaëton from the chariot of Phoebus with his thunder,
122. Violates Calisto, 127. Transformed into a bull, carries
away Europa, 140. Enjoys Semele in a storm, 152. His reply to
Juno's petition respecting Latium, 395.

Juvenal, his humorous definition of medals, 343. His allusion to
parsley as an emblem of victory, 426.

K.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, verses to, on his picture of the king, 302.

L.

Labarum, a Roman military ensign described, 401, 402.
Lain and laid, distinction of those participles, 172, note.
Lamentation in poetry, remark of a great critic respecting, 186.
Lampetia, sister of Phaeton transformed into a tree, 123.

Landau surrenders to the allies, 64.

Lansdown, Lord, epilogue to his dramatic poem of the British En-
chanters, 108.

Laomedon, a reflection on his falsehood and tyranny, 110.

Latin poems, of Mr. Addison, 305.

Lauderdale, Lord, a passage from his translation of Virgil's 4th
eclogue, 377.

Laurel, an ornament of victory, 379.

Le Brun, studied the figures on old coins, 344.

Legends, on medals examined, 444, &c.

Letter from Italy to Lord Halifax, 35.

Liberty, apostrophe to, 41. How represented by medalists and
poets, 381.

Libra, the reigning constellation of Rome and Italy, 387.

Lion, an emblem of Africa, 417.

Liriope, the Nereid, ravished by Cephisus, 153.

Little, use of its two comparatives, less and lesser, 7, note.