English language, changes in, i., 150, et seq.; 194, et seq.; accentuation of, 200
English nation, the most humane, i., 49; character of the, i., 109, 168; ii., 5, et seq.; why successful in war, i., 182; account of, given by Rao-Gong-Fao, the king of Ava's ambassador, i., 490, et seq.
English officer, disastrous adventure of an, i., 43 English poetry, ii., 3
English politicians, Franklin's opinion of, i., 125 *English Visiter, Landor, and Florentine Visiter, i., 324 Epic poetry, essentials of, ii., 59
Epicurus, Leontion, and Ternissa, i., 497
, doctrines of, i., 244; ii., 27; Cicero's opinion of, 497, note; his garden, 497, et seq.; his opinions concern- ing death, 499; his love-potions, 503
Epictetus and Seneca, i., 351
Equality, mankind averse to, i., 550
Espana, Jose, a Spanish liberal, his fate and that of his wife, i, 213, note
Epigrams lower the dignity of poets, i., 15
Essenes, austere practices of the, ii., 35
*Essex and Spencer, ii., 239
Eternal punishment, the doctrine considered, ii., 221
Etrurians, the Chinese of Europe, i., 40
French revolution, encouraged by lawyers, ii., 199 Freedom of nations, i., 139; in England, 140, et seq.; influence of, on the arts, ii., 56 Free-trade, comments on, i., 6 Free-will, a part of necessity, i., 458
Friend, use of the term by Quakers, i., 551
Friendship, metaphorical description of, i., 4; can not be replaced, i., 500; often only a state of transition to enmity, ii., 98
*Galileo, Milton, and a Dominican, ii., 234
his confinement, 234; tortured, 236; accusations against, ib.
Galliambic of Catullus, i., 227, note
Gaming, men of genius not addicted to, i., 125; evils of, ii., 76
Gardens, Italian and English compared, i., 42; of Epicurus described, 497; of the Moors, ii., 86
Gasteres, the, a fraternity of priests, history of, ii., 29
Gauls instructed by Pythagoras, i., 86, 87
Gaunt, Elizabeth, and Lady Lisle, i., 385
*Gaunt, John of, attack on his house, 381; suspected of aspiring to the crown, ib., note
Gentlemen, English, their high character, i., 188
Etymology, ignorance of, among the ancients, i., 220; of Germany, Emperor of, i.; remarks on the title, i. 3, note various words traced, 222
*Eubulides and Demosthenes, i., 84, 257
Eugenius IV., Pope, and Fra Filippo Lippi, ii., 81
Euripides, his works criticised, i., 102, 122
Evil eye, superstition regarding it, i., 436
Excommunication, among the Quakers, i., 539
Fables related by Esop to Rhodope, ii., 95
Factories, alteration necessary in hours of work in, ii., 199 Falsehood, prevails in politics, ii., 235
*Fenelon, De La Motte, Queen Elizabeth, Cecil, and Duke of Anjou, ii., 174
ill-treated by Bossuet, i., 320; his description of courts, ii., 109 Ferdinand, Don, and Don John-Mary-Luis, i., 422 , Inquisition restored by, i., 214; his horrible perfidy, 437 and note
Ferdinand, Grand Duke of Florence, his character, i., 327, et seq.
Filangieri, his merits, i., 192
Filicaja, more enthusiastic than Pindar, i., 93; his Ode to Sobieski, ib.; criticism on his poetry, 192 and note Fire-arms, their use in war considered, i., 182, 183 Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, character of, i., 308 Fleur-de-lys, different origins ascribed to the symbol, i., 106, note
Florence, character of its government, i., 17; state of society there, 55 and note; productive of great men, 191; forti- fications of, built by Michel-Angelo, ii., 50; character of her citizens changed, ib.; how affected by the usurpation of the Medici, 51; means of restoring her liberties, ii., 53 Florentine ladies, compared with the English, 56 Florentines, their character, i., 330
*Florentine Visiter, Landor, and English Visiter, i., 334 *Fontanges, Duchess of, and Bossuet, i., 318
-, her confession, i., 318, her character, ib., note; her death, 320, note
Forks, silver, when first used, i., 137
Fortifications of Florence, ii., 50; of Paris, 193, 203 Fox, his character, i., 339; his eloquence, 371
Fox-hunting, why useful, i., 521
Fra Bartolomeo, character of his works, ii., 11
Germany never conquered, ii. 3; state of poetry in, ib.; regeneration of, 4
Gianni, ex-minister of Florence, his character, i., 329
Giannone, his persecution and death, i., 81
Gibraltar, description of the harbour of, i., 304
Gibbon, observations on his style, i. 92
*Gigi and Pope Leo XII., i., 346
Gleichem, the Count and Countess, their Children and Zaida, ii., 230
his double marriage, ii., 230, and note *Glengrin, Lady, Duke de Richelieu, Sir Firebrace Cotes, and Mr. Normanby, i., 278
her character, i., 279; incidents on her voyage to Ireland, in company of the Duke de Richelieu, 279, et seq.
Glory, a mover of great intellects, i., 247; of the ancient Greeks, ii., 255
*Godiva and Leofric, i. 570
legend of, i., 571, note; lines on, ib. Gonda, Walker, Hattaji, and Dewah, ii., 225 Gracchus, Caius, his Agrarian law, i., 238; his letter to his mother, 239
Tiberius, his Agrarian law, i., 238 Grammar of English writers criticised, i., 150, et seq.; 193, et seq.
Gratitude, a political virtue, i., 113; contrasted with Jus- tice, i., 180; distinguished from Reconnaissance, ii., 190 Gray, Lady Jane, and Roger Ascham, i. 135
verses by, i., 136; her usurpation of the crown, ii., 91; character of her husband, ib. Great man, definition of a, i., 452 Greece, designs of the Emperor Alexander on, i., 106, et seq.; her language, 167; her liberation, 168; terms pro- posed for her accommodation with Turkey, 185; treat- ment of, by European nations, 186, 391, et seq.; views of French politicians respecting her emancipation, 384, et seq.; striking incidents in her struggle for indepen- dence, 393, et seq.
Greek church, jealous of the Church of Rome, i., 442 Greek language, neglect of, i., 20; changes in, i., 152, 200 Greek writers, catalogue of modern, noticed, i., 181 Greeks, precocity of their women, i., 14; their military skill, 182; misery endured by, in their contest with the Turks, 566; true glory of the ancient, ii., 255
Francis, the Emperor, Andrew Hofer, and Count Met- Grief, its nature and effects, i., 251; its purifying influence, ternich, i., 175
et seq. Free-masonry, in Spain, i., 440
French drama, estimate of its merits, ii., 160 French language, not adapted to Dithyrambic verse, i., 93; eulogy on, by the Baron de Couture, ib.; unfitted for rhyme, ib.; objection to, 99, 147
French nation, the, resisted the usurpations of the popedom long before the English, i., 36; character of, 139; it., 47, 48, 242
French Officers and General Kleber, i., 43
Gun-boats, their proper construction, i., 184
Hammon, Priest of, and Alexander, i., 418 Handwriting, bad, affectation in, i., 26 *Hannibal and Marcellus, i., 277
his military qualities, ii., 246; his conduct at Capua, 255 Happiness of animals and men, i., 5; Aristotle's definition of, 6, note; imperfect, 6; contrasted with content, ib.; wherein it should consist, 7; the proper aim and end of morality and religion, 179; the most natural and uni- versal of our desires, 508; conjoined with wisdom, ii., 1 *Hardcastle, Mr. Humphrey, and Bishop Burnet, i., 45 Hardcastle, Sir Humphrey, his story related by Bishop Burnet, i., 45; his songs, 46; and his character, ib.
*Hattaji, Walker, Gonda, and Dewah, ii., 225 Hayes, Margaret, beloved by Dr. Donne, 574; his lines on her, 574, 575
Henry IV., King, and Sir Arnold Savage, i., 9 Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn, i., 233
manners of, i., 233, note; his conduct towards Anne Boleyn, 235, note; his treatment of his children, ii., 92
Herculaneum, literary treasures to be recovered from, i., 19 Hereditary honours pernicious, ii., 104, et seq.
kings, disadvantages of their position, i., 270,
power, evils of, ii., 50
Heresy, an absurd accusation, ii., 21
Herodotus, character of his history, i., 229
Hindostan, designs of Russia on, i., 108
Historians, character of modern English, i., 554 Hobbes, Rochefoucault indebted to, ii., 209 Hocus pocus, origin of the term, i., 209
*Hofer, Andrew, Count Metternich, and the Emperor Francis, i., 175
Holy Alliance, benefits of the, i., 106; opinion of its mem- bers as to the ancient republics, ib.; their foreign policy, ib., et seq.; conduct towards Greece, 187; Spain, 211, et seq.; 262, et seq.; designs of, 334; conspired against Christianity, 392; declaration proposed by, for the adop- tion of the kings of Spain and Portugal, 422-427 *Home, John, and David Hume, i., 177
Homer, often admits lines worth little, i., 13; the harmony of his verse, i., 92; his "Iliad" criticised, ii., 60
Honour, definition of, i., 256, 557
*Hooker, Richard, and Lord Bacon, i., 136
Horses, varieties of character in, i., 535; ii., 234
"Hume, David, and John Home, i., 177
*James I., King, and Isaac Casaubon, i., 29 his character, 29, 30, notes
Janissaries, their character, ii., 107 Jeanne d'Arc, her treatment by her countrymen, i., 257; Voltaire's poem on, censured, ib.
Jerijahs, infanticide among, abolished by Col. Walker, ii., 225, note
Jesuits, illustrations of their doctrines and practice, 31, 32; their evil influence, 37, note; their recal determined on by Ferdinand of Spain, i., 433
Jews, their persecutions, i., 135; their government, 241; character, ib.
*Joanna of Kent, and John of Gaunt, i., 381
mother of Richard I., rescues John of
Gaunt from the attack on his house, i., 381 Johnson, Samuel, and John Horne Tooke, i., 150, 193 faulty as a poet and critic, i., 101; remarks on his criticism on Milton, ii., 58, 73; attacks on the "Con- versation" between him and Tooke noticed, 164 Julius II., Pope, his character, ii., 52 Juries, excellence of English, i., 50 Justice, upon earth, described, i., 22; contrasted with gra- titude, i., 180; definition of, i., 504
*Kaido and Photo Zavellas, i,, 495
Keats, resembles Chateer, i, 337; lines by the Author on, 338; his poetry, 339
Kings, their education, i., 22; ii., 255; their position, i., 25; can not be assassins, 31; never grateful, 323; more pernicious than tyrants, ii., 187 Kingship, its effects, i., 22
Humour, remarks on, i., 189; amount of, in English litera- Kingsweston, view from, ii., 57 ture, i., 224
Hyacinthes, a learned Russian, i., 181
Idleness, sacred, i., 514
Idol-worship, in Rome and Hindostan compared, i., 3, note; in the Church of Rome, i., 117; will continue on earth, ii., 224
"Iliad," defects in the, ii., 60
Imagination, displayed by English poets, ii., 165
Immortality of the soul, opinions of Cicero concerning, i., 240; criticism on Plato's argument for, i., 460 Improvisatori never rise above mediocrity, i., 335 Incest, defined by the Decretals, i., 34 Indulgences for sins, their effects, i., 34
Infallibility, papal, illustrations of, i., 33, 34; inconsisten- cies in the pretensions of the Church of Rome to, i., 115 Infanticide among the Jerijahs abolished by Col. Walker, ii., 225, note
*Inglis, Sir Robert, and the Duke of Wellington, ii., 40 Ingratitude, remarks on, i., 113
Inoculation of his troops by Washington, i., 124 Inquisition, its progress and success, 37; its restoration in Spain, 214
Insanity, prevalence of, in royal families, i., 147
Inscriptions, two, quoted by Porson, i., 79; examples of, i., 173 and note
*Interpreter, king of the Sandwich Isles, Peel and Croker, i., 446
Ionian university, neglected by the English Government, i., 397
Ireland, causes of its wretched condition, i., 127; under- letting of land in, should be punished, ib.; other reforms in, suggested, ib., et seq.; successful government of, by Lord Chesterfield, 217; treatment of the rebels in, 308; mode of life in, 310, et seq.; condition of the country, 312; illustrated in a "Conversation" between Archbishop Boulter and Philip Savage, i., 377, et seq.; means adopted to procure the Union," ii., 177; church property in, 178; importance of her harbours, 179; injustice of Eng- land to, ii., 204
Irishmen, characteristics of their conversation, i., 175, 303; ii., 239
Isis, priests of, Christianity borrowed from the, ii., 23 Italian character, i., 61; illustrated by the language, 62, 63 palaces and architecture, remarks on, i., 38, 39; towns, 40; and churches, ib.
Italians, addicted to robbery and revenge, i., 48, 49; parsi monious, i., 336
Italy, disregard for the dead shown in, i., 327; administra- tion of justice in, ii., 6, et seq.; improvements in, suggested, 53, et seq.; its climate, 89
* Kleber, General, and French Officers, i., 43
Knighthood, its true dignity, i., 451
Koran, translation of, proposed by Soliman, i., 355; the policy questioned by the Muftis, ib., et seq.
* Kosciusko and Poniatowski, i. 112.
*Kotzebue and Sandt, ii., 1
murder of, by Sandt, ii., 4; justified by Blu-
La Crusca, academy of, i., 169 Labour, excessive, unnatural, i., 531 and note La Chaise, Father, and Louis XIV., i., 148 Lacy, General, and Cura Merino, i., 138
* La Fontaine and Rochefoucault, ii., 206
his habits, 207; his absence of mind, 209, 212; his criticism of Rochefoucault's" Maxims," 209 *Landor, Walter, and Marchese Pallavicini, i., 38 and the Abbe Delille, i., 90
incidents in his life referred to, i., 94; 571, note; 573, note; his "Conversation" with Cavaliere Puntomichino and Mr. D. E. Talcranagh, 168, et seq.; his wish to be a " King's Friend," 324, 326; objection to his "Conversations," 326; the office of magistrate refused to him, ib.; remarks on his works, 337; his lines on Keats, 338; on Burns, 339; character assigned to him and his "Conversations" by M. Villele, 384; his dislike to company in his walks, ii., 57; attacks on his "Conversations" between Johnson and Tooke, 164 Latin language, changes in, i., 152; pronunciation of, 209 "Laodamia" criticised, i., 19, 77
Laws, turned from their right intention, i., 22; how they should be framed, 48; of England, censured, 49, 50, 51, 140, 542, 548, and note; maladministration of, in Italy, 51, 63, and note
Law-suits, how managed in Italy, ii., 5, et seq. Learning, advantages it bestows on its possessor, i., 120 Legislator, his duties, i., 52
Le Moine, Henri, a reformer of the Church of Rome, i., 36 Lemon trees, their extraordinary fertility, i., 42 Leo XII., Pope, and his Valet Gigi, i., 346 Leo IX. censured by Michael Cellularius, i., 2, note *Leofric and Godiva, i., 570
* Leontion, Epicurus, and Ternissa, i., 497
* Leopold, Peter, and the President du Paty, i., 48 his character, i., 332
Liberty, demagogues unfavourable to, i., 211 Lies, King of Ava's opinion of, i., 491; their necessity, 53 Linden tree, remarkable one, i., 39 Lingam, worship of the, ii., 40
Linus, Hymn of, ii., 29 *Lippi, Fra Filippo, and Pope Eugenius IV., ii., 81
-, narrative of his captivity in Barbary, ii., 81, et seq. *Lisle, Lady, and Elizabeth Gaunt, i., 385 Livy, his style, ii., 27; his genius, ii., 58 Locke, his plan of education, i., 217; his style, 218 Lorenzo de' Medici, character of, ii., 50, 54 *Louis XIV. and Father la Chaise, i., 148
doubts as to his birth, i., 22, and note; mis- conduct towards the Dutch nation, 148, and 150, note *Louis XVIII. and Talleyrand, ii., 189 Love, the forgiving character of, i., 9; its nature, 135; illustrated in the "Conversation" between Beniowski and Aphanasia, 264; opinion of Anacreon regarding, 271; the first and the last, 505; its divine nature, ii., 39, 220 Love of our country, i., 520
Lovers, silent, their treatment by women, i., 9 Loyalty should be reciprocal between king and people, i., 95
Ludlow doubted the policy of condemning Charles I. to death, i., 21; his character, ib., note; interview between him and Peterborough, 512
Lucian and Timotheus, ii., 17
*Machiavelli and Michel-Angelo Buonarotti, ii., 50 criticisms on his writings, i., 477 Magliabechi and Middleton, i., 114 Magna Charta of little value, ii., 104 *Mahomet and Sergius, i., 442
the discords of the Christians induced the enterprise of, i., 35; his proposal to Sergius for the junction of the Greek Church and his own disciples, dis- cussed between them, i., 442-446 and note Mahometans, their observance of the precepts of their pro- phet, ii., 86
*Maid of Orleans, the, and Agnes Sorel, ii., 37
Maitland, Sir Thomas, i., 185
*Malesherbes and Rousseau, i., 254
*Marcellus and Hannibal, i., 277
his death described, i., 277
Marius, his character, i., 237 Marmion, remarks on the poem, i., 72 Marriages within the seventh degree, prohibited by Pope Innocent III., i., 33; effect of that prohibition, ib.; between uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, sanctioned by the Church of Rome, ib. 56, 560; second, unlawful, 137; of studious men, i., 489; ideas commonly entertained of, by women, ii., 114
*Marvel, Andrew, and Milton, i., 120
and Bishop Parker, ii., 98
his "Rehearsal Transposed" written in answer to Bishop Parker's "Ecclesiastical Polity," ii., 98, note *Mary, Princess, and Princess Elizabeth, ii., 90 Mass, the, typical sense of, i., 64
Massilia, the residence of Pythagoras, i., 87
*Maurocordato and Colocotroni (the elder), i., 181 Melancthon and Calvin, ii., 221
*Melctal, Henry of, and Wolfgang, i., 315
treatment of by the Austrians, i., 315
*Merino, Cura, and General Lacy, i., 138 Menander, errors of his comedies, i., 121; imitation of his manner, ib.; his style, 122
Men of letters, opposite practice of, ancient and modern,
Metaphors, extensive application of, in writings, i., 99; use of, a curse to religion, 222
*Metternich, Count, Andrew Hofer, and the Emperor Francis, i., 175
Michel and Nicolas, i.. 565
*Michel-Angelo Buonarotti, and Machiavelli, ii., 50
and Vittoria Colonna, ii., 213 character of his works, ii., 10, 13; inferior to Raffael, 11; fortifications of Florence built by him, 50; treatment of, by Lorenzo de Medici, ib.; and by his son Piero, ib.
*Middleton and Magliabechi, i., 114 *Miguel and his Mother, i., 560
Milton and Andrew Marvel, i., 120
Galileo, and a Dominican, ii., 234
often admits lines worth little, i, 13; his sonnets, 73, 74; compared with Demosthenes, 74; his poems, translated by the Abbé Delille, 90; criticisms on, by Voltaire, 91; comments on his "Paradise Lost," 478; his merits discussed by Southey and Landor, ii., 58, et seq.; criticisms on his "Paradise Lost," 60, et seq.; on "Para- dise Regained," 156, et seq.; on "Samson Agonistes," 159, et seq.; his systematic defects, 160; stedfastness of his opinions, 98; treatment of, by Bishop Parker, ib., note; correctness of his orthography, 100; his conduct in politics and religion defended, 101, et seq.; his "Treatise on Divorce," 113; "Defence of the English People," 116; remarks on the poetical successors of, 154, et seq.; diffi- culty of imitating his style, 155; his false estimate of Shakspeare, '160; his "Lycidas criticised, 163; the "Penseroso," 164; the " Allegro," ib.; "Comus," 165; Sonnets, 168; minor poems, ib., et seq.; advocated the cause of the Valdenses, 553
Military skill of the Greeks and English, i., 182 Mina, the Spanish general, his abilities eulogized, i., 212 Ministers, of kings and princes, Nelson's opinion of. i., 142; of state, their characteristics, 325; requisites of, for their success, 372
Miracle, story of a pretended one at Rome, i., 57; of the Archbishop of Evora's hair shirt, 431; Christianity sup ported by, ii., 33, 36; occurred in other ages and reli- gions, 36
"Miserere" of Allegrini, copies of forbidden, i., 66 Misery and Vice, connection between, ii., 197 *Mitrailles, Des, Queen Pomare, Pritchard, and Polverel, ii., 202
Modesty, different in men and women, ii., 97
Monachism, abolition of in Tuscany, i., 52. et seq.; anecdote illustrative of, 57, 58, and note; its origin, 64
Monalda, Monna Tita, story of, related by Boccaccio, i., 361, et seq.
Monarchy, excellence of that form of government, i., 322; principles of, 550
Monasteries, uses of, i., 179 *Montaigne and Joseph Scaliger, i., 268
his opinion of Calvin, i., 268; description of his housekeeping; 269
Montesquieu, remarks on his writings, i., 256 Morality contrasted with religion, i., 178, et seq.; proper aim of, 179
Moors, their gardens, ii., 86; their defence of piracy, 89 Moyle, Mr. Roger, anecdotes of him, i., 310, 311; his cha- racter as an Irish gentleman, ib. *Mufti and Soliman, i., 355
Municipalities, small republics, ii., 104
Muretus defended the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, i., 35, 36, 37, note; his latinity, i., 219 Music, its effects on the mind, i., 191
Napoleon, his character, i., 44, 334; his treatment of Tous- saint L'Ouverture, 335; his motives and actions dis- cussed, 343, et seq.; ii., 48 and note
National Debt, produces a revolutionary tendency, i., 67; remarks on, 129, 130
Necessity, strict meaning of the term, i., 458 Nelly, Mr. George, notice of, i., 47
Nelson, hated by Napoleon, i., 44; his opinion of ministers, of kings and princes, 142; his conduct at Naples, ib. Nero, his Golden House, i., 41; reason for his burning the city, ib.
*Netto, El Rey, and Don Victor Saez, i., 260 *Newton and Barrow, i., 470
quotation from, i., 218; his modesty, 470 *Nicholas and Michel, i., 561 Nichols, Admiral, his character, ii., 57; anecdotes illustra- Nicholas, Saint, legend of, i., 53 Noble, Walter, and Oliver Cromwell, i., 20 tive of his courage and decision, ib.
-, represented the city of Lichfield, i., 20, note; an ancestor of the Author, ib. *Normanby, Mr., Duke de Richelieu, Sir Firebrace Cotes, and Lady Glengrin, i., 279
his history, i., 281, et seq. Normans in Sicily, their character, ii., 80, 81
*Odysseus, Tersitza, Acrive, and Trelawny, i., 387
-, the Kleptic Chieftain, his cavern of refuge described, i., 388; sketch of his history, 401
his account of his reception in England, 560, et seq. *Oldways, Walton, and Cotton, i., 572
O'Mara, Captain, his account of his continental travels, i., 306, et seq.
Oracles and auguries, their use, i., 322, 323
Orthography, variations in, i., 150, et seq.; 194, et seq.; cor- rectness of Milton's, ii., 100; the author's attempts at the reformation of English, attacked, 164
Ovid, his contest of Ulysses and Ajax commended, i., 103; his faults, ii., 219
Paine, interview between him and Mr. Normanby, i., 293; saves the life of Mr. Zachariah Wilkes, during the "reign of terror," 296 and note
Painting, the art of, considered, i., 547
*Pallavicini Marchese and Walter Landor, i., 38 Panæætius, Scipio, and Polybius, ii., 243
"Paradise Lost" criticised, ii., 60, et seq.
"Paradise Regained," criticised, ii., 156, et seq. Pardon, the privilege in a prince, a usurpation, i., 51 Parga, surrender of, i., 395
Parish priest, honourable conduct of a, i., 174 *Parker, Bishop, and Andrew Marvel, ii.. 98
ning should succeed him, 371; his maxims of govern- ment, 372, et seq.; his designs mischievous, ii., 191 *Plato and Diogenes, i., 451
-, estimate of his merits and demerits, by Demosthenes, i., 85; remarks on his writings and style, 218, et seq.; his character censured, 225; his system as regards women, 228; his plan of government considered, 230, et seq.; his style, 246; his mode of dress ridiculed by Diogenes, 455; absent at the death of Socrates, 455; his misrepre- sentations of the opinion of Socrates, 456; his writings criticised, ib., et seq.; his political opinions, 541; his want of genius, ii., 24, 25
Plutarch, his style, i., 199 Plautus, resembles Shakspeare, i., 123
Pacile, at Athens, i., 145 and note
Poetry, comparison between ancient and modern, i., 13; its effects on the mind of the composer, 9; whatever is good in, common to all good poets, 19; requisite of good, 81, 83; merits of descriptive, 90; the business of the higher, 93; character of modern English, 104; French, 105, note; its truthfulness, 222; remarks on its construction, 230, 231 and note; delight its object, 507; Greek, English, and German, ii., 3.
his Ecclesiastical Polity" answered by Poets, the writing of epigrams lowers their dignity, i., 15;
Marvel's "Rehearsal Transposed," ii., 98, note Parliament, Queen Elizabeth's, opinion of the, ii., 90 *Paty, the President du, and Peter Leopold, i., 48 Peacock, Bishop Reginald, i., 34 and note
Peel, King of the Sandwich Isles, Croker, and Interpreter, i., 446
Peers, Chamber of, in Spain, i., 139; in England, 143; the park-paling of despotism, 216; Irish, their venality when the "Union" was in agitation, ii., 177 Peerage, its use and purpose, ii., 104, et seq. Pelasgians, emigration of, under Danaus, probably that of the "Shepherds" of Egypt, i. 466
Peleus and Thetis, the scene of, recited in the garden of Epicurus, i., 518
Penance, a royal, i., 149
*Peterborough, Lord, and William Penn, i., 517
*Petrarca and Boccaccio, i., 360
Chaucer and Boccaccio, i., 402
his story of Ternerin de Gisors, i., 414 Pheasants, importation of by Louis XVIII., ii., 191 Phidias, his statue of Cybele, i., 145
Philosophers, their excellence in metaphor, i., 218; the worth of their sayings, 138; why absurd, 452; their business the search after truth, ii., 21 Philosophy of the ancients, remarks on, i., 221 Philip II. and Dona Juana Coelho, ii., 149
Philip of Macedon, his character, given by Demosthenes, i.. 85; his zeal for religion, 418; effect of the news of his death at Athens, 358, 359
Phocion and Eschines, i., 23
his eloquence, i., 226; his character, 227
their deeds and their deservings, 27, 28; difference between their language and their sentiments, 68; their merits and those of critics compared, 70; modern, their characteristics, 104, 105; not all dishonest, 271; great, must be religious, ii., 102; remarks on those who have succeeded Milton, 154, et seq.; Italian, 218; veneration Poisoning, in Italy, 190, note due to, 220
Poland, policy of augmenting her dominions, i., 113 Policastro, the prince of, story of, related by Boccaccio, i., Politeness of the Chinese, i., 123, 125; a virtue, 504; Eng- 416 Polverel, Queen Pomare, Pritchard, and Des Mitrailles, lish, 558; of Quakers, ib.; French, 559
*Polybius, Scipio, and Panatius, ii., 243 Polycrates and Anacreon, i., 270
-, story of his ring, i., 270; friendly advice given to him by Anacreon, ib., et seq.
Polytheism discussed by Xenophon and Cyrus, i., 322 *Pomare, Queen, Pritchard, Polverel, and Des Mitrailles, ii., 202
Poniatowski and Kosciusko, i., 112 treatment of, by the French, ii., 206
Pompeius, Cneius, his conduct censured by Cæsar, i., 369 Popes of Rome, their conduct toward crowned heads, i., 29; mode of election of the, when first established, 33; means used to procure authority and power, 35; cha- racter of many, 56; adoration of, 117; origin of their supreme power, ii., 20; plan for establishing them in Venice, 54
Portugal, state of, i., 140; proposed constitution for, 349 Prayer, inefficacy of, treatise of, by Middleton, i., 115; the subject discussed by Middleton and Magliabechi, ib., et seq.; may sometimes be misapplied, 117; the fact illus- trated by anecdotes, ib., et seq.
*Porson and Southey, i., 11, 68
Precedence, claimed for the emperors of Morocco and Aus- tria, i., 1, note
Predestination considered, i., 179; the doctrine discussed between Melancthon and Calvin, ii., 221, et seq. "President of the Senate and Bonaparte, i., 89 Pride, its effects, i., 529, 530
Pritchard, Queen Pomare, Polverel, and Des Mitrailles, ii., 202
Prodicus, his style, i., 223
Prostitutes, i., 48; in Tuscany, ib., and note Punishment, eternal, the doctrine considered, ii., 21 Punishments, inequality of, i., 457, et seq.
Physicians, in Spain, ordinance issued against, i., 263 and Puns, examples of, in Plato's writings, i., 223
*Puntomichino, Cavaliere, and Mr. Denis Eusebius Tal- cranagh, i., 168
sketch of his life, i., 168 Purgatory, i., 54, 56, 64, 65
Puritanism, its character, i., 130 Pythagoras instructed the Gauls, i., 87; his style, ib.
Quails, extravagant fiction regarding, i., 150 and note Quakers, the, their personal appearance, i., 119; their doc- trines discussed by Penn and Peterborough, 526, et seq.; literature and science neglected by, 531
Queypo, cruelties committed against him by Ferdinand of Spain, i., 438 and note
Quietism, opposed by Bossuet, 319 and note Quiroga, his interview with El Rey Netto, i., 260 -
Racine, his writings criticised, i., 101
Raffael, character of his works, ii., 10, 13; superior to Michel- Angelo, 11
Raleigh, his name not perishable, i., 49; anecdote of, ii., 240 Rao-Gong-Fao and King of Ava, i., 490 Reading, pleasures of, i., 225
Reason, assisted by belief, ii., 17
Rebellion, the great, in England, moving causes of, ii., 115 Reformation, how effected, ii., 102
Religion, benefits of diversities in, i., 66; the Roman Catholic a support to the throne, 67; considered in relation to social duties, 177, et seq.; proper aim of, 179; of the ancients, 365; men of genius not indifferent to, 543; impolicy of interfering with that of others, ii., 40, Republics, their position in regard to kings, i., 25; ancient, how esteemed by the Holy Alliance, 106; Plato's scheme for, 228, et seq.; reason why they are not uni- versal, 360; small, superior to small principalities, 530; plan for the establishment of, in Italy, ii., 53, et seq.; small collective, the most happy, 55; 104; munici- palities of the like nature, ib.; defended, 110 Republicanism, nature of, i., 134
Rewards and punishments, considered, i., 221 Rhadamistus and Zenobia, ii., 75
Rhigas, his career and fate, i., 181
*Rhodope and Æsop, ii., 93, 193
Rhyme, what it consists in, i., 96; sometimes admitted by the ancients, i., 103
*Richard I., and the Abbot of Boxley, i., 1
Richelieu, Duke de, Sir Firebrace Cotes, Lady Glengrin, and Mr. Normanby, i., 278
his retirement from office, i., 278; resi- dence at Nice, 279; visits Ireland, ib.; his adventures there, 305
Ridicule, legitimate employment of, ii., 17
Riego, treatment of him and his companions when taken prisoners, i., 261 and note; his wife sentenced to the galleys, 349 and note
Rienzi destroyed by his vanity, i., 403
Riots, their use, i., 171
Savage, first Speaker of the House of Commons "who appears on any record," i., 11, note
*Scaliger, Joseph, and Montaigne, i., 268
his vanity exposed in his "Conversation" with Montaigne, i., 269 Scioppius, Caspar, his opinion of heretics, i., 235, note; his Schoolmasters, why censurable, ii., 43
presents to James I., ib.
Scipio, Polybius, and Panatius, ii., 243
Scotch, character of the, ii., 111 and note Scott, Sir Walter, his poetry criticised, i., 72 Sculpture, ancient, fate of its masterpieces, ii., 56; sugges- tion as to the use of wax in restoring, ib. Sectary, the import of the term, i., 30 Senate of Rome, intended suppression of the, by the Marian Senator, Roman, his rank, i., 1, note Seneca and Epictetus, i., 351 Sergius and Mahomet, i., 442
mitted by him in Spain, 237
Sertorius, his conduct as military leader, i., 236; error com- Shakspeare often admits lines worth little, i., 13; estimation of his powers, 15; comparison between him and Bacon, ib.; his sonnets, 73: criticisms on, by Voltaire, 91; his dramatic writings criticised, 104; lines by the Author, descriptive of his powers, 105; his Historical Dramas, 123; the greatness of his genius, ii., 157; hisclowns, 161 Shelley, anecdotes of him and Byron, i., 340; his character, 341; his generous estimation of Keats, ii., 156; difficul- ties overcome in his "Cenci," 157 Shepherd Kings. See Pelasgians *Sheridan and Windham, ii., 177
his speech on the Mutiny at the Nore, ii., 177 Shipley, Bishop, and Benjamin Franklin, ii., 43 *Sidney, Sir Philip, and Lord Brooke, i., 4 Slavery, opinion of early Christians as to, ii., 31 Singing, arguments in defence of, i., 528 Slave trade, abolition of the, a secondary consideration to the freedom of Greece, i., 396; its expediency discussed, ii., 197, et seq.
Sleep, poetical Invocation to, by Sir Philip Sidney, i., 7; what time should be devoted to, 531
Smiles, of men and women, difference between, ii., 94 Smith, Robert, an imitator of Lucretius, ii., 155; his poetry commended, ib.
Smith, Sir Sydney, hated by Napoleon, i., 44 Society, philosophical sense of the word, i., 508
Robespierre, joy exhibited in France on the news of his Socrates, his character as exhibited by Plato, i., 223; a
Rochefoucault and La Fontaine, ii., 206
, indebted to Hobbes, ii., 209; his "Maxims" criticised by La Fontaine, ib.; incorrect, 541 Romans, character of the ancient, i., 40, 41 Rome, cause of her fall, i., 237, 240
, Church of. See "Church of Rome "
Romilly and Perceval, i., 265
and Wilberforce, ii., 197
his proposition for the reform of the criminal law,
i., 266; his character, ii., 201, note
*Rousseau and Malesherbes, i., 254
-, remarks on his writings, i., 256, et seq. Royal families, prevalence of insanity in, i., 147 Rubens, character of his works, ii., 13
Russia, designs of, on Turkey, i., 106; on Greece, ib. ; claim of, to California and N.W. coast of America, 108 designs of, on Hindostan, ib.; her policy immutable, 109, 566, et seq.; unable to invade India, i., 395
Sacrament of the Eucharist, i., 30
*Saez, Don Victor, and El Rey Netto, i., 260
Saint Bartholomew's Day, massacre of, medals coined to commemorate, i., 36; extracts from Muretus's Oration in celebration of, 37, note
Saints, intercession of, i., 116 Saladin, his character, i., 1, 2
Salomon, the Florentine Jew, and Alfieri, i., 187 Salvation, meaning of the term, ii., 21; discussed between Melancthon and Calvin, 221, et seq.
Samos, subjugation of, by Polycrates, i., 271
Samuel, the defender of Santa Veneranda, and leader of the Suliotes, i., 393
Sandwich Isles, King of the, Peel, Croker, and Interpreter, i., 446
*Sandt and Kotzebue, ii., 1
and Blucher, ii., 45
*Savage, Philip, and Archbishop Boulter, i., 377 his character, i., 377, note
Sir Arnold, and King Henry IV., i., 9
Spain, State of, i., 140; treatment of, by the Holy Alliance, 211, et seq.; scheme for the reformation of, 215; character of the people of, 216; evils produced in, by the restoration of Ferdinand, 397, 431; reflections on the misrule of, 442 *Spenser and Essex, ii., 239
his merits discussed by Queen Elizabeth and Cecil, i., 27, et seq.; quotations from his poetry, 28; character of his poetry, 80; his residence in Ireland de- scribed, ii., 241; sacked and burnt by the rebels, ib. Spring, verses on the, i., 7
State Religions, advantages of their abolition, i., 130 "Steele and Addison, ii., 151
-, harshly treated by Addison, ii., 151
Style, in composition, requisites of modern, i., 16; of the oratory of Demosthenes, 25-27; of English writers, re- marks on, 151, et seq., 193, et seq., 351; of Addison, Swift, and Plutarch, 199; Locke, 218; Plato, ib., et seq. ; Tibullus, 219; Muretus, ib.; Aristoteles, 220, 221; Pro- dicus, 223; Plato, 246; Rousseau, 256; Montesquieu, ib. ; Thucydides, 366; Aristoteles, 454, 461; Theophrastus, 510; Dr. Donne, 576; Livy, ii., 27; Polybius, 254 Suliotes, their heroic defence of their country, i., 393, 394 Sun, advantages of its worship in a hot climate, i., 323 Sunday, amusements formerly encouraged on, i., 4 and note; modern observance of, 119
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