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

G.

*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

*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

F.

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

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

ii., 220

Gun-boats, their proper construction, i., 184

Н.

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.

272

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

J.

*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

K.

Hyacinthes, a learned Russian, i., 181

Idleness, sacred, i., 514

I.

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-

cher, ii., 48

L.

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

Libel, law of, i., 141

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

M.

*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

and note

"

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,

ii., 1

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

N.

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

0.

Quietism, opposed by Bossuet, 319 and note
Quiroga, his interview with El Rey Netto, i., 260 -

R.

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

et seq.

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

the death of, 76

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

faction, i., 237

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

death, i., 297

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

S.

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