Vevay, near the Lake of Geneva, described, vii 722
Vicart, Madam, on Bees, v 788
Vickers, Rev. John, proctor at Cambridge (1798), vi 759
Vicq d'Azyr, Felix, M.D. a correspondent with Dr. Lettsom, ii 661
Villas, of Horace, Sallust, Mæcenas, &c. described, i 720, et seq.; of Martial, 741 Villdeuil, Marquis of, viii 45 Villeneuve, Abbé de, vi 134
Villette, M. de, uncle to Dr. Ducarel, iv 622, 664
Villettes, General (1809), v 642
Villiers, James Fitz-Gerald Viscount, son of John Earl of Grandison, vi 762
Jane Dowager Viscountess, vi 762 Vince, Rev. Dr. Samuel, Plumian Profes- sor at Cambridge, vi 44 Vincent, Augustin, Herald, iii 769, 770 George (1682), iii 770
Mrs. her anecdotes of Sir Isaac
Newton, iv 31
Robert, bookseller, iv 255
Rev. William, Rector of Shepey,
Vyse, Rev. William, Canon of Lichfield, notice of, vii 452, note
Rev. Dr. William, iv 676; vi 316, 645, 695, 697. biographical notice of, vii 452, note
Waddilove, Robert, father of Dr. Waddi- love, vi 603
Robert Darley, D.D. v 325; vi 894. memoir of, 603. assisted Dr. Robertson in his "History of America," 604. letter to Mr. Gough on his "Bri- tannia," 606; Thomas Langdale's "York- shire," ib.; and Editor of "Beauties of England and Wales," ib. reception of
Dr. Dibdin at York Minster Library, 608. his account of pictures formerly Charles I.'s in Spain, vii 535, 536, 541
Rev. William James Darley,
Rev. Edward (1708), iii 277 Mary, vi 755
William, Bp. of Lincoln, and Abp. of Canterbury, i 104; iv 172; vi 625, 698, 755. letters to Dr. Stukeley, ii 784, noticed, 794, 827. letter to the Warden and Fellows of All Souls', Oxford, on the election of Mr. Stead as Bursar of Arts, iii 757. letter to Rev. Thomas Allen, 789. his bequest to the Bodleian Library, v 553. See Jessop (Francis) Wakefield, accounts of, v 302, 305
Rev. George (father of Gilbert), notices of him, vii 644, 645. his poems compared with those of Edward Moore, 646
Gilbert, iii 773; vi 482. tack on Mr. Hardinge, iii 10. by Justice Hardinge, 846. vii 593. notice of him, 642
· Grammar-school, notices of, i 745, 747. inscription to Rev. John Clarke at, 761
Wakeling, Mr. (1745), iv 382 Wakfeld, Robert (1524), iv 512
Walcot, Dr. William, of Oundle, vii 503. notice of, ib. note
Waldgrave, Robert, printer, iv 170, 196, 222
Waldron, Francis Godolphin, iv 550 Wales, Caroline Princess of, iv 32. attention to Capt. Hardinge, iii 63, 70. whether she should publish her Case? viii 67
Frederick Prince of, iv 888; v 22 George Augustus Frederick Prince of (afterwards George IV.), attending a gala at Canterbury, on the victory of the Nile, vi 751
William, mathematician, vi 41
Waley, John, printer, iv 158
Walker, Rev. Archdeacon, iii 623
Dr. of Leeds, a correspondent with
Dr. Lettsom, ii 661
Rev. James, notice of, v 862, 863 Joseph Cooper, vi *435; vii 78, his information relative to Gold- smith's 66 Auburn," &c. 80, 108. his essay "On the Revival of the Drama in Italy," 113, 120, 149. various opinions as to his merit as a scholar and critic, 185, 749. his Satire on Bruce's Travels, 493. memoir of him, 681. letters of Mr. Walker: to Mr. Gough, 696, 697, 699, 703, 704, 710; to Mr. Boyd, 751; to Bp. Percy, 702, 708, 710, 711, 713, 717, 719, 723, 725, 729, 731, 734-741, 743-747; to Gent. Mag. with remarks on various ar- ticles in that work, 712; to Mr. Owen Rees, 755; to Mr. Pinkerton, 728, 733,742, 748, 749-753, 754. his "Anecdotes of Ca- rolan, the Irish Bard, and his contempo- raries," 688. his additions to Mr. Gough's "Ireland," 696. "Irish Bards " viewed, ib. Irish Dress, 697, 704, 706, 707, 709, 710. his Proposals for "Obser- vations on the North of Ireland," 699, 700. writes to Mr. Ritson relative to his attack on Bp. Percy, 710. writes to Mr. Hay- ley on the subject of the "Reliques," ib. his tour to Buxton, 712. proposes to make a tour to the Continent, 715, 718. requests an introduction to Sir William Hamilton, ib. various incidents in his tour to Italy, 721. his return to Dublin, 725.
his contributions to the Dublin "Transactions," 728. his "Notes on the 'Reliques,' and on the Works and Ge- nius of Shakspeare,'" 731. his literary prospects, 733. notice of his correspon- dence with Mr. Catcott, 741. his Essay on Italian Tragedy, 750, 752, 753; and various other works, ib. the translation of his "Irish Bards" into French, ibid. 753; his Essay on " Italian Tragedy" into Italian, ib., 755. his own remarks on the execution of his "Essay on the Italian Drama," 754. his severe illness, 756. Bp. Percy's rebuke to him and Mr. Boyd, for their duplicity, 757, and notes. burning of his house, 819. his collection of draw- ings, and those of his brother and cousin,
Wallace, Mr. Attorney-general (1783), iv 832; v 840
Sir William, v 844. his statue and verses on, vi 494 Waller, Edmund, M.D. letter from Dr. Mead, iv 226
Mrs. her murder in Ireland, vii 729,
and note Wallin, Rev. Edward (1733), iv 199 Wallis, Dr. John, ii 794; iv 46, 722; v 797, 798; vi 655, 656, 677. his Algebra no- ticed, iv 22, 24. his "Life," 168 Rev. Richard, v 120
Rev. John, the historian of North- umberland, notice of, i 457
Walmesley, Dr. Roman Catholic Bishop, ▼ 681
Walmsley, Mr. (1778), vi 368
Walpole, Horatio 1st Lord Walpole of Wolterton (1756). See Herring (Abp.)
Horace (afterwards 4th Earl of Orford), iii 309, 469, 477, 478, 669, 721, 806, 807; iv 482, 564, 574, 681, 682; v 58, 341, 669; vi 21, 118, 293, 297, 508, 614, 660, 697, 752, 821, 822. lines on his birthday, by Dr. Sneyd Davies (1736), i 591. criticism on his poem called "The Beauties," 100. his friend- ship with Mr. Hardinge, iii 12. extracts from his Correspondence with Mr. Justice Hardinge, 177-217. Preface to his "De- scription of Strawberry Hill," 189. Letter to Lord President Forbes, 545. his Anec- dotes of Painting, 661. extract of a letter relating to Bp. Warburton (1774), iv 734. lines on Ampthill Cross, vi 287. remarks by Dr. Lort on his "Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors," vii 525, 529. his "Anecdotes of Painting" commended, 532. sends Dr. Lort some pictures, 535. letter to Dr. Lort, 542. on his letter to Chatterton, 554. his intended memoir of
Mad. du Deffand, 549. his death, 733. his "Historic Doubts," viii 51. charac- ter of his letters, 52. letter to him, on the Rowley Controversy, 220. his "Mis- cellaneous Antiquities," 290. letters to Bp. Percy, 290, 293 Walpole, Sir Robert (1st Earl of Orford), ii 835; iii 806; iv 329, 670; v 151. drank ale, iii 191. Coxe's Memoirs of, vi 660, 734. letter to Roger Gale, i 478. de- feated on the Chippenham election peti- tion, in 1741-2, iii 138. pamphlet ascribed to him, vii 531. See Orford (1st Earl)
· Robert (1771), notice of, iv 537 Walsby, Rev. Dr. Edward, Rector of Lam- bourn, notice of, iv 714 Walsh, Bp. (Roman Catholic), v 700 John, M.P. i 155, 156
Walter, and Family Pedigree, vi 381 Walsingham, Sir Francis, vi 421. quoted from, iv 381
Thomas de Grey 2nd Lord,
vi 214 Walter, Rev. Edward, Fellow of St. John's, Cambridge (1706), letter of, iv 129
Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury
(1197), iv 615
John, bookseller, vii 30
Rev. Weaver, a master of Newcas- tle-upon-Tyne grammar school, notice of,
Walton, H. painted a portrait of Rev. Wm. Gilpin, i 781
Isaac, vi 165, 704
Rev. Jonathan, v 120
Walwyn, Mr. of Langford (1781), vi 407 Wanley, Andrew, of Iford, iii 475
Humphrey, ii 785; iv 179, 433, 658; v 547. letters to Rev. John Killing- beck, i 816. notices of, iv 211
Wapshare, C. W. of Salisbury (1823), vi 808
Emma Elizabeth, vi 808
Warbeck, Perkin, vi 655
Warburton, John, Somerset Herald, iii 424, 433. particulars of, ii 59. letter to Mr. Shaw Ward, iv 128
Dr. William, Bp. of Glouces- ter, ii 837-840; iii 186, 297, 499, 720; iv 526; v 390, 765, 817; vi 263, 269; vii 3. his portrait by Pond, i 54. por- trait of, ii (frontispiece). letters to Dr. Stukeley, ii. 1. his "Alliance between Church and State," 33, 35. his affection for his mother, 47. his early preferments, 59. letters to Peter des Maiseaux, F.R.S. 61-66. letter to Dr. Thomas Birch, 67. his proposed edition of Shakspeare, 72, 73, 96 (see Shakspeare). his contributions to Dr. Z. Grey's Hudibras, 124. letters to Dr. Nathaniel Forster, 151; to the Rev. Thomas Balguy, 170, 175; to Mr. Jortin, 172. their quarrel, 187. in his early days attacked Pope, 195. letters from Lewis Theobald, 204-630. letters to Theo-
bald, containing many emendations of Shakspeare not included in Theobald's edition, 634-654. made King's Chaplain, 656. his contributions to Theobald's Shakspeare, 730, 742; to Sir Thomas Hanmer, 742. superintended the first complete edition of the Dunciad, 766. letters to Rev. Dr. Philip Doddridge, 811- 836. his opinion of the Expositor, 825. presented to the Rectory of Firsby by the Duke of Newcastle, and when resigned, 845. authenticated as Rector of Firsby, with notices of, iv 731, 732. letter to Rev. William Ward, iii 518. three letters relating to the controversy between him and Bp. Lowth, 711-714. letter to Mr. Whyte, about a curate, iv 742. letter to
on "Julian," &c. "Essay on Spirit," by Clayton, Bp. of Clogher, &c. 733. allusion to his infirmities, by Mr. Walpole, 734. two letters to Rev. W. Green, with directions for his theological reading and composition, 849, 850. sale of his library, vi 352. his "Lectures" advertized, vii 610
Warcopp, John, of Gatenby, notice of, iv 308 Rev. John, LL.B. of Trinity Hall, iii 284; iv 246, 259, 308, 316, 324, 386, 389, 390
Ward, Edward, his poetry, ii 724
Dr. John, Professor at Gresham College, iii 577, 636, 646, 647, 648, 649; iv 165, 169, 190 bis, 441, 537, 618, 620; v 257, 262, 600, 651, 655, 677. his Life, by Dr. Maty, iv 632. letters to Dr. Du- carel, and to and from E. M. Da Costa, 683-685. notice of, 683. his Lives of the Professors of Gresham College, ii 124. See Lewis (J.)
Joseph (1636), iv 494 Richard, printer, iv 222 R. v 120
Dr. Seth, Bishop of Salisbury, iv
Shaw. See Warburton (John) Walter Walker, letter to Sir Henry
W. mezzotinto engraver, vi 894
Rev. William, memoir of, iii 510. series of letters on his " Grammar of the English Language," &c. from G. Savile, Rev. Dr. W. J. Powell, Dr. Adam Smith (to Mr. Baird), Rev. Dr. Balguy, Rev. Thomas Castly, Rev. John Lawson, Bp. Warburton, Bp. Keene, Rev. J. Ston- house, and Rev. Dr. Joseph Priestley, 511- 519
Mr. of Norwich (1766), v 295 Rev., Fellow of King's Coll. Cambridge, and Rector of Ditton, vi 692 Ware, Sir James, iii 641
Warham, William, Archbishop of Canter- bury, iii 700; iv 343, 347. notice of, 172
Waring, Richard Hall, notice of, iv 770, 771
Warner, George, of Headington (1803), v 853
Dr. Joseph, Bishop of Rochester,
Rev. John, Vicar of Westham, v 759, 788, 789
Rev. Dr. John, Rector of Hock- liffe, &c. the originator of Howard's statue in St. Paul's, ii 673; iv 741
Lee, iv 677. view of Bury Abbey palace dedicated to, iv 90 Warnford, Mrs. (1758), ii 809 Warre, Mr. of Farningham (1794), vi 619 Warren, - M.D. of Bury, ii 25
Dr. (1742), iii 285, 286; iv 266,
267; v 354, 355
Sir George, iii 362
Dr. I. C. Professor of Anatomy, &c. a correspondent with Dr. Lettsom, ii 661
John, D.D. (eldest son of the Rev. Samuel Warren, Vicar of Ashford,) Pre- bendary of Exeter, account of, iv 309, 311, 322, 384, 387
Dr. John, Bp. of Bangor (son of Dr. Richard Warren), notice of, iv 305. allusions to, 358, 362, 363; vi 708; vii 450
Priscilla (wife of Dr. Richard), epitaph on, iv 376
Richard, D.D. (2nd son of the Rev. Samuel Warren), Archdeacon of Suffolk, iv 305. letters to Dr. Z. Grey, 376-382. his epitaph, 376. account of, ib.
Richard, M.D. (son of the Rev. R. Warren, and elder brother of the Bp.) the eminent physician, his death, iv viii; v 33; vi 106, 468, 712; vii 22. notice of, ib. note
Rev. Samuel, Vicar of Ashford, no- tice of, iv 376
William, D.D. (youngest son of the Rev. Samuel Warren), President of Trinity Hall, notice of, iv 377, 628. ac- count of, 383. letters to Dr. Z. Grey, 383-385. his epitaph, 383. letter to Rev. Mr. Nixon, 629. letter to Dr. Du- carel, relative to Mr. Wise's "Observations on the White Horse," 686 Warrington, George 2nd Lord, ii 802 Warton, Dr. Joseph, iii 482; v 278, 449, 454, 535; vii 600. memoirs of, and family, i 227-230. his " Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope," and his remuneration for it, vii 30. his "Edition of Pope," 732
Warton, Rev. Mr. (eldest son of Dr. Jos. Warton), his new edition of Dryden's Works, 600 and note. proposesd " Warton Correspondence," ibid.
Rev. Thomas, iii 764; iv 554, 564; v 210, 289, 715; vi 468, 555, 633, 634, 656. portrait of, iv 738. letters to Richard Farmer, D.D. on the antiquities of Leicester, ib.; to Mr. Gough, ib.; to
John Nichols, on an insertion in the Gent. Mag. 739; to Mr. Gough, on "Holcombe Grange," &c. ib. notice of, 738. letter from Mr. Gough, v 528, 534, 538. made Poet Laureate, vii 468. five Latin poems of his noticed, 636. letter to Bp. Percy, viii 186. unpublished part of his "His- tory of English Poetry," 372, 373. Rit- son's abuse of him, ib. his burlesque of the "Guide" and "Companion through Oxford," 396. his offensive expression relative to Dr. Lowth, 407. satirical print of him, 62. See Ducarel (Dr.), Gough (Richard) Warwick, Earl of (21 Rich. II.), iv 140 George Greville Earl of (1791),
Waterland, Dr. Daniel, Master of Magd. College, iv 151, 249, 293, 295, 320, 321, 362, 385, 392; v 355. borrowed from Bp. Bull, ii 768. letters to Dr. Z. Grey, iv 386-390, 392. letters to Dr. Philip Williams, 390. See Anstis
Dr. Theodore, Rector of Long Staunton (1764), v 643 Waterson, Simon, printer, iv 196 Waterton, Mr. of Walton Hall, vi 400, 401 Wateson, Rev. George, letter to Dr. Z. Grey, iv 392. account of, ib. Wathen, v 747
-, surgeon, London (1785),
Watkins, Richard, printer, iv 196 Rev. Robert, notice of, iv 464 William, iii 787
Minor Canon of Ely
(1755), vi 804 Watling Street, derivation of, v 195 Watson, Benjamin (1717), vi 809
Caroline, engraver to Queen Char- lotte, notices of, v 621; vi 277
Rev. Daniel, i 423, 458; v *512, *513. letters to Mr. Hutchinson and Mr. Allan, i 428-439. nephew to the poet Tickell, 436. his prayer for the King's recovery, 437, 438. letters to Rev. James Topham, 460-464. See Lyttelton (Bp.) Dr. (1681), iv 83 Edward (1565), iii 792
Horace, noticed, i 462, 463, 464 James, printer, notice of, iv 360 Jeremiah, v 853
Watson, John, of Belton Park, iii 510 Dr. John, of Stockport (1780), vi 394
Rev. John, i 242; v 309; vi 402, 403. notice of, iii 362. three letters to Richard Richardson, 362-366
Joseph, i 462 bis, 464
Hon. Laurence Monson. See Allen
Dr. Richard, Bishop of Llandaff, iv 764, 877; v 198, 199; vi 104, 168, 870. his sermon criticised by Wm. Stevens, Esq. i 160. extracts from his letters to Mr. Hardinge, iii v. his advocacy of the Roman Catholics, 21. ice Hardinge, 36. his attention to G. N. Hardinge, 61. letters of, 84. note to Mr. Hardinge, 114. extracts from corre- spondence with Justice Hardinge, 159- 177. four letters to Mr. Nichols, 774. verses on, by Justice Hardinge, 845, 846. letters from and to Rev. Sam. Darby, on his Letter to Abp. of Canterbury, vi 469, 470. his letter to the Abp. of Canterbury, vii 448, 449. sermon at Court, 452, 505. "Card" to, 453. pamphlet by, in favour of the repeal of the Test Act, 482 Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln,
Thomas (1581), vii 10. translates the Antigone of Sophocles, 11
William, of Durham, v 622 Mr. book and print seller (1772),
v 58 Watt, Mrs (daughter of John Ellis, the naturalist), vi 850
Watts, Dr. Isaac, v 334, 842
John, printer, letter to, ii 631 Rov. Robert, of St. John's College,
gardener at Chelsea, i 342 Waugh, Rev. John, D.C.L. notice of, iv 666
Wayly, Col. notice of, iv 731 Weaver, Edmund, of Freistone (1742), an almanac maker, ii 24, 33, 39, 53; v 257 Webb, Col. James (1784), vi 416
Sir John (1784), vi 414
Philip Carteret, iv 648, 649; vi 803. letter from E. M. Da Costa on Mr. Lhuyd's collection of letters, iv 788 Weber, Henry, his edition of Ford's Plays, vii 213, 216. his "Northern Antiqui- ties," ib. and note, 218
Webster, Rev. John, of Bene't Coll. Camb. vi 805
Sir Thomas, Bart. iii 552
Sir Whistler, Bart. iii 552
Rev. Dr. William, mentioned by Bp. Warburton, ii 66, 83, 84, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92 bis, 112, 115, 122, 811, 814; iv 299, 358. letters to Dr. Z. Grey, 392, 393 Weddel, Mr. of Newby Hall, his statue of Venus, iii 728; vi 606
Wedderburne, Mr. vi 760. See Loughborough
Wellwood, Dr. death of (1728), ii 801 Wellys, William, Bishop of Rochester, vi 612
Welmore, Rev. Mr. (catechist at New York), iv 280, 296
Welsted, Leonard, v 391
Welton, Richard, D.D. notice of, iv 421 Welwyn, Rev. Dr. (1760), iii 539 Wenham, Jane, iv 349
Wenman, Lord, M.P. for Oxford City (1752), iii 491
Hon. Mr. of All Souls' College
(1784), iv 787 Wentworth, Godfrey, iii 597
Sir John, letter to Thomas Kirke, Esq. iv 73. notice of, ib. Hon. Thomas. See Allen
(Thomas) Wesley, Charles, iii 843
Rev. John, ii 162, 167; v 763, 805. notice of, ii 791. anecdotes of, 65, 95
West, Dr. (1726) ii 789
Gilbert, extract of a letter from Mrs. Montagu, relating to Dr. Courayer, v 62
James, Pres. R.S. iii 601, 660; iv 152, 156, 166, 198, 221, 223, 224, 322, 436, 437, 440, 495, 560; v 521; vi 278, 279. his election to be Pres. R. S. i 138. presented a portrait of Camden, the anti- quary, to Lord Camden, 487, 660. three letters to Dr. Ducarel, iii 701, 702. let- ters to Mr. Ames, on the appointment of King's printer, iv 789; to and from E. M. Da Costa, on cleaning and arranging the museum and books in the Royal Society, and its Receipts, &c. 790-794
James, auditor of the Land Revenue, vi 278, 279, 701
Mrs. Jane, her Poems, vii 86, 88. biog. notice of her, ib. note. her charac- ter, 89. her Play, 121. her "Let- ters to a Young Man," &c. 592, and note, 593. letter from her, and notice of her son, 596. some account of her, 597, 600. her" Infidel Father" reviewed in "British Critic," 601. letters to Bishop Percy, viii 326, 329, 424, 430. letter to Mr. Nichols, 433. her Works, 326. "Let- ters to a Young Man, on his entrance into the World," 327. her Works com- mended by Bp. Percy, 328. "Ode to Poetry," 329. her early history, ib. Bp. Percy's Chinese Tale," 331. her "Ma- ria Williams," ib. her Novel, from the
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