Allen, Frederick, of Leominster, iii 135
Mr. an author in Divinity, ii 52 Ralph, ii. 830-834, 836-839; iv 732.
Mrs. wife of Ralph Allen, ii 834 Rev. S. J. iv 876
Rev. Thomas, memoir of, iii 789. let- ter from Abp. Wake, ib. letter to the Hon. Thomas Wentworth, 790. petition
to the king, on his living, 792. extracts of letters to Lady Sondes and Lady Monson, 793. letter to Hon. Laurence Monson, 794. letter to Samuel Brewster on his compilation of "Universal History," 795. two letters to Dr. Stukeley, one in Latin, iii 569
Rev. William, editor of Demosthenes' Orations, notice of, vii 440 Alleyne, Hannah, v 845
John, esq. notices of, v 826, 832. eighteen letters to and from Rev. Weeden Butler and William Rosewell, v 832- 849
Rev. Thomas, v 186. See Gifford Allgood, James, v 120
Allic, Richard, vi 435 Allix, Dr. iv 486
Almanacs, printed at Cambridge, temp. Car. I. iv 203
Alnewick, William, Bp. of Norwich, iv 192 Altham, Rev. Dr. Hebrew Professor at Ox- ford, iv 78
Rev. James, rector of St. Olave Jewry, vi 711
Alton, Dr. Professor of Botany at Edin- burgh, i 323
Aman, Dr. noticed, i 287
Amand, St. Mrs. notice of, ii 809 Amelia, Princess. See Secker, Abp. American Bishops, vii 476, 478.
of, 489, 494. state of the churches, 494
Independence, anecdote of Dr. Franklin, vii 443. emigrants, ib. inscription, 506
War, anecdote of, i 151 Ames, Joseph, iii 617, 618, 619, 685. iv 443, 450, 557-579, 764; vi 172, 660, 665, 693. four letters to Dr. Ducarel, iii 577-579. letters to and from Mr. Anstis on printing, &c. iv 152-163. letters to Rev. John Lewis, 165, 166.. his dedication of the copy of a Greek In- scription to the Society of Antiquaries, 167. letter to E. M. Da Costa, 228. his list of lost books mentioned in the Bible, 228. his history of printing, 229; v 361. letter to Ebenezer Mussel, iv 234; to Bishop Lyttelton, 231-234. sold Mr. Lewis's books to Mr. Payne, ib. For his correspondence see Anstis, Ballard, Cole, Da Costa, Gostling, Hubbock, Hunt, Peck, Rawlinson, Ruddiman, Tanner,
(Rev. John), Vertue, West, Widmore, Wise.
Ames's "Typographical Antiquities," curi- ous extracts from, viii 323
Amherst, Jeffery 1st Lord, iv 678 Amicable Insurance Company, viii 390 Ammaa Dea, E. M. Da Costa on, iv 794-7 Amner, Rev. Richard, notices of, v 332. viii 335. letter to J. Nichols relative to Rev. Mr. Jennings, ib.
"Amnon's murder in Dryden's "Abso- lom and Ahitophel," inquiry relative to, vii 161
Amory, Dr. iv 825, 840
Ampthill Cross, lines on, by Horace Wal- pole, vi 287
Amyott, M.P. for Southampton 1779, v 679 Ancarville, De, M. vi 135
Ancaster, Duchess of, 1730, ii 794, 795 ·Peregrine Duke of, (1728) ii 789 Duke of. See Lindsay
Ancona, Mr. See Ducarel
Anderson, Eneas, preparing to write against Sir G. L. Staunton's "Embassy to China," vii 28
Dr. professor of Philosophy at
John, M.D. of Margate, notice
Miss, vii 136, 137
Rev. Mr. of St. Kitts, iv 237
Robert, M.D. memoirs of, vii 69. letters to Bishop Percy, 72, 76, 79, 81, 83-97, 100-107, 109-129, 131-138, 139- 142, 146-150, 153-157, 159-167, 169- 183, 186-189, 192-205, 208-222; to Dr. Trail, 99; to Mr. Thomas Robin- son, 68 and note; to Mr. M. Darby, 223. his "Poets of Great Britain," 71. co-operates with Bp. Percy in the publica. tion of Dr. Grainger's Poems, 73; Mr. Mundell engaged as the publisher, ib. his progress with his edition of the Poets, 77. sends copies of Thompson's "Pictures of Poetry," and Campbell's " Pleasures of Hope," 78. remarks on his "Life of Shenstone," 79. requests information for the "Lives of the Poets," 80. remarks on the 2nd edition of the "Reliques," 81. A MS. copy of " Sir Patrick Spence," promised to Bishop Percy, 81, 82. acknowledges the receipt of Grainger's papers, 83. transmits copies of Sir Walter Scott's early poems, 84, and note. his remarks on the collec- tion of Grainger's poems, 84, 85, and notes. an original letter of Grainger, 86. his Life of Smollett, 92. invitation to visit Bp. Percy, 96, 104. proposes to dedicate Grainger's works to Bp. Percy, Goldsmith's Life proposed, ib. and his visit to Bp. Percy, 105. St. Valeri, the seat of J. C. Walker, esq., described, ib. his works in the press, 124. proposes a new Life of Dr. John- son, 136. his index to the "Sugar
Cane," 141, 145. life of Dr. Johnson, 142, 152. life of Shenstone, 150. letter to the "Poetical Register," ib. life of Dr. Johnson, 159. life of Smollett, 160. edition of "Poetical Translations," 166. the "Key," and "Northern Anti- quities," 188-193. his opinion of J. Cooper Walker, ib. loses his elder bro- ther, 192. his serious illness, 199. his tour in Ireland, 200. his family, 203. visits Dr. Drummond, 208. the party there, ib. visits Mr. Bourne, the Dean of Tuam, at Kildress, party there, 209. pro- mises to visit Bp. Percy on his way to Soctland, ib. journey from Dromore to Portpatrick, and the party, 210. his studies while at Edinburgh, and continued ill health, 212. progress of his "Poetical Biography," ib. lives of Smollett and Grainger, ib. estimate of his talents, 826. noticed by Mr. A. Caldwell, viii 36
Wm. writer in Edinburgh, his
suit against J. Pinkerton, vii 20
Antiquaries, Society of, particulars relating to, in a MS. of Ashmole, iv 476. Arms proposed by Dr. Stukeley for, iv 505 Antiquities discovered in Ireland, vii 821 Apamean Medal, Mr. Ashby's remarks on, vii 401, 407, 408
Apostles' Oak, Bp. Percy's dissertation on, noticed, viii 201
Apperley, T. vi 561; vii 249 Appleby, Mrs. (1741) v 265 Appleton, Thomas, vi 343 Apryce, William, v 147
Apsley, Henry Bathurst, Lord Chancellor, vi 874
Apthorp, Dr. East, vi 802
Aquabella, Peter, Bishop of Hereford, vi 814
Arabic numerals, vi 651-655
Aram, Eugene, his "Celtic Dictionary," vii 464
Arbuthnot, Dr. iv 7, 23. his Treatise on the Bathos, ii 749. notes to the Dun- ciad, 766
Andrewes, Rev. Gerrard, of Leicester, vi Archangell, Father, a noble Scotchman, his 256
Dr. Gerrard, Dean of Canter- bury, memoir of, vi 256. character of, by Rev. Edward Repton, vi 261. letter to John Nichols, vi 262
Archdall, Rev. Mervyn, vi 430. his death, vii 714. his "Monasticon Hibernicum," vii 775, 848
Rev. Gerrard-Thomas, notice of, Archaeological Dictionary, by Wilson, i 788
Anstis, John, notices of, iv 181, 186, 194; v 154, 499; vi 767. letter to the Rev. Archdeacon Denne, iv 129; to Alger non, Earl of Hertford, 130-140. por- trait, 139. letter to Dr. Waterland, 140. correspondence with Mr. Ames, 152- 163. pedigree of the families of Stuart and Douglas, iv 131. letters to Rev. J. Lewis, containing notices of books printed by Caxton, &c. iv 143-152. memorials concerning English Printers, iv 162, 163. See Ames.
Arden, Sir Richard, iv 832
Ardfinnan, castle of, vii 705
Arduini, J. his Treatise on Mineralogy, v 270
Argall, Sir William, vi 768
Argyle, Duke of, 1716, iv 126, 127, 827 Aristophanes, criticism by Mr. Theobald upon, ii 600
Arkwright, Sir Richard, vi 460
Arms of nobility, new book published, vii 452
Armstrong, Dr. publication of " Art of pre- serving Health," i 645
Johnny, a warlike borderer, temp. Eliz. et Jac. VI. history of, i 436 Mr. T. vii 138, 148, 189 Arnald, Rev. Richard, notice of, iii 492 Arnold, Mrs. of Lowestoft, iv 240
Rev. Mr. of America, iv 297, 299,
Arundelian library, its gift to the Royal Atkinson, Rev. Charles, vi 332
Society, iv 63-66
Arundell, Hon. Everard, vi 205
Raymond, v *511
Ash, Dr. 1791, vi 834
Ashburnham, Sir William, Bp. of Chiches- ter, vi 667
Ashburton, Lord, vi 688 Ashby, Edmund, vii 389
Family, epitaphs on, at Barrow church, iv 887
Rev. George, notices of, iii 241; v 330; vi 298, 548; vii 384, 542. his character of Rev. Geo. Burton, vi 882. letters to Bishop Percy, vii 385-393; to Dr. Farmer, 394; to Richard Gough 395, 400, 401-411, 418; to Gent.'s Mag., 396-399, 400, 433; to Mr. Ni- chols, 412, 420, 422, 425, 427, 430, 435, 436; to Will. Herbert, 412, 424. addi- tions to the Ashby article, 437. no. tice of his Dissertation on a Coin of
Nerva, 395, 402. "Gentoo Laws,"
Asplin, Rev. Mr. vicar of Banbury, iv 439, 479
"Association, New, hints to," attributed to the Duke of Grafton, vii 502
Astell, Mrs. buried at Chelsea, in 1731, iv. 223
Astle, Thomas, iii 306, 807, 309, 701, 702; iv 643, 650; vi 476, 780; vii 408; viii 378. six letters to and from E. M. Da Costa and R. Gough, on Domesday Book, Seal of Prince Edmund, &c. &c. v 579-581. his "Account of the Ogum," vii 852. his MSS. viii 378. See Loveday Astley, T. bookseller, iv 309
Aston, Hon. Barbara, v 511
Elizabeth, vii 323
Francis. See Newton, (Sir Isaac) James, 5th Lord, v 511
Judge, anecdote of, iii 137
Sir Thomas, vi 326
Astry, Rev. Francis, D.D., iv 300. notice of, iv 241. letters to Dr. Grey, 241. account of, ib. his works, ib.
Athenian Letters, history of the, i 15, 24,
Athenæus, criticism by Mr. Theobald upon,
Atherton, Mr. 1726, iv 315
Atkin, Dr. iv 316
Atkins, - iv 191
Sir Robert, iv 433
John, v 120, 622 Ralph, v 120
Atterbury, Bp. iii 231, 278, 279; v 148, 391, 751. letters to Bp. Trelawny rela- tive to Dr. George Smalridge, iii 226. his "Correspondence," published by Ni- chols, vii 652; viii 70. See Prior Attwell, Dr., of Gloucester, ii 133, 134 Attwood, Mr., chosen Mayor of Bath, viii
Atwell, Rev. Joseph, D.D. iv 192, 193 Aubert, Alexander, vi 780, 781 d'Aubigny, Lord, vi 517, 518 Aubrey, John, iv 458, 478, 631. MSS. on English Antiquities, account of, i 821. See Newton, (Sir Isaac) "Avon," a Poem, vii 258
Aust, Geo., letters between him and Bp. Percy, extracts from, viii 347-357. bio- graphical notice of him and his family, 347, note. his acquaintance with and rela- tionship to Bp. Percy, 351. death of his wife, ib. married to Hon. Mrs. Murray, ib. proposed tour to Scotland, ib. scription of the tour, 352. builds a house at Kensington, 353. visit to Ireland, 354. tour to Cheltenham, Bath, &c., 356. tour to the Highlands, ib.
Lord, iv 83, 742, 800. his letters, Balcanquall, Dr. Walter, Dean of Roches- ter, vi 632
Rev. Montagu, iv 244. memoir of, iv 242. letters to Dr. Grey, 242- 246; to Rev. Philip Williams, 242. notes on Hudibras, iv 242-246 Sir Nathaniel, iv 684
Nathaniel, of Suffolk, 1732, vi
Baldiston, Rev. Dr. Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, iv 120
Baldwin, Henry, printer, v 428, 433. See Steevens, George
Baldwyn, Sir Charles, notice of, iv 571 Bale, John, iv 143, 144, 148; v 432 Balfor, Sir James, iv 135
Sir Nicholas, iv 242: notices of, Balguy, Rev. Dr. Thomas, iv 374, 733; v 351; vi 480, 640, 863. letter to Rev. William Ward, iii 516. See Warburton, Bp.
Nicholas, of Shrubland Hall, iv
887 Badcock, Rev. Sam. his assistance to Dr. Ball, Sir Peter, vi 258 White's Bampton Lectures, iv 860 Badger, James, notice of, iv 479 Bagford, John, ii 735. iv 140, 144, 155, 198, 201. his proposals for the life of Caxton, iv 141. his work on printing, iv 172, 182-184, 190, 210, 216
Rev. Thomas, memoir of, vi 258 Ballads, a manuscript collection of Scottish, belonging to Dr. Brown, vii 89
Bagot, Hon. Dr. Lewis, Bp. of Norwich and St. Asaph, iv 489; vi 248, 468. letter to Geo. Hardinge, iii 152
Harvey, iii 678
Sir W., v 155
Bagshaw, Mr. (1771), iii 666 Baillie, Dr., the eminent physician, v 482 Baily, Rev. Mr. of Suitfield, iv 330
- Francis, the eminent astronomer, vi 41. critique on his work "On Annui- ties," vii 621. See Smith
Bailye, Rev. Hugh, erroneously reported to be dead, vii 652. notice of him and his death, ib.
Bailys, Sir Nicolas, v 585
Baird, George. See Smith, Adam Baitman, Mr., botanist, i 809
Baker, Rev. Dr., Vicar of Ashbourn, iv 248
Dr. 1727, iv 284
George, his will, iii 581
hist. of Northamptonshire,
Old ones in the British Museum,
viii 293 "Ballad of Edom, or Adam, O'Gordon," illustrations of, required, viii 93
Ballard, George, iii 654. letters to the Rev. Francis Wise, iv 206, 225, 226; to Mr. Ames, 207-225. first idea of his "Learned Ladies," 224
Bally, Rev. Geo., his Prize Poem, viii 242 Balme, Rev. Edward, vi 816. notice, of, 826. See Kerrich Baltimore, Lord (1768), v 854 Banbury, notes relating to, iv 453
Earl of, his monument at Ro- therfield Greys, vi 378
Bancroft, Dr. Richard, Abp. of Canterbury, iii 546; iv 327
Bandinel, Rev. Dr. B., v 570, 617; vi 12, 475. four letters to and from J. Nichols, on Mr. Gough's bequest to the Bodleian Library, v 560, 561
Banham, Richard, notice of, iv 148 Bank. "Plans for the great Bank," viii 47 Bankes, Dr., of Cambridge, iv 524 Banks, John, dramatist, ii 727
Joseph (1722), letter to Dr. Stuke-
Joseph jun. F.S.A. ii 797
Rev. Mr. See Sydenham Mr. of Milton Abbey, allusions to, vi 196, 197, 198
Sir Joseph, iv 547; v 431, 792; vi 107,247,358, 434, 595, 598, 777,831,832, 834; vii 9, 460. letter to Justice Hard- inge, iii 156; letters to Richard Gough, soliciting his interest when a Candidate for the Presidency of the Royal Society- his Collection for Lincolnshire, &c. &c. iv 693-698. letter to J. Nichols, rela- tive to Belvoir castle, i 697, 698. opposi- tion to in Royal Society, vii 460-462.
letter to Bishop Percy, viii 255. intro- duces Mr. Kirwan to the notice of Bishop Percy, ib. notice of his death, ib. See
Gough, Hitchins. Bannerman, Miss Anne, her Poems, vii 97, 112, 128, 138, 164. loses her mother, 123. her character, ib. and note. her distressing situation, 133, 135, 181. goes to Exeter as governess to Lady Beresford's daughter, 182 Bannier, Abbé, iv 180
Barbarini's Poems, anecdote of the editor of, i 435
Barbauld, Mrs. v 210
Barber, Francis, Dr. Johnson's black ser- vant, vi 148; viii 244, 245
John, alderman, v 159, 160
Mrs., friend of Dean Swift, v 378,
384. portrait of, vii 717.
Barclay, Robert, vi 835
Bardolph, Sir Hugh, vi 813, 824
Barecock, Mrs., her charity to clergymen, iv 241
Baretti, Signor Giuseppi, acquittal of, i 87
Barford, William, D.D. iv 647, 648; vi 199, 200, 737 Baril, Judith, v 64
Barker, Mr. friend of Jos. Gulston, v 48 -bookseller, v 174
Christopher, printer to Queen Eli- zabeth, his pedigree, iv 164, 177, 197, 232; vi 421
Sir John Fitch, vi 328
Matthew, vi 421
Robert, of Southfee, vi 421
Robert, of Great Harwood, iii 618 Barley, William, printer, iv 197, 640 Barlow, Dr. Thomas, Bp. of Lincoln,
Barnett, Rev. W. vi 253
Baron, Rev. Dr. letter from Bishop Smal- ridge to, iii 282
Rev. Dr. John, iii 405
Barralet, J. J. vi 432
Barré, Col. Isaac, notice of, vii 460. one of the supposed authors of Junius, 441. loses his sight, ib.
Barret, John, printer, iv 232
Barrett, Rev. Dr. John, Vice-Provost of Trinity coll. Dublin, v 396. his Essay on Swift, v 466. letters to Bp. Percy viii 252. biographical notice of, ib.
Mr. of Cambridge (1716), anec- dotes of, vi 788-790
Rev. Stephen, notice of, vii 269 Thomas, of Lee Priory, notices of,
William, iv 358, 571, 584, 857. notice of, 571. letter to Dr. Ducarel on his History of Bristol, iv 573. letters to and from Dr. Ducarel, iv 576, 578, 580. his "History of Bristol," vii 500, 502, 553. See Ducarel
Barrington, Hon. Augustus, v 621 Sir Charles, i 292
Hon. Daines, iii 314, 375. his "Antient Statutes," iii 651, 652; viii 273. notice and portrait of, v 582. thirty-nine letters to and from Mr. Gough, Rev. Wil- liam Huddesford, William Lloyd, John Nichols, Rev. Mr. Norris, v 582, 601. several other letters to John Nichols, v 604, 605. Bruce dedicates his Abys- sinian Tour to him, vii 4. new edi- tion of his "Statutes," vii 437. his portrait desired, ib. his "Miscellanies," viii 194. letters to Bp. Percy, viii 273, 274, 275
George, Viscount, v 622, 623,
John Shute, Viscount, notice
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