Abbot, Charles, afterwards Lord Colchester,
secretary for Ireland, viii 37

Dr. George, Abp. of Canterbury,
iv 678; vi 623

Rev. Edw. Master of Magdalen Col-
lege, Cambridge, i 24

Rev. Mr. his marriage (1769), v 828
Abbott, Rev. William, notice of, vi 802

Mr. vii 11; viii 27. paints the
portrait of Bp. Percy, 15

Abelard and Eloisa, a poem of, anterior to
Pope, and probably belonged to Gay, vii 80
Abercorn, Earl of (1789), notice and anec-
dotes of, vi 115

Abingdon, Mrs. her funeral, vi 396

Thomas, his death, vi 348
Abury, Temple at, ii 771, 772, 780. Rev.
J. Whitaker's account of, iv 855
Acrel, Professor, vi 831

Adam, Alexander, LL.D. Rector of High
School, Edinburgh, his death, vii 205
William, iii 211

Adams, Dr. Bp. of Limerick, iv. 440

Dr. John, master of Sidney Sussex
College, iv 249, 254, 255, 259, 359,
388

Richard, D.D., notice of v 209
Thomas, iv 640

William, D.D. master of Pembroke
College, notice of, v 277. "Eulogium,"
by Dr. Parr, ib.

esq. verses on his villa near Bath,
by Dr. Sneyd Davies, i 664
Adamus, Nicolaus, v. 487
Adcock, Rev. Mr. of Oakham, vi 258
Addington, Anthony, M.D. vi 249

Henry, Speaker. See Sidmouth.
Sir William, vi 893

Addison, Miss viii 16

Aikin, Dr. John, vii 27

Mrs., allusion to, iv 835

Ailesbury, Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of, iv 394
Thomas Bruce, 4th Earl of, vi

109 ; viii 2
Ainslie, Sir Philip, vi 494
Airey, Lieut.-Col., v 120
Aitken, Dr. vi 500

Akenside, Dr. Mark, i 104, 782; iii 183,
185; iv 534; v 801; vi118. publication
of his "Pleasures of Imagination," i 645.
anecdote of his finding a letter of Theobald
in an old lodging-house, ii 195. letter
to Dr. Birch, afraid of meeting Warbur-
ton, 656

Albany, Robert Duke of, notice of, iv 140
Albemarle, Duchess of, iv 734

Monck, Duke of, iv 734; vi 371
Lady (1772), vi 247

Albin, Mr. on Insects, mentioned, i 360,
361, 363, 365, 369, 370, 371, 373
Album, Thoresby's, i 804

Alcock, Dr. John, Bishop of Ely, notices of,
iv 77, 365

Thomas, iii 475

Dr. Thomas, LL.D. iv 77
Aldborough, antiquities found at, i 459
Alder, William, v 120

Aldergraft, Albert, engraver, iv 230
Aldrich, Rev. Dr. Henry, iii 242
Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, iv 695
Daniel, architect, vi 736, 737
William, artist, iii 743
Alexandrian MS. of the Bible, iv 229
New Testament, vii 470

Alfred, king, iv 434

Algiers, Spanish attack on, i 150
Alien Priories, dissolution of, iii 679
Alix, Dr. iv 414

Allan, Rev. Andrew, letter of Bp. Kennett
to, iv 84

George, M P. for Durham, iii 783,
784-786; v 344, 508, 514, 521. his com-
munications acknowledged, i iv. his as-
sistance to Hutchinson's Durham, i 422.
his success at College, 430. letters to
Mr. Hutchinson, 449-458.
See Gyll,
Charlton, Disney.

Allen, Anthony, allusions to, vi-704, 705

Edward, [not Edmund] printer, iii
795. notice of, 800. his letter to Bishop
Percy, vii 295. See Percy, Bp.
B

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. revenues
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 364. 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

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. his
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,
102.

Goldsmith's Life proposed, ib. and
note. 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

his

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
Andrewes, Rev. Gerrard, of Leicester, vi
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

vi 259

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

Archangell, Father, a noble Scotchman, his
"Life," vii 550

Archdall, Rev. Mervyn, vi 430. his death,
vii 714. his "Monasticon Hibernicum,"
vii 775, 848

Archer, Mr. v 283

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,
▼ 270

Argall, Sir William, vi 768

Argyle, Duke of, 1716, iv 126, 127, 827
Aristophanes, criticism by Mr. Theobald
upon, 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

Capt. iv 336, 392