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389; its essential spirit, 390; its method and
object differed from the ancient, 394; com-
parative views of Bacon and Plato, 394-
399;
its beneficent spirit, 397, 398. 401; its
value compared with ancient philosophy, 399
-404.

Baillie, Gen., destruction of his detachment by
Hyder Ali, ii. 342.

Balance of power, interest of the Popes in pre-
serving it, ii. 144.

Banim, Mr., his defence of James II. as a sup-
porter of toleration, i. 333.

Banking operations of Italy in the 14th century,

i. 32.

Bar (the), its degraded condition in the time
of James II., i. 88.

Barbary, work on, by Rev. Dr. Addison, ii. 319.
Barcelona, capture of, by Peterborough, i. 253.
Baretti, his admiration for Miss Burney, ii. 296.
Barillon, M., his pithy words on the new coun-
cil proposed by Temple, ii. 29.
Barlow, Bishop, ii. 158.
Barrington, Lord, ii. 366.

Barwell, Mr., ii. 196; his support of Hastings,
198. 204, 205. 207.

Bastille, Burke's declamations on its capture,

ii. 229.

Battle of the Cranes and Pygmies, Addison's,
ii. 322.

Bavaria, its contest between Protestantism and
Catholicism, ii. 139. 144.

Baxter's testimony to Hampden's excellence,
i. 192.

Bayle, Peter, ii. 130.

Beaumarchais, his suit before the parliament of
Paris, i. 387.

Beckford, Alderman, ii. 401.

Bedford, Duke of, ii. 365; his views of the po-
licy of Chatham, 372. 378; presents remon-
strance to George III., 391.

Bedford, Earl of, invited by Charles I. to form
an administration, i. 209.

Bedfords (the), ii. 365; their opposition to the
Rockingham ministry on the Stamp Act, 394;
their willingness to break with Grenville on
Chatham's accession to office, 399; deserted
Grenville and admitted to office, 403; parallel
between them and the Rockinghams, 392.
Bedford House assailed by a rabble, ii. 390.
Begums of Oude, their domains and treasures,
ii. 218; disturbances in Oude imputed to them,
218; their protestations, 219; their spolia-
tion charged against Hastings, 233.
Belgium, its contest between Protestantism and
Catholicism, ii. 139. 143.

Belial, ii. 158.

Bell, Peter, Byron's spleen against, i. 159.
Bellasys, the English general, i. 249.

Bellingham, his malevolence, ii. 312.
Belphegor (the), of Machiavelli, i. 42.

Benares, its grandeur, ii. 213; its annexation
to the British dominions, 217.

"Benefits of the Death of Christ," ii. 138.

Berar, occupied by the Bonslas, ii. 206.
Berwick, Duke of, held the Allies in check,
i. 250; his retreat before Galway, 254.
Bickerstaff, Isaac, astrologer, ii. 340.
Biographia Britannica, refutation of a calumny
on Addison in, ii. 359.

Biography, tenure by which a writer of is
bound to his subject, ii. 45.

Bishops, claims of those of the Church of Eng-
land to apostolical succession, ii. 71-75.
Black Hole of Calcutta described, ii. 99, 100;
retribution of the English for its horrors,
100, 101. 103, 104.

Blackmore, Sir Richard, his attainments in the
ancient languages, ii. 322.
Blackstone, i. 346.

Blasphemous publications, policy of govern-
ment in respect to, i. 115.
Blenheim, battle of, ii. 334; Addison employed
to write a poem in its honour, 332.
Blois, Addison's retirement to, ii. 325.
"Bloomsbury gang," the denomination of the
Bedfords, ii. 365.

Bodley, Sir Thomas, founder of the Bodleian
library, i. 369. 388.

Bohemia, influence of the doctrines of Wickliffe
in, ii. 133, 134.

Boileau, Addison's intercourse with, ii. 326,
327; his opinion of modern Latin, 326, 327;
his literary qualities, 327.

Bolingbroke, Lord, the liberal patron of litera-
ture, i. 179; proposed to strengthen the royal
prerogative, 276; his pretence of philosophy
in his exile, 402; his jest on occasion of the
first representation of Cato, ii. 348; Pope's
perfidy towards him, 354; his remedy for the
diseases of the state, 370, 371.

Bombay, its affairs thrown into confusion by
the new council at Calcutta, ii. 198.
Book of the Church, Southey's, i. 100.
Books, puffing of, i. 123-126.
Booth, played the hero in Addison's Cato on
its first representation, ii. 347.
Borgia, Cæsar, i. 43.
Boroughs, rotten, the abolition of, a necessary
reform in the time of George I., i. 280.
Boswell, James, his character, i. 175-177.
Boswell's Life of Johnson, by Croker, review
of, i. 165-190; character of the work, 175.
Boswellism, i. 28.

Bourbon, the House of, their vicissitudes in
Spain, i. 248-258.

Bourne, Vincent, i. 327; his Latin verses in
celebration of Addison's restoration to health,
357.

Boyle, Charles, his nominal editorship of the
Letters of Phalaris, ii. 47; his book on Greek
history and philology, 322.

Boyle, Rt. Hon. Henry, ii. 332.

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Boys" (the), in opposition to Sir R. Wal-
pole, i. 278.

Bracegirdle, Mrs., her celebrity as an actress,
ii. 174; her intimacy with Congreve, 174, 175.

Benevolences, Oliver St. John's opposition to, Brahmins, ii. 130.
and Bacon's support of, i. 369.

Bengal, its resources, ii. 97, et seq.
Bentham, his language on the French revolu-
tion, i. 316.

Bentham and Dumont, i. 268.
Bentinck, Lord William, his memory cherished
by the Hindoos, ii. 127.
Bentivoglio, Cardinal, on the state of religion
in England in the 16th century, i. 230.
Bentley, Richard, his quarrel with Boyle, and
remarks on Temple's Essay on the Letters of
Phalaris, ii. 47: his edition of Milton, 48. 317;
his notes on Horace, 48; his reconciliation
with Boyle and Atterbury, 49.

Breda, treaty of, ii. 15.

Bribery, foreign, in the time of Charles I.,
i. 90.

Brihuega, siege of, i. 258.

"Broad Bottom Administration " (the), i. 297.
Brothers, his prophecies as a test of faith,
ii. 130.

Brown Launcelot, ii. 121.
Brown's Estimate, i. 302.
Bruce, Lord, his appearance at Dr. Burney's
concerts, ii. 290.

Brunswick, the House of, ii. 367.
Brussels, its importance as the seat of a vice-
regal Court, ii. 15.

Brydges, Sir Egerton, ii. 312.
Buchanan, character of his writings, i. 394.
Buckhurst, ii. 150, 151.

Buckingham, Duke of, the "Steenie" of James
I., i. 197, 198; Bacon's early discernment of
his influence, 372, 373; his expedition to
Spain, 373; his return for Bacon's patronage,
373; his corruption, 374; his character and
pósition, 374-377; his marriage, 378; his
visit to Bacon, and report of his condition,
380.
Buckingham, Duke of, one of the Cabal
ministry, ii. 159; his fondness for Wycherley,
159; anecdote of his versatility, 160.
Budgell, Eustace, one of Addison's friends,
ii. 338, 339.

Bunyan, John, his history and character, i.
136-138 his style, 139: his religious enthu-
siasm and imagery, ii. 142.

Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, review of South-
ey's edition of, i. 132; peculiarity of the
work, 133. 136. 138, 139; not a perfect alle-
gory, 135, 136.

Buonaparte, i. 81. 304. ii. 333. See also Na-
poleon.

Burgoyne, Gen., chairman of the committee of
inquiry on Lord Clive, ii. 125.
Burke, Edmund, his characteristics, i. 98; his
opinion of the war with Spain on the ques-
tion of maritime right, 295; resembles Bacon,
412; effect of his speeches on the House of
Commons, ii. 50; not the author of the Let-
ters of Junius, 197; his charges against
Hastings, 226-340; his kindness to Miss Bur-
ney,
304; her incivility to him at Hastings'
trial, 304; his early political career, 392-395;
his first speech in the House of Commons,
395; his opposition to Chatham's measures
relating to India, 401; his defence of his
party against Grenville's attacks, 404; his
feeling towards Chatham, 404.
Burleigh and his Times, review of Rev. Dr.
Nares's, i. 220; his early life and character,
221-224; his death, 224; importance of the
times in which he lived, 224; the great stain
on his character, 233; character of the class
of statesmen he belonged to, 352; classical
acquirements of his wife, 352; his conduct
towards Bacon, 354, 355. 359; his apology for
having resorted to torture, 370; Bacon's let-
ter to him upon the department of knowledge
he had chosen, 409.
Burnet, Bishop, ii. 49.

Burney, Dr., his social position, ii. 288-290;
his conduct relative to his daughter's first
publication, 295; his daughter's engagement
at Court, 300.

Burney, Frances. See D'Arblay, Madame.
Bussey, his eminent merit and conduct in
India, ii. 95.

Bute, Earl of, his character and education, ii.
368; appointed Secretary of State, 371; op-
poses the proposal of war with Spain on
account of the family compact, 373; his un-
popularity on Chatham's resignation, 374;
becomes Prime Minister, 374; his first speech
in the House of Lords, 374; induces the re-
tirement of the Duke of Newcastle, 375;
becomes First Lord of the Treasury, 376;
his foreign and domestic policy, 377-382;
his resignation, 383; continues to advise the
king privately, 385. 390. 394.

Butler, Addison not inferior to him in wit,

ii. 341.

Byng, Admiral, his failure at Minorca, i. 302;
his trial, 304; opinion of his conduct, 304;
Chatham's defence of him, 304.

Byron, Lord, his epistolary style, i. 147; his
character, 148; his early life, 148; his quarrel
with and separation from his wife, 149-150;
his expatriation, 151; decline of his intellec-
tual powers, 151; his attachment to Italy and
Greece, 152; his sickness and death, 152;
general grief for his fate, 152; remarks on
his poetry, 153; his admiration of the Pope
school of poetry, 159; his opinion of Words-
worth and Coleridge, 159; of Peter Bell,
159; his estimate of the poetry of the 18th
and 19th centuries, 159; his sensitiveness to
criticism, 160; the interpreter between
Wordsworth and the multitude, 160; the
founder of an exoteric Lake school, 161; re-
marks on his dramatic works, 161-163; his
egotism, 163; cause of his influence, 163-165.

C.

Cabal (the), their proceedings and designs,
ii. 20. 22. 24.

Cabinets, in modern times, ii. 28.
Cadiz, exploit of Essex at the siege of, i. 249.
360; its pillage by the English expedition in
1702, 249.

Calcutta, its position on the Hoogley, ii. 98;
scene of the Black Hole of, 99, 100; resent-
ment of the English at its fall, 100; again
threatened by Surajah Dowlah, 102; revival
of its prosperity, 107; its sufferings during
the famine, 122; its capture, 184; its suburbs
infested by robbers, 198; its festivities on
Hastings' marriage, 205.

Calvinism, moderation of Bunyan's, i. 138:
held by the Church of England at the end of
the 16th century, ii. 75; many of its doctrines
contained in the Paulician theology, 132.
Cambridge, University of, favoured by George
I. and George II., ii. 376; its superiority to
Oxford in intellectual activity, i. 349; dis-
turbances produced in by the Civil War, ii. 7.
Cambyses, story of his punishment of the cor-
rupt judge, i. 383.

Camilla, Madame D'Arblay's, ii. 313, 314.
Campaign, The, by Addison, fi. 332.
Canada, subjugation of, by the British in 1760,
i. 308.

Canning, Mr., ii. 311.

Cape Breton, reduction of, i. 307.
Caraffa, Gian Pietro, afterwards Pope Paul
IV., his zeal and devotion, ii. 135. 138.
Carlisle, Lady, i. 212.

Carnatic (the), its resources, ii. 90-96; its in-
vasion by Hyder Ali, 211, 212

Carteret, Lord, his ascendancy after the fall of
Walpole, i. 281, 282; Sir Horace Walpole's
stories about him, 283; his defection from
Sir Robert Walpole, 292; succeeds Walpole,
297; his character as a statesman, 297, 298;
created Earl Granville, 297.

Carthagena, surrender of the arsenal and ships
of, to the Allies, i. 254.
Casina (the), of Plautus, i. 41.
Castile, Admiral of, i. 250.
Castile and Arragon, their old institutions fa-
vourable to public liberty, i. 240.
Castilians, their character in the 16th century,
i. 238; their conduct in the War of the Suc-
cession, 255; their attachment to the faith of
their ancestors, ii. 135.

Castracani, Castruccio, Life of, by Machiavelli,
i. 49.

Catholic Association, attempt of the Tories to
put it down, ii. 176.

Catholic Church. See Church of Rome.

Catholicism, causes of its success, ii. 128-141.
Catholics and Jews, the same reasoning em-
ployed against both, i. 142.

Catholics and Protestants, their relative num-
bers in the 16th century, i. 230.

Catholic Queen (a), precautions against, i. 74.
"Cato," Addison's play of, its merits, and the
contest it occasioned, i. 345; its first repre-
sentation, ii. 347; its performance at Oxford,
348.

Cavaliers, their successors in the reign of
George I. turned demagogues, ii. 362.
Cavendish, Lord, his conduct in the new coun-
cil of Temple, ii, 41; his merits, 392.
Cecil. See Burleigh.

Cecil, Robert, his rivalry with Francis Bacon,
i. 354, 355. 359; his fear and envy of Essex,
357. 365; increase of his dislike for Bacon,
359; his conversation with Essex, 359; his
interference to obtain knighthood for Bacon,
366.

Cecilia, Madame D'Arblay's, ii. 313; specimen
of its style, 315, 316.

Censorship, existed in some form from Henry
VIII. to the Revolution, i. 344.
Cervantes, i. 238.

Chalmers, Dr., Mr. Gladstone's opinion of his
defence of the Church, ii. 52.

Champion, Colonel, commander of the Bengal
army, ii. 194.

Chandernagore, French settlement on the
Hoogley, ii. 98; captured by the English, 102.
Charlemagne, imbecility of his successors, ii. 88.
Charles, Archduke, his claim to the Spanish
crown, i. 241; takes the field in support of
it, 250; accompanies Peterborough in his
expedition, 251; his success in the north-east
of Spain, 253; is proclaimed king at Madrid,
254; his reverses and retreat, 256; his re-
entry into Madrid, 257; his unpopularity,
257; concludes a peace, 259; forms an alli-
ance with Philip of Spain, 262.
Charles I., lawfulness of the resistance to, i.
15. 18; Milton's defence of his execution, 20,
21; his treatment of the Parliament of 1640,
61; his treatment of Strafford, 66; estimate
of his character, 66. 79, 80. 197; his fall, 78;
his condemnation and its consequences,
78-81; Hampden's opposition to him, and
its consequences, 197-204; resistance of the
Scots to him, 204, 205; his increasing diffi.
culties, 205; his conduct towards the House
of Commons, 212-214; his flight, 214; re-
view of his conduct and treatment, 215. 217;
reaction in his favour during the Long Par-
liament, 331; cause of his political blunders,
378; effect of the victory over him on the
national character, ii. 4.

Charles I. and Cromwell, choice between, i. 78.
Charles II., character of his reign, i. 22; his
foreign subsidies, 89; his situation in 1660
contrasted with that of Louis XVIII., 324;
his character, 327; ii. 9; his position towards
the king of France, 329; consequences of his
levity and apathy, 331, 332; his court com-
pared with that of his father, ii. 13; his ex-
travagance, 15; his subserviency to France,
16-26; his renunciation of the dispensing
power, 24; his relations with Temple, 25. 27.
42; his system of bribery of the Commons,
31; his dislike of Halifax, 39; his dismissal
of Temple, 42; his social disposition, 159.
Charles II. of Spain, his unhappy condition,
i. 241. 243-246.; his difficulties in respect to
the succession, 241-246.

Charles III. of Spain, his hatred of England,
ii. 373.

Charles V., ii. 135.

Charles VIII., i. 409.

Charles XII., compared with Clive, ii. 127.
Charlotte, Queen, obtains the attendance of
Miss Burney, ii. 300; her partizanship for
Hastings, 305; her treatment of Miss Burney,
306-309.

Chatham, Earl of, character of his public life,
i. 286, 287; his early life, 287; his travels, 288;
enters the army, 288; obtains a seat in Par-
liament, 288; attaches himself to the Whigs
in Opposition, 291; his qualities as an orator,
293, 294; is made Groom of the Bedchamber
to the Prince of Wales, 295; declaims against
the ministers, 296; his opposition to Carteret,
297; legacy left him by the Duchess of Marl-
borough, 297; supports the Pelham ministry,
297; appointed Vice-Treasurer of Ireland,
297, 298; overtures made to him by New-
castle, 301; made Secretary of State, 301; de-
fends Admiral Byng, 304; coalesces with the
Duke of Newcastle, 302; success of his admi-
nistration, 302-309; his appreciation of Clive,
ii. 111. 123; breach between him and the
great Whig connection, 123; review of his
Correspondence, 361; in the zenith of pros-
perity and glory, 361; his coalition with
Newcastle, 363; his strength in Parliament,
366; jealousies in his cabinet, 371; his de-
fects, 372; proposes to declare war against
Spain on account of the family compact, 373;
rejection of his counsel, 373; his resignation,
373; the king's gracious behaviour to him,
373; public enthusiasm towards him, 374; his
conduct in opposition, 375-381; his speech
against peace with France and Spain, 381;
his unsuccessful audiences with George III.
to form an administration, 365; Sir William
Pynsent bequeaths his whole property to
him, 387; bad state of his health, 388; is twice
visited by the Duke of Cumberland with pro-
positions from the King, 390, 391; his condem-
nation of the American Stamp Act, 393,394;
is induced by the King to assist in ousting
Rockingham, 397; morbid state of his mind,
397, 398. 401; undertakes to form an admi-
nistration, 398, 399; is created Earl of
Chatham, 399; failure of his ministerial
arrangements, 399-403; loss of his popular-
ity, and of his foreign influence, 399-403;
his despotic manners, 398. 400; lays an em-
bargo on the exportation of corn, 401; his
first speech in the House of Lords, 401; his
supercilious conduct towards the Peers, 401;
his retirement from office, 401; his policy
violated, 402-404; resigns the privy seal,
403; state of parties and of public affairs on
his recovery, 403, 404; his political relations,
405; his eloquence not suited to the House
of Lords, 405; opposed the recognition of the
independence of the United States, 407; his
last appearance in the House of Lords, 406;
his death, 407; reflections on his fall, 407; his
funeral in Westminster Abbey, 407.
Cherbourg, guns taken from, i. 307.
Chesterfield, Lord, his dismissal by Walpole, i.

290.

Cheyte Sing, a vassal of the government of
Bengal, ii. 213; his large revenue and sus-
pected treasure, 215; Hastings' policy in
desiring to punish him, 215-217; his treat-
ment made the successful charge against
Hastings, 231.

Chillingworth, his opinion on apostolical suc-
cession, ii. 74; became a Catholic from con-
viction, 131.

Chinsurah, Dutch settlement on the Hoogley,
ii. 98; its siege by the English and capitula-
tion, 111.

Chivalry, its form in Languedoc in the 12th
century, ii. 131, 132.
Cholmondely, Mrs., ii. 296.

Christchurch College, Oxford, its repute after
the Revolution, ii. 46; issues a new edition
of the Letters of Phalaris, 47.
Christianity, its alliance with the ancient phi-
losophy, i. 392; light in which it was regarded
by the Italians at the Reformation, ii. 134.
Church (the), in the time of James II., i. 88.
Church (the), Southey's Book of, i. 100.
Church, the English,persecutions in her name, i.
55, 56; High and Low Church parties, ii. 335.
Church of England, its origin, and connection
with the state, i. 59; its condition in the time
of Charles I., i. 113; endeavour of the leading
Whigs at the Revolution to alter its Liturgy
and Articles, 340. ii. 76; its contest with the
Scotch nation, i. 341; Mr. Gladstone's work
in defence of it, ii. 52, 53; his arguments for
its being the pure Catholic Church of Christ,
69. 71; its claims to apostolical succession
discussed, 71-77; views respecting its al-
liance with the state, 77-82; contrast of its
operations during the two generations suc-
ceeding the Reformation, with those of the
Church of Rome, 141, 142.

Church of Rome, its alliance with ancient phi-
losophy, i. 392; causes of its success and vi-
tality, ii. 128, 129; sketch of its history, 130

-149.

Churchill, Charles, i. 87. ii. 378.
Cicero, partiality of Dr. Middleton towards,
i. 348; the most eloquent and skilful of ad-
vocates, 348; his epistles in his banishment,
357; his opinion of the study of rhetoric, 405.
Cider, proposal of a tax on, by the Bute ad-
ministration, ii. 382.

Civilisation, England's progress in, due to the
people, i. 121.

Civil privileges and political power identical,

i. 141.

Civil war, its evils the price of our liberty, i.
18; conduct of the Long Parliament in refer-
ence to it, 66. 77.

Clarendon, Lord, his character, i. 88, 89, his
testimony in favour of Hampden, 199. 208,
209. 217. 219; his literary merit, 317; his po-
sition at the head of affairs, 13, 14-17; his
faulty style, 22; his opposition to the grow-
ing power of the Commons, 31; his temper,

32.

Clarke, Dr. Samuel, ii. 129.

Clarkson, Thomas, ii. 312.
Classical learning, love of, in Italy in the 14th
century, i. 33.

Clavering, General, ii. 196; his opposition to
Hastings, 198-201; his appointment as Go.
vernor-General, 203; his defeat, 205; his
death, 205.

Cleveland, Duchess of, her favour to Wycherley
and Churchill, ii. 158, 159,
Clifford, Lord, his character, ii. 20; his retire-
ment, 25; his talent for debate, 31.
Clive, Lord, review of Sir John Malcolm's Life
of, ii.83-127; his family and boyhood, 84, 85;
his shipment to India, 84; his arrival at Ma-
dras, and position there, 85; obtains an en-
sign's commission in the Company's service,
87; his attack, capture, and defence of Arcot,
91-94; his subsequent proceedings, 95, 96;
his marriage and return to England, 96; his
reception, 96; enters Parliament, 96; returns
to India, 97; his subsequent proceedings, 97
-106; his conduct towards Omichuud, 105;
his pecuniary acquisitions, 107, 108; his trans-
actions with Meer Jaffir, 107, 108; appointed
Governor of the Company's possessions in

Bengal, 109; his dispersion of Shah Alum's
army, 110; responsibility of his position, 110;
his return to England, 111; his reception,
111, 112; his proceedings at the India House,
112. 115; nominated Governor of the British
possessions in Bengal, 115; his arrival at
Calcutta, 115; suppresses a conspiracy, 115-
117; success of his foreign policy, 118; his
return to England, 119; his unpopularity,
and its causes, 120-124; invested with the
Grand Cross of the Bath, 124; his speech in
his defence, and its consequence, 125; his life
in retirement, 126; reflections on his career,
126; failing of his mind, and death by his own
hand, 126.

Clizia, Machiavelli's, i. 41.
Clodius, extensive bribery at the trial of, i. 382.
Club room, Johnson's, i. 190.
Coalition of Chatham and Newcastle, i. 302, ii.

374.

Cobham, Lord, his malignity towards Essex, i.
365.
Cæsar Borgia, i. 43.
Cæsar, Claudius, resemblance of James I. to, i.
196.

Cæsar, Julius, compared with Cromwell, i. 81.
Cæsars (the), parallel between them and the
Tudors, not applicable, i. 229.

Coke, Sir E., his conduct tewards Bacon, i. 355.
376; his opposition to Bacon in Peacham's
case, 369, 370; his experience in conducting
state prosecutions, 370; his removal from the
Bench, 376; his reconciliation with Buck-
ingham, and agreement to marry his daughter
to Buckingham's brother, 376; his reconci-
liation with Bacon, 377; his behaviour to
Bacon at his trial, 385.
Coleridge, relative "correctness" of his poetry,
i. 153; Byron's opinion of him, 159.
Coligni, Gaspar de, reference to, ii. 389.
Collier, Jeremy, sketch of his life, ii. 167-170;
his publication on the profaneness of the
English stage, 169. 172; his controversy with
Congreve, 170, et seq.

Colloquies on Society, Southey's, i. 98; plan of
the work, 102, 103.

Colonies, i. 239; question of the competency of
Parliament to tax them, ii. 393, 394.
Comedy (the) of England, effect of the writings
of Congreve and Sheridan upon, i. 40.
Comic Dramatists of the Restoration, ii.
149-175; have exercised a great influence
on the human mind, 150.

Comines, his testimony to the good government
of England, i. 193.

Commerce and manufactures, their extent in
Italy in the 14th century, i. 32, 33; condition
of, during the war at the latter part of the
reign of George II., 309.

Commons, House of, increase of its power, i.
93, 94; increase of its power by and since the
Revolution, 342.

Commonwealth, ii. 157.
Comus, Milton's, i. 6. 8.
Condé, Marshal, compared with Clive, ii. 127.
Conflans, Admiral, his defeat by Hawke, i. 367.
Congreve, sketch of his career at the Temple,
ii. 165, 166; success of his "Love for Love,"
167; his Mourning Bride," 167; his contro-
versy with Collier, 169. 172; his "Way of the
World," 172; his position among men of let-
ters, 173; his attachment to Mrs. Brace-
girdle, 174; his friendship with the Duchess
of Marlborough, 174; his death and capricious
will, 174; his funeral in Westmin-ter Abbey,
174; cenotaph to his memory at Stowe, 175;
analogy between him and Wycherley, 175,

176.

Congreve and Sheridan, effect of their works | Criticism, remarks on Johnson's code of, i. 186.
upon the comedy of England, i. 40; con- Critics, professional, their influence over the
trasted with Shakespeare, 40.
reading public, i. 125.
Conquest of the British arms in 1758-60, i.
307, 308.

Constance, council of, put an end to the Wick-
liffe schism, ii. 134.

Constitution (the) of England, in the 15th and
18th centuries, compared with those of other
European states, i. 69; the argument that it
would be destroyed by admitting the Jews to
power, 140 its theory in respect to the three
branches of the legislature, ii. 358.
Constitutional government, decline of, on the
Continent early in the 17th century, i. 71, 72.
Constitutional History of England, review of
Hallam's, i. 51-98.

Constitutional Royalists in the reign of Charles
I.. i. 210. 214.

Conway, Henry, ii. 387; Secretary of State
under Lord Rockingham, 392; returns to his
position under Chatham, 399-402; sank into
insignificance, 403.

Conway, Marshal, his character, ii. 111.
Cooke, Sir Anthony, his learning, i. 352.
Co-operation, advantages of, ii. 57.

Coote, Sir Eyre, ii. 207; his character and con-
duct in council, 207, 208; his great victory of
Porto Novo, 212.

Corah, ceded to the Mogul, ii. 192.
"Correctness" in the fine arts and in the
sciences, i. 153-155; in painting, 155; what
is meant by it in poetry, 153–155.
Corruption, parliamentary, not necessary to
the Tudors, i. 275; its extent in the reigns of
George I. and II., ii. 370, 371.
Corsica given up to France, ii. 403.
Cossimbazar, its situation and importance, ii.

184.

Croker, Mr., his edition of Boswell's Life of
Dr. Johnson, reviewed, i. 165-190.
Cromwell, Oliver, his elevation to power, i. 80;
his character as a legislator, 81; as a general,
82; his administration and its results, 83, 84;
embarked with Hampden for America, but
not suffered to proceed, 204; his qualities,
220; his administration, 325. 328; treatment
of his remains, 327; his abilities displayed in
Ireland, ii. 11, 12; anecdote of his sitting for
his portrait, 181.

Cromwell and Charles, choice between, i. 78.
Cromwell and Napoleon, remarks on Mr. Hal-
lam's parallel between, i. 81-84.
Cromwell, Henry, description of, ii. 7.
Cromwell, Richard, ii. 367.

Crown (the), veto by, on Acts of Parliament,
i. 74; its control over the army, 74; its power
in the 16th century, 226; curtailment of its
prerogatives, 275, 276; its power predomi-
nant at the beginning of the 17th century, ii.
30; decline of its power during the Pen-
sionary Parliament, 30, 31; its long contest
with the Parliament put an end to by the
Revolution, 34. See also Prerogative.
Crusades (the), their beneficial effect upon
Italy, i. 32.

Culpeper, Mr., i. 210.
Cumberland, the dramatist, his manner of ac-
knowledging literary merit, ii. 296.
Cumberland, Duke of, ii. 111; the confidential
friend of Henry Fox, 379; confided in by
George III., 389; his character, 389; me-
diated between the king and the Whigs, 390.

D.

Council of York, its abolition, i. 205.
Country Wife of Wycherley, its character and
merits, ii. 160; whence borrowed, 164.
Courtenay, Rt. Hon. T. P., review of his Me-Dacier, Madame, ii. 325.
moirs of Sir William Temple, ii. 1-50; his
concessions to Dr. Lingard in regard to the
Triple Alliance, 19; his opinion of Temple's
proposed new council, 28, 29; his error as to
Temple's residence, 43.

Cousinhood, nickname of the official members
of the Temple family, ii. 6.
Covenant, the Scotch, i. 204.

Covenanters (the), their conclusion of a treaty
with Charles I., i. 205.
Coventry, Lady, ii. 292.

Cowley, dictum of Denham concerning him,
i. 2 deficient in imagination, 5; his wit, 272,
ii. 341; his admiration of Bacon, i. 413.
Cowper, Earl, Keeper of the Great Seal, ii. 335.
Cowper, William, i. 158; his praise of Pope,
159; his friendship with Warren Hastings,
ii. 183.

Cox, Archdeacon, his eulogium on Sir Robert
Walpole, i. 277.

Coyer, Abbé, his imitation of Voltaire, ii. 342.
Craggs, Secretary, i. 300; succeeds Addison,
ii. 358; Addison dedicates his works to him,
359.

Cranmer, Archbishop, estimate of his cha..
racter, i. 57.

Crebillon, the younger,
i. 269.
Crisis, Steele's, ii. 352.

Crisp, Samuel, his early career, ii. 291; his tra-
gedy of Virginia, 291; his retirement and se.
clusion, 293, 294; his friendship with the
Burneys, 294; his gratification at the success
of Miss Burney's first work, 295; his advice
to her upon her comedy, 297; his applause of
her "Cecilia," 298.

D'Alembert, Horace Walpole's opinion of him,
i. 269.

Dallas, Chief Justice, one of the counsel for
Hastings on his trial, ii. 235.

Danby, Earl, i. 275; his connection with
Temple, abilities, and character, ii. 25, 26;
impeached and sent to the Tower, 27; owed
his office and dukedom to his talent in de-
bating, 31.

Danger, public, a certain amount of, will war-
rant a retrospective law, i. 209.

Dante, his Divine Comedy, i. 9. 33; compari-
son of him with Milton, 9. et seq.; "correct-
ness" of his poetry, 153; story from, illus-
trative of the two great parties in England
after the accession of the House of Hanover,
ii. 362.

D'Arblay, Madame, review of her Diary and Let-
ters, ii. 286-317; wide celebrity of her name,
287; her Diary, 287, 288; her family, 287; her
birth and education, 289, 290; her father's
social position, 291; her first literary efforts,
291 her friendship with Mr. Crisp, 291. 294;
publication of her "Evelina," 294, 295; her
comedy "The Witlings," 297; her second
novel, Cecilia," 298; death of her friends
Crisp and Johnson, 298; her regard for Mrs.
Delany, 298; her interview with the king
and queen, 299, 300; accepts the situation of
keeper of the robes, 300; sketch of her life
in this position, 301-303; attends at Warren
Hastings' trial. 303; her espousal of the cause
of Hastings, 304; her incivility to Windham
and Burke, 301; her sufferings during her
keepership, 304. 307-309; her marriage, and

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