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,
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,
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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,
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,
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.
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,
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.
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.
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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