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which his memory is cherished, 180; his
hospitality at Holland House, 181; his win-
ning manners and uprightness, 181; his last
lines, 181.

Hollis, Mr., committed to prison by Charles I.,
i. 199; his impeachment, 212.
Holwell, Mr., his presence of mind in the
Black Hole, ii. 99; cruelty of the Nabob to
him, 100.

Home, John, patronage of, by Bute, ii. 378.
Homer, difference between his poetry and
Milton's, i. 6; one of the most correct"
poets, 153; Pope's translation of his de-
scription of a moonlight night, 153; his de-
scriptions of war, ii. 332-334.
Hooker, his faulty style, ii. 22.

Hoole, specimen of his heroic couplets, ii. 323;
Horace, Bentley's notes on, ii. 48.
Hosein, son of Ali, festival to his memory,
ii. 93; legend of his death, 93.
Hospitals, objects for which they are built,
ii. 78.

Hough, Bishop, ii. 326.

House of Commons (the), increase of its
power, i. 93, 94, 96; change in public feeling
in respect to its privileges, 95; its respousi-
bility, 96; commencement of the practice of
buying of votes in, 275; corruption in, not
necessary to the Tudors, 275; increase of its
influence after the Revolution, 278; how to
be kept in order, 276.

Hume, David, his description of the violence
of parties before the Revolution, i. 343.
Humour, that of Addison compared with that
of Swift and Voltaire, ii. 341, 342.
Hungarians, their incursions into Lombardy,
ii. 88.

Hunt, Leigh, review of his edition of the Dra- |
matic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Van-
brugh, and Farquhar, ii. 149-175; his merits
and faults, 149; his qualifications as an
editor, 149; his appreciation of Shakspeare,
Spenser, Dryden, and Addison, 149.
Huntingdon, Countess of, ii. 143.
Huntington, William, ii. 121.
Hutchinson, Mrs,. ii. 11.

Hyde, Mr., his conduct in the House of Com-
mons, i. 206; at the head of the Constitu.
tional Royalists, 210; voted for Strafford's
attainder, 209. See also Clarendon, Lord.
Hyder Ali, his origin and character, ii. 211; his
invasion of the Carnatic, and triumphant
success, 211, 212; his progress arrested by
Sir Eyre Coote, 212.

I.

Iconoclast, Milton's, allusion to, i. 27.
Idolatry, i. 10. 11.

Iliad (the), Pope's and Tickell's translations,
ii. 353. 355.

Illustrations of Bunyan and Milton by Martin,
i. 132.

Imagination, great strength of Milton's, i. 5;
great power of Bunyan's, 135, 139.
Imhoff, Baron, his position and circumstances,
ii. 186, 187; character and attractions of his
wife, and attachment between her and Hast-
ings, 187. 205.

Impeachment, of Lord Kimbolton, Hampden,
Pym, and Hollis, i. 212; of Hastings, ii. 230.
Impey, Sir Elijah, ii. 183; Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court at Calcutta, 197; his hosti-
lity to the Council, 200; remarks on his trial
of Nuncomar, 200-202; dissolution of his
friendship with Hastings, 209; his interfer.
ence in the proceedings against the Begums,

219; his ignorance of the native dialects, 220,
note; condemnation in Parliament of the ar-
rangement made with him by Hastings, 220.
Impostors, fertile in a reforming age, i. 158.
Indemnity, bill of, to protect witnesses against
Walpole, i. 298.

India, foundation of the English empire in, i.
308, 309; high civilisation of its people, ii. 83.
Induction, method of, not invented by Bacon,
i. 404; utility of its analysis greatly overrated
by Bacon, 404; example of its leading to
absurdity, 405.

Indulgences, ii. 134.

Infidelity, on the treatment of, i. 131; its
powerlessness to disturb the peace of the
world, ii. 146.

Inquisition instituted on the suppression of
the Albigensian heresy, ii. 133; armed with
powers to suppress the Reformation, 138,
139.

Interest, effect of attempts by government to
limit the rate of, ii. 155.

Intolerance, religious, effects of, i. 114.
Invocation of saints, ii. 130.
Ireland, rebellion in, in 1640, i. 210; Essex's
administration in, 360; its condition under
Cromwell's government, ii. 11-13; its state
contrasted with that of Scotland, ii. 68; its
union with England_compared with the Per-
sian fable of King Zohak, 69; reason of its
not joining in favour of the Reformation, 134.
140; danger to England from its discontents,
206.

Italian Masque (the), i. 8.

Italians, their character in the middle ages, i.
37; their social condition compared with that
of the ancient Greeks, 48.

Italy, state of, in the dark ages, i. 31; progress
of civilisation and refinement in, 31, et seq.;
its condition under Cæsar Borgia, 44; its
temper at the Reformation, ii. 134, et seq.;
its slow progress owing to Catholicism, 145;
its subjugation, 147; revival of the power of
the church in, 148.

J.

"Jackboot," a popular pun on Bute's name, ii.
378. 386.

Jacobin Club, its excesses, ii. 147.
Jacobins, their origin, i. 225.
Jacobitism, Addison's opinion that travelling is
the best cure for it, ii. 332.
James I., i. 60; his folly and weakness, 195,
196; resembled Claudius Cæsar, 196; court
paid to him by the English courtiers before
the death of Elizabeth, 366; his twofold cha-
racter, 366; his favourable reception of Ba-
con, 366-368, his anxiety for the union of
England and Scotland, 368; his employment
of Bacon in perverting the laws, 369; his fa-
vours and attachment to Buckingham, 372,
373; absoluteness of his government, 375;
his summons of a parliament, 378; his politi-
cal blunders, 378, 379; his message to the
Commons on the misconduct of Bacon, 379;
his readiness to make concessions to Rome,
ii. 140.

James II., the causes of his expulsion, i. 17;
administration of the law in his time, 88;
Varelst's portrait of him, 133; his death, and
acknowledgment by Louis XIV. of his son as
his successor, 247; favour towards him of
the High Church party, 333; his misgovern-
ment, 333; his claims as a supporter of tole-
ration,, 333-336; his conduct towards Lord
Rochester, 331; his union with Louis XIV.,

335; his confidential advisers, 335; his kind- |
ness and munificence to Wycherley, ii. 161.
Jardine, Mr., his work on the use of torture in
England, i. 371. note.

Jeffreys, Judge, his cruelty, i. 334.
"Jemmy Twitcher," a nickname of the Earl of
Sandwich, ii. 386.

Jenyns, Soame, his notion of happiness in hea-
ven, ii. 342.

Jerningham, Mr., his verses, ii. 296.
Jesuitism, its rise, ii. 136; its destruction of
Port Royal, 146; its fall and consequences,
147; its doctrines, 149; its theory and prac-
tice towards heretics, i. 335.

Jesuits, order of, instituted by Loyola, ii. 136';
their character, 137; their policy and proceed-
ings, 137, 138; their doctrines, 137; their
conduct in the confessional, 137; their
sionary activity, 137. 141.

Junius, Letters of, arguments in favour of their
having been written by Sir Philip Francis,
ii. 196; their effects, 404.
Juvenal's Satires, Johnson's objection to them,
i. 170; their impurity, ii. 150.

K.

Kenrick, William, ii. 296.

Kimbolton, Lord, his impeachment, i. 212.
King's Friends," the faction of the, ii. 394-
397. 399.

Kit-Cat Club, Addison's introduction to the,
ii. 330.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, i. 271; Addison's lines to
him, ii. 341.

mis-"Knights," comedy of the, ii. 9.

Jews (the), review of the Civil Disabilities of,
i. 140-147; argument that the Constitution
would be destroyed by admitting them to
power, 141, 142; the argument that they are
aliens, 142; inconsistency of the law in re-
spect to them, 142, 143; their exclusive spirit
a natural consequence of their treatment,
144; argument against them, that they look
forward to their restoration to their own
country, 144. 146.

Job, the book of, i. 7.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, review of Croker's edi-
tion of Boswell's Life of, i. 165-190; his
Lives of the Poets, 157; his objection to Ju-
venal's Satires, 170; his peculiarities, 178.
183; condition of literary men at the time of
his settling in London, 178-180; his diffi-
culties, 181; his elevation, 181; peculiarity
of his intellect, 183; his credulity, 183; his
religious sentiments, 184; his opinion on
forms of government, 184, 185; his judgments
on books, 185; narrowness of his views of
society, 187; his visit to the Hebrides, 188;
his style, 189. ii. 315; his club-room, i. 190;
singularity of his destiny, 190; desultoriness
of his studies, 134; his admiration of the
Pilgrim's Progress, 134; his bigotry, 345;
his definitions of Excise and Pensioner, 345;
comparison of his political writings, with
those of Swift, ii. 44; language he held of
Lord Clive, 121; his praise of Congreve's
"Mourning Bride," 167.173; his interview
with Hastings, 186; his friendship with Dr.
Burney, 289; his ignorance of music, 289;
his want of appreciation of Gray, 292; his
position with the Thrales, 296; his foudness
for Miss Burney, and approbation of her
book, 296; his injustice to Fielding, 296;
his irritability, 296; his benevolence, 296;
his death, 298.

Johnsonese, i. 189. ii. 315.
Jones, Inigo, ii. 317.
Jones, Sir William, i. 172.
Jonson, Ben, i. 42; his "Hermogenes," 161;
his description of Lord Bacon's eloquence,
356; his verses on the celebration of Bacon's
sixtieth year, 377; his tribute to Bacon, 388;
his description of humours in character, ii.
312; specimen of his heroic couplets, 312.
Joseph II., his reforms, ii. 54.

Judges (the), condition of their tenure of office,
i. 74; formerly accustomed to receive gifts
from suitors, 382-384; how their corruption
is generally detected, 386; integrity required
from them, ii. 202.

Judgment, private, Milton's defence of the right
of, i. 26.

Judicial bench, its character in the time of
James II., i. 83.

Kniperdoling and Robespierre, analogy between
their followers, i. 225.
Knowledge, advancement of society in, i. 260.

L.

Labour, division of, ii. 53; effect of attempts
by government to limit the hours of, 154.
Labouring classes (the), their condition in
England and on the Continent, i. 118; in the
United States, 119.

Labourdonnais, his talents, ii. 86; his treat-
ment by the French government, 125.
La Fontaine, allusion to, i. 176.
Lalla Rookh, i. 410.

Lally, Governor, his treatment by the French
government, ii. 125.

Lamb, Charles, his defence of the Dramatists
of the Restoration, ii. 152, 153; his kind
nature, 153.

Lampoons, Pope's, ii. 355.
Lancaster, Dr., his patronage of Addison, ii.
320.

Langton, Mr., his admiration of Miss Burney,
ii. 296.

Languedoc, description of it in the 12th cen-
tury, ii. 131, 132; destruction of its pro-
sperity and literature by the Normans, 132.
Lansdowne, Lord, his friendship for Hastings,
ii. 227.

Latimer, Hugh, his popularity in London, i.

383.385.

Latin poems, Boileau's praise of, ii. 327; ex-
cellence of Milton's, i. 5.

Latinity, Croker's criticisms on, i. 170.
Laud, Archbishop, his treatment by the Par-
liament, i. 76; his correspondence with Straf-
ford, 76; his character, 201, 202; his diary,
201; his impeachment and imprisonment,
208; his rigour against the Puritans, and
tenderness towards the Catholics, 210.
Law, its administration in the time of James
II., i. 88; its monstrous grievances in India,
ii. 208-210.

Lawrence, Major, his early notice of Clive, ii.
87. 94; his abilities, 87.
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, ii. 311.
Laws, penal, of Elizabeth, i. 53, 54.
Lawyers, their inconsistencies as advocates and
legislators, i. 185, 186.

Learning in Italy, revival of, i. 32, 33; causes
of its decline, 35.
Legerdemain, i. 353.

Legge, Right Hon. H. B., i. 301; his return to
the Exchequer, 303. ii. 366; his dismissal,
373.

Legislation, comparative views on, by Plato
and by Bacon, í. 398.
Legitimacy, i. 16.

Lemon, Mr., his discovery of Milton's Treatise
on Christian Doctrine, i. 1.
Lennox, Charlotte, ii. 10.

Leo, X., his character, ii. 138; nature of the
war between him and Luther, 139.
Letters of Phalaris, controversy between Sir
William Temple and Christchurch College
and Bentley upon their merits and genuine-
ness, ii. 47, 48.

Libels on the court of George III. in Bute's
time, ii. 378.

Libertinism in the time of Charles II., i. 87.
Liberty, public, Milton's support of, i. 20; its
rise and progress in Italy, 31.

"Love for Love," by Congreve, ii. 167; its
moral, 171.

"Love in a Wood," when acted, ii. 158.
Louis XIV., his conduct in respect to the
Spanish succession, 241-246, et seq.; his
acknowledgment, on the death of James II.,
of the Prince of Wales as King of England
and its consequences, 247; sent an army into
Spain to the assistance of his grandson, 250;
his proceedings in support of his grandson,
Philip, 250-257; his reverses in Germany,
Italy, and the Netherlands, 258; his policy,
335; character of his government, 335, 336;
his military exploits, ii. 3; his projects and
affected moderation, ii. 15; his ill-humour
at the Triple Alliance, 18; his conquest of
Franche Comté, 18; his treaty with Charles,
23; the early part of his reign a time of
licence, 155; his devotion, 325.

Louis XV., his government, ii. 125.

Life, human, increase in the term of, i. 117.
Lingard, Dr., his account of the conduct of
James II. towards Lord Rochester, i. 324;
his ability as a historian, ii. 18; his strictures
on the Triple Alliance, 18.
Literary men more independent than formerly,
i. 123, 124; their influence, 125, 126; abject-Louis XVIII., restoration of, compared with
ness of their condition during the reign of
George II., 180, 181; their importance to
contending parties in the reign of Queen
Anne, ii. 336; encouragement afforded to by
the Revolution, 324.

Literature of the Roundheads, i. 14; of the
Royalists, 15; of Italy in the 14th century,
32, 33; of the Elizabethan age, 235; of
Spain in the 16th century, 237; splendid pa-
tronage of, at the close of the 17th and begin-
ning of the 18th centuries, 178, 179; dis-
couragement of, on the accession of the
House of Hanover, 179; importance of clas-
sical, in the 16th century, 352.

Literature, German, little known in England
sixty or seventy years ago, ii. 326.
"Little Dickey," a nickname for Norris the
actor, ii. 359.

Livy, Discourses on, by Machiavelli, i. 46;
compared with Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws,

48.

Lyttelton, Lord, i. 311.

Locke, ii. 129.

Logan, Mr., his ability in defending Hastings,
ii. 240.

Lollardism in England, i. 231.

London, in the 17th century, i. 213; devoted to
the national cause, 213, 214; its public spirit,
227; its prosperity during the ministry of
Lord Chatham, 308; conduct of, at the Re-
storation, 327; effects of the Great Plague
upon, ii. 14; its excitement on occasion of
the tax on cider proposed by Bute's ministry,
382.

Long Parliament (the), controversy on its
merits, i. 17, 18; its first meeting, 61. 207;
its early proceedings, 66, 67; its conduct in
reference to the civil war, 67; its nineteen
propositions, 73; its faults, 75-77 ; censured
by Mr. Hallam, 76; its errors in the conduct
of the war, 77; treatment of it by the army,
78; recapitulation of its acts, 208; its attain-
der of Strafford defended, 209; sent Hamp-
den to Edinburgh to watch the king, 210;
refuses to surrender the members ordered to
be impeached, 213; openly defies the King,
214; its conditions of reconciliation, 216.
Lope, his distinction as a writer and a soldier,
i. 238.

Lords, the House of, its position previous to
the Restoration, i. 326; its condition as a de-
bating assembly in 1770, ii. 179.

Lorenzo de Medici, state of Italy in his time,
i. 33.

Lorenzo de Medici (the younger), dedication
of Machiavelli's Prince to him, i. 46.
Loretto, plunder of, ii. 147.

that of Charles II., i. 324.
Louisburg, fall of, i. 307.
Loyola, his energy, ii. 136. 143.
Luther, his declaration against the ancient phi-
losophy, i. 393; sketch of the contest which
began with his preaching against the Indul-
gences and terminated with the treaty of
Westphalia, ii. 134-144.

Lysias, anecdote by Plutarch of his speech for
the Athenian tribunals, ii. 50.

M.

Macburney, original name of the Burney family,
ii. 288.

Machiavelli, his Works, by Périer, i. 28; ge-
neral odiousness of his name and works, 28,
29; suffered for public liberty, 29; his
elevated sentiments and just views, 29;
held in high estimation by his contempo-
raries, 30; state of moral feeling in Italy in
his time, 31; his character as a man, 39; as
a poet, 39; as a dramatist, 40; as a states-
man, 38. 43. 47, 48, 49; his Prince, 46; ex-
cellence of his precepts, 47; his candour, 48;
comparison between him and Montesquieu,
48; his style, 49; his levity, 49; his his-
torical works, 49; lived to witness the last
struggle for Florentine liberty, 50; his work
and character misrepresented, 50; his re-
mains unhonoured till long after his death,
51; monument erected to his memory by an
English nobleman, 51.

Mackenzie, Mr., his dismissal insisted on by
Grenville, ii. 390.

Mackenzie, Henry, his ridicule of the Nabob
class, ii. 120.

Mackintosh, Sir James, review of his History
of the Revolution in England, i. 310-346;
comparison with Fox's History of James the
Second, 310; character of his oratory, 312;
his conversational powers, 313; his qualities
as historian, 313; his vindication from the
imputations of the editor, 315. 318-322;
change in his opinions produced by the
French Revolution, 315; his moderation,
317, 318; his historical justice, 322; remem.
brance of him at Holland House, ii. 181.
Maclean, Colonel, agent in England for Warren
Hastings, ii. 199. 204.

Madras, description of it, ii. 85; its capitulation
to the French, 86; restored to the English,
87.

Madrid, capture of, by the English army, in
1705, i. 254.

Magdalen College, treatment of, by James II.,
ii. 320; Addison's connection with it, 320.
Mahommed Reza Khan, his character, ii. 188;
selected by Clive, 190; his capture, confine
ment at Calcutta, and release, 190, 191.
Mahon, Lord, review of his History of the
War of the Succession in Spain, i. 235-264;
his qualities as a historian, 236, 237; his ex-
planation of the financial condition of Spain,
239; his opinions on the Partition Treaty,
242, 243; his representations of Cardinal
Porto Carrero, 248; his opinion of the peace
on the conclusion of the War of the Spanish
Succession, 259; his censure of Harley, 260;
and view of the resemblance of the Tories of
the present day to the Whigs of the Revolu-
tion, 259, 260.

Mahrattas, sketch of their history, ii. 88. 206;
expedition against them, 207.
Maintenon, Madame de, ii. 155.

Malaga, naval battle near, in 1704, i. 250.
Malcolm, Sir John, review of his Life of Lord
Clive, ii. 83-127; value of his work, 83; his
partiality for Clive, 101; his defence of Clive's
conduct towards Omichund, 106.
Mallet, David, patronage of, by Bute, ii. 378.
Manchester, Countess of, ii. 325.

Manchester, Earl of, his patronage of Addison,
ii. 325. 330.

Mandeville, his metaphysical powers, i. 4.
Mandragola (the), of Machiavelli, i. 40.
Manilla, capitulation of, ii. 374.
Mannerism of Johnson, i. 189.
Mansfield, Lord, ii. 376; his character and ta-
lents, i. 298; his rejection of, the overtures of
Newcastle, 303; his elevation, 303; character
of his speeches, ii. 399; his friendship for
Hastings, 226.

Manso, Milton's epistle to, i. 5.
Manufactures and commerce of Italy in the 14th
century, i. 32, 33.

Manufacturing system (the), Southey's opinion
upon, i. 103; its effect on the health, 104.
Manufacturing and agricultural labourers, com-
parison of their condition, i. 104, 105.
Marat, his bust substituted for the statues of
the martyrs of Christianity, ii. 147.
Marcet, Mrs., her Dialogues on Political Eco-
nomy, i. 3.

March, Lord, a persecutor of Wilkes, ii. 386.
Marino, San, visited by Addison, ii. 328.
Marlborough, Duchess of, her friendship with
Congreve, ii. 174; her inscription on his mo-
nument, 175; her death, i. 296.
Marlborough, Duke of, i. 92; his conversion to
Whiggism, 259; his acquaintance with the
Duchess of Cleveland, and commencement of
his splendid fortune, ii. 159; notice of Addi-
son's poem in his honour, 333.

Marlborough and Godolphin, their policy, ii.
331.

Marsh, Bishop, his opposition to Calvinistic
doctrine, ii. 75.

Martinique, capture of, ii. 374.

Martin's illustrations of the Pilgrim's Progress,
and of Paradise Lost, i. 132, 133.
Marvel Andrew, ii. 323.
Mary, Queen, i. 233.
Masque, the Italian, i. 8.

Massinger, allusion to his Virgin Martyr, i. 28;
his fondness for the Roman Catholic Church,
232; indelicate writing in his dramas, ii. 151.
Mathematics, comparative estimate of, by Plato
and by Bacon, i. 395, 396.
Maximilian, of Bavaria, ii. 140.

Maxims, general, their uselessness, i. 47.
Maynooth, Mr. Gladstone's objections to the
vote of money for, ii. 76.

Mecca, ii. 128.

Medals, Addison's Treatise on, ii. 321. 330.
Medici, Lorenzo de. See Lorenzo de Medici.
Medicine, comparative estimate of the science
of, by Plato and by Bacon, i. 397, 398.
Meer Cossim, his talents, ii. 114; his deposition
and revenge, 114.

Meer Jaffier, his conspiracy, ii. 102; his conduct
during the battle of Plassey, 104; his pecu-
niary transactions with Clive, 107; his pro-
ceedings on being threatened by the Great
Mogul, 109; his fears of the English, and in-
trigues with the Dutch, 110; deposed and re-
seated by the English, 114; his death, 115;
his large bequest to Lord Clive, 119.
Melancthon, í. 223.

Memmius, compared to Sir W. Temple, ii. 48.
Memoirs of Sir W. Temple, review of, ii. 1—49;
wanting in selection and compression, 1.
Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings, re-
view of, ii. 181-285.

Memory, comparative views of the importance
of, by Plato and by Bacon, i. 397.
Menander, the lost comedies of, ii. 341.
Mendoza, Hurtado de, i. 238.

Mercenaries, employment of, in Italy, i. 35; its
political consequences, 35; and moral effects,
36.

Metaphysical accuracy incompatible with suc-
cessful poetry, i. 11.

Metcalfe, Sir Charles, his ability and disinterest-
edness, ii. 127.

Methodists, their early object, ii. 135.
Mexico, exactions of the Spanish viceroys ex⚫
ceeded by the English agents in Bengal,
ii. 113.

Michell, Sir Francis, i. 374.

Middle ages, inconsistency in the schoolmen of
the, i. 185.

Middlesex election, the constitutional question
in relation to it, ii. 403-406.
Middleton, Dr., remarks on his Life of Cicero,
i. 348; his controversies with Bentley, ii. 48.
Midsummer Night's Dream, sense in which
the word "translated" is therein used, ii.
354.

Milan, Addison's visit to, ii. 328.

Military science, studied by Machiavelli, i. 45.
Military service, relative adaptation of different
classes for. i. 34.

Militia (the), control of, by Charles I. or by the
Parliament, i. 74.

Mill, James, his merits as a historian, i. 321:
defects of his History of British India, ii. 83;
his unfairness towards Clive's character, 101;
his severity towards Warren Hastings, 181.
Millar, Lady, her vase for verses, ii. 296.
Milton, review of his Treatise on Christian
Doctrine, Mr. Lemon's discovery of the MS.
of it, i. 1; his style, 1; his theological opi-
nions, 2; his poetry his great passport to
general remembrance, 3-5; power of his
imagination, 5; the most striking charac-
teristic of his poetry, 6; his Allegro and
Penseroso, 6; his Comus and Samson Ago-
nistes, 6; his minor poems, 8; appreciated
the literature of modern Italy, 8; his Para-
dise Regained, 8; parallel between him and
Dante, 9, et seq.; his Sonnets most exhibit
his peculiar character, 14; his public con-
duct, 14; his defence of the execution of
Charles I., 20, 21; his refutation of Salma-
sius, 21; his conduct under the Protector,
21; peculiarities which distinguished him
from his contemporaries, 22; noblest quali-
ties of every party combined in him, 25; his
defence of the freedom of the press, and the
right of private judgment, 26; his boldness

in the maintenance of his opinions, 27; reca
pitulation of his literary merits, 27, 28; one
of the most "correct"
poets, 153.
Milton and Shakspeare, character of Johnson's
observations on, i. 185.
Minden, battle of, i. 308.

Mines, Spanish-American, i. 239.

Ministers, their responsibility lessened by the
Revolution, i. 93; veto by Parliament on their
appointment, 74.

Minorca, capture of, by the French, i. 302.
"Minute guns!" Charles Townshend's excla-
mation on hearing Bute's maiden speech, ii.
374.

Missionaries, Catholic, their zeal and spirit, ii.

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Monarchy, the English, in the 16th century,
i. 227, 228.

Monjuich, capture of the fort of, by Peter-
borough, i. 253.
Monmouth, Duke of, i. 331; his supplication
for life, ii. 42.
Monopolies, English, during the latter end of
Elizabeth's reign, i. 358; multiplied under
James, 374; connived at by Bacon, 374, 375.
Monson, Mr., one of the new councillors under
the Regulating Act for India, ii. 198; his op-
position to Hastings, 198; his death, and its
important consequences, 204.
Montagu, Basil, review of his edition of Lord
Bacon's works, i. 346-414; character of his
work, 346-348; his explanation of Lord Bur-
leigh's conduct towards Bacon, 354; his views
and arguments in defence of Bacon's conduct
towards Essex, 363-366; his excuses for
Bacon's use of torture, and his tampering
with the judges, 369, 370; his reflections on
Bacon's admonition to Buckingham, 375; his
complaints against James for not interposing
to save Bacon, 380; and for advising him to
plead guilty, 380; his defence of Bacon, 381

-387.

Montagu, Charles, notice of him, ii. 325; ob-
tains permission for Addison to retain his
fellowship during his travels, 325; Addison's
epistle to him, 330. See also Halifax.
Montague, Lord, i. 179.

Montague, Mary, her testimony to Addison's
colloquial powers, ii. 337.
Montague, Mrs., ii. 235.
Mont Cenis, ii. 330.

Montesquieu, his style, i. 48; Horace Walpole's
opinion of him, 269.

Montesquieu and Machiavelli, comparison be-
tween, i. 48.

Montgomery, Mr. Robert, his Omnipresence of
the Deity reviewed, i. 126; character of his
poetry, 127-132; his Satan, 131, 132.
Montreal, capture of, by the British, in 1760;

i. 308.

Moore, Dr., extract from his Zeluco, i. 188.
Moore's Life of Lord Byron, review of, i. 147
-165; its style and matter, 147; similes in
his Lalla Rookh, 404.
Moorshedabad, its situation and importance,
ii. 184.

Moral feeling, state of, in Italy in the time of
Machiavelli, i. 31.

orality, political, low standard of, after the
Restoration, i. 86.

More, Sir Thomas, ii. 130.

Moses, Bacon compared to, by Cowley, i. 413.
"Mountain of Light," ii. 88.

Mourad Bey, his astonishment at Buonaparte's
diminutive figure, ii. 333.

Mourning Bride, by Congreve, its high stand-
ing as a tragic drama, ii. 167.

Moylan, Mr., review of his Collection of the
Opinions of Lord Holland as recorded in the
Journals of the House of Lords, ii. 175–181.
Muhlberg, the success of the Protestant move-
ment not checked by defeat at, ii. 139.
Munny, Begum, ii. 191, 199.
Munro, Sir Hector, ii. 212.
Munro, Sir Thomas, ii. 127.
Munster, Bishop of, ii. 14.

Murphy, Mr., his knowledge of stage effect, ii.
297; his opinion of "The Witlings," 297.
Mussulmans, their resistance to the practices
of English law, ii, 209.

Mysore, ii. 211; its fierce horsemen, 212.

N.

Nabobs, class of Englishmen to whom the name
was applied, ii. 119-122.

Names in Milton, their significance, i. 6.
Napier, Col., i. 442.
Naples, ii. 329.

Napoleon compared with Philip II. of Spain,
i. 237; devotion of his Old Guard surpassed
by that of the garrison of Arcot to Clive, ii.
92; his early proof of talents for war, 126;
protest of Lord Holland against his deten-
tion, 175; his hold on the affections of his
subjects, 367. See also Buonaparte.
Nares, Rev. Dr., Review of his "Burleigh and
his Times," i. 220-235.

National debt, Southey's notions of, i. 106, 107;
effect of its abrogation, 107; England's capa-
bilities in respect to it, 122.

National feeling, low state of, after the Re-
storation, i. 90.

Natural history, a body of, commenced by
Bacon, i. 38.

Natural religion, ii. 129.

Navy, its mismanagement in the reign of
Charles II., ii. 160.

Nelson, Southey's Life of, i. 100.
New Atlantis of Bacon, remarkable passages in,
i. 411.

Newbury, Mr., allusion to his pasteboard pic-
tures, i. 7.

Newcastle, Duke of, his relation to Walpole,
i. 279, 284; his character, 285; his appoint-
ment as head of the administration, 299; his
negotiations with Fox, 300, 301; attacked in
Parliament by Chatham, 301; his intrigues,
303; his resignation of office, 303; sent for
by the king on Chatham's dismissal, 304;
leader of the Whig aristocracy, 305; ii. 363;
motives for his coalition with Chatham, 306;
his perfidy towards the king, 306; his jea-
lousy of Fox, 306; his strong government
with Chatham, 307; his character and bo-
rough influence, ii. 96; his contests with
Henry Fox, 97; his power and patronage,
364; his unpopularity after the resignation of
Chatham, 375; he quits office, 375.
Newdigate, Sir Roger, a great critic, i. 155.
Newton, John, his connection with the slave-
trade, i. 383; his attachment to the doctrines
of predestination, ii. 75.

Newton, Sir Isaac, i. 3; his residence in Lei-

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