Literature, the manufacturers of it, account of their characters, vii. 32.
State of, in Scotland, from the middle of the fixteenth century, x. 344.
Liturgy. Dr. Johnfon's opinion of, xi. 214.

Lobo, Father, Preface to the Tranflation of his Voyage to Abyffinia,
ix. 431.

Lochbuy, account of, x. 508.

Lofy, Lady, her character, v. 76.

London and Bristol, delineated by Savage, iii. 356. Happiness of the
great on their return to London, viii. 322. Happiness of virgins
going there to try their fortunes, 322. Their happiness generally
end in difappointment, 324. A Poem, in imitation of the Third
Satire of Juvenal, xi. 319.

London Chronicle, Preliminary Difcourfe to it, Jan. 1, 1757, ix. 369.
Plan of that newspaper, 370.

Longueville, William, fome account of, ij. 178.

Lottery, the life of multitudes compared to it, vii. 244. The paffionate
and enfnaring hopes of gain by them, vii. 238, 239. Moft com-
monly vifionary and fallacious, 239. The imaginary profpects of
fortuitous riches, injurious to trade, and the fources of perpetual de-
lufion, 240, 241.

Love, metaphyfically defcribed, ii. 29. In geographical poetry com-
pared to travels through various countries, 29. Defcribed accord
ing to the laws of augury, 30. A lover neither dead nor alive, 35.
A lover's heart, a hand grenado, 35. A miftrefs beloved is fairer
in idea than in reality, 36. Meditations of a lover, 37. Defcribed
by Dryden, 421. Negatively defcribed, iii. 239. Succefs in it molt
eafily obtained by indirect approaches, v. 3.
The various arts of,
in different ages, ix. 81. The univerfal agent of the ftage, except
in Shakespeare, 244. The physical caufe of, x. 216. Man in-
fpired to honour and glory by it, xi. 315.

Love of Excellence, natural, ii. 10.

Bove's Labour's Left, obfervations on Shakespeare's comedy, ix. 307,
Love's Riddle, written by Cowley, when at fchool, ii. 7.

Lover of his Country, charaderized, x. 83.

Lough Nejs, accoun.. of, x. 346. Twenty-four miles long, and two
niles broad, 347. Reported never to freeze, 348.

Loubourg, the English and French account of the capture of it, con-
trafled, viii. 76.

Lucan, his Pharfalia tranflated by Chriftopher Pitt, before he was twenty
years of age, iv. 159.

Lucas Family, all the brothers valiant, all the fifters virtuous, viii. 47.
Lucia, St. Ifland of, the conduct of the French when the English at-
tempted to make a fettlement there, x. 154.

Lucifer, described by Cowley, i. 55.

Luxury, united with indolence produceth the moft pernicious effes,
v. 217. The veterans of it trongly addicted to fallies and excels
of refeniment and fury, vi. 259. Its fatal effects exemplified in the
hiftory of Hacho, King of Lapland, viii. 382.

Lyce, an elderly lady, verfes to, xi. 364.

Lycidas, written by Milton, in 1637, ii. 90. Character of that poem,

Lyttehen,

Lyttelton, George Lord, his life, iv. 309. Son of Sir Thomas Lyttleton of Hagley, Worcestershire, born 1709, 309. Educated at Eaton, and removed to Chrift Church, 309. An early writer both in verfe and profe, 309. Leaves Oxford 1728, and travels through France and Italy, 309. An opponent in parliament to Sir R. Walpole, 310. Secretary to the Prince of Wales, 310 Introduces Thomfon and Mallet into the fuit of the Prince of Wales, 310. Lord of the Treasury 1744, 311. Writes obfervations on the converfion of St. Paul, 1747, 312. His father's letter to him on that publication, 312. Succeeds his father to the title of Baronet 1751, 312. Becomes Cofferer and Privy Counsellor 1754, 312. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1755, 312. Travels into Wales, 312. Patronifes Archibald Bower, 313. Publishes DiaJogues of the Dead, 313. Created Lord Lyttelton, 313. Story of the publication of his life of Henry II. 314. Account of his laft illness and death 1763, by his phyfician, 315. His Epitaph, 317. His poetical works characterized, 317. Anecdotes of, xi. 198.

kind, xi. 199.

M.

MACAULY, Mrs. her opinion of the natural equality of manMacbeth, a tragedy, remarks on the impropriety, as well as energy. of its diction, vii. 166. Obfervations on Shakespeare's tragedy, ix. 310. Account of the caftle of, at Inverness, x. 343. Macclesfield, Earl and Countess of, account of their divorce, iii. 246. The Countess marries Col. Brett, 246. Gives 50l. to Savage, 257: Difappointed in her South Sea traffic, 257. Continues to perfecute her fon, 259.

Macdonald, Sir Alexander, account of his houfe at Armidel in the Ile of Sky, x. 372. The tradition of one of his predeceffors burning the inhabitants of Culloden in a church, 373

Macdonald, Hugh, account of his confpiracy against his chief to whom he was heir, in the time of James VI. x. 403.

Mackinnon, account of his houfe at Coriatachan in Sky, x. 378.
Maclean of Col, account of himself and family, x. 465.

Maclean. Dr of Mull, account of him and his family, x. 487.
Maclean, Sir Allan, account of his family, x. 494.

Maclean, Donald, (heir of the laird of Col), fpent a confiderable time in Hertfordshire and Hampshire, in order to acquire the knowledge of agriculture, x. 407.

Macleod, account of that happy family, proprietors of the island of Raafay, x. 384. Account of that family and their houfe at Dunvegan, 396.

Macleod, Col. of Talisker, in Sky, account of his houfe and family. x. 406.

Macquarry, account of the Clan of. x. 493.

Macrae, account of that Clan in the Highlands, x. 352.

Magnet, the pretended and imaginary influence of it, vii. 341. Fift
difcovered 1299, ix. 375.

Mallet, David, writes part of the Prologue to Sophonifba, iv. 185.
In conjunction with Thomson, writes the Mafque of Alfred, 171.
His life, 279.
Of the Clan of Macgregors, his father took the
name of Malloch, 279. Janitor of the High School at Edinburgh,
279. Tutor to the fons of the Duke of Montrofe, 279. Travels
with his pupils, and on his return to London, is introduced to
perfons of the highest rank and character, 280. William and
Margaret, his first production, 1724. 280. His other works, 280.
Changes his name to Mallet, 281. Becomes acquainted with Pope,
281. Writes the Life of Bacon prefixed to his works 1740, 281.
Undertakes the Life of Marlborough, 281. Under-fecretary to
the Prince of Wales, with a penfion of 2001. a year, 282. In
conjuretion with Thomfon writes the Mafque of Alfred, 282. His
convertion with Garrick on introducing his name in the life of
Marlborough, 282. Durchefs of Marlborough leaves him 1000/.
283. Leaves no hiftorical labours behind him, 283. Muftapha
afted at Drury Lane 1739, 283. Sells the copy of Amynta and
Theodore for 120l. 23. Introduced to the friendship of Lord
Bolingbroke, 284. Lord Bolingbroke leaves him his works, 284.
Mafq e of Britannia, acted 1753. 284. Elvira, acted 1-63, 284.
Keeper of the bork of entries for fhips in the port of London, 284.
Writes a letter of accufation against Admiral Byng, under the
character of a Plain Man, for which he receives a penfion, 284.
Died 1765, 285.
Character of him and his works, 285. Ap-
pointed Under fecretary to the Prince of Wales, with a falary of
2col. a year, 310.
Malouines. See Falkland Ilands.

Man, a good man, a telescope, ii. 31. All he has to do is to live
and die, 35. Who travels, compared with his wife who stays at
home, 39 Characters of a chee ful and penfive man, 150. Lord
Rochefler's fatire criticised, 201. Dive.fified by various taftes, v. 31.
In the different claffts have defires and pleafures peculiar to them-
felves, 441. Their defires more numerous than their attainments,
vi. 210. Ranged under the two claffes of merely animal and rea
fonable beings, vi. 226, 227. Thele qualities expreffive of their
conftitutional and habitual characters, 226, 227. The importance
of every one in his own eyes, viii. 45. Moit men ftruggle for
fame, 45. The difficulty of getting a name, 45. The neceffity
of his being acquainted with himself, 10. The difficulty of fuch
enquiries, 105. His defires encreate with his acquifitions, 117.
Money and time the heaviest burthens of life, 118. The fimilar
condition in all fituations of life, 203. Few opportunities of fhew-
ing great powers, 204. The neceffity of the enquiry, "What
bave ye done?" 355: The characters of a reading man, a ready
man, and of an exact man, confidered, ix. 61. Enquiry how far
he was first created perfect, x. 253. Of the islands of Sky de-
fcribed, 417. Different ranks of, there, 420. Theodore's vifica
on the progrefs of the life of, xi. 148. Firft guarded by innocence,

148. Conducted by education, and attended by habits, 149. Reafon endeavours to conduct to religion, 152. Attacked by appetites and paffions, 153. Habits continue to infinuate themselves, 155. Happiness of thofe who fubmit to religion, 157. Progress of those who follow reafon only, 160. View of thofe who purfue intemperance, 160. State of the captives of indolence, 161. Bian and Wife, on difputes between, viii. 49.

Manna, metaphyfically defcribed, ii. 27.

Manufcripts, the propriety of placing them in fome publick library, Viii. 251. The lofs of knowledge, by the loss of old libraries, lamented, 263.

Marino, metaphyfical poetry borrowed from him, ii. 26.

Marlborough, Duke of, his life undertaken by Mallet, iv. 282. The

old Dutchess leaves Mallet 1ocol. as a reward for writing the life, 28. At Mallet's death he left no hiftorical labours, 289. Marlborough, Henrietta, Dutchess of, her partiality for Congreve, iii. 165. Congreve leaves her 10,000l. 165. Erects a monument to his memory, 165. Had his image in wax on her toilet, 165. Stole his picture from Jacob Tonfon, 165.

Marlborough, Sarah, Dutchess of, celebrated by Pope in his characters of women, under the character of Atoffa, iv. 74. Severe reflections on her conduct, v. 84.

Marriage, the divorce of the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield by the Lords, confidered as a bad precedent, iii. 246. The dictate of nature, and the inftitution of Providence, v. 116. General obfervations concerning it, 226. The fources of those infelicities which frequently attend that ftate, 117. 253. Why fo many are unfuitable, 292. Contracts of it begun in fraud, end in difappointment, 294. The afflictions incident to it how to be alleviated, 291. The officioufness of fome in promoting them censured, vi. 278. The folly of publishing them in newspapers, vii. 46. Praifes on that occafion generally fallacious, 47. Propofal for an office for writing matrimonial panegyricks, 48. Has many pains, but celibacy no pleasures, xi. 74. On the happiness and unhappiness of that ftate, 78. Early marriages characterifed, 81. Miffortunes of late marriages, 82. Early marriages best pleased with their partners, late ones with their children, 83. Dr. Johnfon's opinion, 202.

Martin (who wrote the history of the Hebrides), account of him, x. 391.

Marvel, Will, ftory of his journey into Devonshire, viii. 194.

Mafon, Mr. additions to Mr. Temple's character of Gray, iv. 301. Masquerades, their pernicious influence and effects, v. 64.

Matter, confiderations on the hypothefis of, by Sir Ifaac Newton, x. 195. On the qualities of, xi. 140.

May, Thomas, fuperior both to Cowley and Milton in Latin poetry, ii. 16.

Maypole, Mifs, her obfervations on the imprudent conduct of her mother, v. 351.

Measure for Meafure, obfervations on Shakespeare's comedy, ix.

305.

Mediocrity,

Mediocrity, a quality effential to happiness as well as virtue, v. 245 Melanthia, her character, v. 255:

Melcombe, Lord, his Tufculan la Trappe, fent to Dr. Young, iv. 26 His Letter to Young, 255.

Melifa, her character, vi. 25.

Hr vanity excited by a general veneration, 25. By an unexpected reduction of her fortae fubject to various mortifications, 29.

Meliffus, his character, v. 121.

Memory, the peculiar exercife of that faculty of the mind, v. 255. Characterised, viii. 175. Collection and diftribution the two offices of, 175. Collection the most agreeable part, 175- Themistocles wished to learn the art of forgetfulness, 178. Obfervations on the improvement of, 288. The mother of the Mufes, 296. The neceffity of, the acquifition of knowledge, 296.

feldom fparing in the gifts of, 295. Few examples of enormous, wonderful, and gigantick memory, 297. Methods of improve ment, 298.

Mercator, his hiftory, ix. 90.

Merchant, the knowledge neceffary for a merchant, ix. 428.

The

neceflity of, between the manufacturer and confumer, explained, &

422.

Merchant of Venice, obfervations on Shakespeare's, ix. 308.

Merchant, Mr. in company with Savage and Gregory when James Sinclair was murdered, iii. 265.

Merit, the complaints of the neglect of it often ill-grounded, v. 378. The perfecutors of real merit diftinguished into various claffes, vii. 24.

Merriment, preconcerted, feldom anfwers the expectation, viii. 232. Generally the effe&t of chance, 233.

Merry Wives of Windfor, obfervations on Shakespeare's comedy, ix.

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Merion College, Oxford, account of the difputes refpeating the vifitation of, iv. 504.

Metaphyfical Poetry, what, ii. 22.

Borrowed from Marino and his followers, and recommended by Donne and Jonfon, 26. Other fucceffors, 26. Critical remarks on this kind of writing,

26.

Metaftafio, tranflation of an air in the Clemenza of, xi. 381. Tranflation of the fpeech of Aquileio, in the Adriano of, 382. Metrodorus, his account of life, ix. 100.

Miafummer, an Ode, xi. 351.

Midsummer Night's Dream, obfervations on Shakespeare's comedy, ix.

307.

Milbourne, Rev. Mr. fpecimen of his criticifm on Dryden's tranflation of Virgil, . 415

Milbourne, Luke, defcribed in a fervile ftate in the affembly of bards,

xi. 177.

Millar, Andrew, the Mecenas of the age, xi. 2co.

Milton, John, inferior both to May and Cowley in Latin poetry, ii. 16. Life of, 82. Defcended from the proprietors of Milton, near Thame in Oxfordshire, 82. His grandfather keeper

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