Lake Benacus, 733.
Lake Leman, 564, 677.
Laméttrie, 675.
Lannes, 598.
Lansdowne, Lord, 640, 704, 708.
La Roche Jaquelin, M. de, Jacobinical
attacks of, 811.
Lascars, 622.
Las Casas, 641.
Latin poems, Addison's, 728.
La Trappe, monks of, 917.
Laud, Archbishop, 490; his correspondence with Strafford, 103.
Lawrence, General, troops of, 682. Lawrence, Sir Thomas, 75, 717, 722. Lawyers, 386.
Leadenhall Street, 639, 653. Lebon, 809.
Legge, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 326, 814, 819, 820.
Legislation, science of, 416.
Leibnitz, his claim to the invention of Fluxions, 50.
Leicester House, 817; Square, 696, 731. Leigh Hunt, his edition of the dramatic works of Wycherly, Congreve, Van- burgh, and Farquhar, 568; opinion of the volume, 569; Leigh Hunt's lenity, 570; dramatists after the Restoration, 570; holds the same opinion as Dr. Young, 591.
Leipsic, 684, 687.
Lely, Sir Peter, 599.
Lemon, Mr., his discovery of Milton's Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity,
Lennox, Lady Sarah, 826.
Lenthal, Speaker, 600.
Lepaux, deism of, 565. Lessing, 731.
Lethbridge, Sir Thomas, 926.
Letter of Abbé Coyer to Pansophe, 746; to the bailiff of Stockbridge, Addison's, 756. Letters, Commonwealth of, 699; of Frederic the Great, 660; and Voltaire, 685, 686; Horace Walpole's, 292—311; of Junius, 613.
Leuthen, battle of, 687.
Leyden, 671.
Ligurian Gulf, the, 566, 762.
Lingard, Dr., 477; as a controversialist, 89; his estimate of the Catholic population in England, 261. Literature, Greek, 56; French, 296; Per- sian, 603; state of, in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I., 57; Walpole's judgment of, 295; Essay on the Royal
Society of, 867-870; founders of the society; fine arts exhibitions, 867 ; the French academy, 868 ; literary Dart- moor scheme, 869; story of King Gomer Chephoraod, 869, 870. Literatus, Sir W. Jones, 637. Livy, 558, 732.
Lochiel, Campbell's, 656.
Locke, 549,907 ; school of, 843. Logan, 652.
Lollardism in England, 262. Lollards, the, 553, 564.
Lombardy, 735.
London, 622,642, 654 657; London Bridge, 742; juries, their dislike to the Church, 262; merchants, 333. Londoners, loyalty of the, 258. Longinus, 923.
Lord Clive, his life, 508-547; the biographer Sir John Malcolm, 503; Robert Clive's childhood, 509; goes to India, 510; flight from Madras, and commission in the Company's Service, 511; his plan to relieve Trichinopoly, 515; defence of Arcot, 516; victorious, 517; destroys Dupleix's pillar, fights under Major Lawrence, 518; returns to England, 519; returned M.P. for St. Michael's, 520; unseated, returns to India, 521; with the land forces at the Hoogley, 523; as a politician, 524; takes Chandernagore, 525; forges Admiral Watson's name, 526; his dissimulation, 528; his dealings with Meer Jaffer, 529, 530; his supreme authority, 531; honours and rewards in England, 533; returns to India, 536; and the salt monopoly, 538; identified with the "Nabobs," 541, 543; melancholy of; suicide, 546.
Lords, House of, 596, 644, 645, 646, 647, 650, 653, 761.
Loretto, shrine of, 566.
Louis IX., 197.
Macburney, family of, 696. Macflecnoe, Dryden's, 69.
Machiavelli, his works by Périer, 27; the odious terms in which his name and works are described, 27; his imprison- ment in the cause of public liberty, 28; various suppositions concerning the author's motives, 28; his elevation of sentiment and zeal for the public good, 28; his contemporaries' high estimate of his works and person, 28; state of moral feeling among Italians of his time, 29; his character a collection of contradictions, 36; the unfairness of his policy and the fairness of his intellect, 36; his place as a poet, 37; his knowledge of the dramatic art, his comedies, 38; his novel of Belphegor, 40; his political correspondence, 40; his dexterity as a diplomatist, 40; Borgia and Machiavelli, 41; the latter's exertions to retrieve the misfortunes of his country, 42; his fall, 43; The Prince, and Discourses on Livy, 43; his political works, 46; his last honours paid by an English nobleman, 48; his conferences with Borgia, 528. Mackensie, Mr., dismissed from office, 337. Mackintosh, Sir James, History of the
Revolution, 335-369; compared with Fox's history, 335; his talents, intel- lectual and moral qualities, 338; style, 339; the biographer, 340; judgment and temper, 342; political opinions, 342; the editor, 344; model historians, 347; English Revolution, 350; old Government, 352; Popish plot, 254; panic, 355; character of Charles II., 356; James II., 357; Jesuits, 360; establishment of the Presbyterian Kirk, 365; Reforms, 369.
Mackintosh, 598.
Macleane, Colonel, 615.
Macready, 751.
Madras, 602, 605, 622, 652.
Madrid, rising in, 274; invaders, 284; Galway at; 284; advance of enemy, 286; Philip at, 286. Madgeburg, 656.
Maharajah Nuncomar, 606, 607. Mahommed Ali, 517, 518.
Mahommed Riza Khan, 606, 607, 615, 617.
Mahommedans, harems of, burst open, 624.
Mahon's, Lord, History of the War in Spain, 266; Philip II., 267; the Spaniard, 268; finances, 270; decay of Spain, 270; the Reformation; succes- sion, 271; Partition Treaty, 272; Harcourt, 273; Porto Carero, 273; death of Charles, 275; beginning of the war, 276; the English fleet, 278; Earl of Peterborough, 279; Monjuich, 281 ; the Castilians, 283; Almanza, 285; Vendome, 286; English admini- stration, 287; peace, 287; Whigs and Tories, 289; dangers of the peace, 290. Mahrattas, the, 535, 539, 621, 622, 626, 628.
Maintenon, Madame de, her boast, 518. Malbranche, 731.
Malcolm, Sir John, 524, 528, 529, 542. Malebolge, Dante's vision in, 811, 884. Mallet, liberality of Government to, 825. Malmesbury, Addison M.P. for, 740. Malplaquet, 665, 683. Malwa, 621.
Manchester, Countess of, 731; Earl of, 731, 735. Manfred, 552.
Manilla capitulates, 822.
Mann, Sir Horace, Letters to, 202, 311. Mansfield, Lord, 595, 596, 640, 823, 852. Manso, Milton's epistle to, 5. Manufacturing system, Southey's, 143. Marat, 257, 912; bust of, 565; bust broken, 795.
Marcet, Mrs., her little dialogues on political economy, 3.
March, Lord, afterwards Duke of Queens- bury, 832.
"Margery Mushroom," Mackensie's, 51. Margraves, the, 656.
Maria Louisa, 277.
Maria Theresa, 665, 680. Marie Antoinette, 643. Marino, 880.
Marlborough, Duke of, 484, 636, 665; rewarded by foreign powers, 530. Marlborough, Henrietta, Duchess of, 590; Sarah, Duchess of, death of, 322; Con- greve's legacy to, 531; mentioned, 740
Marmion, Scotticisms in, 732.
Marseilles, 733.
Martinique taken, 822.
Martin Marprelate, 559.
Martin, Mr., his illustrations, 217.
Mary, Queen, her re-establishment of Papal supremacy, 260.
Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, 519. Massillon, 561, 659, 750.
Maupertuis, 672, 676.
May's History, 13.
Maximilian of Bavaria, 559.
Maxim, Walpole's, 303. Mazarin, Cardinal, 668. Mecca, 642.
Mechanical Arts, 420.
Mecklenburg, Duchy of, 659; Duke of, 665.
Medici, Cosimo di, 655. Medicine, 415.
Mediterranean, the, 733. Meeran, 536.
Meer Cossim, 535.
Meer Jaffier, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 531, 532, 536, 540, 544, 602.
Melancthon, 254.
Melville, Lord, 648. Menander, 745.
Mendicity Society, 484.
Mephistopheles, 746.
Merovingians, the, 605.
Metastasio, 660, 880.
Mexico, Gulf of, 621, 635.
Michael Angelo, 700.
Middlesex Election, the, 614.
Middletons, the, of Chirk, 759. Midsummer Night's Dream, 65, 75% Milan, 733.
Millar, Lady, her vase, 704.
Mill, Mr., historian, 347; severity of, 599. Milton, his Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity, 1; discovery of the lost MS. by Mr. Lemon, 1; the poet's style, 1; his opinions, heterodox and orthodox, 2; his place among poets, 2; the office of the poet, 3; reviewers' definition of poetry, 5; Milton's triumph over the poet's difficulties, 5; the chief characteristic of his poetry, 5; this displayed in the Allegro and Penseroso, 6; the different merits of Comus and Samson Agonistes, 6; Paradise Regained, and the minor poems, 8; the poetry of Milton and that of Dante compared, 8; Milton's spirits, 9; gods and demons of Eschy- lus, 11; Milton's loftiness of thought, and Dante's intensity of feeling, 12; Milton's character exhibited in his
sonnets, 13; his public conduct dis- cussed, 13-17; Milton's defence of the King's execution, 18; the book of Salmasius, 19; Milton in office under Cromwell, 19; administration of the Protector, 20; the peculiarities which distinguished Milton from his contem poraries, 20; the Puritans, their courage and talents, 21; the odions and ridiculous parts of their character, 22; the Royalists, their vices and virtues, 23; the noblest qualities of all parties combined in Milton, 23; his advocacy of the liberty of the press and the unfettered exercise of private judgment, 24; his hardihood in main- taining his opinion, 25; the power of the English language displayed in his prose compositions, 25; his absorption in controversy, 59; his infirmity, its good influence, 60; his opinion of Dryden, 62; his epic power, 70; Latin poems of, 660; magnanimous patience of, 671; and Dante, 883; his com- parisons, 884; passages of, most read, 889; conversation with Cowley touch- ing the Great Civil War, 896-906. Mind, order of its development in nations,
Ministers, Tory and Whig, 287. Ministerial corruption, 301.
Mirabeau, 907, 910, 911, 920, 921.
"Mirror," the, 746.
Misenus, Tomb of, 734. Mississippi, the, 682.
Mite, Sir Mathew, 542. Modena, Duke of, 763. Modern Tory, Whig, 288.
Mogul, the great, 531, 602, 609, 627, 629; Charter from the, 539; Empire, the, 653; Emperors, 653. Mohawks, the, 749.
Molière, 659, 697, 705; his Cathos and Madelon, 64.
Monarchy of England in 16th century, 257.
Monjuich, siege of, 281. Monmouth Street, 669. Monson, Mr., 612, 614, 620. Montagu, 819. See Halifax. Montagu, Basil, his edition of Bacon, 370; defence, 372, 385, 401. Montagu, Charles, 728, 729. Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 741, 758. Montague, Mrs., 647, 722. Mont Cenis, 735.
Montesinos, 145. See Southey. Montesquieu, 46, 674, 923.
Montgomery, Robert, his omnipresence of the Deity, 160; the modern practice of puffing, 161; specimens of style, and criticisms thereon, 164, 165; his Satan, 169.
Monti, his imitation of the style of Dante, 56.
Monument erected to Machiavelli, 48. Moore, Dr., visits Voltaire at Ferney, 546. Moore, Thomas, his life of Lord Byron, 177-193; his style, kindness, fairness, and modesty, 177; the fable of the Duchess of Orleans, 177, 178; Bryon caressed by society, 178; the reaction, 178; the British public in its periodical fits of morality, 179; the poet's depar- ture, 180; his political opinions, 181; difficulty in separating his literary from his personal character, 182; Byron the critic and Bryon the poet, 188.
Moorfields, 706.
Moor Park, 470, 471.
Moorshedabad, 523, 527, 529, 539, 541, 602, 605, 606, 608, 630, Morari Row, 516. Moravia, 665.
More, Sir Thomas, Essay on, by Southey, 137; ghost of, 141; criticism, 169.
Moscow, 564, 673, 716.
Mountain, the, contest against, 776;
power of, broken, 798.
Mount of Defiance, the, 666.
St. Thomas, 626.
Vesuvius, 905.
Muhlberg, 558.
Mulgrave, Lord, 645, 698. Mummy Begum, the, 615, 617. Munro, Sir Hector, 547, 627. Munster, Bishop of, 444. Murray, Attorney General, 323. William, 814.
Museum at Florence, 734.
Mythology, Rosicrucian, 756.
NABOB, the, 524, 525, 532, 539, 602, 629.
Nabob of Bengal, reduction of his allow. ance, 609.
Nabob of the Carnatic, 510.
Nabob of Oude, 539, 612, 628.
Nabob Vizier, the, 610, 611, 612, 614, 628,
Nabobs, the, 540, 541.
Nabobs, the Mussulman, 622. Naples, 734.
Napoleon, parallel instituted between, and Cromwell, 120; his talent for war, 547; protest against his detention,
593; Scott's Life of, 599; pictures of, 893; mentioned, 667, 684, 687, 716, 735. Narbonne, 552.
Nares, Dr., his Life of Burghley, bulky and tedious, 252; not calculated to change public opinion of Burghley, 253.
National Debt, Southey's dissertation on, 146; national works, 147.
Nations, the progress of, towards refine ment; idolatry of, 55. Natural theology, 550. Nell Gwyn, 759.
Nelson, his life by Southey, 138; rewarded by foreign powers, 530. Nemesis, 741,
Netherlands, the, 680.
Nevis, market place of, 862, 863. Newcastle, Duke of, 310, 324, 520, 812, 823, 838.
Newdigate, Sir Roger, a critic, 184; prize of, 728.
Newton, Sir Isaac, his claim to invention of Fluxions, 50; mentioned, 696, 722, 731, 762.
Nizam, the, at Hydrabad, 622. Nollekens, 594.
Norfolk, Duke of, 647.
Normandy, Duke of, 628.
North America, great lakes of, 664. North, Lord, 612, 619, 648, 848; party of, 643.
Norway, transfer of, from Denmark to Sweden, 663.
Novum Organum, 398. Noyades, the, 797, 912.
Nugent, Lord, his memorials of Hampden, 224.
Nuncomar, 606, 607, 615, 616, 617, 629, 639, 641.
Nuneham, 709. Nuremburg, 687.
OATES, Titus, 354, 618. Oberea, 698.
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, Dryden's, 69. Odoacer, 605.
Odyssey, the, 757. Ohlau, 664.
Old Sarum, 613.
Oléron, Castle of, 797.
Oldmixon, 13.
Omai, 524, 525, 526, 698, 879. O'Meara, Barry, 804.
Opposition, in Walpole's time, 304; the, 614, 640, 646, 649, 741, 761; Tory, 520; Prince of Wales and, 812.
Orange, Prince of, 451; marriage of, 455; Coffee House, the, 702.
Oriental monarchies, 259.
Orissa, 521, 527, 529, 602, 624.
Orleans, Duchess of, 177, 449.
Orleans, mob at, 797
Orloff, Count, 698.
Ormond, Duke of, 278, 442, 597. Oromasdes, 878.
Paymaster of the forces, 223.
Peacham, torture of, 391.
Peel, Sir Robert, 754.
Pelham, Henry, his character, 310; death,
Pelhams, the, 310; reign of the, 322. Pelletier, 680.
Pen, the, a formidable political agent, 741.
Peninsular War, Southey's, 139.
Penseroso and Allegro, Milton's, 6. Pepin, 605.
Percival, Mr., 636, 817.
Père Fraguier's epigrams, 732. Peregrinus, 498.
Périer, M., translator of Machiavelli, 27. Persius, wanting in brilliancy, 69. Peshwa, the, 622, 629.
Peterborough, Earl of, 279, 282.
Petrarch, his merits, 878; celebrity of, 888; crowned in the Capitol, 890; genius of, 891, 895.
Phalaris, Letters of, 473, 924 ; disserta- tion on, 728.
Philip of Orleans, a facsimile of Charles II., 917.
Philip II. of Spain, 267, 559.
Philip IV. of France, 553.
Philip V. of Spain, 275, 277, 290, 732, 734.
Philippeaux, Abbé, 731.
Philips, John, his poem of Blenheim, 737. Philips, Sir Robert, 399.
Phillipps, Ambrose (Namby Pamby), 742, 748, 755, 757.
Philosophers, ancient, 410; Voltairian
school of, 563, 564.
Phrynicus, fined for his tragedy, 53. Pickwick, Mr., 744.
Pilgrim's Progress, the, 613, 879. Pindar, 56; Odes of, 710. Pirna, 682, 683.
Pitt, family of, 314.
Pitt, William, his description of Lord Clive, 533; and Fox, 653, 741 ; his sys- tem of Government in India, 605; his opinion of Warren Hastings, 640; dis- like of Francis, 641; his refusal to con duct impeachment of Hastings, 648; and Tragedy of Virginius, 700. Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, Corre spondence of, Essay on, 810; Pitt in the zenith of prosperity, 810; and the Duke of Newcastle, 812; Pitt's in- corruptibility, 813; gives commands in the Militia to Tories, 815; ministers envious of his popularity, 819; proposes war against Spain, 821; resigns his
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