office, 821; on Lord Mayor's day at Guildhall, 822; and Fox, 827; ill with gout, carried into the House, 828; his mark of contempt, 829; sent for by George III., 832; his legacy from Sir W. Pynsent, 834; visited by the Duke of Cumberland, 836; his defence of the bill for repealing the Stamp Act, 841; growing eccentricity of his habits, 843; created Earl of Chatham, 845; his first speech in the Upper House, 816; state of health and nerves, 818; last appear- ance and death, 851; funeral and tomb in Westminster Abbey, 852.
Pitt, William, the son of Lord Chatham, 851, 852.
Pius V., 557.
Pius VI., 566. Pizarro, 536.
Place de Grêve, 564.
Plassey, 546, 549, 602; battle of, 527, 537, 622.
Plato, philosophy of, 410, 549, 731, 923. "Plebeian," the, and "Old Whig," 761. Plomer, 648.
Plot, Anabaptists', 734; Popish, the, 354, 455, 618.
Plutarch, 83; anecdote from, 477. Plymouth, 639.
Poetry, English, 187; law of its develop- ment, imperfection of critical analysis, 50; absurdity of general rules for its composition, 51; reasoning powers im- proved at expense of the imagination, 54; imagination, a despotic power in a barbarous age, means by which im- aginative works are brought to perfec- tion, 55; during the Protectorate, 59; rhyme introduced into plays, 60. Poetry of Spain and Italy, 52; level of Newdigate, or Seatonian, 660.
Poland, 558, 682, 683; King of, 656; Queen of, 682.
Poland Street, 696, 698.
Pole, Cardinal, 28, 255.
Police, Consular, and Imperial, 801. Politicians, reptile species of, 810. Politics of the 17th century, 435.
Polybius, as a historian, 78.
Polycletus, 519.
Pompeii, 734.
Pompadour, Madame de, 679, 680, 918. Pondicherry, 516, 622, 682. Poonah, 622.
Pope, Alexander, his affectation of Dutch taste, 69; elevation from poverty; satirical genius of, 208: accepts the dedication of Voltaire's Mahomet, 661;
Essay on Man, 832; mentioned, 706, 728, 752, 756.
Popes, History of the, by Leopold Ranke, translated from the German by Sarah Austin, review of, 518-567; antiquity of the Papacy, 548; extent of the Church of Rome, 549; the Albigensian heresy, 551, 552; height of the Papal power, 552; Boniface VIII. outraged, 553; the Romish Church upheld in Italy and Spain, 554; Canaffa and Ignatius Loyola, 555; altered spirit of the Popes, 557; Catholic reaction, 558; organization, 559; the Church of Rome's dealings with enthusiasts, 560; friars and sisterhoods, 561; triumph of Catholicism, 562; decline of Catholic States, 563; fall of the Jesuits, insults to the Church in France, 565; death of Pius VI., 566; caution against French translation of the work, 567. Popham, Major, 630. Porson, 695.
Portland, Duke of, 846. Porto Carrero, 273, 277, 283. Porto Novo, 623, 627. Port Royal, 564, 565. Portuguese independence, 445. Posilipo, 734.
Potsdam, 656, 668, 672, 673, 675. Pragmatic sanction, the, 662, 664, 679. Prague, 553, 665; battle of, 683.
Pratt, Chief Justice, 813, 811. See Cam- den.
Protestantism, 261, 553, 557, 559.
Prussia, duchy of, 656; organization of,
Ptolemy, solar system of, 560.
Purgatorio, quotation from, 553.
Puritans, the, 21, 59.
Pyramid, the great, 879.
Pyrenees, Treaty of the, 455; inhabitants
of the, partial to Barère, 804.
QUAKER feeling about an oath, 624. Queen Anne, 287, 696, 740, 747, 754, 759, 761.
Charlotte, 639, 641, 647, 706, 707. of Denmark, 817. Dowager of Spain, 283.
of Hungary, 663, 664, 665, 666. of Poland, 682.
RACINE, 659, 660, 674, 731, 752. Rackrent, Sir Cordy, 695. Rajah Goordas, 615.
Ramgunga, the, 610.
Ramsay preferred to Reynolds, 825.
Rape of the Lock, the, 752, 756.
Rasselas, 697, 700, 720,729. Reaction, Roman Catholic, 558.
Rebellion (the Great), its resemblance to the Revolution, 15; the, in Scotland, 755.
Reformation, the, 257, 559; in Spain, 270; and French Revolution, 256. Reform Bill, argument against, 328. Reformed Churches, doctrines of, 882. Reformers, excesses of, 296, 373, 559. Regency, the, 642, 917; Bill, the, 650; debates on the, 650; the Portuguese, 636.
Regent, choice of a, 835.
Reign of terror in India, 624. Religio Laici, Dryden's, 68. Republic, Cisalpine, the, 566.
Restoration, the, 458; dramatists of, 510. Revolution, history of, 335-369; authors of, 363.
Revolution, the French, 341; of July 1830, 780.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 63, 594, 598, 647, 698, 703, 731. Rhætian Alps, the, 735. Rheinsberg, 659, 661, 671. Rich, 597; House of, 760. Richardson, 700, 749.
Richelieu, 655, 668, 678; Duke of, 686. Richmond, Duke of, 851, 852.
Rigby, 843, 846.
Right, Declaration of, 363.
Riots, Lord George Gordon's, 642. Robertson, Dr., 732, 757.
Robespierre, 565, 732, 793.
Robinson Crusoe, 53, 635, 873, 883.
Robinson, Sir Thomas, 325.
Rochester, Earl of, 469, 729.
Rockingham, Marquis of, 543, 838, 841,
842, 844, 846, 848, 849, 850, 851. Roe, Sir Thomas, 537.
Rohilcund, 610, 611, 630, 643. Rohillas, the, 531, 610, 614, 627.
Roland, Madame, 775; execution of, 784, 909.
Roman literature, 56; despised by the Greeks, 85.
Rome, 562, 733; Court of, 557; decline of, 889.
Rooke, Sir George, 279. Rosamond, Opera of, 743. Rosbach, battle of, 686. Roscommon, 729. Roundheads, 13.
Rousseau, 674. Rowe, 757.
Rowland, Mr., 720.
Royalists, their vices and virtues, 23, Royullab, 525.
Roxburghe Club, the, 657. Rucellai Cosimo, 43. Rue St. Antoine, 674.
Rulers, responsibility of, 173; their hold on the affections of their subjects, 815. Rumford, his scheme for feeding soldiers,
Russell, Lord, 468. Russell, Sir John, 754. Russia, 678.
SABRES of Oude, 628.
Sacheverell, 740, 747, 817.
Sackville, Lord George, 533, 814. St. Angelo, Castle of, 566.
St. Bartholomew, massacre of, 564.
St. Bernard, in Ireland, 498.
St. Cecilia, 647.
St. Clement's Church, 208. St. Denis, 697, 915.
St. George's Channel, 745, 760; Cross of, 610; Hospital, 504.
St. James's, 628, 641, 657, 707, 747,749. St. James's Square, 697; Street, 642. St. Jast, 741.
St. Just, 793, 795.
St. Kitt'e, 863.
St. Martin's Street, 696, 704, 707.
St. Patrick's, Dublin, 754; Swift at, 755.
Somerset, Duke of, 761.
Somerset House, 636. Somerville, William, 760. Sonnets, Milton's, 13. Sophocles, 7, 56, 660, 925. Sorr, battle of, 667. Soubise, Marshal, 686. Soult, Marshal, 835. Southampton, Lord, 401.
Southcote, Joanna, 551, 562.
Southey, Robert, his colloquies on the progress and prospects of society, 137; his talents, acquirements and idiosyn- crasies, 137; his poetry superior to his prose, 138, 139; his lives of Nelson and Wesley, 89, 139; history of the Penin- sular War, 140; the Book of the Church, his bitterness of spirit towards his opponents, 140; Sir Thomas More's visit, conversation with, 141; his opinion of the manufacturing system, 142; his wisdom, 143; his political economy, 144; dissertation on the National Debt, 146, 148; on govern- ment, 149; his disgust at the respect paid to public opinion, 149; the paternal duties of Governments, 150; his view of Catholicism, 153; the prospects of Society, 135; his forecast on the eve
of the abolition of the Test and Cor- poration Acts, 153; his view of the labouring classes, 155; his doctrine about national wealth, 157; his edition of the Pilgrim's Progress, 217. South Sea Company, the, 314. Spain, 266; decay of, 269; finances of,
270; mentioned, 565, 621, 635, 718. Spanish Juntas, the, 636; people, character of, 283; War of the Succession, 266-
"Spanish Friar," Dryden's, 61.
"Spectator," the, 733, 745, 749, 750, 751, 754, 762.
Speech, Pitt's first, 318; Lord Holland's opinion as to the best ever made in the House of Commons, 646; Sheridan's "Begum," 649.
Speeches, of Lord Chatham, printed from notes of Francis, 613; the way to read them, 926; of Pericles, 927. Spence, Joseph, 731.
Spenser's failure to make an allegory interesting, 218. Spitalfields weavers, 836. Spring Gardens, 749.
Stage, characters of the French, 58; the
pleasure derived from its illusions, 53. Stamp Act, the, 835, 839; Repeal of, 840.
Stanhope, General, 285, 286, 649. Staremburg, General, 285, 286. State, the Church above the, 506. States-General, the, of France, 650, 733; of Holland, 665.
Statesmen, English, first generation, 372. Statesmen, Indian, 635, 837.
Steele, Richard, 289, 743, 748, 749, 751, 753, 755, 758, 760, 761.
Stella, 741, 742.
Sterne, 718.
728; homage of the great, 741; con- trasted with Addison and Voltaire, 745, 746; at Dublin, 754; political career of, 755. Sylla, 800.
TACITUS, 647, 661. Tale of a Tub, 755. Talleyrand, 598, 921. Tallien, 793, 795.
Tamerlane, heir of, house of, 622, 628. Tasso, 729, 756, 880.
"Tatler," the, 742, 744, 745, 747, 749. Telemachus, 661.
Temple Gardens, 906.
Temple, Lord, 328, 814, 821, 826, 836, 844. Temple, Sir William, Life and Writings
of, 432-476; his biographer, 432; his character, 433; statesmanship, 434; pedigree, 436; early life, 437; at Cam- bridge, 437; his courtship, 438; his mistress, 440; marriage, 441; in Ireland, 441; resident at Brussels, 444; goes to Holland, 445; the Triple Alliance, 447; retires from publicity, 450; his first writings, 451; returns to Holland, 455; forms a Cabinet, 456; his political scheme, 460; quarrels with the king, 466; retires to Sheen, 467; in Parlia ment, 469; his life at Moor Park, 470; his essays, 471, 472; death, 475. Temple, the, 896.
Thackerary's Life of Chatham, 312 Thalaba, Southey's, 140.
Thales, 549.
Theatrine order, 549.
Themistocles, 639.
Theocritus, as a historian, 75.
Théot, Catherine, 793.
Thermidor, month of, 794.
Thiébault, M., and Frederic the Great, 662.
Thrale, Mr., Mrs., 703, 722, 731, 925. Three Bishoprics, the, 666.
Thucydides, 75, 76, 77, 661.
Thurlow, Lord, 545, 596, 640, 614, 645, 651.
Thylis, 737.
Tiber, the, 734.
Tickel, Thomas, 743, 755, 761, 762. Tillotson, 564, 661, 747.
Timery, fort of, 517.
Toledo, Archbishop of, 273; Austrian troops in, 284.
Toleration Act, the, 301. Tomline, Bishop, 501. Torcy, 668.
Tories, the, 593, 739, 741, 747, 751, 755, 756, 761, 762, 823, 845.
Tory, foxhunter, the, in Addison's Free- holder, 316, 734, 756; party, 520. Toulouse, 552, 564.
Townshend, Charles, 814, 815, 846, 847, 848.
Townshend, Lord, 315, 760. "Town Talk," 756. Trafalgar, 639.
Tragedy, dignity of, 439; Dryden's, 62. Transylvania, 558.
Treasure ships, American, 278.
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 668; of Breda, 445, 447; in the Carnatic, 520; the commercial, 642; French, 622; an ima- ginary, 493; with the King of Sicily, 821; of the Pyrenees, 455; of Ver- sailles, 863; of Westphalia, 553; of William III. and Louis XIV., 271. Treaties, violation of, 448. Trianon, the Little, 628.
Triennial Bill, the, 471.
Triple Alliance, the, 447. Trissotin, 654.
Tudors, 269; their tyrannical acts, 260. Tuileries, the, besieged, 780.
Turgot, M., his council, 919.
Turks, History of the, 464.
UGBROOK, Clifford at, 453. Ugolino, 522.
United provinces, account of, 451; war with, 444.
United States, 621; independence of, 850.
Utrecht, Peace of, 290.
VALENCIA, Peterborough at, 284; con- quered, 285.
Valladolid, 286.
Vanbrugh, 150, 589.
Vatican, the, 670, 734.
Vattel, Pitt's ignorance of, 820. Vellore, 516.
Vendome, Duke of, 286.
Venice, 566, 680.
Vergniaud, announces condemnation of Louis XVI., 777.
Versailles, 282, 236, 642, 650, 657, 661, 666, 667, 731, 747, 815, 915. Vespuccio, Amerigo, 840. Vesuvius, 734.
Vienna, 663, 678, 680. Vigo, harbour of, 278.
Villani, John, his account of the Floren- tine Republic, 30.
Villa-Viciosa, battle of, 286. Villemain, M., 811. Villiers, 393.
Vinegar Bible, 657.
Virgil, idolatry of, by Dante, 52, 886; parody on third eclogue, 641; Addison's imitation of, 728; mentioned, 733, 760. Virginia, Crisp's Tragedy of, 700. Voltaire, influence of circumstances on, 50; doctrines of, 565; Memoirs of, 670; mentioned, 515, 516, 550, 564, 660, 661, 666, 667, 673, 674, 676, 677, 697, 745, 746, 752, 915.
Voluntary system, the, 479. Von Artevelde, 699. Vortigern, Ireland's, 727.
WALCHEREN, ditches of, 747.
Wales (see Prince), Princess Dowager of, 815, 835.
Wallenstein, his horror of loud sounds, 843.
Waller, Edmund, the languor of his verses, 59; attacks the cruelty of mili- tary chiefs, 357; compared with Lord Bacon, 389; mentioned, 706.
Walpole, Horace, Letters of, to Sir Horace Mann, edited by Lord Dover, 292-311; character of, 293; politics, 294; pur- suits, whims, 295; French writers, 296; writings, merits, 300; unpublished anec- dote of, 533; French style of, 745; pre- vents Conway's resignation, 846, 847. Walpole, Sir Robert, 301; conduct of, 304; fate of his colleagues, 307; patriots, 306, 309; mentioned, 408; his opinion on elections, 520; the first Lord Holland educated by, 595; and cant, 599; retires to Houghton, 665; fall of, 811.
War, American, the, 863.
Warren Hastings, Memoir of Life compiled by Rev. G. R. Gleig, 599-655; parti- ality of the biographer, 599; family and boyhood of Warren Hastings, 600; a writer at Calcutta, 601; a volunteer under Clive; member of Council, 602; returns to England, 603; in love, 604; Governor of Bengal, 605; directions of the East India Company, 609; bargain with Surajah Dowlah, 611; efficiency of Hastings' rule, 612; charges against, 615; execution of Nuneomar, 618; Hastings' conduct censured, 619; mar-
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