NOTE.-The Roman numerals i., ii., refer to the Volumes, the Arabic numerals to the pages.
ADDISON, JOSEPH; on burlesque poetry, i. 211 note. His retort upon Edmund Smith, 466. His complaint of the neglect of Smith's tra- gedy, 467. His opinion of Rowe, 528. His birth, parentage, and tutors, 533. Takes the lead in a "barring-out", 533, 534, and notes. His early friendship with Steele, 534. His treatment of Steele, in a matter of debt, 535, and note 4. His success at college, 535. His fondness for his Latin compositions, 536. His interviews with Malbranche and Boileau, ib. note 7. ration of Boileau for his Latin poems, ib., and note. Begins to write English poetry, 537. Dryden's eulogium on his Georgics', ib. Influence of his introduction to Mon- Ob- tague (Halifax) on his prospects, 538. tains a pension and proceeds on his travels, 538. His 'Dialogue on Medals'; contro- versy as to where Cato' was written, 539. and notes 20 21 His Epistle' to Halifax, 539, and note 23. Consequences of the non- remittance of his pension, ib. Publishes his Travels,' ib. and notes 25-27. His pro- jected tutorship to the son of the "proud Duke ", 540, and note 28. Writes his 'Cam-
paign; his attic study, 540 and note 29. His rewards, ib. Fate of his opera of Rosa- mond' 541; its dedication, ib. and notes 32
His Irish secretaryship; contrast be- tween him and his chief, 542. Swift's com- ments upon the conjunction of the two, 542, and notes 35 36. Mr. Macaulay on Addi- son's Irish Parliamentary career, 543, note
His reasons for taking fees from his friends, 543, and note 38. His participa- tion in The Tatler', 543, and notes 38 39. Commencement of The Spectator'; its objects, 544. Addison's view of the effects of his periodicals, 546, and note 44. share in Theophrastus', ib. and note 45 His jealous care of Sir Roger de Coverley, 547. Interference of the stamp with the sale of The Spectator', 548, and note. Completion of Cato' for the stage, ib. The author's coquettings relative thereto, 549. Its performance and success, 550. Why published without a dedication, i. Dennis's assaults upon it, and Pope's equivo- cal defence, 550, 551, and notes 56 57 Its various translations and performances abroad, 552, and note 63. Addison's share in 'The Guardian'; his equal love of fame
and profit, ib. and notes 64.66. His silence on the authorship of 'The Drummer', 553, and notes 67 68. Short life of his 'Whig Examiner'; its merits, 554, and notes 69-72 Revival of The Spectator'; his papers in it, 555. His difficulty in a State crisis, ib. His Freeholder'; Steele's remark upon it, 556. His infelicitous marriage: character of his wife, 556, 557, and note 76. Becomes Secretary of State; cause of his resigna- tion, 557, and notes 77 78. His further lite- rary projects; Tonson's sneer at his piety, 558. His quarrel with Steele, ib. Their pamphleteering skirmishes, 559. His ap- proaching end and unexplained interview with Gay, 561. His deathbed monition to Lord Warwick, ib. and note 83. His death, burial-place, and portraits, 562, and note
His personal character; his alleged bashfulness, ih. His literary egotism and jealousy, 563. His fluency of composition and anxiety for correctness of style, 564. His daily life; devotion to Bacchus, &c., 565, 566, and notes 97 98. Mandeville's notion of him, 566, and note 100. His quickness of discernment and moral excel- lence, 566, 567. His services to religion, ib. His reputation as a critic, 568. His early poems, ib. and note 105. Metaphor in his Letter from Italy', 569. His 'Campaign'; epithet bestowed on it by J. Warton, ib. and note 107; correctness of its similes, 570, 571. His 'Cato' rather a poetic dia- logue than a drama, 572. Specimen of Dennis's criticisms on the tragedy, 573-584, and note 115 Character of Addison's translations, 584. His versification, 585. Value of his criticisms, 586, 587. His merits as an essayist, 487, 588. Copy of his me- morial to George I., 589, 590 Pope's charge against him relative to Tickell's translation of Homer, ii. 98, 99, and 257, and notes 93 94. His advice to Pope and supposed motive, 234, and note 40. Alleged effect of Pope's Windsor Forest' upon him, 236. His appreciation of Pope's arti- fices, and of the object of the comparison between Philips and Pope, 237, and notes 49 51 53. Opening of the breach between *him and Pope, 254. Reported angry inter- view of the two, 256. Akenside, Mark; honourable conduct of on ceasing to study for the dissenting pulpit, ii. 573. His zeal for liberty, 573, 574, and note 2. Price demanded by him for his
'Pleasures of Imagination', ib. Result of his medical studies at Leyden, 575. His controversies on the proposition that 'Ridi- cule is the test of Truth', ib. and notes 67. Attacks Pulteney, and agrees to write in Dodsley's Museum', 576, and note. Lo- calities in which he practised as a physician, 576. Munificence of his friend Dyson, ib. and note 10. His 'Discourse on the Dysen- tery' a "specimen of Latinity", 577. Cause of his death; Henderson's ludicrous de- scription of him, i. and note. Character of his Pleasures of Imagination', 578, 579. Best memoir of him, 580, note. Three let- ters (now first published) from him to David Fordyce, 581-586.
Andrews, Bishop; apposite rebuke of a brother Bishop by, i. 246.
Arbuthnot, Dr.; eulogium on, ii. 289. Atterbury, Francis; praises Pope's verses on Addison, ii. 258. His friendship towards Pope and last interview with him, 262, 263, and note 110. Work edited by him, 293, and note 186.
Blackmore, Sir Richard; long residence in college of, ii. 31 His travels; takes a de- gree at Padua, ib Reproached for having once taught at a school, 31. How he wrote his Prince Arthur', 32. Dennis's attack on the poem, 33, and note 8. Subsequent friendship of poet and critic, 34. Taken into favour by William III., ib. and note What the wits attributed his knighthood to, 35, and note 10. His 'Paraphrase of Job'; Dryden's ridicule of it, ib. and note 11. Storm raised by his 'Satire against Wit', 35, and notes 12-15. Oblivion into which his Eliza' soon fell, 36, and note 17. His Advice to Poets', and to a Weaver, ib. and notes 18-20. Superiority of his 'Crea- tion' over his other works, 37. His periodi- cal 'The Lay Monastery', 38 and notes 25.
Its chief member described, 38, 39. Lifelessness of his prose writings, 40. His observations on Wit, 40, 41. His fierce at- tack upon A Tale of a Tub', ib. Favour- able sample of his prose, 41. His Re- demption', abortive translation of the Psalms, and epic of Alfred', 43, and notes 36 37. Loses his patients, and takes to writ- ing medical treatises, 44. Samples of their style, 45. His death and curious contingent bequest, 46, and note 38. His indifference to the assaults of satirists, 46. Enumera- tion of some of his assailants, ib. note. Superficial nature of his attainments, 47. His style; character of his 'Creation,' ib. Song of Mopas from his 'Prince Arthur', 48-50.
Blount, Martha; Pope's lasting attachment to, ii. 298. Her parentage; errors of Pope's biographers regarding her, ib. note. Her quarrel with the Allens and its supposed consequences, 302, notes 219 221. Boileau's interview with Addison, i. 536, note. His reason for persisting in a pretty lie", ii. 16. Bolingbroke, Lord; originator of Pope's 'Es- say on Man', ii. 276. Extent of his partici-
Boulter, Archbishop of Dublin; tribute to, ii. 467, and note 28. His liberality to Ambrose Philips, 468, and notes 29.31.
Broome, William; birth and education of, ii. 411, and notes. His share in the transla- tion of the Odyssey', and remuneration, 412, and notes 7-13. Pope's treatment of him in The Dunciad', 413, and notes 14 15. His marriage and various church prefer- ments, 415, and notes 18-20. His Poems and- Odes of Anacreon, ib. His death and burial-place, ib. and note 22. Character of his poetry; his frequent imitations, ib. and note 23. Henley's distich on his aid to Pope, 416, and note 24. Copy of his will, 417, 418.
Buckingham, Edmund, Duke of; Pope's Epi- taph on, ii. 357.
Buckingham, John, Duke of. See Sheffield. Butler, Samuel; bitter lines on Sir John Den- ham by, i. 102. His reprehensible conduct on the occasion of Sir John's lunacy, ib. His birth, parentage, and college career, 197. His various employments, 198. position at the Restoration, and marriage, 199. Publication of the first part of Hudi- bras', ib. Pepy's nice confessions relative to the work ib. note 6. Publication of the second Part, and copies of its three title- pages, 200, and note 7. Court neglect of the author; his alleged benefactors, ib. Discreditable story of Villiers, Duke of Buck- ingham, ib. Hudibras, Part 3 issued, 201. His death, and interment at a friend's ex- pense ib. Oldham, Dryden, Dennis, and Cibber's complaints of the neglect he suf- fered, 202, notes 18 19. His monument, 203. His posthumous works, spurious and genu- ine, ib. and note 20. His last friend; his personal appearance and portraits, 204, and notes. Character of 'Hudibras', ib. Ex- tent of the author's obligation to Cervantes, ib.
Defects in the construction of his work, 205. Exuberance of his wit, 207. His ex- tensive learning, 208. Why Hudibras' cannot be fully appreciated in modern times, 208-210. Its diction and metre, 210, 211. Dryden and Addison on its versification, ib.
Collier, Jeremy; Dryden's reply to the cen- sures of, i. 850. Controversy created by his attack upon the stage, ib. note. Ability of his work, ii. 20. His superiority to his antagonists, 21.
Collins, William; birth, birth-place, and first published verses of, ii. 483, and note. His sudden departure from college, ib. His ar- rival in London and unsettledness of habit, ib. Commencement of Johnson's intimacy with him, 484. His accession to wealth, and attack of insanity, ib. and note. Romantic character of his genius, 485. General blamelessness of his conduct; affliction of his latter days and death, 485, 486, and note 9. His own derogatory, opinion of his 'Eclogues', 486, and notę 11. Nature of his disorder, ib. Defects of his diction and character of his writings, 487, and notes. Congreve, William; antiquity of the ancestry of, ii. 15. Doubts as to his birth-place; Southerne's insinuation regarding it, ib. and notes. His celerity in his studies, 16. His first literary performance, ib. and note
His 'Old Bachelor'; occasion of its composition, ib. Its production, on the stage, and profitable results, 17. Character of the comedy, ib. Production of his 'Double Dealer'; its reception by the critics, 18, and notes. His Elegy on Queen Mary, and reward for it, ib., and note 8. His Love for Love', and 'Mourning Bride': popularity of the latter, 18, 19, and notes 9 10 His attempts to cope with Jeremy Collier, 19. Indefensibility of his comedies, 20. His last play, and disgust at its recep- tion, 21. His enjoyments in private life and political consistency, 22. Liberality of the Tories to him on their accession to power, ib. Literary honours paid to him; Voltaire's visit to him, 22, and notes 14-16. His de- privation of sight and other afflictions, 23, and note 17. His last days, funeral, and bequest to the Duchess of Marlborough, ib. and note 16. Her mode of keeping him in remembrance, ib. note 17. Originality of his comedies; feebleness of his non-drama- tic compositions, 24. Admired passage from his Mourning Bride', 25. Johnson's way of proving its superiority to any passage in Shakespeare, i. note. Specimens of his funeral, congratulatory and miscellaneous verses, 26, 27, and notes 25 28. Merited neg- lect into which they have fallen, 27. Praise due to him "for the cure of our Pindaric madness", 28, and note 27. Pope's dedica- tion of his 'Homer' to him, ii. 310, and note 238 Corbet, Mrs.; Pope's Epitaph on, ii. 351, and note 289
Cowley, Abraham; character of Sprat's Life of, i. 37. His birth and parentage ib., and note 2. His first impulse to poetry, 38. His 'Learned Puerilities', and early ap- pearance in print, 39. His settlement at Cambridge, subsequent ejection, and re- moval to Oxford, 40. Goes to Paris; his confidential services to Charles and his Queen there, ib. His reasons for publishing his Mistress', 41. His return, seizure, and imprisonment 43. Comes to terms with the ruling powers, 43, 44, and note 18. Becomes
a Doctor of Physic, 45. Poetic results of his botanical studies, ib. Character of his Latin poetry, 43, and notes 20 21. Neglected by the Court, 46, 47. Failure of his comedy on the stage, 47, and notes 22 23. Publishes his Complaint', ib. Poetic witticisms at his expense, 48. His retirement to Chertsey, ib. and note 26. His troubles in his re- treat, 49, and note 28. His death and fune- ral, 50, and notes 31 32. His various por- traits, note 33. Specimens of his metaphy- sical poetry and of that of contemporary writers, 55-65. His fertility of invention, 66. Character of his complimentary verses, 68, 69. Excellence of his Anacreontiques', 70, 71. Hyperbolic style of his Mistress', 71, 72. Intenability of a theologian's cen- sure on this work, 72. Criticisms on his Pindarique odes, 72-76. His misapprehension of Pindar's style, 77, 78, and note 41. 'Davideis'; neglect into which it has fallen, 78, 79. Infelicity of his choice of subject, 79, 80. Examples of his similes, 80, 81. Costume bestowed by him on the Angel Gabriel, and criticism thereon, 82, 83. His intended close of the 'Davideis', 83, note. Comparison of his poem with Tasso's 'Jeru- salem', 84, 85. His obligations to Donne, 86, 87, and notes 49 50 Ideas borrowed from Cowley by other poets, 87, and note 51. His negligence of diction, 87, 88. His own defence of his peculiar versification, 90. His use of hemistichs in supposed imitation of Virgil, 91, 92, and notes. His prose es- says; Charles Lamb's eulogy thereon, 92, and note 56 Merits justly ascribable to him, 92, 93. Dryden's verdict on his style, 93, note. Copy of his will, and notices of his legatees, 94-96, and notes 61.65 His use of the Alexandrine, 402; see also additional note ii. 619.
Cowper, William; exclamation of, relative to Johnson's Life of Milton', i. Preface, xii. Line of Cowley's paraphrased by him, 87, note 51. His remarks on Johnson's criti- cisms on Prior, i. 628, note, 630, note, 633, note. His opinion of Dryden and Pope, ii. 322, note. His remark on Johnson's criti- cism on Watt's poetry, 457, note 19. Craggs; Pope's epitaph on, ii. 349. Crispe, Sir Nicholas; loyality of, to Charles the First, i. 255. His ill-advised plot, 256, and notes 24 25.
Croft, Herbert; Burke's remarks on the Life of the poet Young, by, i. Preface xxii. His insensibility to Burke's sarcasm, ib. See Young.
Cunningham, Allan: characteristic anecdote of, i. Preface xxvii.
Denham, Sir John; birth, parentage, and edu- cation of, i. 99. His propensity to gaming and abortive penitence, 99, 100, and note 2. Publishes The Sophy', and subsequently 'Cooper's Hill', 100. His services to the royal cause, 101. His humorous plea for George Withers, ib. note 6. Despoiled of his estate by the Parliament, ib. Appoint- ment conferred on him, and scandal con-
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