nected therewith, 102, and notes 9 10 11.
Consequences of his second marriage, ib.
Conduct of his wife, and charge brought
against him at her death, ib. note 13. His
death and personal appearance, 103, 104,
and note 15 Character of his poetry, 104,
105. Originality of his 'Cooper's Hill', 105.
Its great merits, 105, 106, and notes 19 20.
Excellence of his translations, 106. His
elegies on Stafford and Cowley, 107. His
claims on the gratitude of his successors,
109.
Dennis, John; criticisms on Addison's Cato'
by, i. 573–584. His rage at Pope's Essay
on Criticism', ii. 228. His coarse remarks
thereon, and on the author, 229. His abor-
tive criticisms on 'The Rape of the Lock',
&c., 235. Discreditable complicity charged
by him upon Pope, 236, note 49.

6

Digby, Robert, and his sister; Pope's Epitaph
on, ii. 352.

Donne, John; Dryden's estimate of, i. 52, and
note 35. Specimens of his style 56, 62, 63,
64, 65.

Dorset, Charles Sackville, Earl of; birth and
parentage of, i 419, and note 2. Disgrace-

ful frolic of himself, Sedley, and others in
Bow-street, ib. His share in the Dutch war,
and famous ballad on the occasion, 420, and
note". Stratagem of Charles II. for de-
priving him of Nell Gwynne, ib. note *. His
marriages; Lord Mulgrave's saucy line up-
on his second wife, 421, and note ". Se-
cedes from James II.; cause of his death,
ib. His burial place, portraits, and exten-
sive popularity, 422, and notes 10 11.
den's extravagant compliment to him, ih.
His character as a poet, ib. and note 13.
His bon mot on introducing Halifax to Wil-
liam III., and reply of the latter, 496.
Pope's epitaph upon him, with critical re-
marks, ii. 345.

23

Dry-

Dryden, John; estimate of Donne's poetry by,
i. 52, and note 35. His verdict on Cowley,
93, note. His commendation of Denham,
105, and note 19. His observations on Mil-
ton's 'Flats', 185, and note. His belief in
planetary influence, 210, 357. His criticism
on the measure of 'Hudibras', 210, note.
His opinion of Otway's dramas, 241, note
19 His birth and ancestry, 293, and notes
His patrimony, 294, and note ". His
education, and extravagant poem on Lord
Hastings, ib. and notes 7 % 9. His college
career, and feelings towards his college, 295,
and notes 10.12. His panegyrics on Crom-
well and Charles II., and satiric conse-
quences thereof, 295, 296, and note 14. Pe -
formance of his first play, 297, and notes
17.19 His first rhymed dramas, and their
success, 298, and notes. Publishes his 'An-
nus Mirabilis', 299. His discussion with
and ultimate enmity towards Sir R. Howard,
ib. and note 28. Succeeds Davenant as
Poet Laureate, 300. Success of his 'Secret
Love', 301, and notes 33 34. His improve-
ments' upon Shakespeare's 'Tempest', ib.
His defence of his plagiarisms, 302.
confession relative to the Rants of Max-
imin', 303, and note 40. His sneer at the
parsons, ib. Effect of Settle's success upon
his equanimity, ib. and notes 42 43.

His

His

disreputable attack upon Settle, 304. His
colleagues in the work, ib. note 44.
His
criticisms on Settle's play, 304, 308. Charac-
ter of his Conquest of Granada', 309.
Martin Clifford's criticisms thereon, 310.
Settle's retaliation upon him after his own
fashion, 311, 315. His Marriage-à-la-Mode',
'Love in a Nunnery', 'Amboyna', and
'State of Innocence', 315, 316. His fulsome
dedication to the Duchess of York, and un-
likely reason for printing it, 316. Charac-
ter of his Aurungzebe', 317. Excellence

of his All for Love', and its prologue and
epilogue, ib. Causes of the prohibition of
his Kind Keeper', 318, and notes 53 54.
Party feeling excited by his 'Spanish Friar'
and Duke of Guise', 318, 319. His Al-
bion and Albanius', and cause of its failure,
319, and note 57. Character of his 'Don
Sebastian', ib. and note 5. Incident con-
nected with his Cleomenes', 320. State of
the theatre in his time, 321. His profits from
his plays, 322, and notes 63 64. Excellence
of his prefaces and prologues, and price of
the latter, ib. and note 66. His rapidity of
composition, 323, and notes. Parties who
satirized him in the Rehearsal', ib. Cha-
racter in which he was mimicked, 325. His
policy relative to charges of plagiarism, 326.
Savage assault upon him for a satire not of
his writing, ib. and notes 78 79. Esteem in
which his literary aid was held, 327. Popu-
larity of his Absalom and Achitophel',
328, and notes 83-85. Authorship of the
answers to his satire, 329, and notes 86-88.
Publication of The Medal', 330. Merit of
'The Medal Reversed', ib. Johnson's mis-
take as to its authorship, ib. note 8. His
conversion to popery, 331. Its sincerity
discussed, ib. and notes. Pro-popish works
undertaken by or affiliated upon him, 332,
and notes. Bishop Burnett's comments
upon one of the latter, 333, and notes 97-100
Publication of The Hind and Panther',
and of a Parody thereon, 334, 384.
Brown's satires on his conversion, 334, 335.
His predictions on the birth of a son to
James II., ib. His ejection from the lau-
reateship, 336. His Mac-Flecknoe', and
date of its first issue, 336, and note 104.
Extent to which Lord Dorset compensated
him for the loss of his emoluments, 337, and
notes 105 106 His literary labours after
James's abdication, ib. His notion of
supernatural agency in epic poetry, 338.
Publication of his translation of Virgil, 339,
and note 113. His adroit dedications there-
to, ib. His rival Milbourne, ib. and notes
114 115. His Fables, Ode on St. Cecilia's
Day, and attempt on the Iliad, 340, and
notes 116-119. His death, and various re-
sidences, ib. and note 120. Strange story
connected with his funeral, 341, and note
121.

Tom

Date and place of his marriage, and
career of his sons, 344, 345, and notes 123.
His personal appearance and por-

127.

traits, 345, and notes 128 129 Congreve's

delineation of his character, 346. His jeal-
ousy of Creech, and odd mode of indulging
it, ib. and notes 130 131. His acceptability
among the great, 348.
ness of his dedications,

Excessive fulsome-
348. His reply to

Collier's censures, 350. His penitentiary
lines relative to his poetic improprieties, ib.
note 37
His quarrel with Blackmore, 351.
Libellous lines of the latter upon him, ib.
and notes. His Philippic against Milbourne,
352. His malevolence towards the clergy,
352.

His

His complaints of poverty and sources
of income, ib. and notes. His touching let-
ter to Hyde Earl of Rochester, and Scott's
misapprehension regarding it, ib. note 44.
Difficulty of ascertaining his playhouse
profits, 354, and note 145 (see also p. 408).
His contract with Jacob Tonson; sum as-
sured to him for his Fables, 355, 356, and
note 148
His fears of Tonson's rudeness,
356. His receipts from his patrons, ib. and
notes 152 153 Deference paid to him at
Will's coffee-house, 357. His addiction to
astrology, ib. His relationship to English
criticism, 358. Excellence of his 'Dialogue
on the Drama', 359. Merit of his eulogium
on Shakespeare, ib. and note 15. Supe-
riority of his criticisms to those of his con-
temporaries, 360. His inconstancy to his
own canons, 361. Inexhaustibility of his
resources, 363. Liveliness of his prefaces;
Swift's quatrain thereon, 364, and note.
His freedom from mannerism, 365.
improvements in English versification, 366,
403. Principles of translation established
by him, 366. Influence of his necessities
upon his writings, 367. Remarkable plagiar-
ism of his, pointed out by Mr. Macaulay, ib.
note 167. Versification of his early pieces,
369. Specimens of some of the conceits
therein, 369, 372. His Annus Mirabilis'
and examples of its structure and versifi-
cation, 373, 878. Merits of his Absalom
and Achitophel'; difficulties inherent in the
subject, 319.
Characteristic extract from
his Medal', 380. His first Ode for Cecilia's
Day, 382; its solemn conclusion, i. His
Elegy on Eleonora, ib.; its one fault, 383.
Character of his 'Religio Laici', 354. Scheme
of his 'Hind and Panther; its openness to
ridicule, ib. Specimens of its versification,
385, 386. Points for which it may be
studied, 387.
His share in the translation
of Juvenal, 388. Mediocrity of his Persius,
388. His qualifications for translating Vir-
gil, ib. Difficulties natural to the work,
359.

His great success therein, ib. Samples
of the critical assaults thereon of, and of
poetry by, his rival Milbourne, 390, 392,
404. Stories revived by Dryden in his
Fables, 394. Excellence of his (second) Ode
for St. Cecilia's Day, ib.; its faulty conclu-
sion, 395.
Cause of the "false magnifi-
cence" of his plays, 396. His favourite
mental exercises, ib. His "endeavours
after the grand 397. His theatrical
Dalilahs', 399. Absurdity of some of his
images, ib. His dislike of labour, 400. His
use of Alexandrines and triplets, 401, 404.
Value of his works to his literary successors,
401. Wordsworth's depreciatory and Arm-
strong's laudatory remarks upon him, ib.
note. His complaint relative to William
the Third's "hook-nosed head", 407, and
note, 194
His astrological prognostication
of his son's recovery, 408. Garth's testi-
mony to his genius, ib. note. Memorial

of the King's players against him, 409.
His dedicatory correspondence with the
Earl of Chesterfield, 410, 412. Chronologi-
cal list of his plays, 412 His extravagant
coupling of Dorset with Shakespeare, 422.
His compliment to Walsh, 449, note 2. His
letter on Congreve's 'Double Dealer', ii. 18,
note 7. Pope's reverence for him, ii. 222,
and note 14

Duke, Richard; notice of The Review' by,
i. 477. Why left unfinished, ib. note 4.
His personal habits, and later reformation,
478. His entry into Orders, and premature
death, ib, and note 6.

Dyer, John; parentage and ancestry of, ii.
491, and note 1. Abandons the law; his
efforts as a painter, in and note 2. His
church preferments, 492. His death, and
kindred, ib. and note 9. His poems;
'Grongar Hill', 493, and note 3, ib. and note
10. His 'Ruins of Rome', i". His 'Fleece';
story told of it, ib. and notes 67. Intracta-
bility of the subject, 493, and note 11.
Opinions of his brother poets, 494, and
notes.

F.

Fairfax's Translation of Tasso; specimen of,
i. 284-287.

Fenton, Elijah; parentage of, ii. 53, and note
1. Leaves college without a degree, ib. and
note 2. His earlier occupations and poeti-
cal essays, 54, and notes. Defeat of his
prospects by Cragg's death, 55. Translates
part of the Odyssey for Pope, ib. and note
12. Cibber's refusal of his 'Mariamne';
its success at the rival house, 56, and notes
13 14. Anecdote apropos of Shakespeare's
'Merry Wives', ib. His services to Milton's
poems and Life of Milton, ib. His latter
years, death, personal appearance and
habits, 57. Family anecdote to his credit,
ib. Character of his poems, 58, and notes
21.25. Pope's letter on his death, 59, and
notes 26 27 Pope's epitaph upon him, ii,

354.

Fielding, Henry; humorous account of
Pope's 'Rule of the Kingdom of Wit' by,
ii. 267, note 120. Original of his Parson
Adams, 551.

G.

Garrick, David; Johnson's emphatic lament
for, i. 471, and note. New fact relating to
his early life, ib.

Garth, Samuel, family and education of, i.
511. His early eminence as a physician, and
reputed benevolence, ib. Circumstances
which led to the composition of his 'Dispen-
sary', 511, 512. Popularity of the poem, its
various editions, 513, and note 1. Knightes
with his hero's sword, ib. His death and
alleged irreligion, 514. His last moments.
creed in which he died, ib. and notes 9.
Character of his poetry, 515. His efforts

after perfection, ib. and note 10. Poem
unnoticed by Johnson, ib. note 11. His
suggestion to Pope relative to Halifax's
criticism on the Iliad', ii. 252, 253.
Gay, John; educated under a poetic school-

16

master, ii. 63. Leaves a silk-mercer's coun-
ter to become secretary to a Duchess, ib.
His early and lasting intimacy with Pope,
64, and note 5. Publication of his Shep-
herd's Week', ib. and note 6. Its object
and supposed originator, 65. Fate of his
comedy of The Wife of Bath', i. and
notes 10. Performance of his 'What d'ye
call it', 66, and note 11. His adverse critics
on the occasion, ib, and note 12. Failure
of his Three Hours after Marriage', 66, and
note 13. His inability to bear disappoint-
ment, 67. Success of a subscription edition
of his poems, ib. Effect upon him of his
loss in the South Sea Bubble, ib. His mis-
hap before the Princess, 68. Performance
of his Captives'; his profit therefrom, ib.
and note 19. Origin and production of his
'Beggar's Opera', 69, and notes 21 22. Its
remarkable success and influence upon the
taste of the town, 70, and notes. Division

of opinion as to its morality, 71. Prohibi-
tion of 'Polly', a second part, and pro-
fitable result of the prohibition, ib. and
notes. Friendship of the Duke and Duch-
ess of Queensberry for Gay, ib. Revenge
taken by the Duchess on her exclusion from
Court, 72, note. Effect of the Court's dis-
countenance upon Gay, 73. His death and
funeral and various portraits, ib. and
notes 31 32. His posthumous publications;
amount of property left by him, ib. and
note 35

Pope and Congreve's remarks
upon him, ib. and note 74. Ballad operas
first introduced by him, ib. Character of
his Fables' and his "Trivia', 74, 75. His
minor poems and pastorals, 75, and note 41.
Pope's Epitaph upon him, 355. Why
Lady Suffolk's efforts to serve him failed,
626.

George the First's English mistress, and her
parentage, ii. 144, note 44.

Granville, Geo., Lord Lansdown; parentage
of, ii. 79, and note 1. His early proficiency
and verses to royalty, ib. His loyalty in
behalf of James II, ib. His enthusiastic
letter to his father, 80, 81. His life during
William's reign, 81. His dramatic works,
and dates of their performance and publi-
cation, 82, and notes 3-10. Advancement
of his fortunes, and entry into the Com-
mons, ib. Created a peer; his state em-
ployments, 83. His ejection from office,
and persecution, ib. His defence of Monk
and Sir R. Greenville, 84. Obligations of
his literary fame to his rank, ib. Charac-
ter of his productions, 85.

Gray, Thomas; opinion of, upon Tickell's,
poetry ii. 103. His observations on Warton
and Collins, 487, note 14. His parentage and
education, 601. Travels in France and Italy
with Horace Walpole; their quarrel and
separation, 601, 602. Walpole's generous
account thereof, 602, note. Returns to
England; his father's death and mother's
testamentary wish, 603, and note 4. Goes
to reside at Cambridge; loses his friend
West, i, and note 5. Publishes his
pect of Eton' and Odes to Spring' and
to Adversity', ib. and note 6. Commence-
ment of his friendship with Mason, 604.
Publication of his Elegy' and 'Long Story',

Pros-

His

ib. and notes 89. Cause of his removal
to Pembroke Hall, ib. Surprise created by
his 'Bard' and' Progress of Poesy', 605, and
notes 10 11 Refuses the Laureateship;
fails to obtain the Professorship of History,
ib. His Odes burlesqued, ib, and note 12.
Appointed Professor of History, 606.
death: Character of him by Mr. Temple,
606, 607, and notes 13.15. His observations
on Lord Shaftesbury, 608. His habits of
composition, 609, and note 17. Johnson's
captious criticisms on his 'Ode on Spring',
poem, 'On the Cat', and 'Prospect of Eton'
ib. and notes 18 19. Excellence of his
'Hymn to Adversity', 610. Objections to
his Progress of Poesy', 611, and also to

The Bard', 612. Beauty of his Elegy',
604. Price realized for a copy in his hand-
writing, ib. note 24. Amplest account of
his life, ib. note. Case and opinion of
counsel on his father's cruelty to his
mother, 615, 616.

H.

Halifax, Charles Montague, Earl of; position
in the State of, i. 495. His reasons for going
to Cambridge, ib. His intimacy with Sir
Isaac Newton and his niece, 496, and note
3 Joins Prior in burlesquing Dryden;
King William's reported witticism on the
occasion, ib. His happy use of a break-
down in a speech, 497. His rapid rise in
the State, peerage, and impeachment, ib.
His later honours and death, 498. His flat-
terers and satirizers, ib. and notes 8.12. In-
significance of his verses, 499. His charac-
ter according to the Duchess of Marl-
borough and Lord Mahon, ib. note
How Pope complied with his suggestions
for alterations in the 'Iliad', ii. 252, 253.
His overtures to Pope; reply of the latter,
254, and notes 81 82

14

Hammond, James; erroneous account of, in
Cibber's Lives', ii 107. His love for Kitty
Dashwood and its tragical results, 108, and
note 4. His parentage; position of his
father, ib. and note 5. His short parlia-
mentary career and death, 108, and note
7 Character and sample of the Elegies,
109, and notes 8-11. Lord Chesterfield on
his death, 627.

Harcourt, Simon: Pope's Epitaph on, ii.
349.

Hill, Aaron; timely service rendered to
Richard Savage by, ii. 185, and notes 30 31.
Superiority of his contributions to the
'Plain Dealer', 136, note 36 His fur-
ther services to, and appeal for Savage, 136,
and notes 37 38. His letter to Thomson,
concerning Savage's necessities, 175, note
72. His sensible advice to Savage, 186,
note 82 Thomson befriended by him, ii.

429.

Hughes, John: parentage, &c. of, i. 593, and
note. His attainments, ib. His eminence
as a musical lyrist, 594. His literary per-
formances, 594, 595. Opposition with which
his Calypso and Telemachus' met, 595, and
note 3. His Apollo and Daphne', 596.
Performance of his Siege of Damascus',

596, 597, and notes 67.
death, 597. Swift and
works, ib. and note 12.

Õ

J.

His last days and
Pope's opinion of

James II.; kind of flattery most acceptable
to, i. 327.
Johnson, Samuel; origin of the 'Lives of the
Poets by, i. Preface, ix. Why Goldsmith's
Life was omitted, x. Friends from whom
he received assistance, xi. His own reports
of progress, xii. Objections to his delinea-
tions of some of the poets, xiii. His views
of the philosophy of biography and se-
cret of his excellency therein, xiii. xiv.
xvi. Erorrs into which he has fallen, xiv.
His scrupulousness in naming his authorities,
xvii. Value of his references to small
critics on great men, xviii. Character of his
Lives of, and criticisms on, Cowley and
Milton, xix. Supposed cause of his an-
tipathy to Swift. xx.

An-

Excellence of his
Life of Savage, xxi. High character of his
Life of Pope, xxi. Burke's sarcasm on
Croft's Life of Young included in the work,
xxii. Johnson's "ingenious scheme " re-
lative to Lyttelton's Life, and probable
cause of his depreciatory sketch of him,
xxii. Sources of his disparaging estimate
of Gray, xxiii. Kind of poetry preferred
by him, xxiv. Purity of the style in which
the Lives are written, xxv. His peculiar
-mode of composition, ib. Sums received
by him for his work, xxvi. His tribute to
the liberality of the booksellers, xxvi.
ecdote of Allan Cunningham's purchase of
a copy of the Lives, xxvii. Johnson's va-
rious uses of the word "polluted", 81,
note 45. His views upon the liberty of the
press, 129. His illiberal charge against Mil-
ton, relative to the Icon Basilike' and the
'Iconoclastes', 131. His saying relative to
Milton's sonnets, 173, note. His estimate
of epic poetry, 173, 174 His objections to
a project for an English academy of learned
men, 228. His apt remarks on the causes of
the failure of sacred poetry, 250, 281.
quiet verdict on Brady's and Trapp's trans-
lations of Virgil, 392, 393. Instance of sa-
gacious criticism by him, 438, note His
sketch of the character of his friend Walms-
ley, 471. His lament for Garrick, and de-
fence of its propriety, ib. and note. His
tribute to the memory of Goldsmith, 503.
His dislike of Italian operas, 594, 595.
animadversions on Pope's doctrine of the
Ruling Passion, ii. 287. His opinion of de-
votional poetry, 456, and notes 17.19. Com-
mencement of his intimacy with Collins,
484. His great regard for the latter, 486,
and note 10. His visit to Young's residence,
353, note 48.

K.

His

His

Satires published by him, 482. His neglect
of business and pecuniary difficulties, ib.
Offices held, and severally vacated by him,
483. His mode of teasing Archbishop
Tenison, ib. His death; character of his
writings, ib.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey; Pope's Epitaph on, ii.335.
ii. 353.

L.

Al-

Lansdown, Lord. See Granville.
Lyttelton, George, Lord; reproached for his
intimacy with Pope, ii. 291. His spirited
reply, ib. note 181. Pope's lines which oc-
casioned the reproach, 590, note 8. His
tamperings with Thomson's 'Liberty', 433,
and note 29. Pensions and places obtained
by him for Thomson, 434. His zeal for
Thomson's memory, 436, and noble tribute
to his literary purity, 441. His regard for
Gilbert West, 476. The latter's elegant
dedication to him and Pitt, 477, note.
leged ungracious behaviour of his family to
Shenstone, 499, and note 8. His birth and
birthplace, and early writings, 589, and
notes. His career as a parliamentary op-
positionist, 590, and note 6. His marriage;
monody on his lady's death, and burlesques
occasioned by it, 591, and notes 10-12. His
second marriage, ib. and note 13.
His ac-
cession to power, 592. His Observations
on St. Paul', and letters to Thomson, and
from his father, thereon, 592, and notes 14
Succeeds to the family estate 593;
Johnson's visit to his mansion, ib. note 17.
Patronizes Archibald Bower, ib. Publishes
his Dialogues of the Dead', ib. and note
Created a peer; Lord Waldegrave's
estimate of him, 594, and note 20. His
anxious care for his History of Henry the
Second', its various printings and pointings,
594, and notes 21 22. His death; narra-
tive of his last moments, 595, 596. His epi-
taph; character of his son; name under
which Smollett satirized him, 596, and note.
Character of his writings, 597, and notes.

15

19.

M.

Macclesfield, Anne, Countess of; adulterous
conduct and divorce of, ii. 120. Her inhu-
manity towards Richard Savage, her illegiti-
mate son, 122, 123, 124, 125, 132, 144, 146.
Colley Cibber's deference to her opinions;
her discovery of her husband's intrigues,
144, note. Her daughter a concubine of
George I., ib Johnson's denunciation of
her treatment of her son, 145. Her flight
on the publication of "The Bastard', 164.
Mallet (or Malloch), David; clanship and pa-
rentage of, ii. 561, and notes 12. Humble
office held by him at school; his Aberdeen
friend, ib. and note 3. Becomes tutor to
the sons of the Duke of Montrose, 362, and
note 4. His ballad of William and Mar-
garet', and incident on which it is founded,
562, and notes 5 6. His 'Excursion', and
circumstances precedent to its publication,
563, and note 7. His poem on Verbal