A.

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. His success at
college, 535. His fondness for his Latin
compositions, 536. His interviews with
Malbranche and Boileau, ib. note 7. Admi-
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-
tague (Halifax) on his prospects, 538. Ob-
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,' ih, 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 2.
His rewards, ib. Fate of his opera of Rosa-
mond' 541; its dedication, ib, and notes 32
33 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
37. His reasons for taking fees from his
friends, 543, and note 3. His participa-
tion in The Tatler 513, and notes 3 3.
Commencement of The Spectator'; its
objects, 514. Addison's view of the effects
of his periodicals, 546, and note 44. His
share in Theophrastus', i, and note +5
His jealous care of Sir Roger de Coverley,
547. Interference of the stamp with the
sale of 'The Spectator', 549, 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 66 67. Its
various translations and performances
abroad, 552, and note 6s. 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', 558,
and notes 67 6. Short life of his Whig
Examiner'; its merits, 551, and notes 69.72.
Revival of The Spectator'; his papers in
it, 555. His difficulty in a State crisis, i
His Freeholder'; Steele's remark upon it,
556. His infelicitous marriage: character
of his wife, 556, 557, and note 78. 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, i and note 3. His death,
burial-place, and portraits, 562, and note

85

His personal character; his alleged
bashfulness, il, 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 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, 56s. His early
poems, 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, 457, 588. Copy of his me-
morial to George I., 559, 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, 578, 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 7.
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, 551-586.

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. 259. His friendship towards
Pope and last interview with him. 262, 263,
and note 110. Work edited by him, 293,

and note 186.

B.

Blackmore, Sir Richard; long residence in
college of, ii. 81 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, 83, 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,
85, 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 15.20. Superiority of his 'Crea-
tion' over his other works, 87. His periodi-
cal The Lay Monastery', 88 and notes 25.
27 Its chief menber described, 88, 89.
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 **. 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, 802, notes 219 221.
Boileau's interview with Addison, i. 586, 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-

pation in it, 278, and note 148. His alleged
intention with regard to Pope's Essay, 22
His hatred of Warburton, 288, and note 1.
His grief at Pope's last illness, 299. Pope's
"posthumous offence" against him, at,
and notes 213.217.

Boulter, Archbishop of Dublin; tribute to, EL
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 19.
His marriage and various church prefer-
ments, 415, and notes 16.20 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. His
position at the Restoration, and marriage,
199. Publication of the first part of Hudi-
bras', ib. Pepy's naïve 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 8 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,
203-210. Its diction and metre, 210, 211.
Dryden and Addison on its versification, ib.