A.

Abbé and abbot, difference be-
tween, II. 115.
Academy, character of its doc-
trines, III. 97.

Adam, Robert, court architect to
George III., V. 198.

Addison, Joseph, review of Miss
Aikin's life of, V. 68-161; his cha-
racter, V. 70; sketch of his fa-
ther's life, V. 71; his birth and
early life, V. 72; appointed to a
scholarship in Magdalene Col-
lege, Oxford, V. 73; his classical
attainments, V. 74; his Essay on
the Evidences of Christianity, V.
76. 154; contributes a preface to
Dryden's Georgics, V. 80; his in-
tention to take orders frustrated,
V. 81; sent by the government to
the Continent, V. 84; his intro-
duction to Boileau, V. 85; leaves
Paris and proceeds to Venice, V.
89; his residence in Italy, V. 90-
95; composes his Epistle to Mon-
tague (then Lord Halifax), V. 94;
his prospects clouded by the death
of William III, V. 95; becomes
tutor to a young English traveller,
V. 95; writes his Treatise on Me-
dals, V.95; repairs to Holland, V.
96; returns to England, V. 96; his
cordial reception and introduc-
tion into the Kit Cat Club, V. 96;

his pecuniary difficulties, V. 96;
engaged by Godolphin to write a
poem in honour of Marlborough's
exploits, V. 99; is appointed to a
Commissionership, V. 99; merits
of his "Campaign," V. 100; cri-
ticism of his Travels in Italy, V.
75. 103; his opera of Rosamond,
V. 104; is made Undersecretary of
State, and accompanies the Earl
of Halifax to Hanover, V. 105; his
election to the House of Com-
mons, V. 106; his failure as a
speaker, V. 106; his popularity
and talents for conversation, V.
109; his timidity and constraint
among strangers, V. 110; his fa-
vourite associates V. 111-114; be-
comes Chief Secretary for Ire-
land under Wharton, V. 114; ori-
gination of the Tatler, V. 116; his
characteristics as a writer, V. 118
-122; compared with Swift and
Voltaire as a master of the art of
ridicule, V. 119; his pecuniary
losses, V. 125; loss of his Secre-
taryship, V. 125; resignation of
his Fellowship, V. 125; encourage-
ment and disappointment of his
advances towards a great lady,
V. 152; returned to Parliament
without a contest, V. 125; his
Whig Examiner, V. 126; inter-
cedes with the Tories on behalf

of Ambrose Phillipps and Steele,
V. 126; his discontinuance of the
Tatler and commencement of the
Spectator, V. 127; his part in the
Spectator, V. 128; his commence-
ment and discontinuance of the
Guardian, V. 131; his Cato, III.
348. V. 91. 131; his intercourse
with Pope, V. 135; his concern for
Steele, V. 137; begins a new series
of the Spectator, V. 138; appointed
secretary to the Lords Justices
of the Council on the death of
Queen Anne, V. 138; again ap-
pointed Chief Secretary for Ire-
land, V. 139; his relations with
Swift and Tickell, V. 141; removed
to the Board of Trade, V. 142;
production of his Drummer, V.
142; his Freeholder, V. 142; his
estrangement from Pope, V. 143;
his long courtship of the Countess
Dowager of Warwick and union
with her, V. 152; takes up his
abode at Holland House, V. 152;
appointed Secretary of State by
Sunderland, V. 153; failure of his
health, V. 153; resigns his post,
V. 153; receives a pension, V.153;
his estrangement from Steele and
other friends, V. 154; advocates
the bill for limiting the number
of Peers, V. 155; refutation of a
calumny upon him, V. 156; en-
trusts his works to Tickell, and
dedicates them to Craggs, V. 158;
sends for Gay on his death-bed to
ask his forgiveness, V. 159; his
death and funeral, V. 160; Tickell's
elegy on his death, V. 160; superb
edition of his works, V. 160; his
monument in Poet's Corner, West-
minster Abbey, V. 161.
Addison, Dr. Lancelot, sketch of his
life, V. 71.

Adiaphorists, a sect of German Pro-
testants, II. 87, 108.

Adultery, how represented by the
dramatists of the Restoration, IV.

150.
Advancement of Learning, by Ba-
con, its publication, III. 49.
Eschylus and the Greek drama, I.

14-26.

Afghanistan, the monarchy of, ana-
logous to that of England in the
16th century, II. 98; bravery of
its inhabitants, IV. 240-244; the
English the only army in India
which could compete with them,
IV. 241; their devastations in In-
dia, IV. 13.

Agricultural and manufacturing la-
bourers, comparison of their con-
dition, I. 224. 225.
Agujari, the singer, V. 8.
Aikin, Miss, review of her Life of
Addison, V. 68-161.

Aix, its capture, II. 266.
Akenside, his Epistle to Curio, II.
211.

Albigenses, IV. 107-109.
Alexander the Great, compared with
Clive, IV. 95, 96.

Alfieri and Cowper, comparison be-
tween them, I. 324-326,
Allahabad, IV. 238, 239.
Allegories of Johnson and Addison,
II. 3.

Allegory, difficulty of making it in-
teresting, II. 3.

Allegro and Penseroso, I. 13.
Alphabetical writing, the greatest

of human inventions, III. 108;
comparative views of its value by
Plato and Bacon, III. 108, 109.
America, acquisitions of the Catho-
lic Church in, IV. 98; its capabi-
lities, IV. 98.

American colonies, British, war with
them, IV. 266; act for imposing
stamp duties upon them, V. 220;
their disaffection, V. 230; revival
of the dispute with them, V. 253;

Anabaptist, their origin, II. 90.
Anacharsis, reputed contriver of the
potter's wheel, III. 94.
Anaverdy Khan, governor of the
Carnatic, IV. 16, 17.

Angria, his fortress of Gheriah re-
duced by Clive, IV. 32.
Anne, Queen, her political and reli-
gious inclinations, II.164; changes
in her government in 1710, II.
164; relative estimation by the
Whigs and the Tories of her reign,
II. 165–170. 174; state of parties
at her accession, V. 95; dismisses
the Whigs, V. 123; change in the
conduct of public affairs conse-
quent on her death, V. 138.
Antioch, Grecian eloquence at, IV.

I. 58.

Arithmetic, comparative estimate
of. by Plato and by Bacon, III.
103, 104.
Arlington, Lord, his character, III.
173; his coldness for the Triple
Alliance, III. 180; his impeach-
ment, III. 197.

Armies in the middle ages, how
constituted, I. 72. 150; a power-
ful restraint on the regal power,
I. 150; subsequent change in this
respect, I. 152.

Arms, British, successes of, against
the French in 1758, II. 266–269.
Army (the), control of, by Charles I.
or by the Parliament, I. 159; its
triumph over both, I. 167; danger
of a standing army becoming an
instrument of despotism, II. 71.
Arne, Dr., set to music Addison's
opera of Rosamond, V. 105.
Arragon and Castile, their old in-
stitutions favourable to public
liberty, II. 124.

Art of War, Machiavelli's, I. 96.
Arundel, Earl of, III. 90.

Asia, Central, its people, IV. 239.
Asiatic Society, commencement of
its career under Warren Hastings,
IV. 303.

Assemblies, deliberative, II. 263.
Association. See Catholic Associa-
tion.

Astronomy, comparative estimate
of, by Socrates and by Bacon, III.
107.

Athenian comedies, their impurity,
IV. 145; reprinted at the two Uni-
versities, IV. 145.

Athenians (the), Johnson's opinion
of them, I. 387.
Attainder, an act of, warrantable,
11. 56.

Atterbury, Bishop, his reply to
Bentley to prove the genuineness
of the Letters of Phalaris, III.
246; reads the funeral service

over the body of Addison, V.
160.

Attila, IV. 98.

Attributes of God, subtle specula-
tions touching them imply no
high degree of intellectual cul-
ture, IV. 100-103.

Aubrey, his charge of corruption
against Bacon, III. 72; Bacon's
decision against him after his
present, III. 87.

Augsburg, Confession of, its adop-
tion in Sweden, IV. 125.
Augustin, St., IV. 98.
Aurungzebe, his policy, IV. 11.
Austen, Jane, notice of, V. 56.
Austin, Sarah, her character as a
translator, IV. 97. 143.
Austria, success of her armies in
the Catholic cause, IV. 131.
Authors, their present position, I.
263-268.

Avignon, the Papal Court trans-
ferred from Rome to, IV. 109.

B.

Baber, founder of the Mogul em-
pire, IV. 10.

Bacon, Lady, mother of Lord Ba-
con, III. 13.

Bacon, Lord, review of Basil Mon-
tagu's new edition of the works
of, III. 1-146; his mother dis-
tinguished as a linguist, III. 13;
his early years, III. 16-19; his
services refused by government,
III. 20-21; his admission at
Gray's Inn, III. 20; his legal at-
tainments, III. 21; sat in Parlia-
ment in 1593, III. 22; part he took
in politics, III. 23; his friendship
with the Earl of Essex, III. 30-35;
examination of his conduct to Es-
sex, III. 36-47; influence of King
James on his fortunes, III. 44;
his servility to Lord Southampton,

III. 45; influence his talents had
with the public, III. 46; his dis-
tinction in Parliament and in the
courts of law, III. 48; his literary
and philosophical works, III. 48;
his "Novum Organum," and the
admiration it excited, III. 48; his
work of reducing and recompiling
the laws of England, III. 48; his
tampering with the judges on the
trial of Peacham, III. 50-55; al-
taches himself to Buckingham,
III. 56; his appointment as Lord
Keeper, III. 59; his share in the
vices of the administration, III.
60; his animosity towards Sir Ed-
ward Coke, III. 65-67; his town
and country residences, III. 67, 68;
his titles of Baron Verulam and
Viscount St. Albans, III. 68; re-
port against him of the Committee
on the Courts of Justice, III. 71;
nature of the charges, III. 71, 72;
overwhelming evidence to them,
III. 73; his admission of his guilt,
III. 75; his sentence, III. 75;
examination of Mr. Montagu's ar-
guments in his defence, III. 75-
88; mode in which he spent the
last years of his life, III. 89-91;
chief peculiarity of his philoso-
phy, III. 92-103; his views com-
pared with those of Plato, III.
104-115; to what his wide and
durable fame is chiefly owing, III.
117; his frequent treatment of
moral subjects, III. 121; his views
as a theologian, III. 122; vulgar
notion of him as inventor of the
inductive method, III. 124; esti-
mate of his analysis of that me-
thod, III. 124-134; union of au-
dacity and sobriety in his temper,
III. 134; his amplitude of com-
prehension, III. 134, 135; his free-
dom from the spirit of contro-
versy, III. 135; his eloquence,