Absalom and Achitophel (Dry- den's), 58 Absolutism, 11
Account of the Greatest English Poets, 31; immaturity of, 35 Addison, Joseph, scant contempor-
ary records of, 1; Tickell's bibliography of, 1; his shyness and reserve, 31; his charm of conversation, 2; his satire, 3, 182; his statue, 3; his merits universally acknowledged, 3; his task and its difficulties, 7-8; family history, 23 seq.; his father's literary abilities, 23-24; Steele's description of the Addison family, 26; Addison runs away from school, 27; goes to Charter House, 28; attainments in Greek and Latin, 28-29, 48-49; at Queen's Col- lege (Oxford), 29; made Fellow of Magdalen, 31; his acquaint- ances at Oxford, 30; begins to write, 31 seq.; is introduced to literary men in London, 35; abandons the idea of taking Orders, 36-37; travels on the Continent, 39; effects of classical training, 50; pecuniary em- barrassments, 54; death of his father, 54; return to England, 54; entry into political life,
55, 64; writes The Campaign, 63-64; becomes Under-Secretary of State, 68, 69; writes libretto for an English opera, 72; is made Secretary to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland, 74; his remarks on corrupt officials, 75; his losses, 80; he contributes to the Tatler, 99; founds the Spectator with Steele, 105; his opportunities, 114; his genius essentially undramatic, 122; produces Cato, 124; his quarrel with Pope, 131 seq.; his nervous- ness, 148, 156; becomes Secretary again to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 149; his probity, 149; marries the Countess of Warwick, 153 seq.; is made a Secretary of State, 156; retires from public life, 157; dies at Holland House, 158; his reported intemperance, 159; burial in Westminster Abbey, 160; his genius, 161 seq.; his serenity and spirit of independence, 162; as reconciler of parties and founder of public opinion, 163; his endeavours to improve public morals, 167-168; his reputation as a critic, 178 seq.; his irony, 182; as jour- nalist, 189; his fastidiousness in composition, 189-190; pos- terity's verdict, 192
55; his change of circumstances, | Address to King William, 35
Burney, Dr., on Addison's musical Dennis, John, 41, 137; on Cato,
Button's Coffee House, 134, 140
Campaign, The, criticism of, 64; Addison's treatment of the sub- ject, 65; extracts from, 66-67; finest passage in, 67; Johnson's criticism of, 67 'Captain Sentry,' 107
Cato, 51, 115 seq.; remarks on, 116, 117, 119, 122; its formal "correctness, 119; Pope's Prologue to, 120; Johnson's criticism of, 121; its deficiencies as an acted play, 122; rehearsal of, 123-124; Pope's suggestions and alterations in, 124; Epilogue to, 124; production of, 124; enthusiastic reception of, 124- 125; Pope's account of the performance, 125; its unpre- cedented run, 126; its fame on the Continent, 126; extracts from, 128-129; its imitation of the French manner, 130
Dialogue on Medals (Addison's), 51
Dissuading from Poetry (Old- ham's), 56-57
Dorset, Earl of, 56 Drama, after the Restoration, 14; Addison on the modern, 117; ancient and modern compared, 117; the Elizabethan, 14 Drummer, The (Pope's), 149-150 Dryden, 16, 20, 33, 34; Poet Laureate, 58, 59
Duelling, Steele's attack on, 104 Dunton, John, 87 D'Urfey, Tom, 9
Epilogues of plays, 14; indecencies of, 18
Epistle from Italy (Addison's), 51 Essay on Man (Pope's), tendency to Deism of, 5 Etherege, Sir George, 16
Faery Queen, The, criticism of, 33
Charles II., his tastes and sym- Feudalism, 8 pathies, 11-13
Fontainebleau, description of, 45
France, literature in, 44 Freeholder, 9, 151, 152, 153 French people, Addison on, 47
Gambling, Steele's attack on, 103 Georgics, Addison's translation of, 31; essay on, 33
29; Addison's skill in, 29, 37- 39; Pope's low estimate of, 29 L'Estrange, Roger, 84 Letter to Lord Halifax (Addison's) 43
Letters, extracts from Addison's, 46, 47, 53
Gothic architecture, Addison on, Life of Dryden (Johnson's), 14
Literature, mock-heroic style, 39; under James II. and William III., 59
"Little senate," the, 2
Greek tragedies compared with Lives of the Poets (Johnson's), 162
Shakespeare's, 118
Guardian (Steele's), 114
Halifax, Lord, 63 Herodotus, 32
Hertford, Lord, 52-54
Hind and Panther, The (Dryden's), 58
Hydaspes, 74, 182 seq.
Iliad, Pope's translation, 133; Tickell's translation, 133-139 Introduction to the Sacrament (Lancelot Addison's), 23 'Isaac Bickerstaff,' 90, 92 Italian Opera, 70-71, 182 seq.; Addison's dislike of, 74
James II., 59 'Jeremy Distaff,' 92 Johnson, Samuel, on Addison's style, 3; on the Tatler and Spectator, 108; on Addison's critical powers, 181; on Addi- son's favourite character, 175 Journal to Stella (Swift's), 1, 110
Kit-Kat Club, 52, 61, 147
La Bruyere, 108
Lamb, Charles, on the Caroline comedians, 15; Lamb and Addi- son compared, 191
Land-tenure, 8
Langland, 7
Louis XIV., French literature
under, 44
Lovelace, 12 Love-making, 13
Macaulay, eulogy of Addison by, 3; on Addison's classical know- ledge, 28 seq.
Magdalen College (Oxford), its Malebranche, 47 changing political opinions, 30
Manchester, Countess of, Addi- son's verses on, 61 Mandeville, 2
Man of the Mode (Etherege's), Steele on, 16, 166 Marlborough, Duke of, 62 Marriage, Addison's, 153 seq.; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu on, 154
Medal, The (Dryden's), 58 Mercury (generic title of first newspapers), 83-84 Milan Cathedral, 49 Milton, his Calvinistic opinions, 7; Addison's estimate of, 33- 34; Addison's papers on, 181; his genius first appreciated by Steele, 104
Miscellany (Dryden's), 19 Mistress,' Addison's, 80, 154 Montaigne, his egotism, 190 Montrose, his lyrics, 12
Musee Anglicana, 38; con- tributors to, 38-39
Latin verse composition, value of, Music in England, 69-70
Burney, Dr., on Addison's musical Dennis, John, 41, 137; on Cato,
Button's Coffee House, 134, 140
Campaign, The, criticism of, 64; Addison's treatment of the sub- ject, 65; extracts from, 66-67; finest passage in, 67; Johnson's criticism of, 67 'Captain Sentry,' 107
Cato, 51, 115 seq.; remarks on, 116, 117, 119, 122; its formal "correctness, 119; Pope's Prologue to, 120; Johnson's criticism of, 121; its deficiencies as an acted play, 122; rehearsal of, 123-124; Pope's suggestions and alterations in, 124; Epilogue to, 124; production of, 124; enthusiastic reception of, 124- 125; Pope's account of the performance, 125; its unpre- cedented run, 126; its fame on the Continent, 126; extracts from, 128-129; its imitation of the French manner, 130
Faery Queen, The, criticism of, 33
Charles II., his tastes and sym- Feudalism, 8 pathies, 11-13
Fontainebleau, description of, 45
France, literature in, 44 Freeholder, 9, 151, 152, 153 French people, Addison on, 47
Gambling, Steele's attack on, 103 Georgics, Addison's translation of, 31; essay on, 33
Gothic architecture, Addison on, 49-50
Grand tour, effects of the, 41; Pope on, 41-42;
29; Addison's skill in, 29, 37- 39; Pope's low estimate of, 29 L'Estrange, Roger, 84 Letter to Lord Halifax (Addison's) 43
Letters, extracts from Addison's, 46, 47, 53
Life of Dryden (Johnson's), 14 Literature, mock-heroic style, 39; under James II. and William III., 59 "Little senate," the, 2
Greek tragedies compared with Lives of the Poets (Johnson's), 162
Shakespeare's, 118
Guardian (Steele's), 114
Louis XIV., French literature
under, 44
Lovelace, 12
Love-making, 13
Macaulay, eulogy of Addison by, 3; on Addison's classical know- ledge, 28 seq.
Magdalen College (Oxford), its changing political opinions, 30 Malebranche, 47
Manchester, Countess of, Addi- son's verses on, 61 Mandeville, 2
Man of the Mode (Etherege's), Steele on, 16, 166 Marlborough, Duke of, 62 Marriage, Addison's, 153 seq.; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu on, 154
Medal, The (Dryden's), 58 Mercury (generic title of first newspapers), 83-84 Milan Cathedral, 49 Milton, his Calvinistic opinions, 7; Addison's estimate of, 33- 34; Addison's papers on, 181; his genius first appreciated by Steele, 104
Miscellany (Dryden's), 19 Mistress,' Addison's, 80, 154 Montaigne, his egotism, 190 Montrose, his lyrics, 12 Musa Anglicanæ, 38; tributors to, 38-39
Latin verse composition, value of, Music in England, 69-70
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