ABBE', a French one, his account of the population of Paris, 131.
Absalom and Achitophel, Dryden's poem, why more interesting now
than it will be to posterity, 444.
Act of parliament, for the encouragement of loyalty in Scotland,
a provision in it, 5. For making parliamentary elections less fre-
quent, 175.
Actions, proceeding from patriotism more illustrious than any others,
Adam, his praise of the loveliness of Eve, as superior to his reason,
156.
Addison, when and for what purpose he undertook the Freeholder, 3.
note. His humorous papers the best; those on grave and political
subjects the worst written, 98, note. His Highland-seer's vision had
been with more propriety given as a dream of his own, 119, note.
Solid reasoning in his paper on the punishment of the rebels, 153.
note. His panegyric on Pope's translation of the Iliad, where com-
mented on, 189, note. Speaks like a friend of Rowe and like a whig
of Lucan, 190, note. Makes a whig of Queen Elizabeth, 245, note. His
Freeholder preserved by the reputation of his other works, 250, note.
Closed his life like Pascal in meditating a defence of the Christian
Religion, 255, 256, note. Mr. Gibbon's satirical remark on it answer-
ed, 259, note. Encomiums on him by Sir R. Steele, 306. Why he
declined going into orders, 313. Remarks of his father on the
friendship between him and Steele, 315. His exquisite humour,
and delicate satire, 316. Conjecture respecting his Discourse on An-
cient and Modern Learning, 441, note. An expression in it by which
one might swear to the author, 447, note. Another instance of ex-
pression purely Addisonian, 454, note.
Administration, frequent changes in, a misfortune to this country,
Ado Viennensis, apology of an Athenian philosopher for the Christian
religion extant in his time, 268.
Adrian the emperor, skilled in magic, 265.
Ælian, speaks of fools who sacrificed an ox to a fly, 155.
Æsop, his fable of the viper, recommended to female malecontents,
118.
Etna, began to rage on the extinction of the rebellion, 119.
Afterwise, a set of politicians so called, 243.
Agbarus, king of Edessa, his correspondence with our Saviour, 259.
The tradition disputed by Mr. Gibbon, ib. note.
Agincourt, public devotions of Henry V. and his army before and
after that battle, 227.
Alcaydes, of Muley Ishmael, their abject submission to him, 50.
Alexander the Great, his barbarous imitation of Achilles, 232.
Allegiance, oaths of, imply a most solemn obligation, 26. Unnatural
doctrines respecting them, 27. Other methods besides rebellion
have a tendency to break them, 30, 31.
Allusions, in ancient authors, often unintelligible to the moderns, 447.
Amæsia, when pleading before the senate, looked on as a prodigy,
116. The name confounded with that of Amasia, ib. note.
Ambition, of men, to be esteemed; and of women, to be beloved,
176.
Ammianus Marcellinus, testifies the miracle which stopt the rebuilding
of the temple at Jerusalem, 292,
Ammonius of Alexandria, a Christian convert, 272.
Ancient authors, the reading of them dangerous when perverted,
232.
Ancients had the advantage of the moderns, in knowing the secret
history of literary works, 441. And the persons hinted at in several
of their authors, 445. In understanding the cant phrases of their
humorous authors, 447. In living among the scenes described by
their poets, 448. And being of the same nation with the heroes of
their poems, 449. Had a still higher pleasure in the perusal of
their orators, 450. Their knowledge of the sound and harmony
of their language, 451. Certain beauties which their works have
acquired from their antiquity, 452. Idiomatical and vulgar ex-
pressions thus rendered less offensive, 453. And over-strained
expressions less distinguishable, 456.
Anger, in mirth, like poison in a perfume, 165.
Annals, of the Pretender's fourteen years reign, 170.
Anne, Queen, called by the Pretender his dear sister of glorious
memory, 43.
Apostles and disciples, their unwearied zeal in propagating the gospel,
274. How they perpetuated their tradition by ordaining persons to
succeed them, 275. Their tradition, how preserved during the
three first centuries, 278, 279. Secured by other excellent insti-
tutions, 281. But chiefly by the writings of the evangelists, 282.
Prophecies of our Saviour to them, fulfilled, 289.
Aquila, a Christian proselyte, excommunicated for practising magic,
265.
Arabia filled by Mahomet with a medley of religion and bloodshed,
Arbitrary power essential to popery, 62.
Arguments, out of a pretty mouth, unanswerable, 16.
Aristides, an Athenian philosopher, converted to Christianity, 268.
Aristophanes, his comedy of the clouds needed his explanation, 444.
Aristotle prefers a mixed government to all others, 235, 236.
Army, an enraged one sublimely described in Scripture, 63.
Arnobius asserts that men of the finest parts and learning embraced
Christianity, 271.
Articles, of tory-belief, 69.
Assemblies, polite, party rage prevailing in, 165.
Assizes, western, in the reign of James II. reprobated, 150.
Athenagoras the philosopher, a Christian convert, 272.
Athenian philosopher, a passage from one concerning our Saviour,
267. His conversion makes his evidence stronger, ib. Another
philosopher converted, 268. Their evidence strengthened by their
conversion, ib. Their belief at first founded on historical faith, 260.
Athenians, their virtue remarkable, in the case of Euripides, 30.
In their contest with Philip, required to give up their orators, 115.
Athens, the curse of Neptune on it, how alleviated by Minerva, 160°
Audenarde, bravery of the Prince of Wales at that battle, 10.
Audience, their taste destroyed by party rage, 165.
Augustus, how complimented on celebrating the secular year, 212.
Saying of a Roman historian on him, ib. His taxing of the empire
attested by several historians, 261. Almost the only contemporary
of Virgil, complimented in the Æneid, 443.
Aurora borealis, set fire to the superstitions of the people, 110.
Authors, their arguments how to be weighed with reference to their
motives for writing, 3. It requires resolution to be one in this
satirical country, 185. Especially in politics, 186. One who has
written himself down, a melancholy object, 187. Those who have
worn themselves out, ought to lie fallow, 188.
Authority, in certain cases, to dispense with law, 75.
Averse to, or averse from, 126, note.
Bacon, Sir F. his observation on peaceable times, 122. Bequeathed
his fame to foreign nations, and after some time to his own country,
Baptism of persons of riper years, among the primitive Christians,
Barchocab, effort of the Jews under him, for their re-establishment,
in the reign of Adrian, 292.
Batts, a sort of maskers, why so called, 205, note.
Basset, an assembly for, in which nonjurors are to be excluded, 37.
Bayle, compares answering an immethodical author to hunting a
duck, 136. Quotes a Roman law, forbidding any one below the
equestrian dignity to write history, 167.
Becket, a tooth of that saint given by an Irish priest to the Pretender,
Benevolence, degrees of it, 22.
Bilboa, British merchants trading there, their treaty with the magis-
trates of St. Ander, 194. Confirmed and ratified by his present
Majesty, 195.
Bill, for the abolition of party-rage among females, 179.
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