Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of
Evil, 340. His Idler, 340. Death of
his mother, 340. Circumstances under
which Rasselas was published, 341.
His hatred of the Whigs, 342. Accepts
a pension of three hundred a year, 342.
His belief in ghosts, 343. Publication
of his edition of Shakspeare's works,
343. Honours conferred upon him,
344. His colloquial talents, 344. His
predominance in The Club, 346. His
biographer, James Boswell, 346. The
inmates of his house near Fleet Street,
348. His visit to the Hebrides, 349.
His prejudice against the Scotch, 349.
His exposure of Macpherson's forgery of
Fingal, 350. His Taxation no Tyranny,
351. His declining years, 354. His
death, 20, 356.

Johnsonese, v. 536; vii. 47.
Johnstone, agent of communication be-
tween England and the Hague, ii. 79.
His account of the public feeling on
the birth of the Pretender, 166 note.
Appointed Secretary of State for Scot-
land, iii. 654. His jealousy of Sir
John Dalrymple, iv. 149. His dismis-
sal, 489.

Judges, the, condition of their tenure of
office, v. 200. Formerly accustomed to
receive gifts from suitors, vi. 192-196.
How their corruption is generally de-
tected, 209. Integrity required from
them, 577. Speech on the exclusion of
the Judges from the House of Commons,
viii. 429.

Judgment and imagination, v. 90.
Judgment, private, Milton's defence of the
right of, v. 42.

Judicial bench, its character in the time of
James II., v. 222.

Julian, the Emperor, compared to James

II., i. 602. His partiality for the Greek
language, v. 148.

Junius, Letters of, arguments in favour of

their having been written by Sir Philip
Francis, vi. 567. Their effects, vii. 273.
Jurisprudence, Mr. Bentham's reduction
of, to a science, v. 613, 614.

Juryman, the stipend of an Athenian, vii.

584.

Just, Saint, expatiates on the guilt of Ver-
gniaud and Pétion, vii. 156. Becomes
a member of the Committee of Public
Safety, 159. His doom, 164. His ex-
ecution, 164.

Juvenal's Satires, Johnson's objection to
them, vi. 491. Their impurity, v. 505.
Juvenal compared with Dryden, 119.
His satire compared with that of Samuel
Johnson, vii. 335.

ΚΑ

AUNITZ, Count, Austrian negotiator
at Ryswick, iv. 161.

Kean, Edmund, a descendant of Lord
Halifax, iv. 127.

Keating, John, Irish Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, resists Tyrconnel's
measures, i. 633. His power on the
Bench neutralised by Roman Catholic
colleagues, ii. 500. His exertions to
preserve order, 520. Discharged from
the Privy Council by James II., 535.
Ken, Bishop; his address to Charles II.
on his death-bed, i. 339. Visits Mon-
mouth, 484. Relieves rebel prisoners,
495. Vainly intercedes for the rebels
with James II., 516. At the Hague, ii.
10. One of the seven bishops, 150,
(See Bishops, the Seven.) A nonjuror,
iii. 159. His retirement at Longleat,

Keppel, Arnold Van. See Albemarle.
Keppoch, Macdonald of. See Macdonald.
Kerry, description of, ii. 504.
Ketch, John, executioner of Monmouth, i.
487 note.

Kettlewell, John, a nonjuror, iii. 167. A
noncompounder, iv. 5.

Keyes, Thomas; his share in the assas
sination plot, iv. 211, 219. Arrested,
223. His execution, 227.

Kidd, William, employed by Lord Bella-
mont to suppress the pirates of the In-
dian Seas, iv. 509. Commands a priva
teer under a Royal commission, 511.
Turns pirate; his cruelty, 511. Arrested
at New York, 512.

KID

Kidder, Richard, Bishop of Bath and
Wells, iii. 401.

Kidnapping at Bristol, i. 264.
Kiffin, William, a leading Baptist; James
II.'s attempt to cajole him, ii. 53, 55.
Killegrew, placed over the navy, iii. 651.
His mismanagement in the matter of
the Smyrna fleet, iv. 28.

Killiecrankie, pass of, iii. 82. Battle of,
86-89. Its effects, 91. Remarks on,
93-94.

Kimbolton, Lord, his impeachment, v. 573.
King (the), in the Athenian democracy, 21

note.

King, Augustin, his last confession, i. 298

note.

King, Doctor William; his loyalty; per-
secuted by James II., ii. 571. Arrested
at Dublin, iii. 284. His sermon before
William III., 303.

King, Edward; his share in the assas-
sination plot, iv. 212, 219. His execu-
tion, 227.

King, Gregory, on the population of Eng-

land, i. 222. His calculations of agri-
cultural produce, 245. His estimate of
clerical incomes, 254. His estimate of
population and food, 328 note. Of
paupers, 328, 329 note.

King's Evil, touching for, iii. 178, 179.
"King's Friends," the faction of the, vii.
257, 262, 265.

Kinsale, James II. lands at, ii. 531. Taken
by Marlborough, iii. 331.

Kirke, Colonel Percy, in Somersetshire, i.
492. His "Lambs," 492. His exe-
cutions, 493. Extortions, unfounded
story of, 494. Recalled, 495. His
Protestantism, 532. Assures William
III. of his support, ii. 191. Attends
James II., 270. Refuses to obey or-
ders, 279. Sent to relieve London-
derry, 574. Arrives in Lough Foyle,
576. His delay, 580. Receives or-
ders to attack the boom, 581 and note.
Enters Londonderry, 583.

Kirke, his fatal duel with Conway Sey-
mour, iv. 505. His trial; found guilty
of manslaughter, 506.

Kit-Cat Club, Addison's introduction to
the, vii. 73.
Kleber, General, refuses to obey the cruel
decree of the Convention, vii. 172.
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, i. 322; vi. 12. Ad-
dison's lines to him, vii. 90.
Knight, Sir John, his speech against the
Bill for the Naturalisation of Foreign
Protestants, iv. 83. Loses his election
for Bristol, 182.

Knightley, Christopher, his share in the
assassination plot, iv. 212. Arrested,

223.

"Kaights," comedy of the, vi. 260

LAN

Knights' service, tenure by, abolished, i.

121.

Kniperdoling and Robespierre, analogy
between their followers, v. 594.
Knowledge, advancement of society in, v.
677.

Knox, Alexander, ii. 148 note.

LA

ABOUR, division of, vi. 332. Effect of
attempts by government to limit
the hours of, 498.

Labourdonnais, his talents, vi. 386. His
treatment by the French government,
450.

Labouring classes (the), their condition in
England and on the Continent, v. 362.
In the United States, 364.
Lacedæmon, causes of the silent but ra-
pid downfall of, vii. 671 note. The deve-
lopment of merit prevented by the laws
of, 689, 690 Her foreign policy and
domestic institutions, 690, 691. Her
government compared with that of
Athens, 692, 693. Her helots, 695,
696.

La Fontaine, allusion to, v. 515.
Lagos Bay, disaster in, iv. 28. Parlia-
mentary inquiry into, 69.

Laguerre, Lewis, a French painter, i. 323.
La Hogue, battle of, iii. 547.
Lainez, a Jesuit, i. 567.

Lake, Bishop of Chichester, ii. 150. (See
Bishops, the Seven.) A nonjurǝr, iii
159. His death, 184.
Lalla Rookh, vi. 238.

Lally, Governor, his treatment by the
French government, vi. 450.

Lamb, Charles, his defence of the Drama-
tists of the Restoration, vi. 495, 497.
His kind nature, 496.

Lambert, John, his ambitious views, i.
113. Abandoned by his troops, 115.
Failure of his enterprise, 118.
Lambeth Articles (the), i. 62.
La Mellonière, Colonel, iii. 128.
Lamplugh, Bishop of Exeter, flies to
James II. on the approach of the
Prince of Orange, ii. 257. Made Arch-
bishop of York, 268.
Lampoons, Pope's, vii. 133.
Lancashire, Presbyterianism in, i. 124.
Increase of population in, 225. Prose-
cution of Jacobites in, iv. 107-111.
Lancaster, Dr., his patronage of Addison,
vii. 55.

Land Bank, project of, iv. 238. Its
failure, 245, 246.

Land Tax, origin of, iii. 607.

Landen, battle of, iv. 20-24. Appearance
of the field, 25.

Langdale, Lord, Governor of Hull; ar-
rested, ii. 292.

LAN

Langley, Sir Roger, foreman of the jury
in the trial of the bishops, ii. 171.
Langton, Bennet, his admiration of Miss
Burney, vii. 17. A member of the
Literary Club, 345.

Languedoc, description of it in the 12th
century, vi. 460, 461. Destruction of
its prosperity and literature by the Nor-
mans, 462.

Lanier, Sir John, at the battle of the
Boyne, iii. 289. Falls at Steinkirk, 582.
Lansdowne, Charles Granville, Lord,

commands the force on the shores of
Torbay, after the battle of Beachy
Head, iii. 311.

Lansdowne, Lord, his friendship for Has-
tings, vi. 617.

Latimer, Hugh, his popularity in London,
vi. 195, 198.

Latin language, partial prevalence of, in
Britain, i. 3. Languages derived from, 53,
Latin poems, Boileau's praise of, ii. 327.
Excellence of Milton's, v. 8.

Latin scholarship, in England (time of
Charles II.), i. 309.

Latin works of Petrarch (the), vii. 630, 631.
Latinity, Croker's Criticisms on, v. 505.
Laud, Archbishop, his character, i. 69; v.

556, 557. His system of espionage, i.
70. His Liturgy for Scotland, 74. His
treatment by the Parliament, v. 203.
His correspondence with Strafford, 204.
His diary, 556. His impeachment and
imprisonment, 567. His rigour against
the Puritans, and tenderness towards
the Catholics, 571.

Lauder, Sir John, of Fountainhall, i. 629.
Lauderdale i. 167. His administration in
Scotland, 176, 213. His official gains,

243.
Lauzun, Antonine, Count of, ii. 303. Aids
the flight of the Queen and Prince of
Wales, 305. Louvois' jealousy of him,
527. Commands French auxiliaries in
Ireland, iii. 259. His account of the
state of Ireland, 259. Opposes William
III.'s right wing at the Boyne,
294. Covers the flight of the Irish, 299.
Declares Limerick untenable, 319. His
impatience to leave Ireland, 320. Re-
tires to Galway, 322. Returns to
France, 328.

Law, its administration in the time of
James II., v. 223. Its monstrous
grievances in India, vi. 586, 590.
Law, William, a nonjuror, iii. 160 note.
Lawrence, Major, his early notice of Clive,
388. His abilities, vi. 387, 399.
Lawrence, Sir Thomas, vii. 40.
Laws, penal, of Elizabeth, v. 166, 167.
Lawyers, their inconsistencies as advo-
cates and legislators, v. 529, 531.
Lays of Ancient Rome, viii. 443.

LEE

Learning in Italy, revival of, v. 53, 54.
Causes of its decline, 57.

League and Covenant, the Solemn, i. 94.
Leake, Captain John, aids in the relief of
Londonderry, ii. 581.

Lebon, the Jacobin, his crimes defended
by Barère, vii. 165. Placed under
arrest, 178.
Leeds, i. 267.

Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of (Earl of
Danby and Marquess of Caermarthen);
becomes minister of Charles II. His
character, i. 176; vi. 19. His con-
nection with Temple, 284, 286. His
policy, 177. His foreign policy, 178.
Disgraced, 182. Impeached, 185. His
financial good faith, 227. His official
gains, 243. Restored to the House of
Lords, 405. Complains of James II.'s
arbitrary acts, 532. His conferences
with Dykvelt, ii. 68. His letter to the
Prince of Orange, 78. Joins the re-
volutionary conspiracy, 194. Signs the
invitation to William, 197. Seizes
York for William, 275. His scheme
for proclaiming the Princess of Orange,
358, 377. Opposes the plan of a Re-
gency, 369. His speech for declaring
the throne vacant, 385. His appre-
hension of a Restoration, 406. Made
President of the Council, 411. His
hostility to Halifax, 447; iii. 125.
Raised to the marquisate of Caermar-
then, ii. 492. Parliamentary attack on,
iii. 123. His influence with William
III., 207, 219. Becomes chief minister,
223. Satirical ballad against, 224 note.
His system of parliamentary corruption,

229. One of the Council of Nine, 269.
Chief adviser of Mary, 269. His ad-
vice in the Council disregarded, 319.
Hated by the Whigs, 360. Parlia-
mentary intrigues against, 361. Sligh-
ted by William, 362. Receives infor-
mation of a Jacobite plot, 367. Causes
the emissaries to be arrested, 367.
Lays the intercepted papers before
William, 368. His absence from the
division on the Place Bill, 630. Sup-
ports the Triennial Bill, 630. Insulted
by Jacobites at Bath, iv. 35. His as-
sistance counted on by the Jacobites,
35. Bribed by the East India Com-
pany, 37. Resists the Bill for regu-
lating State Trials, 75. His speech
on the Bank of England Bill, 94.
Raised to the dukedom of Leeds, 98.
Owes his dukedom to his talent for de-
bate, vi. 295. Motion for his impeach-
ment carried; his speech in the Lords,
iv. 138. The impeachment; sent to the
Tower; his defence and escape, 139;
vi. 288. His disgrace, iv. 140, 141.

LEE

His part in the debate on the Associa-
tion, 233. Resists Fenwick's attainder,
290. His part in the debate on Mon-
mouth's intrigue, 294. Resigns the
Presidency of the Council, 465. Crown
lands conferred on him; his official
gains, 537.

Leefdale, an accomplice in the French
plot for assassinating William III., iii.
585. Betrays Grandval, 585.
Legerdemain, vi. 147.

Legge, Right Hon. H. B., vi. 61. His re-

turn to the Exchequer, 64; vii. 212.
His dismissal, 223.

Legislation, comparative views on, by
Plato and by Bacon, vi. 218.
Legitimacy, v. 26.

Leinster, Duke of (Meinhart Schomberg),
commands William III.'s right wing at
the battle of the Boyne, iii. 293. Com-
mands troops intended for a descent on
France, 588.

Lely, Sir Peter, i. 322.

Lemon, Mr., his discovery of Milton's
Treatise on Christian Doctrine, v. 1.
Le Noble; his pasquinades on the corona-
tion of William and Mary, ii. 492 note.
Asserts Jeffreys to have been poisoned
by William III., iii. 121 note.
Lennox, Charlotte, vi. 261.

Leo X., his character, vi. 467. Nature
of the war between him and Luther,
473.
Leopold I., Emperor of Austria; his let-

ters to James II., i. 362 note; ii. 497
note. His conduct in the war against
France, iii. 568. His dispute with the
Elector of Saxony, iv. 17. His designs
on the Spanish succession, 311. Grounds
of his claim to the Spanish throne, 402.
His dissatisfaction with the Treaty of
Loo, 435.

Leslie, Charles; his "Answer to King,"

ii. 502 note. A nonjuror, iii. 161. His
account of the Quakers, 390 note.
Lestrange, Roger, i. 306. Member for
Winchester, 396. His account of the
distress of the Nonconformists, 522
note. Sent by James II. to Edinburgh,
617. His answer to the Letter to a
Dissenter, ii. 46. Removed from the
post of Licenser, iii. 634. Arrested on
suspicion of being concerned in the
assassination plot, iv. 223.

"Letter to a Dissenter," ii. 46.
Letters of Phalaris, controversy between

Sir William Temple and Christchurch
College and Bentley upon their merits
and genuineness, vi. 320, 322.
Levees, i. 286.

Leven, David, Earl of, iii. 17, 28, 84. At
the battle of Killiecrankie, 89, 90
note.

LEW

Levett, Robert, the quack doctor, vii.
349.

Levinge, Sir Rich., tyrannical treatment

of, by the House of Commons, iv.

526.

Levinz, Sir Creswell, counsel for the seven
bishops, ii. 170.

Levison Gower, Sir John, Tory candidate
for Westminster (1701); his rejection,

iv. 550.

Lewis XIV.; his character, i. 156. His
power alarming to the Dutch, 158.
Triple Alliance against, 159. His views
with respect to England, 162. His
ambitious projects, 163.
His policy
towards England, 163. His league
with Charles II., 164. Invades Hol-
land, 170. Repulsed, 172. His in-
trigues against Danby, 182. Foments
English factions, 202, 218. His trans-
actions with James II., 355, 357, 360.
General fear and hatred of, 361, 364.
His policy towards England, 362 note.
His dispute with Innocent XI., 363.
Retracts the privileges of Protestants
in France, 533. Revokes the Edict of
Nantes, 534. General reprobation of
his conduct, 534. His instructions to
Barillon, 538. Supports the Jesuits,
569. His invasion of Holland, ii. 18.
His complicity in the designs against
Burnet, 66 note. Persecutes Dutch
Protestant settlers in France, 215.
Alienates his supporters in Amsterdam,
215, 216. His quarrels with the Pope,
217, 219. Warns James II. of his
danger, 227. His exertions to save
James, 228. Invades Germany, 231.
His feelings in regard to the English
revolution, 344. His reception of the
Queen of England, 345. His liberality
and delicacy to James on his arrival in
France, 347. Invades the Palatinate,
494. Spares Trêves at the intercession
of Madame de Maintenon, 496.
unwillingness to send an army to Ire-
land, 527. His parting with James,
528. Appoints Avaux to accompany
James, 530. His letter to Alexander
VIII., iii. 148. Takes Irish troops into
his pay, 258. Sends French forces
to Ireland under Lauzun, 258. His
reception of James on his return
from Ireland, 307. Burnt in effigy
in London, 329. His advantages
over the coalition, 378. Besieges and
takes Mons, 378, 379. His quarrel
with Lourois, 534. Determines to in-
vade England, 536. Opens the cam-
paign of 1692, 572. Reviews his
troops near Mons; opens the siege of
Namur, 573. Takes Namur, 575. His
arrogance at its height, 576. Receives

His

LEW

news of the battle of La Hogue; re-
turns to Versailles, 577. Accused of
participation in Grandval's plot, 587.
His surprise at the liberality of Parlia-
ment to William, 609. Remonstrates
with James, iv. 7. His preparations
for the campaign of 1693; institutes
the order of Saint Lewis, 14. His re-
ception of Middleton, 15. At Namur,
17. Rejects Luxemburg's advice to
offer battle to William; returns to
Versailles, 18. His want of personal

courage, 19. His arbitrary reduction
of the price of bread in Paris, 39. His
desire for peace, 40. His reluctance
to recognise the English revolution, 41.
His plan for the campaign of 1694, 99.
Puts Brest in a state of defence, 100.
His vexation at the misconduct of the
Duke of Maine, 160. His navy con-
fined to port, 170. Exhaustion of his
finances, 241. Agrees to recognise
William as king, 268. Offers terms of
peace, 310. His reception of the Duke
of Portland as English ambassador, 394.
Refuses to remove James II. from
Saint Germains, 395. His denial of
the charge of countenancing assassins,
397. His renunciation of the Spanish
succession, 402 and note. His despatches
to Tallard during the negotiations on
the Spanish succession at Loo, 430
note. His new propositions on the
death of the Prince of Bavaria, 468.
Subserviency of the Spanish Ministers
to (1699), 474. His considerate at-
tention to James II. in his last illness,
539, 540. Question as to his recogni-
tion of James III., 541-543. An-
nounces his resolution to do so, to
James II., 543. Proclaims the Prince
of Wales king, 544. Visits him in
state at St. Germains, 545. Attempts
to excuse his conduct, 546. His con-
duct in respect to the Spanish succes-
sion, v. 647-655 et seq. His acknow-
ledgment, on the death of James II.,
of the Prince of Wales as King of
England, and its consequences, 657.
Sent an army into Spain to the as-
sistance of his grandson, 661. His
proceedings in support of his grandson,
Philip, 662-673. His reverses in Ger-
many, Italy, and the Netherlands, 674.
His policy, vi. 115. Character of his
government, 116, 117. His military
exploits, 249. His projects and affected
moderation, 269. His ill-humour at
the Triple Alliance, 274. His conquest
of Franche Comté, 274. His treaty
with Charles, 282. The early part of
his reign a time of licence, vii. 64. His
devotion, 499. His bitter regrets for

LIM

his former extravagances, v. 259. His
character as a king, 626.

Lewis XV., his government, vi. 450. Con-
dition of France when he came to the
throne, 627.

Lewis XVI., his character, vii. 140. His
position in 1792, 140, 141. His death,

146, 148.
Lewis XVIII., restoration of, compared
with that of Charles II., vi. 98. Le-

niency of his government at the Restor-
ation, vii. 198.

Lewis, Prince of Baden; his victories over
the Turks in 1689, iii. 146. And again
in 1691, 418.
Lexington, Lord, ii. 384.

Leyburn, John, Vicar Apostolic in Eng-

land, i. 538, 637; ii. 87. His advice
to James II., 241. Arrested by rioters,
316.
L'Hermitage; his account of the conduct
of the English people in the financial
crisis, iv. 251.

Libels on the Court of George III. in
Bute's time, vii. 231.

Libertinism in the time of Charles II., V.
220.

Liberty, public, Milton's support of, v. 32.
Its rise and progress in Italy, 50. How
regarded by the later ancient writers,
vii. 686. How regarded by historians
of the Plutarch class, v. 136. Peculiar
and essentially English character of
English liberty, 137. Political, views
with which it was regarded by the
French legislators of the Revolution,
635.

Licensing Act, iii. 633. The booksellers'
petition against it, 643. Abolished, iv.

124.

As-

442. Capitulates; the conditions; the
garrison have the option of entering the
French service, 447, 448. Persuasions
addressed to them, 449, 450. The