71; a powerful restraint on the regal power, 71;
subsequent change in this respect, 71.
Arms, British, successes of, against the French in
1758-1760, 310, 311.

Army (the), control of by Charles I. or by the Par
liament, 75; its triumph over both, 79; danger of
a standing army becoming an instrument of des-
potism, 218, 219.

Arne, Dr, set to music Addison's opera of Rosa-
mond, 717-

Arragon and Castille, their old institutions favour-
able to public liberty, 242.
Art of War, Machiavelli's, 46.
Arundel, Earl of, 391.

Asia, Central, its people, 615.

Asiatic Society, commencement of its career under
Warren Hastings, 645.
Assemblies, deliberative, 308.

Association. See Catholic Association.

Astronomy, comparative estimate of by Socrates
and by Bacon, 399.

Athenian comedies, their impurity, 570; reprinted
at the two Universities, 570.
Athenians (the), Johnson's opinion of them, 181, 182.
Attainder, an act of, warrantable, 211.
Atterbury, Bishop, his reply to Bentley to prove the
genuineness of the Letters of Phalaris, 465; reads
the funeral service over the body of Addison, 743.
Attila, 543.

Attributes of God, subtle speculations touching them
imply no high degree of intellectual culture, 549.

Augustin, St, 548.

Aurangzebe, his policy, 507.
Austen, Jane, notice of, 694.

Austin, Sarah, her character as a translator, 547,
548 569.

Austria, success of her armies in the Catholic cause,
564

Authors, their present position, 123-126.

freedom from the spirit of controversy, 413; his
eloquence, wit, and similitudes, 413; his disci
plined imagination, 414; his boldness and origi-
nality, 415; unusual development in the order
of his faculties, 415; his resemblance to the mind
of Burke, 415; specimens of his two styles, 415;
value of his Essays, 416; his greatest performance
the first book of the Novum Organum, 417; con-
templation of his life, 417, 418.

Bacon, Sir Nicholas, his character, 351-354-
Baconian philosophy, its chief peculiarity, 392; its
essential spirit, 393; its method and object dif-
fered from the ancient, 397; comparative views
of Bacon and Plato, 397-402; its beneficent spirit,
401, 402. 404, 405; its value compared with an-
cient philosophy, 402-407.

Baillie, Gen, destruction of his detachment by
Hyder Ali, 634-

Balance of power, interest of the Popes in preserv
ing it, 564

Banim, Mr, his defence of James II. as a supporter
of toleration, 336.

Banking operations of Italy in the 14th century,
32, 33.

Bar (the), its degraded condition in the time of
James II., 88.

Barbary, work on, by Rev Dr Addison, 701.
Barcelona, capture of, by Peterborough, 256.
Baretti, his admiration for Miss Burney, 678.
Barillon, M., his pithy words on the new council
proposed by Temple, 447. 451.
Barlow, Bishop, 578.
Barrington, Lord, 749.

Barwell, Mr, 618; his support of Hastings, 620. 626,
627. 630.

Bastile, Burke's declamations on its capture, 653
Battle of the Cranes and Pygmies, Addison's, 704.
Bavaria, its contest between Protestantism and
Catholicism, 559 564.

Baxter's testimony to Hampden's excellence, 194.
Bayle, Peter, 551.

Beaumarchais, his suit before the parliament of
Paris, 390.

Beckford, Alderman, 764.

B.

Baber, founder of the Mogul empire, 506.
Bacon, Lady, mother of Lord Bacon, 354-
Bacon, Lord, review of Basil Montagu's new edition
of the works of, 349-418; his mother distinguished
as a linguist, 354; his early years, 356, 357; his
services refused by government, 357, 358; his ad-
mission at Gray's Inn, 358; his legal attainments,
358; sat in Parliament in 1593. 359; part he took
in politics, 359; his friendship with the Earl of
Essex, 360-365: examination of his conduct to
Essex, 365-369; influence of King James on his
fortunes, 369; his servility to Lord Southampton,
370; influence his talents had with the public, 370;
his distinction in Parliament and in the courts of
law, 371; his literary and philosophical works,
371; his Novum Organum," and the admiration
it excited, 371; his work of reducing and recom-
piling the laws of England, 372; his tampering
with the judges on the trial of Peacham, 372, 373;
attaches himself to Buckingham, 375; his ap
pointment as Lord Keeper, 376; his share in the
vices of the administration, 377; his animosity to
wards Sir Edward Coke, 379. 380; his town
and country residences, 380; his titles of Baron
Verulam and Viscount St Albans, 380; report
against him of the Committee on the Courts of
Justice, 382; nature of the charges, 382; over-
whelming evidence to them, 393; his admission of
his guilt, 383; his sentence, 384; examination of
Mr Montagu's anguinents in his defence, 384-390;
mode in which he spent the last years of his life,
390, 391; chief peculiarity of his philosophy, 392-
397; his views compared with those of Plato, 397-
402; to what his wide and durable fame is chiefly
owing, 404; his frequent treatment of moral sub-
jects, 406; his views as a theologian, 406; vulgar
notion of him as inventor of the inductive method,
407; estimate of his analysis of that method, 407.
410; union of audacity and sobriety in his temper,
411; his amplitude of comprehension, 412; his

Chatham, 755 761; presents remonstrance to
George III, 774

Bedford, Earl of, invited by Charles I. to form an
administration, 212.

Bedfords (the). 749; their opposition to the Rock-
ingham ministry on the Stamp Act, 777, their
willingness to break with Grenville on Chatham's
accession to office, 782; deserted Grenville and
admitted to office, 787; parallel between them and
the Rockinghams, 775

Bedford House assailed by a rabble, 774-
Begums of Oude, their domains and treasures, 641;
disturbances in Oude imputed to then, 641; their
protestations, 642, their spoliation charged against
Hastings, 656.

Belgium, its contest between Protestantism and
Catholicism, 559 564
Belial, 572.

Bell, Peter, Byron's spleen against, 153.
Bellasys, the English general, 251.
Bellingham, his malevolence, 694
Belphegor (the), of Machiavelli, 42.
Benares, its grandeur, 635, its annexation to the
British dominions, 640
"Benefits of the Death of Christ," 559.
Benevolences, Oliver St John's opposition to, and
Bacon's support of, 372.
Bengal, its resources, 517, et seq.
Bentham, his language on the French revolution, 319.
Bentham and Dumont, 271.
Bentinck, Lord William, his memory cherished by
the Hindoos, 547.

Bentivoglio, Cardinal, on the state of religion in
England, in the 16th century, 233

Bentley, Richard, his quarrel with Boyle, and re-
marks on Temple's Essay on the Letters of Phal-
aris, 465; his edition of Milton, 466, 699; his notes
on Horace, 466; his reconciliation with Boyle and
Atterbury, 467, 699.

Berar, occupied by the Donslas, 628.
Berwick, Duke of, held the Allies in check, 253;
his retreat before Galway, 257.
Bickerstaff, Isaac, astrologer, 723.
Biographia Britannica, refutation of a calumny on
Addison in, 74

Carlisle, Lady, 215.

299

Carthagena, surrender of the arsena and ships of,
to the Allies, 257.

Casina (the), of Plautus, 42.
Castile, Adiniral of, 252.

Castile and Arragon, their old institutions favour-
able to public liberty, 242

Castilians, their character in the 16th century, 240;
their conduct in the War of the Succession, 258;
their attachment to the faith of their ancestors,
555-

Castracani, Castruccio, Life of, by Machiavelli, 50.
Catholic Association, attempt of the Tones to put
it down, 597-

Catholic Church. See Church of Rome.
Catholicism, causes of its success, 548-551
Catholics and Jews, the same reasoning employed
against both, 136.

Catholics and Protestants, their relative numbers in
the 16th century, 232.

Catholic Queen (a), precautions against, 74.
"Cato," Addison's play of, its merits, and the con-
test it occasioned, 348; its first representation,
730, 731; its performance at Oxford, 731.
Cavaliers, their successors in the reign of George
I. turned demagogues, 745

Cavendish, Lord, his conduct in the new council of
Temple, 459, his merits, 775.
Cecil. See Burleigh.

Cecil, Robert, his rivalry with Francis Bacon, 357,
358 361, 362; his fear and envy of Essex, 358. 366
Increase of his dislike for Bacon, 361, his conver
sation with Essex, 361, his interference to obtain
knighthood for Bacon, 19

Cecilia, Madame D Arblay's, 695; specimen of its
style, 697, 693

Censorship, existed in some form from Henry VIII
to the Revolution, 346.
Cervantes, 240

Chalmers, Dr, Mr Gladstone's opinion of his defence
of the Church, 471.

Champion, Colonel, commander of the Bengal ariny,

617.

Chandernagore, French settlement on the Hoogley,
517; captured by the English, 520
Charlemagne, imbecility of lus successors, 507.
Charles, Archduke, his claim to the Spanish crown,
244; takes the field in support of it, 252; accom-
panies Peterborough in his expedition, 254; his
Success in the north east of Spain, 255; is pro
claimed king at Madrid, 257, his reverses and
retreat, 258, 259, his re-entry into Madrid, 260;
his unpopularity, 26c, concludes a peace, 261;
forms an alliance with Philip of Spain, 265.
Charles I, lawfulness of the resistance to, 15-18;
Milton's defence of his execution, 20; his treat-
ment of the Parliament of 1640, 62, his treatment
of Strafford, 66; estimate of his character, 67, 79,
80, 199; his fall, 79; his condemnation and its
consequences, 79-81, Hampden's opposition to
him, and its consequences, 199-206, resistance of
the Scots to him, 207, his increasing difficulties,
207; his conduct towards the House of Commons.
214-216; his fight, 216; review of his conduct and
treatment, 217-219, reaction in his favour during
the Long Parliament, 234; cause of his politica
Hunders, 281; effect of the victory over him on
the national character, 421.

Charles T. and Cromwell, choice between, 78.
Charles II., character of his reign, 22; his foreign
subsidies, go; his situation in 1000 contrasted with
that of Louis XVIII, 327, 328; his character, 329.
431 434 436 437 452; his position towards the
king of France, 332; consequences of his levity
and apathy. 333. 334; his Court compared with
that of his father, 430; his extravagance, 432; his
subserviency to France, 434-444; his renunciation
of the dispensing power, 442; his relations with
Temple, 443 445 460; his system of bribery of
the Commons, 443, 449, is dislike of Halifax,
457: his dismissal of Temple, 460; his social dis-
position, 580.

Charlotte, Queen, obtains the attendance of Miss
Burney, 682, her partizanship for Hastings, 660;
her treatment of Miss Burney, 688-690
Chatham, Earl of, character of his public life, 289-

go; his early life, 29c; his travels, 291; enters
the army, 21, obtains a seat in Parliament, 291;
attaches himself to the Whigs in opposition, 294;
his qualities as an orator, 295, 297; dismissed
from the army, 297, is made Groom of the Bed-
chamber to the Prince of Wales, 298; declaims
against the ministers, 298, 299; his opposition to
Carteret, 299, legacy left him by the Duchess of
Marlborough, 299, supports the Pelham ministry,
300 appointed Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, 300,
501, overtures made to him by Newcastle, 304;
made Secretary of State, 304; defends Admiral
Byng, 307, coalesces with the Duke of New-
castle, 304; success of his administration. 305-
313; his appreciation of Clive, 530-543, breach
between him and the great Whig connection,
543; review of his Correspondence, 744, in the
zenith of prosperity and gory, 744, his coalition
with Newcastle, 747, his strength in Parliament,
749; jealousies in his cabinet, 754; his defects,
755; proposes to declare war against Spain on
account of the family compact, 7:6; rejection of
his counsel, 756; his resignation, 757, the king's
gracious behaviour to him, 757; public enthusi
asm towards him, 757, his conduct in opposition,
750-764, his speech against peace with France
and Spain, 765; his unsuccessful audiences with
George III to form an administration 768, 709;
Sir William Pynsent bequeaths his whole pro-
perty to him, 771; bad state of his health, 771;
is twice visited by the Duke of Cumberland with
propositions from the king, 773.774; his condeia-
nation of the American Stamp Act, 777; is in-
duced by the king to assist in ousting Bucking-
ham, 781; morbid state of his mind, 781, 784; -
dertakes to form an admistration. 782, 784;
is created Earl of Chatham, 783; failure of his
ministerial arrangements, 783-736; loss of his
popularity and of his foreign influence, 783-787;
his despotic manners, 781. 784; lays an embargo
on the exportation of corn, 784; his first specch
in the House of Lords, 784, his supercilious
conduct towards the Peers, 784; his retirement
from office, 785; his policy violated, 785-737 ;
resigns the privy seal, 786; state of parties and
of public affairs on his recovery, 780, 787; his
political relations, 787, 783; his eloquence not
suited to the House of Lords, 788; opposed the
recognition of the independence of the United
States, 789, 790; his last appearance in the House
of Lords, 780, 790; his death, 790; reflections en
his fall, 790; his funeral in Westminster Abbey, 791.
Cherbourg, guns taken from, 310.
Chesterfield, Lord, his dismissal by Walpole, 293.
Cheyte Sing, a vassal of the government of Bengal,
636; his large revenue and suspected treasure,
637; Hastings' policy in desiring to punish him,
637.63; his treatment made the successful charge
against Hastings, 655.

Chillingworth, his opinion on apostolical succession,
403, became a Catholic from conviction, 551
Chinsurah, Dutch settlement on the Hougley, 517;
its siege by the English and capitulation, 531.
Chivalry, its form in Languedoc in the 12th century,

55 552

Cholmondely, Mrs, 678

Christchurch College, Oxford, its repute after the
Revolution, 465; issues a new edition of the Let
ters of Phalaris, 465.

Christianity, its alliance with the ancient philosophy,
395; light in which it was regarded by the Italians
at the Reformation, 555-
Church (the), in the time of James II., &
Church (the), Southey's Book of, 1er.
Church, the English, persecutions in her naine, gố;
High and Low Church parties, 718.
Church of England, its origin and connection with
the state, Co. 500, 501; its condition in the time of
Charles I., 115. 110; endeavour of the leading

Whigs at the Revolution to alter its Liturgy and
Articles, 343-495; its contest with the Scotch na-
tion, 344; Mr Gladstone's work in defence of it,
470, 471; his arguments for its being the pure Ca-
tholic Church of Christ, 423, 490; its claims to
apostolic succession discussed, 490-497; views re-
specting its alliance with the state, 497-502; con-
trast of its operations during the two generations
succeeding the Reformation, with those of the
Church of Rome, 561, 562.

Church of Rome. its alliance with ancient philoso-
phy, 395; causes of its success and vitality, 545,
542; sketch of its history, 550-569.
Churchill, Charles, 88. 762.

Cicero, partiality of Dr Middleton towards, 350,
351; the most eloquent and skilful of advocates,
351; his epistles in his banishment, 360; hus opin-
ion of the study of rhetoric, 48.

Cider, proposal of a tax on, by the Bute adminis
tration, 765.

Civilisation, England sprogress in,due to the people,

122

Civil privileges and political power identical, 135-
Civil war, its evils the price of our liberty, 18; con-
duct of the Long Parliament in reference to it,
67.68. 79-

Clarendon, Lord, his character, 89, 90; his testi-
mony in favour of Hampden, 201, 212, 213, 219.
221, 222; his literary merit, 350; his position at the
head of affairs, 430, 431-434; his faulty style, 439;
his opposition to the growing power of the Com
mons. 450; his temper, 450.

Clarke, Dr Samuel, 549.
Clarkson, Thomas, 694.

Classical learning, love of, in Italy in the 14th cen-
tury, 33

Clavering, General, 618; his opposition to Hastings,
600-623; his appointment as Governor-General,
626; his defeat, 627; his death, 6.8.
Cleveland, Duchess of, her favour to Wycherley
and Churchill, 579-580.

Clifford, Lord, his character, 438; his retirement,
442; his talent for debate, 449.

Clive, Lord, review of Sir John Malcolms Life of,
502-547; his family and boyhood, 503; his ship: |
ment to India, 503; his arrival at Madras, and
position there, 504, 505; obtains an ensign's com-
inission in the Company's service, 506; liis attack,
capture, and defence of Arcot, 511-513; his sub-
sequent proceedings, 514, 515; his marriage and
return to England, 515; his reception, 515; enters
Parliament, 516; returns to India, 517; his subse-
quent proceedings, 517-525; his conduct towards
Omichind, 523; his pecuniary acquisitions, 527.
528; his transactions with Meer Jaffier, 527, 528,
appointed Governor of the Company's possessions
in Bengal, 528; his dispersion of Shah Alum's
army, 529; responsibility of his position, 530; his
return to England, 530; his reception, 530, 531;
his proceedings at the India House, 532, 535;
nominated Governor of the British possessions in
Bengal, 515; his arrival at Calcutta. 535; sup-
presses a conspiracy, 535-537; success of his fe-
reign policy, 537; his return to England, 539; his
unpopularity, and its causes, 539-544; invested
with the Grand Cross of the Bath, 544: his speech
in his defence, and its consequence, 545; his life
in retirement. 545. 546; reflections on his carcer,
546, 547; failing of his mind, and death by his own
hand, $46.

Clizi, Machiavelli's, 42.

Clodius, extensive bribery at the trial of, 385.
Club room, Johnson's, 184,

Coalition of Chatham and Newcastle, 308, 309. 757.
Cobham, Lord, his malignity towards Essex, 368,
Casar Borgia, 43.

Cesar, Claudius, resemblance of James I. to, 198
Car compared with Cromwell, 82.

Caesars (the), parallel between them and the Tudors,
not applicable, 231.

Coke, Sir R., his conduct towards Bacon, 358. 379;
his opposition to Bacon in Peacham's case, 374;
his experience in conducting state prosecutions,
373; his removal from the Bench, 379; his recon-
Ciliation with Buckingham, and agreement to
marry his daughter to Buckingham's brother, 379;
his reconciliation with Bacon, 389; his behaviour
to Bacon at his trial, 33.

Coleridge, relative "correctness" of his poetry, 147:
Byron's opinion of him, 153

Coligni, Gaspar de, reference to, 772.
Collier, Jereiny, sketch of his life, 588-591; his pub-
lication on the profaneness of the English stage,
590-593; his controversy with Congreve, 591, et seq.
Colloquies on Society, Southey's, 99; plan of the
work, 103, 104.

Colonics, 241; question of the competency of Par-
liament to tax them, 777-
Colonna, Fabrizio, 45.

Comedy (the) of England, effect of the writings of
Congreve and Sheridan upon, 40, 41.

Comic Dramatists of the Restoration, 570-596; have
exercised a great influence on the human mind,

Commonwealth, 576, 577.
Comus, Milton's, 6. 8.

Condé, Marshal, compared with Clive, 546.
Confians, Admiral, his defent by Hawke, 310.
Congreve, sketch of his carcer at the Temple, 586.
587; sucess of his "Love for Love," 588; his
"Mourning Bride," 583; his controversy with
Collier, 592, 593: his "Way of the World," 593;
his position among men of letters, 594; his at-
tachment to Mrs Bracegirdle, 595; his friendship
with the Duchess of Marlborough, 595; his death
and capricious will, 595; his funeral in Westmin-
ster Abbey, 595: cenotaph to his memory at
Stowe, 596; analogy between him and Wycher-
ley, 596

Congreve and Sheridan, effect of their works upon
the comedy of England, 40, 41; contrasted with
Shakspeare, 41.

Conquests of the British arms in 1758-1760, 3103
Constance, council of, put an end to the Wickliffe
schism, 553. 554

Constitution (the) of England, in the 15th and 18th
centuries, compared with those of other Euro
pean states, 70; the argument that it would be
destroyed by admitting the Jews to power, 134;
its theory in respect to the three branches of the
legislature, 741. 742

Constitutional government, decline of on the Con-
tinent early in the 17th century, 72, 73,
Constitutional History of England, review of Hal-
lam's, 51-99.

Constitutional Royalists in the reign of Charles I.,

213 216.

Conway, Henry, 770; Secretary of State under
Lord Rockingham, 775; returns to his position
under Chatham, 783-785; sunk into insignificance,
787.

Conway, Marshal, his character, 531.
Cooke, Sir Anthony, his learning, 354.
Co-operation, advantages of, 476.
Coote, Sir Eyre, 629; his character and conduct in
council, 630; his great victory of Porto Novo, 035.
Coral, ceded to the Mogul, 614.
"Correctness" in the fine arts and in the sciences.
148-150; in painting, 149, 150; what is meant by
it in poetry, 148, 149.

Corruption, parliamentary, not necessary to the
Tudors, 277; its extent in the reigns of George
I. and II., 753, 754.

Corsica given up to France. 787.
Cossimbazar, its situation and importance, 606
Council of York, its abolition, 210.

Country Wife of Wycherley, its character and
inerits, 581; whence borrowed, 585.
Courtenay, Rt. Hon. T. P, review of his Memoirs
of Sir William Temple, 412-468; his concessions
to Dr Lingard in regard to the Triple Alliance,
435; his opinion of Temple's proposed new coun-
cil, 446, 447; his error as to Temple's residence,

451.

Cousinhood, nickname of the official members of
the Temple family, 423.
Covenant, the Scotch, 27.
Covenanters (the), their conclusion of a treaty with
Charles I., 207.
Coventry, Lady, 674

Cowley, dictum of Denham concerning him, 2;

deficient in imagination, 5; his wit, 275, 704; his
admiration of Bacon, 417.

Cowper, Earl, Keeper of the Great Seal, 717.
Cowper, William, 152; his praise of Pope, 153; his
friendship with Warren Hastings, 605.
Cox, Archdeacon, his eulogium on Sir Robert Wal-
pole, 280

Coyer, Abbé, his imitation of Voltaire, 724
Craggs, Secretary, 302; succeeds Addison, 740;
Addison dedicates his works to him, 742.
Craumer, Archbishop, estimate of his character, 58.
Crebillon the younger, 272.

Crisis, Steele's, 736.

Crisp, Samuel, his early career, 672; his tragedy of
Virginia, 674; his retirement and seclusion, 674.
675; his friendship with the Burneys, 675; his
gratification at the success of Miss Burney's first
work, 677; his advice to her upon her comedy,
679; his applause of her "Cecilia," 679.
Criticism, remarks on Johnson's code of, 180, 181.
Critics, professional, their influence over the read-
ing public, 126.

Croker, Mr, his edition of Bosweil's Life of Dr John-
son, reviewed, 160-185.
Cromwell, Oliver, his elevation to power, 8r; his
character as a legislator, 82; as a general, 83;
his administration and its results, 84; embarked
with Hampden for America, but not suffered to
proceed, 206; his qualities, 222; his administra-
tion, 328. 330; treatment of his remains, 329; his
abilities displayed in Ireland, 428, 429; anecdote
of his sitting for his portrait, 603.
Cromwell and Charles, choice between, 78.
Cromwell and Napoleon, remarks on Mr Hallam's
parallel between, 82-85.

Cromwell, Henry, description of, 425.
Cromwell, Richard, 750.

Crown (the), veto by, on Acts of Parliament, 75; its
control over the army, 75; its power in the 16th
century, 228, 229; curtailment of its prerogatives,
278; its power predominant at the beginning of
the 17th century. 447; decline of its power during
the Pensionary Parliament, 449; its long contest
with the Parliament put an end to by the Revolu-
tion, 452. See also Prerogative.

Crusades (the), their beneficial effect upon Italy, 32.
Culpeper, Mr. 213.

Cumberland, the dramatist, his manner of acknow-
ledging literary merit, 677.

Cumberland, Duke of, 531: the confidential friend
of Henry Fox, 762; confided in by George III.,
772; his character, 772, 773; mediated between
the King and the Whigs, 773.

D.

Dacier, Madame, 707
D'Alembert, Horace Walpole's opinion of him, 272.
Dallas, Chief Justice, one of the counsel for Hast
ings on his trial, 659.

Danby, Earl, 278; his connection with Temple,
abilities and character, 442, 443; impeached and
sent to the Tower 445: owed his office and duke-
dom to his talent in debating, 449
Danger, public, a certain amount of, will warrant a
retrospective law, 211.

Dante, his Divine Comedy, 9, 33; comparison of
him with Milton, 9, et seq.; "correctness" of his
poetry, 147; story from, illustrative of the two
great parties in England after the accession of the
House of Hanover, 745-

D'Arblay, Madame, review of her Diary and Let-
ters, 668-681; wide celebrity of her name, 668;
her Diary, 663, 669; her family, 669; her birth,
and education, 669, 670; her father's social posi-
tion, 670; her first literary efforts, 672, her friend-
ship with Mr Crisp, 672. 678; publication of her
"Evelina." 676, 678; her comedy, "The Wit-
lings,678, 679; her second novel, "Cecilia," 674:
death of her friends Crisp and Johnson, 680; her
regard for Mrs Delany, 680; her interview with
the king and queen, 680; accepts the situation of
keeper of the robes, 681; sketch of her life in this
position, 682-685; attends at Warren Hastings
trial, 685; her espousal of the cause of Hastings,
685; her incivility to Windham and Burke, 685;
her sufferings during her keepership, 682. 686, 690;
her marriage and close of the Diary, 691; publi-
cation of "Camilla," 691; subsequent events in

her life, 691, 692; her death, 692; character of,
her writings, 692-695; change in her style, 696-
697; specimens of her three styles, 697, 698.
failure of her later works, 698; service she ren
dered to the English novel, 699
Dashwood, Sir Francis, Chancellor of the Exche
quer under Bute, 759; his inefficiency, 765, 997.
Davies, Tom, 167.

Davila, one of Hampden's favourite authors, 202.
Daylesford, site of the estate of the Hastings
family, 604; its purchase and adornment by
Hastings, 665, 665,

De Augmentis Scientiarum, by Bacon, 371 391.
Debates in Parliament, effects of their publica-
tion, 96.

Debt, the national, effect of its abrogation, 108;
England's capabilities in respect to it, 122.
Declaration of Right, 341

"Declaration of the Practices and Treasons at-
tempted and committed by Robert Earl of
Essex," by Lord Bacon. 365.

Dedications, literary, more honest than formerly,

123, 124.

De Guignes, 671.

Delany, Dr, his connection with Swift, 680; his
widow, and her favour with the royal family,
680, 681.

Delhi, its splendour during the Mogul empire, 506.
Delium, battle of, 427.

Democracy, violence in its advocates induces re-
action, 227.

Democritus, reputed the inventor of the arch, 393 ;
Bacon's estimate of him, 394-
Demosthenes, 388

Denham, dictum of, concerning Cowley, 2.
Denmark, contrast of its progress to the retrogres-
sion of Portugal, 565.

Dennis, John, Pope's narrative of his Frenzy, 732;
his attack upon Addison's "Cato," 731.
Devonshire, Duchess of, 658, 6ge,
Devonshire, Duke of, forms an administration after
the resignation of Newcastle, 306; Lord Cham
berlain under Bute, 760; dismissed from his lord-
lieutenancy, 764; his son invited to court by the
King, 774

Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, reviewed,
668-699.

Dionysius, his inconsistency of character, 666.
Discussion, free, its tendency, 114

Dissent, cause of, in England, 562, 563; avoidance
of, in the Church of Rome, 563; its extent in the
time of Charles I., 113, 114. See also Church of
England.

Dissenters (the), examination of the reasoning of
Mr Gladstone for their exclusion from civil offices,
481-484.

Disturbances, public, during Grenville's administra-
tion, 774

Divine right, 16.

Division of labour, its necessity, 471; illustrations
of the effects of disregarding it, 471.
Dodington, Bubb, 749,

Donne, John, comparison of his wit with Horace
Walpole's, 275

Dorset, the Earl of, the patron of literature in the
reign of Charles 11.. 173. 581.

Double Dealer, by Congreve, its reception, 587;
his defence of its profaneness, 592.
Dover, Lord, review of his edition of Horace Wal-
pole's Letters to Sir Horace Mann, 267-288. See
Walpole, Sir Horace.

Dowdeswell, Mr, Chancellor of the Exchequer
under Lord Rockingham, 775-

Drama (the), its origin in Greece, 7: causes of its
dissolute character soon after the Restoration, 577.
Dramas, Greek, compared with the English plays
of the age of Elizabeth, 147

Dramatic art, the unities violated in all the great
masterpieces of, 147, 148.

Dramatic literature shows the state of contemporary
religious opinion, 234.

Dramatic Works (the) of Wycherley, Congreve,
Vanbrugh, and Farquhar, review of Leigh Hunts
edition of, 570-596.

Dramatists of the Elizabethan age, manner in which
they treat religious subjects, 234, 235
Drogheda, Countess of, her character, acquaint-
ance with Wycherley, and marriage, 581; its con-
sequences, 581, 582
Drummond. Mr. 551