his sensitiveness to criticism,
355; the interpreter between
Wordsworth and the multi-
tude, 357; the founder of
an exoteric Lake school, ib.;
remarks on his dramatic
works, 357-362; his ego-
tism, 363 ff.; cause of his
influence, 366 ff.
CAESAR BORGIA, 100 f.
Cæsar, Julius, compared with
Cromwell, 189.
Casina (the) of Plautus, 97.
Castracani, Castruccio, Life of,
by Machiavelli, 116.
Catholics and Jews, the same
reasoning employed against
both, 321..
Catholic Queen (a), precautions
against, 172.
Charles 1., lawfulness of the
resistance to, 35, 42 ff.;
Milton's defence of his
execution, 48; his treat-
ment of the Parliament of
1640, 142 f.; his treatment
of Strafford, 153; estimate
of his character, 155, 184
ff.;
his fall, 182;
his
condemnation and its con-
sequences, 182, 185, 187.
Charles I. and Cromwell,
choice between, 181.
Charles II., character of his
reign, 52; foreign subsidies,
209.
Church (the) in the time of
James II., 204.
Church, Southey's Book of the,
233.
Church, the English, persecu-
tions in her name, 128 ff.
Church of England, its origin,
and connection with the
state, 139; its condition in
the time of Charles 1., 262.
Churchhill, John, 203.
Civilisation, England's pro-
gress in, due to the people,
282.
Civil privileges and political
power identical, 312 ff.
Civil war, its evils the price of
our liberty, 44 f.; conduct
of the Long Parliament in
reference to it, 154, 179.
Clarendon, Lord, his character,
205 f.
Classical learning, love of, in
Italy in the 14th century,
77 f.
Clixia, Machiavelli's, 97.
Coleridge, relative 'correct-
ness' of his poetry, 341;
Byron's opinion of him, 354.
Colloquies on Society, Southey's,
228; plan of the work,
238 f.
Comedy (the) of England,
effect of the writings of
Congreve and Sheridan
upon, 94.
Commerce and manufacture,
their extent in Italy in the
14th century, 75 f.
Commons, House of, increase
of its power, 216 ff.
Comus, Milton's, 16, 19.
Congreve and Sheridan, effect
of their works upon the
comedy of England, 94;
contrasted with Shakspeare,
95.
Constitution (the) of England,
in the fifteenth and eigh-
teenth centuries, compared
with those of other European
states, 161 f.; the argument
Constitutional History of Eng-
land, review of Hallam's,
119-227.
'Correctness' in the fine arts
and in the sciences, 339 ff.;
in painting, 345; what is
meant by it in poetry, 339 ff.
Cowley, dictum of Denham
concerning him, 5; deficient
in imagination, 12.
Cowper, William, 351; his
praise of Pope, 352.
Cranmer, Archbishop, estimate
of his character, 135 ff.
Critics, professional, their in-
fluence over the reading
public, 290.
Cromwell, Oliver, his eleva-
tion to power, 187; his
character as a legislator,
189; as a general, 190 f.;
his administration and its
results, 191 ff.
Cromwell and Charles, choice
between, 181.
Cromwell and Napoleon,
remarks on Mr. Hallam's
parallel between, 189 ff.
Crown (the), veto by, on Acts
of Parliament, 172; its con-
trol over the army, 173 f.
See also Prerogative.
Crusades (the), their beneficial
effect upon Italy, 75.
DANTE, his Divine Comedy, 21,
77; comparison of him with
Milton, 21 ff.; 'correct-
ness' of his poetry, 340.
Debates in Parliament, effects
of their publication, 221.
Debt, the national, effect of its
abrogation, 249; England's
capabilities in respect to it,
281 f.
Dedications, literary, more
honest than formerly, 286.
Denham, dictum of, concern-
ing Cowley, 5.
Discussion, free, its tendency,
260 f.
Dissent, its extent in the time
of Charles 1., 262. See also
Church of England.
Divine Right, 37.
Drama (the), its origin in
Greece, 17.
Dramas, Greek, compared with
the English plays of the age
of Elizabeth, 342.
Dramatic
art, the
unities
violated in all the great
masterpieces of, 342.
Dryden, the original of his
Father Dominic, 95; his
merits not adequately
appreciated in his day,
286; alleged improvement
in English poetry since his
time, 349; the connecting
link of the literary schools
of James 1. and Anne, 356 f.
EDEN, PICTURES
OF, in old
Bibles, 345; painting of,
by a gifted master, ib.
Education in Italy in the four-
teenth century, 77 f.
Egotism, why so unpopular in
conversation, and so popular
in writing, 366.
FABLE (A) OF PILPAY, 283.
Falkland, Lord, his conduct in
respect to the bill of attainder
against Strafford, 152; his
character as a politician,
168 f.
Fictions, literary, 67.
Finance, Southey's theory of,
246 ff.
Fine arts (the) in Italy in the
fourteenth century, 77.
Florence, state of, in the four-
teenth century, 76 f.; its
History, by Machiavelli,
116 f.
France, illustration from the
history of, since the Revolu-
tion, 198 f.
Funds, national. See National
Debt.
GARDEN OF EDEN, PICTURES OF,
in old Bibles, 345; painting
of, by a gifted master, ib.
George II., political state of the
nation in his time, 217.
George II., his accession the
commencement of a new
historic era, 216.
Gifford, Byron's admiration of,
354.
Government, doctrines of
Southey on the duties and
ends of, stated and ex-
amined, 252 ff.; its con-
duct in relation to infidel
publications, 266 f.
Greece, its history compared
with that of Italy, 81 f.;
its degradation and rise in
modern times, 336.
Greek drama, its origin, 17;
compared with the English
plays of the age of Eliza-
beth, 342.
Greeks, difference between
them and the Romans, 87;
their social condition com-
pared with that of the
Italians of the middle ages,
on the proceedings of the
Long Parliament, and
the question of the justice of
the civil war, 154 ff.; his
opinion on the nineteen
propositions of the Long
Parliament, 171; on the
veto of the crown on Acts
of Parliament, 173; on the
control over the army, ib.;
on the treatment of Laud,
and on his correspondence
with Strafford, 177; on the
execution of Charles I., 182;
his parallel between Crom-
well and Napoleon, 189; his
character of Clarendon, 206.
Hampden, John, his conduct
in the ship-money affair
approved by the Royalists,
144; effect of his loss on
the Parliamentary cause,
180 f.
Harrison's Introduction to Holin-
shed, on the condition of
the working classes in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth,
"Heathens' (the) of Crom-
well's time, 58.
Hebrew writers (the), resem-
blance of schylus to, 17.
Helvetius, allusion to, 9
Henry VII., effects of his
accession, 217.
Henry VIII., his position be-
tween the Catholic and the
Protestant parties, 138.
Historical romance, as dis-
tinguished from true history,
119 f.
Homer, difference between his
poetry and Milton's, 14;
one of the most correct
poets, 340; Pope's transla-
tion of his description of a
moonlight night, 341.
House of Commons (the), in-
crease of its power, 216 ff. ;
change in public feeling in
respect to its privileges,
220; its responsibility, 222
ff.
Iconoclast, Milton's, allusion to,
64.
Idolatry, 25 f.
Imagination, great strength of
Milton's, 13.
Impostors, fertile in a reform-
ing age, 350 f.
Infidelity, on the treatment of,
265.-
Intolerance, religious, effects
of, 266 f.
Italian Masque (the), 19.
Italians, their character in the
middle ages, 85 f.; their
social condition compared
with that of the ancient
Greeks, 111 f.
Italy, state of, in the dark
ages, 71 f.; progress of
civilisation and refinement
in, 72 ff; its condition
under Cæsar Borgia, 102 f.
JAMES I., 140 f.
James 11., the causes of his ex-
pulsion, 38; administration
of the law in his time, 204.
Jews (the), review of the Civil
Disabilities of, 309-325;
argument that the Constitu-
tion would be destroyed by
admitting them to power,
309 ff.; the argument that
they are aliens, 315; in-
consistency of the law in
respect to them, 316 f.;
their exclusive spirit a natural
consequence of their treat-
ment, 318; argument against
them, that they look forward
to their restoration to their
own country, 319 ff.
Job, the book of, 17.
Jonson, Ben, 98; his Hermo-
genes, 359.
Judges (the), condition of their
tenure of office, 171.
Judgment, private, Milton's
defence of the right of, 61 f.
Judicial bench, its character in
the time of James 11., 204.
LABOURING CLASSES (the), their
condition in England and on
the Continent, 273 f.; in
the United States, 275 f.
Latin poems, excellence of
Milton's, 13.
Laud, Archbishop, his treat-
ment by the Parliament,
177; his
correspondence
with Strafford, ib.
Law, its administration in the
time of James II., 204.
Laws, penal, of Elizabeth, 126 f.
Learning in Italy, revival of,
77 f.; causes of its decline,
79 ff.
Legitimacy, 37.
Lemon, Mr., his discovery of
Milton's Treatise on Christian
Doctrine, 1.
Libertinism in the time of
Charles II., 202.
Liberty, public, Milton's sup-
port of, 46; its rise and
progress in Italy, 73 f.
Life, human, increase in the
term of, 272.
Literary men more inde-
pendent than formerly, 286
f.; their influence, 290
ff.
Literature of the Roundheads,
34; of the Royalists, 35;
of Italy in the fourteenth
century, 77 f.
Livy, Discourses on, by Ma-
chiavelli, 108 f.; compared
with Montesquieu's Spirit of
Laws, 112 ff.
Long Parliament (the), con-
troversy on its merits, 40 ff.;
its first meeting, 143; its
early proceedings, 154 ff.;
its conduct in reference to
the civil war, 156; its nine-
teen propositions, 171; its
faults, 175 ff.; censured by
Mr. Hallam, 177; its errors
in the conduct of the war,
179 f.; treatment of it by
the army, 182.
Lorenzo de Medici, state of
Italy in his time, 78 f.
Medici (the
younger), dedication of
Machiavelli's Prince to
him, 108.
MACHIAVELLI, his Works, by
Périer, 67; general odious-
ness of his name and works,
67 f.; suffered for public
liberty, 69; his elevated
sentiments and just views,
70; held in high estimation
by his contemporaries, 71;
state of moral feeling in
Italy in his time, 71 ff.;
his character as a man, 90
ff.; as a poet, 93 ff.; as a
dramatist, ib.; as a states-
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