"Amidst the din of all things fell and vile,
Hate's yell, and envy's hiss, and folly's bray, Remember me; and with an unforced smile See riches, baubles, flatterers, pass away.
"Yes: they will pass away; nor deem it strange: They come and go, as comes and goes the sea: And let them come and go: thou, through all change, Fix thy firm gaze on virtue and on me.”
BBÉ and Abbot, difference between, v. 639. Abingdon, James Bertie, Earl of, i. 462. Deprived of the Lord Lieutenancy of Oxfordshire, ii. 131. Proposed for the Chancellorship of the University of Oxford, 206. Joins William of Orange, 266. Abjuration Bill, iii. 248, 249.
upon, in the Lords, 251, 252. Absalom and Achitophel of Dryden, cha- racter of it, v. 120.
Absolute Government, theory of, v. 310. Absolute Rulers, v. 280.
Academy, character of its doctrines, vi. 207. Academy, the French, its services to litera- ture, vii. 577.
Act of Grace, iii. 252. Exceptions to, 253. Was the act of William III. alone, 253, 254.
Adam, Robert, court architect to George III., vi. 231.
Adda, Ferdinand, Count of, Papal Nuncio in England, i. 538. Advises James II. to proceed legally, and with modera-
tion, 563 and note. Consecrated at St. James's Palace, ii. 87. Procession in honour of, at Windsor, 88. His report of the acquittal of the bishops, 179 note. His escape from England, 316. Addington, Henry, formation of his ad- ministration, vii. 399. His position as Prime Minister, 399. Resigns, 404. Raised to the peerage, 406. Addison, Joseph, i. 374 note. His picture
of a Dissenting minister, ii. 475 note. Review of Miss Aikin's life of him, vii. 52-122. His character, 53, 55. Sketch of his father's life, 54. His birth and early life, 55, 56. Appointed to a scholarship in Magdalene College, Ox- ford, 56. His classical attainments, 56, 58. His Essay on the Evidences of Christianity, 58, 115. Contributes a preface to Dryden's Georgics, 61. His intention to take orders frustrated, 62, 64. Sent by the government to the Conti- nent, 65. His introduction to Boileau,
Leaves Paris and proceeds to Venice, 69. His residence in Italy, 69-72. Composes his Epistle Montague (then Lord Halifax), 72. His prospects clouded by the death of William III., 72. Becomes tutor to a young English traveller, 73. Writes his Treatise on Medals, 73. Repairs to Holland, 73. Returns to England, 73. His cordial reception and introduction into the Kit Cat Club, 73. His pecu- niary difficulties, 73. Engaged by Go- dolphin to write a poem in honour of Marlborough's exploits, 75. Is appointed to a commissionership, 76. Merits of his "Campaign," 76. Criticism of his Travels in Italy, 57, 79. His opera of Rosamond, 79. Is made Under Secre- tary of State, and accompanies the Earl of Halifax to Hanover, 81. His election to the House of Commons, 81. His failure as a speaker, 81. popularity and talents for conversation, 82, 84. His timidity and constraint among strangers, 84. His favourite associates, 84-87. Becomes Chief Se- cretary for Ireland under Wharton, 87. Origination of the Tatler, 89, 90. His characteristics as a writer, 89-92. Compared with Swift and Voltaire as a master of the art of ridicule, 90, 91. His pecuniary losses, 93. Loss of his Secretaryship, 95. Resignation of his Fellowship, 95. Encouragement and disappointment of his advances towards a great lady, 95. Returned to Parlia- ment without a contest, 95. His Whig Examiner, 93. Intercedes with the Tories on behalf of Ambrose Phillipps and Steele, 96. His discontinuance of the Tatler and commencement of the Spectator, 96. His part in the Spec- tator, 96. His commencement and dis- continuance of the Guardian, 100. His Cato, 69, 100. His intercourse with Pope, 102, 104. His concern for Steele, 104. Begins a new series of the Spec- tator, 104. Appointed Secretary to the
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