education there for a scholar of the highest class, for the term of 7 months, 15l. for the lower class, 107. 115. Angelo, Michael, observations on his style of painting, vii. 318. Anger, the necessity of checking and regulating it, iv. 66. A tumultuous and dangerous passion, derived from pride, 68. Exposed to contempt and derision, 70. The pernicious effects of it, 71, 72. Animal food, on the choice and rejection of various sorts of, viii. 281. Anningate and Ajut, the Greenland lovers, their history, vi. 267. 276. Anoch, account of, viii. 248. Consists only of three huts, 248. Account of the landlord and his house, 249. Anson, Lord, little advantage to have been expected, had his voyage succeeded to the extent of his wishes, viii. 62. Anthea, her disagreeable character, iv. 220. 225. Antony and Cleopatra, observations on Shakspeare's play of, ii. 158. Application, desultory, injurious to our improvements in knowledge. and virtue, v. 388. Active and diligent, strongly enforced by a view of the shortness and uncertainty of human life, 400. Arabs, account of their manner of living, iii. 406. Arbuthnot, Dr. with Pope, supposed to have assisted Gay in writing Three Hours after Marriage, x. 239. Sketch of his character, xi. 133. The first volume of the Memoirs of Scriblerus published by him, in conjunction with Pope and Swift, 136. Arcades, written by Milton, about 1637, ix. 92. Archery, the importance of, in former times, xii. 314. Arches, considerations on elliptical and semicircular, which is to be preferred, ii. 275. Architecture, the degenerate state of at Rome, ii. 280. Argatio, his character, iv. 179. Ariosto, some lines of, from which Pope seems to have borrowed the sentiments of his own epitaph, xi. 216. Aristophanes, licentiousness of his writings exorbitant, iii. 3. The only author from whom a just idea of the comedy of his age may be drawn, 5. History of, 16. Praise and censure of, 17. Plutarch's sentiments upon, 23. Justification of, 25. Aristotle, his sentiments of what is requisite to the perfection of a tragedy, v. 429. Account of a MS. translation of his politicks in the library at Aberdeen, viii. 224. Armidel, in the Isle of Sky, account of, viii. 266. Arms of the Highlanders, account of, viii. 351. Army, causes of the superiority of the officers of France to those of England, ii. 317. Made formidable by regularity and discipline, ii. 371. Art, terms of, the necessity of, vii. 280. Ascham, Roger, his life, xii. 308. Born at Kirby Wiske, near North Allerton, 1515, 308. Educated with the sons of Mr. Wingfield, and entered at Cambridge, 1530, 309. Applied to the study of Greek, 309. A favourer of the Protestant opinion, 309. Chosen fellow of St. John's, 1534, 310. M. A. and tutor, 1537, 312. Not less eminent as a writer of Latin than as a teacher of Greek, 313. Fond of archery, 323. Published his hilus, 1544 ་ 314. Receives a pension of 10. from Henry VIII. 317. The Assurance, not always connected with abilities, vi. 114. As You Like It, observations on Shakspeare's, ii. 146. Athanatus, his just reflections on the near prospect of death, iv. 344. Atheists, their industry in spreading their opinions, x. 304. Atterbury, Dr. his inscription on the monument of Philips, ix. 297. Avarice, fatal effects of insatiable, iv. 249. Aubigny, Lady, carries a commission from Ch. I. to Sir Nicholas Auchinleck, Lord, his seat at Auchinleck described, viii. 412. Augustus, review of Blackwell's Memoirs of the Court of, ii. 318. Auknasheals, account of the village of, viii. 256. Aurantius, his unjust and abusive treatment of Liberalis, vi. 141. 347. Austerities, and mortifications, their use in religion, v. 251. 13. Some peculiar discouragements to which he is exposed, 13. His proper task is to instruct and entertain, 14. The difficulty of executing it with advantage, 14. Increased by the caprice and ill-nature of his readers, 14. His acquisition of fame difficult, and his possession of it precarious, 139. The great difference between the productions of the same author accounted for, 141. Naturally fond of their own productions, 362. Many deluded by the vain hope of acquiring immortal reputation, v. 221. Their literary fame destined to various measures of duration, 223. vi. 35. Their being esteemed, principally owing to the influence of curiosity or pride, v. 224. Their proper rank and usefulness in society, 411. Characters of the manufacturers of literature, 32. As they grow more elegant become less intelligible, vii. 143. Difficulties they find in publishing their works, 222. The precarious fame of, 236. Who write on subjects which have been pre-occupied by great men generally sink, 265. Journal of an, 267. Seldom write their own lives, 405. Their lives full of incident, 406. Signs of knowing how a publication is received, 406. Writing their own lives recommended, 408. Their misfortune in not having their works understood by the readers, iii. 170. Not to be charged with plagiarism merely for similarity of sentiment, 214. Who communicate truth with success, among the first benefactors to mankind, 215. Hints for them to attract the favour and notice of mankind, 217. No want of topick whilst mankind are mutable, 218. The present age an age of authors, 252. Want of patronage complained of, 255. Qualifications necessary for an, 257. Their importance to the welfare of the publick, 285. The good they do to mankind compared to a single drop in a shower of rain, 288. Who provide innocent amusement, may be considered as benefactors to life, 289. Their condition with regard to themselves, 292. Their expectation before publication considered, 293. The pleasure and difficulties of composition, 294. After all, the publick judgment frequently perverted from the merit of his work, 296. The merit of his works ascertained by the test of time which they have retained fame, ii. 78. A century the term fixed for the test of literary merit, 79. The genius of the age to be considered in order to fix the abilities of, 71. The expectation they form of the reception of their labours, 422. Should not promise more than they can perform, ii. 320. May compile new works with old materials, 320. Some supposed to write for the sake of making sport for superiour beings, ii. 48. No longer master of a book which he has given to the publick, ii. 333. Authority, the accidental prescriptions of it often confounded with the laws of nature, vi. 96. Authority, parental, frequently exerted with rigour, vi. 45. B. BACON, Francis, Lord, the life prefixed to the edition of his Bail, the danger of becoming, exemplified in the character of Se- Baillet, his collection of critical decisions remarked, v. 138. Bards, uncertainty in the account of them, viii. 348. Bargains, the folly of buying bargains exposed, vii. 138. Barra, Island of, account of, viii. 368. Horses there not more than Barratier, John Phillip, his life, xii. 149. Son of a Calvinist mi- Bashfulness, sometimes the effect of studious retirement, vi. 106. Barretti, translation of some lines at the end of his Easy Phraseo- Bavaria, Elector of, invested with the imperial dignity, xii. 244. Baxter, Mr. Richard, incitement he often urged to the present ex- Bayes, that character designed for Dryden, ix. 350. That cha- Beaumont and Fletcher, their plots in Spanish stories, ix. 230. Beggars, the best method of reducing the number, ii. 344. As nu- Bellaria, her character, vi. 293. Bellarmine, Card. writes in defence of Paul V. against the Vene- Beneficence, mutual, the great end of society, iv. 358. The extent Benserade, Mons. translation of his lines, a son lit, i. 164. Betterton, a picture of him painted by Pope, xi. 74. Bible, the veneration always paid to sacred history, ix. 55. Biographia Britannica, many untruths in that publication in the Birch, Thomas, Els Bigxov, i. 186. Blackmore, Sir Richard, charged by Dryden with stealing the plan |