Blake, Robert, Admiral, his life, xii. 41. Son of a merchant, and born at Bridgewater, 1598, 41. Entered at Oxford, 1615, where he continued to 1623, 41. On being refused a fellowship of Wadham College, retires to the country, 42. Chosen member for Bridgewater, by the Puritan party, 1640, 42. Declares for the Parliament, and raises a troop of dragoons, 43. Governor of Taunton, 1645, which he defends against lord Goring, 43. Commissioner of the navy, 1648-9, 43. Sent in pursuit of Prince Rupert, whom he drives into the Tagus, 44. Takes seventeen and burns three Portuguese ships, 44. Takes a French man of war, valued at one million, 44. Drives prince Rupert into Car- thagena, 45. Attacks the prince in the harbour of Malaga, 45. Takes a French man of war in the Mediterranean, 45. His con- duct in the war with Holland, 1652, 46. His opinion that it is not the business of a seaman to mind state affairs, 54. Sent with a fleet into the Mediterranean, 1654, 56. Forces Algiers to sub- mission, 1656, 56. Obliges Tunis and Tripoli to submit to him, 56. Obliges the governor of Malaga to give up a priest who had beat some sailors for paying no respect to a procession of the host, 57. Destroys the plate fleet of Spain, 1656, 58. Died at sea, and buried in Henry VIIth's Chapel, 60. After the Restoration, his body taken up, and thrown into a pit in St. Margaret's church- yard, 60. His military character, by lord Clarendon, 61. His moral character, by the author of Lives English and Foreign, 61. Got his brother discharged from the command of a ship for not having done his duty, 62.
Blackwell, Thomas, review of his Memoirs of the Court of Augustus, ii. 319. His vanity censured, 320.
Blackfriars Bridge, considerations on the plans offered for the con- struction of, ii. 375.
Blount, Martha, some account of her acquaintance with Pope, xi. 143.
Bluster, Squire, some account of his infamous character, vi. 9. Body Natural and Body Politick, the parallel between, vii. 135. Boerhaave, Herman, M. D. his life, xii. 11. Born at Voorhout, near Leyden, 1668, 11. His character of his father, 12. Designed for the ministry, 12. A stubborn ulcer on his thigh, the cause of his turning his thoughts to medicine, 13. His progress in learn- ing at Leyden, 14. Loses his father, 1682, 14. His diligence at the university, 15. Continues in the study of divinity, 16. His fortune being exhausted by his education, he reads lectures in mathematicks, 17. Begins to study physick, 17. Engages in the practice of chemistry, 18. Makes researches in botanical knowledge, 19. Takes the M. D. degree at Hardwich, 1693, 19. Designs to obtain a licence to preach, but finds difficulties, from being suspected of atheism, 20. Cause of that suspicion, 20. Begins the practice of physick, 21. Invited to settle at the Hague, but refuses it, 22. Elected professor of physick, 1701, 23. Recommends the study of Hippocrates, and reads lectures as well in chemistry as physick, 23. Invited to the professorship of phy- sick at Gottengen, which he refuses, 24. Recommends mathe-
maticks in the science of physick, 24. Advanced to the highest degrees of the university, 1714, 25. Makes an oration, recom- mending the attaining to certainty in natural philosophy, 25. This oration opposed by the professor of Franeker, who at length submits to him, 26. Elected member of the academy of sciences at Paris, 1728, 27. Professor of chemistry at Leyden, 1718, 27. Violently afflicted with the gout, 1722, 28. Seized with a vio- lent fever, 1727, 29. Resigns his professorships of botany and chemistry, 1726, 30. Visited by patients from all parts of Eu- rope, 31. His readiness at discovering disorders, 31. His own account of his last illness, 31. His opinion of the soul, 33. Died 1738, 34. His person described, 34. His character, 34. Ca- talogue of his works, 39. His serious reflection on the execution of criminals, v. 272.
Boerhaave, James, character of him, by his son Herman Boerhaave, xii. 11.
Boetius, Hector, (first president of the king's college, Aberdeen), account of him, viii. 223. His revenue, as president, forty Scot- tish marks, about 21. 4s. 6d. 330.
Boileau, his opinion of epick poetry, ix. 364. His sentiments on the power of diction, vi. 164.
Bolingbroke, Lord, supposed to have declared his opinions to Mr. Hooke, though he concealed them from Pope, xi. 127. Pope leaves his MS. papers to him, 145. Burns 1500 copies of the Patriot King, printed by Pope without his knowledge, 146. Em- ploys Mallett to traduce the memory of Pope, and Warburton de- fends it, 146. Leaves his works to Mallett, 352. Bombasine, Mrs. her character, iv. 74.
Books, the study of them not sufficient to constitute literary eminence, vi. 86. Observations on the multiplication of, vii. 343. Com- pilations in general useless, 343. Multiplication of books dis- tracts choice, and disappoints inquiry, 376. Of travels, most generally read of any, and in general disappoint their readers, 386. How they tend to the civilization of mankind, ix. 150. The various motives to reading, 152.
Booksellers, their treatment of authors complained of, vii. 223. Bower, Archibald, patronized by lord Lyttelton, xi. 384. Boyle, Robert, philosophy much improved by his discoveries, v. 225. His opinion of the best expedients for promoting manufactures,
Bracelet, observations on the re-appearance of it, vii. 155. Pro- posal to make them a mark of distinction of the character or tem- per of the wearer, 156. Proper emblems for soldiers to wear on bracelets, 158.
Braidwood, Mr. account of his academy at Edinburgh for the deaf and dumb, viii. 414.
Brazil, account of the Indians on that coast, xii. 108.
Brevity, on what occasions it is necessary and useful in an author, iv. 5.
Bridges, considerations on the strength of arches for bridges, viii. 376. Bristol, and London, delineated by Savage, x. 386.
Britain, Great. See Great Britain.
Brodeus, Græcorum Epigrammatum Versiones Metricæ, i. 192. Brogues, those made use of in the isles of Sky, described, viii. 267. Broom, Betty, history of her life, vii. 100. Educated in a charity school, 100. Objected to as a servant, because she could read and work. 101. Goes to London, and an account of the various places she engaged in there, 102. 113. Five hundred pounds left her by her mistress, with which she resolves to retire into the coun- try, and teach poor girls to read and write, 116. Broome, William, born in Cheshire, xi. 49. Educated upon the foundation at Eton, and sent to St. John's College, 49. In con- junction with Ozell and Oldisworth, translates the Iliad, 50. Assists Pope in the notes to the Iliad, 50. Some pieces of his poetry in Pope's Miscellanies, 50. Assists Pope in the translation of the Odyssey, 50. Wrote all the notes to the Odyssey,
51. Browne, Edward, M. D. his life, xii. 271. Son of Sir T. Browne, born at Norwich, 1642, 271. Educated at Norwich, first entered at Cambridge, and removed to Oxford, 272. Travelled through Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Thessaly, 1668 and 1669, 293. Published his Travels, 603. Physician to Charles II. and Bar- tholomew's Hospital, 294. Assists in the translation of Plutarch's Lives, 294. President of the college of physicians, and died 1708, 294. Browne, Thomas, answers Dryden's Hind and Panther, ix. 360. Some account of him, 361.
Browne, Sir Thomas, his life, xii. 271. Descended from a family in Cheshire, and born at London, 1605, 271. Educated at Win- chester, 271. Deprived of part of his fortune by a guardian, 272. Entered gentleman-commoner at Oxford, 1623, 272. Practised physick in Oxfordshire, 272. Goes to Ireland with his father- in-law, 272. Travels through France and Italy, 272. Created M. D. at Leyden, 273. Returns to London about 1634, 273. Wrote Religio Medici, 1635, 273. History of that publication, 274. Translated into Latin, Italian, German, Dutch, and French, 278. Settled at Norwich, 1636, 279. Incorporated M. D. at Oxford, 1637, 279. Married Mrs. Mileham, 1641, 279. Printed his Inquiry into Vulgar Errors, 1646, 280. Writes his Hydriotaphia, 1658, 282. His account of the belief of the an- cients of a future state, 283. His Treatise on the Garden of Cy- rus, 284. His partiality to quincunx figures, 284. Two collec- tions of his posthumous works, one published by Dr. Tenison, the other, 1722, 286. Account of these collections, 286. Chosen honorary fellow of the college of physicians, 1665, 291. Knighted by Charles II. 1671, 291. Died at Norwich 1682, 292. His epitaph, 292. His character by Mr. Whitefoot, 294. Remarks on his style of writing, 303. Some expres- sions in his works tending to Deism and atheism, accounted for, 304.
Browny (the fairy), account of, viii. 342.
Brumoy's Greek Theatre, general conclusion to, iii. 61.
Brun, Le, saying of Prior to the king of France on the paintings of, x. 160.
Buccarelli, the propriety of his attack of Fort Egmont considered, viii. 114.
Buckingham, Edmund, Duke of, Pope's epitaph on him, with the Visitor's criticisms, xi. 157.
Buckinghamshire, John Sheffield, Duke of, characterizes Dryden under the character of Bayes, in the Rehearsal, ix. 349. His life, x. 148. Son of Edmund earl of Mulgrave, was born 1649, 148. Not satisfied with his tutor, undertakes his own education at twelve years of age, 148. Served under prince Rupert, in the war against the Dutch, 148. Commanded an independent troop of horse, 149. Had a quarrel with the earl of Rochester, 149. Served at sea in the Dutch war, 1672, 149. Obtains a garter, and made gentleman of the bedchamber, 150. Entered into the French service, 150. Lieutenant of Yorkshire, and governor of Hull, 150. Sent with 2000 men to the relief of Tangier, 150. Ac- cepts places under king James, whom he attends to mass, 151. Acquiesces in the Revolution, 152. Made marquis of Norman- by, 1694, 152. Received into the cabinet council, with a pension of 3000l. 152. Said to have courted queen Anne, when young, 153. Made lord privy seal, 153. Lord lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire, 153. Made duke of Normanby, and after of Buckinghamshire, 153. Joined the Tories, 153. Offered the Chancellorship, 153. Lord chamberlain of the household, 153. After the queen's death opposed the court, 153. Died Feb. 24, 1720-21, 153. His character, 154. character as a writer, 154. Bucolus, his account of Mrs. Busy's economical character and con- duct, v. 426.
Budgel, Eustace, writes the Epilogue to Philips's translation of Ra- cine's Andromache, xi. 251.
Buller of Buchan, account of the extraordinary cavity there, viii. 228.
Burman, Peter, his life, xii. 168. Born at Utrecht, 1668, 168. Educated at Utrecht, and admitted into the university in his thirteenth year, 168. His quick acquirement of learning, 169. Becomes a pupil under Grævius, 170. Studied philosophy at Leyden, 171. Doctor of laws, 1688, 172. Travelled into Switzerland and Germany, 172. Collector of the tenths, 1691, 172. Visits Paris, 1714, where he is introduced to Montfaucon, 173. Professor of history, eloquence, and the Greek language, at Leyden, 1715, 175. Chief librarian at Leyden, 176. Died March 31, 1741, 176. His character, 176. Catalogue of some of his works, 179.
Burnet, Gilbert, Observations on Dryden's Answer to his Remarks on Varillas, ix. 358.
Business, the neglect of it foolish and pernicious, vi. 240. The folly of a man's attempting to do too much business himself, by which all is neglected: exemplified in the history of Jack Whistler, vii. 72. Very seldom reckoned a pleasure, 405.
Bustle, Lady, her character expressive of the active scenes of a country life, iv. 325.
Busy, Mrs. the particularities of her character, v. 426.
Butler, Samuel, assisted Buckingham in writing the Rehearsal, ix. 349. His life, 183. The son of a farmer at Strensham, Wor- cestershire, born 1612, 183. Not known whether he was of either university, 184. Clerk to a justice of the peace in Worcester- shire, 185. Amused himself in musick and painting, 185. Taken into the family of the countess of Kent, 185. Afterwards into the family of sir S. Luke, 185. Secretary to the earl of Carbury, and steward of Ludlow Castle, 186. Married Mrs. Herbert, 186. Part I. of Hudibras published, 1663. Part II. 1664, 186. Supposed to have been secretary to the duke of Buckingham, when chancellor of Cambridge, 187. Story of his being to be introduced to the duke of Bucks, by Mr. Wycherly, 187. Part III. of Hudibras published, 1678, 188. Died 1680, and interred in the church-yard of Covent-garden, 188. Reported to have received 100l. a year of the treasury, 182. Copy of his monument in Westminster-abbey, 189. Three vols. of his post- humous works published, 189. Two vols. more, lately by Mr. Thier, of Manchester, 189. He ridiculed the establishment of the Royal Society, 190. Character of his Hudibras, 190.
CADENCY, in poetick numbers considered, v. 143. Cairne, in Sky, a burying-place, described, viii. 272. Calamities, the duty of not sinking under, iii. 397. Calder Castle, account of, viii. 236.
Calumnies, the difficulty in suppressing, xii. 21.
Camilla, her affected disrelish of the dispositions and conduct of her own sex exposed, v. 279, 281.
Canaries, Islands of, account of the first discovery and settlement of, ii. 214. John de Cerda crowned king of the Canaries, 215. Candidus, his history, iii. 177.
Cannon, two observations on the danger of, x. 149.
Cantilinus, his low taste censured, vi. 218.
Capel, Edward, observations on his edition of Shakspeare, ii. 122. Captator, a legacy hunter, his history, vi. 327. 332.
Castles in the Hebrides, account of, viii. 402. Evidences of the fic- tions of chivalry having had the manners of feudal times for their basis, 405.
Catacombs, visited by Rasselas, iii. 347.
Catalogue of the Harleian Library, plan of the catalogue, ii. 170. General use of catalogues, 171.
Cato, rather a poem in dialogue than a play, x. 118. Extracts from Mr. Dennis's Observations, 119.
Cattle, importance of breeding, 281. Progress of breeding, from the time of Abraham, 281. Account of those bred in the islands of Sky, 308.
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