44. Married the countess dowager of Manchester, 44. Chan-
cellor of the exchequer, 1694, 45. Completed a re-coinage,
45. Projected the general fund, and raised the credit of the
exchequer, 45. Impeached by the commons, but the articles
were dismissed by the lords, 45. Dismissed from the council
by queen Anne, 46. Again attacked by the commons, and
protected by the lords, 46. Negotiated the Union with Scot-
land, 46. Appointed one of the regents at the death of the
queen, 46. Created earl of Halifax, by Geo. I. 46. Flattered
by all the poets of the time, except Swift and Pope, 47. Fed
with dedications, and no dedicator went unrewarded, 47. Ra-
ther a pretender to taste than really possessed of it, xi. 92. Story
of Pope's reading his translation of the Iliad to him, 92.
Hamet, the Indian, the moderation and modesty of his desires, iv.
250.
Hamet, the poet, his ingratitude, vi. 292.
Hammond, Dr. Henry, his dispute with Cheynel in defence of the
Practical Catechism, xii. 203.
Hammond, Dr. James, his life, x. 274. Born about 1710, and educated
at Westminster, 275. Equerry to the prince of Wales, 275. A
companion of Cobham, Lyttelton, and Chesterfield, 275. Mem-
ber of parliament for Truro, 275. Died in June, 1741, 276.
The Preface to his Elegies, written by the earl of Chesterfield, 276.
Hamlet, observations on Shakspeare's tragedy of, ii. 167.
Hanmer, Sir Thomas, observations on his edition of Shakspeare's
works, ii. 20. Epitaphium, iii. 81. Epitaph paraphrased by
Dr. Johnson, i. 143. 145.
Hanway, Jonas, Review of his Eight Days' Journey from Ports-
mouth to Kingston-upon-Thames, with an Essay on Tea, ii. 333.
Reply to a Paper of his in the Gazetteer of May 26, 1757, 263.
Happiness, not promoted by fortune, rank, or capacity, iii. 244.
Our indulging chimerical wishes of it, often productive of great
disappointment, iv. 27. When dependent upon external circum-
stances, precarious and delusive, 33. Chimerical provision for it
exploded, 35, 36. Of mankind dependent not upon opinion,
but on practice, 174. The insufficiency of sensual pleasures to
procure it, 345. The folly of repining at it in others, 401.
The anxieties by which it is often disturbed in females, v. 341.
The fruition of it dependent on our own sensations, vi. 60. The
highest we can enjoy in this life derived from self-approbation,
and the applauses of conscience, 61. The methods by which it
may be often destroyed, 209. Distant and lasting, secured only
by the forbearance of present gratifications, 223. Human
schemes of promoting it visionary and delusive, 359. 386. The
general pursuit of it at a distance, ii. 184. To be acquired only
by industry, 185. The folly of a tradesman's seeking it in rural
retirement, 228. The folly of beholding it at a distance, 241.
How advanced by comparison with misery, 246. Not to be
found in idleness, 249. Generally found in labours of great
and laudable undertakings, 250. The happiest man who is in
want of the fewest things, 259. The false pursuit of, censured,
262. The uncertainty of, 265. No man to be concluded
happy before he dies, 265. Inquiry into the value and import-
ance of, viii. 37. Not well enjoyed without a knowledge of the
miseries of life, iii. 307. Inquiry into, 333. Not to be found
in the company of young men of spirit and gaiety, 350. Not
in pastoral life, 354. Not in the greatest prosperity, 356. Not
in a state of solitude, 358. Not in living according to nature,
361. Not in high stations, 365. Not in private life, 366.
Not often found between parents and children, 369. Not in the
single life, 373.
Harcourt, Hon. Simon, Pope's Epitaph on him, with the visitor's
criticisms on it, xii. 204.
Hard words, on the use of, vii. 279.
Hartley, Lord, character as a minister, xi. 11.
Harleian Library, account of it, ii. 171. Plan of the Catalogue,
171. General use of catalogues, 173. The care and expense
with which this collection was made, 175. General idea of the
contents, 175.
Harleian Miscellany, introduction to that work, ii. 284.
Harmony, the end of poetical measures, v. 117.
Harmony and friendship, by what methods maintained and secured,
Hawkesworth, Dr. Inscription written by him, and put up at Rug-
by, to the memory of Joseph Cave and his two sons, xii. 217.
Hawkins, Capt. John, his unfortunate expedition to Mexico, xii.
Hawkins's Maiden Land. See Falkland Islands.
Health, the necessity of it to the duties and pleasures of life, iv. 308.
The folly and wickedness of squandering it, 308. The anxious
care of it in the valetudinarian, vain and ridiculous, 308. The
disadvantages attending the loss of it, 308. The power of it in
exalting the happiness of life, 309. Neglected by the votaries
of business, and the followers of pleasure, 311. By what me-
thods to be preserved, v. 258.
Hearne, Mr. Thomas, the antiquary, his just reflection on the fra-
gility of human life, v. 4.
Heartless, Peggy, a young lady just married, her complaint of liv-
ing in a second floor when she came to London, because Mr.
Quick found objections to all other lodgings, vii. 346.
Hebrides, Johnson's Journey to, viii. 209. Set off from Edinburgh,
Aug. 18, 1773, 209. Account of Inch Keith, 209.
St. Andrews, 211. Account of Aberbrothick, 216.
of Montrose, 219. Account of Aberdeen, 221.
Slane's Castle, and the Buller of Buchan, 227.
Banff, 230. Account of Elgin, 233. Account of Fores, Calder,
and Fort George, 235. Account of Inverness, 237. Account
of Lough Ness, 240. Account of the Fall of Fiers, 245. Ac-
count of Fort Augustus, 247. Account of Anoch, 248. Ac-
count of Glensheals, 256. Account of the Highlands, 258.
Account of Glenelg, 264. Account of Sky and Armidel, 266.
Account of Coriatachan, in Sky, 271. Account of the Island of
Raasay, 278. Account of Dunvegan, 289. Account of Ulinish,
295. Account of Talisker, in Sky, 300. Account of Ostig, in
Sky, 303. Account of the Island of Col, 359. Account of Gris-
sipol, in Col, 361. Account of the Isle of Rum, 367. Account
of the Island of Barra, 368. Account of the Isle of Mull, 380.
Account of the Isle of Ulva, 386. Account of Inch Kenneth,
388 Account of Icolmkill, 395. Account of Iona, 396. Ac-
count of Lochbuy, 402. Account of Inverary, 409. Account of
Glasgow, 410.
Heedful, Sophia, her history, vii. 390.
Henry II. Story of the publication of his life, by lord Lyttelton, xi.
Henry IV. observations on Shakspeare's plays of, ii. 150.
Henry V. observations on Shakspeare's play of, ii. 152.
Henry VI. observations on Shakspeare's plays of, ii. 153.
Henry VIII. observations on Shakspeare's play of, ii. 157.
Henry, King of France, observations on the epitaph on his heart, ii.
276.
Hercules, his death cannot well be painted, vii. 180.
Hermeticus, his secret for detecting incontinence, vi. 344.
Hermit, history of an, iii. 358. His directions for the choice of life,
359.
Hertford, Countess of, obtains Savage's pardon for the murder of Sin-
clair, x. 312.
Hesiod, his distribution of mankind into three classes, iv. 441.
Hesitation, the effect of indolence and divided attention, v. 403.
Hickman, Miss, Verses to her, playing on the Spinnet, i. 156.
Highlands of Scotland, account of, viii. 258. Mountainous countries
commonly contain the oldest inhabitants, 258. A robber sheltered
from justice, any man of the same clan might be taken in his place,
260. Used to have the execution of the laws amongst themselves,
262. Their lairds supported their claims in the field, to make
treaties, and form alliances, 263. Origin of clans, 264. Great
improvement in their manners, 277.
Highlanders, civility a part of their national character, viii. 240.
One of their huts described, 243. Chiefly acquire the English
language from the army or navy, 249. The most savage clans
live next the lowlands, 249. Raising of rents one of the means
of driving them to emigration, 249. Definition of whom are in-
tended by that name, 267. Uncertainty of the information re-
ceived from them, 268. The plaid rarely worn in the islands,
269. Unwillingness of the Highlanders to lay aside the plaid,
270. The law which deprived them of arms considered, 320.
State of justice there considered, 322. Causes of their emigra-
tions considered, 326. Their habitations described, 333. Their
food, 335. Their bagpipes and pipers, 337. Their schools, 338.
Their religion, 339. Their superstition much abated, 342. Ac-
count of their bards, 343. Their attention to genealogies, 349.
Their domesticks paid by particular pieces of beef, 350. Their
arms, 351. Their funerals, 352.
Hill, Aaron, a friend to Savage, x. 300. Corrects Savage's tra-
gedy of Sir T. Overbury, and writes the Prologue and Epilogue,
300. Encourages a volume of Savage's Miscellany of Poems by
publishing his story in the Plain Dealer, and by which seventy
guineas was left for him in a few days, 301.
Hints, the folly of giving orders to servants by hints, vii. 182.
Hippocrates, Sir R. Blackmore's censure of his Aphorisms, x. 218.
Hirsutus, his character, vi. 217.
History, the writers of it often chargeable with the depravation of
mankind, v. 52. The difficulty of writing a good one, 329. Eng-
land remarkably barren of historical genius, 329. Not to be writ-
ten in the style of poetry, vii. 318. Presses on the mind with the
weight of truth, 339. Not so useful to make a man wise as bio-
graphy, 339. Many of the relations of historians would not be
credited unless well authenticated, 350.
Hogarth, W. Epitaph for him, i. 164.
Homer, the Iliad taanslated by Broome, Ozell, and Oldesworth, xi.
50. A play formed from the Iliad, by Pope, when at school, xi.
56. A translation of the Iliad proposed to be published by sub-
scription, by Pope, 76. History of the notes, 81. His life writ-
ten by Parnell, 81. 654 copies subscribed for, and the money re-
ceived by Pope, 5320l. 4s., 83. History of Pope's translation of
the Iliad, 83. Extracts from the first translation, 84. Proposals
published by Pope for a translation of the Odyssey, 104. Pope's
translation in the British Museum, 105. The translation com-
pleted in 1725, 106. 819 copies subscribed for, 106. The trans-
lation criticised by Spence, 106. Pope's translation of the Iliad
considered, 183. Observations on the notes, 186. Pope's trans-
lation of the Odyssey considered, 186. Remarks on the propriety
of his versification, v. 130, 131. 144. 147. Why reckoned inferior
to Virgil, by Scaliger, 140.
Honours, transitory, Cicero's reflections upon them, 300.
Hope, described by Cowley, ix. 37. The strong influence of it upon
our resolutions and actions, iv. 9. Of remote advantages should
be indulged with caution, as it often vitiates the human under-
standing, 11, 12. Frequently attended with discontent and im-
patience, 27. Fallacious and afflictive, necessary in some degree
in every condition of life, 423. 427. The rational advantages of
it acquired by wisdom and fortitude, 428. The visionary and de-
lusive amusements of it subside in age and want, 429. It ought
to be cherished when it operates as an excitement of industry, v.
292. It predominates amidst frequent disappointments, vii. 323.
In what respect the chief happiness of man, 367. Its frustration
less dreadful than its extinction, vii. 234.
Horace, remarks on several passages of, iii. 172. Lib. iv. Ode vii.
translated, i. 157.
Horses, account of those in the islands of Sky, viii. 309. In the
island of Barra not more than 26 inches in height, 368.
Horse-racing, the folly of, iii. 162.
Hospitals for the sick, the use and advantages of, vii. 15. Their
being made permanent recommended, 15. Danger from the com-
petitions between different hospitals, 16.
Howard, Sir Robert, joins Dryden in writing the Indian Queen, ix.
312. Has a controversy with Dryden on dramatick rhyme, 319.
Part II. 1664. Part III. pub-
taken from Don Quixote, 184.
Being written on a temporary
Hudibras, Part I. published 1663.
lished 1678, ii. 180. The idea
The characters compared, 184.
subject, is now nearly forgotten, vii. 237.
Hughes, John, his life, x. 142. Born at Marlborough, in Wiltshire,
142. Educated in a dissenter's academy, 142. Became skilled
in poetry and musick, 142. Held a place in the office of ordnance,
142. Translated Fontenelle's Dialogues of the Dead, and added
two new ones, which he dedicates to lord Wharton, who promised
to provide for him in Ireland, 144. Assisted in the Tatler, Spec-
tator, and Guardian, 144. Made secretary to the commissioners
of peace, 1717, 146. Died in 1719-20, 147. Account of his
works, 147. His character according to Swift and Pope, 147.
Hum, story of Burnet and Sprat respecting the practice of humming
when sermons were approved of, x. 41.
Human Wishes, the Vanity of, in imitation of the Tenth Satire of
Juvenal, i. 15.
Humour, good, the peculiar value of this quality, v. 7, 8.
Humorist, considerations on that character, iii. 281.
Hungary, Queen of, opposes the king of Prussia's claim on Silesia,
xii. 235. Surrenders half of Silesia to the king of Prussia, 237.
Opposed on every side, prepares for resistance, 245. 500,000.
voted to her by the English parliament, 246. Makes peace with
the king of Prussia, and surrenders the remaining half of Silesia
to him, 250. Proceedings against the army of France, 252.
Hunt, Arabella, account of her, x. 200.
Huntingdon, sermon at, in commemoration of the conviction of the
witches of Warbois, iii. 84.
Hymenæus, his account of the disagreeable qualities of some ladies,
v. 265. 271. 278. 284. His marriage with Tranquilla, and the
happiness connected with it, vi. 159.
Hyperboles, examples of enormous and disgusting, ix. 29.
Hyperdulus, account of his treatment by his relations, vi. 51.
Hypertatus, his reflections upon the conveniences and advantages of
a garret, v. 292. 299.
Hypocrisy, not always to be charged upon such as are zealous for
virtues which they neglect to practise, iv. 90. Wherein it differs
from affectation, 134.
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