compared to new monarchs, 96. The cruelty of combinations for
or against young actors, 98. The origin of tragedy and comedy,
ii. 84. Advantages of the mingled drama, 85. Tragedy, come-
dy, and history, distinguished, 86. Objections to the want of
unity of time and place removed, 95.
Stage-coach, characters in a stage-coach, iii. 191.
Standish, Mrs. her character, iv. 76.
Startle, Will, his story, vii. 314.
Steady, Tom, his story, vii. 313.
Steele, Sir R. sold the comedy of the Drummer for 50 guineas, x.
95. His controversy with Addison on the "Peerage Bill," 102.
Patronises Savage, 290. Story of writing a pamphlet, 291.
Story of his being served by bailiffs in livery, 292. Proposes
marrying one of his natural daughters to Savage, 293. Discards
Savage, 293. The early friendship between him and Addison,
75. Borrows 1002. of Addison, which he reclaims by an execution,
75.
Stella, invited by Swift into Ireland, xi. 7. Removes to Dublin,
and marries Swift, 21. Dies Jan. 28. 1728. Her end supposed
to have been hastened by the neglect of Swift, 29. Evening,
an Ode to, xi. 142. Ode to, 143. In mourning, 146.
Ode to,
Stepney, George, his life, ix. 291. Descended from the family at
Pendegrast, Pembrokeshire, born at Westminster, 1663, 291.
Educated at Westminster, and removed to Cambridge, 291. En-
gaged in many foreign employments, 291. Died in 1707, and
buried in Westminster Abbey, 292. His epitaph, 292. Cha-
racter of his works, 293,
Stoicks, their erroneous system concerning evil, iv. 207.
Strafford, Lord, character of, by sir John Denham, ix. 80.
Strand, characterized, i. 3.
Study, exercise the best relaxation from, xii. 13. The imbecility of
spirit incident to persons addicted to it, vi. 103.
Sturdy, Bob, his story, vii. 337.
Style, the alteration of it humorously displayed, v. 228.
Subordination, the necessity of, in places of publick education, xi.
192. Inquiry into the nature of, viii. 27. The necessity of, 27.
Sunday, the different methods of employing that sacred season, iv.
194. The true method recommended, 198.
Superfluities and necessaries of life considered, vii. 147.
Superstition, a disposition irrational and terrifying, iv. 283. The
danger of falling into, iii. 341.
Supreme good, falsely supposed by some to be a state of quiet, vii.
Suretyship, the danger of, exemplified in the character of Candidus,
iii. 177.
Suspicion, often the concomitant of guilt, v. 51.
An enemy to vir-
tue and happiness, 51. Old age peculiarly addicted to it, 52.
Suspirius, the screech-owl, his character, iv. 377.
Swift, Dean, Jonathan, sir R. Blackmore's observations on the Tale
of a Tub, xi. 1. His life, 2. His birth and parentage uncer-
An account, said to be written by himself, says he was
the son of an attorney, and born in Dublin, St. Andrew's Day
1667, and another account delivered by himself to Pope, states
his being the son of a clergyman, and born at Leicester, 1. Edu-
cated at Kilkenny, and entered in Dublin University 1682, 2.
Admitted bachelor of arts by special favour, 2. Attends his
studies very close, 2. On the death of his uncle Godwin Swift,
he is introduced to sir W. Temple, who patronises him, 2.
King William offers to make him captain of horse, 3. Consult-
ed by the earl of Portland on triennial parliaments, 3. The
disorder which brought him to the grave supposed to be first con-
tracted by eating fruit, 4. Takes the degree of master of arts
at Oxford, July 5, 1692, 4. Pays an annual visit to his mother
at Leicester, and generally on foot, 4. Leaves sir W. Temple
in discontent 1694, 5. Enters into the church, and obtains the
prebend of Kilroot, in Conner, 5. Returns to Temple, and
gives up his prebend, 5. Wrote Pindarick Odes to the king,
Temple, and the Athenian Society, 5. Dryden's declaration,
that Swift would never be a poet, 6. Temple dies, and leaves
his MSS. to Swift, of whom he had obtained a promise of the
first vacant prebend of Westminster, or Canterbury, but never
performed, 6. Dedicates Temple's posthumous Works to the
king, 6.
Goes to Ireland with the earl of Berkeley as private
secretary, 6. Disappointed of the deanery of Derry, he gets two
small livings in the diocese of Meath, 7. Invites Stella to Ireland,
7. Publishes the Dissensions in Athens and Rome, in 1701, 7.
In 1704, the Tale of a Tub, 7. In 1708, the Sentiments of a
Church-of-England-Man, and some other pamphlets, 9. Enters
into the service of lord Harley, 1710, 10. Writes thirty-eight
papers in the Examiner, 11. Publishes a Proposal for correcting
&c. the English Tongue, 13. Writes a Letter to the October
Club, 13. In 1712, publishes the Conduct of the Allies, 14.
Reflections on the Barrier Treaty, and Remarks on the Intro-
duction to vol. iii. of Burnet's History of the Reformation, 15.
Discovers the misery of greatness, 16. Accepts the deanery of
St. Patrick's 1713, 17. Refuses 50l. of lord Oxford, but accepts
of a draught of 1000l. on the exchequer, but intercepted by
the death of the queen, 17. Keeps a journal of his visits, &c.
17. Endeavours to reconcile lord Oxford and Bolingbroke,
but in vain, 18. Publishes in 1714, the Publick Spirit of the
Whigs, in answer to the Crisis, 18. 3001. offered for the dis-
covery of the author, 19. Retires in 1714, into Berkshire, 19.
Goes to settle on his deanery in Ireland, 19. Writes several
other political pamphlets, 20. Mrs. Johnson removes from the
country to a house near the deanery, 21. Marries Mrs. John-
son, 21. Becomes popular by recommending to the Irish the use
of their own manufactures, 22. Account of the death of Vanessa,
22. Acquires fresh esteem by the Drapier's Letters, 23. 300/.
offered for the discovery of the author, 24. His conduct to his
butler, who was entrusted with the secret, 26. Makes his butler
verger of St. Patrick's, 26. Obtains the appellation of the Dean,
26. In 1727, publishes his Miscellanies, 3 vols. and Gulliver's
Travels, 27. His wife dies Jan. 28, 1728, 29. He greatly la-
ments her death, though supposed to have hastened it by neglect,
29. His discourse with Bettesworth the lawyer, 29.
money to the poor without interest, but requires the repayment
without charity, 32. His continual increasing asperity, 33.
His giddiness and deafness increases, 33. Always careful of his
money, 34. Polite conversation, published 1738, 34. Directions
for servants, soon after his death, 34. Loses his mental powers,
35. Dies in October 1744, in his 78th year, 36. His powers as
an authour, 37. Dictated political opinions to the English, 37.
Delivered Ireland from plunder and oppression, 37. Irish may
date their riches and prosperity from his patronage, 38. Remarks
on his works, 38. Deserted the Whigs, when they deserted their
principles, 39. His character as a churchman, 39. His person,
temper, and economy, 40. Story of Gay and Pope visiting him
after they had supped, 42. His character by Dr. Delaney, 45.
Promotes the subscription for Pope's translation of the Iliad, 96.
Joins with Pope in publishing 3 volumes of Miscellanies, 109.
Published the first volume of the Memoirs of Scriblerus, in con-
junction with Pope and Arbuthnot, 136. Narrowness of mind in
his letters, 160. The report of Pope having written a defama-
tory life of him groundless, 162. His history of the last years of
queen Anne, saved by an accident, vii. 260.
Sycophants, their infamous character, v. 213.
Sydenham, Thomas, his life, xii. 180. Born at Winford Eagle, in
Dorsetshire, 1624, 180. Entered commoner of Magdalen Hall,
Oxford, 1642, 181. Supposed to have spent some time in arms,
181. Bachelor of physick 1648, 181. Did not take up the
practice of physick without having qualified himself for it, as was
reported, 182. Practises physick in Westminster, 117. Died
1689, 189. His character, 189.
Symerons, or fugitive Negroes, enter into treaty with sir Francis
Drake, xii. 76.
TACKSMAN in Sky, described, viii. 311. Complaints of them
shown to be unjust, 311.
Tacksman in Col, account of, viii. 369.
Talisker in Sky, account of, viii. 300.
Taming of the Shrew, observations on Shakspeare's, ii. 157.
Tantalus, his fabled punishment a strong image of hungry servility,
vi. 186.
Tasso, represents spirits as promoting or obstructing events by ex-
ternal agency, ix. 60. Represents the pleasures and splendours of
heaven, 60.
Taste, low, censured, vi. 218.
Tate, Nahum, died in the Mint, in extreme poverty, x. 66.
Tatler, notes of some of the writers, x. 83. Designed to divert the
attention of the people from publick discontent, 86.
Taxation no Tyranny, an answer to the resolutions and address of
the American Congress [1775], viii. 155.
Tea, review of Mr. Hanway's Essay on, ii. 333. The use of, in
China, 334. Rise and progress of the use of, in England, 334.
First imported from Holland, 1666, 335. First price 31. per lb.
which it continued to 1707, 335. Descended to the lower class
1715, 335. Clandestinely imported from France, 1720, 335. In
1755, 2000 tons imported, 336. The mischiefs of, 336. 339.
345. Other causes of the mischiefs ascribed to tea, 339.345.
Tears, the true taste of, ix. 36.
Tediousness in a Poet, the most fatal of all faults, x. 179. Charac-
terized, 179.
Temper, good, by what means it is frequently vitiated, v. 23.
Temperance, the cause of, vii. 358.
Tempest, general observations on Shakspeare's, ii. 141.
Tempest, Tom, a friend of the house of Stuart, history of, vii.
Temple, Rev. Mr. his character of Gray, xi. 369.
Temple, Sir William, patronises Swift, xi. 3. Leaves his MSS. to
Swift, 6.
Templeman, Geographia Metrica, Latinè, i. 213.
Temptations to vice, the motives to resist them, with the difficulty at-
tending that resistance, iv. 444.
Tenants, the orders of, in the isles of Sky, viii. 318.
Terms of Art, the necessity of, vii. 281.
Ternate, account of the king and inhabitants of, xii. 138.
Tetrica, a lively example of habitual peevishness, v. 21.
Thales, the departure of, from London, i. 3.
Theatre, Greek, general conclusion to Brumoy's, iii. 61.
Theobald, exposes the deficiencies of Pope's edition of Shakspeare,
xi. 103. Celebrated by Pope in the Danciad, 108. Observations
on his edition of Shakspeare, ii. 119.
Theocrito, Excerpta ex, i. 218.
Theodore, the Hermit of Teneriffe, the vision of, ii. 398.
Thief and Pirate contrasted, viii. 102.
Thirlby, Mr. assists Pope in the notes to the kliad, xi. 81.
Thomson, James, his life, xi. 221.
Son of a minister at Ednam, in
Roxburgh, born 1700, 221. Educated under Mr. Riccarton, 221.
Removes to London, 222. Becomes acquainted with Mallet and
Aaron Hill, 223. Sells his poem on Winter to Mr. Millar,
223. Dedicates his Winter to Sir Spencer Compton, from whom
he receives a present of 20 guineas, 223. Is recommended by
Dr. Rundle to lord chancellor Talbot, 224. Publishes Summer,
a poem on the death of sir Isaac Newton, and Britannia in 1727,
225. Is entertained in the family of lord Binning, 225. Pub-
lishes Spring in 1728, and Autumn 1730, 226. Writes Sopho-
nisba 1727,226. The prologue to Sophonisba written by Pope
and Mallet, 226. Travels with a son of chancellor Talbot, 226.
Gets the place of secretary of briefs, 227. Writes his poem on
Liberty, 227. Loses his place by the death of the chancellor,
228. Allowed a pension of 1007. a year by the prince of Wales,
228. Writes the tragedy of Agamemnon 1738, 228. Licence
refused to his Edward and Eleonora, 229. In conjunction with
Mallet writes the Mask of Alfred, 229. Writes Tancred and
Sigismunda 1745, 229. Appointed surveyor general of the Lee-
ward Islands, 230. Publishes his last piece, the Castle of Indo-
lence, 230. Died 1748, and buried at Richmond, 230.
His per-
son described, 230. His tragedy of Coriolanus brought on the
stage after his death by the friendship of sir George Lyttelton
and Mr. Quin, 230. His friendly letter to his sister, 231. Cha-
racter of his works, 235.
Thought, the power of in animals, vii. 92. Some men never think,
Whether the soul always thinks, 93. Further inquiries on
Thraso, his reflections on the influence of fear and fortitude,, v. 352,
353.
Thrasybulus, a remarkable instance of being deluded by flattery, vi.
Thrale, Mrs. impromptu on her completing her 35th year, i. 165.
Thyer, Mr. publishes 2 vols. of Butler's Works, ix. 187.
Tickell, Thomas, his life, x. 267. Born 1686, at Bridekirk, in Cum-
berland, 267. Entered at Oxford April 1701, 267. Initiated
under the patronage of Addison, 367. His translation of Homer
preferred to Pope's, 368. A conversation between Pope and Ad-
dison on the translation, 368. Under secretary to Mr. Addison,
272. Secretary to the lords justices of Ireland, 272. Died April
23, 1740, 272. A contributor to the Spectators, 273. The trans-
lation of the Iliad, published by him, supposed to have been Ad-
dison's, xi. 99.
Time, the principal employment of it should be directed with a view
to the end of our existence, v. 58. The negligent waste of it cen-
sured, 233. Ought to be spent with frugality, and improved with
diligence, 234. 253. The injustice of wasting the time of others,
vii. 53. Statesmen and patrons more reproached for it than they
deserve, 54. Those who attend statesmen the most criminal, 54.
A tribute of time to be paid to a multitude of tyrants, 55. The
continual progress of, taken notice of by all nations, 173. The
effects of the progress not regarded, 173. The neglect of the
present hour censured, iii. 244. The loss of, considered, 125.
Considerations on the loss of, iii. 310. The best remedy for grief,
Timon of Athens, observations on Shakspeare's play of, ii. 159.
Titus Andronicus, observations on Shakspeare's play of, ii. 160.
Toleration of Religion in Prussia, xii. 229.
Tomkyns, apprehended for being concerned in a plot against parlia-
ment with Waller, ix. 245. Convicted and executed, 249.
Tradesman, case of one attempting to become a wit and a critick, vii.
186. Impropriety of his turning fop and fine gentleman, 379.
The progress of, in London, iii. 226. The folly of his seeking
happiness in rural retirement, iii. 228.
Tragedy, origin of, iii. 8. More uniform than comedy, 41. Cri-
tical remarks on the manner of composing it, v. 346.
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