Tragi-Comedy, the nature and design of it, vi. 98. Shakspeare's
eminent success in that species of dramatick composition, 99.
Tranquil, Tom, (a rich man) his history, vii. 294.
Tranquilla, her account of the addresses of Venustulus, Fungosa,
Flosculus, and Dentatus, designed as a contrast to the narrative of
Hymenæus, v. 309. Her marriage with Hymenæus, and the fe-
licity with which it was attended, vi. 158.
Translations, the progress of, xi. 182. Unknown in Greece, 182.
Not much read in Italy, 183. State of, in France, 183. Ob-
servations on, vii. 272. A production of moderns, 272. The
progress of, 272. Early cultivated in England, 275. Its pro-
gress in England, 276.
Translator, character of a good translator, ix. 79.
Travels, directions for writing works of, vii. 350. Specimen of the
common method of writing journals of travels, 387.
Treakle, Zachary, complaint against his idle wife, vii. 56.
wife's answer and complaints against her husband, 111.
Trees, the want of, in a good part of Scotland, viii. 216.
Troilus and Cressida, observations on Shakspeare's play of, ii. 161.
Trumball, Sir William, Pope's epitaph on him, and criticisms on it,
xi. 202.
Truth, how far ridicule the test of it, xi. 357. Its high original, and
vast importance, v. 160. Its easy entrance into the mind when
introduced by desire and attended with pleasure, vi. 147. A
steady regard to the lustre of moral and religious truth, a certain
direction to happiness, 236. The crime of the violation of, vii.
75. The want of it in historians, lamented, 75. Exemplified in
an Englishman's and a Frenchman's account of the capture of
Louisburgh, viii. 76.
Trypherus, his character, v. 175.
Tucker, Dr. his proposals concerning America, considered, 180.
Turenne, Marshal, his saying of the importance of immediately cor-
recting our mistakes, iv. 210.
Turk, characterized as a husband, i. 129.
Turnips introduced into the isle of Col, viii. 364.
Turpicola, her history, vi. 287.
Twelfth Night, observations on Shakspeare's comedy of, ii. 148.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, observations on Shakspeare's comedy of,
ii. 142.
Tyrconnel, Lord, takes Savage into his house, and promises him a
pension of 2001. a year, iii. 317. His quarrel with Savage, 327.
VAFER, his character of an insidious flatterer, vi. 134.
Vagario, his character, iv. 176.
Vagulus, his account of squire Bluster, vi. 9.
Valdesso, his excellent remark upon resigning his commission,
iv. 186.
Vanessa, her unhappy partiality for Swift, and death, xi. 22. By
her will orders the poem of Cadenus and Vanessa to be published,
23.
Van Homnigh, Mrs. See Vanessa.
Vanity, of authours, represented in the case of Misellus, iv. 103. Ex-
cessive, exemplified in the character of Mr. Frolick, 389. Its
tendency to idleness, vi. 84.
Venice, account of the quarrel between that state and Paul V. xii. 7.
Venustulus, the manner of his addresses to Tranquilla, v. 308. His
unmanly and timid conduct exposed, 351.
Verecundulus, the infelicities he sustained through habitual bashful-
ness and timidity, vi. 103.
Versification, remarks on its rules, v. 92. 104. The peculiarity of
Milton's, in his Paradise Lost, 106. See Virgil.
Vice, the descriptions of it in writing should be always calculated to
excite disgust, viii. 26. The essence of, considered, 55.
Victoria, her letter on the foolish anxiety to excel merely in the
charms of external beauty, v. 376. On the mortifications arising
from the loss of it, 394.
Vida, his Art of Poetry translated by Christopher Pitt, xi. 218. His
remarks on the propriety of Virgil's versification, v. 132.
Vines, first planted by Noah, ii. 386. Progress of the cultivation of,
387. Ordered to be destroyed by an edict of Domitian, 387.
Of France, superiour to the mines of America, 396.
Virgil, account of the Sortes Virgilianæ, ix. 8. Specimen of sir
John Denham's translation, 80. Milbourne's criticisms on Dry-
den's translation, 427. Vain attempts to translate Virgil by Brady
and Tate, 431. Æneid, translated by Christopher Pitt, xi. 219.
This translation contrasted with Dryden's, 219. In what respect
superiour in pastoral poetry, iv. 239. Remarks on the judicious
propriety of his versification, 242. Why preferred to Homer by
Scaliger, v. 140. The plan of his Æneid formed upon the wri-
tings of Homer, 323.
Virtue, the danger of mistaking the love, for the practice of virtue,
exemplified in Savage, x. 342. The representations of it in works
of fancy, should be always exact and pure, iv. 26. The differ-
ence between speculative and practical virtue, 90. The errour of
substituting single acts of it for habits, 184. Obstructed by con-
founding the praise with the practice of goodness, 184. United
with industry supplies the genuine sources of hope, v. 211. Vir-
tue and truth, often defeated by pride and obstinacy, 102. The
constant pursuit of it, the highest excellence, vi. 263. The cri-
terion of, considered, x. 246. Such conduct not to be repented
of, for the event, iii. 394. To be pursued by virtuous means, i.
79. The various attacks on it, 26.
Virtuoso, his character distinctly drawn, v. 68. The advantages he
is capable of communicating to others, 73. His excessive fondness
for curiosities often the evidence of a low genius, 76.
Visionary schemes, the effects of, iii. 419.
Visitor's criticisms on Pope's epitaphs, xi. 199.
Vivaculus, his letter on Virtuoso's, vi. 215.
Ulinish, account of, viii. 205.
Ulva Isle, account of, viii. 387. The Mercheta Mulierum paid there,
388.
Ulysses, the discovery of, improper for a picture, vii. 181.
Uneasiness of mind, often relieved by comparing our lot with that of
others, vi. 265.
Union, the difficulty of, either between nations or smaller commu-
nities, iii. 151.
Universities, the superiority of the English, to their academies, and
foreign universities, vii. 133.
Voltaire, his visit to Congreve, xi. 194. Pays a visit to Pope, x. 107.
Young's Epigram on him, 248.
Volunteer Laureat, x. 367.
Vossius, Isaac, delighted in having his hair combed for many hours
together, ix. 294.
Voting, considerations on the rights of, for representatives in parlia-
ment, viii. 73.
Voyages, introduction to The World Displayed, a collection of, ii.
208. Abstract account of, in search of new countries, viii. 96.
Ill consequences of, 98.
Upton, Mr. observations on his Critical Observations on Shakspeare,
ii. 125.
Usefulness, publick, should be the object of our diligent endeavours,
v. 371. 375.
WAINSCOT, TOM, complaint of his son's becoming a fop, and
neglecting business, vii. 379.
Waller, Edmund, his life, ix. 229. Born at Colshill, in Hertford-
shire, March 3, 1605, 229. His father left him 3500l. a year,
229. Educated at Eton, and removed to King's College, Cam-
bridge, 229. Returned to parliament in his 18th year, 229.
Wrote his first poetry in his 18th year, 230. Wrote poetry
almost by instinct, 231. Marries Mrs. Banks, a great heiress,
232. Loses his wife, who leaves one daughter, 232. Addresses
lady Dorothea Sidney under the name of Sacharissa, who rejects
his addresses, 232. Celebrates lady Sophia Murray under the
name of Amoret, 233. Supposed to have taken a voyage, 234.
Marries a lady of the name of Bresse or Breaux, by whom he has
five sons and eight daughters, 234. Being returned to the parlia-
ment of 1640, makes a noisy speech on imaginary grievances, 235.
No bigot to his party, 237. His speech on episcopacy, 237.
Sends 1000 broad pieces to the king when he set up his standard,
240. Continues to sit in the rebellious conventicle, and to speak
against their proceedings, 241. Nominated one of the commission-
ers to treat with the King at Oxford, 241. Engaged in a plot
against parliament, 242. The manner in which the plot was
discovered, 244. Him and Tomkyns taken up, both of whom
confess the whole plot, 245. A day of thanksgiving appointed for
deliverance from the plot, 244. Earl of Portland and lord Con-
way taken up on the declaration of Waller, for being concerned
in the plot, are examined several times by the Lords, and ad-
mitted to bail, 249. Tomkyns and Chaloner executed for the
plot, 249. Tried and condemned, and after a year's imprison-
ment, and a fine of 10,000l. is banished, 250. Obtains, from
Cromwell, permission to return, 251. Received by Cromwell,
as a kinsman, 251. Writes his famous panegyrick on Cromwell,
251. Writes a poem on the death of Cromwell, 253. Writes
again on the restoration of Charles II. 253. Returned to par-
liament for Hastings, 254. Obtains from the king the provost-
ship of Eton, but Clarendon refuses to put up the seal to the
grant, from his not being a clergyman, 256. His opposition to
Clarendon on that account, 256. Kindly treated by James II.
257. Prepares for his latter end, 258. Died Oct. 21, 1687,
and was buried at Beaconsfield, 259. Account of his descendants,
259. His character by Clarendon, 260. Declared he would blot
from his works any line that did not contain some motive to virtue,
266. His works characterized, 267. Specimen of his translation
of the Pastor Fido, 279.
Walmsley, Gilbert, some account of, x. 25.
Walpole, Horace, travels through France into Italy with Gray, where
they quarrel, and each pursue their journey separately, xi. 365.
Walsh, William, his life, ix. 312. Born at Aberley, Worcestershire,
1663, 312. Entered gentleman commoner at Oxford, 1678,
312. The best critick in the nation, 312. Member of parliament
for Worcestershire, 312. Gentleman of the horse to queen Anne,
312. A zealous friend to the Revolution, 312. Corresponded
with Pope, on the pastoral comedy of the Italians, 313. Sup-
posed to have died in 1709, 313. Account of his works, 313.
An early encourager of Pope, xi. 62.
Wants, those who have no real, form imaginary ones, iii. 304. The
wants of him who wants nothing, 306.
War, princes think it necessary to assign some reason for, but fre-
quently a very unsatisfactory one, xii. 256. Should be conducted
by rules consistent with the universal interest of man, v. 53.
Different feelings on the approach of, vii. 17. Deplorable case
of the ladies losing their gallants, 18. The raising and training
an equal number of women recommended, 19. Women capable
of being defeated, as Braddock, without seeing his enemies; of
surrendering Minorca, without a breach; and of looking at Roch-
fort, 20. Every man ought to fight as the single champion, 29.
The duty of thinking as if the event depended on a man's counsel,
29. Proposal for erecting a fort on Salisbury plain, resembling
Brest, arming it with beef and ale, and using our soldiers to attack
it, 31. Asses, bulls, turkeys, geese, and tragedians, to be added
by way of accustoming the soldiers to noises equally horrid with
the war cry, 32. Diminution of the love of truth, one of the
calamities of war, 120. Ill effects of making preparations for it,
in the time of peace, viii. 101. Every method of pacification
to be tried before war is engaged in, 121. Its miseries little at-
tended to by many, 121. No expectation of allies in a war which
might have been prevented, 123. The propriety of demanding
expenses in preparing for war, when the opposite party consents
to conditions required, considered, 136.
War of 1756, origin of, ii. 282.
Warbois, witches of, conviction of, commemorated in a sermon at
Huntingdon, iii. 84.
Warburton, W. bishop of Gloucester, his literary and critical cha-
racter, xi. 123. Defends Pope's Essay on Man against Crousaz,
125. Commences a friendship with Pope, 69.
Erects a monu-
ment to the memory of Pope, 125. Observations on his notes on
Shakspeare, iii. 117. View of the controversy between him and
M. Crousaz, on Pope's Essay on Man, iii. 198,
Warner, Tim. account of his good sort of woman to his wife, vii.
400.
Warriour, the vanity of his wishes, i. 21.
Watering-places, observations on, and on a select set at one of them,
vii. 312.
Watts, Dr. Isaac, his life, xi. 238. Born at Southampton, 1674,
238. Began with Latin at four years of age, 238. Educated in
a dissenting academy, 239. A maker of verses from fifteen to fifty,
239. Leaves the academy at twenty years of age, 240. Tutor to
sir John Hartop's son, 240. Becomes preacher at twenty-four
years of age, 240. Sir Thomas Abney takes him into his house,
240. His character as a preacher, 243. His moral character,
244. His works characterized, 245. Received an unsolicited
diploma of D.D. from Edinburgh and Aberdeen, in 1728, 246.
Died 1748, 246. His character, 247.
Wealth, the contempt of it represented in various instances, iv. 370,
371. Wrong notions of its usefulness corrected, 374. Why the
object of general desire, v. 383. The real importance and in-
fluence of it shown in the case of disappointed expectations, vi.
80.
Weather, causes why an Englishman's conversation is first on the
weather, vii. 42. A more noble topic than generally supposed,
42. Influences the temper, 43. The folly of submitting to such
influence, 43.
West, Gilbert, his life, xi. 259. Educated at Eton and Oxford, 259.
Designed for the church, but obtains a commission in the army,
259. Resigns his commission, and appointed clerk extraordinary
of the privy council, under lord Townsend, 1729, 260. Settles
at Wickham, in Kent, 260. Publishes his Observations on the
Resurrection, 1747, 260. Created LL. D. at Oxford, 1748, 260.
Clerk of the privy
Frequently visited by Littelton and Pitt, 260.
council and treasurer of Chelsea Hospital, 261.
His works characterized, 262.
Wharton, Lord, his vile character, x. 82.
Whatever is, is right, true sense of that assertion of Mr. Pope, ii
Whirler, Jack, his history, vii. 72.
Whisperer, his character, vi. 25.
Whitefoot, his character of sir Thomas Browne, xii. 29.
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