XX. 74. Umbra, xxiv. 23. On Bishop Hough, 36. On Handel
and Bononcini, 41. On Mrs. Tofts, ibid. Two or Three, 42. In
a maid of honour's prayer hook, ibid. The balance of Europe,
ibid. On Colonel Chartres, 71. On the death of a child, 72. On
a man's beating his head, ibid. From the French, 73. On the
toasts of the kit cat club, ibid. To a lady with the temple of fame,
74. Epilogue, to a play for the benefit of the Weavers, x. 237.
Epiphonema, viii. 11.
Epitaph-The Dean's written by himself, i. 317. On the Dean's
servant, ii. 147. On Partridge, x. 77. On Lord Berkeley, 91. On
a miser, 199. On a great buried Bottle, 279. On judge Boat, 304.
On the earl of Suffolk's Fool, xi. 76. On General Gorges and Lady
Meath, 110. On Duke Schomberg, 227. On P. P. a parish clerk,
xxiii. 148. On Colonel Chartres, xxiv. 70. Of by-words, 72. On
G. 73.
Brasmus-His life almost a continual journey, xv 205. A maxim of
his cited, xviii. 9. His Moriæ Encomium, vi. 93.
Error, writ of Not grantable in a criminal case without direction from
the king, xvi. 245.
Esquire Letter from a reputed one to the King at Arms, xiii, 304.
Essex, Robert Devereux, earl of His remarkable speech to Blunt
and Cuffe on the scaffold, vi. 120.
Estcourt, Richard-xxi. 150.
Etymology-ix. 180. Swift's banter of it, xiv. 351.
Evans, Dr. John, bishop of Meath -xii. 73. xvi. 212, 251, 300. Refus
es a proxy for Swift at a visitation, xvi. 251. See also letter to
Mr. Wallis, 250. His sage remark on Bishop Atterbury, 300.
Eugene, Prince-His sentiments with respeot to the barrier treaty,
vi. 10, 36. Visits the queen on his landing, without staying for
the formality of dress, vii. 48. xiv. 188. The design of his journey
to England, vii. 49. His character, 50. Several nightly riots sup-
posed to have been committed, through a scheme of his to take off
Mr. Harley, 51 His opinion of the negotiations for a peace in
1711, 87. The queen discouraged him from coming hither, as far
as possibly she could without in plain terms forbidding it, 151.
A humourous description of him by Swift, xxii. 76. The queen
gave him a sword, worth four thousand pounds, 71, 72.
Eumenes-Introduced the custom of borrowing money by vast premi-
ums, and at exorbitant interest, v. 15.
European princes-The usual causes of war among them, ix. 276.
Some of the northern ones hire out their troops to richer nations,
277.
Eustace, Prince, son to King Stephen-During his father's imprison-
ment, the Empress Maud refused a very reasonable request made
in his behalf by the legate, vii. 288. His father wished to have
him crowned, which the bishops refused to perform, 297. Violent-
ly opposed a truce, which must be founded on the ruin of his interest,
298. His death, ibid.
Examiner v. 12. Takes the subject of government out of the dirty
hands of two fanatics, and the rough one of a nonjuror, 25, 26.
The general design of it, 41, 62, 208. Conjectures about the au-
thor, 48, 108. The difficulty of his task, 48, 56, 108, 160. A plea-
sant instance of the profound learning of one of his answerers, 56.
The Examiner cross-examined, 77. An answer to the Letter to
the Examiner, 121. Two letters, of the two contrary parties, writ-
ten to him, 124, 125. Has no other intention but that of doing
good, 128. Is entitled to the favour of the whigs, 163. A judg-
ment of him not to be formed by any mangled quotations, 167.
No hireling writer, 198, 208. The papers under that title began
about the time of Lord Godolphin's removal, and by whom, vi.
286. A contest between Swift and Steele, on the former's being
supposed the author, when he had ceased having any connexion
with them, xv. 271, 274, 278, 280. Some account of that paper, iv.
298. v. 3, 11. The real author of it remained long unknown, iv. 298.
Character of it, xxiv. 158, 160.
Example-The great advantage of it, in acquiring moral virtues, ix.
Excellences-More or less valuable, as there is occasion to use them,
v. 134.
Exchange-women-The proper appellation of a set of traders in Ex-
eter exchange, which now scarcely exists, iii. 129. xxiii. 123.
Exchequer bills-Generally reckoned the surest and most sacred of
all securities, v. 229.
Exeter Exchange-See Exchange women.
Exiles Their view in exciting quarrels, vii. 252.
Expedients-Living upon them will in time destroy any constitution,
v. 320.
Extempore love and extempore prayer closely connected, vi. 94.
Fable of the Bitches, x. 165. Pheasant and Lark, xi. 203. Answer
to the latter, 208.
Faction-Who so called by the whigs, v. 43, 144. The nature of a
faction, as distinct from those who are friends to the constitution,
ibid. Its metaphorical genealogy, 142. What the true character-
istics of it, 144. xxiii. 199. What its effects on the genius of a na-
tion while it prevails, v. 216. One felicity of being among willows
is, not to be troubled with it, xv. 284.
Faggot, The-On the Variance between the Ministry, x. 119.
Fairfax, a rigid presbyterian-His proceedings with respect to the
parliament, the king's trial, and execution, xiji. 116. When he ap-
peared contemptible, xiv. 229,
Faith-The great stress laid upon it both in the Old and New Testa-
ment, xiv. 26. Why we cannot lead so good lives without faith as
with it, ibid.
Falkland, Lucius Cary, Viscount-A custom used by him respecting
some of his writings, viii. 6.
Falconbridge, Lady-A daughter of Oliver Cromwell, in her person
extremely like her father, xxi. 64.
Fame-Why purchased at a cheaper rate by satire than by any
As difficult to conceive
other productions of the brain, iii. 57.
rightly what it is, as to paint echo to the sight, x. 24. The poeti-
cal genealogy of Fame, v. 19. By some sposed to be different
goddesses, by others only one with two trumpets, xiii. 10. Chamber
of Fame, viii. 164, 172, 175.
Fan-Why an emblem of woman, xxiii. 132.
Fanaticism-Its history deduced from the most early ages, iii. 258.
Fanatics-Egyptians were the first, iii. 258. A short story of one,
by occupation a farmer, v. 27. First brought in blasphemy or
freethinking, xxii. 252. What the liberty of conscience they labour
after, xiv. 46. Their insolence increased by our want of brotherly
love, 60. One refractory fanatic has been able to disturb a whole
parish for many years together, ibid. Those of the first centuries
and of later times agree in one principle, iii. 261.
Farmers In Ireland, wear out their ground by ploughing, xiii.3. The
advantage that would have accrued to the nation by restraining
them in it, 4. The generality of them in Ireland are to all intents
and purposes as real beggars as any in the streets, xiv. 108.
Farthings-Anciently made of silver, xii. 106, 107.
Fashion, Ned-Notwithstanding his politeness, is in many respects,
not a well-bred person, viii. 208.
Fathers in the church-Their apologies, v. 153. A general character
of them and their writings, viii. 17.
Faulkner, Mr. George-His intimacy with Dean Swift, xviii. 174,
244. xix. 16, 263, xx. 16, 17, 156, 209, 240. Which could not se-
cure him from a chancery suit, for sending some of his edition of
the Dean's Works into England, xx. 17. Voted to Newgate, on a
complaint of sergeant Bettesworth, xi. 338. Verses thereon, ibid.
Applied to the Dean, for permission to print his Works to prevent
their falling into worse hands, xix. 185. Suffers in Ireland, for
printing a pamphlet written by Bishop Horte, xiii. 263. xx. 9.
Favourites-The danger of them to princes, v. 130.
Faustina, xxiii. 320,
Fear-One of the two greatest natural motives of men's actions, but
will not put us in the way of virtue unless directed by conscience,
xiv. 50. Great abilities, without the fear of God, are dangerous in-
struments when trusted with power, 52.
Feasts-Description of one, translated from the original Irish, x. 213.
The vanity and luxury of the Irish respecting them, xx. 85.
Felicity-What the sublime and refined point of it, iii. 155.
Fenton, Lavinia, duchess of Bolton-xvii. 166.
Fenton, Mrs-See Swift, Jane.
Ferris, Lord Berkeley's steward-x. 45. xviii. 125. xxi. 96.
Feversham, earl of-His character, vi. 169.
Fiction-Its great advantages over truth, iii. 153. The trade of a
poet, viii. 74.
Fiddes, Rev. Dr.-Letter from Bishop Smalridge in his behalf, xv.
Fielding, beau-A ridiculous instance of his vanity, xiv. 229.
Fielding, Henry-His Pasquin, xx. 2.
Figures in poetry-xxiii. 56.
Finch, Anne, afterward countess of Winchelsea-xxii. 132. Characte-
rised as Ardelia, x. 60.
Finlater, James Ogilvy, earl of-Moved for a bill to dissolve the uni-
on, vi. 208.
Finly, one of Wood's evidences-His confession when examined,
xii. 139.
Finery To be considered by ladies as a necessary folly, viii. 89.
First-fruits and tenths-Proceedings respecting them, xv. 51, 59. 64,
73, 77, 83, 103, 104, 107, 114, 119, 143, 172, 175, 178, 297. xvi.
156. xxi. 43, 72. Swift's memorial to Mr. Harley, xv. 111.
Fishery-The folly of the English, in suffering the Dutch to run
away with it, xix. 75. Mr. Grant's proposal for establishing a
white herring and cod fishery in Ireland, 71.
Fitzmaurice, John, afterward earl of Shelburne Dr. Swift solicits a
small preferment for him, xix. 159.
Flappers-The office of certain domestics so called in Laputa, ix.
Flattery-The different motives to the love of it in men and women,
xiv. 174. The power of it, and the way to guard against it,
xiv. 16.
Fleetwood, bishop of St. Asaph-vi. 89, 97. Remarks on his Pre-
face, vi. 97. Pretended Letter of Thanks from Lord Wharton to
him, vi. 89. His principles of government, 90. The preface to his
four sermons burnt by order of the house of commons, 95.
Flemings-A set of vagabond soldiers, natives of Arragon, Navarre,
Biscay, Brabant, &c. who infested all Europe, vii. 304. Were
ready to be hired to any prince who chose to pay them, ibid. Always
hated in England, ibid.
Fletcher, Andrew-His character, vi. 180.
Floyd, Biddy-Verses on, x. 59, 210
Folly-Usually accom. anied with perverseness, xiii. 5. A term that
never gave fools offence, xvii. 275. None but fools can be in earn-
est about a trifle, 284. xviii. 55.
Fontenelle, Bernard de-iii. 18.
Fools-Imitate only the defects of their betters, xiv. 107.
Forbes, Lord-For his firm attachment to King James II. sent pri-
soner to the Tower, xiv. 331. Refuses to accept two hundred
pounds sent him by King William, 332.
Ford, Charles-Introduced by Dr. Swift to the duke of Ormond, xxi.
7. Appointed gazetteer by Dr. Swift's procurement, with a salary
of two hundred pounds a year, beside perquisites, xxii. 124. Gives
Dr. Swift an account of several expected changes in the ministry,
and other matters of state, xvi. 53. Of the proceedings against Ar-
thur Moore, 55. His earnestness to have a complete edition of Dr.
Swift's Works, of most of which Mr. Ford had good copies, xix. 51.
His curious law-suit with an Irish chairman, xx. 18. Verses on his
birth-day, x. 299. On Stella's visit to his house, 296.
Ford, Charles-x. 299.
James-The speaking doctor, xvi. 185.
Matthew-x. 299.
Forlorn Hope-viii. 99.
Foster, Mr. recorder-iv. 199.
Fortescue, William-A baron of the exchequer, xxiv. 105.
Fountaine, Sir Andrew-xv. 49. Dr. Swift visits him in a dangerous
illness, and differs in opinion from his physicians, xxi, 104. Cha-
racter of his mother and brother, 115. A punster, xxii. 14.
Fownes, Sir William-xvi. 223. His letter to Dr. Swift, respecting
the foundation of an hospital for lunatics in Dublin, xviii. 213. His
character, xix. 150.
France-Can much sooner recover itself after a war than England, v.
17. The genius and temper of that people, 148. In the war
against Queen Anne, very politically engrossed all the trade of
Peru, 279. While under one monarch, will be always in some de-
gree formidable to its neighbours, xv. 244. A litigious manner of
treating peculiar to that country, vii. 215. The indignation ex-
pressed by all ranks in that nation at the terms of peace offered to
them by the allies, vii. 58. A royal academy established there,
for the instruction of politicians, xvi. 110 Wooden shoes, and
cottages like those in Ireland, are to be found within sight of Ver-
sailles, xix. 219. The stables in that kingdom truly magnificent,
and the waterworks at Marli admirable, 220. Ill treatment the
Irish experienced there, xviii. 128.
Francis I. king of France-Bargained with the pope, to divide the
liberties of the Gallican church between them, viii. 116.
Frankland, Sir Thos-xxi 6. His character, vi. 172.
Fraud-Esteemed in Lilliput a greater crime than theft, ix. 60. Me-
rits greater punishment than many crimes that are made capi-
tal, iv. 171.
Frederick, prince of Wales-The exalted expectations of him, if he
should come to be king, xx. 232.
Freedom-Wherein it consists, xii. 197. The Dean's letter to the
mayor, &c of Corke, when the freedom of that city was sent to
him, xx. 142. The substance of his speech, when that of the city
of Dublin was presented to him, xiii. 269.
Freethinkers-Have no great reason for their clamours against reli
gious mysteries, viii. 22. Are a little worse than the papists, and
more dangerous to the church and state, viii. 124. Lord Boling-
broke's remarks on them, xvii. 17.
Freethinking-Abstract of Mr. Collins's Discourse on it, xiv. 193.
Some Thoughts on, iii. 277. The inefficacy and imprudence of
preaching against it, viii. 22. What the principal ornaments of it,
xxii. 251. By whom first introduced, 252. No complete body of
atheology ever appeared before Mr. Collins's Discourse on Free-
thinking, xiv. 195. That discourse sufficiently exposed by an ab.
stract of its contents, 198.
Freiud, Dr. John-Recommended by Dr. Swift to be physician ge-
neral, xxii 96.
Dr. Robert-xv. 288. xvi. 140.
French, Humphry, ford mayor of Dublin-- Ode of Horace addressed
to him, xi. 255. His character, xiii. 248. xviii. 184. xix. 37.
French-A mixture of their tongue first introduced with the Saxon
by Edward the Confessor, vi. 47. The genius and temper of that
nation, v. 148. The oppressive practice of the government, of call-
ing in their money when they have sunk it very low, and then
coining it new a a higher rate, xii. 105. Have the history of
Lewis XIV in a regular series of medals, viii. 225. French me-
moirs, to what their success is owing, iii. 229. Their conduct
and evasion in settling the articles of commerce with England,
xxii. 187. An instance, in which the vanity of that nation contri-
butes to their pleasure, xiv. 262.
Friendship-Acts of it create friends even among strangers, xv. 302.
Lord Bolingbroke's reflections on it, xvi. 200, 254
The folly of
contracting too great and intimate a friendship, xvii 74. Reflec-
tion on it, by the duchess of Queensberry, xviii 246. The loss of
friends a tax upon long life, 250. The medicine and comfort of
life, xx. 245. Not named in the New Testament, in the sense in
which we understand it, xiv. 217.
Frisson, Mrs-vi. 342.
Frith, Mall-x. 72.
Frog, Nicholas--A true character of him, xxiii. 169.
Frogs--Whence propagated in Ireland, xii. 284.
Frowde, Philip-xv. 46. xxii. 23.
Funds-Mischiefs of them, v. 14. xvi. 242. The use of them in Eng-
land commenced at the Revolution, v. 15. vii. 100. Antiquity of
the practice, v. 15. Not such real wealth in the nation as imagin-
ed, 16. The cunning jargon of stockjobbers, ibid. 96. Reflections
on the managers of public funds, 195. An account of those raised
from 1707 to 1710, vii. 104.
Funerals-The only method of carrying some people to church,
xxiii. 314.
Furnese, Sir H-Added or altered a letter of his name with every
plum he acquired, v. 207.
Furniture that best pleases the Dean of St. Patrick's, xi. 365.
Gadbury, John, the astrologer-iv. 102.
Gallantry-The nations who have the most of it for the young are
severest upon the old, xv. 8.
Gallas, Count, the Imperial envoy-Forbid the British court for his
infamous conduct, vii. 88. His base intrigues, ibid. Deservedly
disgraced, xxi. 336.
Gallstown House-Verses on, x. 241.
Galway, earl o-xxi. 33. His character, vi. 176. Humorcus threat
of a surgeon whom he had offended, xiii. 77.
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