Gamesters-In what respect courtiers may be said to resemble them,

xix. 260.

Gaming-Some pertinent inquiries concerning it, made by the king
of Brobdingnag, ix. 146.

Garraway's coffeehouse-x. 230.

Garth, Dr-A bon mot of his, when dying, xix. 155.

Gascon-Description of a week's sustenance of his family, xvi. 220,
The artifice of one confined by the French king to speak only one
word, xvii. 88.

Gassendi-Character of, ix. 221.

ay, Mr-His poetical character, x. 207. An epistle to him, in
verse, xi. 218. Appointed secretary to Lord Clarendon, xvi. 33.
Enigrammatie 1 petition by him, ibid. His treatment by the court,
after a long attendance on it, viii. 234. Asthmatical, xvii. 256.
Appointed a commissioner of the state lottery, xvi 295. Suspect-
ed unjustly of writing a libel against Mr. Walpole, xviii. 230; who
was with difficulty persuaded to let Gay continue a second year com-
missioner to a lottery, 231. After fourteen years attendance on
the court, rejects the servile dignity of gentleman usher to a girl
of two years old, and retires in disgrace, xi. 138, 248. xvii. 160,
xviii. 231. Wrote an eclogue in the Quaker style, xiii. 230. Re-
flections on the conduct of great men toward him, xvi. 284. Gives
Swift an account of the success of the Beggar's Opera, xvii. 177.
Acquaints him with more particulars respecting it, 179. The great
friendship of the duke and duchess of Queensberry toward him, xvii.
256. Proposes to print the second part of the Beggar's Opera, 248.
Receives great contributions toward the publication, 256. His for-
tune increased by oppression, 257. Most of the courtiers refuse to
contribute to his undertaking, ibid. Chief author of the Craftsman,
by which he becomes very popular, 260. Engaged in law-suits
with booksellers, for pirating his book, 264. Declines in the favour
of courtiers, xviii. 115. Some account of his Fables, to Dr. Swift,
195. Gambadoes commended by him as a fine invention, 210.
Finds in himself a natural propensity to write against vice, 223.
His death, 234. Is universally lamented, and buried with great
pomp, ibid. Curll assiduous in procuring memoirs of his life, ibid.
Duchess of Queensberry's character of him, 246. Dr. Swift's con-
dolence with the duchess for his death, with a short character of
him, 250 His opera of Achilles [and the Distrest Mother, a tra-
gedy] brought out after his death, 226. xix. 71. The Present State
of Wit, probably written by him, xxiv. 153.

Gazetteer-A salary of two hundred pounds a year settled on that
employment, by Dr. Swift's procurement, xxii. 124.

Gee, Dr-His vanity humbled by Mr. Prior, xiv. 179.

General-The error of commissioning such an officer for life, how
great soever his merit may be, v. 64. Excessive avarice one of
the greatest defects in one, 134.

Genius-The most fruitful age will produce but three or four in a
nation, vi. 301.

Geoffry of Anjou-Married the Empress Maude, vii. 264. Attacked
Stephen's Norman dominions, 276, from whom he afterward ac-
cepted a pension, 277. Foreseeing the extensive dominions which
his eldest son Henry was likely to succeed to, bequeathed Anjou to
his second son Geoffry, 305.

Geoffry, his son-Endeavoured to enforce his right to the earldom of
Anjou, vii. 305. Died of grief, 306.

George, prince of Denmark, who died in the end of October 1708, in
his 56th year, having been married to the queen more than 25
years-His aversion to the earl of Godolphin, &c. but intimidated
from getting him removed before his death, by a critical manage
ment of the duke of Marlborough, vi. 272.

George L., King-See Hanover. His accession, vii. 311. xvi. 90, 98,
130. Succeeded to the crown with great unanimity among his
subjects, vi. 340. Had a happy opportunity of reconciling parties
for ever, by a moderating scheme, vii. 312. Openly disgraced the
principal and most popular tories, ibid. Left the management of
public business almost entirely to Sir Robert Walpole, 313. His
clemency ironically praised, xvi. 279. Pastoral Dialogue on his
death, xi. 56.

Georg II. King-During his father's reign, lived an almost private
life, vii, 315. Applied his time to the study of the language, reli-
gion. customs, and dispositions of his future subjects, 316. His sin-
gular firmness and resolution in supporting the rights of his German
subjects, xiii 99.

Germain, Lady Elizabeth, originally Lady Betty Berkeley-xviii.
15. Invites Dr. Swift to Drayton, xxi. 15. A smart remark made
by her, on Colley Cibber's being appointed laureat, xviii. 43. Vin-
dicates to Dr. Swift the conduct of the countess of Suffolk respect-
ing him, xviii. 242. Particulars of an affair between the bishop of
Peterborow and her, xix 22. Recommends to Dr. Swift a medi-
cine, said to be of efficacy against giddiness, xix. 269. Highly com-
mended by the Dean, for her great and many virtues, xx.
German language-Has admitted few or no changes for some ages
past, vi. 50.
Gertruydenburgh-Some of the articles in the treaty there very un-
reasonable, v. 310. The queen prevailed on to ratify it, though
not interchangeably signed, ibid. Horatio Walpole's opinion of
it, ibid.

87

Gery, William, of Letcombe-xxii. 16.

Ghosts-Whence it may be concluded that the stories of them in ge-
neral are false, xiv. 167.

Gibbs, Dr-Remarks on his Translation of the Psalms, xxiv. 169.
Giddiness-A good medicine to relieve from that disorder, and the
headach, xix. 269.

Giffard, Lady-iii. 287. xxi. 3. Her picture, xx. 88.

Gifts Their value enhanced by the manner of their distribution,
XX. 245.

Gildon-A writer of criticisms and libels. xxiii. 353.

Gillicranky, the battle of-When fought, xiv. 340.

Gillever, Lawton, xix. 264.

Giraldi-Secretary to the duke of Tuscany, xvi. 126. xx. 285.
Glebes-In the hands of the laity in Ireland, xiii. 200.

284.

Gloucester, Robert, earl of-Takes up arms in behalf of the Empress
Maude, his sister, vii. 278. Overpowered by the king, withdrew
into Normandy, 281. With only twenty followers, marched bold-
ly to his own city of Gloucester, to raise forces for the empress,
Joined by the earl of Chester, gives the king battle near Lincoln,
285; and takes him prisoner, 286. Taken prisoner by the king's
army, and in his turn presented to Queen Maude, who sent him to
Rochester, to be treated as the king had been, 289. The two pri-
soners by mutual consent exchanged, 290. Went to Normandy,
to urge Geoffry to come over in person, 291. His death, and cha
racter, 293.

Glubbdubdrib, or the island of sorcerers-Account of the governor of
it, and his power of raising up the dead, ix. 216.

Glumdaleliteh's Lamentation for the loss of Grildrig, xxiv. 60.
Godfrey, Colonel-Married the duke of Marlborough's sister, mother
to the d ke o: Berwick by King James, xxi 304.

Godolphin, Sidney, earl of His cha acter, iii. 288. vii. 29, 109. His
wrong management brought on the necessity of the union with
Scotland, vi. 208,273. Resigned his place of first lord comm ssioner,

of the treasury when the war was first engaged in ; but, on the duke of Marlborough's being made general, in 1702, was appointed ford high treasurer, v. 265. His spleen at being removed from it, in 1710, xv. 105. Received Swift coldly. xxi. 3. A notion propagated, that the public credit would suffer if he was removed, xxiii. 231. Dismissed in an ungracious manner, vi. 257. xv. 105. Reasons of the queen's early disgust against him, vi. 257, 269. Reproaches the queen unjustly with privately admitting Harley into her presence, 258. His exemplary fidelity to King James II. at his abdication, vii. 29. An act of general pardon, obtained by his credit, calculated for his own security, 46. His misconduct, ibid. Why talked of by the ministers with humanity and pity, xxii, 134. Godolphin, Dr-Provost of Eton, vi. 29,

Gold-See Money.

Good breeding-Defined by Lord Chesterfield, xiv. 184.

Good manners and Good-breeding-Treatise on, xiv. 184. Hints on Good manners, 190.

Good manners-See Manners.

Gordon, Thomas-Some account of him, xxiv. 143.
Gorges, General-Epitaph on him and his lady, xi. 110.

Goths-Their form of government in some measure borrowed from
the Germans, vii. 258. When a body of them had fixed in a tract of
land, their military government soon became civil, their general
being king, his officers nobles, and the soldiers freemen, the natives
being considered as slaves, ibid. The nobles were a standing
council, to wh ch the freemen were occasionally called, by their
representatives, ibid. On the conversion of the Gothick princes to
christianity, the clergy, being rich and powerful, formed themselves
juto a body, held synods or assemblies, and became a third estate,
in most kingdoms of Europe, 259. These assemblies seldom called
in England before the reign of Henry the First, 260. Nor had the
people in that age any representative beside the barons and other
nobles, who did not sit in those assemblies by virtue of their birth
or creation, but of the lands or baronies they held, ibid. The Go-
thick system of limited monarchy extinguished in all the nations of
Europe, xix. 136, 164.
Government-Never intended by Providence to be a mystery com-
prehended only by a few, ix. 161. Project for the improvement of
210. A method for discovering plots, and conspiracies against it,
212. The institutions of it owing to our gross defects in reason and
in virtue, 293. Naturally and originally placed in the whole body
wherever the executive part of it lies, ii. 277. iv. 54. The mixed
form of it no Gothick invention, but has place in nature and rea-
son, ii. 282. The corruptions that destroy it grow up with, and
are incident to, every form of it, 304. The dissolution of it worse
in its consequences in some conjunctures than it would be in others,
318. The sentiments of a church of England man concerning it, iii.
311. By what means the great ends of it are provided for,
313. Why every species of it, though equally lawful, not equally
expedient, 316. A great unhappiness in it, when the continuance of
a waris for the interest of numbers, v 14. The nicest constitutions
of it often like the finest pieces of clock work, xxiii. 363. The Go-
thick governments in Europe, their conduct with their armies. v.
62. Opinions in it right or wrong according to the humour and dis-
position of the times, xiv. 89. No duty in relig on more easy than
obedience to it, ibid. Great breaches in its frame are like vices in
a man, which seldom end but with himself, vi. 353. The two ex-
tremes of absolute submission and frivolous opposition to government,
χίν. 31. An absolute, unlimited power in, iv. 54. This supreme
power can do more than it ought, but some things it cannot do, 55.

The governments of Europe began with limited monarchies, xviii.
157. Its progress in England, 158.
Governors What their main design when sent to
their governments,
XV. 178.
Grafton, Charles Fitzroy, duke of xvi. 231. His character, vi.
161.

Graham, laird of Clavers-Created Lord Dundee, major general of
the forces in Scotland, xiv. 325. Ordered with his horse up to Lon-
don by King James, on the invasion of the prince of Orange, 326.
Acts no longer as colonel, on hearing the prince intended to place
himself on the throne, 332. Goes incognito to the convention at
Sterling, 336. Retires into the Highlands, 337. At the battle of
Gillieranky, with only seventeen hundred foot, routs Major Gene-
ral M'Coy with five thousand men; but is killed by a random shot
in the action, 310.

Graham, Colonel James-The inventor of a set of words and phrases
used in his time, xxii. 248.

Grandeur, human, contemptibleness of ix. 116.

Grant, Francis, Esq-His project for establishing a herring and cod
fishery, with Dr. Swift's remarks on it, xix. 71,74.

Grantham, earl of-His character, vi. 170.

Granville, Grace, countess of xix. 59.

Gratitude-A comparison between Roman gratitude and British in-
gratitude, v. 36. What required at least from it, xx. 84.

Grattan, Charles-Master of Enniskillen school, xvii. 37. xxii.

217.

family-Seven brothers of the family, xvii. 193.

Robert-Recommended by Swift to the favour of Lord
Carteret, xvii. 193.
Grattan, Henry-Mr. Sheridan's dedication of Swift's Works to
him, i. 41.

Graziers- effects of their engrossing great quantities of land,
xii. 257.

Greece-Civilized by Theseus, ii. 287. The custom of particular im
peachments proved the ruin of it, 289. Anciently divided into
several kingdoms, 296. By what means the inhabitants of it are be
come slavish, ignorant, and superstitious, xviii. 97. What sometimes
happened among the petty tyrants ofit, xix. 165.

Greek tongue-The purity of it continued from Homer to Plu-
tarch, vi. 50. Received many enlargements within that peri-
od, 58.

v. 139.

Greenshields, Mr. an episcopal minister in Scotland-Silenced,
Gregg, an under clerk to Mr. Secretary Harley-Executed for trea-
sonable practices, v. 149. Remarks on a Letter to the seven Lords
appointed to examine him, iv. 225. Designs of the whigs against
Mr. Harley in this business, iv. 230. v. 88, 149, 201. xv. 44.
Grey of Werk, Lord-His character, vi. 170.

Grierson, Mrs. Constantia-Some account of her, xi. 285.
Griffin, Lord-His character, vi. 171.

Grimston, Lord-xx. 92. Succeeded Sir Richard Blackmore in one
species of poetry, xi. 318.

Grub-street-The want of one in Dublin lamented, viii. 76. In danger
of being ruined, xxii. 130.

Grub-street writers-Their triumph in these latter ages over Time, i.
68. Advice to the verse-writers of that street, xi. 35.

Gualtier, Abbé-Employed by the French king as a negotiator,
vii. 61.

Guardian-Its Importance considered, vi. 131. The paper so called
begun by Mr. Steele, xxii 220.

Guildford, Lord-His character, vi. 171.

Guiscard, Marquis de-Narrative of what passed at his examination,
iv. 201. Stabs Mr. Harley at the council board, v. 146. His pro-
fligate character, 148, 153. iv. 204. Invited over by a great man,
v. 152; who at last dropped him for shame, 149. Suspected of a
design against the life of the queen, 153. A comparison between
the affair of Gregg and Guiscard, 150, 160, 161 If he had survived
his attempt, could not by law have been punished with death, v.
190. See more, iv. 203, vi. 290, 311 xv. 147. xxi 166, 172, 179. His
dead body made a sight of for a fortnight, xxi. 177.

Guise, Sir John-is quarrel with Lord Lechmere, xxiv. 24.
Gulliver's Travels-The whole ninth volume. Remarks on them,
ii. 185. ix. 336. xvii. 96, 109, 232. Two dramatic pieces made in
France from the subject, xx. 292. Epigram to be placed under Gul-
liver's head, xi 346.

Golliver, Mary-Her Epistle to her Husband, xxiv. 63.

Guy, Henry-His adv ce to Lord Bolingbroke, xvi. 269. Left a con-
siderable sum to Mr. Pulteney, ibid.

Gwythers, Dr-First introduced frogs into Ireland, xii. 284.
Gyllenborg, Count-Swift's letter to him, on the English history, vi.
221. Some particulars of him and his character, ibid. 223.
Gymnosophists-The order of them by whom instituted, xxii. 108.

H

Habeas Corpus Act-Its suspension never necessary.

242.

xvi. 241,

Halfpence, and farthings-Anciently of silver, xi. 107, 108. A patent
for coining them, for the use of Ireland, granted to Lord Dartmouth,
and afterward renewed to Mr. Knox, xii 129, 133. A proposal of
Mr M'Culla's (for coining new halfpence) examined, xiii. 21. Those
of Charles II. better than any since, 25. Ten thousand pounds of
them would be sufficient for the kingdom of Ireland, 27. A propo-
sal for ten gentlemen to undertake the coinage of them, upon re-
ceiving only interest for their money, ibid. 29. The purport of
Wood's patent, 28. Of the loss to the public from M'Culla's cop-
per notes, 33. See Wood.

Halifax, (Charles, earl of, one of the commissioners of the treasury;
and afterward chancellor of the exchequer) His character, ii. 291.
vi. 164. [Pericles.] xi. 137. Ambitious of being esteemed a
Mæcenas, but neglected to rewad merit, xi. 137. Was for con-
tinuing the war, having himself a good employment, and a hundred
thousand pounds in the funds, v. 322. The Dean's opinion of his
lordship's sincerity, xix. 174. Laments Dr. Swift's being situate in
Ireland, and hints a wish that he might succeed Dr. South as pre-
bendary of Westminster, i. 170. The Dean's remark on the pro-
mises of courtiers, ibid. Dr. Swift refuses a political toast given by
his lordship, unless he is allowed to add to it, xxi. 22.
Halloween-tide-xiv. 349.

Hamilton, duke of-His duel with Lord Mohun, in which he was
supposed to be barbarously murdered by Lieutenant General Ma-
cartney, vii. 204. xxii. 146, 154. His character, vi. 177.

duchess of xxii. 147, 176. xxiv. 35.

Dr. Andrew-xvi. 15.

Mrs. of Caledon-Congratulated by the Dean, on her in-

tended nuptials with Lord Orrery, xx. 176.

Hamilton's Bawn-Grand Question relative to, debated, xi. 163.
Hammond, Anthony-Account of him, xxiv. 114.