Haumer, Sir Thomas-A favourite of King George II. when prince of Wales, vii. 316. The famous representation of the commons, to the queen, supposed to be written by him, vii. 114. Some account of him, ibid. The most considerable man in the house of commons, xxii. 196. Letter from him to Dr. Swift, upon reading his History of the Four last Years of the Queen, xv. 276.
Hannibal-When he made a mean figure, xiv. 229. His obligations to Polybius, viii. 180.
Hanover, elector of His envoy (Baron Schutz) demanded a writ for the electoral prince to sit in the house of peers as duke of Cam- bridge, vi. 251. An act passed, for settling the precedence of his family, vii. 112. Strangely deceived by Bothmar and Robethon, 190. His letter to the queen, expressing his satisfaction in her proceedings in relation to him, vi. 346. Upon just foundation, not suffered in the queen's life time to reside in England, 350. proposal that his grandson Prince Frederick should be educat ed here, 351. Happiness-A definition ofit, as generally understood, iii. 153. Equal- ly attainable by all men, both in this world and the next, xiv. 95. On what it greatly depends, xviii. 247. What a considerable step toward it, xix. 79.
Harcourt, Sir Simon, afterward Lord Harcourt and lord keeper. His character, v. 111. vi. 202. x. 120. xv. 46. Made attorney general, xxi. Il.
Hare, Dr. Francis, b shop of St. Asaph, and afterward of Chiches- ter-A learned Comment on his Sermon, iv. 271. Author of three pamphlets on the management of the war and the treaty of peace, 123. Some account of him, iv. 272 His politics and his divinity much of a size, 273. Harley, Robert-His origin, iv. 222. Speaker successively to three parliaments, in 1700, 1701, and 1702, v. 112. vi. 301, 320. vii. 106. Succeeded Daniel, earl of Nottingham, as secretary of state, in 1704, xxiii 189. Turned out by the management of the duke of Marl- borough and earl of Godolphin, vi. 272. xv. 44. So narrowly watch- ed, that he could not without great difficulty obey the queen's com- mands in waiting on her, vi. 275 Reinstated in the queen's favour and made chancellor of the exchequer on the dismission of the earl of Godolphin, whose fall brought on the removal of all his friends, vi. 259, 279. His character severely drawn by the duchess of Marl borough, 280. Procures a grant of the first fruits, and twentieth parts, to the clergy of Ireland, 285. xv. 122, 123. Strongly urges Dr. Swift to exert his talents in political disquisitions, vi. 285 His timid proceedings when in power gave umbrage to his own party, 287. And particularly his continuing some noblemen of the whig party in high employments, ibid. Which is accounted for on po litical principles, 260. The designs of the whigs against him, in the business of Gregg, iv. 230. v. 88, 147, 202. xv. 44. The barbarous attempt of Gui- card to stab him, v. 146, (See Guiscard.) The par- liament's testimony of their esteem for hin, 166, 210. Had fre- quently threatening letters sent him, xxii. 9. Plot for assassinating him, 147, 155. The sentiments of both parties on his conduct, vi. 305. His reply to D. Swift's expostulations on that subject, 310. His great maxim in the conduct of public affairs, xv. 173. Bre false imputations without concern, 263. A great trespasser against punctuality in time, xiv. 189. Contrived a fund, by which ten millions were paid off without any new burden to the kingdom, vii. 22. Censured by friends as well as enemies, for suffering the earl of Nottingham's clause to pass, in an address to the queen, as he was well acquainted with that nobleman's intention of proposing it, 42. Advised the creation of twelve new pears at once, vi. 315. vii 42. Made earl of Oxford and Mortimer, and lord treasurer, May 24,
1711, vi. 292. Le Sack the French dancing master's remark on that occasion, viii 42. The preamble to his patent, iv 222 His pru- dent conduct in regulating the national revenue, vii. 109, 112. Ho-. noured with the Garter, Oct. 26, 1712, xv. 245. His disregard of Mrs. Mashm's credit occasioned the sinking of his own, vi. 321. Toward the end of his ministry, had not a fiend of any consequence left, except the duke of Ormond, Lord Trevor, and Mr Secretary Bromley, 325. Lord chancellor Harcourt, Lord Bolingbroke, Lady Masham, Bishop Atterbury, and some others, openly declared aginst him: the earl of Dartmouth and Eail Poulett stood neuter; and the duke of Shrewsbury, then in Ireland, hated him, but sacri- fced all resentments to ease, profit, and power, ibid. His reserve the cause of Lord Bolingbroke's resentment, 243. The earl of Ox- ford and Lord Bolingbroke had hardly a common friend left, ex- cept the Dean, whose sincerity and freedom made up what he want- ed in weight and credit, 327. Affected to preserve a reputation of power when he had it not, that he might remove all blame from his sovereign, 331. Loses his daughter, on which occasion Swift sends him in admirable consolatory epistle, xv. 306. Dismisse from his office, xvi. 73, 83. Impeached, and sent to the Townr, whence (having been kept there two years) he was dismissed without a trial, vi. 333. Letter of Dr. Swift to his lordship, on his impeachment, xvi. 127. Appeared great, while that matter was depending, xiv. 227. His death, May 21, 1724; and a Letter to his son on that event, xvii. 9. The Dean proposes to write his lordship's lie, 10. Swift's motto under his picture, xvi. 282. Lines on his being stab- bed by Griscard, x. 92. xxi. 184. Verses by Mr. Prior on the same subject, iv. 211,216. His character, i.222. v. 113, 151. vi. 172, 300, 320. vii. 106 xiv. 189. xvi. 103, 110. xix.85. Why he did not choose the tories should be too numerous in parliament, xxi.25. His recep tion of Dr. Swift upon his first introduction to him, and application for remission of the first fruits, &c. in Ireland, 26. xv. 114. Men- tioned with honour by the archbishop of Dublin, for his abilities and zeal for the common interest, 158. Anecdote of his porter, xxi. 26. A remarkable instance of his friendship to Dr. Swift, 28 His rea- sons for pressing forward the remission of the first-fruits, 30. His particular attention to Dr. Swift's honour throughout that business, 43. Has five or six millions to raise, and the whigs will not lend a groat, 121 Sends Dr. Swift fifty pounds; which the latter returns with a spirited letter of complaint, 139, 163. What a great fault in him, 27. Humourous lines sent by him to Dr. Swift, xvi. 23. More of the same, 25. Conclusion of a copy of verses made by him, complaining of ill usage, 38. Reproached by Lady Masham, 62. Some reflections respecting his dismission, and carriage thereupon, 72. His letter to Dr. Swiit, on the day of his resignation, 76. For what reasons dismissed by the queen, 77. Censured hy Lady Ma- sham, 79. A dukedom and a pension talked of, when his removal was in agitation, xvi. 59. His carriage at the king's proclamation, and behaviour of the moh to him, 91. A stricture upon his conduct and treatment, 101. A short character of him by Lord Bolingbroke, 103. Makes advances of civility to the whigs, 109. Some observa- tions respecting his intended trial, xvi. 176. That subject farther discussed, 177. His impeachment discharged, by unanimous con- sent of the lords, ibid. The king forbids him the court, 177. At his death, left large materials for a history, xvii. 21. A picture of him and a ring sent to Dr. Swift, by Edward, earl of Oxford,
Harley, Lord-xvi. 273. Verses to him on his Marriage, x. 161. Lady Harriet-xvi. 209.
Mr. Thomas-viii. 185. Des atched by the queen to Utrecht, with instructions to the plenipotentiaries, vii. 160. His speech to
the pensionary, ibid. On his arrival at Hanover, had full instrue- tions to inform the elector of the designs of his mistress, and the real interest of Britain, vi. 347. vii. 190. Sends a letter from thence, testifying the elector's confidence in the queen, vi. 346.
-, Lady Betty-Circumstances of her match with the marquis of Caermarthen, xxii. 158
Haro, Sir Charles-His character, vi. 177.
Harrington, Mr. James, author of the Oceana-His scheme for re- forming the house of commons by rotation, ii. 320.
Harris, Mrs. Frances-Her Petition, x. 43. An imitation of it, by Mary the cookmaid, 308.
, James-Strictures on a remark of his on Swift, ii. 192. Harrison, Mr. Thomas-Account of him, viii. 212. xv 249. xxi. 33. Advised by his friends to continue the Tattler after Steele had dropped it, xxi. 121. Recommended by Dr. Swift to Secretary St. John, 138; who makes him secretary to Lord Raby, ambassador at the Hague, 170; and presents him with fifty guineas to bear his charges, xxi. 198 His letter to Dr. Swift, xv. 249. A remarkable incident respecting him, at the time of his bringing the barrier trea- ty, xxii. 185. His sickness and death, 192. Accident to the mourn- ers returning from his tuneral, 193.
Harrison, Mr. Theophilus, son to Mrs. Whiteway, xix. 270. Hart, William-Punished for publishing a libel, xxii. 213. Hartington, marquis of-His character, vi. 164.
Hartstonge, Dr. John, bishop of Ossory-xv. 104. xxii. 168, 172,
Harvey, Dr. William-iii. 223.
Lady-Ballad written on her, xvii. 97. xxiv. 48. Hawcubites, xxiv. 83.
Hawkesworth, Dr-Character of his life of Swift, ii. 257.
Haxton, one of the murderers of the archbishop of St. Andrew's, taken and executed, xiv. 308.
Head-ach-A good remedy against it, xix. 269. Bohea-tea bad for the head, xxi. 214
Health-What chiefly conducive to it. xviii. 246. Dr. Swift's estima- tion of it, xvi. 251, 275.
Heathcote, Sir Gilbert-His care for the Bank, xxiv. 96.
Heathens-The ancient heathens were strict in the education of their children, xiv 51. The most considerable of them believed a future state of rewards and punishments, ibid. But it was not a settled principle among them, by which they governed their actions, 134.
Helsham, Dr-xvi. 197. Verses to, xi. 275, 279.
Helter Skelter, or the Hue and Cry after the Attornies, xi. 158. Henley, Mr. Anthony-xv. 55. Some account of him, xxiv. 164. saying of his farmer, when dying of an asthma, xiv. 171. Hu- mourously banters the Dean on his situation in Ireland, xv. 94. Henry Plantagenet, duke of Lancaster-Founded an hospital at Leicester, for a certain number of old men, xii. 68.
Henry 1. king of England-His reign, vii. 247. His person and cha- racter, 270.
II. king of England-His reign, vii. 303. The homage he received from the Irish not greater than what he himself paid for his French dominions, xiii 11. His character, vii. 309.
VII-Resembled Vespasian in some things, particularly in exacting money, xii. 69.
VIII-To unite the two kingdoms, offered his daughter Mary to James V. of Scotland, xxiii. 215. Made a better bargain in seizing the rights of the church than his contemporary Francis I,
viii. 116. Had no design to change religion, 117, 118. Mis cha racter, iii. 189. viii 117. xiii. 259.
The Great, of France-iii. 146. xiv. 227.
V. emperor of Germany-Reasons of his seeking an alliance with England, vii. 255.
of Blois, bishop of Winchester, and the pope's legate in Eng. land-Facilitated his brother Stephen's accession to the crown, vii. 272. On his brother's capivity, took the oath of fealty to Maude, 287. R nounced all obedience to the empress, 289. Herb-eaters, followers of Dr. Cheyne-xxiii 324.
Hereditary Right-Preferable to election in a monarchy like ours, iii. 316. Of a king, not on the same foot with the property of a sub- ject, 371. The main argument in favour of it answered, 320. Queen Anne's title as indefeasible as an act of parliament could make it, v. 31. Allowed by the tories to be most agreeable to our constitution, yet defensible by act of parliament, 157. Herodotus-Character of, vii. 324.
Herring, Dr. Thomas, afterward archbishop-Preached against the Beggar's Opera, viii. 236. xvii. 195.
Hertford, Charles Seymour, earl of-xxi 108. Through an ungo- vernable temper, incurred the queen's displeasure, vi. 270.
Hewit, Sir George-On his deathbed confessed an intention of seiz- ing James II iv. 297.
Heylin-Observations on his History of the Presbyterians, iii. 327. Hickman, Dr. Charles, bishop of Derry, xxi. 231.
Hides Exported raw from Ireland, for want of bark to tan them, xiii. 5.
Highwaymen-Some artfully taken by a gentleman, xxii 164.
Higgins, Francis-Presented as a sower of sedition in Ireland, xv. 134, 202, 204. Anecdote of him, xxii. 20.
Hill, Aaron-xxiii. 43. xv. 232.
General-His secret expedition against Canada, why it fail- ed, though well-concerted, v. 280. xxii. 19. A regiment designed for him by the queen, but the duke of Marlborough undutifully re- fused to consent to it, iv. 293 vi. 271. His present to Swift, of a snuff-box, with an explanation of the device on it, i. 144. xv. 232. Sent, with six regiments, to take possession of Dunkirk, vii, 184. His brother, xv. 232.
, Mr., envoy to the duke of Savoy-His character, vi History-Why so few writers of it in the English tongue of any dis- tinction, vi. 61. The times which afford most matter for it are, generally speaking, those in which a man would least choose to live, iv. 179. Modern, ix. 223. Minute circumstances of ex- traordinary facts most pleasing parts of it, iv. 203.
History of the Four last Years of Queen Anne-vii. 1. Account of it, 3; and of its publication, 4, 5. The Dean mentions it as a free-written, but faithful, record, vii. 16. Speaks of it as his grand business, xxii. 200. The Lords Oxford and Bolingbroke could not agree about its publication, vii. 15. The Dean's reasons for writ ing it, 16. The materials whence it was formed, 17. xx. 123. Dr. Swift asserts, that he never received any reward from the mini- ster; and that he was so far from being biassed, that he had pre- served several of the opposite party in employments, vii. 17. Dr. King's opinion of this history, xx. 175.
Hoadly, Dr. Benjamin, successively bishop of Bangor, Hereford, Sa lisbury, and Winchester-A champion for resistance, but never charged with meddling out of his function, vi. 196. Has an ill name from our author, xvi. 270. xviii. 10, 226. xxi. 8. But lived to see the nation become his converts; and sons have blushed to think their fathers were his foes. See the annals of cooler times. Dr. Swift
speaks of him very slightingly, xxi. 8. The excuse made by the court for not translating him to Durham, xviii. 226.
Hobbes-His grand mistake, in confounding the executive with the legislative power, iii. 314. Proves that every creature lives naturally in a state of war, xi. 316. To what he ascribed the corruption of the political principles of the English youth, vi. 191. xiii. 81, 131. His definition of magnanimity, vi. 304.
Hoffman, a formal German resident-Prescribes good manners at the English court, xiv. 188.
Hogs Scheme for ploughing the ground with them, ix. 202.
Holland, Sir John, comptroller of the household-Solicits Dr. Swift's acquaintance, xxi. 9.
Holland-Why it can much sooner recover itself after a war than England, v. 17. No religion there; and its government the worst constituted in the world to last, iv. 89.
Holt, lord chief justice-From what motive Dr. Radcliffe took particular care to recover his wife, xvii. 260.
Homer-Humorous animadversions on his gross errors and various defects, in comparison of the moderns, iii. 118. Description of that immortal bard, ix. 220.
Honour-Why purchased at a cheaper rate by satire than by any other productions of the brain, iii. 57. An imperfect guide of men's actions, xiv. 48.
Hooker-His style commended, viii. 188.
Hope-One of the two greatest motives of action, but such as will not put us in the way of virtue, unless directed by conscience, xiv. 50. The successive hopes of the whigs, v. 91.
Hopkins, secretary to the duke of Grafton-Made master of the Revels, xii. 162.
Horace Ep. VII, L. I, imitated in an address to the earl of Oxford, x. 106. Od. I, L. II, paraphrased, addressed to Mr. Steele, 152. Od. II, L. III. to Lord Oxford in the Tower, 166. Od. IX, L. IV, addressed to Dr. King, archbishop of Dublin, 172. Od. XIV, L. I, paraphrased and inscribed to Ireland, xi. 27. Od. XVI, L. I, imitated, 47. Sat. VI, L. II, paraphrased, x. 110. Sat 1, L. II, imitated, x. 120. Ep. V, L. 1, imitated in an invitation to the earl of Nottingham, 102; and to Mr. Steele, 156. Sat. IV, L. I, paraphrased, xi. 342. Part of Ep. I, L. I, by Lord Bolingbroke, xvi. 302. Ode XIX, L. IV, addressed to Humphry French, xi. 255. Excels Juvenal as a satirist, viii. 232. Dr. Sican's verses to the Dean, with a present of Pine's Ho race, xi. 343.
Horrid Plot discovered by Harlequin, x. 293.
Horses-Reflections on our abuse of them, ix. 270.
Horte, Dr. Josiah, bishop of Kilmore-xix. 271. xx. 7,25,118. Author of a pamphlet, which he wished to be printed, and for which Mr. Faulkner suffered, xiii. 263. xx 7.
Hostreham-The place where Henry II. first landed when he came to possess the crown, vii. 304.
Hospital for lunatics, suggested by Sir Wm. Fownes, xviii. 213. One endowed by Swift, 181, 146.
Hough, Dr. John-Bishop of Worcester, xix. 114. xxi. 2.
Houghton, Mrs-Verses on her praising her husband, x. 200.
House of Commons-Its great importance in this country, vi. 347. A prince who has the hearts of his people, and leaves them to their free choice, cannot miss a good one, vi. 70. The pulse of the nation better felt by, than by the house of peers, 71.
Houyhnhnms Have no word in their language to express lying, ix. 264. Their notions of truth and falsehood, 269. Their language abounds not in variety of words, their wants and passions being few, 271. Their virtues, 303. Their manner of educating their
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