Brydges, James, duke of Chandos-His character, vi. 170. Verses on him, xi. 347. Pope's character of Timon drawn for him, xviii. 119. Swift applied to him for some ancient Irish records in his possession, xix. 95, 112. His marriage, xx. 2. Coolness between him and Swift from the time of his being made a duke, xi. 347. xix. 175. Brydges, Hon. Henry. Archdeacon of Rochester, xi. 347.
Bubble-Origin of the term, xxiii. 358. Essay on English Bubbles, xii. 22.
Buckingham and Normandy, John Sheffield, duke of-His character, v. 112. vi. 162.
Building-Dr. Barebone's scheme for, xiii. 18. Bull, John-His History, xxiii. 161.
Bull, Dr. George, bishop of St. David's, xxi. 12. Bull-An Irish one, xviii. 251.
Bulls and Bears-What, xxiii. 359.
Buny an, John-His dream improved on, iii. 197.
Burgess, Daniel, viii. 162. His definition of a law suit, xxiii. 181. His meeting-house demolished, vi. 94.
Burgundy, house of One of the most ancient as well as useful allies of England, vii. 128.
Burgundy, the great duke of-In his youth hated the thoughts of war, but after gaining one battle, loved nothing else, iv. 319.
Burlesque The most celebrated pieces are the best subjects for it, xiv.
Burlington, countess of-Verses on her cutting paper, xxiv. 79.
Richard Boyle, earl of Sold, in one article, 9000l. a year in Ireland, for 200,000l. xx. 169. Burnet, Bishop, iv. 163. v. 254. vi. 192. Preface to his Introduction, viii. 95. His character, vi. 173. vii. 18. xii. 323. Copied by Steele, vi. 192. viii. 98. Progress of a story, 101. Said to have been au- thor of the project for the government's borrowing money upon funds bearing interest, v. 264. vii. 100. Used little arts, to get off his third volume of the History of the Reformation, viii. 100. De- nied access to the Cotton Library, 101. Published a book, which carries the prerogative higher than any writer of the age, 102. What were his inducements to undertake it, 103. Frightens the nation with the old topic of fire and faggot, 105; the clergy with the apprehension of losing their wives or their livings, ibid.; and the laity with the resumption of abbey lands, 107. Appealed to, whether sacrilege or fornication be the greater sin, 109. Changes his mind with respect to the expediency of bishops letting leases for lives, 111, 112. His character of the clergy, ibid. His contemptu- ous opinion of convocatious, 114. Rails at the clergy; himself being a bishop, not in the number of them, 115. Smells popery better at a great distance, than fanaticism under his nose, 120. Unjustly accuses Mr. Leslie of impudence, for proposing a union between the English and Gallican churches, 126. Hated by all the clergy, 123. The world has contracted a habit of believing him backward, 129. Advice to him upon certain points, 130, 133 The obscure meaning of the words beggarly elements, as applied by him, xiii. 239. the preface to his History of his own Times, promises to polish that work every day of his life, xxii. 250. His speech against a tacking bill, a proof that he was for it, iv. 83. In the History of his own Times, misrepresents the action at Bothwell bridge, and the beha- viour of the episcopal clergy in Scotland, xiv. 306. A short cha- racter of that history, xii. 323.; and of its author, vi. 173. vii. 18. xii. 323. His style rough, full of improprieties and mean expressions, xii. ibid. His own opinion of it, from a castrated passage in his ori- ginal MS. ibid. His idle story of the pretender's birth, fit only for an old woman, ibid. His characters miserably wrought, frequently
mistaken, and all of them detracting, except of those who were friends to the presbyterians, 324. Many of them, however, were stricken out with his own hand; but left legible in the MS. which the edi- tor promised to deposit in the Cotton Library, but did not perform, ibid. His account of the murder of the bishop of St. Andrew's, xiv. 293. His character of General Dalziel, 318. His narrative of King James's abdication, 330. Of the prince of Orange's arrival, ibid. 331. Earl of Arran's sarcastic reply to him, ibid. Some private - conversation of his with Swift, viii. 111. Character of his history, xxiii. 1:8.
Burnet, Thomas-xxii. 97.
Burscough, Dr. Wm-Bishop of Limerick, xvii. 50. Burton-A famous banker, xi. 13. xxi. 217.
Business Minding that of other people the greatest mark of idleness, xviii. 258.
Bussy Rabutin, Count-When he appeared contemptible, xiv. 229. Batler, of Weton, Lord-vi. 171.
Button's Coffeehouse-xxiv. 14.
Buys, the Dutch envoy-His politics and manners were much of a size, xiv. 186. His character, vii. 46. An artful negotiator, 86. Present at all the consultations of the whig party, 148. Appointed plenipotentiary by the States, 156. Remarks on his conduct while in England, ibid.
Byng, Admiral-His character, vi. 177.
Bisse, Dr. Philip-Bishop of St. David's, &c. xv. 102. xxii. 179, 187.
Cadenus and Vanessa-A poem, x. 128.
Cadogan, General-Account of him, xxi. 86.
Caesar, Charles, Esq-Some account of his family, xix. 29. Swift's Letters to Mrs. Cæsar, ibid. 33.
Cæsar, Julius-The cause of the civil war between him and Pompey, ii. 307. Invaded England, rather to increase his glory than his conquests, vii. 224. When he appeared contemptible, xiv. 229. His degree of fame, viii. 179. Why opposed by Cato and Brutus, vi. 80. Wrote his Commentaries amid hurry and fatigue, xv. 205. Cæsar, Julius-A general in the king's service, xix. 30. Cairnes, Sir Alexander-xxi. 237.
Cameron, Sir Owen-Knighted by King James II. in a manner which did him particular honour, xiv. 322.
Candles-The various ways of extinguishing them used by servants, viii. 258. And of snuffing them, 283.
Cantata, A-With the music, xi. 383.
Canting The art of it in greatest perfection when managed by igno rance, iii. 254. Its first ingredient a competent share of inward light, ibid. The art of it, as performed by snuffling, first appeared upon the decay and discouragement of bagpipes, 255. The occa- sion or accident which produced it, 256.
Capon's Tale-xxiv. 9.
Carbery rocks-Verses on them, x. 290, 293.
Cardonell, Mr-Expelled the house of commons, for receiving bribes from the contractors for bread, vii. 99.
Cards Why contribute little to the refinement of conversation, xxii
Cary, Henry-xxiv. 22.
Caermarthen, Marchioness-xv. 306.
Caroline, Queen-A princess of great virtue, xvii. 114. Swift keeps up his privilege of not going to her, when queen, till sent for, 144. xviii. 76. His speech to her after she had sent for him, 230. Pro- mised a medal to the Dean, which he never got, xi. 264. xvii. 76. Yet she received from Swift a present of silk, worth thirty-five pounds, xviii. 7. A counterfeit letter to her majesty, in favour of Mrs. Barber, 61. To what her death was owing, xx. 148. In her, last illness, forgave her son, but refused to see him, ibid. Carr, Bishop-Dr. Swift's opinion of him, xi. 254. xvi. 139. Carstairs, Mr-His character, vi 179.
Carte, Mr. Thomas-His historical pursuits, xx. 47. Carter, Mr-Master of the Rolls in Ireland, xix. 275.
Carteret, Lord-Vindication of him, xiii. 72. His character, x. 320. xii. 163. xiii. 72. A pacificator, x. 323. Epistle to him in verse, by Dr. Delany, xi. 129. Epistle on the foregoing, 132. Forced to consent to the proclamation against his old friend the Drapier, the first or second night after his arrival in Ireland, xix. 75. His repartee on the occasion, i. 284. A remark on him by Dr. Swift, xx. 91. His answer to those who asked him how he governed Ire land, 110. In what respect he acted a more popular part in the government of that kingdom than the duke of Dorset, xix. 164. Carteret, Lady-xviii. 5. Her goodness and beauty, 6. Carthaginians-The cause of their decline, ii. 302.
Carthy, (a scribbling schoolmaster)-Verses on his threatening to translate Pindar, xi. 396. Epigram on him and Delacourt, ibid. Cary-x. 45.
Case, John-The astrologer, iv. 120.
Cash-See Money, Halfpence, Ireland, Wood.
Cashell, Archbishop of-Verses on him and Bettesworth, xi. 305. Cassinus and Peter-A tragical elegy, xi. 228.
Castledurrow, Lord-xvii. 272. Some verses addressed by him to an old woman, xx. 74.
Castlenock-The little House of, x. 82.
Casuists Several of their explanations may be called amendments to the ten commandments, xxiii. 371.
Catalonia-The war carried on there almost entirely at the cost of the English, v. 296.
Catalonians-The case of that people discussed, vi. 223.
Catholics-True whigs, in the best and most proper sense of the word, xiii. 235. Have as fair a title to the name of protestants as any of the dissenters, ibid. In the great rebellion, more of them in the parliament army than the king's; and many jesuits and fri- ars, disguised like presbyterian ministers, preached up rebellion; yet the bulk of them loyal, 236. Their insurrections in Ireland were only to preserve the old religion, not to introduce a new one, 237. Were employed in offices civil and military till the test act under Charles II. 240. Have a better plea for not changing their religion than the dissenters, 241; and may as jusly complain of persecution, ibid. The heads of them invited over the duke of Lorrain during the usurpation, 245. Commended for it by the dis- senters, 246. Advantages of their system, xviii. 169.
Cato the prætor, called Uticensis-One of the six greatest men in the world, ix. 219. Though he was called a stoic, it was more from a resemblance of his manners with their worst qualities, than that he avowed himself one of their disciples, xiv. 139. Some particu- lars of his character, viii. 181. xiv. 227. His conduct commended, vi. 80.
Catoptrical Victuallers-Petition against them, xxiii. 316. Catullus on Lesbia, x. 121,
Causes The most different produce the same effect; exemplified in the formation of clouds, iii. 145. Small ones suffice to make us un- easy, when great ones are not in the way, xiv. 174. Great events from little ones, vi. 342.
Censors Of what use it might be to religion, to introduce a like office here, iii. 156.
Censure How a man may revenge himself of it, xiv. 168. Is a tax paid to the public, for being eminent, 170. Verses on it, xi. 62. Centlivre, Mrs. Susannah-xxiii. 353.
Chamber of Fame, proposed, viii. 164, 172. In part filled up, 179. Chamberlaine, Dr-His "Present State," recommended as a proper book to be translated into Dutch, v. 329.
Chancery-suit-Has ruined a man, though decided for him with costs, ix. 144. A suit for life, xxiii 181.
Chandos, duke of See Brydges.
Charity-Why public charities are preferable to private, xviii. 213. Charles the First, king of England-A great patron of learning, vi. 51. In the former part of his reign, many of the bishops and cler- gy were puritans, xiii. 115. Origin of his misfortunes, xviii. 159. Began to be ruined in a legal way, and why, iv. 91. Conversation at the highest period of politeness in the peaceable part of his reign, viii. 56. His attempting religious innovations in Scotland, a mate- rial cause of his subsequent troubles, iii. 191. Sermon on his mar- tyrdom, xiv. 67. The foundation of the troubles in his reign, 68. By his own concessions, brings on his destruction, 71. The English parliament held his hands, while the Irish papists were cutting his friends' throats, 72. The ill consequences of that rebellion in Ire- land, ibid. The uses which the memory of January 30 suggests to us, 74; and the reasons why it should not be dropped, 77. When he appeared great, 227. When the contrary, 229.
Charles the Second, king of England-His severity to the dissenting clergy, iii. 179. The Socinians began to spread in England toward the end of his reign, very absurdly reckoned our Augustan age, xiv. 178. When he made a contemptible figure, 229. A plot against him defeated, iv. 317. His life saved at the battle of Worcester by colo- nel Wogan, xviii. 153. Difficulties of his situation, 160. Charles V. Emperor-Said if he were to speak to his horse, it should be in High Dutch, ix. 262. When he appeared contemptible, xiv. 229. His present to Aretine, viii. 211.
Charles II. of Spain-His will in favour of a Bourbon prince, xxiii.
Charles, the archduke, titular king of Spain, by the style of Charles III. and afterward emperor-Visited the queen at Windsor, xv. 35. Charles XII. king of Sweden-Much esteemed by Dr. Swift, vii. 221. Charondas His law for restraining innovations, ii. 323. Charter Working Schools, xii. 257.
Chartres, Colonel, xvi. 102-His character drawn in a play, xx. 153. Chaucer-A tale of his, lately found in an old MS. xxiv. 3. Chedder-A chedder letter, what, xvii. 90.
Cheescake-house, in Hyde-park, xxii. 146.
Cheselden, the great surgeon, xix. 277.
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer, earl of His character, vi. 169. The Dean applies to him in behalf of a friend, xviii. 22. Swift's reply to his lordship's answer, 39. Points out an original poem of Dr. Swift's, xi. 246. Witticism of his respecting George II. xx. 79. Supposed to have assisted in a Letter to the People of Ireland, in the name of the Drapier, xiii. 310. Chester, Ralph de Gernoniis, earl of Stephen, with a battle ax, vii. 286. king, 204.
Struck to the ground by King Injuriously imprisoned by that
Chetwode, Knightley-Presented several memorials for a peerage, to which he had good pretensions, without success, xvi. 297. Cheyne, Dr. an herb-eater, xxiii. 324.
Children-Modest Proposal for preventing them from being a Burden to the Poor of Ireland, xiii. 45.
Chimney tax-Taken off at the revolution, vii. 100.
Chinese-Books in their language above two thousand years old, vi. 50. Their singular method of rewarding national services, viii. 223.
Cholmondeley, earl of His character, vi. 171. At the general change in 1710, continued lord treasurer of the household, vii. 21. Which gave much displeasure to Mr. Harley's friends, vi. 287. Removed from his employment for speaking against the peace at a council, xxii. 224.
Choqued-Remarks on the word, vi. 157.
Christianity-Argument against the abolishing of, in England, iv. 1. Christianity-Why the offering to restore it, as used in primitive times, would be a wild project, iv. 4. Objections made against the system of it stated and answered, 5, 6. The error of attempting to explain the mysteries of it, viii. 21. Will decline in proportion as brotherly love doth, xiv. 59. Christ's divinity not at first proposed as an article of faith, 159.
Christians-Whence the first dissensions between them, xiv. 55. Chronology-Precarious, xviii. 78.
Church-Funerals the only method of carrying some people to it, xxiii. 314. The meaning of the vote in parliament against those who should affirm that the church was in danger, v. 29. The whigs, to show their zeal for it, made it a creature of the state, 80. vidence can make even a bad man instrumental to the service of it, 129. Remarks on the pious design of building fifty new churches in London and Westminster, 214. Which owed its origin to a hint of Dr. Swift, iv. 172. They should be repaired or rebuilt at the public expense, not by charitable collections, v. 220. Church of England the only body of christians that disqualifies its teachers from sharing in the civil power farther than as senators, xiii. 219. Church of Eng- Íand no creature of the civil power, either as to its policy or doctrine, and why, iv. 59. The church interests in the Irish house of lords materially hurt, by Mr. Harley's keeping four bishoprics a long time vacant, vi. 306, 328.
Church lands-Alienated by many popish bishops at the time of the reformation, and by protestant bishops since, xii. 64. A law to prohibit letting them for a longer term than twenty-one years, ibid. Supposed in England a third of the whole kingdom, xiii. 261. Church of England Man's Sentiments of Religion and Government, iii. 293.
Church of England-Characterised, xxiii. 212.
Church of Scotland, xxiii. 215, 217. See Jack.
Churchill, Lady Mary, iv. 313.
Cibber, Mr. Colley-His success in birth-day odes, xi. 316. In the low sublime, inferior to Welsted, 319. His testimony of loyalty founded on politeness, xxii. 269.
Cicero-Remark on his Letters, iii. 150. On what he laid the stress of his oratory, viii 10. Greatly excelled by Demosthenes as an orator, 11. His letters to Atticus give a better account of those times than is to be found in any other writer, iii. 281. When he appeared great, xiv. 226. Abstract of his speech against Verres, v. 44. Excellent maxim of hi, xx. 78.
Cincinnatus-When he appeared great, xiv. 227.
City shower poetically described, x. 80.
Civet, western, iii. 147, note.
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