respect, ibid. In 1711, refused to sit in the council with the duke of Somerset, 36. His instructions to Mr. Prior at Paris, xv. 234. A union between him and Harley attempted in vain, xvi. 96. A con- gratulation to him on his being turned out of office, 114. Request- ed by Swift to write the History of the Four last Years of Queen Anne, xvi. 206. A print of Aristippus, with a proper motto, in me- mory of him, 214. Final Answer written by him, xviii. 84. The disagreement between him and Harley, the ruin of the tory party, xx. 123. Supposed to be writing in France the history of his own times, 138, 185. His character, v. 113. vi. 299, 319. xxi. 340. His second lady, xviii. 292. Extract from his will, xx. 272.
St. Leger, Sir John-An Irish judge, xxii. 17.
St. Patrick's Well-Verses on its drying up, xi. 29. Salamander, The-x. 54.
Salique Law-How applied by France to its own advantage, in the succession to other kingdoms, vii. 197. Observations on its proba- ble consequences to the other European powers, ibid.
Salisbury, Roger, bishop of His castle and treasures seized by King Stephen, vii. 282. Originally a poor curate in Normandy, but ad- vanced by Henry I. to the highest rank, 283. One of the first who swore fealty to Maud, and among the first who revolted to Stephen, ibid. Fell a sacrifice in his old age to the riches he had amassed for his support, ibid.
Sancroft, Abp-Ode* to him, x. 1.
Bishop Burnet's, viii. 101.
Defended from an imputation of
Sandwich, earl of His character, vi. 167.
Sandys's Ghost, xxiv. 20.
Santry, Lord, xviii. 38. xxi. 219. A custom with him and some others, to rail at people, and, upon receiving challenges, come and beg pardon, xxii 76. A droll anecdote concerning him, 20. Sartré, Mons-A prebendary of Westminster, xxi. 46. Sarum-The annual income of that bishoprick, viii. 109. Satire-Fragment of one, xxiv. 30.
-The itch of it whence brought among us, iii. 57. Why better received than panegyric, 58. In what cases not the easiest kind of wit, as usually reckoned, 170. Introduced into the world to supply the defect of laws, v. 193. A poet desirous of fame should set out with it, viii. 74. Humour the best ingredient in the most useful and inoffensive kind of it, 232. Rules for, xxiii. 83.
Satirists-The public how used by some of them, iii. 56.
Saunders, Mr. Anderson-Deprived of the government of Wicklow castle by the earl of Wharton, who gave it to an infamous horse courser, iv 196.
Savage, Philip, chancellor of the exchequer in Ireland, xxi. 85. Savoy, duke of-Put in his claim to the crown of England, vi. 214. What he got by the peace, owing to the queen, 225. His induce- ments to enter into the confederate war, v. 313. Sawbridge, dean of Fernes-Ballad on him, xi. 216. Scaliger-A singular assertion of his, xxiv. 121.
Scarborough, Richard Lumley, earl of Seconded the earl of Notting- ham's famous clause, vii. 40.
Sceptis scientifica-Dr. Swift's opinion of it, xv. 21.
Schomberg, Frederick, duke of─A monument to him moved for, to be erected by his relations, xvii. 192. xviii. 105; but erected at the expense of the dean and chapter of St. Patrick's, ibid. Swift charged with erecting it out of malice, to raise a quarrel between
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the kings of England and Prussia, xviii. 71, 74. His epitaph, si.
Schools in Ireland, xii. 257.
Schutz, Baron, vi. 251.
Sciences The origin of them, xxiii. 106. Ode on Science, xi. 22. Scipio the elder-When he apppeared great, xiv. 226.
Scotland-The Presbyterians there denied a toleration to the Episco- palians, though the latter were a majority, v. 140. The nobility never like to be extinct, their titles for the most part descending to heirs general, vi. 209. Pays in taxes one penny for every forty laid on England, ibid. Its natives residing in England receive more in pensions and employments than their whole nobility ever spent at home, ibid. The whole revenues of some of its nobles, before the union, would have ill maintained a Welsh justice of the peace, ibid. In soil and extent, not a fourth part of the value of Ireland, nor (ac- cording to Bishop Burnet) above the fortieth part in value to the rest of Britain, xii. 243. An allegorical description of it and the inhabitants, xii. 305. An act passed, for allowing episcopal com- munion in Scotland, vii. 133. Which produced the free exercise of farther indulgences to the clergy of that persuasion, 134. Scots-Observations on those seated in the northern parts of Ireland, iv. 31. Much distinguished for their cunning, viii. 125. Educate their youth better than the English or Irish, viii. 37. Insipidly minute in conversation, viii. 57. A number of Scotch peddlars in Sweden got themselves to be first represented contemptible, then formidable, xii. 10. A printer punished for calling them "a fierce poor Northern people," xvi. 29.
Scott, Dr. John-His work against infidels, heretics, &c. xx. 235. Scriblerus, Martinus-His Art of Sinking in Poetry, xxiii 28. His Virgilius Restauratus, 86. His Origin of Sciences, 106. Anous Mirabilis, 118. Specimen of his Reports, xxiv. 105. His map of diseases described, xvi. 44. His proposal for the longitude, 66. Scripture The use made of it in disputes, xxiii. 365.
Scroggs, lord chief justice-Grand jury of London dissolved by him, xii. 203. His method of proceeding in cases of libel, 204. His character, xi. 272.
Scurrility-In controversy, a proof of a weak cause, iv. 133. Sects-Why they are to be tolerated in a state, iii. 300. Self-love-The worst enemy we can advise with, xxiii. 369.
motive to all our actions, so the sole cause of all our grief, xvii. 171.
The difficulty of knowing one's self, xiv. 3. Reasons why self reflection is neglected, 11. The advantages of it, 13.
Senate The constitution of it in the Roman state, ii. 298. Seneca Lord Bolingbroke's character of him, xvi. 370. Sense-Common the most useful, xxiii. 363.
Sermons written by Dr. Swift:
I. On the difficulty of knowing one's self, xiv. 3. II. On the Trinity, 20.
III. On Mutual subjection, 33.
IV. On the Testimony of Conscience, 44.
V. On Brotherly Love, 55.
VI. On the Martyrdom of King Charles the First, 67.
VII. On False Witness, 82.
VIII. On the Poor Man's Contentment, 94.
IX. On the Causes of the wretched Condition of Ireland, 105.
X. On sleeping in Church, 119.
XI. On the Wisdom of this World, 129.
XII. On doing Good, occasioned by Wood's Project, 142.
Sermons-Hard words to be avoided in them, viii. 5; and endeavours to be witty, 15; and philosophical terms and metaphysical notions,
20. Flowers of rhetoric in them, like flowers in corn, pleasant, but prejudicial, xxiii. 366. Servants Directions to them, viii. 249. Mr. Faulkner's preface to the Directions, 248. Their Duty at Inns, viii. 317. Laws for the Dean's, 321. Their viciousness one of the many public grievances of Ireland, xiv. 111. The Dean's certificate to a discarded one, xx.
Seymour, Lady Catharine, xxi. 241.
General-Odd sayings of his, xxi. 239.
Shadwell's Plays, viii. 71.
Shakspeare-In what sense he may be called a philosopher, viii. 65. Sir Thomas Hanmer's edition of his works, vii. 114.
Sharp, abp. of York-x. 116. Sent a message to ask the Dean's par- don, 118.
abp. of St. Andrew's-xv. 41. By whom murdered, xiv.
Sharpe, Rev. John-A letter from him to Dr. Swift, requesting his good offices in behalf of Brigadier Hunter, governor of New-York,
Sharper, The-A play written by Dr. Clancy, xx. 153. Sheppard, Sir Fleetwood-Some account of him, ii. 291. iv. 326. Sheridan, Dr. Thomas-Verses to and from him, ii. 100, 134. x. 170, 177, 181, 183, 186, 246, 253, 264, 268, 272, 308. xi. 112, 118, 276. Swift's letter to Lord Carteret in his favour, xvii. 28. Favoured by Lord Carteret, for his great learning, ii. 79. xiii. 83. By taking an unlucky text, renders himself suspected of disaffection, ii. 80. xiii. 84. Troubled with an asthma, xx. 186. A trick played him by Dr. Helsham, by getting one of his boys to repeat a prologue, ridiculing another taught the boy by Sheridan, x. 250. His trans- lation of Persius, xvii, 238. His banter on female orthography, xiii. 308. Commencement of his acquaintance with Swift, ii. 71. His death, 91. His character, ii. 83. xiii. 88, 286. Dr. Swift's charac- ter of him, ibid. Account of his education, ibid. Character of his Life of Swift, ii. 258.
Shilton School, in Oxfordshire-Remarkable circumstance attending it, iv. 222.
Shower, a poem under that title-x. 80. Written by Dr. Swift, xxi. 31, 58. Met with general applause in England, but not relished in Ireland, 91.
Shower, Rev. John-A presbyterian teacher, xv. 212. xxii. 38. Shovel, Sir Cloudesley-iv. 104.
Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, duke of Succeeded the marquis of Kent as lord chamberlain, v. 112. His character, ibid. vi. 161. xv. 229. Employed in France on very important business, vii. 210. Which he executed with great speed and success, 212. Undertook to reconcile the ministers, xvi. 67. Made lord lieutenant of Ireland, xv. 300 xxii. 103. The whigs apprehensive of not being counte- nanced by him, xv. 302. Hated the earl of Oxford, and acted in Ireland a part directly opposite to the court, vi. 325. Made lord treasurer, xvi. 82. Character of his duchess, xv. 224. She gives Swift the name of Presto, xxi. 271.
Shute, Mr. secretary to Lord Wharton-His character, xv. 63. Sican, Dr. John-His verses to Dr. Swift, with Pine's Horace, xi. 343. His mother, 346.
Sican, Dr.jun- His ingenious remarks on France, xix. 219. Murder- ed on his travels, 251.
Sicily The very high opinion entertained by the Dean of that island, xvi. 28.
Sickness-Verses written in, x. 164..
Sid Hamet, the Magician-The Virtues of his Rod, x. 85. Much ad- mired, xxi. 38. A shrewd remark on it, 91.
Sidney, Sir Philip-In his Defence of Poesie, argued as if he really believed himself, viii. 59. His remark on the Irish poets, 65. Silenus-The moral of his story, xiv. 175.
Silver-Simile on the Want of in Ireland, xi. 5. The great plenty of it in England began in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, xii. 69. Coins in Ireland, 139.
Similies-A new Song of new Similies, xxiv. 51. A new one for the Ladies, xi. 322. A stock of them as necessary to a good poet, as a stock of lasts to a shoemaker, viii. 69. See Swiftiana.
Simplicity-The best ornament of most things in human life, viii. 188.
Singleton, Henry, prime sergeant--Character of him, xix. 132. xx. 184. Alluded to by Swift, xi. 299.
Slane, Christopher Fleming, baron-Reversion of his attainder, how received in Ireland, xv. 78.
Slavery-The true definition of it, xii. 167, 197. Universal corrup tion fits men for it, and renders them unworthy of liberty, xv. 152.
Sleeping at church-The mischief and cause of it, xiv. 124. As in- decent at least to sleep there as in a private company, 128. Sloane, Sir Hans-His opinion respecting modern travels, xv. 96. Smalridge, Bishop-Indignantly denies being author of the Tale of a Tub, iii. 69. A letter from him to Dr. Swift, in behalf of Mr. Fiddes, xv. 292.
Smedley, dean of Fernes-His Petition to the Duke of Grafton, x. 233. The Answer, 286.
Inscription by him, xi. 117.
Smith, Erasmus-His free school, xi. 131. xxii. 131.
, speaker-His character, vi. 172. Edmund-xx. 72.
Smyth, James Moore-A great plagiarist, xi. 319. xxiv. 33.
Snow, Thomas-A first-rate banker. A panegyrical Epistle to him, xxiv. 43.
Societies Formed for the advancement of religion, ineffectual, iv. 166. What kinds most united, v. 134. Select one of Swift and his friends, xxi. 241, 245. xxii. 47, 184.
Socinians-When they began to spread in England, xiv. 178. Socrates-One of the six greatest men in the world, ix. 219. Possess ed the virtues of fortitude and temperance in a very high degree, but was of no particular sect of philosophers, xiv. 139. An in- stance in which he appeared great, 226. His degree of fame, viii. 179.
Soldiers Their trade held the most honourable of all others, ix. 277. In the early times of Greece and Rome, took no pay, and not dis- tinguished from the rest of the people, v. 62. Mercenary, what, 63. Pernicious consequences of their examining into affairs of state, 66. Their mode of protection, vi. 14.
Solitude-Insupportable to a disturbed mind, xvi. 228.
Solon-The model of government formed by him, ii. 288. A proof of the imperfection of his philosophy, xiv. 135.
Somers, John, baron Somers of Evesham-Recommended Swift to Lord Wharton without success, iii. 4. Tale of a Tub dedicated to hin, 37. Account of, 40. His sentiments on the union, vi. 207. When at last made president of the council, accused the duke of Marlborough and the earl of Godolphin of ingratitude, for not hav ing effected it sooner, vi. 273. His character, ii. 290. [Aristides,] ii. 40. vi. 92, 164. vii. 25. xxi. 12. Disliked the prosecution of Sacheverell, vii. 27. From a timorous nature and the consciousness
of mean extraction, had learnt the regularity of an alderman, xvi. 215. Dismissed from the office of lord president, xxi. 12. Somerset, Charles Seymour, duke of A particular mark of respect shown him by Queen Anne, vi. 314. Continued master of the horse at the general change in 1710, vii. 21. His character, vi. 162. vii. 35. After the strangest inconsistency of conduct, became a strenuous advocate for the whigs, vii. 37. xv. 221. His observation on the whig bishops, vi. 92.
Somerset, duchess of Succeeded the duchess of Marlborough as groom of the stole, vi. 313. Her character, vi. 337. xv. 184. Indignant against Swift, x. 118.
Song-Directions for making a Birth-day one, xi. 148.
Sorites, explained-iv. 18.
Sots Hole-A beef steak house in Dublin, xi. 83.
Poem on the five Ladies there, xi. 83. Answer to it, 85. Reply, 86.
South, Mr. and Mrs-xxii. 21, 77.
South Sea-Act for carrying on a trade to it, xxiv. 43; by whom pro- posed, v. 231. Dr. Swift's opinion of it, ibid. A poem under that title, x. 224.
Spa, German-Duchess of Queensberry's description of a journey to it, xix. 53.
Spain, Charles II. king of Bequeathed his kingdom to a younger son of Francis, who by England is acknowledged king, to defeat the partition treaty, v. 265, 268, 308. The war against it should have been carried on in the West Indies, 282. Vote passed in the house of lords, to make no peace unless Spain be restored to the house of Austria, v. 303. vii. 40. Reasons against this resolution, v. 308. Even the whigs allowed the recovery of Spain to be impracticable, vi. 68. By what means the Irish lost the linen trade which they might have had to it, xii. 254. The war in that kingdom left al- most entirely to the care and expense of England, vii. 121. Spaniards-Their inclinations to the duke of Anjou, though the house of Austria pretended the contrary, v. 308.
Spanish Language-Has admitted few changes for some ages, vi.
Spanish West Indies-Ill policy of not carrying on the war there, v. 282.
Sparta-The government of it, as instituted by Lycurgus, ii. 282. vii. 258. No impeachment ever made there by the people, though per- fectly free, ii. 311.
Speaker-Letter to a Member of Parliament in Ireland on the Choice of one, xii. 3.
Speaker, of the house of commons-The temper of the whole house usually judged by the choice of their speaker, v. 76. A very sorry
one, whose vote is not worth fifty ordinary ones, xii. 6. As he is the mouth of the house, if he has a stinking breath, he will infect every thing within the walls, and a great deal without, ibid. Very difficult to get a speaker, well qualified, attached to neither party, 8. Is always settled as soon as the writs are issued for a parlia- ment, xv. 298.
Speakers in public-Seldom agreeable in private conversation, viii. 54.
Speaking Doctor. See Kensington.
Spectator-Agreed with Swift in the necessity of fixing some stand- ard to the English language, vi. 59. One written from Swift's hint's, viii. 217. Swift's account of it, xxi. 206. Character of it, xxiv. 166. Part of one by Swift, viii. 221. The Spectator published Bishop. Fleetwood's preface, vi. 90. Received contributions from the whigs for this token of his zeal, vi. 93.
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