INDEX.

Addison, quarrels with Pope, 313 disapproves of his satire on Dennis, 315 aids a rival version of Homer, 316 satirized by Pope as Atticus, n. 317 his nervous fear of criticism, 317 his last interview with Pope, 318-320 quarrels with Steele on political grounds, 433 his disbelief in Rowe, 535 Akenside exhibited as a ludicrous personage by Smollett; his real character cast in the mould of antiquity, n. 114 severely criticised by Warburton, 264 Aldrich, Dean, secretly fosters the attacks on Bentley, 378, n. 383 Amhurst, a political author, his history, 11 Arnall, a great political scribe, 10 Ascham, Roger, the founder of English Prose, 19 Athenæ Britannicæ, one of the rarest works, account of, n. 31 Athenæ Oxonienses, an apology for, 89 Atterbury, Bp., on terrors of conscience, 451 severe remarks on Pope, 535 Aubrey, gives the real reason for the fears of Hobbes the philosopher, n. 452 minutely narrates the mode in which he composed his “Leviathan,” n. 459 Authors by profession, a phrase of modern origin, 8 original letter to a Minister from one, ib. Fielding’s apology for them, 11 Authors, Horace Walpole affects to despise them, 43 their maladies, 78 case of, stated, 15 incompetent remuneration of, 21 who wrote above the genius of their own age, 84 ill reception from the public of their valuable works, 85 who have sacrificed their fortunes to their studies, ib. who commenced their literary life with ardour, and found their genius obstructed by numerous causes, 87 who have never published their works, 90 provincial, liable to bad passions, 128 Ayre’s Memoirs of Pope, n. 318, 319 Baker and his microscopical discoveries, n. 366-367 Rev. Thomas, his collection, 93 Balguy, Dr. Thos., n. 273 Barnes, Joshua, wrote a poem to prove Solomon was the author of the “Iliad,” and why, 97 his pathetic letter descriptive of his literary calamities, ib. hints at the vast number of his unpublished works, 98 Bayle, his use of paradox, 247 his theory of apparitions, n. 451 Bayne, Alexander, died of intense application, 72 Bentley, Dr., his controversy with Boyle, 378, 390 his haughtiness, n. 379 his dissertation on “Phalaris”, 380 satirized by Dr. Middleton, 531 Biographia Britannica in danger of being left unfinished, 84 Birkenhead, Sir J., a newspaper-writer, 416 Blackstone investigates the quarrel between Pope and Addison, 314 Bohun, his unjustifiable attack on William of Wykeham, 537 Bolingbroke, his share in Pope’s “Essay on Man,”, 256 quarrel with Pope, 321-328 his “Patriot King” secretly printed by Pope, 321 his hatred of Warburton, 323-328 Booksellers in the reign of Elizabeth, 23 why their interest is rarely combined with the advancement of literature, n. 87 why they prefer the crude to the matured fruit, 210 Boyle, his controversy with Bentley, 378-390 his edition of “Phalaris”, 378-381 his literary aids, n. 382 Bramhall opposes Hobbes’ philosophy, 449 Brereton, Sir W., characterised by Clarendon and Cleveland, n. 418 Brooke attacks errors in Camden’s “Britannia”, 492 his work unfairly suppressed, 495 his severe remarks on Camden, ib. humorous rhymes on a horse, 497 his self-defence, 498 his real motives vindicated, 499 biographical note, ib. Brown, Dr., his panegyric on Warburton, and his sorrow for writing it, n. 235 account of, n. 273 Brown, Robt., founder of a sect of Puritans, n. 518 Burnet, Bp., his character attacked, 426 Burton, his laborious work, 83 his constitutional melancholy, n. 182 Cæsalpinus, originally the propounder of a theory of the circulation of the blood, 335 Calvin’s opinions on government, n. 447 Calvin, his narrowed sectarianism, 502 Camden recommends Jonson to Raleigh, n. 476 his industry, and his great work the “Britannia”, 491 Brooke points out its errors, 492 his works suppressed through Camden’s interest, 495 his exasperation, ib. his powerful picture of calumny, 496 his quiet adoption of Brooke’s corrections, 499 Campanella and his political works, 351-352 Carey, Henry, inventor of “Namby Pamby”, 101 “Carey’s Wish,” a patriotic song on the Freedom of Election, by the author of “God save the King,” n. 102 “Sally in our Alley,” a popular ballad, its curious origin, 103 author of several of our national poems, 104 his miserable end, ib. Carte, Thomas, his valuable history, 110-111 the first proposer of public libraries, 111 its fate from his indiscretion, 112 Cartwright, Thomas, chief of the Puritan faction, 505 progress of his opinions, 506 his great popularity, ib. forsakes his party, 508-509 Caryll’s voluminous commentary on Job, n. 392 Castell, Dr., ruined in health and fortune by the publication of his Polyglott, n. 189 Charles the Second’s jest at the Royal Society, n. 311 an admirer of Hobbes’s ability in disputation, n. 448 Chatterton, his balance-sheet on the Lord Mayor’s death, n. 25 Churchill’s satire on Warburton, 240, 242, 243, 246 Churchyard, Thomas, an unhappy poet, describes his patrons, 26 his pathetic description of his wretched old age, ib. Cibber, his easy good-nature, 306 his reasonable defence of himself, n. 305-307 his “Essay on Cicero,” n. 306 apology for his Life, 307 attacks on himself, 305, 308 unjustly degraded, 312 Clarendon, Lord, his prejudice against May, 434 his opinion of Hobbes’s philosophy, n. 438 Clergy fight in the great civil wars, n. 422 Cleland, biographical note on, 282 Cleveland’s character of a journal-maker, 416 Cole, Rev. William, his character, 90 his melancholy confession on his lengthened literary labours, 92 his anxiety how best to dispose of his collections, 93 Collins, Arthur, historian of the Peerage, 85 Collins, Wm., the poet, quits the university suddenly with romantic hopes of becoming an author, 172 publishes his “Odes” without success, and afterwards indignantly burns the edition, 180 defended from some reproaches of irresolution, made by Johnson, 181 anecdote of his life in the metropolis, 182 anecdotes of, when under the influence of a disordered intellect, 183 his monument described, 184 two sonnets descriptive of Collins, 185 his poetical character defended, 186 Contemporaries, how they seek to level genius, 206 Cooper, author of “Life of Socrates,” attacked by Warburton, n. 272 Cooper, Bishop, attacked by Mar-Prelates, n. 513, 514 Copyrights, Lintot’s payments for, 328-333 Corbet, his humorous introduction to Ben Jonson, n. 475 Cotgrave, Randle, falls blind in the labour of his “Dictionary”, 73 Court of Charles II. satirised by Marvell, 393 its characteristics, 414 Cowel incurs by his curious work “The Interpreter” the censure of the King and the Commons on opposite principles, 193 Cowley, original letter from, n. 36 his essays form a part of his confessions, 37 describes his feelings at court, ib. his melancholy attributed to his “Ode to Brutus,” by which he incurred the disgrace of the court, 40 his remarkable lamentation for having written poetry, 41 his Epitaph composed by himself, 42 Critic, poetical, without any taste, how he contrived to criticise poems, 143 Criticisms, illiberal, some of its consequences stated, 140 Cross attacks the Royal Society, 344-346 Crousaz dissects Pope’s “Essay on Man”, 256 Curll, and his publication of Pope’s letters, 292 D’Avenant, his poem of “Gondibert”, 404 history of its composition, n. 404 its merits and defects, 405-408 a club of wits satirize it, 409 and its author, 412 and occasion it to be left unfinished, 413 Davies, Myles, a mendicant author, his life, 30 Decker quarrels with Ben Jonson for his arrogance, 475-487 ridicules him in his “Satiromastix”, 482-487 Dedication, composed by a patron to himself, n. 30 Dedications, used in an extraordinary way, n. 30 De Lolme’s work on the Constitution could find no patronage, and the author’s bitter complaints, 200 relieved by the Literary Fund, n. 201 Denham falsely satirized, n. 429 Dennis, John, distinguished as “The Critic”, 52 his “Original Letters” and “Remarks on Prince Arthur,” his best productions, 52 anecdotes of his brutal vehemence, 53 curious caricature of his personal manners, 54 a specimen of his anti-poetical notions, n. 55 his frenzy on the Italian Opera, 57 acknowledges that he is considered as ill-natured, and complains of public neglect, ib. more the victim of his criticisms than the genius he insulted, 58 his insatiable vengeance toward Pope, 286 his attack on Addison’s “Cato”, 315 his account with the bookseller Lintot, 331 Drake, Dr. John, a political writer, his miserable life, 11 Drayton’s national work, “The Polyolbion,” ill received, and the author greatly dejected, 210 angry preface addressed “To any that will read it”, 211 Drummond of Hawthornden, his love of poetry, 213 conversation with Jonson, 475 Dryden, in his old age, complains of dying of over-study, 204 his dramatic life a series of vexations, 205 regrets he was born among Englishmen, 206 remarkable confession of the poet, ib. vilified by party spirit, 427 compares his quarrel with Settle to that of Jonson with Decker, n. 477 Dunciad, Pope’s collections for, 278 early editions of, n. 283 rage of persons satirized in, n. 284 satire on naturalists in, 342 Dunton the bookseller satirized by Swift, 430 Dyson defends Akenside, 265 Eachard’s satire on Hobbes and his sect, n. 439 Edwards, Thomas, author of “Canons of Criticism”, 261 biographical notice, n. 532 anecdotes of his critical sagacity, n. 262-263 origin of his “Canons of Criticism”, 532 Evans, Arise, a fanatical Welsh prophet, patronised by Warburton, n. 240 Evelyn defends the Royal Society, 340 Exercise, to be substituted for medicine by literary men, and which is the best, n. 68 False rumours in the great Civil War, 421 Farneworth’s Translation of Machiavel, 84 Fell, Dr., an opponent of the Royal Society, 350 ungenerous to Hobbes, 450 rhymes descriptive of his unpopularity, 451 Fielding attacks Sir John Hill, 368-369 Filmer, Sir R., writes to establish despotism, n. 449 Folkes, Martin, President of the Royal Society, n. 364 attacked by Sir John Hill, n. 366 Fuller’s “Medicina Gymnastica,” n. 71 Garth, Dr., and his Dispensary, 429 Gay acts as mediator with Pope and Addison, 320 his account with Lintot the bookseller, 330 Gibbon, Ed., price of his copyright, 87 Gildon supposed by Pope to have been employed by Addison to write against him, 316 Glanvill a defender of the Royal Society, 244 Glover, Leonidas, declines to write a Life of Marlborough, n. 325 Goldsmith’s remonstrance on illiberal criticism, from which the law gives no protection, 142 Granger’s complaint of not receiving half the pay of a scavenger, 85 Greene, Robert, a town-wit, his poverty and death, 23 awful satirical address to, n. 119 Grey, Dr. Zachary, the father of our commentators, ridiculed and abused, 104 the probable origin of his new mode of illustrating Hudibras, ib. Warburton’s double-dealing with him, n. 259 Guthrie offers his services as a hackney-writer to a minister, 8 Hackett executed for attacks on the church, n. 518 Hanmer, Sir T., his edition of Shakespeare, n. 242, n. 258 Hardouin supposes the classics composed by monks in the Middle Ages, 249-252 Harrington and his “Oceana”, 449 Harvey, Dr., and his discovery of the circulation of the blood, 335 Harvey, Gabriel, his character, 117 his device against his antagonist, n. 119 his portrait, 121 severely satirised by Nash for his prolix periods, 122 cannot be endured to be considered as the son of a rope-maker, 123 his pretended sordid manners, 124 his affectation of Italian fashions, ib. his friends ridiculed, 125 his pedantic taste for hexameter verses, &c., 127 his curious remonstrance with Nash, 126 his lamentation on invectives, 129 his books, and Nash’s, suppressed by order of the Archbishop of Canterbury for their mutual virulence, 120 Hawkesworth, Dr., letter on presenting his MS. of Cook’s Voyages for examination, the publication of which overwhelmed his fortitude and intellect, 199 Henley, Orator, this buffoon an indefatigable student, an elegant poet, and wit, 59 his poem of “Esther, Queen of Persia”, 60 sudden change in his character, 62 seems to have attempted to pull down the Church and the University, 63 some idea of his lectures, n. 64 his projects to supply a Universal School, ib. specimens of his buffoonery on solemn occasions, 66 his “Defence of the Oratory,” n. ib. once found his match in two disputants, 67 specimen of the diary of his “Oratory Transactions”, ib. close of his career, n. 68 his character, 69 parallel between him and Sir John Hill, 363 Henry, Dr., the Historian, the sale of his work, on which he had expended most of his fortune and his life, stopped, and himself ridiculed, by a conspiracy raised against him, 136 Henry, Dr., caustic review of his history, n. ib. Heron, Robert, draws up the distresses of a man of letters living by literary industry, in the confinement of a sponging-house, from his original letter, 81 Herrick, Robert, petulant invective against Devonshire, 215 Hill, Aaron, and his quarrel with Pope, 290 Hill, Sir John, 362-396 parallel between him and Orator Henley, 383 his great work on Botany, n. ib. his personalities, 364 attacks the Royal Society, 365 his Inspector, 367 war of wit with Fielding, 368 and Smart, 370-372 attacks Woodward, who replies with some ridiculous anecdotes, n. 372 proposes himself as keeper of the Sloane collection, 374 manufactures Travels, n. 374 his death, 375 Hobbes contemns the Royal Society, 342 praises D’Avenant’s poem of “Gondibert”, 408-412 his quarrels, 436 peculiarities of his character, 437 his sect, 438 his real opinions, 439 his “Leviathan”, 440-448 feared and suspected by both parties, n. 442 no atheist, n. 445 his continual disputations, 448-450 his terror of death, 451 the real solution of his fears, 452 his disciples in literature, n. 455 his pride, 456 his mode of composition, n. 459 his contented poverty, and consistent conduct, ib. characteristics of his writings, 461 his passion for mathematics, 464 leads to a quarrel with Dr. Wallis, 465-473 Home and his tragedy of “Douglas”, 79 Howel, nearly lost his life by excessive study, 74 Hume, his literary life mortified with disappointments, 202 wished to change his name and his country, 204 his letter to Des Maiseaux requesting his opinion of his philosophy, 202 Hurd, Bishop, biographical note on, 253 imitates Warburton’s style, n. 269 Icon Libellorum. See Athenæ Britannicæ. Johnson, Dr., his aversion to Milton’s politics, 425 Jones, Inigo, ridiculed by Ben Jonson, n. 477 Jonson, Ben, his quarrel with Decker, 475 his conversation with Drummond of Hawthornden, 475, 535 his general conviviality, n. 475 his play “The Poetaster”, 476-481 his powerful satire on Decker, 482-487 his bitter allusions to his enemies, 487-488 Kennet’s, Bishop, Register and Chronicle, 87 Kenrick, Dr., a caustic critic, treats our great authors with the most amusing arrogance, 141 an epigram on himself, by himself, n. 142 King, Dr., his payments as an author, 332 biographical notice of, n. 358 ridicules the Transactions of the Royal Society, 358, 361 aids in attacking Bentley, 384 his satirical Index to Bentley’s Characteristics, n. 386 Lawson, Dame, a noted female Puritan, n. 519, 525 Lee, Nat., his love of praise, 213 Leland, the antiquary, an accomplished scholar, 172 his “Strena,” or New Year’s Gift to Henry VIII.; an account of his studies, and his magnificent projects, 174 doubts that his labours will reach posterity, 175 he values “the furniture” of his mind, ib. his bust striking from its physiognomy, 177 the ruins of his mind discovered in his library, ib. the inscription on his tomb probably had been composed by himself, before his insanity, 178 thoughts on Eloquence, 255 Libels abounded in the age of Elizabeth, 503 Lightfoot could not procure the printing of his work, 192 Lintot’s account-book, 328-333 Literary Property, difficulties to ascertain its nature, 16 history of, ib. value of, n. ib. Literary quarrels from personal motives, 529-539 Lloyd’s, Bishop, collections and their fate, 93 Logan, the history of his literary disappointments, 78 dies broken-hearted, ib. his poetic genius, 80 Lowth, Bishop, attack on pretensions of Warburton, n. 235-246, n. 252-268 M’Donald, or Matthew Bramble, his tragical reply to an inquiry after his tragedy, 77 Macdiarmid, John, died of over-study and exhaustion, 74 Mallet, his knowledge of Pope and Warburton, n. 242 his attacks on Warburton, n. 271 employed by Bolingbroke to libel Pope, ib. anecdote of his egotism, 324 employed by the Duchess of Marlborough on a Life of the Duke, n. 325 M’Mahon and his anti-social philosophy, n. 456 Marston, John, satirised by Ben Jonson, n. 477 Martin Mar-Prelate’s libels issuing from a moveable press carried about the country, 116 a party-name for satirists of the Church, 510 their popularity, 513-516 their secret printings, 515 opposed by other wits, 517 authors of these satires, n. 505, n. 518, 520, 523 curious rhymes against, 524-528 Marvell attacks the intolerant tenets of Bishop Parker, 392 severity of his satire on the Court of Charles II., n. 393 comments on the early career of Parker, 394-395 origin of quarrel, 396 his noble defence of Milton, 399 his rencontre with Parker in the streets, 401 his political honesty, 402 his generous criticism on Butler, 434 Maskell, Rev. W., history of the Mar-Prelate controversy, n. 503 date of its origin, and opinion on its authors, n. 505 Melancholy persons frequently the most delightful companions, n. 182 Menassah, Ben Israel, his treatise “De Resurrectione Mortuorum,” n. 252 Mickle’s pathetic address to his muse, 207 his disappointments after the publication of the “Lusiad” induce him to wish to abandon his native country, 208 Middleton, Dr. Conyers, quarrel with Bentley, 530 and with Warburton, 532 Milton’s works the favourite prey of booksellers, 17 vilified by party spirit, 424-425 Mortimer, Thomas, his complaint in old age of the preference given to young adventurers, 75 Motteux, Peter, and his patron, 30 Mughouse, political clubs, n. 32 Nash, Tom, the misery of his literary life, 23 threatens his patrons, 24 silences Mar-Prelate with his own weapons, 116 his character as a Lucianic satirist, 120 his “Have with you to Saffron Walden,” a singular literary invective against Gabriel Harvey, 120 Needham, Marchmont, a newspaper writer in the great Civil War, 420 Newspapers of the great Civil War, 415, 422 Newton, of a fearful temper in criticism, n. 140 Newton’s “Optics” first favourably noticed in France, 84 Ockley, Simon, among the first of our authors who exhibited a great nation in the East in his “History of the Saracens”, 163 his sufferings expressed in a remarkable preface dated from gaol, 187 dines with the Earl of Oxford; an original letter of apology for his uncourtly behaviour, 189 exults in prison for the leisure it affords for study, n. ib. neglected, but employed by ministers, 196 Oldmixon asserts Lord Clarendon’s “History” to have been interpolated, while himself falsifies Daniel’s “Chronicle,” n. 10 Palermo, Prince of; and his Palace of Monsters, n. 243 Paper-wars of the Civil Wars, 415, 422 Parker, Bishop of Oxford, his early career, 394-395 the intolerance of his style, 397 attacks Milton, 399 and Marvell in the streets, 401 his posthumous portrait of Marvell, 402 Parr, Dr., his talent and his egotism, n. 236 his defence of Warburton, n. 239 in revenge for Bishop Hurd’s criticism, publishes his early works of irony, 531 Patin, Guy, his account of Hobbes, n. 445 Pattison, a young poet, his college career, 98 his despair in an address to Heaven, and a pathetic letter, 101 Penry, one of the writers of Mar-Prelate tracts, n. 505, n. 518 his career, 520 his execution, 521 his petition and protest, n. 521 rhymes on his death, ib. Phalaris, Epistles of, 378 Phillips asperses Pope, 316 Pierce, Dr. T., his controversies, 537 Poets, mediocre Critics are the real origin of mediocre, 212 Nat. Lee describes their wonderful susceptibility of praise, 213 provincial, their situation at variance with their feelings, 214 Pope, Alex., his opinion of “the Dangerous Fate of Authors”, 214 the Poet Prior, 216 Pope, Alexander, his high estimation of Warburton, 257, 273 Warburton’s edition of his works, 263, 270 his miscellaneous quarrel, 278, 291 collects libels on himself, n. 273 literary stratagems, 280 early neglect of his “Essay on Criticism,” n. 280 the real author of the “Key to the Lock,” n. 280 hostilities between him and others, 282 the finest character-painter, n. 283 his personal sufferings on Cibber’s satire, 285 his first introduction to Dennis, n. 286 narrative of the publication of his letter to Curll, 292, 300 his attacks on Cibber, 301, 312 his condemned comedy, n. 301, 307 quarrels with Addison, 313 urges an attack on his Cato, n. 315 believes him to have employed adverse critics, n. 316-317 satirizes Addison as Atticus, n. 317 his last interview with Addison, 318, 320 surreptitiously prints Bolingbroke’s “Patriot King”, 321 his bookselling account with Lintot, 329 his earliest satire, 333-335 his satires and their effects, 535 Prideaux’s “Connection of Old and New Testament”, 84 Prince’s “Worthies of Devon”, ib. Prior, curious character of, from a Whig satire, 216 felicitated himself that his natural inclination for poetry had been checked, 217 attacked for his political creed, 429 Proclamation issued by James I. against Cowel’s book, “The Interpreter,” a curious document in literary history, 195 Prynne, a voluminous author without judgment, but the character of the man not so ridiculous as the author, 146 his intrepid character, 147 his curious argument against being debarred from pen and ink, n. 148 his interview with Laud in the Tower, n. 149 had a good deal of cunning in his character, n. 150 grieved for the Revolution in which he himself had been so conspicuous a leader, 148 his speeches as voluminous as his writings, n. 151 seldom dined, n. 152 account of his famous “Histriomastix”, ib. Milton admirably characterises Prynne’s absurd learning, n. ib. how the “Histriomastix” was at once an elaborate work of many years, and yet a temporary satire—the secret history of the book being as extraordinary as the book itself, 153 Puritans, origin of their name, n. 504 Raleigh, Sir W., an opposer of Puritanism, n. 508 Reformation, the, under Elizabeth, 501 Ridicule described, 114 it creates a fictitious personage, ib. a test of truth, 264, 267 Ritson, Joseph, the late poetical antiquary, carried criticism to insanity, 51 Ritson, Isaac, a young Scotch writer, perishes by attempting to exist by the efforts of his pen, 75 his extemporary rhapsody descriptive of his melancholy fate, 76 Royal Society, the, 335, 361 encounters much opposition when first established, ib. Ruffhead’s Life of Pope, 290 Rushworth dies of a broken heart, having neglected his own affairs for his “Historical Collections”, 85 Rymer’s distress in forming his “Historical Collections”, 85 Ryves, Eliza, her extraordinary literary exertions and melancholy end, 107 Sale, the learned, often wanted a meal while translating the Koran, n. 189 Savage the Poet employed by Pope to collect materials for notes to the Dunciad, n. 279 Scot, Reginald, persecuted for his work against Witchcraft, 198 Scott, of Amwell, the Quaker and poet, offended at being compared to Capt. Macheath by the affected witticism of a Reviewer, 143 his extraordinary “Letter to the Critical Reviewers,” in which he enumerates his own poetical beauties, ib. Selden compelled to recant his opinions, and not suffered to reply to his calumniators, 198 refuses James I. to publish his defence of the “Sovereignty of the Seas” till Grotius provoked his reply, ib. opinions on bishops, n. 502 Settle, Elkanah, the ludicrous close of a scribbler’s life, 146 the hero of Pope’s earliest satire, 333 manages Pope burnings, 334 Shaftesbury, Lord, on the origin of irony, n. 436 his character of Hobbes, n. 437 his conversation with Hobbes in Paris on his work, “The Leviathan,” n. 441 Shuckford, “Sacred and Profane History Connected”, 85 Sloane, Sir Hans, his peculiarities of style, 358-360 Smart and his satire, “The Hilliad”, 371-372 Smollett confesses the incredible labour and chagrin he had endured as an author, 13 Socrates ridiculed by Aristophanes, 266 South’s poignant reflection on the Royal Society, 342 Sprat’s History of the Royal Society, 337-339 his aversion to Milton, 424 Steele, his paradoxical character, 168 satirized by Swift, 429-431 why he wrote a laughable comedy after his “Christian Hero”, 169 his ill choice in a wife of an uncongenial character, 170 specimens of his “Love Despatches,” n. ib. finely contrasts his own character with that of Addison, n. 172 introduces Pope to Addison, 314 manages a friendly interview between them after a long disseverance, 319 his political creed loses him Addison’s friendship, 433 Steevens, G., satirizes Sir John Hawkins, 535 Stillingfleet, Bishop, his end supposed to have been hastened by Locke’s confutation of his metaphysical notions, n. 140 Stockdale, Perceval, his character an extraordinary instance of the illusions of writers in verse, 218 draws a parallel between Charles XII. and himself, 224 Stowe, the chronicler, petitions to be a licensed beggar, 29 Strutt, the antiquary, a man of genius and imagination, 86 his spirited letters on commencing his career of authorship, 88 Stuart, Dr. Gilbert, his envious character; desirous of destroying the literary works of his countrymen, 131 projects the “Edinburgh Magazine and Review;” its design, ib. his horrid feelings excited by his disappointments, 132 raises a literary conspiracy against Dr. Henry, 135 dies miserably, 139 Stubbe and his attacks on the Royal Society, 346 his early history, 347 influenced by Dr. Fell in his attacks, n. 350 specimens of them, 356 Systems of Opinions, often fallacies in practice, 461 Subscriptions once inundated our literature with worthless works, 29 Temple, Sir W., Essay on Learning, 378 Theobald, his payments from, and literary arrangements with Lintot, 331-332 Tickell’s Homer, 316 Toland, a lover of study, 157 defends himself from the aspersion of atheism or deism, 150 accused of an intention to found a sect, 159 had the art of explaining away his own words, ib. a great artificer of title-pages, 160 his “Pantheisticon”, 161 projects a new office of a private monitor to the minister, 163 of the books he read and his MSS. n. 166 his panegyrical epitaph composed by himself, 167 Locke’s admirable foresight of his character, 168 the miserable payment for his life of literary labour, 332 Tonson, Jacob, bickerings with Dryden, n. 171 his bookselling career, ib. Udall, John, a writer in the Mar-Prelate controversy, n. 505, n. 518 his character and career, 521-523 Wagstaffe, Dr., his character of Steele, n. 429-432 his satirical works, n. 431 Wakefield, Gilbert, his works unsuccessful because of his politics, n. 435 Wallis, Dr., his curious narrative of a dialogue between Hobbes and the Countess of Devonshire, n. 455 his quarrel with Hobbes, 465-473 his power of deciphering secret writing, 472 his real opinion of Hobbes, n. 473 Walpole, Horace, his literary character, 43 instances of his pointed vivacity against authors, n. 43 why he attacked the fame of Sydney, and defended Richard III., 45 his literary mortifications, acknowledged by himself from his original letters, 47 how Gray treated him when invited to Strawberry-hill, n. 46 extraordinary letter of, expressing his contempt of his most celebrated contemporaries, 49 Walsingham, Sir Francis, originally favours the Puritans, n. 508 Warburton, dishonest criticism on Gray’s “Hudibras”, 105 and his quarrels, 233-277 his early career, 239 his traffic in dedications, 241 his contemptuous criticism on Pope and Addison, 244 his miscellaneous reading, 245, 246 his love of conjecture, 247 Divine Legation, n. 250, 267 unhappy in his labours, n. 252 his coarseness of invective, n. 224, 268 his contemptuous criticisms, 258, 269 conjectural criticism on Shakspeare, 260 his edition of Pope, 263, 270, 271 his literary recruits, 274 defends Pope against Bolingbroke, 321 influenced Pope through his religion, n. 323 his opinion of Hobbes, n. 444 offends Edwards in a contest, 532 Ward, Dr. Seth, his double opinion of Hobbes’ Works, n. 465 Ward, Dr., his quarrel with Dr. Pierce, 536 Wharton, Henry, sunk under his historical studies, 74 Whitgift, Archbishop, his controversies with Cartwright the Puritan, and ultimate friendship with him, n. 509 William of Wykeham attacked by Bohun, 537 Wood, Anthony, his character, 94 an apology for the “Athenæ Oxonienses”, 92 the writers of a party whom he abhorred frequently refer to him in their own favour, 99 defines Marvell’s style, 392 gives Bishop Parker’s early history, 394 his prejudice against Lake, 423 Woodward the actor attacked by Hill, 372, and note Works, valuable, not completed from deficient encouragement, 84 Wotton’s reflections on learning, 378

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Footnote 140: Was ’afterwardss’ (As City Poet afterwards Settle composed the pageants)

Footnote 140: Was ’Mayor’ (songs for the Lord Mayor’s Shows from 1691 to 1708)

Footnote 140: Original split across lines as ‘im,’ and ‘poverished,’ (Towards the close of his career he became impoverished)

Footnote 150: Changed period to comma (by Indignatio,” 1772)

Footnote 157: Added quote (“that last foible of superior genius.”)

Footnote 163: Was ’Manasseh’ (which Menasseh Ben Israel has written his treatise)

Footnote 183: Was ’infallibilty’ (to the standard of your infallibility)

Footnote 186: Added quote (“Letter to Warburton,” p. 4.)

Footnote 195: Added quote (Prince Eugene, “who came hither for that purpose.”)

Footnote 202: Was ’Irishmant o’ (had a tall Irishman to attend him)

Footnote 291: Added quote (And changed his skin to monumental brass.”)

Footnote 324: Added missing word (It may be inscribed in the library of the student)

Footnote 353: Was ’caligraphy’ (this beautiful specimen of calligraphy may still be seen)

Footnote 353: Was ’hi’ (it produced his sudden dismissal from the presence of Charles II. when at Paris)

Footnote 354: Added quote (but, chewed, are for the most part cast up again without effect.”)

Footnote 367: Added quote (“Il disoit qu’il faisoit quelquefois des ouvertures)

Footnote 369: Added period (The story his antagonist (Dr. Wallis) relates is perfectly in character.)

Footnote 418: Changed comma to period (in a countercuffe given to Martin Junior.”)

Index: Was ’Gilden’ (Gildon supposed by Pope to have been employed by Addison to write against him, 316)

Index: Added period (Johnson, Dr., his aversion to Milton’s politics, 425)

Index: Was ’132’ (Lightfoot could not procure the printing of his work, 192)