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Maebomey, original name of the Burney family, 250 Machiavelli, his works, by Périer, 267 ; general odiousness of his name and works, 268 269 ; suffered for public liberty, 269 ; his elevated sentiments and just views, 270 ; held in high estimation by his contemporaries. 271 ; state of moral feeling ill Italy in his time, 272 ; his character as a man, 291 ; as a poet, 293 ; as a dramatist, 296 ; as a statesman, 291 300 309 313 309 ; excellence of his precepts, 311 ; his candor, 313 ; comparison between him and Montesquieu, 314 ; his style, 314 ; his levity, 316 ; his historical works, 316 ; lived to witness the last struggle for Florentine liberty, 319 ; his works and character misrepresented, 319 ; his remains dishonored till long after his death, 319 ; monument erected to his memory by an English nobleman, 319
Mackenzie, Henry, his ridicule of the Nabob class, 283
Mackenzie, Mr., his dismissal insisted on by Grenville, 70
Mackintosh, Sir James, review of his History of the Revolution in England, 251 335 ; comparison with Fox's History of James II., 252 ; character of his oratory, 253 ; his conversational powers, 256 ; his qualities as an historian, 250 ; his vindication from the imputations of the editor, 262 270-278; change in his opinions produced by the French Revolution, 263 ; his moderation, 268 270 ; his historical justice, 277 278 ; remembrance of him at Holland House, 425
Macleane, Colonel, agent in England for Warren Hastings, 44 53
Macpherson, James, 77 331 210 ; a favorite author with Napoleon, 515 ; despised by Johnson, 116
Madras, description of it, 199 ; its capitulation to the French, 202 ; restored to the English, 203
Maand, capture of, by the English army in 470 119
Mæandnus, of Samos, 132
Magazine, delightful invention for a very idle or a very busy man, 156 ; resembles the little angels of the Rabbinical tradition, 156 157
Magdalen College, treatment of, by James II., 413 Addison's connection with it, 327
Mahon, Lord, Review of his History of the War of the Succession in Spain, 75 142 ; his qualities as an historian, 75 77 ; his explanation of the financial condition of Spain, 85 ; his opinions on the Partition Treaty, 90-92; his representations of Cardinal Porto Carrero, 104 ; his opinion of the peace on the conclusion of the War of the Spanish Succession, 131 ; his censure of Harley, 132 ; and view of the resemblance of the Tories of the present day to the Whigs of the Revolution, 132 135
Mahrattas, sketch of their history, 207 58 ; expedition against them, 60
Maintenon, Madame de, 364 30
Malaga, naval battle near, in 170 110
Malcolm, Sir John, review of his Life of Lord Clive, 194 299 ; value of his work, 190 ; his partiality for Clive, 237 ; his defence of Clive's conduct towards Ornichaud, 248
Mallet, David, patronage of by Bute, 41
Malthus, Mr., his theory of population, and Sadler's objections to it, 217 218 222 223 228 244 271 272
Manchester, Countess of, 339
Manchester, Earl of, his patronage of Addison, 338 350
Mandeville, his metaphysical powers, 208
Mandragola (the), of Maehiavelli, 293
Manilla, capitulation of, 32
Mannerism of Johnson, ii 423
Mansfield, Lord, his character and talents, 223 ; his rejection of the overtures of Newcastle, 234 ; his elevation, 234 12 ; his friendship for Hastings, 106 ; character of his speeches, 104
Manso, Milton's Epistle to, 212
Manufactures and commerce of Italy in the 14th century, 275 277
Manufacturing and agricultural laborers, comparison of their condition, 147 149
Manufacturing system (the), Southey's opinion upon, 145 ; its effect on the health, 147
Marat, his bust substituted for the statues of the Martyrs of Christianity, 345 ; his language about Barère, 458 466 ; his bust torn down, 502
Mareet, Mrs., her Dialogues on Political Economy, 207
March, Lord, one of the persecutors of Wilkes, 60
Maria Theresa, her accession to the throne, 164 ; her situation and personal qualities, 165 166 ; her unbroken spirit, 173 ; gives birth to the future emperor, Joseph II., 173 ; her coronation, 173 ; enthusiastic loyalty and war-cry of Hungary, 174 ; her brother-in-law, Prince Charles of Lorraine, defeated by Frederic the Great, at Chotusitz, 174 ; she cedes Silesia, 175 ; her husband, Francis, raised to the Imperial Throne, 179 ; she resolves to humble Frederic, 200 ; succeeds in obtaining the adhesion of Russia, 200 ; her letter to Madame Pompadour, 211 ; signs the peace of Hubertsburg, 245
Marie Antoinette, Barère's share in her death, 401 434 409 470
Marino, San, visited by Addison, 340
Marlborough, Duchess of, her friendship with Congreve, 408 ; her inscription on his monument, 409
Marlborough, Duke of, 259 ; his conversion to Whiggism, 129 ; his acquaintance with the Duchess of Cleveland,-and commencement of his splendid fortune, 373 ; notice of Addison's poem in his honor, 358
Marlborough and Godolphin, their policy, 353
Maroons (the), of Surinam, 386 ; to: 388
Marsh, Bishop, his opposition to Calvinistic doctrine, 170
Martinique, capture of, 32
Martin's illustrations of the Pilgrim's Progress, and of Paradise Lost, 251
Marvel, Andrew, 333
Mary, Queen, 31
Masque, the Italian, 218
Massinger, allusion to his "Virgin Martyr," 220 ; his fondness for the Roman Catholic Church, 30 ; indelicate writing in his dramas, 356
Mathematical reasoning, 103 ; studies, their advantages and defects, 346
Mathematics, comparative estimate of, by Plato and by Bacon, 451
Maximilian of Bavaria, 328
Maxims, general, their uselessness, 310
Maynooth, Mr. Gladstone's objections to the vote of money for, 179
Mecca, 301
Medals, Addison's Treatise on, 329 351
Medici, Lorenzo de. See Lorenzo de Medici.
Medicine, comparative estimate of the science of, by Plato and by Bacon, 454 456
Meer Cossim, his talents, 260 ; his deposition and revenge, 266
Meer Jatlier, his conspiracy, 240 ; his conduct during the battle of Plassey, 243 240 ; his pecuniary transactions with Clive, 251 ; his proceedings on being threatened by the Great Mogul, 250 ; his fears of the English, and intrigues with the Dutch, 258 ; deposed and reseated by the English, 266 ; his death, 270 ; his large bequest to Lord Clive, 279
Melanethon, 7
Melville, Lord, his impeachment, 292
Meinmius, compared to Sir Wm. Temple, 112
Memoirs of Sir "William Temple, review of, 1 115 ; wanting in selection and compression, 2
Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings, review of, 1 148
Memoirs, writers of, neglected by historians, 423
Memory, comparative views of the importance of, by Plato and by Bacon, 454
Menander, the lost comedies of, 375
Mendaeium, different species of, 430
Mendoza, Hurtado de, 81
Mercenaries, employment of, in Italy, 283 ; its political consequences, 284 ; and moral effects, 285
Messiah, Pope's, translated into Latin verse by Johnson, 175
Metals, the precious, production of, 351
Metaphysical accuracy incompatible with successful poetry, 225
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, his ability and disinterestedness, 298
Methodists, their rise unnoticed by some writers of the history of England under George II., 426 ; their early object, 318
Mexico, exactions of the Spanish viceroys in, exceeded by the English agents in Bengal, 266
Miehell, Sir Francis, 401
Middle ages, inconsistency in the schoolmen of the, 415
Middlesex election, the constitutional question in relation to it, 101 104
Middleton, Dr., remarks on his Life of Cicero, 340 341 ; his controversies with Bentley, 112
Midias, Demosthenes' speech against, 102
"Midsummer Night's Dream," sense in which the word "translated" is therein used, 180
Milan, Addison's visit to, 345
Military science, studied by Machiavelli, 306
Military service, relative adaptation of different classes for, 280
Militia (the), control of, by Charles I. or by the Parliament, 488
Mill, James, his merits as a historian, 277 278 ; defects of his History of British India, 195 196 ; his unfairness towards Clive's character, 237 ; his Essay on Government reviewed, 5 51 ; his theory and method of reasoning, 6 8 10 12 18 20 46 48 ; his style. 8 ; his erroneous definition of the end of government, 11 ; his objections to a Democracy only practical ones, 12 ; attempts to demonstrate that a purely aristocratic form of government is necessarily bad, 12 13 ; so also an absolute monarchy, 13 14 ; refutation of these arguments, 15 16 18 ; his inconsistencies, 16 17 96 97 121; his narrow views, 19 20 ; his logical deficiencies, 95 ; his want of precision in the use of terms, 103 108 ; attempts to prove that no combination of the simple forms of government can exist, 21 22 ; refutation of this argument., 22 29 ; his ideas upon the representative system. 29 30 ; objections to them, 30-32; his views upon the qualifications of voters, 32 36 ; objections to them, 36 38 41 42 ; confounds the interests of the present generation with those of the human race, 38 39 ; attempts to prove that the people understand their own interest, 42 ; refutation of this argument, 43 ; general objections to his theory, 44 47 122 ; defended by the Westminster Review, 529 ; inconsistencies between him and the reviewer, 56 58 ; the reviewer mistakes the points at issue, 58 60 61 65 70 77 114 ; and misrepresents arguments, 62 73 74 ; refutation of his positions. 63 64 66 74 76 122 127 ; the reviewer shifts the issue, 68 127 128 ; fails to strengthen Mill's positions, 71 ; and manifests great disingenuousness, 115 118 129 130
Millar, Lady, her vase for verses, 271
Milton, review of his Treatise on Christian Doctrine, Mr. Lemon's discovery of the MS. of it, 202 ; his style, "202; his theological opinions, 204 ; his poetry his great passport to general remembrance, 205 211 ; power of his imagination, 211 ; the most striking characteristic of his poetry, 213 375 ; his Allegro and Penseroso, 215 ; his Cornus and Samson Agonistes, 215 ; his minor poems, 219 ; appreciated the literature of modern Italy, 219 ; his Paradise Regained, 219 ; parallel between him and Dante, 17 18 ; his Sonnets most exhibit his peculiar character, 232 ; his public conduct, 233 ; his defence of the execution of Charles L, 246 ; his refutation of Salmasius, 248 ; his conduct under the Protector, 249 ; peculiarities which distinguished him from his contemporaries, 253 ; noblest qualities of every party combined in him, 260 ; his defence of the freedom of the press, and the right of private judgment, 262 ; his boldness in the maintenance of his opinions, 263 ; recapitulation of his literary merits, 264 ; one of the most "correct" poets, 338 ; his egotism, 82 ; effect of his blindness upon his genius, 351 Dryden's admiration of, 369 370
Milton and Cowley, an imaginary conversation between, touching the great Civil War, 112 138
Milton and Shakspeare,character of, Johnson's observations on, 417
Minden, battle of, 247
Minds, great, the product of their times, 323 325
Mines, Spanish-American, 85 351
Ministers, veto by Parliament on their appointment, 487 ; their responsibility lessened by the Revolution, 531
Minorca, capture of, by the French, 232
Minority, period of, at Athens, 191 192
"Minute guns!" Diaries Townshend's exclamation on hearing Bute's maiden speech, 33
Mirabeau, Dumont's recollections of, 71 74 ; his habit of giving compound nicknames, 72 ; compared with Wilkes, 72 ; with Chatham, 72 73
Missionaries, Catholic, their zeal and spirit, 300
Mittford, Mr., his History of Greece reviewed, 172 201 ; its popularity greater than its merits, 172 ; his characteristics, 173 174 177 420-422; his scepticism and political prejudices, 178 188 ; his admiration of an oligarchy, and preference of Sparta to Athens, 181 183 ; his views in regard to Lyeurgus, 185 ; reprobates the liturgic system of Athens, 190 ; his unfairness, 191 422; his misrepresentation of Demosthenes, 191 193 195 197 ; his partiality for Æschines, 193 194 ; his admiration of monarchies, 195 ; his general preference of the Barbarians to the Greeks, 190 ; his deficiencies as an historian, 190 197; his indifference for literature and literary pursuits, 197 199
Modern history, the period of its commencement, 532
Mogul, the Great, 27 ; plundered by Hastings, 74
Mohammed Heza Khan, his character, 18 ; selected by Clive, 21 ; his capture, confinement at Calcutta and release, 25
Molière, 385
Molwitz, battle of, 171
Mompesson, Sir Giles, conduct of Bacon in regard to his patent, 401 402 ; abandoned to the vengeance of the Commons, 412
Monarch, absolute, establishment of, in continental states, 481 Mitford's admiration of, 195
Monarchy, the English, in the l6th century, 15 20
Monjuieh, capture of the fort of, by Peterborough, 115
Monmouth, Duke of, 300 ; his supplication for life, 99
Monopolies, English, during the latter end of Elizabeth's reign, multiplied under James, 304 401 ; connived at by Bacon, 402
Monson, Mr., one of the new councillors under the Regulating Act for India, his opposition to Hastings, 40 ; his death and its important consequences, 54
Montagu, Basil, review of his edition of Lord Bacon's works, 330 ; character of his work, 330 ; his explanation of Lord Burleigh's conduct towards Bacon, 350 ; his views and arguments in defence of Bacon's conduct towards Essex, 373 379 ; his excuses for Bacon's use of torture, and his tampering with the judges, 391 394 ; his reductions on Bacon's admonitions to Buckingham, 403 ; his complaints against James for not interposing to save Bacon, 415 ; and for advising him to plead guilty, 410 ; his defence of Bacon, 417 430
Montagu, Charles, notice of him, 338 ; obtains permission for Addison to retain his fellowship during his travels, 338 Addison's Epistle to him, 350 ; see also Halifax, Lord.
Montague, Lord, 399
Montague, Marv, her testimony to Addison's colloquial powers, 300
Montague, Mrs., 126
Mont Cenis, 349
Monttesquieu, his style, 314 304 365 Horace Walpole's opinion of him, 155 ; ought to have styled his work L'esprit sur les Lois, 142
Montesquieu and Machiavelli, comparison between, 314
Montgomery, Mr. Robert, his Omnipresence of the Deity reviewed, 199 ; character of his poetry, 200 212
Montreal, capture of, by the British, 170 245
Moody, Major Thomas, his reports on the captured negroes reviewed, 361 404 ; his character, 302 303 404 ; characteristics of his report, 304 402; its reception, 304 ; its literary style, 305 ; his principle of an instinctive antipathy between the White and the Black races, 365 ; its refutation, 306 367 ; his new philosophy of labor, 373 374 ; his charges against Mr. Dougal, 376 ; his inconsistencies, 377 ; and erroneous deductions, 379 380 391 ; his arrogance and bad grammar, 394 ; his disgraceful carelessness in quoting documents, 399
Moore, Mr., extract from his "Zelnco," 420
Moore's Life of Lord Byron, review of, 324 367 ; its style and matter, 324 ; similes in his "Lalla Rookh," 485
Moorshedabad, its situation and importance, 7
Moral feeling, state of, in Italy in the time of Machiavelli, 271
Morality of Plutarch, and the historians of his school, political, low standard of, after the Restoration, 398 515
More, Sir Thomas, 305 416
Moses, Bacon compared to, by Cowley, 493
"Mountain" (the), their principles, 454 455 ; their intentions towards the King, 450 457 ; its contests with the Girondists, 458 459 402 460 ; its triumph, 473
"Mountain of Light," 145
Mourad Bey, his astonishment at Buonaparte's diminutive figure, 357
"Mourning Bride," by Congreve, its high standing as a tragic drama, 391
Moylan, Mr., review of his Collection of the Opinions of Lord Holland as recorded in the Journals of the House of Lords, 412 420
Mucius, the famous Roman lawyer, 4 ; note.
Mutiny, Begum, 24 43
Munro, Sir Hector, 72
Munro, Sir Thomas, 298
Munster, Bishop of, 32
Murphy, Mr., his knowledge of stage effect, 273 ; his opinion of "The Witlings," 273
Mussulmans, their resistance to the practices of English law, 5
Mysore, 71 ; its fierce horsemen, 72
Mythology, Dante's use of, 75 76