education there for a scholar of the highest class, for the term of
7 months, 157. for the lower clafs, 10/. 115.

Angelo, Michael, obfervations on his ftyle of painting, vii. 318.
Anger, the neceffity of checking and regulating it, iv. 66. A tumul-
tuous and dangerous paffion, derived from pride, 68. Exposed to
contempt and derifion, 70. The pernicious effects of it, 71, 72.
Animal food, on the choice and rejection of various forts of, viii. 281.
Anningate and Ajut, the Greenland lovers, their history, vi. 267.
276.

Anoch, account of, viii. 248. Confifts only of three huts, 248. Ac-
count of the landlord and his house, 249.

Anfon, Lord, little advantage to have been expected, had his voyage
fucceeded to the extent of his withes, viii. 62.

Anthea, her difagreeable character, iv. 220 225.

Antony and Cleopatra, obfervations on Shakespeare's play of, ii. 158.
Application, defultory, injurious to our improvements in knowledge
and virtue, v. 388. Active and diligent, ftrongly enforced by a
view of the shortnefs and uncertainty of human life, 400.

Arabs, account of their manner of living, iii. 406.

Arbuthnot, Dr. with Pope, fuppofed to have affifted Gay in writing
Three Hours after Marriage, x. 239. Sketch of his character, xi.
133. The first volume of the Memoirs of Scriblerus published by
him, in conjunction with Pope and Swift, 136.

Arcades, written by Milton, about 1637, ix. 92.

Archery, the importance of, in former times, xii. 314.

Arches, confiderations on elliptical and femicircular, which is to be
preferred, ii. 275.

Architecture, the degenerate state of at Rome, ii. 280.

Argatio, his character, iv. 179.

Ariofto, fome lines of, from which Pope feems to have borrowed the
fentiments of his own epitaph, xi. 216.

Ariftophanes, licentioufnels of his writings exorbitant, iii. 3. The
only author from whom a juft idea of the comedy of his age may
be drawn, 5. Hiftory of, 16. Praife and cenfure of, 17. Plu-
tarch's fentiments upon, 23. Juftification of, 25.

Ariftotle, his fentiments of what is requifite to the perfection of a
tragedy, v. 429. Account of a MS. tranflation of his politics in
the library at Aberdeen, viii. 224.

Armidel, in the Isle of Sky, account of, viii. 266.

Arms of the Highlanders, account of, viii. 351.

Army, caules of the fuperiority of the officers of France to thofe of
England, ii, 317. Made formidable by regularity and difcipline,

ii. 371.

Art, terms of, the neceffity of, vii. 280.

Afcham, Roger, his life, xii. 308. Born at Kirby Wifke, near North
Allerton, 1515, 308. Educated with the fons of Mr. Wingfield,
and entered at Cambridge, 1530, 309. Applied to the study of
Greek, 309. A favourer of the Proteftant opinion, 309. Chofen
Fellow of St. John's, 1534, 310. M. A. and tutor, 1537,
312. Not lefs eminent as a writer of Latin than as a teacher of
Greek, 313. Fond of archery, 323, Published his Toxophilus,

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1544, 314. Receives a penfion of 101. from Henry VIII. 317.
The equivalent value of his penfion, at this time, confidered, 317.
Orator of the univerfity, 319. Taught prince Edward, princefs
Elizabeth, and many of the nobility, writing, 319. Receives a
penfion from Edward VI. 319. Tutor to the princess Elizabeth,
which he quits without confent, 319. Secretary to Sir Richard
Morifine, ambaffador to Germany, 320. On the death of Edw.
VI. lofes his penfion and places, 321. Latin Secretary to Philip
and Mary, 322. Enquiry how he could as a Proteftant hold the
place under Philip and Mary, 322. Favoured by Card. Pole,
324. Continued in the fame employment under Elizabeth, 324.
Prebend of Weftwang, in the church of York, 324.

327. His character, 327.

Affurance, not always connected with abilities, vi. 114.

Aftrology, the credit given to it in the laft century, i. 198.

Died 1574,

Aftronomer, the caufe of uneafinefs in an, iii. 414. Suppofes him-
felf to have the power of the winds, rain, and feasons, 415.
Leaves his directions to Imlac, 418. Pekuah wishes to become
his fcholar, 129. His opinion of the choice of life, 427. His
fuperftition removed, by entering into the amufements of life,
430.

As you like it, obfervations on Shakespeare's, ii. 146.

Athanatus his juft reflections on the near profpect of death, iv. 344.
350.

Atheists, their induftry in fpreading their opinions, x. 304.

Atterbury, Dr. his infcription on the monument of Philips, ix. 297.-
Atterbury, Bp. Pope examined before the Lords on the trial of the
Bishop, xi. 104. Prefents Pope with a Bible at their laft inter-
view, 105.

Avarice, fatal effects of infatiable, iv. 249.

Aubigny, Lady, carries a commiffion from Charles I. to Sir Nicholas
Crifpe, ix. 243.

Auchinleck, Lord, his feat at Auchinleck described, viii. 412.

Avarice, always poor, vii. 293. The vanity of, i. 24.

Auguftus, review of Blackwell's Memoirs of the Court of, ii. 318.
Auguftus Fort, account of, viii. 247.

Auknafheals, account of the village of, viii. 256.

Aurantius, his unjust and abufive treatment of Liberalis, vi. 141.
Aureng Zebe, a tragedy, remarks upon fome improprieties in it, v.

347.

Aufterities, and mortifications, their ufe in religion, v. 251.

Authors, have a defire of appearing to have done every thing by
chance, x. 187. Criticifm a proper check on bad ones, xi. 187.
The impropriety of editors in altering the pofthumous works of
authors, iv. 227. Character of, not to be collected from their
works, 228. The complaint of furreptitious editions en-
quired into, xii. 274. The difficulty of his first address, iv. 1.
By what methods he may be introduced with advantage to the
public, 3, 4. Often deluded by the vifionary and vain anticipa-
tions of happiness, 11. The neglect of him the moft dreadful
mortification, 12. The folly of endeavouring to acquire fame

merely

merely by writing, 13. Some peculiar difcouragements to which
he is expofed, 13. His proper task is to instruct and entertain, 14.
The difficulty of executing it with advantage, 14. Increase by
the caprice and ill-nature of his readers, 14. His acquifition of
fame difficult, and his poffeffion of it precarious, 139. The great
difference between the productions of the fame author accounted
for, 141. Naturally fond of their own productions, 362. Many
deluded by the vain hope of acquiring immortal reputation, v.
221. Their literary fame destined to various measures of dura-
tion, 223. vi. 35. Their being esteemed, principally owing to
the influence of curiofity or pride, v. 224. Their proper rank
and usefulness in fociety, 411. Characters of the manufacturers
of literature, 32. As they grow more elegant become less intelli-
gible, vii. 143. Difficulties they find in publishing their works,
222. The precarious fame of, 236. Who write on fubjects
which have been pre-occupied by great men generally fink, 265.
Journal of an, 267. Seldom write their own lives, 405. Their
lives full of incident, 406. Signs of knowing how a publication
is received, 406. Writing their own lives recommended, 408.
Their misfortune in not having their works understood by the.
readers, iii. 170. Not to be charged with plagiarism merely for
fimilarity of fentiment, 214. Who communicate truth with fuc-
cefs, among the first benefactors to mankind, 215. Hints for
them to attract the favour and notice of mankind, 217. No want
of topick whilft mankind are mutable, 218. The prefent age
an age of authors, 252. Want of patronage complained of,
255. Qualifications neceffary for an, 257.
Their importance
to the welfare of the publick, 285. The good they do to man-
kind compared to a fingle drop in a fhower of rain, 288. Who
provides innocent amulement, may be confidered as benefactors
to life, 289. Their condition with regard to themselves, 292.
Their expectation before publication confidered, 293. The plea-
fure and difficulties of compofition, 294. After all, the publick
judgement frequently perverted from the merit of his work, 296.
The merit of his works afcertained by the teft of time which they
have retained fame, ii. 78. A century the term fixed for the test
of literary merit, 79. The genius of the age to be confidered in
order to fix the abilities of, 71. The expectation they form of
the reception of their labours, 422. Should not promise more
than they can perform, ii. 320. May compile new works with
old materials, 320. Some fuppofed to write for the fake of
making sport for fuperior beings, ii. 48. No longer master of a
book which he has given to the publick, ii. 333.

Authority, the accidental prescriptions of it often confounded with
the laws of nature, vi. 96.

Authority parental, frequently exerted with rigour, vi. 45.
Autumn. an ode, i. 137.

B

BACON, Francis, Lord, the life prefixed to the edition of his
works, 1740, written by Mallett, xi. 350. His fevere reflection
on beautiful women, iv. 246. Was of opinion that his moral effays
would be of longer duration than his other works, v. z26. Obfer-
vations on his character, iii, 279.

Bail, the danger of becoming, exemplified in the character of Sere-
nus, iii. 176.

Baillet, his collection of critical decifions remarked, v. 138.

Bamff, account of that town, viii. 230.

Bards, uncertainty in the account of them, viii. 348.

Bargains, the folly of buying bargains expofed, vii. 138.

Barra, Ifland of, account of, viii. 368. Horfes there not more than
twenty-fix inches high, 368.

Barratier, John Philip, his life, xii. 149. Son of a Calvinist mi-
nifter, and born at Schwabach, 1720-21, 149.
His early ac-

quirements of learning, 150. In his ninth year could speak Latin,
German, and French, equally well. 150. In his eleventh year
tranflated the Travels of Rabbi Benjamin from the Hebrew into
French, with notes, 151. The method by which his father
taught him the languages, 153. Published Anti, Artemonius,
1735, 156. Patronized for his learning by the king of Pruffia,
1735, 156. Died 1740, 159.

Bashfulness, fometimes the effect of ftudious retirement, vi. 106. 114.
Frequently produced by too high an opinion of our own import-
ance, 116.

Barretti, tranflation of fome lines at the end of his Easy Phraseology,
v. 163.

Bavaria, Elector of, invested with the imperial dignity, xii, 244.
Died 1745, 268.

Baxter, Mr. Richard, incitement he often urged to the present exer-
cife of charity, v. 4.

Bayes, that character defigned for Dryden, ix. 350. That character
alfo fuppofed to be defigned for Davenant and Sir Robert Howard,
350.

Beaumont and Fletcher, their plots in Spanish ftories, ix, 230.
Beauty, difguftingly defcribed, ii. 37. A mental quality, merely
relative and comparative, v. 128, The difadvantages incident
to fuch as are celebrated for it, 377. The folly of anxiety and
folicitude upon account of it, 378. The natural principle of,
vii. 330. The moft general form of nature the most beautiful,
330. Depends much on the general received ideas, 332. No-
velty faid to be one of the caufes of beauty, 333. Misfortunes
which frequently attend it, 25.

Beggars, the beft method of reducing the number, ii. 344. As
numerous in Scotland as in England, viii. 220. Account of, in
the Hebrides, 370.

Bellaria, her character, vi. 293.

Bellarmine,

Bellarmine, Card, writes in defence of Paul V. against the Venetians,
xii. 6.

Bemoin (a Prince of Africa), account of him, ii. 225. Is driven
from his kingdom, vifits Portugal, and becomes a Chriftian, ii.
226. On his return to regain his kingdom, through the affift.
ance of the Portuguese, is stabbed by the Portuguese commander,

227.

Beneficence, mutual, the great end of fociety, iv. 358. The extent
and proportion of it to be adjusted by the rules of justice, v. 63.
Ben Hannafe Rabbi Abraham, his account of the power of the magnet
in the detection of incontinence, vi. 341.

Benferade, Monf. tranflation of his lines, a fon lit, i. 164.
Bentley, Dr. his faying on Pope's tranflation of Homer, xi. 184.
Bernardi, John, account of him, xi. 203. Died in Newgate in

1736, after being confined near forty years, for being concerned
with Rookwood in his plot against K. William, without being
brought to a trial, 203.

Betterton, a picture of him painted by Pope, xi. 74.

Bible, the veneration always paid to facred hiftory, ix. 55.
Biography, impediments in the way of, iii. 76. By what means it
is rendered difguftful and useless, iv. 385. A fpecies of writing
entertaining and inftructive, 386. Most eagerly read of any kind
of writing, vii. 339. more ufeful than hiftory, 339 Every man
the best writer of his own ftory, 340. Difficulties in writing the
life of another, 341.
Few authors write their own lives, whilft
ftatefmen, generals, &c. frequently do, 405. The neceffity of
adhering to truth in, xi. 198.

Biographia Britannica, many untruths in that publication in the life
of Dr. E. Young, xi. 335.

Birch, Thomas, Eis Bigxio, i. 186.

For a

Blackmore, Sir Richard, charged by Dryden with ftealing the plan
of Prince Arthur from him, ix. 365. Libels Dryden in his Satire
upon Wit, 379. His life, x. 202. Born at Corfham, in Wilt-
fhire, 202. Educated at Westminster, and entered at Oxford,
1668, 202. Made Doctor of Phyfick, at Padua, 202.
fhort time a schoolmaster, 203. Fellow of the College of Phy-
ficians, Apr. 12, 1687, 203. Refided at Sadler's Hall, Cheap-
fide, 203.
Wrote for fame, or to engage poetry in the cause of
virtue, 204.
Published his Prince Arthur, 1697, 204. Made
Phyfician in ordinary to K. William, and knighted, 205. His
paraphrafe of Job, 1700, 206. His Satire on Wit, the same year,
207. Creation, a philofophical poem, 1712, 208.
His account
} of wit, 212. Obfervations on the Tale of a Tub, 214. Extra&t
from his Effay on the Spleen, 215- Cenfor of the College of
Phyficians, 1716, 216. His New Verfion of Pfalms, 1721, 216.
His Alfred, 1723, 217. Becomes defpifed as a poet, and ne-
glected as a phyfician, 217. Wrote many books on phyfick, 217.
His cenfure of Hippocrates's Aphorifms, 218. His opinion of

learning, 219. Died Oct. 8, 1729. His character, and as an
author, 220. Extract from his Prince Arthur, 223.
Blank Verfe, characterized, xi. 360.

Blake,