niards in America, 1572, 66. Enters into treaty with the
Symerons or fugitive negroes, 76. Returns to Plymouth Au-
gust 9. 1573, 99. Sails with five ships to the South Seas 1577,
100. A design formed at Port Julian to murder him, 116.
Arrives at Plymouth September 26. 1580, 144. Receives a
visit from Queen Elizabeth on board his ship at Deptford,
when he is knighted, 145. Commands a fleet of twenty-five
ships against the Spaniards 1585, 145. His success against
the Spaniards, 146. In conjunction with Sir John Hawkins.
sent with a fleet to the East Indies 1595, 147. Died 1597,
and buried in the sea, 147.

Drama. See Stage.

Drowsy, Tom, his history, iii. 174.

Drugget, Ned, his history, vii. 60. His false conceptions of plea-
sure such as pursued by mankind in general, 68.

Dryden, John, his life, ix. 315. Born at Aldwincle, Northamp-
tonshire, August 9. 1631, 315. Said to have inherited an
estate of 2001. a year, and to have been bred an Anabaptist,
315. Educated at Westminster-school under Dr. Busby, 316.
Admitted Batchelor at Cambridge 1653, 316. His first poem
on the death of Lord Hastings, 316. Wrote a Stanza on the
death of Cromwell, and on the Restoration Astrea Redux, 317.
Commenced a writer for the stage about 1663, 319. His first
play the Wild Gallant, 319. Published the Rival Ladies 1664,
319. Joins Sir Robert Howard in writing the Indian Queen,
320. The Indian Emperor published 1667, 320. Published
his Annus Mirabilis 1667, 321. Has a controversy with Sir
Robert Howard on dramatic rhyme, 321. Succeeds Sir W.
Davenant as Poet Laureat, 322. Publishes his Essay on Dra-
matick Poetry, 322. Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen, 323.
Sir Martin Mar-all, 323. In conjunction with Davenant, alters
Shakspeare's Tempest, 323. His quiet disturbed by Settle's
Empress of Morocco, 324. His character of Settle, with re-
marks on the Empress of Morocco, 324. His Mock Astro-
loger, dedicated to the Duke of Newcastle, 330. Tyrannick
Love, or the Virgin Martyr, 331. Conquest of Granada, 332.
That play attacked by Martin Clifford, 333. Settle vindicates
himself, 334. His Marriage A-la-mode, dedicated to the Earl
of Rochester, 339. The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery,
dedicated to Sir Charles Sedley, 340. Amboyna, 340. Troilus
and Cressida, altered from Shakspeare, 340. The Spanish
Fryar, 340. The Duke of Guise, written in conjunction with
Lee, 341. Albion and Albanius, 341. State of Innocence and
Fall of Man, 342. Many hundred copies in MS. before it was
printed, 343. Aureng Zebe, 343. All for Love, or the World
well Lost, founded on the story of Antony and Cleopatra, 344.
Limberham, or the Kind Keeper, 344. Edipus, formed by
him and Lee from Sophocles, 345. Don Sebastian, 345. Am-
phytrion, derived from Plautus and Moliere, 345. Cleomenes,
346. King Arthur, 346. Love Triumphant, 346. Did not
raise his fortune by the number of his pieces, 347. Wrote

a Dedication to almost every piece, 347. Used to add a
preface of criticism to his plays, 347. Wrote Prologues to
many plays, the price of which was two guineas, and after-
wards raised to three guineas, 348. Contracted to furnish four
plays a year, 348. In 1678, produced six full plays, 348. At-
tacked by criticks, and opposed by rivals, 349. Characterised
by the name of Bayes in the Rehearsal, 349. Criticks nor
rivals did him no harm, 351. Repels censure by an adamantine
confidence, 351. Waylaid and beaten for being supposed to
have been the author of an Essay on Satire, 352. His name
thought necessary for the success of every poetical and literary
performance, 352. He wrote the lives of Polybius, Lucian,
and Plutarch, and translated the first book of Tacitus, 352.
Assisted in translating Ovid's Epistles, and adds a preface on
translation, 353. Writes Absalom and Achitophel, which is
several times answered, 353. Medal, which is answered by
Settle and others, 355. After the accession of James, declared
himself a convert to Popery, 356. Engaged to defend the
papers found in the strong box of Charles II. 357. Translates
Maimburg's History of the League, and the Life of Francis
Xavier, 358. Supposed to have undertaken to translate Varil-
las's History of Heresies, and to have answered Burnet, 358.
Burnet's observation on the Answer, 358. Publishes the Hind
and Panther, which is answered by the Earl of Halifax, Prior,
Tom Brown, &c. 360. Writes on the birth of a prince, 362.
At the Revolution loses the place of Laureat, 362. Celebrates
Shadwell's inauguration in Mac Flecknoe, 362. Lord Dorset
is said to have continued the salary of Laureat to him, 363.
In 1890, writes Don Sebastian, and in 1691 four other dramas,
363. In 1693, publishes his translation of Juvenal and Persius,
363. Purposes writing an Epick poem either on Arthur or the
Black Prince, 364. He charged Blackmore with stealing his
plan, 365. In 1694, begins his translation of Virgil, which
he publishes in 1697, 365. Translates Fresnoy's Art of Paint-
ing into English prose, 365. Fables, his last work, published
1699, 366. Died in Gerard-street, May 1. 1701, 366.
A wild story respecting his funeral, 367. Buried amongst
the Poets in Westminster Abbey, 371. A monument
erected to his memory by the Duke of Buckinghamshire,
371. Account of his descendants, 371. His character
as described by Congreve, 372. Differently described
by Dr. Johnson, 373. Copy of the agreement with Jacob
Tonson, to pay him 250 guineas for 10,000 verses, 382. Said
to have received 500l. from the Duchess of Ormond, as a
compliment for his Fables, 384. Said to have received forty
pounds from a musical society for the use of Alexander's Feast,
384. In his younger years put confidence in judicial astrology,
385. His character as a poet and critick, 386. The father of
English Criticism, 386. Criticisms on various passages of his
poems, 397. Specimen of Milbourne's criticism on Dryden's

marks on the tragedies of the last age, 447. Copy of a Letter to his sons in Italy, 458. His opinion of Lord Roscommon's Essay on translated Verse, 218. Milton thought him a good rhymist, but no poet, 146. Declares that Swift will never be a poet, xi. 6. Compared with Pope, 168. Wrote merely for the people, 168. His prose works characterised, 170. Čomposed without consideration, and published without correction, 170. His inattention and inaccuracy remarked, iv. 201. His character of Shakspeare, ii. 194.

Dryden, John, jun. writer of The Husband his own Cuckold, ix. 371. Duke, Richard, his life, x. 29. Bred at Westminster, and took his Master's Degree at Cambridge 1682, 29. Prebendary at Gloucester, and chaplain to Queen Anne, 30. Died February 10. 1710-11, 30.

Dumb and Deaf, account of Braidwood's academy at Edinburgh for, viii. 410.

Dun or Borough, in the Isle of Sky, described, viii. 291. Supposed to have been places of safety for the cattle, 292. Dun Bay, account of, viii. 224.

Dunciad, the part Savage was supposed to have in publishing it, x. 325.

Dutch War of 1652, account of the engagement at sea between the Dutch Admirals and Admiral Blake, xii. 47.

Dutch, their revolt against the power of Spain, ii. 295. Raised to power by their plan of commerce, 296. Their increasing

power, 300.

Dyer, John, his life, xi. 274. Born in 1700, at Aberglasney, in Caermarthenshire, 274. Educated at Westminster, and designed for the law, 274. Becomes itinerant painter, 274. Travels to Italy, and on his return publishes the Ruins of Rome, 275. Enters into the Church, 275. His preferments, 275. Publishes The Fleece 1757, 275. Died 1758, 276. His works characterised, 276. Akenside's opinion of The Fleece, 277.

E.

EARBURY, Mr. account of him, and his pretending to prophecy, xii. 201. His disputes with Mr. Cheynel, 201. Earse Language, used in a kirk at Inverness, viii. 235. Account of, 349. No MS. of that language more than 100 years old, 349. Many dialects of, 351.

Earse Poetry, understood by Miss Maclean of Mull, viii. 377. Earth, advantages from the position of it, vii. 171.

Editors, the impropriety of their altering works of authors left to their care, xi. 226. The duty of, ii. 117.

Education, the difficulty attending it, xii. 149. Those who make the avenues to it easier are the friends of mankind, 150. The method used by Barretier for instructing his son in the languages, 154. The importance of conducting it aright, v.78.

88. Errors in the conduct thereof censured, 243. 388. 398. vi. 294. The pernicious effects of wrong management in this affair,.v. 255. Some instances of remissness and irregularity specified, v. 388. vii. 280. 327. The folly of employing girls on useless needlework, and neglecting every other part of their education, vii. 50. The importance of, ii. 235. Want of variety and novelty in books designed for, 236. Plan of the Preceptor, 241. Considerations on the education of the children of the poor, viii. 35. Expence of a scholar of the highest class in the University of St. Andrew's, for the term of seven months, 15.; for the lower class, 101. 210. The course of, in the University of Aberdeen, 221.

Egmont Port. See Falkland Islands.

Elgin, account of, viii. 229.

Eloquence, that false sort which only confuses the reader, ridiculed, vii. 144.

Elwood the Quaker, some account of, ix. 126.

Eminent Men, least eminent at home, vii. 202.
Embalming, on the practice of, iii. 439.

Emigration, state of, from the Hebrides, considered, viii. 323. Eminence, a proof of it in having many enemies as well as friends, iv. 58.

Employment, the necessity of, vii. 291.

Enemies, the duty and charity of relieving them, ii. 370.

England, supposed by Milton to be too cold a climate for flights. of imagination, ix. 131.

English, remarkably barren of historical genius, v. 329. The little proficiency made by them in civil wisdom, viii. 66. On the bravery of their common soldiers, ii. 371. Arises very much from the dissolution of dependence which obliges every man to regard his own character, 373.

English Dictionary, plan of that work addressed to the Earl of Chesterfield, ii. 3. Original motives, only from the patronage of the Proprietors, 3. Difficulties in fixing the plan, 7. from the words to be omitted, 7. from the accents, 10. from the uncertainty of orthography, 27. from the pronunciation, 8. from the etymology, 10. 14. from the syntax, 18. from explanation with brevity, 19. from the various meaning of the same word, 20. from antiquated words, 25. from impure words, 25. Preface to the English Dictionary, 31. Writer of Dictionaries characterised, 31.

English Language, the progress of, vii. 255. Richer than commonly supposed, 365. Contains sufficient information in every branch of science, 366.

Ennius, his epitaph written by himself, ii. 277.

Envy, its malignant influence described, vi. 252. Will often sacrifice truth and friendship to weak temptations, 253. Epaminondas, his death a proper subject for a picture, vii. 181. Epick Poetry, what it is, ix. 160. Requisites in a writer of, 161. Boileau's opinion of, 364.

the elevation of vanity, and the dejection of grief, iv. 12. His excellent sentiments on the advantage of being influenced by the fears of poverty and death, 111. His epitaph, ii. 279. Epigramma, i. 403.

Epigram-de Sacerdote furem consolante epigramma, x. 185.
Episcopacy, Mr. Waller's speech against it, ix. 237.

Epistolary Writing, its difficulty and excellence, v. 70. It ought to bear a strict conformity to nature, and the various purposes designed by it, 72. 74.

Epitaphs, for Mr. Hogarth, i. 164. Essay on, ii. 270. Enquiry into what the perfection of, consists, 271. Intended to perpetuate examples of virtue, 272. The name alone sufficient for eminent men, 272. All allusions to Heathen mythology absurd, 274. Impropriety of addressing the passenger in, 276. First rule in writing, not to omit the name, 277. Regard for truth to be observed, 277. Private virtue the best subject for, 278. Erasmus, his diligent and unwearied improvement of time applauded, v. 237.

Eriphile, her excessive peevishness censured, v. 162.

Errol, Earl of, invites Dr. Johnson to his seat at Slanes Castle,

viii. 223.

Error, the aversion of most persons to be convinced of it, iv. 201. 203. Their attempts to justify it generally the effect of obstinacy or pride, 201. 203.

Etymology, difficulties in settling it, ii. 14.

Essays, the extensiveness and variety of this kind of writing,

vi. 254. The advantages and inconveniences of it, 254. Essence of Things, less regarded than their external and accidental appendages, vi. 130.

Eubulus, his character, iv. 168. 180.
Evening, an Ode to Stella, i. 335.

Events, some of the most considerable often produced by casual and slender causes, vi. 1.

Evil, thoughts on the origin of, vii. 357. The cause of all good, 358. Review of a Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of, viii. 23. The folly of lamenting evils which may never happen, iii. 378.

Eumathes, his free censure of the errors of modern education, v. 388. 393. His judicious conduct in the tuition of a young nobleman, vi. 310. His narrative of the low insidious arts by which his good designs were obstructed and defeated, 313. The mean adventures of his pupil related, 317.

Eumenes, his character, iv. 404.

Euphelia, an account of her rural amusements, iv. 273. 298.
Euphemia, her character, iv. 80.

Euphues, his character, iv. 160.

Euripides, parody of a translation from the Medea, i. 353.

Expeditions and Voyages in search of new countries, abstract account of, viii. 97.

Eutropius, his account of the indecent and insulting conduct of Tripherus, v. 175, 176, 177.