Hudibras, character of, 283.

Hutchinson, his opposition to the Newtonian system, 417.

Indians, simplicity of the, 49.

Irish rebellion, prophecy concerning the, 143.
James 1. anecdotes of, 32, 40, 76, 128, 145.

his antipathy to tobacco, 49.

II. anecdotes of, 224, 291.

Jenkin, Dr., anecdote of, 396.
JENKINS, David, his character, 192,
capt. imposture of, 196.

Jewell, bishop, anecdote of, 82.

JOHNSON, Dr., memoir of, 538.

on the fortune of physicians, 322.

his opinion of Swift, 472.

his character of Foote, 545.

Johnson, Ben. his illiberality to Shakspeare, 96.
account of his club, 138.

Jortin, Dr., his connection with Pope, 447.

Kilcolman, the seat of Spenser in Ireland described, 60.
Kit-Kat, club, account of the, 357.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, his reply to Radcliffe, 346.

Laud, archbishop, anecdote of, 184.

Leibnitz, his dispute with Newton, 412.

Leyden, university of, correspondence with Pitcairne, 320.

Liverpool, earl of, on the coins of the realm, 408.

Lucy, Sir T., Shakspeare's ballads on, 89, 91.

Mandeville, Bernard, account of, 375.

Manso, his distich on Milton, 204.

Marlborough, duchess of, the original of Pope's Atossa, 454.

Marsiluis, his appearance after death, 319.

MARVELL, Andrew, character of, 247.

Mallett, David, anecdote of, 463.

MILTON, John, memoirs of, 197.-

Dryden's conversation with, 296.

Addison's generosity to his daughter, 382.

Montague, lady M. W. Pope's ill-treatment of, 453.
Montagn's Essays, Addison's character of, 381.
MORE, Sir Thomas, memoirs of, 1.

Sir John, anecdote of, 6.

MORLEY, bishop, anecdote of, 285.

Morris, an obscene poet, anecdote of, 455.
Mulberry-gardens, situation of the, 315

NEWTON, Sir Isaac, memoirs of, 400.

remarks on Pope's epitaph on,

455.

Narwich

Norwich cathedral, devastation of, 170.
Noy, attorney-general, account of, 232.

Overbury, Sir Thomas, murder of, 127.
Oxford, earl of, his treatment of Rowe, 351.
anecdote of him and Swift, 484.

Patriotism, observations on, 108.

Paul's St., cathedral, defaced in the rebellion, 171.
Perjury, a remarkable instance of, 131.

Physicians, on the fortune of, 322.

Pitcairne, Dr. A. account of, 317.
Poets-laureat, account of, 62,
POPE, Alexander, memoir of, 441.
Preaching, observations on, 155.
PRIDEAUX, Dr. John, account of, 178.
PRIOR, Matthew, memoir of, 385.

on the epitaph of, 397.

Puritans, intolerant spirit of the, 171, 187.

Quin, James, anecdotes of,

RADCLIFFE, Dr., memoir and anecdotes of, 322.
RALEIGH, Sir Walter, memoir of, 43.

his friendship for Spenser, 61.

RANDOLPH, Thomas, account of, 136.

Reed, Isaac, character of, 37.

Rock, Dr., anecdote of, 348.

ROWE, Nicholas, account of, 350.

Rupert, prince, anecdote of, 251.

Salmasius, his defence of Charles I., 213.
anecdote of, 215.

Savage, Richard, anecdote of, 433.
Savile, Sir H. his letter to Cotton, 182.
Saunderson, professor, anecdote of, 227.
SELDEN, John, character of, 108.

anecdote of his death, 273.

Sermons, account of long, 157, 263.

Shaftesbury, prosecution of the earl of, 297.

SHAKSPEARE, memoir and anecdotes of, 87.

Sheridan, Dr., account of, 486.

SIDNEY, Sir Philip, character of, 68.

Smectymnuus, account of, 169, 198.

Smith, Ray, anecdote of, 382.

Smoking, anecdotes concerning, 48, 228, 267, 275.
Spectator, account of the publication of the, 362.

Spenser, Edmund, account of, 58.

Stair, anecdotes of the earl of, 393.

Stanyan, Temple, anecdote of, 378.
STEELE, his friendship for Addison, 377.
memoirs of, 426.

Stukeley, Dr., anecdote of, 416.

SWIFT, Jonathan, memoirs of, 464.

Tatler, account of the publication of the, 361.
THOMSON, James, memoir of, 495.
Tobacco, introduction of, into England, 48.
-, antipathy of James the first to, 49.

Tonson, Jacob, epigram on, 302.

Tucker, dean, anecdote of, 82.

Turner, Mrs., execution of, for murder, 131.
Tyson, the usurer, remarkable death of, 339.

USHER, archbishop, memoirs of, 140.

Utopia, character of Sir T. More's, 22.

Voltaire, his character of Hudibras, 284.

anecdotes of, 422, 461.

Dr. Young's epigram on,

Walker, Obadiah, Dr. Radcliffe's letter to, 326
WALLER, Edmund, memoir of, 285.
Wallis, Dr., his character of Hobbes, 273.
Walpole, Sir Robert, his reply to Swift, 476.

Warburton, character of bishop, 457.

Warner, Dr., anecdote of, 115.

Whiston, account of, 440.

Whitbread, Mr., erects a monument to Milton, 226.
William III. anecdote of, 333.

epigrams on, 302, 485.

Wood, Anthony, his libel on Clarendon, 195.
Wrenn, Matthew, account of, 270.