Clizia, Machiavelli's, 298
Clodius, extensive bribery at the trial of, 421
"Clouds" (the), of Aristophanes, 383
Coalition of Chatham and Newcastle, 243
Cobham, Lord, his malignity towards Essex, 380
Coke, Sir E., his conduct towards Bacon, 357 406 ; his opposition to Bacon in Peacham's case, 389 390 ; his experience in conducting state prosecutions, 392 ; his removal from the Bench, 406 ; his reconciliation with Buckingham, and agreement to marry his daughter to Buckingham's brother, 406 ; his reconciliation with Bacon, 408 ; his behavior to Bacon at his trial, 427
Coleridge, relative "correctness" of his poetry, 339 Byron's opinion of him, 352 ; his satire upon Pitt, 271
Coligni, Caspar de, reference to, 67
Collier, Teremy, sketch of his life, 393 396 ; his publication on the profaneness of the English stage, 396 399 ; his controversy with Congreve, 401
Colloquies on Society, Southey's, 132 ; plan of the work. 141 142
Collot, D'llerbois, 475 489 49S, 501 504 506 508 510
Colonies, 83 ; question of the competency of Parliament to tax them, 77 78
Comedy (the), of England, effect of the writings of Congreve and Sheridan upon, 295
Comedies, Dryden's, 360
Comic Dramatists of the Restoration, 350-411; how he exercised a great influence on the human mind, 351
Conimes, his testimony to the good government of England, 434
Commerce and manufactures, their extent in Italy in the 14th century, 270 ; condition of, during the war at the latter part of the reign of George II., 247
Committee of Public Safety, the French, 403 475 503
Commons, House of, increase of its power, 532 ; increase of its power by and since the Revolution, 325
Commonwealth, 335
Conceits of Petrarch, 89 90 ; of Shakspeare and the writers of his age, 342 344 347
Coudé, Marshal, compared with Clive, 237
Condensation, had effect of enforced upon composition, 152
Contians, Admiral, his defeat by Hawke, 245
Congreve, his birth and early life, 387 ; sketch of his career at the Temple, 388 ; his "Old Bachelor," 389 "Double Dealer," 39 ; success of his "Love for Love," 391 ; his "Mourning Bride," 392 ; his controversy with Collier, 397 400 403 ; his "Way of the World," 403 ; his later years, 404 405 ; his position among mem of letters, 400 ; his attachment to Mrs. Bracegirdle, 407 ; his friendship with the Duchess of Marlborough, 408 ; hi; death and capricious will, 408 ; his funeral in Westminster Abbey, 409 ; cenotaph to his memory at Stowe, 409 ; analogy between him and Wycherley, 410
Congreve and Sheridan, effect of their works upon the comedy of England, 295 ; contrasted with Shakspeare, 295
Conquests of the British arms in 175 244 245
Constance, council of, put an end to the Wickliffe schism, 313
Constantinople, mental stagnation in, 417
Constitution (the), of England, in the 15th and 18th centuries, compared with those of other European states, 470 477 ; the argument that it would he destroyed by admitting the dews to power, 307, 308 ; its theory in respect to the three branches of the legislature, 25 20 410
Constitutional government, decline of. on the Continent, early in the 17th century, 481
Constitutional History of England, review of llaltam's, 433 543
Constitutional Royalists in the reign of Charles L, 474 483
Convention, the French, 449 475
Conversation, the source of logical inaccuracy, 148 383 384 ; imaginary, between Cowley and Milton touching the great Civil War, 112 138
Conway, Henry, vi. 02; Secretary of State under Lord Rockingham, 74 ; returns to his position under Chatham, 91 95 ; sank into insignificance 100
Conway, Marshal, his character, 200
Cooke, Sir Anthony, his learning, 349
Cooperation, advantages of. 184
Coote, Sir Eyre, 1 ; his character and conduct in council, 62 ; his great victory of Porto Novo, 74
Corah, ceded to the Mogul, 27
Corday, Charlotte, 400
Corneille, his treatment by the French Academy, 23
"Correctness" in the fine arts and in the sciences, 339 343 ; in painting. 343 ; what is meant by it in poetry, 339 343
Corruption, parliamentary, not necessary to the Tudors, 108 ; its extent in the reigns of George I. and II. 21 23
Corsica given up to France, 100
Cossimbazar, its situation and importance, 7
Cottabus, a Greek game, 30 ; note.
Council of York, its abolition, 409
Country Wife of Wycherley, its character and merits, 370 ; whence borrowed, 385
Courtenay, Rt. Hon. T. P., review of his Memoirs of Sir William Temple, 115 ; his concessions to Dr. Lingard in regard to the Triple Alliance, 41 ; his opinion of Temple's proposed new council, 65 ; his error as to Temple's residence, 100
Cousinhood, nickname of the official members of the Temple family, 13
Covenant, the Scotch, 460
Covenanters, (the), their conclusion of treaty with Charles I., 460
Coventry, Lady, 262
Cowley, dictum of Denham concerning him, 203 ; deficient in imagination, 211 ; his wit, 162 375 ; his admiration of Bacon, 492 493 ; imaginary conversation between him and 21 ; about the Civil War, 112 138
Cowper, Earl, keeper of the Great Seal, 361
Cowper, William, 349 ; his praise of Pope, 351 ; his friendship with Warren Hastings, 5 ; neglected, 261
Cox, Archdeacon, his eulogium on Sir Robert Walpole, 173
Coyer, Abbé, his imitation of Voltaire, 377
Crabbe, George, 261
Craggs, Secretary, 227 ; succeeds Addison, 413 Addison dedicates his works to him, 418
Cranmer, Archbishop, estimate of his character, 448 449
Crebillon, the younger, 155
Crisis, Steele's, 403
Crisp, Samuel, his early career, 259 ; his tragedy of Virginia, 261 ; his retirement and seclusion, 264 ; his friendship with the Burneys, 265 ; his gratification at the success of Miss Burney's first work, 269 ; his advice to her upon her comedy, 273 ; his applause of her "Cecilia," 275
Criticism, Literary, principles of, not universally recognized, 21 ; rarely applied to the examination of the ancient classics, 139 ; causes of its failure when so applied, 143 ; success in, of Aristotle, 140 Dionysius, 141 Quintilian, 141 142 Longinus, 142 143 Cicero, 142 ; ludicrous instance of French criticism, 144 ; ill success of classical scholars who have risen above verbal criticism, 144 ; their lack of taste and judgment, 144 ; manner in which criticism is to be exercised upon oratorical efforts, 149 151 ; criticism upon Dante, 55 79 Petrarch, 80-99; a rude state of society, favorable to genius, but not to criticism, 57 58 325 ; great writers are bad critics, 76 328 ; effect of upon poetry, 338 ; its earlier stages, 338 339 ; remarks on Johnson's code of, 417
Critics professional, their influence over the reading public, 196
Croker, Mr., his edition of Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson, reviewed, 368 426
Cromwell and Charles, choice between, 496
Cromwell and Napoleon, remarks on Mr. Hallam's parallel between, 504 510
Cromwell, Henry, description of, 17
Cromwell, Oliver, his elevation to power, 502 ; his character as a legislator, 504 ; as a general, 504 ; his administration and its results, 509 510 ; embarked with Hampden for America, but not suffered to proceed, 459 ; his qualities, 496 ; his administration, 286 292 ; treatment of his remains, 289 ; his ability displayed in Ireland, 25 27 ; anecdote of his sitting for his portrait, 2
Cromwell, Richard, 15
Crown (the) veto by, on Acts of Parliament, 487 488 ; its control over the army, 489 ; its power in the 16th century, 15 ; curtailment of its prerogatives, 169 171 ; its power predominant at beginning of the 17th century, 70 ; decline of its power during the Pensionary Parliament, 71 ; its long contest with the Parliament put an end to by the Revolution, 78 ; see also Prerogative.
Crusades (the), their beneficial effect upon Italy, 275
Crusoe, Robinson, the work of an uneducated genius, 57 ; its effect upon the imaginations of children, 331
Culpeper, Mr., 474
Cumberland, the dramatist, his manner of acknowledging literary merit, 270
Cumberland, Duke of, 260 ; the confidential friend rif Henry Fox, 44 ; confided in by George II., 67 ; his character, * 67 ; mediated between the King and the Whigs, 68
D.
Dacier, Madame, 338
D'Alembert, 23 Horace Walpole's opinion of him, 156
Dallas, Chief Justice, one of the counsel for Hastings on his trial, 27
Dauby, Earl, His connection with Temple, abilities and character, 57 ; impeached and sent to the Tower; owed his office and dukedom to his talent in debate, 72
Danger, public, a certain amount of, will warrant a retrospective law, 470
Dante, criticism upon, 55 79 ; the earliest and greatest writer of his country, 55 ; first to attempt composition in the Italian language, 56 ; admired in his own and the following age, 58 ; but without due appreciation, 59 329 330 ; unable to appreciate himself, 58 Simon's remark about him, 58 ; his own age unable to comprehend the Divine Comedy, 59 ; bad consequence to Italian literature of the neglect of his style down to the time of Alfieri, 60 61 ; period of his birth, 62 ; characteristics of his native city, 63 64 ; his relations to his age, 66 ; his personal history, 60 ; his religious fervor, his gloomy temperament, 67 ; his Divine Comedy, 67 220 277 ; his description of Heaven inferior to those of Hell or Purgatory, 67 ; his reality, the source of his power, 68 69 ; compared with Milton, 68 69 220 ; his metaphors and comparisons, 70 72 ; little impressed by the forms of the external world, 72 74 ; dealt mostly with the sterner passions, 74 ; his use of the ancient mythology, 75 76 ; ignorant of the Greek language, 76 ; his style, 77 78 ; his translators, 78 ; his admiration of writers inferior to himself, 329 ; of Virgil, 329 "correctness," of his poetry, 338 ; story from, 3
Danton, compared with Barere, 426 ; his death, 481 482
D'Arblay, Madame, review of her Diary and Letters, 248 320 ; wide celebrity of her name, 248 ; her Diary, 250 ; her family, 250 251 ; her birth and education, 252 254 ; her father's social position, 254- 257 ; her first literary efforts, 258 ; her friendship with Mr. Crisp, 259 265 ; publication of her "Evelina," 266 268 ; her comedy, "The Witlings," 273 274 ; her second novel, "Cecilia," 275 ; death of her friends Crisp and Johnson, 275 276 ; her regard for Mrs. Dernny. 276 ; her interview with the king and queen, 277 278 ; accepts the situation of keeper of the robes, 279 ; sketch of her life in this position, 279 287 ; attends at Warren Hastings' trial, 288 ; her espousal of the cause of Hastings, 288 ; her incivility to Windham and Burke, 288 289 ; her sufferings during her keepership, 290 294 300 ; her marriage, and close of the Diary, 301 ; publication of "Camilla," 302 ; subsequent events in her life, 302 303 ; publication of "The Wanderer," 303 ; her death, 303 ; character of her writings, 303 318 ; change in her style, 311 314 ; specimens of her three styles, 315 316 ; failure of her later works, 318 ; service she rendered to the English novel, 319 320
Dashwood, Sir Francis, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Bute, 36 ; his inefficiency, 51
David, d'Angers, his memoirs of Barère reviewed, 423 539
Davies, Tom, 384
Davila, one of Hampden's favorite authors, 450
Davlesford, site of the estate of the Hastings family, 5 ; its purchase and adornment by Hastings, 142
De Angmentis Scientiarium, by Bacon, 388 433
Debates in Parliament, effects of their publication, 538
Debt, the national, effect of its abrogation, 153 England's capabilities in respect to it, 186
Declaration of Bight, 317 "Declaration of the Practices and Treasons attempted and committed by Robert Earl of Essex," by Lord Macon, 373
Dedications, literary, more honest than formerly, 191
Defoe, Daniel, 57
De. Guignes, 256
Delany, Dr., his connection with Swift, 276 ; his widow, and her favor with the royal family, 276 277
Delhi, its splendor during the Mogul empire, 204
Delium. battle of, 21
Demerville, 521
Democracy, violence in its advocates induces reaction, 11 ; pure, characteristics of, 513 514
Democritus the reputed inventor of the arch, 438 Macon's estimate of him, 439
Demosthenes, Johnson's remark, that he spoke to a people of brutes, 146 ; transcribed Thucydides six times, 147 ; he and his contemporary orators compared to the Italian Condottieri, 156 Mitford's misrepresentation of him, 191 193 195 197; perfection of his speeches, 376 ; his remark about bribery, 428
Denham, dictum of, concerning Cowley, 203 ; illustration from, 61
Denmark, contrast of its progress to the retrogression of Portugal, 340
Dennis, John, his attack upon Addison's "Plato", 393 Pope's narrative of his Frenzy, 394 395
"Deserted Village" (the), Goldsmith's, 162 163
Desmoulin's Camille, 483
Devonshire, Duchess of, 126
Devonshire, Duke of, forms an administration after the resignation of Newcastle, 235 Lord Chamberlain under Bute, 38 ; dismissed from his lord-lieutenancy, 47 ; his son invited to court by the king, 71
Dewey, Dr., his views upon slavery in the West Indies, 393 401
Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, reviewed, 248 320
Dice, 13 ; note.
Dionvsius, of Halicarnassus, 141 413
Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, 178 143
Discussion, free, its tendency, 167
Dissent, its extent in the time of Charles I., 168 ; cause of, in England, 333 ; avoidance of in the Church of Rome, 334 ; see also Church of England.
Dissenters (the), examination of the reasoning of Mr. Gladstone for their exclusion from civil offices, 147 155
Disturbances, public, during Grenville's administration, 70
Divine Right, 236
Division of labor, its necessity, 123 ; illustration of the effects of disregarding it, 123
Dodington, Mubb, 13 ; his kindness to Johnson, 191
Donne, John, comparison of his wit with Horace Walpole's, 163
Dorset, the Earl of, 350 ; the patron of literature in the reign of Charles IL, 400 376
Double Dealer, by Congreve, its reception, 390 ; his defence of its profaneness, 401
Dougan, John, his report on the captured negroes, 362 ; his humanity, 363 ; his return home and death, 363 Major Morly's charges against him.
Dover, Lord, review of his edition of Horace Walpole's Letters to Sir Horace Maim, 143 193 ; see Walpole, Sir Horace.
Dowdeswell, Mr., Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Rockingham, 74
Drama (the), its origin in Greece, 216 ; causes of its dissolute character soon after the Restoration, 366 ; changes of style which it requires, 365
Dramas, Greek, compared with the English plays of the age of Elizabeth, 339
Dramatic art, the unities violated in all the great masterpieces of, 341
Dramatic literature shows the state of contemporary religious opinion, 29
Dramatic Works (the), of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar, review of Leigh Hunt's edition of, 350, 411
Dramatists of the Elizabethan age, characteristics of, 344 346 ; manner in which they treat religious subjects, 211
Drogheda, Countess of, her character, acquaintance with Wycherley, and marriage, 370 ; its consequences, 377
Dryden, John, review of his works, 321 370 ; his rank among poets, 321 ; highest in the second rank of poets, 317; his characteristics, 821 ; his relations to his times, 321 322 351 ; greatest of the critical poets, 351 317 ; characteristics of the different stages in his literary career, 352 ; the year 1078 the date of the change in his manner, 352 ; his Annus Mirabilis, 353 355 ; he resembles Lucan. 355 ; characteristics of his rhyming plays, 355 301 308; his comic characters, 350 ; the women of his comedies, 350 ; of his tragedies, 357 358; his tragic characters, 350 357 ; his violations of historical propriety, 358 ; and of nature, 351 ; his tragicomedies, 351 ; his skill in the management of the heroic couplets, 300 ; his comedies, 300 ; his tragedies, 300 301; his bombast, 301 302 ; his imitations of the earlier dramatists unsuccessful, 302 304 ; his Song of the Fairies. 304 ; his second manner, 305 307 ; the improvement in his plays, 305 ; his power of reasoning in verse, 300 308 ; ceased to write for the stage, 307 ; after his death English literature retrograded, 307 ; his command of language, 307 ; excellences of his style, 308 ; his appreciation of his contemporaries, 309 ; and others, 381 ; of Addison and of Milton, 309 370 ; his dedications, 309 370 ; his taste, 370 371 ; his carelessness, 371 ; the Hind and the Panther, 371 372 Absalom and Ahithophel, 372 83 85 ; his resemblance to Juvenal and to Boileau, 372 373 ; his part in the political disputes of his times, 373 ; the Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, 374 ; general characteristics of his style, 374 375 ; his merits not adequately appreciated in his own day, 191 ; alleged improvement in English poetry since his time, 347 ; the connecting link of the literary schools of James I. and Anne, 355 ; his excuse for the indecency and immorality of his writings, 355 ; his friendship for Congreve and lines upon his Double Dealer, 390 ; censured by Collier, 398 400 Addison's complimentary verses to him, 322 ; and critical preface to his translation of the Georgies, 335 ; the original of his Father Dominic, 290