A.

Abbeys and convents, destruction of, in Eng-
land, v. 158

Aboukir, lines on the battle of, vi. 18, 19.
Absence, effects of, iii. 93

Accent wrongly applied by English writers,
iv. 225 et seq., 470; alteration of, by Greek
writers, 227

Acciaioli, Boccaccio's visit to, iii. 465; his
treatment of Boccaccio, 466 and note
Achilles and Helena, ii. 3-7

instructed by Chiron, ii. 4, 5; his
Vow of vengeance against Paris, 6; character
of, iii. 153, 154

"Achilles and Helena on Ida," vii. 490-495
"Acon and Kepos," vii. 466

*Acrive, Odysseus, Tersitza, and Trelawny,
vi. 272-307

Addison and Steele, v. 50-52

his style, iv. 223 et seq.; his harsh
treatment of Steele, v. 50; doubts as to his
true character, 52 n.

Eschines and Phocion, ii. 150-159
"Eschylos and Sophocles," vii. 412
"Eschylos, the Trial of," vii. 545-547
Eschylus, his contest with Sophocles, ii. 57
and note; his inventive faculty, 254; cha-
racter of his "Prometheus," ib.; his powers
of imagination, v. 121; his "Prometheus"
represented in the theatre of Athens, 317;
why inferior to Homer, 321; his departure
from Athens, 323; his death, 341; lines on
his statue, 463; lines on, 521, 522
*Esop and Rhodopè, ii. 8-19, 19-27

relates two fables to Rhodopè, i. 12,
13; use of his Fables in the instruction of
children, v. 424

Affections, the, the distinct marking of, the
work of genius, iii. 440; attained by Boc-
caccio and Dante, 440, 441

Affrico, a small stream celebrated by Boccac-
cio, viii. 155 n.; the author's villa there, ib.
Agamemnon and Iphigeneia, Dialogue be-
tween the Shades of, v. 529–534
Agapenthe, a friend of Cleone's, visits
Aspasia, v. 354; rejects the suit of Dracon-
tides, 356; falls in love with Mnasylos, 357

Age, reflections on, ii. 226, 227; the pleasures
of, v. 475

Aglae, lines on her statue, v. 409
Agrarian laws of the Gracchi, ii. 373
Ainsworth's Dictionary negligent and
judicious, iv. 517, 518

in-

Air, power of the, ii. 68; how impersonated
in mythology, ib.

Alain, Maitre, his "Somnium Vividarium,"
iii. 39

*Albani, the Cardinal-Legate, and Picture-
dealers, vi. 408-437

his Titian's Holy Family, story of,
vi. 435-437

Albaro, residence of the author at, vi. 3
Albigenses, the, iii. 39

Alcæus, worthlessness of his character, v.
346; Ode of, 429

Alcibiades and Xenophon, ii. 122-129

sent by his cousin Pericles to
assist Aspasia in the theatre, v. 318, 320
and note; writes an answer to Socrates'
address to Aspasia, 329; attention paid to
him by the philosophers, 354; his friend-
ship for Socrates, ib.; his future character
foreseen by Pericles, 355; by the advice of
Pericles abandons the philosophers, 361;
devotes himself to mathematics and
strategy, 362; defends Socrates, 368; his
love-verses, 369; censured by Pericles for
corrupting the Attic tongue, 451, 452; his
indignation at the process against Aspasia,
470; raises a disturbance in the city on the
occasion, 471, 472; his character when
grown up, 505; advice given to him by
Pericles, 506, 509; joins the fleet before
Naupactos, 515; proceeds to Potidea,
516; wounded, ib.; preserved by Socrates,
ib.; his rashness rebuked by Pericles, ib.
517; and by Aspasia, 519; confidence
placed in him by Pericles, 525, 526; present
at his death, 546, 547; his account of the
death of Cleone, 547-549
"Alciphron and Leucippe," vii. 415
Aleman, lines by, v. 400

Aletheia, her Ode to Phraortes, v. 387-389
Alexander and the Priest of Hammon, ii.
160-170

Alexander, his pretensions to a divine origin
rebuked by the priest of Hammon, ii. 161
et seq.; his conduct towards Aristoteles,
174, 188; compared with Epaminondas,
176; his death and tomb, 183 and note; and
Aristoteles, comparison between, v. 176
*Alexander, the Emperor, and Capo d'Istria,
vi. 21-36

*Alexis and Peter the Great, iii. 168-174

son of Peter the Great, his education,
iii. 168, 169; disapproved his father's attack
on Poland and Sweden, 170; his sudden
death, 174

"Alfieri and Salomon the Florentine Jew, iv.
265-278

and Metastasio, v. 127-144

called an atheist and a leveller by the
churchmen, iv. 266; his Order of Literary
Merit, v. 129, 136; and who were to be
admitted to it, 136; his eulogy of Pied-
mont, 143

"Allegro," Milton's, criticised, iv. 499
Allhallows eve, the day of Shakespeare's
alleged deer-stealing, ii. 473; considered
especially holy, 475

Alliance, Holy. See Holy Alliance
Alpuente, Romero, and Lopez Baños, vi.
88-101

denounced by the English minister,

vi. 386
"All's well that ends well," the maxim pithy,
but unsound, iii. 255

"Altar, the, of Modesty," vii. 479–486
Alum, use of, in rendering substances incom-
bustible, ii. 352

Ambition the most inconsiderate passion, ii.
177; always disappointed, 365, 366; defini-
tion of, iv, 7

America contrasted with England, iii. 316;
north-west coast of, claim of Russia to, vi. 27
American Government, advantages of, iii.
109 et seq.; war, reflections on, 376
Amphibious, definition of the term by M.
Corbière, vi. 265

Amusements formerly encouraged on Sun-
days, iv. 4 and note
Anabaptists, treatment of, by Prelaty, v. 44
Anachronisms, when allowable, v. 283
*Anacreon and Polycrates, ii. 38-47

-, his friendly advice to Polycrates,
ii. 41 et seq.; and Hylactor, anecdote of,
46, 47
Anædestatos, the Athenian orator, story of,
ii. 139-141

"Analogy" of Caesar commended, ii. 447
Ananias and Sapphira, the punishment of,

discussed between Penn and Peterborough,
iii. 300 et seq..

Anaxagoras, his remarks on Love, Religion,
and Power, v. 359; controverted by Pericles,
360; free from envy, 375; his opinion of
Pericles, ib. 376; and of Euripides and
Sophocles, 432; verses by, 433; accused
of impiety, 464; sentenced to banishment,
ib.; his advice to Aspasia, 475; description
of his residence at Lampsacos, 476, 477;
his lines written at the approach of death,
518; his character, 527, 528
Ancients, religion of the, ii. 354, 355
Anco-Marzio's image of the Virgin, story of,
iv. 143

"Ancona, the Siege of," a Dialogue in Verse,
vii. 240-281

"Andrea of Hungary," a Dialogue in Verse,
vii. 110-157

Andreas, King of Naples, his assassination,
viii. 442

Anecdote of Rhodopè, ii. 19 et seq.; Poly-
crates and his ring, 38; Anacreon and
Hylactor, 46, 47; Chloros, 59 et seq.; Anæ-
destatos, the Athenian orator, 139-141;
Ternissa, 248, 249; Xenophanes and his
horse, 261, 262; the Gasteres, a fraternity
of priests, 288 et seq.; the miracle of Aulus
of Pelusium, 295-297; the destruction of
Carthage, 317, 318; Euthymedes and
Thelymnia, 326 et seq.; Fodirupa and
Gentius, 382-384; Aquilius Cimber, 399,
400; John Wellerby, 544-546; Richard L.,
iii. 8, 9; a Japanese at Rouen, 44; the
defective administration of justice in Tus-
cany, 55, 81, 82 and note; St. Isidore, 56,
57; Benedetto Sant-Anna Torbellini, 66;
the sanctification of Labre, 66-68; the
Marchese Riccardi's Reliquary, 69 et seq.;
Dr. Lotti, of Lizzano, 82 n.; an Italian
peasant, 87; Ebenezer Bullock and his son
Jonas, 125, 126; the sailor and the Lord
Chancellor, 130; an Irish lord, 156; the
Duke of Marlborough's mince-pie, 177;
Lord Tylney, 180 n.; Pitt's cook, 199; Fra
Filippo Lippi's captivity in Barbary, 223
et seq.; Daniel Fogram, the poacher,
255-257; the patriotic Scotchman, 269;
Lord Peterborough's friend and the lizard,
274; William Penn and his father, 275, 276;
a Capuchin, 293; Peterborough and Ludlow,
334, 335; Gregorio Peruzzi and his neigh-
bours' dogs, 432-434; Maria Gargarelli, 501
et seq.; Raffaellino and the trout, 543; Por-
son at a rout, iv. 32 et seq.; Mr. Small and the
lady, 35; Wordsworth, 79; Sir Humphrey
Hardcastle, 84, 85; Mr. George Nelly,
88-90; Father Onesimo Sozzifante and
Mr. Harbottle, 140-142; Giacomo Pastrani
and his picture, 142; Anco-Marzio's image
of the Virgin, 143; Angiolina Cecci, 146,
147; the sailor and his amber, 271; Monna
Tita Monalda, 301 et seq.; Sir Magnus
Lucy, 312-337; Tenerin de Gisors,
338-341; the Prince of Policastro, 343-347;
Admiral Nichols, 428, 429; Lord Thurlow,
485; Milton, v. 25; Molière, 56-58; Ra-
leigh, 92; George IV. when Prince of
Wales, 141, vi. 576; Andrew Marvel,
Lord Chancellor Hyde, and Lord Rochester,
v. 152, 153; Casper Scioppius, 187 n.; Michel-
Angelo and the poet, 278 et seq.; Sophocles,
446; Melanthos and Sosigines, 513-515;
Santander, 574-583; the barbarity of an
English general officer, vi. 14, 15; the
death of an English officer, 16-20; Don
Britomarte Delciego, 52; Florentine Rus-
sel, 60, 61; Goffrido Piccoluomini and
Leopoldina, 68-71; the consecrated lamp,
34, 35; Thomas Paine, 163 et seq.; Captain
Phelim O'Mara's travels, 188-192; Mr.
Roger Moyle's duel, &c., 196 et seq.; Sieur
Dorkins, 208, 209; Granduke Ferdinand,
214 et seq.; the Emperor Francis, 229, 230;
Fontana, 233; Prince Corsini, 234; General
Monton, 243; the Pope and the wooden
fish, 256; the Irishman's scourging,
261-263; the defenders of Greece, 288
et seq.; Archbishop of Evora, 332–334;
Frey Lope de Hornaches and Donna

Imaculata's veil, 338-340; a superstitious
English philosopher, 343; Dias and the
onions, 353; Croker and Lieutenant
White, 363; the Englishman and his
fountain, 410-412; the same and the
picture-de lers, 415 et seq.; the Cardinal-
Legate Albani and Titian's Holy Family,
435-437; old lady and the hemlock, 537;
an itinerant preacher, 539-541; Louis
Napoleon, 582

Anglican Church oppressive in collection of
tithes, iii. 294; main distinction between,
and the Church of Rome, 550; approxi-
mation of its doctrines to those of the
latter, v. 35; compared with the Roman
Catholic, 134; Chinese opinion of, vi.
513 et seq.

Animals, immortality of, ii. 286, 287; re-
marks on the speaking of, 287

Anjou, Duke of, Queen Elizabeth, Cecil, and
De La Motte Fénelon, v. 256-262

-, his estimate of Queen Elizabeth, v.
261, 262
Antonelli, Cardinal, and General Gemeau,
vi. 616-620, 620-623

and Pope Pio Nono, vi. 628 - 630
Antonius, Marcus, his dread of poison, vii.

21 n.

"Antony and Octavius," a Dialogue in Verse,
vii. 366-401

Aphanasia and Beniowski, v. 188-191
Apollo, his temple at Athens, v. 367; charac-

ter of the god disparaged by Thraseas, ib.
Apologue of Truth, by Critobulus, ii. 401, 402;
dogs fighting for a bone, vi. 96

Arab Chieftain and Marshal Bugeaud, vi.
481-484

Arabs, their treatment by the French, vi. 481
et seq.

Aratus, the friend of Theocritus, viii. 360;
his merits, ib.

Archbishop of Florence and Francesco Ma-
diai, vi. 631-634

-480

of Paris and Talleyrand, vi. 476

his visit to Talleyrand
on his sick-bed, vi. 476 et seq.
Architecture, Greek, v. 427, 428, vi. 8, 11;
Italian, vi. 3 et seq.; English, 7, 11; Chinese,
8; Roman, 8-10; Moorish, 10; Elizabe-
than, 11

Argonauts, doubts respecting the, ii. 175
Ariosto, his "Orlando," iv. 118; slowly ac-
knowledged, v. 290; his merits, ib.
Aristides, his character eulogised, v. 506, 507
Aristocracy, hereditary, a definition of, ii.
155; in England debased by Pitt, iii. 187;
considered as a system of government, 262;
mercantile, insecure, 319; in Rome, 371
et seq.; and Democracy, the two forms of
government considered, v. 500-503; here-
ditary, nature of, vi. 43, 44
Aristocrats and democrats defined, iii. 262,
iv. 265

Aristophanes, his merits considered, iv. 153;
his influence over the humours of the Athe-
nians, v. 321; ridicules Meton and Pericles
in his comedy of "The Birds," 384, 385
*Aristoteles and Callisthenes, ii. 171-189

-, remarks on his style, ii. 88, 405,
406, iii. 150; his cloquence, ii. 137; ill-
treated by Alexander, 174, 188; his "Polity"
compared with Plato's scheme of govern-

his advice to Lady Jane Grey,

v. 178, 179
Ashbourne, the village of, iv. 396, 400 n.
Aspasia, her visit to Athens, v. 315; adven-
ture in the theatre there, 317 et seq.; atten-
tion paid to her by Pericles there, 318; her
kind reception by her relative Epimedea,
319; her first interview with Pericles,
323; accepts his proffer of love, 326; her
poetical answer to the addresses of Socra-
tes, 328; consoles her broken-hearted
lover, Xeniades, 330; visits Tanagra, the
birthplace of Corinna, 334; her criticisms
on Pindar, 339 et seq.; her apprehensions on
account of Pericles, 358; taxes Pericles
with insincerity, 359; commends the wis-
dom of Pericles, 362; urges him to be mind-
ful of his glory, 364; her lines on the death
of Artemidora of Ephesus, 384; her remarks
on some imperfections in Greek poetry, 392;
her love for the scenes of her youth, 396,
397; her verses on her nurse Myrtale, 399;
old song quoted by, 402; her lines on War,
407, 408; her reflections on the general
abuse of religion, 421, 422; her opinion of
a Persian custom, 430; her account of the
foundation of Rome, 433, 434; her opinion
of Thucydides, 442, 444; criticises his style,
453, 454; her opinion of Euripides, 455, 456;
accused of impiety, and as a corruptress of
morals, 465 et seq.; acquitted, 468; urges
Pericles to abandon power, 470; her reflec-
tions on peace and war, 473, 474; proposes
a visit to Tenos, 474; her ideas regarding
the true province of philosophy, 478; re-
marks on poetry, ih.; urges Anaxagoras to
leave philosophy for history, 482; her child,
494, 496, 498, 505; leaves the city on account
of the pestilence, 495; her reproof of
Alcibiades for rashness, 519; her Dialogue
between the Shades of Agamemnon and
Iphigeneia, 529-534; her "Death of Cly-
temnestra,' 535-537; her "Madness of
Orestes," 538-541; her love for her child,
542
Assunta, Boccaccio's waiting-girl, iii. 427,
428; her care of Petrarca, 478 et seq.; her
confession overheard by Petrarca, 497;
relates the story of Maria Gargarelli, 501 et
seq.; her interview with Fra Biagio, 531
Asteröessa, Ode to, v. 426

Astronomy, its progress certain, v. 379
Atheists, the worst kind of, ii. 125; as scarce
as Christians, 259

Athenians, their levity, ii. 29; character of
their religion, 237, 238; whence they pro-

cured the stones for their public buildings,
vi. 8
Athens, condition of, in the time of Pericles,
ii. 56 et seq.; description of a procession at,
62, 63; her condition in the time of Aristo-
teles, 181, 182; her ancient excellence, vi.
12; her resuscitation retarded, ib.
Atterend, Matthew, fought for the honour of
Sir Thomas Lucy, ii. 502

Attica less beautiful than Ionia, v. 315; over-
peopled, 395

Auguries and oracles, their use, ii. 116 et seq.
Aulus of Pelusium, the miracle of, ii. 294-
297

Austria, Emperor of, claim of precedence for,
iii. 4 n.; remarks on his title, 10 n.; nulli-
fied the election of Cardinal Della Somaglia
to the Popedom, iv. 139 n.

Autographs of the persons connected with
the Citation of Shakespeare for Deer-steal-
ing, ii. 458

Ava, King of, and Rao-Gong-Fao, vi. 365-

378

Avarice more unlovely than mischievous, iv.
5; the yeomanry not addicted to it, ib.

B.

Bacchus, the festival of, v. 317
*Bacon, Lord, and Richard Hooker, iv. 158-
162

censured, iii. 49; originality a cha-
racteristic of his "Essays," 159; comparison
between, and Shakespeare, iv. 27; his
"Essays" commended by Barrow, 349;
further remarks on, 357 et seq.; character
of his works, v. 86; inferior to Shakespeare
in intellectual power, vii. 323 n.
Bad men not always bad, ii. 469
Bagnesi, St. Maria, her miraculous oil, iv.

147 n.

Bankruptcy Laws, proposal for their modifi-
cation, iii. 163

*Baños, Lopez, and Romero Alpuente, vi.
88-101

Baptism, its efficacy, iii. 7 and note

Barbarian, origin of the term as used by the
Greeks, ii. 115

Barbary, captivity of Fra Filippo Lippi in,
iii. 223 et seq.

Barnett, Ephraim, employed to take down
the examination of Shakespeare, ii. 457; his
"Memorandum" prefixed thereto, 460; his
penmanship, 481; his compassion, 487; his
"Post-scriptum," 557
Baronets, pride of, iii. 328

Barristers, their practices censured, iii. 50
*Barrow and Newton, iv. 348-395

character of his eloquence, iv. 220;
commends Lord Bacon's "Essays," 349;
his opinion of Calvinism, 356; his advice to
Newton on the conduct of his studies, friend-
ship, &c., 389 et seq.

Bartolommeo, Fra, character of his works, vi.

"Beatrice Cenci: Five Scenes," a Dialogue

in Verse, vii. 342-363

Beauty, lines on, v. 497; reply to, ib. ; no altar
ever dedicated to, 498'

Beggars, lame, in Rome, iii. 67, 68 and note
Belgioioso, Princess, and King Carlo-Al-
berto, vi. 599-612

her noble efforts for the free-
dom of Italy, vi. 599, 615; her specimen of
an appeal to the Austrians and Hungarians,
610, 611

Belief, its various action on various minds, ii.
195; an aid to reason, 258

Bells, baptism of, vi. 104; their effects on the
hearer, 212

Benedetto Sant-Anna Torbellini, anecdote of,
iii. 66

*Beniowski and Aphanasia, v. 188-191
Bentham, General, his improvement in gun-
boats, vi. 80, 81; built the ships used in the
attack on Chesmè, viii. 353 я.

Bentley, remarks on his so-called poetical
emendations, iv. 466, 468, 472
*Beranger and La Roche-Jaquelin, vi. 580—

584

his loyalty and conservatism, vi.
80; his opinion on the state of France
under the presidency of Louis Napoleon,
581 et seq.

Best, Mr. Justice, on the industrial classes,
iii. 129 n.; his opinion of the duties of
newspaper writers towards the king, ib.;
how he was raised to the Peerage, ib.;
eulogises George IV., ib.

Biagio, Fra, Boccaccio's medical and spirit-
ual adviser, iii. 427; confesses Assunta, 497;
epitaph on, 521 n.; his interview with As-
sunta, 531; his visits to Boccaccio, 533;
lines on, by Boccaccio, 534, 535

Bibiena, Cardinal, poisoned by Pope Leo, iv.
272 and note

Bible, the, translated by Valdo, iii. 39; mis-
chievous use made of, 123

"Biographical Dictionary," Bayle's, noticed,

v. 100

Biography, uses of, ii. 385

Bion, character of his poems, viii. 357, 377
Birds as auguries, ii. 116

Birthdays, reasons for not celebrating, v. 426
Bishops, election of, iii. 31; translation of,
32; their office in the House of Lords, 35;
censurable for not opposing the practice of
war, 375; Italian, income of, v. 149;
French, ib. n.

Blair, his "Grave" censured, iv. 73
Blake, Admiral, and Humphrey Blake, iii.
417-420

his great merits, iii. 336, 420 n.; his
signal victory, 417

"Blake, Death of," a Dialogue in Verse, vii.
342-363

Blake, Humphrey, and Admiral Blake, iii.