in triumph among the virgins and matrons most celebrated for purity and constancy. The "Triumph of Death" follows.
This poem is truly admirable. Laura is returning from her victory over Love; suddenly there appears a black flag, followed by a female in black apparel, and terrible in attitude and voice. She stops the festive procession, and strikes Laura. The poet now describes her last moments, and her soft sleep of death, in which she retains all her beauty. In the second part she comes to him in a dream, holds out her hand, and invites him to sit by her on the bank of a rivulet, under the shade of a beech and a laurel. Nothing, in this most beautiful of languages, is so beautiful, excepting the lines of Dante on Francesca, as these.
E quella man' già tanto desiäta, A me, parlando e sospirando, porse.
Their discourse is upon death, which she tells him should be formidable only to the wicked, and assures him that the enjoyment she receives from it, is far beyond any which life has to bestow. He then asks her a question, which he alone had a right to ask her, and only in her state of purity and bliss.
She sigh'd, and said, "No; nothing could dissever My heart from thine, and nothing shall there ever. If, thy fond ardour to repress,
I sometimes frown'd (and how could I do less ?) If, now and then, my look was not benign, "Twas but to save my fame, and thine. And, as thou knowest, when I saw thy grief, A glance was ready with relief."
These tender words I heard her speak. "Were they but true!" I cried. She bent the head, Not unreproachfully, and said,
"Yes, I did love thee; and whene'er
I turn'd away mine eyes, 'twas shame and fear;
A thousand times to thee did they incline,
But sank before the flame that shot from thine."
He who, the twentieth time, can read unmoved this canzone, never has experienced a love which could not be requited, and never has deserved a happy one.
N.B.-The names which have the sign prefixed are those of the Interlocutors in a "Conversation."
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
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.
"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
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-
Avarice more unlovely than mischievous, iv. 5; the yeomanry not addicted to it, ib.
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.
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
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—
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,
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.
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