ness of some, ib.; derivation and applica-
tion of the term, 358, 359
"Iliad," defects in the, iv. 434, 435; superior
to the "Prometheus," v. 321
Images, utility of, discussed, ii. 263

Imagination, difference between the, of Plato,
and that of Shakespeare, ii. 100 n.; and
Fancy, observations on, v. 119 et seq.; defini-
tion of, 120; Homer's powers of, ib.;
Eschylus's, 121

Immortality of the soul, criticism on Plato's
argument for, ii. 84 et seq.; opinions of
Cicero concerning, 379, 380

Improvisatori never rise above mediocrity,

vi. 232

Incest, defined by the Decretals, iii. 34; in
what light regarded by the Church of
Rome, vi. 626

Indulgences for sins, their effects, iii. 33, 34
"Ies de Castro," a Dialogue in Verse, vii.
282, 307

Infallibility, Papal, illustrations of, iii. 32 et
seq. inconsistencies in the pretensions of
the Church of Rome to, iv. 134
Infanticide among the Jerijahs abolished by
Colonel Walker, vi. 470 n.

*Inglis, Sir Robert, and the Duke of Welling-
ton, iii. 364-371

Ingratitude, remarks on, iii. 96, 97
Inoculation of his troops by Washington, iii.
108, 109

Inquisition, its progress and success, iii. 43;
its restoration in Spain, vi. 94

Insanity, prevalence of, in royal families,
ii. 61

Inscription, poetical, on a plinth in the gar-
den of Mnestheus at Lampsacos, v. 493; for
a statue at St. Ives, 562

Inscriptions, two, quoted by Porson, iv. 70;
examples of, vi. 67 and note, 68; Latin, for
tombs, remarks on, 236

"Inscriptions" of Theocritus, their character,
viii. 377, 420

Interpreter. King of the Sandwich Isles,
Peel, and Croker, vi. 359-364

Ionia more beautiful than Attica, v. 315
Ionian University neglected by the English
Government, vi. 298

Iphigeneia and Agamemnon, Dialogue be-
tween the Shades of, v. 529-534
"Iphigeneia and Agamemnon," vii. 486-488
Ippolito, Cardinal, his cruel treatment of
Ferrante, vii. 308 n.

"Ippolito di Este," a Dialogue in Verse, vii.
308-314

Ireland, causes of its wretched condition, iii.
114; underletting of land in, should be
punished, 115; other reforms in, suggested,
ib. et seq.; successful government of, by
Lord Chesterfield, 142; illustrated in a Con-
versation between Archbishop Boulter and
Philip Savage, 202 et seq.; country gentle-
men in, worse than semi-barbarous, 206;
coercion in, ib.; intemperate conduct of the
judges in, 207; means adopted to procure
the Union," 380; church property in, 381;
importance of her harbours, 383; injustice
of England to, 286, 462; treatment of the
rebels in, vi. 193; mode of life in, 195 et
seq.; condition of the country, 202
Irish country-girls, their superstition respect-
ing the cuckoo, viii. 145 n.
Irish lord, story of, iii. 156

Irishmen, characteristics of, v. 90 et seq., vi. 71,

180

Isidore, St., anecdote of, iii. 56, 57

Isis, priests of, Christianity borrowed from
the, ii. 273; their power at Rome, iii. 455
Italian character, iii. 76, 494; illustrated by
the language, 77 et seq.

Italian language, possesses greater scope and
compass than the Latin, iii. 438; improved
by Petrarca, Boccaccio, and Dante, 464;
capable of the vigour of the Latin, 472;
fixed by Dante, 485

Italian names, remarks on the liberties Eng-
lishmen take with them, viii. 425; the
author's reasons for not Anglicising them, ib.
Italian palaces and architecture, remarks on,
vi. 3 et seq.; towns, 7; churches, ib.
Italian peasant, story of an, iii. 87
Italian versification possesses greater variety
than the Latin, ii. 475

Italians addicted to robbery and revenge, iii.
47, 48; their pronunciation of Latin, 430 n.;
occasionally indulge in witticism contrary
to their genius, iv. 271; avaricious and par-
simonious, vi. 234; their respect for the
nobility, 608, 609

Italy, its excellence in vocal song, ii. 443; ad-
ministration of justice in, iii. 53, vi. 413 et
seq.; its climate, iii. 240, 241; reverence
paid to the memory of great men in, 425,
496; its condition and prospects, 491 et seq.,
v. 145 et seq.; singing-birds eaten in, iii.
507; its condition in the seventeenth cen-
tury, v. 160; disregard for the dead shown
in, vi. 212; its freedom and consolidation
discussed between King Carlo-Alberto and
Princess Belgioioso, 599 et seq.; its adapta-
bility for a republic, 603; respect shown
towards the nobility in, 608, 609; its occu-
pation by the French discussed between
Garibaldi and Mazzini, 613 et seq.; and
between Cardinal Antonelli and General
Gemeau, 616 et seq.

Ives, St., inscription for a statue at, v. 562

J.

Jack and Martin, v. 165-167
*James I., King, and Isaac Casaubon, iii. 22-

44
his character, iii. 22 n., 26 n.; pre-
sents of Casper Scioppius to, v. 186 n.
"James II. of Scotland and Assassins," a
Dialogue in Verse, vii. 364, 365
Janissaries, their character, vi. 25

Janus, Middle, meaning of the term, ii. 392 n.
Japanese at Rouen, anecdote of a, iii. 44
Japanese Pope, or Dairo, iii. 37 n.
Jeanne d'Arc, her treatment by the French
and English, iv. 285, 286; Voltaire's poem
on, censured, 286

"Jeribohaniah," v. 596-598

Jerijahs, their treatment of female children,
vi. 470 et seq.; infanticide among, abolished
by Colonel Walker, 470 n.

Jesuits, in England, ii. 474; illustrations of
their doctrines and practice, iii. 27, 29, 30;
their evil influence, 42 n.; their recall
determined on by Ferdinand of Spain, vi.
336; protected by Louis Napoleon, 622
Jews, their government, ii. 380; their charac-
ter, ib., v. 128; compared with Italians, v.
128; their persecutions, vi. 528, 529

Joanna of Kent and John of Gaunt, v.
199--203

mother of Richard I., rescues John of
Gaunt from the attack on his house, v. 199
et seq.

John-Mary-Luis, Don, and Don Ferdinand,
vi. 310-357

*Johnson, Samuel, and John Horne Tooke, iv.
163-208, 209-255

faulty as a poet and critic, iv.
121; his style, 122; remarks on his
criticisms on Milton, 431, 449, 473, 474, 517;
attacks on the Conversation between him
and Tooke noticed, 500; his superficial
knowledge of poetry and geography, v. 99;
his estimate of blank verse, 118; his cha-
racter, 131

Jonson, notice of, iv. 153

Julius II., Pope, his character, iv. 416
Juries, excellence of English, iii. 51
Justice, definition of, ii. 208; upon earth,
described, iii. 18, 19; contrasted with Grati-
tude, iv. 263

K.

*Kaido and Photo Zavellas, vi. 379-383
Keats, effect of his monument at Rome, v. 119
Kenilworth Castle, notice of, v. 157
Kings, more pernicious than tyrants, ii. 30;
hereditary disadvantages of their position,
40, 44; never grateful, 119; evils of here-
ditary, 134; their position, 154; their educa-
tion, 342, iii. 19; can not be assassins, 28
the duties of, vi. 54, 55; the "good pleasure"
of, 580

King's evil cured by the hand of a man
recently hung, ii. 486 and note
Kingship, its effects, iii. 19
King's-weston, view from, iv. 427
Kisses, lines on, v. 463, 464

Kleber, General, and French Officers, vi.
16-20

Koran, translation of, proposed by Soliman,
iii. 182; the policy questioned by the Muftis,
ib. et seq.

*Kosciusko and Poniatowski, iii. 93-97
*Kotzebue and Sandt, vi. 399–407

murder of, by Sandt, vi. 407;
justified by Blucher, 445 et seq.

L.

Labour, excessive, unnatural, iii. 282 and note
Labourers, English, their condition inferior
to that of Negro slaves, iii. 401

Labre, story of the sanctification of, iii. 66-68
Lacedæmon and Corinth, speech of Pericles
on the declarations of, v. 457, 458
"La Chaise, Father, and Louis XIV., iii.
175-180

"Lacon and Dora," vii. 465, 466
La Crusca, academy of, vi. 57

*Lacy, General, and Cura Merino, vi. 41-56
Ladies, English, abroad, iii. 62; compared
with the Florentines, 63

*La Fontaine and Rochefoucault, v. 53-69
his habits, v. 53 et seq.; his
absence of mind, 58, 59, 66; his criticism on
Rochefoucault's "Maxims," 59 et seq.;
character of his Fables, viii. 386
*Lamartine and Thiers, vi. 574–576

Lamartine, his love of fame, vi. 574; his
detestation of the vulgar passion for war,
575; his opinion on democracy, 576; his
estimate of George IV., ib.

"Lament, the Maid's," by Shakespeare, ii.
483, 484; criticised by Sir Thomas Lucy, 484
Lamp, consecrated, story of the, vi. 34, 35
Lampsacos, the place of refuge of Anaxagoras,
v. 474; its government, 491, 492
*Landor, Walter, and Abbé Delille, iv.
91-131

and Archdeacon Hare, v. 97-126
and Marchese Pallavicini, vi. 3-15
and Southey, iv. 427-475, 476-528
-, Florentine, and English Visitor, vi.
205-250

incidents in his life referred to, iv.
101, 102, 400 n., v. 122, 563; his dislike to
company in his walks, iv. 427; attacks on
his "Conversations" between Johnson and
Tooke, 499, 500; inconsistencies in ortho-
graphy forced on him, v. 97; his motives
for seeking to detect and expose the faults
of authors, 110; accused of phonetic spell-
ing, 112; his remarks on the reception
his epic poem "Gebir" met with, 113
et seq.; his "Sea-shell," 114; Wordsworth
indebted to him, ib.; Southey an imitator
of his versification, 122; his desire for
fame grounded on his "Imaginary Conversa-
tions," ib.; character of his poems, 125; his
indifference to his poetry being praised, ib.;
accused of underrating Chaucer, 151 n.; his
lines on the Swallow, in Italian, 276; the same
in English, 277 n.; his proposal for ranges
of statues and busts, 564; his residence at
Albaro, vi. 3; description of his visit to
the palace of Marchese Odeschalchi on the
Lake of Como, 4, 5; his Conversations with
Cavaliere Puntomichino and Mr. D. E.
Talcranagh, 57 et seq.; his wish to be
called a "king's friend," 207, 211; objec-
tion to his "Conversations," 210; the office
of magistrate refused to him, 211, 212; his
observations on Latin inscriptions for
tombs, 236; remarks on his works, 237
et seq.; character assigned to him and his
"Conversations" by M. Villèle, 268, 269;
his villa by the small stream of Affrico,
viii. 155 n.; his objection to the Elizabethan
style of poetry, 378; his translations of
passages from Virgil, 364, 366, 380, 389; of
Theocritus, 367 et seq.; of Moschus, 383;
and of Catullus, 392 et seq.; his remarks on
the liberties Englishmen take with Latin
and Italian names, 425, 426; his transla-
tions of passages from Petrarca, 429, 446,
447, 458

Language, character of a people indicated by
their, iii. 77 et seq.

Language, English. See English Language
Language, Greek. See Greek Language
Language, Italian. See Italian Language
Language, Latin. See Latin Language
Languages, their corruptions and improve-
ments, iii. 438

"Laodamia," criticism on Wordsworth's
poem of, iv. 37 et seq., 65, 66
*La Roche-Jaquelin and Beranger, vi. 580-584
his visit to Beranger,

vi. 580 et seq.

Latin inscriptions for tombs, remarks on, vi.

236

Latin language, laxity in its orthography, ii.
447; pronunciation of, by the Italians, iii.
430.; terminations of words in, inharmo-
nious, 438; changes in, iv. 168, 169; pro-
nunciation of, 249; Lucretius's complaint
of its poverty, 380

Latin names, mutilation of, ii. 414 n., viii.
425, 426

Latin poetry, intemperate admiration of it,
viii. 386 et seq.

Laura, her apparition to Petrarca at Verona,
iii. 458 and note; sketch of her history, viii.
427, 428; her first meeting with Petrarca,
428; nature of her feelings towards him,
ib.; the influence she exerted over him,
ib. et seq.; her portrait painted by Simone
Memmi, and repeated by him in his sacred
compositions, 432; takes leave of Petrarca,
438; her emotions on the occasion, 439;
her death, ib.

Laws, turned from their right intention, iii.
18, 19; imperfection of, in Tuscany, 46;
how they should be framed, 47; of Eng-
land censured, 49 et seq., 310, 324, 325 and
note, vi. 47 et seq.; maladministration of,
in Italy, iii. 53, 81, 82 and note

Lawsuits, how managed in Italy, vi. 413 et seq.
Learning, advantages it bestows on its pos-
sessor, iv. 148, 149

Legislator, his duties, iii. 54, 55

Le Moine, Henri, a reformer of the Church of
Rome, iii. 39

Lemon-trees, their extraordinary fertility, vi.
12, 13

Leo IX. censured by Michael Cellularius, iii.
6 n.

*Leo XII., Pope, and his valet Gigi, vi.
251-263

his edict against silver combs,

vi. 434 and note
*Leofric and Godiva, v. 215-219
Leonidas, brother of Tersitza, his death, vi. 278
Leonora, Tasso's lament over her death, v.
269 et seq.; his lines to her, 276; her love
for Tasso, 309 et seq.; her last hours, ib.
*Leontion, Epicurus, and Ternissa, ii. 190-234
"Leontion on Ternissa's Death (Epicurus also
departed)," vii, 466, 467

*Leopold, Peter, and the President du Paty,
iii. 45--92

-, his character, vi. 225
Leopoldina and Goffrido Piccoluomini, story
of, vi. 68-71

Lies, their necessity, iii. 308; King of Ava's
opinion of, vi. 368

Life, two miseries of, ii. 252; lines on, v. 390
Linden-tree, remarkable one, vi. 5, 6
Lingam, worship of the, iii. 364

Linus, Hymn of, ii. 288 et seq.

*Lippi, Fra Filippo, and Pope Eugenius IV.,
222-243

narrative of his captivity in Barbary,
iii. 223 et seq.
*Lisle, Lady, and Elizabeth Gaunt,
204-207

V.

her execution, v. 204 n.
Literature neglected by the Quakers, iii. 284
Literary Merit, Alfieri's Order of, v. 129, 136;
who were to be admitted to it, 136; its
prospects of success, 142

Livius, Titus, his style, ii. 282; his patavinity,
448, 450; his account of the interview be-
tween Tarquinus and Lucrece censured,
449; criticisms on his style, ib. 450; his
genius, iv. 430

Locke, his plan of education, iii. 142; his
style, ib. 143; less attractive than Plato,

144

Locrians, the, their method of proposing new
laws, ii. 154

Lorenzo de' Medici, character of, iv. 412, 421,

422

Lotti, Dr., of Lizzano, anecdote of, iii. 82 n.
*Louis XIV. and Father La Chaise, iii. 175-
180

doubts respecting his birth, iii.
18 and note; his misconduct towards the
Dutch nation, 175, 180 n.; his story of the
Duke of Marlborough's mince-pie, 177; his
penance, 178, 179; a warning to all kings
against indulgence in profusion and sen-
suality, 209; his character, iv. 102; demo-
lished Heidelberg Castle, viii. 93 n.
*Louis XVIII. and Talleyrand, iii. 387-396
--, his estimate of Wellington,
iii. 389; sends to England for five hundred
pheasant eggs, ib.

Louis Philippe and Guizot, vi. 563-573
his treatment of Queen
Pomare, vi. 458 et seq., 568; his Spanish
policy, 563 et seq.; his estimate of prime
ministers, 564; his want of principle, 565,
566, 576; his observations on home and
foreign policy, 568 et seq.; his estimate of
Thiers, 571

L'Ouverture, Toussaint, treatment of, by
Napoleon, vi. 231, viii. 141 n.

Love, opinion of Anacreon regarding, ii. 42;
the first and the last, 211; of our country,
iii. 258; its sanctifying influence, 504, 518;
the forgiving character of, iv. 17; inscrip-
tion on a statue of, quoted by Porson, 70;
its nature, v. 117; illustrated in the Con-
versation between Beniowski and Apha-
nasia, 188-191; its divine nature, 226, 295;
transient nature of that felt by men, 349; a
predominant affection of the soul, 358;
often united with religion, ib.; always
makes us better, 359; power possessed by
those who feel it, 369; lines on, 457, 542;
the preserver of the world, 505; poetical
Address to, 522; and the Reply, ib. ; lines
to, 523, 524; the purifier of the heart, viii.
434; Platonic, absurdity of the term, 435
and note

Love-poetry, the best of writers of, never
loved, v. 332

Lovers, silent, their treatment by women, iv.
15, 16
Loyalty should be reciprocal between king
and people, iv. 102; spurious, v. 563
*Lucian and Timotheus, ii. 258-305

his "Dialogues of the Dead," re-
marks on, ii. 258, 273, 274; accused of being
an atheist, 259; condemns the doctrine of
eternal punishment, 268; his opinion of the
works of Plato, 275 et seq.; his estimate of
the merits of Diogenes, 283; advocates the
immortality of animals, 286, 287; his charac-
ter, vii. 551 n.; estimate of his "Dialogues,"

ib.

Lucretius, criticisms on, ii. 417; more digni-
fied than Dante, iii. 526; imitated by

Robert Smith, iv. 476; Wakefield's edition
of, noticed, v. 107; his complaint of the
poverty of the Latin tongue, viii. 380
Lucullus and Caesar, ii. 350-367

description of his Apennine villa,
ii. 351 et seq.; of his dining apartment, 357
et seq.; probably poisoned, 361
Lucy, Sir Magnus, his story related by Chau-
cer, iv. 312-337

Lucy, Sir Thomas, his examination of Shake-

speare, ii. 465; threatens to rid the country
of him, 467; examines Joseph Carnaby, a
witness, 473 et seq.; commands the papers
taken from the prisoner to be read, and com-
ments thereon, 481 et seq.; his opinion of
poets, 482; his advice to Shakespeare, ib.;
criticisms on "The Maid's Lament," 484;
extent of his nautical knowledge, 486; mis-
construes Shakespeare's satirical dialogue
between two shepherds, 489; reason given
by him why shepherds should be learned,
491; his exhortation to Shakespeare, ib.;
examines Euseby Treen, a witness, 492;
reproves the prisoner for personating royal
characters, 497; expounds the dignity of
bucks, swans, and herons, 498; is minded
to save Shakespeare, 499 et seq.; good saying
attributed to, by Shakespeare, 502; reasons
why he did not write to Dr. Glaston, 514;
care taken of his education, 527; advises
Shakespeare to copy the French drama, ib.;
and to avoid tragedy and comedy, 528; his
verses on Chloe, 531; on the same, with a
quince, 534; with a gillyflower, 536; compli-
mented by Queen Elizabeth on his verses,
ib.; quotes Sir Everard Starkeye's lines on
Fanny Carew, 543; his studies in poetry,
549; quotes Mistress Nanfan's answer to
his poetical address, ib. ; and his reply, 550;
insists on Shakespeare's abandoning Han-
nah Hathaway, 554; is disappointed, 555
Ludlow doubted the policy of condemning
Charles I. to death, iii. 15; his character, ib.
n.; signed the death-warrant of Charles,
ib.; interview between him and Peter-
borough, 334, 335

Lustration, benefits of, ii. 122, 123'
"Luther, the Parents of," a Dialogue in
Verse, vii. 329-333

Luxury of soldiers, ii. 326, 340, 341

Lycidas," Milton's, criticised, iv. 498

Lycoris introduced to Aspasia by Pericles, v.
400; her opinion of his speeches, ib.
"Lysander, Alcanor, and Phanoe," vii. 464,

465

Madiai, imprisonment of him and his wife
for disobedience to the Church of Rome, vi.
631 et seq.

"Madness, the, of Orestes," a Dramatic Scene,
v. 538-541

*Magliabechi and Middleton, iv. 132-147
Magna Charta of little value, v. 17
*Mahomet and Sergius, iii. 211–220

the discords of the Christians in-
duced the enterprise of, iii. 36; his proposal
to Sergius for the junction of the Greek
Church and his own disciples discussed be-
tween them, 212-221 and note

Mahometans, their observance of the pre-
cepts of their prophet, iii. 235

*Maid of Orleans, the, and Agnes Sorel, v.

220-227

Maitland, Sir Thomas, notice of, vi. 82
*Malesherbes and Rousseau, iv. 279–293

his inhospitable reception by a
Swiss pastor, iv. 279; his mode of reproving
him, 280
Malleville, notice of a sonnet by, iv. 115
Mansfield, Lord, his character, iii. 151
Marcellus and Hannibal, ii. 309-313

-, his death described, ii. 309 et seq.
"Marcus Aurelius and Lucian," vii. 548-551
Marius and Metellus, ii. 346-349

his character, ii. 349 n., 370, 371
Marlborough, Duke of, story of his mince-pie,
iii. 177

"Marmion," remarks on the poem, iv. 52, 53
Marriages within the seventh degree pro-

hibited by Pope Innocent III., iii. 32; effect
of that prohibition, ib. ; between uncle and
niece, aunt and nephew, sanctioned by the
Church of Rome, ib. 65, vi. 384; of studious
men, iv. 394; ideas commonly entertained
of, by women, v. 42; second, unlawful, vi.

534

Martin and Jack, v. 165-167
*Marvel, Andrew, and Milton, iv. 148-157
and Bishop Parker, v. 3-49

and Milton, v. 150-156, 156-164
Milton's advice to him on the con-
struction of a comedy, iv. 148 et. seq.; his
"Rehearsal Transposed" written in answer
to Bishop Parker's "Ecclesiastical Polity,'
v. 3 n.; anecdote of him, Lord Chancellor
Hyde, and Lord Rochester, 152, 153; his
purchase of an exemplary palfrey, 156;
gives Milton an account of his journey to
the Upper Severn, ib. et seq.

Mary and Bothwell, v. 263-268

her flight with Bothwell, v. 263 et seq.
Princess, and Princess Elizabeth, v.

236-268

Mass, the typical sense of, iii. 84
Massilia, the residence of Pythagoras, ii. 135;
its history, v. 479, 480

Mathematicians defective in conversation and
oratory, v. 406

Maurocordato and Colocotrini (the elder),
vi. 72-87

*Mazzini and Garibaldi, vi. 613-615

Mecanas, Cilnius, his affectation of family, ii.
417, 418

Megara and Euboea, the speech of Pericles on
the defection of, v. 393, 394; conquered by
Pericles in person, 394

*Melancthon and Calvin, v. 70-79

Melanthos, unhappy story of him and his
friend Sosigines, v. 513--515

"Meliton and Lily," vii. 415, 416
Memmi, Simone, character of his art, viii.
432; paints the portrait of Petrarca's
Laura, and repeats it in his sacred com-
positions, ih.

Memory, its influence over the affections, ii.
251, 255; the loss of, deprecated, 255
*Menander and Epicurus, ii. 244-249,
249-257

his apophthegms compared with
those of Euripides, ii. 235, 236; recites
some verses applicable to the people of
Attica, 247; criticisms on his comedies, 252
et seq., iv. 149; his character, ii. 253; imi-
tation of his manner, iv. 149; his style,

152

"Menelaus and Helen at Troy," vii. 518-520
Men of letters, opposite practice of, ancient
and modern, vi. 399

Meretrice, the, of Dante, remarks on, iii. 516,
517

Merino, Cura, and General Lacy, vi. 41-56
"Mermaid," Shakespeare's song of the, ii. 479
"Merian," Shakespeare's song of the, ii. 479,
480

*Messala and Tibullus, ii. 407-423

his visit to Tibullus at his villa, ii.
407 et seq.
"Metamorphoses," Ovid's, faults of, iii. 475
Metaphor, extensive application

of, in

writings, v. 6; use of, a curse to religion,
72; its use and abuse, 445

Metaphysics, the business of, ii. 138
*Metastasio and Alfieri, v. 127-144

compared with Voltaire as a poet

and critic, iv. 92

fortifications of Florence built
by him, iv. 410; treatment of, by Lorenzo
de' Medici, 412; and by his son Piero, ib. ;
story of him and the poet, v. 278 et seq.;
character of his works, vi. 423, 429, 430;
inferior to Raffael, 423

Middle Janus, meaning of the term, ii. 392 n.
Middleton and Magliabechi, iv. 132-147
disbelieved the efficacy of prayer,

iv. 136 n.
*Miguel and his Mother, vi. 384-398

his account of his reception in
England, vi. 384 et seq.
Miletus more beautiful than Athens, v. 315;
people of, ungrateful to the Athenians,
414; Ode to, 440, 441

Military skill of the Greeks and English, vi.
75,76

*Milton and Andrew Marvel, iv. 148-157
and Marvel, v. 150-156, 156-164
Galileo, and a Dominican, v. 80-89

Milton advocated the cause of the Valdenses,
iii. 337; often admits lines of little worth,
iv. 24; his Sonnets, 55, 56; compared with
Demosthenes, 57; his poems translated by
the Abbé Delille, 91; criticisms on, by
Voltaire, 92; his advice to Marvel on the
construction of a comedy, 148 et seq.; his
opinion of the historical dramas of Shake-
speare, 155, 156; compared with Dr. Donne,
350; his reverence for the Apocalypse, ib.;
his merits discussed between Southey and
Landor, 430 et seq.; remarks on Johnson's
criticisms on him, 431, 449, 473, 474; criticisms
on his "Paradise Lost," 434 et seq.; remarks
on Bentley's so-called emendations of him,
466, 468, 472; comparison between him and
Dante, 475; remarks on the poetical suc-
cessors of, 476; difficulty of imitating his
style, 477; criticisms on his "Paradise
Regained," 479 et seq.; on his "Samson
Agonistes," 489 et seq.; his false estimate
of Shakespeare, 491; his systematic defects,
492 et seq.; his "Lycidas" criticised, 498;
the "Penseroso," 499; the "Allegro," ib. ;
"Comus," 504 et seq.; Sonnets and Minor
Poems, 511 et seq.; his Latin poetry, 517
et seq.; his Greek verses, 521; treatment
of, by Bishop Parker, v. 3 n.; steadfast-
ness of his opinions, 4; correctness of his
orthography, 8; his conduct in politics and
religion defended, 11 et seq.; anecdote of,
25; his "Treatise on Divorce," 39 et seq.;
on "Prelaty," 41; "Defence of the English
People," 46; a beautiful passage from his
dissertation on "Prelaty" quoted, 152;
his treatment by Presbyterians and Episco-
palians, 153; the propriety of his "wood-
notes wild," as applied to Shakespeare,
questioned, 154; his style of living, 159;
imitates one of Theocritus's "Idyls," viii.
363; remarks on some verses of his "Para-
dise Regained," said to be the most musical
he ever wrote, 387 et seq.; too fond of
showing what he had read, 390; beauty
of another passage quoted from his "Para-
dise Regained," ib.; his description of
Morning, 391; and of the Temple of Jeru-
salem, 392; compared with Catullus, 392,
Mimnermus, lines attributed to him quoted
by Lucian, ii. 270; specimen of his poetry,
v. 344; remarks on his style, ib. ; lines by,

593

400

Mina, the Spanish general, his abilities
eulogized, vi. 89

Mince-pie, story of the Duke of Marl-
borough's, iii, 177

Minis er, meaning of the term, iii. 296
Ministers, requisites of, for their success, iii.

190; of kings and princes, Nelson's
opinion of, vi. 49; of state, their character-
istics, 201
Miracle, Christianity supported by, ii. 294,
301; of Aulus of Pelusium, 295-297;
occurred in all ages and religions, 304;
story of a pretended one at Rome, iii.
66-68; of the Archbishop of Evora's hair
shirt, vi. 332-334

"Miserere" of Allegrini, copies of, forbidden,
iii. 88

Miseries, two, of life, ii. 252

Misery and Vice, connection between, iii.
397