1 GENERAL INDEX. The Roman numerals refer to the Essay;-the Arabic figures, to the body of the Book. ABSENCE. Jago, 565. ADDISON (Joseph), specimens of, 338, 339. Elegy on the Death of. Tickell, 367. Agrippina, a Fragment. Gray, 508. AKENSIDE (Mark), notice of, 488; allusion to, 548. Specimens of, 489-494. ALEXANDER (William). See STERLINE (Earl of). America, discovery and happiness of, predicted. Dwight, 617. Anacreontics, by Oldmixon, 370. Angler's wish. Walton, 279. Anglo-Saxon Language, influence of the Norman Conquest When it began to be English, xxx. ANONYMOUS Poets, specimens of, 186, 210, 286, 320, 516, ANSTEY (Christopher), notices of, 291, 695. Specimen of his Bath Guide, 695–697. Athens described. Milton, 259. Poem said to have been written by, 77. Bale (Bishop), an early dramatic author, Įvii. Robene and Makyne. Henrysone, 20. On a Wedding. Sir J. Suckling, 181. The Chronicle. Cowley, 234. From the What-d'ye-call-it. Gay, 356. Colin and Lucy. Tickell, 369. Sally in our Alley. Carey, 453. William and Margaret. Mallet, 464. Sir Charles Bawden. Chatterton, 498. May-Eve, or Kate of Aberdeen. Cunningham, 517. Hosier's Ghost. Glover, 598. BAMPFYLDE (John), Sonnets by, 639, 640. Barbour (John), his Bruce, 17. BARKLAY (Alexander), critical notice of, xlix. Bateson's Madrigals, specimens from, 61. Bath, public breakfast at, described. Anstey, 695-697. Swift, 383. BEATTIE (Dr. James), account of, 687. His admiration of Thomson, 403. BEAUMONT (Francis), and FLETCHER (John), notices of, 86, 87. Specimens of their dramatic productions, 88-99. BEAUMONT (Sir John), notice of, 105. Specimen of his Poems, 105. Further Extracts from, 701. written by, 521. BRETON (Nicholas), Ixv, 84, Specimens of his Poems, 85. Specimens of his Poems, 230, 231. BROWN (Dr. John), notice of, 473. Specimens of his Poems, 474. BROWN (Thomas), specimens of, 315, 316. Extracts from, 189, 190. BRUCE (Michael), notices of, 476, 604. Specimens of his Poems, 476, 477. BULTEEL (John), specimen of the Poetry of, 246. BURNS (Robert), account of, 640-644; notice of, 439. Thought borrowed from Dr. Young, 467, note. His opinion of Cowper's Task, 676, note. BUTLER (Samuel), specimens of, 269-279; alluded to, lxxxii. Cambyses's Army, destruction of. Darwin, 685. Canace, death of. Lydgate, 15. Care, personification of. Tho. Sackville, 37. Specimens of, 154-157. CAREY (Henry), Ballad by, 453. CARTWRIGHT (William), notice of, lxxii, 183, Castle of Indolence. Thomson, 403. CHURCHILL (Charles), notice of, 454; alluded to, 583, 584. CIBBER (Colley), specimen of, 433. Ode on a Pipe of Tobacco, in imitation of. I. H. Cleveland (John), his knotted deformities, lxxii. Of Beaumont and Fletcher, lxxvii, note. Collier (John Payne), his character of Brathwaite's Strap- COLLINS (William), notice of, 429. Specimens of, 430–433. A Sonnet by, 663, note. His Poems, 664. Critical remarks on it, Note upon, 238. Line in imitated by Cowper, 675, note; his country- COWPER (William), account of, 669-676. Specimens of, 676-684. Compared with Thomson, 402, 403. His character of Thomson, 403, note. Notes on Milton by, lxxx, lxxxi. Of similes, lxxxvii, note. CRASHAW (Richard), notice of, 198. Specimen of his Poems, 198-200. CRAWFURD (William), Songs by, 424. Croker (J. W.), note on Dr. Young by, 387. On the identity of Thales with Savage, 572. Cromwell's Conspiracy, a Tragi-Comedy, extract from, 210. Cunningham (Allan), notes by, 345, 661, 663. Life of Burns by, characterised, 643. CUNNINGHAM (John), specimens of, 516. DANIEL (Samuel), notice and specimen of, lxiii, lxv, lxvi, DARWIN (Dr. Erasmus), notice of, 684-687. Brooke's "Universal Beauty" the prototype of his DAVENANT (Sir William), notices of, lxxxiii, 239. Davie (Adam), an early English poet, notice of, xli. Specimen of his Poems, 100-102. Davison's Rhapsody, specimen from, 58. Specimens of his Poems, 160, 161. Specimens of his Poetry, 242-246. DESCRIPTIVE, DIDACTIC, AND PATHETIC POEMS. On the gratification which the lover's passion receives A lover's description of his mistress, when he first Description of Squyre Meldrum. Sir D. Lyndsay. 25. Description of such a one as he would love. Sir T. Spring described. Earl of Surrey, 33. A prisoner's reflections on his past happiness. The A lover's request for comfort. Rich. Edwards, H. Arraignment of a lover. Gascoigne, 38. Una followed by the lion. Spenser, 47. Description of the witch Duessa's journey to the in- The Bower of Bliss. The same, 52. Glauce and Britomart exploring the Cave of Merlin. Belphoebe finding Timias wounded. Spenser, 35. Mercy dwelling in heaven, and pleading for the The same, 82. Mercy brightening the rainbow. The priestess of Diana. Chalkhill, lxvii. Death of Rosamond. May, 197. Soliloquy of Satan. Crashaw, 198. To Meadows. Herrick, 232. To Daffodils. The same, 232. To Blossoms. The same, 232. The Country Life. The same, 233. The Complaint. Cowley, 235. The Waiting-Maid. The same, 236. Wit. The same, 237. The father of Rhodalind offering her to Duke Gondi bert. Davenant, 240. Voyage to Ireland, in burlesque. C. Cotton, 292. Character of Doeg and Og (the poets Settle and Shad- Description of Lycurgus, king of Thrace, and of The influence of custom. Pomfret, 314. The Bookworm. Parnell, 325. Letter from Italy. Addison, 338. On himself, when in a consumption. Dr. Sewell, 345. Epistle to his friends. West, 372. The Bastard. Sarage, 374. Verses, written after seeing Windsor Castle. T. War- The Castle of Indolence, Canto I. Thomson, 403. Allegorical description of Vertù. G. West, 428. From the Prophecy of Famine. Churchill, 458. Extracts from The Shipwreck. Falconer, 481-488. From A Monody to the Memory of his Wife. Shaw, 510. The Deserted Village. The same, 530. Eulogius, or the Charitable Mason. Harte, 538. The Old Bachelor. Anon. 544. From The Art of Preserving Health. Armstrong, 548 Duties of a Country Justice. Langhorne, 552, &c. The Helmets. Penrose, 561. The Field of Battle. The same, 561. The Reptile and Insect World. Brooke, 567. Death of Irad, and the lamentation of Selima over Extracts from Judah Restored. Dr. Roberts, 628-633. On the Loss of the Royal George. The same, 681. The heroic attachment of the youth in Holland who DILLON. See Roscommon. Disdain returned. Carew, 155. From David and Bethsabe. Peele. From The Maid's Tragedy. Beaumont and Fletcher. Fromthe playof Blurt, Master-Constable. The same, 139. From The Honest Whore. Dekker, 161. From The Great Duke of Florence. The same, 179. From The Brothers, lxxix. ENTIRE SCENES. From The Scornful Lady. The same, 91. The same, 93. From The Beggar's Bush. The same, 93. From The Roaring Girl. The same, 138-139. Fortune giving Fortunatus his choice of goods. From the Duchess of Malfi. Webster, 163, 165. From The Fatal Dowry. Massinger and Field, 180. From The Fatal Contract. Heminge, 212. From the tragedy of The Cardinal. Shirley, 215–218. From The Grateful Servant. The same, 219. From The Doubtful Heir. The same, 220. From The City Match. Mayne, 253. From The Masque of Comus. Milton, 260-264. From Venice Preserved. The same, 284. Congreve, 346. From The Fatal Curiosity. Lillo, 362–367. 395. From The Gentle Shepherd. Allan Ramsay, 439. His conversations with Jonson, 144-145. DRVDEN (John), specimens of, 306–312. Critical remarks on his works, lxxxiii-lxxxv, His descriptive powers, lxxxix. Passage borrowed from, by Goldsmith, 534. His translation of the Eclogues and Georgics, com- His contradictory criticisms, &c., 699. Dubartas's poem on Creation, translated by Sylvester, The question considered, how far Milton was indebted Dulcina, a tale. Sir W. Raleigh, 78. DUNBAR (William), notices of, xlviii, 17, 18-22. Specimen of his poems, 22-24. DWIGHT (Timothy), specimens of, 616–618. Specimen of, 435. EDWARDS (Richard), specimens of his poetry, 34. ELEGIES. On the Death of Addison. Tickell, 367. A Love Elegy. Hammond, 369. On the sorrow of an ingenuous mind, on the melan- The Tears of Old May-day. Lovibond, 542. age of, xxxv. Ellis (George), his view of the rise of our language com- bated. xxix-xxxii, 17. England's Helicon, extract from, 61. English Poetry, state of, in the twelfth century, xxxv. In the thirteenth century, xxxvi. In the fourteenth century, xxxviii. In the fifteenth century, xlv. In the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the six- During the sixteenth century, 1. During the former part of the eighteenth century, EPIGRAMS. On his return from Spain. Sir T. Wyat, 28. EPITAPHS. On Elizabeth, L. H. Ben Jonson, 147. On the Countess of Pembroke. The same, 149. On sauntering Jack and idle Joan. Prior, 341. FERGUSSON (Robert), notice of, 519. FIELD (Nathaniel), specimen of, 159. Assisted Massinger in The Fatal Dowry, 180, net. FITZGEFFREY (Charles), specimens of, 142. FLATMAN (Thomas), specimens of, 300–301. FLETCHER (Giles and Phineas), notices of, lxvi, 80–81. FLETCHER (John), plan of, and strictures on his Istana See BEAUMONT (Francis). FORD (John), critical notices of, lxxvii, 166. Specimens of, 166-168. France, journey to, described. Bishop Cortet, 135. Garrick, character of. Churchill, 458. Specimens of his poems, 38-39. On the versification of Chaucer, lii. Specimens of his poems, 351-357. Enjoyments of, in collecting its stores for com Geoffrey of Monmouth's history, character of, xxx On a passage in Shakspeare, lviii. Gipsies described. Langhorne, 554. GLOVER (Richard), notice of, 588-590; alluded to, GODOLPHIN (Sidney), specimen of, 183. Godwin (William), his extravagant admiration of a pas |