Butler,350Addison not inferior to him in wit,375Byng, Admiral, his failure at Minorca.232; his trial,236; opinion of his conduct,236Chatham's defence of him,237Byron, Lord, his epistolary style,325; his character,326327; his early life,327; his quarrel with, and separation from, his wife,329331; his expatriation,332; decline of his intellectual powers,333; his attachment to Italy and Greece,335; his sickness and death,336; general grief for his fate,336; remarks on his poetry,336; his admiration of the Hope school of poetry,337: his opinion of Wordsworth and Coleridge,352; of Deter Bell,353; his estimate of the poetry of the18th and19th centuries,353; his sensitiveness to criticism,354; the interpreter between Wordsworth and the multitude,356; the founder of an exoteric Lake, school,356; remarks on his dramatic works,357363; his egotism,365; cause of his influence,336337C.Cabal (the), their proceedings and designs,465459Cabinets, in modern times,65235Cadiz, exploit of Essex at the siege of,107367; its pillage by the English expedition in170108Cæsar Borgia,307Cæsar, Claudius, resemblance of James I. to,440Cæsar compared with Cromwell,504; his Commentaries an incomparable model for military despatches,404Cæsars (the), parallel between them and the Tudors, not applicable,21Calcutta, its position on the Hoogley,230; scene of the Black Hole of,232233; resentment of the English at its fall,235; again threatened by Surajah Dow lab,239; revival of its prosperity,251; its sufferings during the famine,285; its capture,8; its suburbs infested by robbers,41; its festivities on Hastings's marriage,56Callicles,41; note.Calvinism, moderation of Bunyan's,263; held by the Church of England at the end of the16; century,175; many of its doctrines contained in the Paulieian theology,309Cambon,455Cambridge, University of, favored by George I. and George II.,3637; its superiority to Oxford in intellectual activity,344; disturbances produced in, by the Civil War,15Cambyses, story of his punishment of the corrupt judge,423Camden, Lord, v233247Camilla, Madame D'Arblay's,314Campaign (the), by Addison,355Canada, subjugation of, by the British in176244Canning, Mr.,4546286411414419Cape Breton, reduction of,244Carafla, Gian Pietro, afterwards Pope Paul, IV. his zeal and devotion,318324Carlisle, Lady,478Carmagnoles, Bariere's,471472490491498499502505529Carnatic, (the), its resources,211212; its invasion by Hvder Ali,7172Carnot,455505Carnot, Hippolyte, his memoirs of Barrere reviewed,423539; failed to notice the falsehoods of his author,430431435557; his charitableness to him,445485; defends his proposition for murdering prisoners,490; blinded by party spirit,523; defends the Jacobin administration,534; his general characteristics,53539Carrier,404Carteret, Lord, his ascendency at the fall of Walpole,184Sir Horatio Walpole's stories about him,187; his detection from Sir Robert Walpole,202; succeeds Walpole,210; his character as a statesman,218220Carthagena, surrender of the arsenal and ship of, to the Allies,111Cary's translation of Dante,687870Casiua (the), of Ilautus,298Castile. Admiral of,100Castile and Arragon, their old institutions favorable to public liberty,86Castilians, their character in the16th century,81; their conduct in the war of the Succession,121; attachment to the faith of their ancestors,316Castracani, Castruccio, Life of, by Machiavelli,317Cathedral, Lincoln, painted window in,428Catholic Association, attempt of the Tories to put it down,413Catholic Church. See Church of Home.Catholicism, causes of its success,301307318,331336; the most poetical of all religions,65Catholics, Roman, Pitt's policy respecting,280281Catholics and dews, the same reasoning employed against both,312Catholics and Protestants, their relative numbers in the16th century,26Catholic Queen (a), precautions against,487Catholic Question (the),413410Catiline, his conspiracy doubted,405; compared to the Popish Plot,406"Cato," Addison's play of, its merits, and the contest it occasioned,333; its first representation,391; its performance at Oxford,392; its deficiencies,365366Cato, the censor, anecdote of,354Catullus, his mythology,75Cavaliers, their successors in the reign of George I. turned demagogues,4Cavendish, Lord, his conduct in the new council of Temple,96; his merits,73Cecil. See Burleigh.Cecil, Robert, his rivalry with Francis Bacon,356365; his fear and envy of Essex,362; increase of his dislike for Bacon,365; his conversation with Essex,365; his interference to obtain knighthood for Bacon,384Cecilia, Madame D'Arblay's,369311; specimen of its style,315316Censorship, existed in some form from Henry VIII. to the Revolution,329Ceres,54; note.Cervantes,81; his celebrity, 80 the perfection of his art,328329; fails as a critic,329Chalmers, Dr., Mr. Gladstone's opinion of his defence of the Church,122Champion, Colonel, commander of the Bengal army,32Chandemagore, French settlement, on the Hoogley,230; captured by the English,239Charlemagne, imbecility of his successors,205Charles, Archduke, his claim to the Spanish crown,90; takes the field in support of it,10; accompanies Peterborough in his expedition,112; his success in the north-east of Spain,117; is proclaimed king at Madrid,119; his reverses and retreat,123; his re-entry into Madrid,126; his unpopularity,127; concludes a peace,131; forms an alliance with Philip of Spain,138Charles I., lawfulness of the resistance to,235243Milton's defence of his execution,246249; his treatment of the Parliament of164457; his treatment of Stratford,468; estimate of his character,469498500443; his tall,497; his condemnation and its consequences,500501Hampden's opposition to him, and its consequences,443459; resistance of the Scots to him,460; his increasing difficulties,461; his conduct towards the House of Commons,477482; his flight,488; review of his conduct and treatment,484488; reaction in his favor during the Long Parliament,410; effect of the victory over him on the national character,78Charles I. and Cromwell, choice between,490Charles II., character of his reign,251; his foreign subsidies,528; his situation in1000 contrasted with that of Lewis XVIII.,282283; his character,2903080; his position towards the king of France,290; consequences of his levity and apathy,299300; his court compared with that of his father,29; his extravagance,34; his subserviency to France,374446; his renunciation of the dispensing power,55; his relations with Temple,58606397; his system of bribery of the Commons,71; his dislike of Halifax,90; his dismissal of Temple,97; his characteristics,349; his influence upon English literature,349350; compared with Philip of Orleans, Regent of France,6465Banyan's gratitude to him,143; his social disposition,374Charles II. of Spain, his unhappy condition,8893100; his difficulties in respect to the succession,8893Charles III. of Spain, his hatred of England,29Charles V.,316350Charles VIII.,483Charles XII., compared with Clive,297Charlotte, Queen, obtains the attendance of Miss Burney,279; her partisanship for Hastings,288290; her treatment of Miss Burney,298297Chateaubriand, his remark about the person of Louis XIV.,58; note.Chatham, Earl of, character of his public life,196197; his early life,198; his travels,199; enters the army199; obtains a seat in Parliament,200; attaches himself to the Whigs in opposition,207; his qualities as an orator,211213; dismissed from the army,215; is made Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales,161; declaims against the ministers,218; his opposition to Carteret,219; legacy left him by the Duchess of Marlborough,219; supports the Pelham ministry,220; appointed Vice-Treasurer of Ireland,221; overtures made to him by Newcastle,280; made Secretary of State,235; defends Admiral Byng,237; coalesces with the Duke of Newcastle,230; success of his administration,230-250; his appreciation of Clive,260289; breach between him and the great Whig connection,289; review of his correspondence,1; in the zenith of prosperity and glory,221222; his coalition with Newcastle,7; his strength in Parliament,13; jealousies in his cabinet,25; his defects,26; proposes to declare war against Spain oil account of the family compact,29; rejection of his counsel,30; his resignation,30; the king's gracious behavior to him,30; public enthusiasm towards him,31; his conduct in opposition,3346; his speech against peace with France and Spain,49; his unsuccessful audiences with George III. to form an administration,58Sir William Pynsent bequeaths his whole property to him,63; bad state of his health,64; is twice visited by the Duke of Cumberland with propositions from the king,6872; his condemnation of the American Stamp Act,7778; is induced by the king to assist in ousting Rockingham,86; morbid state of his mind,87889599; undertakes to form an administration,89; is created Earl of Chatham,91; failure of his ministerial arrangements,9199; loss of his popularity, and of his foreign influence,99; his despotic manners,8993; lays an embargo on the exportation of corn,95; his first speech in the Mouse of Lords,95; his supercilious conduct towards the Peers,95; his retirement from office,100; his policy violated,101; resigns the privy seal,100; stale of parties and of public affairs on his recovery,100301; his political relations,101; his eloquence not suited to the House of Lords,104; opposed the recognition of the independence of the United States,107; his last appearance in the House of Lords,10822; his death,100230; reflections on his fall,100; his funeral in Westminster Abbey, lit.; compared with Mirabeau,7273Chatham, Earl of, (the second),230; made First Lord of the Admiralty,270Cherbourg, guns taken from,245Chesterfield, Lord, his dismissal by Walpole,204; prospectus of Johnson's Dictionary addressed to him,187188; pulls it in the World,194Cheyte Sing, a vassal of the government of Cennigal,75; his large revenue and suspected treasure,79Hastings's policy in desiring to punish him.80; to85; his treatment made the successful charge against Hastings,118Chillingworth, his opinion on apostolical succession,172; became a Catholic from conviction,306Chinese (the) compared to the Homans under Diocletian,415416Chinsurab, Dutch settlement on the Hoogley,230; its siege by the English and capitulation.259Chivalry, its form in Languedoc in the12th century,308309Cholmondeley, Mrs.,271Christchurch College. Oxford, its repute after the Revolution,108; issues a new edition of the Letters of Phalaris,108116118; its condition under Atterbury,121122Christianity, its alliance with the ancient philosophy,444; light in which it was regarded hv the Italians at the Reformation,316; its effect upon mental activity;416Christophe,390391Church (the), in the time of James II.,520Church (the), Southey's Hook of,137Church, the English, persecutions in her name,443High and Low Church parties,362119120Church of England, its origin and connection with the state,452453190; its condition in the time of Charles1,166; endeavor of the leading Whigs at the Revolution to alter its Liturgy and Articles,321178; its contest with the Scotch nation,322Mr. Gladstone's work in defence of it,116; his arguments for its being the pure Catholic Church of Christ,161166; its claims to apostolical succession discussed,166178; views respecting its alliance with the state,183193; contrast of its operations during the two generations succeeding the Reformation, with those of the Church of Rome,331332Church of Rome, its alliance with ancient philosophy,444; causes of its success and vitality,300301; sketch of its history,307349Churchill, Charles,51942200Cicero, partiality of Dr. Middleton towards,340; the most eloquent and skilful of advocates,340; his epistles in his banishment,361; his opinion of the study of rhetoric,472; as a critic,142Cider, proposal of a tax on, by the Bute administration,50Circumstances, effect of, upon character,322323325"City of the Violet Crown," a favorite epithet of Athens,36; note.Civil privileges and political power identical,311Civil War (the), Cowley and Milton's imaginary conversation about,112138; its evils the price of our liberty,243; conduct of the Long Parliament in reference to it,470495496Civilization, only peril to can arise from misgovernment,4142England's progress in, due to the people,187; modern, its influence upon philosophical speculation,417418Clarendon, Lord, his history,424; his character,521; his testimony in favor of Hampden,44846847241493; his literary merit,338; his position at the head of affairs,29313738; his faulty style,50; his opposition to the growing power of the Commons,73; his temper,74; the charge against Christ-Churchmen of garbling his history,130Clarke, Dr. Samuel,303Clarkson, Thomas,309Classics, ancient, celebrity of,139; rarely examined on just principles of criticism,139; love of, in Italy in the14th century,278Classical studies, their advantages and defects considered,347354Clavering, General,35; his opposition to Hastings,4047; his appointment as Governor General,54; his defeat,56; his death,57Cleveland, Duchess of, her favor to Wycherly and Churchill,372373Clifford, Lord, his character,47; his retirement,5556; his talent for debate,72Clive, Lord, review of Sir John Malcolm's Life of,194298; his family and boyhood,196197; his shipment to India,198; his arrival at Madras and position there,200; obtains an ensign's commission in the Company's service,203; his attack, capture, and defence of Arcot,215219; his subsequent proceedings,220221223; his marriage and return to England,224; his reception,225; enters Parliament,226; return to India,228; his subsequent proceedings,228236; his conduct towards Ormichund,238241247,248; his pecuniary acquisitions,251; his transactions with Meer Jaffier,240246254; appointed Governor of the Company's possessions in Bengal,255; his dispersion of Shah Alum's army,256257; responsibility of his position,259; his return to England,260; his reception,260261; his proceedings at the India House,263265269; nominated Governor of the British possessions in Bengal.270; his arrival at Calcutta,270; suppresses a conspiracy,275276; success of his foreign policy,276; his return to England,279; his unpopularity and its causes,279285; invested with the Grand Cross of the Bath,292; his speech in his defence, and its consequence,289290292; his life in retirement,291; reflections on his career,296; failing of his mind, and death by his own hand,296
Butler,350Addison not inferior to him in wit,375
Byng, Admiral, his failure at Minorca.232; his trial,236; opinion of his conduct,236Chatham's defence of him,237
Byron, Lord, his epistolary style,325; his character,326327; his early life,327; his quarrel with, and separation from, his wife,329331; his expatriation,332; decline of his intellectual powers,333; his attachment to Italy and Greece,335; his sickness and death,336; general grief for his fate,336; remarks on his poetry,336; his admiration of the Hope school of poetry,337: his opinion of Wordsworth and Coleridge,352; of Deter Bell,353; his estimate of the poetry of the18th and19th centuries,353; his sensitiveness to criticism,354; the interpreter between Wordsworth and the multitude,356; the founder of an exoteric Lake, school,356; remarks on his dramatic works,357363; his egotism,365; cause of his influence,336337
Cabal (the), their proceedings and designs,465459
Cabinets, in modern times,65235
Cadiz, exploit of Essex at the siege of,107367; its pillage by the English expedition in170108
Cæsar Borgia,307
Cæsar, Claudius, resemblance of James I. to,440
Cæsar compared with Cromwell,504; his Commentaries an incomparable model for military despatches,404
Cæsars (the), parallel between them and the Tudors, not applicable,21
Calcutta, its position on the Hoogley,230; scene of the Black Hole of,232233; resentment of the English at its fall,235; again threatened by Surajah Dow lab,239; revival of its prosperity,251; its sufferings during the famine,285; its capture,8; its suburbs infested by robbers,41; its festivities on Hastings's marriage,56
Callicles,41; note.
Calvinism, moderation of Bunyan's,263; held by the Church of England at the end of the16; century,175; many of its doctrines contained in the Paulieian theology,309
Cambon,455
Cambridge, University of, favored by George I. and George II.,3637; its superiority to Oxford in intellectual activity,344; disturbances produced in, by the Civil War,15
Cambyses, story of his punishment of the corrupt judge,423
Camden, Lord, v233247
Camilla, Madame D'Arblay's,314
Campaign (the), by Addison,355
Canada, subjugation of, by the British in176244
Canning, Mr.,4546286411414419
Cape Breton, reduction of,244
Carafla, Gian Pietro, afterwards Pope Paul, IV. his zeal and devotion,318324
Carlisle, Lady,478
Carmagnoles, Bariere's,471472490491498499502505529
Carnatic, (the), its resources,211212; its invasion by Hvder Ali,7172
Carnot,455505
Carnot, Hippolyte, his memoirs of Barrere reviewed,423539; failed to notice the falsehoods of his author,430431435557; his charitableness to him,445485; defends his proposition for murdering prisoners,490; blinded by party spirit,523; defends the Jacobin administration,534; his general characteristics,53539
Carrier,404
Carteret, Lord, his ascendency at the fall of Walpole,184Sir Horatio Walpole's stories about him,187; his detection from Sir Robert Walpole,202; succeeds Walpole,210; his character as a statesman,218220
Carthagena, surrender of the arsenal and ship of, to the Allies,111
Cary's translation of Dante,687870
Casiua (the), of Ilautus,298
Castile. Admiral of,100
Castile and Arragon, their old institutions favorable to public liberty,86
Castilians, their character in the16th century,81; their conduct in the war of the Succession,121; attachment to the faith of their ancestors,316
Castracani, Castruccio, Life of, by Machiavelli,317
Cathedral, Lincoln, painted window in,428
Catholic Association, attempt of the Tories to put it down,413
Catholic Church. See Church of Home.
Catholicism, causes of its success,301307318,331336; the most poetical of all religions,65
Catholics, Roman, Pitt's policy respecting,280281
Catholics and dews, the same reasoning employed against both,312
Catholics and Protestants, their relative numbers in the16th century,26
Catholic Queen (a), precautions against,487
Catholic Question (the),413410
Catiline, his conspiracy doubted,405; compared to the Popish Plot,406
"Cato," Addison's play of, its merits, and the contest it occasioned,333; its first representation,391; its performance at Oxford,392; its deficiencies,365366
Cato, the censor, anecdote of,354
Catullus, his mythology,75
Cavaliers, their successors in the reign of George I. turned demagogues,4
Cavendish, Lord, his conduct in the new council of Temple,96; his merits,73
Cecil. See Burleigh.
Cecil, Robert, his rivalry with Francis Bacon,356365; his fear and envy of Essex,362; increase of his dislike for Bacon,365; his conversation with Essex,365; his interference to obtain knighthood for Bacon,384
Cecilia, Madame D'Arblay's,369311; specimen of its style,315316
Censorship, existed in some form from Henry VIII. to the Revolution,329
Ceres,54; note.
Cervantes,81; his celebrity, 80 the perfection of his art,328329; fails as a critic,329
Chalmers, Dr., Mr. Gladstone's opinion of his defence of the Church,122
Champion, Colonel, commander of the Bengal army,32
Chandemagore, French settlement, on the Hoogley,230; captured by the English,239
Charlemagne, imbecility of his successors,205
Charles, Archduke, his claim to the Spanish crown,90; takes the field in support of it,10; accompanies Peterborough in his expedition,112; his success in the north-east of Spain,117; is proclaimed king at Madrid,119; his reverses and retreat,123; his re-entry into Madrid,126; his unpopularity,127; concludes a peace,131; forms an alliance with Philip of Spain,138
Charles I., lawfulness of the resistance to,235243Milton's defence of his execution,246249; his treatment of the Parliament of164457; his treatment of Stratford,468; estimate of his character,469498500443; his tall,497; his condemnation and its consequences,500501Hampden's opposition to him, and its consequences,443459; resistance of the Scots to him,460; his increasing difficulties,461; his conduct towards the House of Commons,477482; his flight,488; review of his conduct and treatment,484488; reaction in his favor during the Long Parliament,410; effect of the victory over him on the national character,78
Charles I. and Cromwell, choice between,490
Charles II., character of his reign,251; his foreign subsidies,528; his situation in1000 contrasted with that of Lewis XVIII.,282283; his character,2903080; his position towards the king of France,290; consequences of his levity and apathy,299300; his court compared with that of his father,29; his extravagance,34; his subserviency to France,374446; his renunciation of the dispensing power,55; his relations with Temple,58606397; his system of bribery of the Commons,71; his dislike of Halifax,90; his dismissal of Temple,97; his characteristics,349; his influence upon English literature,349350; compared with Philip of Orleans, Regent of France,6465Banyan's gratitude to him,143; his social disposition,374
Charles II. of Spain, his unhappy condition,8893100; his difficulties in respect to the succession,8893
Charles III. of Spain, his hatred of England,29
Charles V.,316350
Charles VIII.,483
Charles XII., compared with Clive,297
Charlotte, Queen, obtains the attendance of Miss Burney,279; her partisanship for Hastings,288290; her treatment of Miss Burney,298297
Chateaubriand, his remark about the person of Louis XIV.,58; note.
Chatham, Earl of, character of his public life,196197; his early life,198; his travels,199; enters the army199; obtains a seat in Parliament,200; attaches himself to the Whigs in opposition,207; his qualities as an orator,211213; dismissed from the army,215; is made Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales,161; declaims against the ministers,218; his opposition to Carteret,219; legacy left him by the Duchess of Marlborough,219; supports the Pelham ministry,220; appointed Vice-Treasurer of Ireland,221; overtures made to him by Newcastle,280; made Secretary of State,235; defends Admiral Byng,237; coalesces with the Duke of Newcastle,230; success of his administration,230-250; his appreciation of Clive,260289; breach between him and the great Whig connection,289; review of his correspondence,1; in the zenith of prosperity and glory,221222; his coalition with Newcastle,7; his strength in Parliament,13; jealousies in his cabinet,25; his defects,26; proposes to declare war against Spain oil account of the family compact,29; rejection of his counsel,30; his resignation,30; the king's gracious behavior to him,30; public enthusiasm towards him,31; his conduct in opposition,3346; his speech against peace with France and Spain,49; his unsuccessful audiences with George III. to form an administration,58Sir William Pynsent bequeaths his whole property to him,63; bad state of his health,64; is twice visited by the Duke of Cumberland with propositions from the king,6872; his condemnation of the American Stamp Act,7778; is induced by the king to assist in ousting Rockingham,86; morbid state of his mind,87889599; undertakes to form an administration,89; is created Earl of Chatham,91; failure of his ministerial arrangements,9199; loss of his popularity, and of his foreign influence,99; his despotic manners,8993; lays an embargo on the exportation of corn,95; his first speech in the Mouse of Lords,95; his supercilious conduct towards the Peers,95; his retirement from office,100; his policy violated,101; resigns the privy seal,100; stale of parties and of public affairs on his recovery,100301; his political relations,101; his eloquence not suited to the House of Lords,104; opposed the recognition of the independence of the United States,107; his last appearance in the House of Lords,10822; his death,100230; reflections on his fall,100; his funeral in Westminster Abbey, lit.; compared with Mirabeau,7273
Chatham, Earl of, (the second),230; made First Lord of the Admiralty,270
Cherbourg, guns taken from,245
Chesterfield, Lord, his dismissal by Walpole,204; prospectus of Johnson's Dictionary addressed to him,187188; pulls it in the World,194
Cheyte Sing, a vassal of the government of Cennigal,75; his large revenue and suspected treasure,79Hastings's policy in desiring to punish him.80; to85; his treatment made the successful charge against Hastings,118
Chillingworth, his opinion on apostolical succession,172; became a Catholic from conviction,306
Chinese (the) compared to the Homans under Diocletian,415416
Chinsurab, Dutch settlement on the Hoogley,230; its siege by the English and capitulation.259
Chivalry, its form in Languedoc in the12th century,308309
Cholmondeley, Mrs.,271
Christchurch College. Oxford, its repute after the Revolution,108; issues a new edition of the Letters of Phalaris,108116118; its condition under Atterbury,121122
Christianity, its alliance with the ancient philosophy,444; light in which it was regarded hv the Italians at the Reformation,316; its effect upon mental activity;416
Christophe,390391
Church (the), in the time of James II.,520
Church (the), Southey's Hook of,137
Church, the English, persecutions in her name,443High and Low Church parties,362119120
Church of England, its origin and connection with the state,452453190; its condition in the time of Charles1,166; endeavor of the leading Whigs at the Revolution to alter its Liturgy and Articles,321178; its contest with the Scotch nation,322Mr. Gladstone's work in defence of it,116; his arguments for its being the pure Catholic Church of Christ,161166; its claims to apostolical succession discussed,166178; views respecting its alliance with the state,183193; contrast of its operations during the two generations succeeding the Reformation, with those of the Church of Rome,331332
Church of Rome, its alliance with ancient philosophy,444; causes of its success and vitality,300301; sketch of its history,307349
Churchill, Charles,51942200
Cicero, partiality of Dr. Middleton towards,340; the most eloquent and skilful of advocates,340; his epistles in his banishment,361; his opinion of the study of rhetoric,472; as a critic,142
Cider, proposal of a tax on, by the Bute administration,50
Circumstances, effect of, upon character,322323325
"City of the Violet Crown," a favorite epithet of Athens,36; note.
Civil privileges and political power identical,311
Civil War (the), Cowley and Milton's imaginary conversation about,112138; its evils the price of our liberty,243; conduct of the Long Parliament in reference to it,470495496
Civilization, only peril to can arise from misgovernment,4142England's progress in, due to the people,187; modern, its influence upon philosophical speculation,417418
Clarendon, Lord, his history,424; his character,521; his testimony in favor of Hampden,44846847241493; his literary merit,338; his position at the head of affairs,29313738; his faulty style,50; his opposition to the growing power of the Commons,73; his temper,74; the charge against Christ-Churchmen of garbling his history,130
Clarke, Dr. Samuel,303
Clarkson, Thomas,309
Classics, ancient, celebrity of,139; rarely examined on just principles of criticism,139; love of, in Italy in the14th century,278
Classical studies, their advantages and defects considered,347354
Clavering, General,35; his opposition to Hastings,4047; his appointment as Governor General,54; his defeat,56; his death,57
Cleveland, Duchess of, her favor to Wycherly and Churchill,372373
Clifford, Lord, his character,47; his retirement,5556; his talent for debate,72
Clive, Lord, review of Sir John Malcolm's Life of,194298; his family and boyhood,196197; his shipment to India,198; his arrival at Madras and position there,200; obtains an ensign's commission in the Company's service,203; his attack, capture, and defence of Arcot,215219; his subsequent proceedings,220221223; his marriage and return to England,224; his reception,225; enters Parliament,226; return to India,228; his subsequent proceedings,228236; his conduct towards Ormichund,238241247,248; his pecuniary acquisitions,251; his transactions with Meer Jaffier,240246254; appointed Governor of the Company's possessions in Bengal,255; his dispersion of Shah Alum's army,256257; responsibility of his position,259; his return to England,260; his reception,260261; his proceedings at the India House,263265269; nominated Governor of the British possessions in Bengal.270; his arrival at Calcutta,270; suppresses a conspiracy,275276; success of his foreign policy,276; his return to England,279; his unpopularity and its causes,279285; invested with the Grand Cross of the Bath,292; his speech in his defence, and its consequence,289290292; his life in retirement,291; reflections on his career,296; failing of his mind, and death by his own hand,296