K.Keith, Marshall,235Kenrick, William,269Kimbolton, Lord, his impeachment,477King, the name of an Athenian magistrate,53; note."King's Friends," the faction of the,7982Kit-Cat Club, Addison's introduction to the,351Kneller, Sir Godfrey, Addison's lines to him,375"Knights," comedy of the.21Kniperdoling and Robespierre, analogy between their followers,12Knowledge, advancement of society in,390391132L.Labor, division of,123; effect of attempts by government to limit the hours of,362Major Moody's new philosophy of, and its refutation,373398Laboring classes (the), their condition in England and on the Continent,178; in the United States,180Labourdonnais, his talents,202; his treatment by the French government,294Laedaunon. See Sparta.La Fontaine, allusion to,393Lalla Kookli,485Lally, Governor, his treatment by the French government,294Lamb, Charles, his defence cf the dramatists of the Restoration,357; his kind nature,358Lampoons, Pope's,408Lancaster, Dr., his patronage of Addison,326Landscape gardening,374389Langton, Mr., his friendship with Johnson,204219; his admiration of Miss Burney,271Language, Drvden's command of,367; effect of its cultivation upon poetry,337338Latin, its decadence,55; its characteristics,55Italian, Dante the first to compose in,56Languedoc, description of it in the twelfth century,308309; destruction of its prosperity and literature by the Normans,310Lansdowne, Lord, his friendship for Hastings,106Latimer, Hugh, his popularity in London,423428Latin poems, excellence of Milton's,211Boileau's praise of,342343Petrarch's,96; language, its character and literature,347349Latinity, Croker's criticisms on,381Laud, Archbishop, his treatment by the Parliament,492493; his correspondence with Strafford,492; his character,452453; his diary,453; his impeachment and imprisonment,468; his rigor against the Puritans, and tenderness towards the Catholics,473Lauderdale, Lord,417Laudohn,235,241Law, its administration in the time of James II.,520; its monstrous grievances in India,6469Lawrence, Major, his early notice of Clive,203,241,; his abilities,203Lawrence, Sir Thomas,305Laws, penal, of Elizabeth,439440Lawsuit, imaginary, between the parishes of St. Dennis and St. George-in-the-water,100,111Lawyers, their inconsistencies as advocates and legislators,414415Learning in Italy, revival of,275; causes of its decline,278Lebon,483484503Lee, Nathaniel,361362Legerdemain,353Legge, Et. lion. H. B.,230; his return to the Exchequer,3813; his dismissal,28Legislation, comparative views on, by Plato and by Bacon,456Legitimacy,237Leibnitz,324Lemon, Mr., his discovery of Milton's Treatise on Christian Doctrine,202Lennox, Charlotte,24Leo X., his character,324; nature of the war between him and Luther,327328Lessing,341Letters of Phalaris, controversy between Sir William Temple and Christ Church College and Bentley upon their merits and genuineness,108112114119Libels on the court of George III., in Bute's time,42Libertinism in the time of Charles II.,517Liberty, public, Milton's support of,246; its rise and progress in Italy,274; its real nature,395397; characteristics of English,3996871; of the Seas, Barrere's work upon,512Life, human, increase in the time of,177Lincoln Cathedral, painted window in,428Lingard, Dr., his account of the conduct of James II. towards Lord Rochester,307; his ability as a historian,41; his strictures on the Triple Alliance,42Literary men more independent than formerly,190-192; their influence,193194; abjectness of their condition during the reign of George IL,400401; their importance to contending parties in the reign of Queen Anne,304; encouragement afforded to, by the Revolution,336; see also Criticism, literary.Literature of the Roundheads,234; of the Royalists,234; of the Elizabethan age,341346; of Spain in the16th century,80; splendid patronage of, at the close of the17th and beginning of the18th centuries,98; discouragement of, on the accession of the House of Hanover,98; importance of classical in the16th century,350Petrarch, its votary,86; what its history displays in all languages340341; not benefited by the French Academy,23Literature, German, little known in England sixty or seventy years ago,341Literature, Greek,349353Literature, Italian, unfavorable influence of Petrarch upon,5960; characteristics of, in the14th century,278; and generally, down to Alfieri,60Literature, Roman,347349Literature, Royal Society of,202,9"Little Dickey," a nickname for Norris, the actor,417Livy, Discourses on, by Machiavelli,309; compared with Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws,313314; his characteristics as an historian,402403; meaning of the expression lactece ubertus, as applied to him,403Locke,303352Logan, Mr., his ability in defending Hastings,139Lollardism in England,27London, in the17th century,479; devoted to the national cause,480481; its public spirit,18; its prosperity during the ministry of Lord Chatham,247; conduct of, at the Restoration,289; effects of the Great Plague upon,32; its excitement on occasion of the tax on cider proposed by Bute's ministry,50University of, see University.Long Parliament (the), controversy on its merits,239240; its first meeting,457; ii.406; its early proceedings,469470; its conduct in reference to the civil war,471; its nineteen propositions,486; its faults,490494; censured by Mr. Hallam,491; its errors in the conduct of the war,494; treatment of it by the army,497; recapitulation of its acts,408; its attainder of Stratford defended,471; sent Hampden to Edinburgh to watch the king,479; refuses to surrender the members ordered to be impeached,477; openly denies the king,489; its conditions of reconciliation,480Longinus,149148Lope, his distinction as a writer and a soldier,81Lords, the House of, its position previous to the Restoration,287; its condition as a debating assembly in177420Lorenzo de Medici, state of Italy in his time,278Lorenzo de Medici (the younger), dedication of Machiavelli's Prince to him,309Loretto, plunder of,346Louis XI., his conduct in respect to the Spanish succession,8099; his acknowledgment, on the death of James II., of the Prince of Wales as King of England, and its consequences,102; sent an army into Spain to the assistance of his grandson,109; his proceedings in support of his grandson Philip,109127; his reverses in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands,129; his policy,309; character of his government,308311; his military exploits,5; his projects and affected moderation,36; his ill-humor at the Triple Alliance,41; his conquest of Franche Comte,42; his treaty with Charles,53; the early part of his reign a time of license,364; his devotion,339; his late regret for his extravagance,39; his character and person,576; his injurious influence upon religion,64Louis XV., his government,6466293Louis XVI.,441; to:44945515067Louis XVIII., restoration of, compared with that of Charles II.,282; seq.Louisburg, fall of,244L'Ouverture, Toussaint,366390392Love, superiority of the. Romans over the Greeks in their delineations of,83; change in the nature of the passion of,84; earned by the introduction of the Northern element,83"Love for Love," by Congreve,392; its moral,402"Love in a Wood," when acted,371Loyola, his energy,320336Lucan, Dryden's resemblance to,355Lucian,387Luther, his declaration against the ancient philosophy,446; sketch of the contest which began with his preaching against the Indulgences and terminated with the treaty of Westphalia,314338; was the product of his age,323; defence of, by Atterbury,113Lysurgus,185Lysias, anecdote by Plutarch of his "speech for the Athenian tribunals,"117Lyttleton, Lord,54M.Maebomey, original name of the Burney family,250Machiavelli, his works, by Périer,267; general odiousness of his name and works,268269; suffered for public liberty,269; his elevated sentiments and just views,270; held in high estimation by his contemporaries.271; state of moral feeling ill Italy in his time,272; his character as a man,291; as a poet,293; as a dramatist,296; as a statesman,291300309313309; excellence of his precepts,311; his candor,313; comparison between him and Montesquieu,314; his style,314; his levity,316; his historical works,316; lived to witness the last struggle for Florentine liberty,319; his works and character misrepresented,319; his remains dishonored till long after his death,319; monument erected to his memory by an English nobleman,319Mackenzie, Henry, his ridicule of the Nabob class,283Mackenzie, Mr., his dismissal insisted on by Grenville,70Mackintosh, Sir James, review of his History of the Revolution in England,251335; comparison with Fox's History of James II.,252; character of his oratory,253; his conversational powers,256; his qualities as an historian,250; his vindication from the imputations of the editor,262270-278; change in his opinions produced by the French Revolution,263; his moderation,268270; his historical justice,277278; remembrance of him at Holland House,425Macleane, Colonel, agent in England for Warren Hastings,4453Macpherson, James,77331210; a favorite author with Napoleon,515; despised by Johnson,116Madras, description of it,199; its capitulation to the French,202; restored to the English,203Maand, capture of, by the English army in470119Mæandnus, of Samos,132Magazine, delightful invention for a very idle or a very busy man,156; resembles the little angels of the Rabbinical tradition,156157Magdalen College, treatment of, by James II.,413Addison's connection with it,327Mahon, Lord, Review of his History of the War of the Succession in Spain,75142; his qualities as an historian,7577; his explanation of the financial condition of Spain,85; his opinions on the Partition Treaty,90-92; his representations of Cardinal Porto Carrero,104; his opinion of the peace on the conclusion of the War of the Spanish Succession,131; his censure of Harley,132; and view of the resemblance of the Tories of the present day to the Whigs of the Revolution,132135Mahrattas, sketch of their history,20758; expedition against them,60Maintenon, Madame de,36430Malaga, naval battle near, in170110Malcolm, Sir John, review of his Life of Lord Clive,194299; value of his work,190; his partiality for Clive,237; his defence of Clive's conduct towards Ornichaud,248Mallet, David, patronage of by Bute,41Malthus, Mr., his theory of population, and Sadler's objections to it,217218222223228244271272Manchester, Countess of,339Manchester, Earl of, his patronage of Addison,338350Mandeville, his metaphysical powers,208Mandragola (the), of Maehiavelli,293Manilla, capitulation of,32Mannerism of Johnson, ii423Mansfield, Lord, his character and talents,223; his rejection of the overtures of Newcastle,234; his elevation,23412; his friendship for Hastings,106; character of his speeches,104Manso, Milton's Epistle to,212Manufactures and commerce of Italy in the14th century,275277Manufacturing and agricultural laborers, comparison of their condition,147149Manufacturing system (the), Southey's opinion upon,145; its effect on the health,147Marat, his bust substituted for the statues of the Martyrs of Christianity,345; his language about Barère,458466; his bust torn down,502Mareet, Mrs., her Dialogues on Political Economy,207March, Lord, one of the persecutors of Wilkes,60Maria Theresa, her accession to the throne,164; her situation and personal qualities,165166; her unbroken spirit,173; gives birth to the future emperor, Joseph II.,173; her coronation,173; enthusiastic loyalty and war-cry of Hungary,174; her brother-in-law, Prince Charles of Lorraine, defeated by Frederic the Great, at Chotusitz,174; she cedes Silesia,175; her husband, Francis, raised to the Imperial Throne,179; she resolves to humble Frederic,200; succeeds in obtaining the adhesion of Russia,200; her letter to Madame Pompadour,211; signs the peace of Hubertsburg,245Marie Antoinette, Barère's share in her death,401434409470Marino, San, visited by Addison,340Marlborough, Duchess of, her friendship with Congreve,408; her inscription on his monument,409Marlborough, Duke of,259; his conversion to Whiggism,129; his acquaintance with the Duchess of Cleveland,-and commencement of his splendid fortune,373; notice of Addison's poem in his honor,358Marlborough and Godolphin, their policy,353Maroons (the), of Surinam,386; to:388Marsh, Bishop, his opposition to Calvinistic doctrine,170Martinique, capture of,32Martin's illustrations of the Pilgrim's Progress, and of Paradise Lost,251Marvel, Andrew,333Mary, Queen,31Masque, the Italian,218Massinger, allusion to his "Virgin Martyr,"220; his fondness for the Roman Catholic Church,30; indelicate writing in his dramas,356Mathematical reasoning,103; studies, their advantages and defects,346Mathematics, comparative estimate of, by Plato and by Bacon,451Maximilian of Bavaria,328Maxims, general, their uselessness,310Maynooth, Mr. Gladstone's objections to the vote of money for,179Mecca,301Medals, Addison's Treatise on,329351Medici, Lorenzo de. See Lorenzo de Medici.Medicine, comparative estimate of the science of, by Plato and by Bacon,454456Meer Cossim, his talents,260; his deposition and revenge,266Meer Jatlier, his conspiracy,240; his conduct during the battle of Plassey,243240; his pecuniary transactions with Clive,251; his proceedings on being threatened by the Great Mogul,250; his fears of the English, and intrigues with the Dutch,258; deposed and reseated by the English,266; his death,270; his large bequest to Lord Clive,279Melanethon,7Melville, Lord, his impeachment,292Meinmius, compared to Sir Wm. Temple,112Memoirs of Sir "William Temple, review of,1115; wanting in selection and compression,2Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings, review of,1148Memoirs, writers of, neglected by historians,423Memory, comparative views of the importance of, by Plato and by Bacon,454Menander, the lost comedies of,375Mendaeium, different species of,430Mendoza, Hurtado de,81Mercenaries, employment of, in Italy,283; its political consequences,284; and moral effects,285Messiah, Pope's, translated into Latin verse by Johnson,175Metals, the precious, production of,351Metaphysical accuracy incompatible with successful poetry,225Metcalfe, Sir Charles, his ability and disinterestedness,298Methodists, their rise unnoticed by some writers of the history of England under George II.,426; their early object,318
Keith, Marshall,235
Kenrick, William,269
Kimbolton, Lord, his impeachment,477
King, the name of an Athenian magistrate,53; note.
"King's Friends," the faction of the,7982
Kit-Cat Club, Addison's introduction to the,351
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, Addison's lines to him,375
"Knights," comedy of the.21
Kniperdoling and Robespierre, analogy between their followers,12
Knowledge, advancement of society in,390391132
Labor, division of,123; effect of attempts by government to limit the hours of,362Major Moody's new philosophy of, and its refutation,373398
Laboring classes (the), their condition in England and on the Continent,178; in the United States,180
Labourdonnais, his talents,202; his treatment by the French government,294
Laedaunon. See Sparta.
La Fontaine, allusion to,393
Lalla Kookli,485
Lally, Governor, his treatment by the French government,294
Lamb, Charles, his defence cf the dramatists of the Restoration,357; his kind nature,358
Lampoons, Pope's,408
Lancaster, Dr., his patronage of Addison,326
Landscape gardening,374389
Langton, Mr., his friendship with Johnson,204219; his admiration of Miss Burney,271
Language, Drvden's command of,367; effect of its cultivation upon poetry,337338Latin, its decadence,55; its characteristics,55Italian, Dante the first to compose in,56
Languedoc, description of it in the twelfth century,308309; destruction of its prosperity and literature by the Normans,310
Lansdowne, Lord, his friendship for Hastings,106
Latimer, Hugh, his popularity in London,423428
Latin poems, excellence of Milton's,211Boileau's praise of,342343Petrarch's,96; language, its character and literature,347349
Latinity, Croker's criticisms on,381
Laud, Archbishop, his treatment by the Parliament,492493; his correspondence with Strafford,492; his character,452453; his diary,453; his impeachment and imprisonment,468; his rigor against the Puritans, and tenderness towards the Catholics,473
Lauderdale, Lord,417
Laudohn,235,241
Law, its administration in the time of James II.,520; its monstrous grievances in India,6469
Lawrence, Major, his early notice of Clive,203,241,; his abilities,203
Lawrence, Sir Thomas,305
Laws, penal, of Elizabeth,439440
Lawsuit, imaginary, between the parishes of St. Dennis and St. George-in-the-water,100,111
Lawyers, their inconsistencies as advocates and legislators,414415
Learning in Italy, revival of,275; causes of its decline,278
Lebon,483484503
Lee, Nathaniel,361362
Legerdemain,353
Legge, Et. lion. H. B.,230; his return to the Exchequer,3813; his dismissal,28
Legislation, comparative views on, by Plato and by Bacon,456
Legitimacy,237
Leibnitz,324
Lemon, Mr., his discovery of Milton's Treatise on Christian Doctrine,202
Lennox, Charlotte,24
Leo X., his character,324; nature of the war between him and Luther,327328
Lessing,341
Letters of Phalaris, controversy between Sir William Temple and Christ Church College and Bentley upon their merits and genuineness,108112114119
Libels on the court of George III., in Bute's time,42
Libertinism in the time of Charles II.,517
Liberty, public, Milton's support of,246; its rise and progress in Italy,274; its real nature,395397; characteristics of English,3996871; of the Seas, Barrere's work upon,512
Life, human, increase in the time of,177
Lincoln Cathedral, painted window in,428
Lingard, Dr., his account of the conduct of James II. towards Lord Rochester,307; his ability as a historian,41; his strictures on the Triple Alliance,42
Literary men more independent than formerly,190-192; their influence,193194; abjectness of their condition during the reign of George IL,400401; their importance to contending parties in the reign of Queen Anne,304; encouragement afforded to, by the Revolution,336; see also Criticism, literary.
Literature of the Roundheads,234; of the Royalists,234; of the Elizabethan age,341346; of Spain in the16th century,80; splendid patronage of, at the close of the17th and beginning of the18th centuries,98; discouragement of, on the accession of the House of Hanover,98; importance of classical in the16th century,350Petrarch, its votary,86; what its history displays in all languages340341; not benefited by the French Academy,23
Literature, German, little known in England sixty or seventy years ago,341
Literature, Greek,349353
Literature, Italian, unfavorable influence of Petrarch upon,5960; characteristics of, in the14th century,278; and generally, down to Alfieri,60
Literature, Roman,347349
Literature, Royal Society of,202,9
"Little Dickey," a nickname for Norris, the actor,417
Livy, Discourses on, by Machiavelli,309; compared with Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws,313314; his characteristics as an historian,402403; meaning of the expression lactece ubertus, as applied to him,403
Locke,303352
Logan, Mr., his ability in defending Hastings,139
Lollardism in England,27
London, in the17th century,479; devoted to the national cause,480481; its public spirit,18; its prosperity during the ministry of Lord Chatham,247; conduct of, at the Restoration,289; effects of the Great Plague upon,32; its excitement on occasion of the tax on cider proposed by Bute's ministry,50University of, see University.
Long Parliament (the), controversy on its merits,239240; its first meeting,457; ii.406; its early proceedings,469470; its conduct in reference to the civil war,471; its nineteen propositions,486; its faults,490494; censured by Mr. Hallam,491; its errors in the conduct of the war,494; treatment of it by the army,497; recapitulation of its acts,408; its attainder of Stratford defended,471; sent Hampden to Edinburgh to watch the king,479; refuses to surrender the members ordered to be impeached,477; openly denies the king,489; its conditions of reconciliation,480
Longinus,149148
Lope, his distinction as a writer and a soldier,81
Lords, the House of, its position previous to the Restoration,287; its condition as a debating assembly in177420
Lorenzo de Medici, state of Italy in his time,278
Lorenzo de Medici (the younger), dedication of Machiavelli's Prince to him,309
Loretto, plunder of,346
Louis XI., his conduct in respect to the Spanish succession,8099; his acknowledgment, on the death of James II., of the Prince of Wales as King of England, and its consequences,102; sent an army into Spain to the assistance of his grandson,109; his proceedings in support of his grandson Philip,109127; his reverses in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands,129; his policy,309; character of his government,308311; his military exploits,5; his projects and affected moderation,36; his ill-humor at the Triple Alliance,41; his conquest of Franche Comte,42; his treaty with Charles,53; the early part of his reign a time of license,364; his devotion,339; his late regret for his extravagance,39; his character and person,576; his injurious influence upon religion,64
Louis XV., his government,6466293
Louis XVI.,441; to:44945515067
Louis XVIII., restoration of, compared with that of Charles II.,282; seq.
Louisburg, fall of,244
L'Ouverture, Toussaint,366390392
Love, superiority of the. Romans over the Greeks in their delineations of,83; change in the nature of the passion of,84; earned by the introduction of the Northern element,83
"Love for Love," by Congreve,392; its moral,402
"Love in a Wood," when acted,371
Loyola, his energy,320336
Lucan, Dryden's resemblance to,355
Lucian,387
Luther, his declaration against the ancient philosophy,446; sketch of the contest which began with his preaching against the Indulgences and terminated with the treaty of Westphalia,314338; was the product of his age,323; defence of, by Atterbury,113
Lysurgus,185
Lysias, anecdote by Plutarch of his "speech for the Athenian tribunals,"117
Lyttleton, Lord,54
Maebomey, original name of the Burney family,250Machiavelli, his works, by Périer,267; general odiousness of his name and works,268269; suffered for public liberty,269; his elevated sentiments and just views,270; held in high estimation by his contemporaries.271; state of moral feeling ill Italy in his time,272; his character as a man,291; as a poet,293; as a dramatist,296; as a statesman,291300309313309; excellence of his precepts,311; his candor,313; comparison between him and Montesquieu,314; his style,314; his levity,316; his historical works,316; lived to witness the last struggle for Florentine liberty,319; his works and character misrepresented,319; his remains dishonored till long after his death,319; monument erected to his memory by an English nobleman,319
Mackenzie, Henry, his ridicule of the Nabob class,283
Mackenzie, Mr., his dismissal insisted on by Grenville,70
Mackintosh, Sir James, review of his History of the Revolution in England,251335; comparison with Fox's History of James II.,252; character of his oratory,253; his conversational powers,256; his qualities as an historian,250; his vindication from the imputations of the editor,262270-278; change in his opinions produced by the French Revolution,263; his moderation,268270; his historical justice,277278; remembrance of him at Holland House,425
Macleane, Colonel, agent in England for Warren Hastings,4453
Macpherson, James,77331210; a favorite author with Napoleon,515; despised by Johnson,116
Madras, description of it,199; its capitulation to the French,202; restored to the English,203
Maand, capture of, by the English army in470119
Mæandnus, of Samos,132
Magazine, delightful invention for a very idle or a very busy man,156; resembles the little angels of the Rabbinical tradition,156157
Magdalen College, treatment of, by James II.,413Addison's connection with it,327
Mahon, Lord, Review of his History of the War of the Succession in Spain,75142; his qualities as an historian,7577; his explanation of the financial condition of Spain,85; his opinions on the Partition Treaty,90-92; his representations of Cardinal Porto Carrero,104; his opinion of the peace on the conclusion of the War of the Spanish Succession,131; his censure of Harley,132; and view of the resemblance of the Tories of the present day to the Whigs of the Revolution,132135
Mahrattas, sketch of their history,20758; expedition against them,60
Maintenon, Madame de,36430
Malaga, naval battle near, in170110
Malcolm, Sir John, review of his Life of Lord Clive,194299; value of his work,190; his partiality for Clive,237; his defence of Clive's conduct towards Ornichaud,248
Mallet, David, patronage of by Bute,41
Malthus, Mr., his theory of population, and Sadler's objections to it,217218222223228244271272
Manchester, Countess of,339
Manchester, Earl of, his patronage of Addison,338350
Mandeville, his metaphysical powers,208
Mandragola (the), of Maehiavelli,293
Manilla, capitulation of,32
Mannerism of Johnson, ii423
Mansfield, Lord, his character and talents,223; his rejection of the overtures of Newcastle,234; his elevation,23412; his friendship for Hastings,106; character of his speeches,104
Manso, Milton's Epistle to,212
Manufactures and commerce of Italy in the14th century,275277
Manufacturing and agricultural laborers, comparison of their condition,147149
Manufacturing system (the), Southey's opinion upon,145; its effect on the health,147
Marat, his bust substituted for the statues of the Martyrs of Christianity,345; his language about Barère,458466; his bust torn down,502
Mareet, Mrs., her Dialogues on Political Economy,207
March, Lord, one of the persecutors of Wilkes,60
Maria Theresa, her accession to the throne,164; her situation and personal qualities,165166; her unbroken spirit,173; gives birth to the future emperor, Joseph II.,173; her coronation,173; enthusiastic loyalty and war-cry of Hungary,174; her brother-in-law, Prince Charles of Lorraine, defeated by Frederic the Great, at Chotusitz,174; she cedes Silesia,175; her husband, Francis, raised to the Imperial Throne,179; she resolves to humble Frederic,200; succeeds in obtaining the adhesion of Russia,200; her letter to Madame Pompadour,211; signs the peace of Hubertsburg,245
Marie Antoinette, Barère's share in her death,401434409470
Marino, San, visited by Addison,340
Marlborough, Duchess of, her friendship with Congreve,408; her inscription on his monument,409
Marlborough, Duke of,259; his conversion to Whiggism,129; his acquaintance with the Duchess of Cleveland,-and commencement of his splendid fortune,373; notice of Addison's poem in his honor,358
Marlborough and Godolphin, their policy,353
Maroons (the), of Surinam,386; to:388
Marsh, Bishop, his opposition to Calvinistic doctrine,170
Martinique, capture of,32
Martin's illustrations of the Pilgrim's Progress, and of Paradise Lost,251
Marvel, Andrew,333
Mary, Queen,31
Masque, the Italian,218
Massinger, allusion to his "Virgin Martyr,"220; his fondness for the Roman Catholic Church,30; indelicate writing in his dramas,356
Mathematical reasoning,103; studies, their advantages and defects,346
Mathematics, comparative estimate of, by Plato and by Bacon,451
Maximilian of Bavaria,328
Maxims, general, their uselessness,310
Maynooth, Mr. Gladstone's objections to the vote of money for,179
Mecca,301
Medals, Addison's Treatise on,329351
Medici, Lorenzo de. See Lorenzo de Medici.
Medicine, comparative estimate of the science of, by Plato and by Bacon,454456
Meer Cossim, his talents,260; his deposition and revenge,266
Meer Jatlier, his conspiracy,240; his conduct during the battle of Plassey,243240; his pecuniary transactions with Clive,251; his proceedings on being threatened by the Great Mogul,250; his fears of the English, and intrigues with the Dutch,258; deposed and reseated by the English,266; his death,270; his large bequest to Lord Clive,279
Melanethon,7
Melville, Lord, his impeachment,292
Meinmius, compared to Sir Wm. Temple,112
Memoirs of Sir "William Temple, review of,1115; wanting in selection and compression,2
Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings, review of,1148
Memoirs, writers of, neglected by historians,423
Memory, comparative views of the importance of, by Plato and by Bacon,454
Menander, the lost comedies of,375
Mendaeium, different species of,430
Mendoza, Hurtado de,81
Mercenaries, employment of, in Italy,283; its political consequences,284; and moral effects,285
Messiah, Pope's, translated into Latin verse by Johnson,175
Metals, the precious, production of,351
Metaphysical accuracy incompatible with successful poetry,225
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, his ability and disinterestedness,298
Methodists, their rise unnoticed by some writers of the history of England under George II.,426; their early object,318