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INDEX

TO THE

SIXTY-FOURTH VOLUME

OF THE

North-American Review.

A.

queen, 353 – merits of his trag.

edy, ib. — objects to Pope's lam-
Adams, John, Gibbs's Memoirs of

poon on Dennis, 355 inquiry in
the Administration of, reviewed, io his relations with Pope, 356 —
161 — quarrels with the Federal: his remark on the Rape of the
ists, 170

opposes Hamilton, Lock, 357 - on the translation of
171.

the Iliad, 359 — not the author of
Addison, Joseph, Miss Aikin's Life Tickell's version, 361 – openly in-

of, reviewed, 314 – grace and hu- sulted by Pope, 362 — his last in-
mor of, 315 — purity and gentle- terview with him, 363 — sacred
ness of, 316 — his style character. poems of, 364 — not intemperate
ized, 317 — an advocate of pure in wine, 365 - other slanders on,
morals and religion, 318 – slan- refuted, 366 — marriage of, 367 -
dered by Pope and Spence, 319– his will cited, 368 — alienated from
early life of, 320 — bashfulness of, Steele, 369 -- dying scene of, 370
321 — becomes the friend of Steele, religious faith of, 371 – not
322- bis habits at Oxford, 323 - faultless, but deserves high praise,
literary projects of, 324 -his Eng.

372. See Pope.
lish and Latin verses, 325 - trav. Agamemnon of Æschylus, by C. C.
els in France, 326 - visits Male- Felton, noticed, 522.
branche, 327— and Boileau, 328 – Age, the present intellectual aspect
travels in Italy by, 329—Dialogues

of, 273

mechanical inventions
on Medals by, 330 — offers to act in, 274– tendency of philosophy
as travelling lutor, 331 — his poem

in, ib.

-- imagination supplanted
on Blenheim, 332
goes abroad as

in, 275- boastfulness of, 276 —
secretary to Halifax, 334 — his op- utilitarian aspect of, 277 — false
era of Rosamond, 335 — made sec. estimate of art in, 278 lack of
retary to Wharton, 336 — liberal,

independent thought in, 279
but just, 337— his conduct towards worthless publications in, 280
Steele, 338 — loved and trusted by profound and philosophical works
Swift, 341 — writes the Whig Ex- neglected in, 281

poetry in, 283
aminer, 342 — assists Steele in The Sadducism of, 284 — advantages
Tatler, 344 – - a reformer of man- for mental progress in, 286 – work
ners and morals, 345 — writes for for philosophy and imagination in,
The Spectator, 347 — great merits 287.
of, as an essayist, 348 – writes for Aikin, Lucy, Life of Addison by, re-
The Guardian, 349 — his Cato, 351 viewed, 314. See Addison.

refuses to dedicate it to the Alberic, vision of, 113.

men, 89.

-ac-

-

Alexander, James, life and character ural history, 86 - makes a voyage
of, 435.

with Captain Cook, 87 — made
Alexander, William, 435. See Stir. president of the Royal Society, 88
ling.

renders services to scientific
Amari, Michele, History of the Sicil-

ian Vespers by, reviewed, 500 Barron, Commodore, duel of, with
his views of this event, ib.

Decatur, 236.
count of John of Procida by, 505 Becket, Thomas à, Life and Letters
- on the cruelties of the insur- of, by J. A. Giles, reviewed, 118-
gents, 507 — examination of au. Translation of, ib., note --- discord.
thorities by,

509. See Sicilian ant opinions about, 120 — great va-
Vespers.

riety in his life and employments,
America, the English language in, 121

- doubts about the parentage
179 — Edinburgh Review on neol. of, 123 — legend about Matilda,
ogisms in, 181 grounds of this the mother of, 124 — this legend
charge against, 184 - small power disproved, 125 — ante-natal histo-
of song in, 460 — birth of a na. ry of, 126 — studies of, at Merton
tional literature in, 461 — bustle and Paris, 127 — admitted to the
and hurry in, 462 – talkativeness court of Archbishop Theobald, 128
in, 463—making of speeches and made chancellor of England,
phrases in, 464 — literature imita-

med, 432.

Brandywine, battle of, 451.

years of, 2 serves under Marshal
Brendan, Saint, vision of, 111.

Berwick, 3- his favorite amuse-
British Critic on Americanisms, 182. ments, ib. — secretly leaves Italy,
Brooks, Charles T., poetical transla- 5 - delayed and disappointed in

tions by, reviewed, 402 — modesty France, 6 - embarks for Scotland,
and good sense of, 423 – transla- 7- lands at Moidart, 8- persuades
tion from Schiller by, 424 - from the Highland chiefs to join him, 9
other German poets, 425.

— raises the royal standard, 11
Brougham, Lord, Lives of Men of receives many adherents, 12 — ad-

Letters and Science by, second se- vances to Stirling, 13 – enters Ed.
ries, reviewed, 59 — merits and inburgh, 15 - defeats Cope at
faults of, ib., 96 — complaints made Preston, 18 — bold intentions of,
of, 60 — unjust to Dr. Johnson, 61 19 — advised to stay in Scotland,

praises Buswell, 63 — his criti- 20 — his habits while there, 21 -
cisms on Johnson's works, 62 - determines to invade England, 22
on Johnson's character, 66 — his - marches over the border, 23-
life of Adam Smith, 67 - of La- captures Carlisle, 24 — farther suc.
voisier, 72— of Gibbon, 77— of Sir cesses of, 26 - compelled to retreat
Joseph Banks, 85--of D'Alembert, from Derby, 28 — reënters Scot.
90.

land, 29 — invests Stirling, 30
Browne, Frances E., Poems by, re- defeats Hawley at Falkirk, 31
viewed, 402 – judged by a speci- causes of his delay at this time, 34

- becomes attached to Miss Wal.
Burgoyne's expedition, 244.

kinshaw, 35 – gains possession of
Burns, festival in honor of, 492. Inverness, 37 — resolves to fight
Burr, conduct of, towards Hamilton, Cumberland, 38 - defeated at Cul.
178.

loden, 39 — his adventures as a fu.
Bute, Lord, Stirling's acquaintance gitive, 43 — puts off for the isle of
with, 440.

Skye, 44

- his wanderings among
Bulton's coffee-house, origin of, 339. the Hebrides, 45 — assisted by Flo-

ra MacDonald, 47 - hardships suf-

fered by, 49 — lives in a cave, 52
C.

protected by outlaws, 53 — re-

turns to France, 54 sorrows of
Campbell, Dr., on technical words, his later life, 55 - death and char.
192.

acter of, 56.
Canada, trouble and disaffection in, Chemistry, discoveries in, 73.
238.

Christian Consolations, by A. P. Pea.
Carlisle besieged and taken by body, noticed, 521.
Charles Edward, 24.

Christianity, the doctrine of a future
Cato, Addison's tragedy of, 351. life in, 105.
Channing, William E, Poems by, Christmas, celebration of, 495.

reviewed, 402 — a feeble imitator, Church, strength of the, in the Mid.
414 — citations from, with coin- dle Ages, 142 — its weakness and
ments, 415 - attempts of, in lyric dangers, 143.
poetry, 417 - discourses 'on poli- Cicero, the Dream of Scipio by, 100.
tics and religion, 418-on scenery, Clarendon, Constitutions of, 145.
419 defies the critics, 421 Classical learning, decline of, 279.
praised by Miss Fuller, 423. Clergy, power of the, in the Middle
Charles of Anjou made king of Sici.

Ages, 141.
ly, 502 – defeats his opponents, Colman, James F., poems by, review-
503 — tyrannical conduct of, 504 ed, 402 — correct, but tedious, 431

enemies of, 505 — attempts to - The Island Bride by, ib. — other
crush the rebellion, 507 —

poems of, 432.
successful, 508.

Conrad, king of Sicily, 501.
Charles Edward, the Pretender, A. Constance, queen of Aragon, 505.

Pichot's life of, reviewed, 1 – early Constitution, Federal, origin of the,