Adams, John, Gibbs's Memoirs of the Administration of, reviewed, 161 quarrels with the Federal- ists, 170 opposes Hamilton,
Addison, Joseph, Miss Aikin's Life of, reviewed, 314 grace and hu- mor of, 315- purity and gentle- ness of, 316- his style character- ized, 317-an advocate of pure morals and religion, 318 - slan- dered by Pope and Spence, 319- early life of, 320 - bashfulness of, 321-becomes the friend of Steele, 322-his habits at Oxford, 323 literary projects of, 324 -his Eng- lish and Latin verses, 325 - trav- els in France, 326 - visits Male- branche, 327-and Boileau, 328 travels in Italy by, 329 - Dialogues on Medals by, 330 offers to act as travelling tutor, 331 his poem on Blenheim, 332 - goes abroad as secretary to Halifax, 334 - his op- era of Rosamond, 335 made sec. retary to Wharton, 336 liberal, but just, 337- his conduct towards Steele, 338 loved and trusted by Swift, 341 writes the Whig Ex- aminer, 342 assists Steele in The Tatler, 344-a reformer of man- ners and morals, 345 writes for The Spectator, 347 great merits of, as an essayist, 348 - writes for The Guardian, 349 - his Cato, 351 refuses to dedicate it to the
Alexander, James, life and character of, 435.
Alexander, William, 435. See Stir- ling.
Amari, Michele, History of the Sicil- ian Vespers by, reviewed, 500- his views of this event, ib. -ac- count of John of Procida by, 505 - on the cruelties of the insur- gents, 507 examination of au- thorities by, 509. See Sicilian Vespers.
America, the English language in, 179-Edinburgh Review on neol- ogisms in, 181 - grounds of this charge against, 184 - small power of song in, 460 birth of a na- tional literature in, 461- bustle and hurry in, 462 - talkativeness in, 463-making of speeches and phrases in, 464-literature imita- tive in, 465.
American Biography, Sparks's Libra- ry of, 217. Americanisms, mode of discounte- nancing, 180-alleged frequency of, 182-Pickering's Vocabulary of, 183-number and nature of, 184.
Americans, manners of, 242 - inde- pendence of, 243-cultivation of literature by, 251 - public speeches of, 252.
American writers, Gilfillan's sketch of, 290.
Ancients, visions of a future world among the, 98.
Anne, Queen, high spirit once shown by, 334-attached to her brother, the Pretender, 350.
Annual Review on Americanisms, 182.
Anthology, The Monthly, design of,
Antiquities, American, Schoolcraft on, 303.
Architecture in America, 246. Art, false taste in modern, 278. A, sounds of the vowel, 197.
Bainbridge, Midshipman, duel fought by, 226.
Banks, Sir Joseph, Brougham's life of, 85his early devotion to nat-
ural history, 86- makes a voyage with Captain Cook, 87 made president of the Royal Society, 88 renders services to scientific
Barron, Commodore, duel of, with Decatur, 236.
Becket, Thomas à, Life and Letters of, by J. A. Giles, reviewed, 118- Translation of, ib., note - discord- ant opinions about, 120 great va- riety in his life and employments, 121-doubts about the parentage of, 123 legend about Matilda, the mother of, 124 this legend disproved, 125-ante-natal histo- ry of, 126-studies of, at Merton and Paris, 127-admitted to the court of Archbishop Theobald, 128
made chancellor of England, 130 personal appearance and habits of, 130 - diplomatic mis- sions of, 132-his splendor and munificence at Paris, 133-gains renown in the wars, 134 his pri- vate life and character, 135 - suc- ceeds Theobald as archbishop, 137- revolution in his way of life, 138 resigns the great seal, ib. - attempts to resume grants of church lands, 139 - quarrels with the king, 140-supported by the church, 142-and by France, 143
refuses to give up the privileges of the clergy, 144 - assents to the Constitutions of Clarendon, 145 - withdraws this assent, 146 - his goods confiscated, 147 - goes into exile, 148 kindly received by Louis, and the pope, 149 - obliged to shift his residence, 150. Bernard, Saint, sufferings of, 118. Berwick, Marshal, siege of Gaeta by, 3.
Black, Dr., defrauded of fame by La- voisier, 75.
Brandywine, battle of, 451. Brendan, Saint, vision of, 111. British Critic on Americanisms, 182. Brooks, Charles T., poetical transla-
tions by, reviewed, 402 - modesty and good sense of, 423 - transla- tion from Schiller by, 424 - from other German poets, 425.
Brougham, Lord, Lives of Men of Letters and Science by, second se- ries, reviewed, 59 - merits and faults of, ib., 96 - complaints made of, 60-unjust to Dr. Johnson, 61 praises Boswell, 63 - his criti- cisms on Johnson's works, 62- on Johnson's character, 66 - his life of Adam Smith, 67 - of La- voisier, 72- of Gibbon, 77- of Sir Joseph Banks, 85-of D'Alembert, 90.
Browne, Frances E., Poems by, re- viewed, 402-judged by a speci- men, 432.
Burgoyne's expedition, 244. Burns, festival in honor of, 492. Burr, conduct of, towards Hamilton, 178.
Bute, Lord, Stirling's acquaintance with, 440.
Button's coffee-house, origin of, 339.
years of, 2-serves under Marshal Berwick, 3- his favorite amuse- ments, ib. - secretly leaves Italy, 5- delayed and disappointed in France, 6-embarks for Scotland, 7-lands at Moidart, 8-persuades the Highland chiefs to join him, 9
raises the royal standard, 11- receives many adherents, 12-ad- vances to Stirling, 13 - enters Ed. inburgh, 15- defeats Cope at Preston, 18-bold intentions of, 19-advised to stay in Scotland, 20-his habits while there, 21- determines to invade England, 22 - marches over the border, 23- captures Carlisle, 24 - farther suc- cesses of, 26 compelled to retreat from Derby, 28 reënters Scot- land, 29-invests Stirling, 30- defeats Hawley at Falkirk, 31- causes of his delay at this time, 34 - becomes attached to Miss Wal- kinshaw, 35 gains possession of Inverness, 37 resolves to fight Cumberland, 38 - defeated at Cul- loden, 39-his adventures as a fu- gitive, 43 puts off for the isle of Skye, 44- his wanderings among the Hebrides, 45 assisted by Flo- ra MacDonald, 47 - hardships suf- fered by, 49- lives in a cave, 52
protected by outlaws, 53-re- turns to France, 54-sorrows of his later life, 55- death and char- acter of, 56. Chemistry, discoveries in, 73. Christian Consolations, by A. P. Pea- body, noticed, 521. Christianity, the doctrine of a future life in, 105.
Christmas, celebration of, 495. Church, strength of the, in the Mid- dle Ages, 142-its weakness and dangers, 143.
164-sources of the opposition to the, 165.
Conway, General, cabal of, 453. Cook, Captain, first voyage of, 87. Cope, Sir John, goes against Charles Edward, 11- defeated at Preston, 18.
Corzi, Domenico, description of Charles Edward by, 56.
Critical Review on Americanisms, 182.
Culloden, battle of, 39. Cumberland, Duke of, takes the com- mand against Charles Edward, 25 pursues him to Scotland, 28 advances to Edinburgh, 36 vic- torious at Culloden, 39 inhuman conduct of, 42.
Edda, songs of the, about a future life, 104. Edinburgh, alarm in, in 1745, 14- Charles Edward's army enters, 15 opens its gates to Hawley, 29. Eliot, Samuel, Passages from the His- tory of Liberty by, noticed, 511. Emerson, Ralph W., Poems by, re- viewed, 402- as a prose essayist, 406 - his Sphinx cited, 407 - fan- tastic and unintelligible, 408-stud- ied obscurity of, 409-examples of this trait in, 410 compared for incoherency with Foote, 412 - a strange phenomenon, 414 - Miss Fuller's opinion of, 423. Encyclopædia, the French, publica- tion of the, 93.
England, under Henry the Second, 129-power of the clergy in, 141 -inconsistent philanthropy of, 241. English language, the, in America, 179 association for preserving, 180 opinion of the critical jour- nals on, 181 - corrupted in Eng- land, 186-constant additions to, 191 expansiveness of, 193 pronunciation of, 196.
E, sounds of the vowel, 198. Espinasse, Mademoiselle, life of, 94. Etymologist, great labors of the, 205. Europe seen with Knapsack and Staff, by J. B. Taylor, reviewed, 483. See Taylor.
be performed in, 375 - treatment of the prepositions in, 376 - impor- tance of right method in, 377- examples of derivative meanings in, 378-logical deduction of the meanings of words in, 379 - faults in, exposed, 380 - other deduc- tions in, 381- importance of guid- ing principles in, 383.
Federalists, integrity and patriotism of the, 164-how rendered odious, 167-causes of the loss of power by the, 171 - letters of their lead- ers, 172. See Hamilton.
Felton, C. C., editions of the Greek Classics by, 522.
Fichte, W. Smith's Memoir of, no- ticed, 263.
Fitz-Urse, the murderer of Becket,
Foscolo, Ugo, on Dante, 98. Foster, John, on Robert Hall as a preacher, 384 - difficulties con- quered by, 387.
France, Addison's residence in, 326. Francis, Saint, vision of, 112. Franklin, Dr., on the purity of the English language, 179. Franklin, William, governor of New Jersey, 446. Frederic II., king of Sicily, 501. Freiligrath, translations from, 425. French, religious legends among the, 109.
Fuller, Miss, criticisms on the poets by, 422.
Greeks, ideas of a future world among the, 98.
Guardian, The, Addison writes for, 349.
Gibbon, early life of, 77 - fluctua- tions of his faith, 78 - literary pro- jects of, 79 - beginning of his great work, 80 - his faults of style, ib. - his history applauded and at- tacked, 81-visits Paris and Lon- don, 82-completion of his work, 83-his personal appearance, 84 - sickness and death of, 85.
Gibbs, George, Memoirs of the Fed. eral Administrations by, reviewed, 161 quoted, 167, 170- corre- spondence published by, 172 - his work commended, 178. Gildon, abuse of Pope by, 362. Giles, J. A., Life and Letters of Thomas à Becket by, reviewed, 118-merits and faults of his work, 122. See Becket.
Gilfillan, George, Sketches of Mod- ern Literature by, reviewed, 273 — stilted and gossiping style of, 288 -on Robert Hall, 289 - his gen- ius for comparisons, 290 on American literary men, ib. - not worth criticizing, 291-cited, 401. Godolphin, Addison patronized by,
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