cal romance, as distinguished from 'nstory, v. 163.
... Mr. Mitford's views of, vii. 700. True domain of history, 700-702. ..ifications necessary for writing, v. , vi. 77, 82, 84. The history of Ferodotus, v. 123. That of Thucy- Johnson's remark on his-
y, 128. Xenophon's history, 134. olybius and Arrian, 135. Character the historians of the Plutarch class, 150, 136. English classical associa- ons and names compared with those of e ancients, 137. Spirit excited in ngland and in France by the writers of the Plutarch class, 139. Livy, 140. Cesar, 141. Sallust, 141. Tacitus, 142. Merits and defects of modern historians, 144, 146. Froissart, Ma- chiavelli, and Guicciardini, 145. Effect of the invention of printing, 146. Caus s of the exclusiveness of the Greeks and Romans, 146-149. Effect of the victory of Christianity over pa- ganism, 149. Establishment of the balance of moral and intellectual in-
e in Europe, 151. The species of sentation which abounds most
historians, 152. Hum Mitford, 153. Neglect of,
the art of narration, 153. Effect of his- torical reading compared to that pre- duced by foreign travel, 157. Character of the perfect historian, 157. Instruc- tion derived from the productions of such a writer, 160.
History, as distinguished from historical romance, v. 164. Its uses, 535. John- son's contempt for it, 535.
History of the Popes of Rome during the 16th and 17th centuries, review of Ranke's, vi. 454-489.
Hoare, Roger, of Bridgewater, i. 509. Hobbes, Thomas, i. 142. His influence on the two succeeding generations, vi. 185. Malbranche's opinion of him, vii. 65. Hoche, General, refuses to obey the cruel decree of the Convention, vii. 172. Hodges, Colonel Robert, iii. 147. Hogarth's Morning, i. 280 note. Hohenlohe, Prince, vi. 458.
Holbach, Baron, his supper parties, vi. 488. Holderness, Earl of, his resignation of office, vii. 220.
Holkar, origin of the House of, vi. 583. Holland, war with (1667), i. 150. Pros- perity of, 158. A member of the Triple Alliance, 159. Coalition of France and England against, 169. Government of, 170. Repulses the French invasion, 172. Makes peace with England, 176. Constitution of, 427. Religious parties in, ii. 3. French invasion; the Prince of Orange, afterwards William III, appointed Stadtholder, 18. Political works printed in, 81. Constitution of, 200. Politics of, 215. State of feeling in, on William's success, 348. Re- joicings, 400. Expenses of William's expedition repaid to, 427. Zeal of, in the war against Lewis XIV., iii. 566. Allusion to the rise of, v. 644. Go- verned with almost regal power by John de Witt, vi. 267. Its apprehensions of the designs of France, 270. Its defen- sive alliance with England and Sweden, 272, 274.
Holland House, beautiful lines addressed to it, vi. 541. Its interesting associa- tions, 541. Addison's abode and death there, vii. 115-121.
Holland, Lord, review of his opinion as re- corded in the journals of the House of Lords, vi. 534-542. His family, 635, His public life, 537. His philanthropy, 541. Feelings with which his memory is cherished, 541. His hospitality at Holland House, 542. His winning manners and uprightness, 542. His last lines, 542.
Hollis, Denzil, impeachment of, i. 85. Committed to prison by Charles I., v. 552. His impeachment, 573.
Holloway, one of the judges at the trial of the bishops, ii. 169. Delivers his opinion, 176. Dismissed from the bench, 204. Holmes, Abraham, execution of, i. 503. Holt, Sir John, Recorder of London; his dismissal, ii. 90. Consulted in the case of the bishops, 170. Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 415. His conduct at the trial of Crone, iii. 272. Presides at the trial of Preston and Ashton, 380. Consulted on the Bill for excluding Papists from public trusts in Ireland, 463. In the case of Whitney, the highwayman, 594.
Holwell, Mr., his presence of mind in the Black Hole, vi. 408. Cruelty of the Nabob to him, 409.
Holyrood Palace, sacked by rioters, ii. 351.
Holy War, Bunyan's, vii. 307.
Home, John, putronage of, by Bute, vii.
Homer, difference between his poetry and Milton's, v. 9. One of the most " rect" poets, 397. Pope's translation of his description of a moonlight night, 398. His descriptions of war, vii. 76– 78. Intense desire to know something of him, 620. Quintilian's criticisms on, 661. His inappropriate epithets, v. 106. His description of Hector at the Grecian wall, 112.
Hooker, Richard; his tenets, i. 62. His faulty style, vi. 280.
Hoole, the metaphysical tailor, specimen
of his heroic couplets, vii. 60. His friendship with Dr. Johnson, 333. Hooper, Bishop, i. 40.
Hopkins, Ezekiel, Bishop of Londonderry, ii. 510. Withdraws to England, 550. His death, iii. 290.
Horace, Bentley's notes on, vi. 322. His comparison of poems to certain paint- ings, vii. 667.
Hosein, son of Ali, festival in memory of,
vi. 397. Legend of his death, 397. Hospitals, objects of, vi. 373. Houblon, Sir John, Governor of the Bank of England, iv. 247.
Hough, John, elected president of Magdalene College, ii. 103. Sentence of deprivation against, 104. His inter- view with Penn, 110, 111. Appears before the special Commissioners, 111. His protest, 111.
Houghton, John; his Collection, iv. 171. Hounslow Heath, camp on, i. 601. The camp broken up, ii. 208. Review of vo- lunteer cavalry, by Queen Mary, iii. 311. A resort of highwaymen, iv. 412. House of Commons (the), increase of its
power, v. 230, 231, 236. Change in public feeling in respect to its privileges, 234. Its responsibility, 236. Com- mencement of the practice of buying of votes in, vi. 19. Corruption in, not necessary to the Tudors, 19. Increase of its influence after the Revolution, 23. How to be kept in order, 20. Speech on the exclusion of the judges from the House, viii. 429.
Howard's "Committee," ii. 97.
Howard, Edward, his "British Princes," iii. 111 note.
Howard, Lord, of Escrick, i. 410 note. Howard, Philip, Cardinal, i. 365. Howard, Sir Robert, iii. 110. His share in the debate on the Corporation Bill, 208.
Howe, John, an eminent dissenting preacher; leaves England, i. 521, 522 and note. Returns to England, ii. 51. Refuses to join the Court party, 51. His efforts for a coalition with the Church, 147.
Howe, John, Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Mary, ii. 417. His violence and intem- perance, iii. 123. His attack on Lord Caermarthen (Leeds), 124. On Lord Halifax, 124. His parliamentary at- tack upon Bishop Burnet, 639. Become a Tory, iv. 67. His speech against the war, 199. His statement of distress in Gloucestershire, 267. His violence on the subject of the Dutch guards, 460. His invectives against Lord Somers, 514. Violent resolutions moved by him in regard to the Irish forfeitures, 526, 527. His contest for Gloucester- shire (1701), 551.
Huddlestone, John, a monk, i. 340. Ab- solves Charles II., 342.
Huguenots, persecution of, i. 582. Their exiles, 534. Their treatment by James II., 581. Collection for, in England, 582. Which is frustrated by James, 584. Huguenots in Schomberg's army in Ireland, iii. 128. Conspiracy among them, 138. At the battle of the Boyne,
Hume, David; his prediction of ruin from the National Debt, iii. 617. Charges brought against him as an historian, v. 152. His description of the violence of parties before the Revolution, vi. 128. Hume, Sir Patrick. See Polwarth, Lord. Humières, Marquess of, ii. 231. His re-
pulse by the British troops at Walcourt, iii. 147. His army threatens the in vasion of England, 278.
Humour, that of Addison compared with that of Swift and Voltaire, vii. 90, 91. Hungarians, their incursions into Lom- bardy, vi. 389.
Hungerford, William Prince of Orange re- ceives James II.'s commissioners at, ii. 298.
Hunt, Leigh, review of his edition of the Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Con- greve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar, vi. 490– 532. His merits and faults, 490. qualifications as an editor, 490. His appreciation of Shakspeare, Spenser, Dryden, and Addison, 490. Hunt, a smuggler; his cottage a resort of Jacobites, iv. 208, 209.
Huntingdon, Earl of, a Jacobite; his house searched, iii. 540. Huntingdon, Countess of, vi. 479. Huntington, William, vi. 443. Hutchinson, Mrs., vi. 262.
Huy, taken by the French, iv. 20. Re- taken, 105.
Hyde, Mr., his conduct in the House of Commons, v. 563. At the head of the Constitutional Royalists, 571. Voted for Strafford's attainder, 572. See also Clarendon, Lord. Hyde, Ann, Duchess of York, slanders against, i. 38. Hyde, Lady Henrietta, ii. 490. Hyder Ali, his origin and character, vi. 591. His invasion of the Carnatic, and triumphant success, 591, 593; vii. 364. His progress arrested by Sir Eyre Coote, vi. 593.
Iliad (the), Pope's and Tickell's transla- tions, vii. 110, 113.
Illustrations of Bunyan and Milton by Martin, v. 445.
Imagination, great strength of Milton's,
v. 7. Great power of Bunyan's, 450, 456.
Imagination and judgment, 89, 92. Power of the imagination in a barbarous age, 92.
Imhoff, Baron, his position and circum- stances, vi. 551, 552. Character and attractions of his wife, and attachment between her and Hastings, 552, 581. Impeachment, question regarding, i. 405. Impeachment of Lord Kimbolton, Hamp- den, Pym, and Hollis, v. 573. Of Hastings, vi. 621. Impey, Sir Elijah, vi. 546. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta, 569. His hostility to the Council, 574. Re- marks on his trial of Nuncomar, 574- 576. Dissolution of his friendship with
Hastings, 588. His interference in the proceedings against the Begums, 605. His ignorance of the native dialects, 605 note. Condemnation in Parlia- ment of the arrangement made with him by Hastings, 606.
Impostors, fertile in a reforming age, v. 405.
Incapacitation, Act of, iii. 79, 80. Inclosure Acts, i. 245.
Indemnity Bill, dispute regarding, iii. 116. Retarded by the Whigs, 202, 212. Mo- tion for a committee rejected, 212. Indemnity, Bill of, to protect witnesses against Walpole, vi. 56.
Independents (the), i. 92; ii. 449. India, debates upon the trade with, iii. 377. Ignorance regarding, in Eliza- beth's and the following reigns, 467, 468. Trade with, 469. The trade complained of by English clothiers, 476. Resumed debates, 606; iv. 72. Diffi- culties of private traders with, 374. Montague's projected General Company, 375, 376. Violent opposition, 376. Eager subscription to the New Com- pany's loan, 378. Renewed agitation of the subject, 449. Foundation of the English empire in, vi. 72, 74. High civi- lisation of its people, 381. Speech on the government of India, viii. 111. India Bill, Fox's, vii. 373. Indian Ocean, piracy in, iv. 509. Induction, method of, not invented by
Bacon, vi. 228. Utility of its analysis greatly overrated by Bacon, 228. Ex- ample of its leading to absurdity, 231. "Indulgence," the, i. 146.
Indulgence, Declaration of (under Chas. II.), i. 170. Its unpopularity, 173. Re- voked, 174. Declaration of Indulgence by James II., ii. 39. Its illegality, 41. Was a boon to the Dissenters, 41, 42. The second Declaration ordered to be read in churches, 146. Remonstrance
of the bishops, 150, 151. The Declara- tion read in only four London churches, 153. General resistance to, 157. Indulgences, vi. 464.
Inferno, Dante's, character of the, v. 239; vii. 610, 611.
Infidelity, on the treatment of, v. 385. Its powerlessness to disturb the peace of the world, vi. 484.
Innocent XI., Pope, his dispute with Lewis, XIV., i. 363, 364. His advice to James II., 364. His Jansenist ten- dencies, 568. His moderation towards England, 590. His dislike of the Jesuits' proceedings in England, ii. 82. His coldness to Lord Castlemaine, $5. Abolishes the right of asylum at Rome, 218. His quarrels with Louis XIV.,
218, 219. His death, iii. 148. pare Rome, Court of.) Innocent XII, reconciles the Papacy to Lewis XIV., iii. 565. His irresolute conduct, 569, 570.
Inns, English, i. 300, 301. Inquisition, instituted on the suppression
of the Albigensian heresy, vi. 463. Armed with powers to suppress the Re- formation, 472, 473. Interest, effect of attempts by government to limit the rate of, vi. 500. Intolerance, religious, effects of, v. 356. Inverness in 1689, iii. 60.
Investiture, lay, contests regarding, i. 45. Invocation of saints, vi. 458.
Ipswich, mutiny of Scotch regiments at, ii. 427.
Ireland, Norman conquest of, i. 10. Union of, with England, 50. Long struggle in, 51. Celtic population of, 52. Treated as subject, 52. Continues Roman Catholic, 53. Acknowledges Charles II.; Cromwell's conquest of, 102. Un- der Charles II. 146, 147. Lord Lieu- tenancy of, 243. Roman Catholics in, tolerated by the law, 619. Hostility of races in, 620. Celtic population and aristocracy, 621, 622. Old and new English colonists, 622. Tyrconnel, Lord Deputy, 642. Dismay of the English colonists, 644. James II.'s scheme for detaching it from England, ii. 119. Its state at the time of the Revolution, 499. 502. The English colonists are appre- hensive of massacre, 503. News of the English Revolution arrives, 513. De- vastation of, in 1689, 520. Destruction of cattle, 522. Subjection of Protes- tants in the south, 523. James II.'s reception, 533. Persecution of Protes- tants, 570. The spirit of the people roused by James II.'s danger, iii. 133. Campaign of 1691; the Pale, 418. Re- vival of prosperity on the English side, 419. Severe measures against the Papists, 420. The Jacobite part of the island; anarchy and insecurity of pro- perty, 422. Exhaustion after the war, 453. Subjection of the Celtic popula- tion, 455. State of (1693), 614. Com- plaints in, against James's second De- claration, iv. 13. State of (1697), 305. Whigs and Tories in, 306. Restrictions imposed by the English Parliament on the woollen manufactures of, 370. The native Irish not concerned in the ques- tion, 372, 373. Dependence of the English colony on England, 373. Ques- tion as to the disposal of the Irish for- feitures, 519. Report of the commis- sioners of the Commons on the subject, 520. Extravagant estimate of the value
of the forfeited property, 521. Unfair report of the commissioners, 522. The commissioners take up the case of the grant to Lady Orkney, 523. The Re- sumption Bill, 526. Rebellion in, in 1640, v. 570. Essex's administration in, vi. 158. Its condition under Cromwell's government, 262, 266. Its state con- trasted with that of Scotland, 357. Its Union with England compared with the Persian fable of King Zohak, 357. Rea- son of its not joining in favour of the Reformation, 465, 475. Danger to Eng- land from its discontents, 583. William Pitt the first English minister who formed great designs for the benefit of Ireland, vii. 397. Speech on the Re- peal of the Union with Ireland, viii. 86. And on the State of Ireland, 245. And on the Church of Ireland, 316. Irish Church, the, i. 53, 623. Irish emigrants in England, ii. 61 Irish exiles, iii. 453, 454. "Irish night," the, ii. 316.
Irish rebellion (the), in the reign of Charles I., i. 83.
Irish troops in England, dislike of, in
211. Disbanded; disarmed, 319. Irish in the service of James II., their in- efficiency from want of discipline, iii 288. Resolve to defend Limerick, 321 Their plundering excursions, 423, 424 Dissensions at Limerick, 424. Under St. Ruth, 428. Volunteer for the French service, 108. Destined to take part in the French invasion of Eng land, 536. Regarded by the English with scorn and hatred, 538. Their bra very at the battle of Marsiglia, iv. 38 Iron works, i. 248. Islington, i. 274.
Isocrates, his defence of oligarchy and tyranny, vii. 698, 699. Italian language, Dante's first work on the, vii. 601.
Italian masque, the, v. 12.
Italian writers, criticisms on the princi
pal, vii. 601. Dante, 601. Petrarch, 619. Italians, their character in the middle ages, v. 60. Their social condition compared with that of the ancient Greeks, 78.
Italy, revolution of the poetry of, v. 97. Monti's imitation of the style of Dante, 96. State of Italy in the dark ages, 50. Progress of civilisation and refine- ment in, 51 et seq. Its condition under Cæsar Borgia, 71. Its temper at the Reformation, vi. 465 et seq. Its slow progress owing to Catholicism, 482. Its subjugation, 486. Revival of the power of the church in, 487. Ivry, viii. 548.
"JACKBOOT," a popular pun on
Bute's name, vii. 232, 245. Jacobin Club, its excesses, vi. 486. Jacobins, their origin, v. 594. Their po- licy, vii. 148. Their excesses, 149, 151. Materials of which the party was com- posed, 159, 160. Their cruelties in Paris and in the provinces, 160. Re- view of their policy, 200. Jacobite, epitaph on a, viii. 592. Jacobites, English and Irish, ii. 536, 537. Their want of sympathy, 538. Their plots on William III.'s departure for Ireland, iii. 260. Gatherings in the North, 262. Their secret printing presses, 313. Their "Form of prayer and humiliation," 314. Which is as- cribed to the nonjuring prelates, 315. Disclose the designs of Marlborough, 495. Prepare for insurrection in the northern counties, 554. Division in, iv. 5. (See Compounders. Noncom- pounders.) Their presses and writings, 30, 33. Their addresses to the sailors, 34. Resume their plots, 206. Their dismay at the Treaty of Ryswick, 324. Their indignation against Lewis XIV., 324 and note. Their attempt to pro- claim James III. in London, 546. Re- vival of their spirits in 1721, vii. 292. Plan for a Jacobite insurrection, 292. Jacobites in Scotland, their party in the
Convention, iii. 21, 26. Their plan of secession to Stirling frustrated, 26, 28. Their loss of weight in the Convention, 30. Take the oath of allegiance to Wil- liam III., 337. Meeting of conspirators, 363. Their advice to James II., 364.
Jacobitism, Addison's opinion that travel- ling is the best cure for it, vii. 76. Jamaica, earthquake in, iii. 591. James I., his zeal for the English Church,
i. 52. His diminished importance, not- withstanding the extension of his do- minions, 54. His character and admin- istration; consequences of his conduct, 55. Adopts the doctrine of divine right, 56. His kingcraft, 57. His death, 66. His conduct in regard to monopolies, iv. 466. His views of the necessities of the Catholics, v. 177. His folly and weakness, 547, 548. Re- sembled Claudius Cæsar, 548. Court paid to him by the English courtiers before the death of Elizabeth, vi. 167. His twofold character, 167. His favour- able reception of Bacon, 168-171. His anxiety for the union of England and Scotland, 170. His employment of Bacon in perverting the laws, 171. His favours and attachment to Buckingham, 176, 178. Absoluteness of his govern-
ment, 182. His summons of a parlra- ment, 187. His political blunders, 187, 188. His message to the Commons on the misconduct of Bacon, 188. His readiness to make concessions to Rome, 474.
James, Duke of York, afterwards James
II., his character, i. 134. Becomes a Roman Catholic, 161. Resigns the post of Lord High Admiral, 175. Marries Mary of Modena, 182. Retires to Brus- sels, 188. Sent into Scotland, 199. Attempt to exclude him from the suc- cession (see Exclusion Bill). His go- vernment of Scotland, 212, 213. His advice to Charles II., 216. His conduct in Charles II.'s illness, 337, 338. Pro- cures a Roman Catholic priest, 340. His account of Charles's death, 344 note. His speech to the Privy Council, 345. Proclaimed King, 346. His min- istry at the commencement of his reign, 348.
Shows favour to Jeffreys, 350, Calls a parliament, 355. His apologies to Barillon, 356. Receives money from France, 357, 360. Sends Lord Churchill as ambassador to France, 360. His subjection to Lewis XIV., 360. Innocent XI.'s advice to him, 364. His fluctuating policy, 365. Hears mass publicly, 367. His coronation,
Omissions in the religious ser- vices, 369. Tory addresses to, 371. His hatred of the Puritans, 386, 387. His feeling towards the Quakers, 391. Li- berates Quaker and Roman Catholie prisoners, 396. His speech to Parlia- ment, 400. Prepares for the defence of Scotland against Argyle, 425. His in- terview with the Dutch ambassadors, 426. Takes measures against Mon- mouth, 451. Adjourns Parliament, 455. Reviews the regiments from Hol- land, 463. Arrests suspected persons, 463. His interview with Monmouth, 483. With Earl Grey, 484. His par- tial conduct to the leading rebels, 513- 514. His power at its height, 523. His treaty with Holland, 524. Domestic policy, 524. His army, 525. His de- signs in favour of Popery, 526. Impo- licy of his proceedings, 529, 530. Vio- lates the Test Act, 531. Dismisses Halifax, 531. General discontent against, 531, 532. Embarrassed by proceedings in France, 535. His speech to Parlia ment, 536. Parliamentary opposition to, 537, 542. Reprimands the Commons, 544. Attends a sitting of the Peers, 548. Prorogues Parliament, 549. Pub- lishes papers of Charles II., 556. Par- ties in his court, 563. His mode of arguing, 569. His blind reliance on the
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