No More Learning

109
Cleomenes, viii, 183
Love Triumphant, viii, 333
Prologue written for the Pilgrim, ib. 439
Song written for do. ib. 446
Secular Masque, written for do. ib. 451
Epilogue written for do. ib. 459
Heroic Stanzas to the memory of Oliver Cromwell, ix, 3
Astrea Redux, ib. 41
Panegyric on the Coronation of Charles II. ib. 53
Satire on the Dutch, ix, 70
Verses to the Duchess of York, ib. 73
Annus Mirabilis, ib. 83
Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. ib. 197
II. ib. 315
the Medal, or Satire against Sedition, ib. 409
Religio Laici, x, 3
Threnodia Augustalis, ib. 55
the Hind and the Panther, ib. 87
some parts of Bishop Burnet’s conduct and writings, ib. 271
Britannia Rediviva, ib. 285
Prologues and Epilogues, ib. 311
Mac-Flecknoe, ib. 427
Poetical Epistles, xi, 3, 5, 12, 18, 22, 26, 31, 35, 38, 47, 52,
57, 63, 67, 71, 84
Elegies and Epitaphs, ib. 93, 102, 113, 145, 152
Eleonora, a panegyrical poem, ib. 119
Song for St Cecilia’s day, ib. 165
Palæmon and Arcite, ib. 243

Remarks on the Cock and the Fox, a fable, xi. 326
the Flower and the Leaf, a fable, ib. 354
the Wife of Bath, a tale, ib. 376
Character of a good parson, ib. 394
Sigismonda and Guiscardo, a tale, ib. 403
Theodore and Honoria, ib. 433
Cymon and Iphigenia, ib. 452
translations from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, xii, 45
translation of Virgil, xiii, 281
Essay on Satire, xv, 201
Epistle to Mr Julian, ib. 218
Art of Poetry, ib. 229
Tarquin and Tullia, ib. 266
Verses on the Young Statesman, ib. 273
Essay of Dramatic Poesy, ib. 283
Heads of an Answer to Rhymer’s Remarks, ib. 383
Preface to the notes and observations on the Empress of Morocco,
ib. 397
Life of Plutarch xvii, 3
specimen of translation of the History of the League, ib. 79
the controversy between Dryden and Stillingfleet, xvii, 187
translation of Du Fresnoy’s Art of Painting, ib. 281

Reply to Absalom and Achitophel, i, 253
the Medal, ib. 255

Report of the death of the Chevalier de St George, x, 307

Requests, Court of, a scene of political intrigue, ib. 348

Resemblance, personal, of Shadwell to Ben Jonson, i, 265

Resentment of Dryden against the clergy, ib. 428

Residence of Dryden at the university, ib. 31

Restoration of Charles II. poem on, ix, 30
conduct of Shaftesbury at, ib. 447
led the way to the revival of letters, i, 42
Dryden’s poems on, ib. 50
revival of the Drama at, ib. 65

Retort on Dryden, xi, 65

Revel of James I. viii, 452

Revival of the Drama at the Restoration, i, 65

Revolter, a tragi-comedy, extracts from, x, 9
criticism of, on the Hind and the Panther, ib. 99

Revolution, consequences of to Dryden, i, 347
effects of upon literary pursuits, ib. 385

Reynard the Fox, an ancient political satire, x, 155

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, poetical epistle to, xvii, 284

Rhyme unnatural in plays, xv, 363
defence of in serious plays, ib. 367
a constraint to poets, xiv, 207

Rhyming or heroic plays, pattern of set by France, i, 69

Ridicule of Dryden’s use of the Alexandrine, ix, 415

Right of the Pope over kings, x, 19

Rise of the Quakers, account of, ib. 141
Settle’s animosity to Dryden, xv, 398

Rival Ladies, a tragi-comedy, ii, 109
remarks on, ib. 111
dedication to, ib. 113
prologue to, ib. 123
companies of players united, x, 393

Rochester, Earl of, character of, iv, 235
account of, vii, 13, ix, 307
Dryden’s memorial to, i, 296
letters to, xviii, 89, 101
epistle dedicatory to, iv, 235, vii, 13
banished the court, iv, 238
cowardice of, xv, 215
dismissal from the treasury of, epitaph on, ib. 279
assaults Dryden in Rose-street, i, 204

Rod of divination, what, ix, 20

Rogers, Mr, epitaph upon, xi, 144

Roman satirical poetry, rise of, xiii, 47

Roman satire, first author of, ib. 58
dramas, plot of, xv, 314

Roman Catholic plot, ix, 259

Romances of Mademoiselle Scuderi, xi, 232

Romano, Julio, character of as a painter, xvii, 491

Romans, origin of dramatic performances among, xiii, 51
first author of a play among the, ib. 54
what satire meant among, ib. 65

Roscius Anglicanus, extract from, x, 325

Roscommon, Earl of, account of, xii, 341
poetical epistle to, xi, 28
remarks on, ib. 26
verses of on Religio Laici, x, 33

Roundelay, xi, 178

Rovers sporting at, what, xiii, 10

Royal Martyr, a tragedy, iii, 341
mistresses, xv, 206
exile, soliloquy of, ib. 280
Society, Dryden chosen a member of, i, 56
historiographer, Dryden appointed to the office of, i, 115

Rubens, character of as a painter, xvii, 498

Rules to be observed in writing pastorals, xiii, 355

Rumbold, Richard, account of, vii, 261

Run-a-muck, a Malay term, what, x, 276

Rupert, Prince, gallant actions of, ix, 167, ib. 174

Russell’s bill for Dryden’s funerals, xviii, 194

Ruyter, Michael Adrian de, account of, ix, 182

Rymer, Thomas, account of, xv, 383
reflections of, on Milton’s Paradise Lost, xiii, 20
controversy of Dryden with, i, 379


S.

Sackville, Edward, account of, ix, 387

Salisbury, Earl of, epistle dedicatory to, viii, 337

Sancian, island of, description of, xvi, 437

Sancroft, Archbishop, account of, ix, 301

Santio, Raphael, character of, xvii, 490

Satire on the Dutch, ix, 71
remarks on, ib. 70
on Shadwell, ib. 379
of Mac-Flecknoe, character of, i, 266
against sedition, or the Medal, ib. 407
political of Reynard the Fox, x, 155
essay on, xiii, 3
origin and nature of, ib. 37
Roman, first, author of, ib. 58
history of, among the Romans, ib. 56
Varronian, what, ib. 61
Menippean, what, ib. 63
what meant by among the Romans, ib. 65
personal, abuse of, xiii, 81
Heinsius’s definition of, ib. 103

Satire, modern, definition of, xiii, 105
Essay on, Duke of Buckingham author of, xv, 201
Essay on, ib. 203
remarks on, ib. 201
on the Duke of Buckingham’s gallantry, xv, 212
personal, license in, xv, 218
upon the silent poets, xviii, 224

Satires of Horace, character of, xiii, 99
Juvenal, xiii, 119-198
Persius, ib. 207-267

Satirical poetry of the Greeks and Romans, difference between, xiii,
47
poetry of Dryden, effect of on English poetry, i, 275

Satirist, Dryden’s character as a, i, 279

Saturnine and Fescennine verses, what, xiii, 51

Saunders, Charles, author of the tragedy of Tamerlane, x, 356

Saville, Sir George, vide Marquis of Halifax,

Scenery first introduced on the stage, x, 323

Scenes, moveable, introduced on the stage, i, 79

Scotish judge, anecdote of a, ix, 20

Scotland, Cromwell’s conduct to, ix, 19
theatrical amusements introduced into, x, 360

Scott, Anne, vide Monmouth and Buccleuch, Duchess of

Scroop, Mr, stabbed by Sir Thomas Armstrong, x, 327

Scuderi, Mademoiselle, romances of, xi, 232

Sea-fight, remarkable, ix, 168

Sebastian, Don, a tragedy, vii, 271

Second epode of Horace, xii, 351
miscellany of Dryden, appearance of, i, 340

Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen, a comedy, ii, 379
remarks on, ib. 381
preface to, ib. 383
prologues to, ib. 388
epilogue to, ib. 469

Secretary of the muses, epistle to, xv, 222

Secular Masque, written for the Pilgrim, viii, 455
remarks on, ib. 451

Sedition, satire against, ix, 407

Sedley, Sir Charles, account of, iv, 348
anecdote of, ib. 351
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 348
Shadwell assisted by, in the comedy of Epsom Wells, x, 454

Selling-bargains, what, x, 408

Seneph, battle of, xi, 239

Sense of the author to be preserved inviolable in translation, xii,
18

Servility of the French in attention to the unities, xv, 346

Settle, Elkanah, account of, ix, 373
rise of animosity of to Dryden, xv, 398
Dryden’s controversy with, i, 259
Absalom senior, or Achitophel transposed of, extracts from, ix, 376
last period of the life of, i, 273
Pope’s lines on the fate of, ib. 274

Seymour, Sir Edward, account of, ix, 308

Sforza, Lodovico, account of, ix, 46

Shadwell, Thomas, Dryden’s satire on, ix, 379
account of the reception of the Lancashire Witches by, vii, 15
machinery of in the Lancashire Witches, x, 382
humours of, what meant by, ib. 396
plagiarism charged on, ib. 418
originality of, ib. 418
a satire against, x, 425
remarks on, ib. 427
causes of enmity between Dryden and, x, 427
Dryden’s controversy with, i, 259, 286
personal resemblance of to Ben Jonson, i, 265
Duke of Guise attacked by, i, 286
account of, x, 443
character of, ib. 445
humours of, ib. 444, i, 261
proficiency in music of, x, 448
assisted in his comedy of Epsom Wells by Sir Charles Sedley, x,
454
an imitator of Ben Jonson, ib. 456

Shaftesbury, Earl of, account of, ix, 409
anecdote of, ix, 265
attempt of to alter the succession, ib. 268
imprisonment and acquittal of, ib. 409
Bower’s medal of, ib. 412
account of last period of the life of, ib. 415
ridiculed as aspiring to the crown of Poland, ix, 441
offers his services to Charles I. ix, 444
situation of during Cromwell’s usurpation, ib. 445
conduct of at the Restoration, ib. 447
circumstances which influenced him in his change of politics, ib. 448
North’s opinion of the designs of, upon the person and authority of
Charles II. ib. 451
premature decrepitude of, ib. 454

Shakespeare and Dryden, parallel between, v, 287
attack on, by Ben Jonson, xv, 344
character of, ib. 350
Chandos portrait of, xi, 87

Share of Dryden in the composition of the Duke of Guise, i, 281

Shere, Sir Henry, translation of Polybius by, viii, 203
account of xviii, 19

Shipwreck of the Duke of York, ix, 401
ceremonies observed by the ancients on escape from, ix, 34, 44

Shirley, James, account of, x, 446

Shooting at Rovers, what, xiii, 10

Shovel-board, an ancient game, viii, 122

Shrewsbury, Duke of, account of, xv, 192

Sidney, Philip, vide Leicester, Earl of

Sigismonda and Guiscardo, a tale, xi, 405
remarks on, ib. 403
original from the Decameron of Boccace, xi, 443

Signification, parabolical, of the Hind and the Panther, x, 90
critised, ib. 90

Silence of Dryden upon the death of Queen Mary, extracts from poems
attacking him for, xviii, 222

Silent Woman, examination of the comedy of the, xv, 354
poets, a satire upon, xviii, 224

Silenus, a pastoral, xiii, 397

Silver Age, from Ovid, xii, 67

Silvester, John, extract from astrological observations of, x, 421

Simon, Pere Richard, character of, x, 31

Sincerity of Dryden in his attachment to the Catholic faith, i, 322

Singleton, a musical performer of eminence, x, 450

Singular fashion of writing, x, 457
event at the siege of Bologna, ix, 18

Sir Martin Mar-all, or the Feigned Innocence, a comedy, iii, 1
remarks on, ib. 3
prologue to, ib. 5
epilogue to, ib. 93

Skill of Polybius in Political affairs, xviii, 31

Smollett’s account of the birth of the son of James II. x, 305

Society, Dryden’s connections in after the Revolution, i, 369

Socinius, Lelius, doctrine of, x, 46

Soliloquy of a royal exile, xv, 280

Song, written for the Pilgrim, viii, 449
remarks on, ib. 446

Songs, Odes, and Lyrical Pieces, xi, 161-191
the Fair Stranger, xi, 163
for St Cecilia’s day, ib. 167
the Tears of Amynta, ib. 171, xi, 173
The Lady’s, ib. 175, xi, 176, 177
to a fair Young Lady, ib. 181

Sophocles, Œdipus Tyrannus and Coloneus of, character of, vi, 117, 124

Sophonisba, prologue to, x, 350

Southerne, poetical epistle to, xi, 50
remarks on, ib. 47
account of, ib. 48
verses of to Congreve, xi, 61
anecdote of, i, 237
commencement of Dryden’s friendship with, i, 294
character of, i, 372

Spanheim’s dissertations, extract from, xiii, 47

Spanish Friar, or the Double Discovery, vi, 365
remarks on, ib. 367
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 373
prologue to, ib. 382
epilogue to, ib. 485
prohibited by James II. ib. 371
represented by Queen Mary by her order, ib. 371
account of, representation of, ib. 371
character of, i, 227
relations of Dryden when it was composed, i, 233

Specimen of Milbourne’s translation of Virgil, i, 400
poetical attacks upon Dryden, i, 350
of translation of the History of the League, xvii, 77
remarks on, ib. 79

Speech, King’s, to Oxford Parliament, versified, ix, 309

Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses, xii, 181

Speght’s edition of Chaucer, xi, 220

Spenser, character of, xiii, 18
obsolete language of, ib. 19

Sports of the Chace, King James I. much attached to, viii, 451

Spottiswoode, Archbishop, account of, xvii, 159

Spragge, Sir Edward, account of, ix, 178
gallant action of, xi, 24

Sprat’s verses to the memory of Cromwell, ix, 5

Stage, regular scenery first introduced on, x, 323
moveable scenes introduced on, i, 79
scenes of death improper on, xv, 332
laws of, observed more exactly by the French than by the English, xv,
336
order for the reformation of, xviii, 152
indelicacy of, in the age of Dryden, i, 417

Stanzas, heroic, to the memory of Oliver Cromwell, ix, 8
of four verses in alternate rhyme, defended, ib. 94

Stapylton, Sir Robert, account of, xiii, 93

Star visible at the birth of Charles II. ix, 51

State of Innocence and Fall of Man, an opera, v, 89
remarks on, ib. 91
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 95
verses on, ib. 103
preface to, ib. 105

State of Learning in England, on the accession of James I. i, 5
Dryden’s connexions in society after the Revolution, i, 369

State Tracts, extract from, x, 185

Statius, Harte’s vindication of, xiv, 130

Steward, Elmes, letter of Dryden to, xviii, 143
Mrs Elizabeth, account of, ib. 141
letters of Dryden to, xviii, 141, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153,
161, 169, 171, 174, 178, 180

Stillingfleet, Bishop, account of, xvii, 194
opinion of, on party names, x, 243
and Dryden, illiberality of, x, 251
controversy between, xvii, 187, i, 323
answer of to the Duchess of York’s paper, xvii, 194

Storm at the death of Oliver Cromwell, ix, 23

Story of Griselda, not invented by Petrarch, xi, 215
Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea, xii, 199

Stothard’s painting of Chaucer’s Pilgrims, xi, 217

Strong box of Charles II. extract from papers found in, x, 188

Stuart, James, vide Duke of Monmouth

Succession, Shaftesbury’s attempt to alter the, ix, 268

Sullen Lovers, extract from preface to, i, 260

Sunderland, Earl of, account of, vi, 231
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 231

Superiority of English to French plays, xv, 349

Suum Cuique, xv, 276

Swallows, application of the fable of the, x, 253

Swan, Owen, account of, xiii, 97

Swash-buckler, what, iii, 6

Swift’s attacks on Dryden, i, 374
the Virgil of Dryden, ib. 393
inscription for Sir R. Blackmore’s picture, viii, 445
account of the Hind and the Panther, x, 106

Synalepha, example of, xii, 57


T.

Talbot, Charles, vide Shrewsbury, Duke of

Tale of the Nun’s Priest, xi, 327
Wife of Bath, ib. 377
Sigismonda and Guiscardo, ib. 405

Tales from Chaucer, fables, xi, 193-399
of Chaucer modernized by Dryden, xii, i-xci
Knightes Tale, xii, iii
Nonnes Preestes Tale, ib. liii
Floure and the Leafe, ib. lxviii
Wif of Bathes Tale, ib. lxxxii

Tamerlane, a tragedy, epilogue to, x, 356

Tarquin and Tullia, xv, 267
remarks on, ib. 266

Tasso’s imitation of the Iliad, xiii, 17
Jerusalem, translation of by Edward Fairfax, xi, 207

Taste, false, prevalence of in the age of James I. i, 9
in poetry, Sir William Davenant a restorer of, i, 48

Tate, Nahum, account of, ix, 315
assisted Dryden in the Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel, ib. 315

Taylor, John, the water-poet, account of, xv, 378

Te Deum, translation of by Dryden, i, 343

Tears of Amynta, a song, xi, 171

Tekeli, Count, insurrection of, x, 387

The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, a comedy, iii, 95
remarks on, ib. 97
preface to, ib. 99
prologue to, ib. 103
epilogue to, ib. 205
character of, i, 106

Terence, unity of time neglected by, xv, 315

Ternate, description of the island of, xvi, 166

Test-act, what it required, x, 187
particulars regarding, ib. 260

Theatre, prologues and epilogues sold at the door of the, x, 316
of Drury-Lane burnt, ib. 319

Theatrical amusements introduced into Scotland by the Duke of York,
x, 360

Theocritus, character of, xii, 278
translations from, ib. 285-307
idea of Cymon and Iphigenia, borrowed from, xi, 452

Theodore and Honoria, xi, 435
remarks on, ib. 433

Third Miscellany, appearance of, i, 378

Thomas, Mrs Elizabeth, account of, xviii, 164
Dryden’s letters to, xviii, 164, 167, 173
letters of, concerning Dryden’s death and funeral, ib. 200
account of Dryden’s funeral false, i, 442

Thomas, St, description of the city of, xvi, 138

Three Unities, what, xv, 305

Threnodia Augustalis, a funeral pindaric poem, x, 53
remarks on, ib. 55
notes on, ib. 79
appearance of, i, 299

Thynne, Thomas, murder of, ix, 292

Tichmarsh, monument in the church of, xviii, 215

Time, unity of, what, xv, 305
neglected by Terence, ib. 305
of action of Æneis, xiv, 189
and action, unities of, scrupulously observed by the French authors,
xv, 325
spent in composing the Rehearsal, xi, 46

Tintoret, character of as a painter, xvii, 494

Titian, character of as a painter, xvii, 493

Titles of some odes on the death of Charles II. x, 55

Tityrus and Melibœus, a pastoral, xiii, 369

Tonson, Jacob, letter and verses to on Amphitryon, viii, 5
extract of letter to, xv, 194
anecdotes of, i, 389, 391
quarrel between Dryden and, i, 387
Dryden’s letters to, xviii, 103, 109, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124,
126, 127, 128, 130, 136, 137, 138
letter of to Dryden, xviii, 106
Dryden’s agreement with concerning the Fables, ib. 191

Tory, origin of the name of, ix, 208

Tradition, of no weight with the church of England, x, 156
Presbyterians, ib. 169

Traditionary anecdote of Ben Jonson, i, 13

Tragedy, propriety of comic scenes in, i, 230
of the Indian Emperor, ii, 201
Tyrannic Love, or the Royal Martyr, iii, 341
the Conquest of Granada--two Parts, iv, 1
Amboyna, v, 1
Aureng-Zebe, ib. 167
All for Love, v, 285
Œdipus, vi, 115
Troilus and Cressida, vi, 227
The Duke of Guise, vii, 1
Don Sebastian, vii, 271
Cleomenes, viii, 181
Tamerlane, epilogue to, x, 356

Tragi-comedy of the Rival Ladies, ii, 109
the Spanish Friar, vi, 365
Love Triumphant, viii, 331
the Revolter, extracts from, x, 9

Trajan, letter of Plutarch to, xvii, 49

Transformation of Daphne into a laurel, xii, 81
Io into an heifer, ib. 85
the eyes of Argus into a peacock’s train, ib. 90
Lyrinx into reeds, ib. 91
Æsacus into a cormorant, ib. 154

Translation of Virgil’s works, xiii, 279
Virgil, reception of, i, 392
circumstances concerning, ib. 383
Virgil’s Pastorals, ib. 335-421
Georgics, xiv 1-122
Æneis, xiv, 125, xv, 1-186
the Bible by Tyndal, what it occasioned, x, 23
metaphrase, xii, 11
paraphrase, ib. 12
imitation, ib. 12
verbal, impossible, ib. 12
Cowley’s mode of, ib. 15
sense to be preserved inviolably in, ib. 18
Pindar, ib. 15
preface on, xii, 263
Plutarch’s Lives, advert. to, xvii, 3
dedication to, ib. 5
the History of the League, specimen of, ib. 77
Du Fresnoy’s Art of Painting, xvii, 279
remarks on ib. 281
the History of Heresies, projected by Dryden, i, 334
Te Deum, by Dryden, ib. 43
the Hymn for St John’s Eve, by Dryden, ib. 344
Homer, meditated by Dryden, ib. 414
Polybius, by Sir Henry Shere, account of, xviii, 19
from Boccace, xi, 401-480
Ovid’s Epistles, xii, 1-41
preface to, ib. 3

Translations from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, xii, 43-227
remarks on, ib. 45
dedication to, ib. 47
Art of Love, xii, 229
Amours, xii, 257
Persius, xiii, 203-247
Theocritus, xii, 285-307
Lucretius, ib. 309-337
Horace, ib. 339-354
Homer, ib. 355-388
Juvenal, xiii, 1-202
of Dryden, Garth’s character of, i, 340

Translator, character of a, xii, 266
qualification of, xviii, 81

Translators of Plutarch, xvii, 3, 18

Translator’s postscript to the History of the League, xvii ,150

Transubstantiation, reasons for and against, x, 147
reasons against, ib. 154

Trimmer, original, who, x, 389

Trinity College, Cambridge, Dryden admitted to, i, 28

Triplet defended, xiv, 216

Troilus and Cressida, or Truth found too Late, a tragedy, vi, 227
character of, i, 223
remarks on, vi, 228
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 231
preface to, ib. 238
prologue to, ib. 267
epilogue to, ib. 363

True Widow, character of, x, 343
dramatis personæ of, ib. 343
prologue to, ib.
345

Trumball, Sir William, account of, xv, 190

Truth found too Late, or Troilus and Cressida, a tragedy, vi, 227

Tyndal, William, account of, x, 24

Tyndall’s translation of the Bible, what occasioned by, x, 23

Tyrannic Love, or the Royal Martyr, a tragedy, iii, 341
remarks on, ib. 343
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 346
preface to, ib. 349
prologue to, ib. 355
epilogue to, ib. 435


U.

Union of the two companies, epilogue upon, x, 398

United States, irruption of the Bishop of Munster into, ix, 165

Unities, three, what, xv, 305
servility of the French in attention to, xv, 346

Unity of time, what, xv, 305
place, what, ib. 306
action, what, ib. 307
of time, neglected by Terence, xv, 315
and action, scrupulously observed by the French authors, xv, 325

University, Dryden’s residence at, i, 31
of Oxford’s decree concerning non-resistance, x, 241
of Oxford, prologues to, x, 328, 358, 378, 385
epilogues to, ib. 360, 381

Usurpation of Cromwell, Shaftesbury’s situation during, ix, 445

Urania’s Temple, or a Satire upon the Silent Poets, xviii, 224


V.

Varronian satire, what, xiii, 61

Vaughan, Lord, account of, vi, 6
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 6

Veni Creator Spiritus, paraphrased, xi, 190

Verbal translation impossible, xii, 12
opinion of Sir John Denham on, ib. 14

Veronese, Paul, character of as a painter, xvii, 494

Verses on the Conquest of Granada, iv, 29
State of Innocence, v, 103
Amphitryon, viii, 5
Cleomenes, ib. 205
to the memory of Cromwell, ix, 5
Lord Chancellor Hyde, ib. 65
remarks on, ib. 63

Verses to the Duchess of York, ix, 76
remarks on, ib. 73
recommendatory to Absalom and Achitophel, ix, 213
the author of the Medal, ib. 427
in ridicule of Albion and Albanius, vii, 213
on Religio Laici, x, 33-36
addressed to Congreve, xi, 61
Louise de Querouailles, ib. 163
on the young statesmen, xv, 274
remarks on, ib. 273
occasioned by reading Dryden’s Fables, xvii, 227

Versification, English, improved by Waller and Denham, i, 18

Villiers, George, vide Buckingham, Duke of
Barbara, vide Castlemain, Lady

Vindication of the Duke of Guise, vii, 125
remarks on, ib. 127
answer to some late papers, extract from, x, 246
Statius, xiv, 130

Viola, Gio, character of, xvii, 497

Virgil, works of translated into English verse, xiii, 279
remarks on, ib. 281
advertisement to first edition of, ib. 281
recommendatory poems on, ib. 289
names of subscribers to cuts of, ib. 283
life of, ib. 297
birth of, ib. 298
education of, ib. 300
visits Rome, ib. 301
is introduced to Octavius, ib. 302
visits Athens, ib. 306
loses his patrimony, ib. 307
recovers his patrimony, ib. 309
favour of with Augustus, ib. 313
Georgics of, ib. 311
Pastorals of, ib. 310
Æneis of, ib. 316
sickness and death of, ib. 321
account of the person, manners, and fortune of, ib. 323
character of, xi, 211
Pastorals of translated, xiii, 335-421
dedication of, ib. 337
character of, ib. 339
preface to, ib. 34,5
defence of against the reflections of M. Fontenelle, ib. 345
Pastorals of, Tityrus and Melibæus, ib. 369
Alexis, ib. 374
Palemon, ib. 378
Pollio, ib. 386
Daphnis, ib. 391
Silenus, ib. 397
Melibæus, ib. 402
Pharmaceutria, ib. 407
Lycidas and Mæris, ib. 413
Gallus, ib. 417
Georgics of translated, xiv, 1-122
Æneis of translated, ib. 125, xv, 1-186
anachronism of defended, xiv, 176
an imitator of Homer, ib. 182
Dryden’s translation of the best, ib. 209
character of Lauderdale’s translation of, ib. 223
attack of Swift on Dryden’s translation of, i, 393
specimen of Milbourne’s translation of, i, 397
Dryden’s translation of, circumstances concerning, i, 383

Virtuoso, a comedy, character of, x, 454

Viscount Falkland, account of, viii, 196


W.

Wakeman, George, account of, vi, 223

Waller, Sir William, account of, ix, 381
discovery of the meal-tub plot by, ib. 382
Fitzharris’s plot by, ib. 382

Waller and Denham, improvers of English versification, i, 18

Walsh, William, account of, xiii, 297
preface by to the translation of Virgil’s Pastorals, ib. 345

Walter, William, tragedy of Guiscard and Sigismund by, xi, 403

Warlock, what meant by, xiv, 164

Wars, civil, interrupted the study of poetry in England, i, 20

Wentworth, Lady Henrietta Maria, account of, x, 337

Whig and Tory, origin of the names of, ix, 208

Whigs, epistle to the, ib. 417

Whip and Key, account of, ib. 425

White, John, account of, x, 257

White-boys, what meant by, vii, 257

Whitmore, Lady, epitaph on, xi, 150

Wif of Bathes Tale, by Chaucer, xii, lxxxii

Wife of Bath, a tale, xi, 377
remarks on, ib. 376

Wild, Dr Robert, Iter Boreale of, xv, 296

Wild Gallant, a comedy, ii, 13
remarks on, ib. 15
preface to, ib. 17
prologues to, ib. 19, 21
epilogues to, ib. 106, 107

Will’s Coffee-house, authority of Dryden in, i, 371

William III. Titus Oates pensioned by, viii, 464

Wilmot, John, vide Earl of Rochester

Wilson’s life of Congreve, extract from, xviii, 200

Winchester, Marquis of, account of, xi, 152
epitaph on monument of, ib. 154
remarks on, ib. 152

Wit, false, one character of the poetry of the age of Queen Elizabeth,
i, 7

Women, preface to a dialogue concerning, xviii, 1

Worcester, Marquis of, vide Duke of Beaufort

Works of Virgil translated into English verse, xiii, 279
remarks on, ib. 281
advertisement to first edition of, ib. 281
recommendatory poems on, ib. 289-296
of John Dryden, appendix to, xviii, 183
No. I. Dryden’s degree of master of arts, ib. 185
No. II. Dryden’s patent as poet-laureat, and historiographer-royal,
xviii, 187
No. III. Dryden’s agreement with Jacob Tonson concerning the Fables,
ib. 191
No. IV. Mr Russel’s bill for Dryden’s funerals, ib. 194
Description of Dryden’s funeral, ib. 195
No. V. Mrs Thomas’s letters concerning Dryden’s death and funeral,
ib. 200
No. VI. Monument in the church at Tichmarsh, ib. 215
No. VII. Extract from an epistolary poem to Dryden, occasioned by the
death of the Earl of Abingdon, by William Pitts, ib. 218
No. VIII. Extracts from poems attacking Dryden for his silence upon
the death of Queen Mary, ib. 222
No. IX. Verses occasioned by reading Dryden’s Fables, by Mr Hughes,
ib. 227
No. X. Ode on the death of Dryden, by Alexander Oldys, ib. 234

Writers of Life of St Francis Xavier, xvi, 9

Writing pastorals, rules to be observed in, xiii, 355
singular fashion of, x, 457

Writings of Bishop Burnet, remarks on some parts of, x, 271
Polybius, character of, xviii, 17


X.

Xavier, St Francis, Life of, xvi, 1
writers of life of, ib. 9
address to the reader by the author of life of, ib. 8.
dedication to, ib. 3
birth of, ib. 15
education, ib. 16
teaches philosophy, ib. 19
conversion of, xvi, 24
arrives at Rome, ib. 29
at Lisbon, ib. 46
departs for the Indies, ib. 58.
arrives at Mozambique, ib. 63
at Goa, ib. 71
visits Cape Comorin, ib. 82
miracles of, ib. 83, 89, 91, 99, 111, 113, 131, 155, 163-466
converts the Paravas, ib. 101
returns to Goa, ib. 101
visits Comorin, ib. 107
goes to Cochin, ib. 124
Negapatam, ib. 133
Mehapor, ib. 138
Malacca, ib. 150
Amboyna, ib. 158
Isle del Moro, ib. 176
returns to Amboyna, ib. 186
Malacca, ib. 190
arrives at Cochin, ib. 219
visits the Paravas, ib. 226
his instructions to missionaries, ib. 228
visits Ceylon, ib. 233
Goa, ib. 234
baptises a Japonese, ib. 238
visits the Coast of Fishery, ib. 248
returns to Goa, ib. 249
resolves to go to Japan, ib. 249
his instructions to Gasper Barzeus, ib. 254
sails for Japan, xvi, 276
visits Cochin, ib. 276
Malacca, ib. 276
his instructions to Juan Bravo, ib. 279
arrives at Japan, ib. 287
waits on the king of Saxuma, ib. 297
is treated with honour, ib. 297
receives permission to teach the Christian religion, ib. 297
visits the Bonzas, ib. 299
Bonzas oppose the Christian faith, ib. 301
miracle, ib. 302
arrives at Firando, xvi, 312
Amanguchi, ib. 313
Macao, ib. 319
returns to Amanguchi, ib. 321
visits Fugheo, and reception by the king, ib. 343
disputes with a Bonza, ib. 362, 369
leaves Japan, ib. 379
arrives at Cochin, ib. 395
at Goa, ib. 396
affairs of Goa in his absence, ib. 403
engages in a voyage to China, ib. 410
departs from Goa, ib. 421
arrives at Malacca, ib. 422
miracles at Malacca, ib. 423
arrives at the isle of Sancian, ib. 437
means fail him for his passage into China, ib. 451
his sickness, ib. 452
death, ib. 455
interment, ib. 456
disinterred, ib. 457
and carried to Goa, ib. 465
funeral procession, ib. 465
miracles wrought by the dead body, ib. 466.
qualifications, ib. 471
beatification and canonization, ib. 531
life of an authentic testimony of the truth of the Gospel, ib. 535
character of the Life of, i, 337


Y.

Year of Wonders, 1666; an historical poem, ix, 81

York, Duke of, epistle dedicatory to, iv, 9
personal valour of, ib. 10, ix, 161
requested by Charles II. to retire to the Continent, ib. 384
presence of, acceptable to the Scots, ib. 385
attempt to counteract the influence of, in the city, ib. 388
shipwreck of, ix, 401
picture of at Guildhall defaced, xvii, 51
prologue to, x, 366

York, Duchess of, account of, v, 95, ix, 73
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 73
verses to, ix, 76
poetical epistle to, on her return from Scotland, xi, 33
remarks on poetical epistle to, ib. 31
copy of a paper written by, xvii, 189
Stillingfleet’s answer to paper, &c. ib. 194
defence of paper, &c. ib. 208
answer to defence of paper, &c. ib. 252

Young Lady, song to, xi, 181
Gentleman, elegy on the death of a, xi, 142
Statesman, verses on, xv, 274
painter, advice to a, xvii, 377, 468


Z.

Zuinglius, account of, x, 150




GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.


VOLUME FIRST.

PAGE. The Life of John Dryden 1

SECT. I. Preliminary remarks on the Poetry of England before the Civil
Wars--The Life of Dryden from his Birth till the Restoration--His Early
Poems, including the Annus Mirabilis, 3

SECT. II. Revival of the Drama at the Restoration--Heroic
Plays--Comedies of Intrigue--Commencement of Dryden’s Dramatic
Career--The Wild Gallant--Rival Ladies--Indian Queen and
Emperor--Dryden’s Marriage--Essay on Drastic Poetry, and subsequent
Controversy with Sir Robert Howard--The Maiden Queen--The Tempest--Sir
Martin Mar-all--The Mock Astrologer--The Royal Martyr--The two Parts of
the Conquest of Granada--Dryden’s situation at this period, 65

SECT. III.