No More Learning

Christopher Gunman, ib. 301
Preface to Blackmore’s Prince Arthur, ib. 422
Epistle to Sir Richard Blackmore, ib. 437
from epilogue to the Humourists, x, 456
letter to Jacob Tonson, xv, 194
Wilson’s life of Congreve, xviii, 200
an epistolary poem to Dryden, occasioned by the death of the Earl of
Abingdon, ib. 218

Extracts from poems attacking Dryden for his silence upon the death of
Queen Mary, ib. 222
Vindication of the Answer to some late Papers, x, 246, 249
Roscius Anglicanus, x, 325
Appeal to Honour and Justice, x, 387
Love’s Kingdom, ib. 453
epilogue to the Humourist, ib. 456
Malone’s History of the English Stage, xi, 58
Spanheim’s Dissertation, xiii, 47
poem of Du Bartas, xv, 233
epilogue upon reviewing Every Man in his Humour, xv, 310
dedication to the Empress of Morocco, xv, 398
Caulfield’s History of the Gunpowder Plot, i, 24
one of Dryden’s first poems, i, 33
Creech’s dedication to Horace, viii, 202
poem of John James, ix, 164
Naboth’s Vineyard, ib. 198
Judah Betrayed, a poem, ib. 266
the Duke of Buckingham’s answer to Absalom and Achitophel, ib. 272
Settle’s Absalom senior, ib. 375
poem of Loyal Feast Defeated, ib. 390
The Battle, ib. 398
Loyal Medal vindicated, ib. 423
Hickeringill’s answer to Dryden’s Medal, ix, 452
Lenten Prologue, vii, 131
the Religio Laici of J. R. , x, 9
Revolter, a tragi-comedy, x, ib.
Lord Herbert’s history, ib. 23
Tom Brown’s works, ib. 51
preface to the New Converts Exposed, ib. 103
Reasons for Mr Bayes changing his Religion, ib. 103, 313, 315
papers found in the strong-box of King Charles II. ib. 188-190


F.

Fabel, Peter, anecdote of, vol. vii, 10

Fable of the Swallows, application of, x, 253
Cock and Fox, xi, 327
Flower and Leaf, or the Lady in the Arbour, ib. 356
remarks on, ib. 354
argument of, ib. 354

Fables, tales from Chaucer, xi, 193, 399
translations from Boccace, ib. 401, 480
Dedication of, ib. 195
Preface prefixed to, ib. 205
Dryden’s agreement with Jacob Tonson, concerning, xviii, 191
verses occasioned by reading, xviii, 227
Appendix to, containing the original tales of Chaucer, modernized by
Dryden, xii, i-xci
of Iphis and Ianthe, xii, 116
Pygmalion and the Statue, ib. 123
Cinyras and Myrrha, ib. 127
Ceyx and Alcyone, ib. 139

Fair Stranger, a song, xi, 163

Fairborne, Sir Palmes, epitaph on tomb of, xi, 155
account of the death of, xi, 156

Fairfax, Edward, translator of Tasso’s Jerusalem, xi, 207

Falkland, Anthony, Lord Viscount, account of, v, 307

Fall of Man, an opera, v, 89

False wit, one character of the poetry of Queen Elizabeth, i, 7
taste, prevalence of in the age of James I. ib. 9

Familiar epistle to Mr Julian, xv, 222
remarks on, ib. 218

Familiarity of Augustus with Virgil and Horace, xiii, 313

Farquhar’s ludicrous account of the Funeral of Dryden, i, 441

Fasts and thanksgivings, appointment of, belongs only to the king, ix,
388

Fate of Titus Oates, ib. 356

Fates, Jupiter cannot alter the decrees of the, xv, 103

Feigned Innocence, or Sir Martin Mar-all, a comedy, iii, 1

Female Prelate, and Lancashire Witches, account of, vii, 142
performers first introduced on the stage after the Restoration, x, 321

Ferrex and Perrex, a tragedy, mistake of Dryden concerning, ii, 118

Ferguson, Robert, account of, ix, 363

Fescennine and Saturnine verses, what, xiii, 51

Festival, St Cecilia’s, account of, xi, 166

Feversham, Earl of, account of, ix, 397

Finch, Sir Keneage, vide Nottingham, Earl of

Fire of London, conduct of Charles II. on, ix, 187
its dreadful effects, ib. 189

First Miscellany, appearance of, i, 294

First poems of Dryden, i, 28

Fitzharris’s Plot, Waller’s Discovery of, ib. 382

Flail, account of Protestant, vii, 19

Flecknoe, Richard, account of, vi, 7, x, 441
Marvell’s description of, ib. 441
plays of, ib. 442

Fleet, English, names of changed, ix, 48

Flower and the Leaf, a fable, xi, 356

Floure and the Leafe, by Chaucer, xii, lxviii

Fontenelle’s Reflections, defence of Virgil from, xiii, 345

Forbes, James, account of, ix, 368

Fourth Miscellany, appearance of, i, 382

Four days battle, account of, ib. 168, 174

Frampton, Mary, epitaph on monument of, xi, 158

France, Charles II. receives a pension from, ix, 385

France set the pattern of rhiming or heroic plays, i, 69
League in, and Covenant in England, parallel between, i, 281

Freethinkers, their opinions, x, 143

Free translation, Cowley’s mode of, xii, 15

French stage, punctilios of, v, 307
exiled Protestants, relief given by King James II. to, x, 264
poetry, character of, xiii, 366
better critics than the English, xiv, 159
authors, scrupulous observers of the unities of time and action,
xv, 325
observe the laws of the stage, and decorum more exactly than the
English, xv, 336
plays, character of, ib. 337
servility of the, in attention to the unities, ib. 346

Friar Bacon, anecdote of, vii, 10

Friends, literary, of Dryden, i, 373

Friendship of Dryden with Southerne and Congreve, i, 372

Frontispiece to Albion and Albanus, vii, 231

Fuller, William, account of, viii, 329

Fuller’s anecdote of Robert Keies, i, 23

Funeral Pindaric poem, x, 53
of Dryden, i, 440
Farquhar’s ludicrous account of, ib. 441
Tom Brown’s account of, ib. 443
Mr Russel’s bill for, xviii, 194
Mrs Thomas’s letters concerning, ib. 200
description of, ib. 195
procession at the death of St Francis Xavier, description of, xvi, 465


G.

Gallant, Wild, a comedy, vol. ii, 13
actions of Prince Rupert, ix, 167-174
the Duke of Albemarle, ix, 168, 171
action of Edward Spragge, xi, 24

Gallantry of the Duke of Buckingham, xv, 211

Gallus, a pastoral, xiii, 417

Garth’s character of Dryden’s Translations, i, 340

Georgic, definition of, xiv, 16

Georgics of Virgil, translation of, xiv, 1-122
dedication of, ib. 3
essay on, ib. 14
character of, ib. 25
notes on, ib. 123
Book I. ib. 27
II. ib. 49
III. ib. 73
IV. ib. 98

Georgione, character of, xvii, 492

German jollity, xi, 44

Giants’ war, xii, 69

Gibbon’s account of his conversion to the Catholic faith, i, 316
character of Pope Nicholas V. xviii, 24
account of the murder of Lucian, ib. 57

Gilbert, Dr William, account of, xi, 15

Goa, description of, xvi, 71

Godfrey, Sir Edmondbury, account of, ix, 285

Golden age, from Ovid, xii, 66

Government of Japan, xvi, 291

Gracioso, or buffoon, what, i, 77

Grafton, Duke of, account of, ix, 396

Graham, James, vide Dundee, Viscount

Granville, George, poetical epistle to, xi, 64
remarks on, xi, 63

Great Favourite, answer to the preface of the, ii, 265

Grecian dramas, plot of, xv, 313

Greek satirical drama, and the satirical poetry of the Romans,
distinction between, xiii, 47

Greeks, comedy distinguished by acts not known to the early, xv, 311

Grey, Lord, pusillanimous conduct of, ix, 276

Griselda, story of, not invented by Petrarch, xi, 215

Grounds of criticism in tragedy, vi, 243

Growth of Popery, by Andrew Marvel, ix, 420

Guardian angels, machinery of, xiii,

Guibbons, Dr William, Dryden’s acknowledgment to, xi, 77

Guido, character of as a painter, xvii, 496

Guise, Duke of, a tragedy, vii, 1
assassination of, xvii, 148

Gunman, Captain Christopher, extract from journal of, i, 301

Gunpowder Plot, extract from Caulfield’s history of, i, 24

Gwynn, Nell, anecdote of, ix, 426


H.

Hacket, Coppinger, and Arthington, enthusiasm of, vol. x, 28

Hale, Sir Matthew, prejudices of, xiii, 67

Hales, John, anecdote of, xv, 351

Halifax, Marquis of, epistle dedicatory to, viii, 113
account of, ib. 113, ix, 305

Handel, Ode to St Cecilia set to music by, i, 410

Harman, Sir John, exploit of, ix, 179

Harmony of numbers, neglected by the metaphysical poets, i, 17

Hart, the tragedian, account of, x, 328

Harte’s vindication of Statius, xiv, 130

Harvey, William, account of, xi, 15

Hastings, Lord, elegy upon the death of, xi, 94
remarks on, ib. 93

Haughton, Lord, account of, vi, 373
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 373

Hawkers, prodigies of, x, 348

Heads of an answer to Rymer’s remarks, xv, 385
remarks on, ib. 383

Healing Parliament, what, x, 71

Heathen, diligence of Catholic missionaries in converting the, x, 192

Hector and Andromache, last parting of, xii, 382

Heinsius’s definition of satire, xiii, 103

Helen and Paris, epistle of, xii, 26
to Menelaus, epithalamium of, from Theocritus, ib. 292

Heliodorus, anecdote of, vi, 126

Henry II. , epilogue to, x, 412

Herbert’s, Lord, History of Henry VIII. , extracts from, x, 23

Heresies, History of, Dryden projects a translation of, i, 334

Hero, piety the first quality of, xiv, 161

Heroic plays, character of, i, 118
an essay on, iv, 16
poetry, apology for, v, 105
stanzas to the memory of Oliver Cromwell, ix, 8
remarks on, ib. 3
notes on, ib. 15
or rhyming plays imitated from the French, i, 69

Heylin, Dr Peter, account of, xvii, 190

Heywood, Thomas, account of, x, 446

Hickeringill’s, Edmund, answer to the Medal of Dryden, ix, 452

Higden, Henry, poetical epistle to, xi, 55
remarks on, ib. 52
account of, ib. 52

Higgons’s verses to Congreve, ib. 61

Higre or Eagre, what, x, 65

Hind and Panther, Part I. x, 85
remarks on, ib. 87
parabolical signification of, ib. 90
criticised, ib. 90
application of censured, ib. 90
defended, ib. 91
transversed, extracts from, ib. 91
where composed, i, 325
parody on by Prior and Montague, ib. 330
parody on, x, 91
letters on, ib. 102
libels occasioned by publication of, ib. 104
Swift’s account of, ib. 106
preface to, ib. 109
notes on, ib. 139-157
Part II. ib. 159
notes on, ib. 185-194
Part III. ib. 195
application of justified, ib. 197
notes on, ib. 240-282

Historiographer-royal, Dryden appointed to the office of, i, 115
loses the office of, i, 354

Historical and Political Poems, ix, 1

History of Calvinism by Lewis Maimbourg, x, 30
Satire among the Romans, xiii, 56
divisions of, xvii, 56
proper, what, ib. 57
of the League, specimen of translation of, xvii, 77
appearance of, i, 290
author’s dedication to, ib. 89
advertisement to the reader, ib. 98
Book III. translation of, ib. 101
translator’s postscript to, ib. 150
of Heresies, Dryden projects a translation of i, 334

Hoddeson, John, poetical epistle to, xi, 4
remarks on, ib. 3

Hollis, Sir Freschville, account of, ix, 180

Holmes, Sir Robert, enterprise of, ix, 178, 184

Holyday, Barten, account of, xiii, 93

Homer, character of, xi, 211

Homer’s poetry, character of, xii, 59
translations from, ib. 355-388
Virgil’s imitation of, xiv, 182
Dryden meditates a translation of, i, 414

Hooker, Richard, account of, x, 26
treatise of upon Ecclesiastical Policy, ib. 26

Hoped and unhoped, ancient meaning of, xi, 336

Hopkins, Charles, account of, xviii, 163

Horace, character of, xii, 280
translations from, ib. 339-354
Ode 3. of Book I. inscribed to the Earl of Roscommon, ib. 341
Ode 9. of Book I. inscribed to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 344
Second Epode of, ib. 351
character of his father, xiii, 77
and Persius, comparison between, ib. 78
Juvenal, comparison between, ib. 78
Satires of, Dacier’s character of, ib. 99

Housekeeping, noble of the Duke of Beaufort, ix, 391

Howard, Sir Robert, joint author with Dryden of the Indian Queen, ii, 203
note concerning, ib. 263
letter to, ix, 92
poetical epistle to, xi, 7
remarks on, ib. 5
account of, i, 54
Dryden’s controversy with, ib. 94
Lord, infamous conduct of, ix, 278

Hudibras, author of, unrewarded by the court, x, 250
at court, ib. 250

Hughes’s verses, occasioned by reading Dryden’s Fables, xviii, 227

Huguenot refugee clergy, not all of the same communion, x. 203, 244

Human body, measures of, xvii, 424

Hume’s account of the rise of the Quakers, x, 141

Humours, Shadwell’s, what meant by, x, 396, i, 261

Humourists, dramatis personæ of, x, 452
extract from epilogue to, ib. 456

Hungary, breach of treaty, and death of Ladislaus, king of, vii, 184

Hunt, Thomas, account of, ib. 127

Husband his own Cuckold, epilogue to, x, 423

Hyde, Lord Chancellor, verses to, ix, 65
Anne, vide York, Duchess of
Laurence, vide Rochester, Earl of

Hymn for St John’s Eve, translation of by Dryden, i, 344


I.

James I. state of learning in England on the accession of, i, 5
false taste in age of, ib. 9
play of words in age of, ib. 10
traditionary anecdote of, ib. 13
attached to the sports of the chace, viii, 451
account of one of the revels of, ib. 452
II. titles of poems on accession of, x, 59
character of addresses on accession of, ib. 110
professions of at accession of, ib. 262
declaration of concerning the church of England, ib. 262
relief given by to the French exiled Protestants, x, 264
character of, ib. 226, 265
poetical addresses to on the birth of a son of, ib. 286
birth of son of said to be spurious, ib. 286
believed by the Papists miraculous, ib. 285, 302
pregnancy of queen of ridiculed, ib. 303
account of the birth of son of by Smollet, ib. 305
vide York, Duke of
Eleanor, account of, x, 116
author of a Vindication of the Church of England, ib. 116
John, extract from poem of, ix, 164

Japan, island of, description of, xvi, 290
government of, ib. 291
religion of, ib. 292
language of, ib. 295

Idylliums of Theocritus, translations from, xii, 285-307

Jervas, poetical epistle to, xvii, 282

Jesuits, establishment of in England, x, 255

Iliad of Homer, Book I. translations from, xii, 357
moral not intended in, xiv, 134
Tasso’s imitation of, xiii, 17

Illegitimate children of Charles II. ix, 250

Illiberality of Stillingfleet and Dryden, x, 251

Imitation of Cowley, ix, 191
in translation, what, xii, 12
of Homer by Virgil, xiv, 182

Immunities of the city of London defended, vii, 127

Impossible to translate verbally, xii, 12

Imprisonment and acquittal of the Earl of Shaftesbury, ix, 409

Indelicacy of the stage in the age of Dryden, i, 417

Independents, description of, x, 140

Infallibility, not in the Pope alone, ib. 164-187

Indian Queen, a tragedy, ii. 201
remarks on, ib. 203
prologue to, ib. 205
epilogue to, ib. 255

Indian Emperor, a tragedy, ii, 257
dedication to, ib. 259
remarks on, ib. 290
prologue to, ib. 295
epilogue to, ib. 377
connection of to the Indian Queen, ib. 293

Inaccuracy of Dryden with regard to Sir Philip Sydney, xiii, 18

Indelicacy of Lucretius, xii, 276

Infamous conduct of Lord Howard, ix, 278

Innocent Traitor, extract from, ix, 198

Inscription, burlesque, to be placed under Sir Richard Blackmore’s
picture, viii, 445

Inscription under Milton’s picture, xi, 160

Insolence of the Dutch, ix, 162

Instruction, the end of all poetry, vi, 246

Instructions of St Francis Xavier to missionaries, xvi, 228

Insurrection of Count Teckeli, x, 387

Integral parts of a play, Aristotle’s distinction of, xv, 312

Interment of St Francis Xavier, xvi, 456

Intrigue, comedies of, introduced, i, 76
of Dryden with Mrs Reeves, ib. 87

Invention, necessary both to painting and poetry, xvii, 318
the first part of painting, xvii, 347, 410

John’s (St) Eve, hymn for, i, 344

Johnson, Samuel, account of, ix, 369

Jones, Sir William, account of, ib. 278

Jonson, Ben, character of by Dryden, iii, 222
Shadwell an imitator of, x, 456
a metaphysical poet, i, 11
traditionary anecdote of, ib. 13
attack of on Shakespeare, xv, 344

Journal of Captain Christopher Gunman, extract from, i, 301

Iphis and Ianthe, fable of, xii, 116

Iron Age, from Ovid, xii, 68

Irreligion of Polybius, xviii, 46

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

Iter Boreale of Dr Robert Wild, xv, 296

Judah Betrayed, a poem, extract from, ix, 266

Judgment of Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy on the works of the principal
painters of the two last ages, xvii, 489

Judicial astrology, Dryden’s belief in, xviii, 207

Jupiter cannot alter the decrees of the fates, xv, 103

Juvenal, translations from, xiii, 1-202
and Horace, comparison between, xiii, 78
First Satire of translated, ib. 119
Third, ib. 130
Sixth, ib. 148
Tenth, ib. 178
Sixteenth, ib. 198


K.

Keis, Robert, anecdote of, vol. i. 23

Ket’s insurrection defeated, v, 181

Killigrew, Dr Henry, account of, xi, 106
Mrs Anne, account of, ib. 102
Elegy to the memory of, ib. 105
remarks on, ib. 102

Kind Keeper, a comedy, vi, 1

King Arthur, or the British Worthy, a Dramatic Opera, viii, 107
remarks on, ib. 109
prologue to, ib. 122
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 113
epilogue to, ib. 178

King James I. attached to the sports of the chace, viii, 451
account of one of the revels of, ib. 452
II. , vide Duke of York, and James II.

King William, Titus Oates pensioned by, viii, 464

King, confuting arguments used by, disrespect of his person, x, 252

King and Queen, Epilogue to, ib. 393
dedication to the, xvii, 81
of France, dedication to, ib. 89

King’s speech to Oxford Parliament versified, ix, 309
power of granting pardon after condemnation questioned, ix, 310
Head clubs, account of, ib. 380
House, epilogue for, x, 362
and Duke’s players united, ib. 393
company of players, Dryden’s contract with, i, 162
right of the Pope over, x, 19

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, poetical epistle to, xi, 85
account of, ib. 84
character of, ib. 89

Knight’s Tale, or Palamon and Arcite, xi, 241
by Chaucer, xii, iii


L.

Ladislaus, King of Hungary, breach of treaty, and death of, vol. vii, 184

Lady in the Arbour, a fable, xi, 356

Lancashire Witches, reception of, vii, 15
account of, ib. 142
machinery of, x, 382

Landen, behaviour of the Duke of Ormond at, xi, 202

Lanfranc, character of, xvii, 497

Langbaine’s account of Lodowick Carlell, x, 404

Language of Spenser obsolete, xiii, 19
of Japan, xvi, 295

Lansdowne, Lord, account of, xi, 63

Last period of the life of Dryden, i, 439
Settle, ib. 273

Lauderdale, Duke of, examination of Bishop Burnet concerning, x, 274
Earl of, character of, translation of Virgil by, xiv, 223

Laureat, a poem, x, 104
Dryden appointed to the office of, i, 115

Laws of the stage observed more exactly by the French than the English,
xv, 336

Lawson, Sir John, account of, ix, 161

Lawyers, cruel doctrine of, xv, 297

Layman’s faith, or Religio Laici, an epistle, x, 1

League in France, and Covenant in England, parallel between, i, 281
specimen of translation of history of, xvii, 77
history of, author’s dedication to, ib. 89

Learning in England, on the accession of James I. i, 5

Lee, Nat. verses to Mr Dryden by, v. 103
share of in the tragedy of Œdipus, vi, 117
poetical epistle to on his tragedy of the Rival Queens, xi, 23
remarks on, ib. 22
account of the death of, ib. 22

Lee, Eleonora, vide Abingdon, Countess of

Leeds, Duke of, vide Danby, Earl of

Leicester, Earl of, epistle dedicatory to, vii, 283
account of, ib.
283

Leigh, Richard, Dryden’s controversy with, i, 157

Lely, Sir Peter, account of, xii, 267

Letter of Lady Elizabath Dryden to Dr Busby, xviii. 97
Mr John Dennis to Dryden, ib. 111
Jacob Tonson to Dryden, ib. 106
Samuel Pepys to Dryden, ib. 156
Charles Dryden to Corinna, i. 213
and verses of Milbourne to Jacob Tonson, viii, 5
and note on a passage in Creech’s Lucretius, xviii, 94

Letters of Dryden, xviii, 83
remarks on, ib. 85
to Madam Honor Dryden, xviii, 86
to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 89, 101
to the Reverend Dr Busby, ib. 96, 98
to Mr Jacob Tonson, ib. 103, 109, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126,
127, 128, 130, 136, 137, 138
to Mr Dennis, ib. 114
to his sons at Rome, ib. 131
to Mrs Steward, ib. 141, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153, 156, 157, 161,
169, 171, 174, 178, 180
to Elmes Steward, Esq. xviii, 143
to Samuel Pepys, Esq. ib. 154
to the Right Hon. Charles Montague, ib. 159
to Mrs Elizabath Thomas, junior, ib. 164, 167, 173

Leveson Gower, Sir William, account of, viii, 7
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 7

Libels against Dryden, occasioned by the publication of the Hind and
Panther, x, 104

Liberty of conscience, declaration for, x, 279

Licence in personal satire, xv, 218

Life of John Dryden, i, 1
descent and parentage of, ib. 21
anecdotes of the brothers and sisters of, ib. 25
birth of, i, 27
education of, ib. 27
first poems of, ib. 28
is admitted of Trinity College, Cambridge, ib. 28
punished for contumacy, ib. 29
long residence of at the university, ib. 31
degree of Master of Arts of, xviii, 185
Sir Gilbert Pickering’s clerk, i, 36
death of Cromwell, the first theme of, ib. 38
first poem of consequence of, ix, 83
poems of on the Restoration, i, 50
changes the spelling of his name, ib. 53
is chosen a member of the Royal Society, ib. 56
imitates the style of Davenant, ib. 59
commencement of dramatic career of, ib. 80
first appearance of the Wild Gallant, ib. 80
Rival Ladies, ib. 81
Indian Queen, ib. 83
Indian Emperor, ib. 84
intrigue of with Mrs Reeves, ib. 87
marriage of, ib. 88
Essay of Dramatic Poesy, appearance of, ib. 92
controversy of with Sir Robert Howard, ib. 94
contract of with the King’s Company of Players, ib. 101
appearance of the Maiden Queen of, ib. 104
Tempest, ib. 105
Sir Martin Mar-all, ib. 107
the Mock Astrologer, ib. 109
Royal Martyr, ib. 110
Conquest of Granada, ib. 112
promoted to the offices of poet-laureat and historiographer-royal,
ib. 115
patent of, as poet-laureat and historiographer-royal, xviii, 187
appearance of Marriage A-la-mode, i, 143
the Assignation, ib. 146
--controversy with Matthew Clifford, i, 154
Richard Leigh, ib. 157
Edward Ravenscroft, ib. 160
Elkanah Settle, ib. 259
Rochester, ib. 195
appearance of Massacre of Amboyna, ib. 163
State of Innocence, ib. 166
Aurenge-Zebe, i, 209
is assaulted in Rose-street, ib. 204
meditates an epic poem, ib. 215
appearance of All for Love, ib. 218
Limberham, ib, 221
Œdipus, ib. 222
Troilus and Cressida, ib. 223
the Spanish Friar of, ib. 227
relations of when he composed the Spanish Friar, ib. 233
anecdote of with Southerne, ib. 237
engages in politics, ib. 239
appearance of Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. ib. 243
the Medal, ib. 250
extracts from answer to, ix, 452
controversy of with Shadwell, i, 259, 286
causes of enmity between Shadwell and, x, 472
appearance of Mac-Flecknoe, a satire, i, 266
Absalom and Achitophel, Part II. ib. 268
assisted by Nahum Tate in, ix, 315
effect of the satirical poetry of on English poetry, i, 275
character of, as a satirist, ib. 279
share of in the composition of the Duke of Guise, ib. 281
furnishes a Preface to the translation of Plutarch’s Lives, ib. 289
translates the History of the League, ib. 290
appearance of the First Miscellany of, ib. 294
commencement of Southerne’s friendship with, ib. 294
Memorial of to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 296
appearance of Threnodia Augustales of, ib. 299
--appearance of Albion and Albanius, i, 299
becomes a convert to the Roman Catholic faith, ib. 303
reasons which might influence him in his change of religious opinions,
ib. 303
sincere in his attachment to the Catholic faith, ib. 322
controversy of with Stillingfleet, ib. 323, xviii, 187
illiberality of Dryden and Stillingfleet, x, 251
appearance of the Hind and the Panther, i, 325
libels occasioned by publication of, x, 104
Hind and Panther, where composed, i, 325
projects a translation of the History of Heresies, ib. 334
appearance of the Life of St Francis Xavier, ib. 336
second volume of Miscellanies, ib. 340
character of translations of by Garth, ib. 340
translation of Te Deum, ib. 343
hymn for St John’s eve, ib. 344
consequences of the Revolution to, ib. 347
poetical attacks against, ib. 350
loses the offices of poet-laureat and historiographer-royal, ib. 354
appearance of Don Sebastian, i. 357
King Arthur, ib. 360
Cleomenes, ib. 362
Love Triumphant, ib. 364
last dramatic work of, viii, 333.
list of plays of, with the respective dates of their being acted and
published, i, 367
connections in society of, after the Revolution, ib. 369
indebted to Dorset’s bounty, ib. 370
exaggerated praise of Dorset by, xiii, 15
authority of in Will’s Coffee-house, i, 371
friendship of with Southerne and Congreve, ib. 372
literary friends of, ib. 373
--Dryden attacked by Swift, i, 374
appearance of translation of Juvenal and Persius, ib. 375
smaller pieces, ib. 376
Eleonora, ib. 376
Third Miscellany, ib. 378
controversy of with Rymer, ib. 379
correspondence of with Jacob Tonson, ib. 381
appearance of the translation of Virgil by, ib. 382
Fourth Miscellany, ib. 382
quarrel of with Tonson, ib. 387
anecdote of, ib. 390
and Tonson, ib. 391
dispute of with Milbourne, ib. 394, xi, 237
animadversions of on Milbourne, ib. 403
Ode to St Cecilia, appearance of, ib. 407
set to music by Handel, ib. 410
attacked for his silence on the death of Queen Mary, xviii, 222
translation of Homer meditated by, i, 414
projected works of, xiii, 31
dispute of with Blackmore, i, 420
appearance of Fables, ib. 427
agreement of with Jacob Tonson concerning the Fables, xviii, 191
resentment of against the clergy, i, 428
the Pilgrim brought forward for the benefit of, ib. 434
attack upon Blackmore and Collier, in the Prologue and Epilogue to the
Pilgrim, i, 436
last period of the life of, ib. 439
death and funeral of, ib. 440
Mr Russell’s bill for funeral of, xviii, 194
description of funeral of, ib. 195
ludicrous account of the funeral of by Farquhar, i, 441
Mrs Thomas’s letters concerning the death and funeral of, xviii, 200
account of funeral of by Mrs Thomas, false, i, 442
account of funeral of by Tom Brown, ib. 443
character of, ib. 444
Life of John Dryden,--character of by Congreve, ii, 9
notices of family of, i, 462
Ode on the death of by Alexander Oldys, xviii, 234

Life of St Francis Xavier, the Apostle of the Indies, xvi, 1
dedication of, ib. 3
writers of, ib. 9
address to the reader by the author of, ib. 8.
his birth, ib. 15
education, ib. 16
teaches philosophy, ib. 19
conversion, ib. 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--to 466
converts the Paravas, ib. 101
returns to Goa, ib. 101
visits Comorin, ib. 107
goes to Cochin, ib. 124
Negapatam, ib. 133
Meliapor, 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, ib. 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 St Francis Xavier, an authentic testimony of the truth of the
Gospel, ib. 535

Life of Virgil, xiii. 297
his birth, ib. 298
education, ib. 300
visits Rome, ib. 301
is introduced to Octavius, ib. 302
visits Athens, ib. 306
loses his patrimony, ib.