175
vide Duke of Buckingham,
of Danby, account of the, v, 296
epistle dedicatory to, ib.
vide Duke of Buckingham,
of Danby, account of the, v, 296
epistle dedicatory to, ib.
Dryden - Complete
113
Earl of Salisbury, ib. 337
Metropolis of Great Britain, ix, 89
Earl of Abingdon, xi, 121
Duke of Ormond, ib. 195
Duchess of Ormond, ib. 245
Lord Radcliffe, xii, 47
the Earl of Chesterfield, xiv, 3
Marquis of Normanby, ib. 127
Earl of Dorset, xv, 286
Duke of Ormond, xvii, 5
Congreve’s edition of Dryden’s Dramatic Works, ii, 5
Orpheus Britannicus, xi, 146
Creech’s Horace, extract from, viii, 202
(Author’s) of the History of the League, to the French King, xvii, 89
the Empress of Morocco, extract from, xv, 398
Defeat of the Mahometans at Malacca, xvi, 211
Defence of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy, ii, 265
the epilogue to the Conquest of Granada, iv, 211
the Immunities of the city of London, vii, 127
the use of the triplet in poetry, xiv, 216
rhyme in serious plays, xv, 367
the paper written by the Duchess of York, xvii, 208
Virgil against the reflections of M. Fontenelle, xiii, 345
Definition of satire, ib. 103
modern, ib. 105
a Georgic, xiv, 16
a play, xv, 302
Defoe’s Appeal to Honour and Justice, extract from, x, 387
Denham and Cowley’s manner of translation, xii, 14
Sir John, opinion of, on verbal translation, ib. 14
and Waller, improvers of English versification, i, 18
Dennis, John, letter of, to Dryden, xviii, 111
Dryden to, ib. 114
Dennis’s account of Dryden’s controversy with Settle, i, 183
Description of Titus Oates, by North, ix, 355
the Independents, x, 140
the personal appearance of Bishop Burnet, x, 270
Richard Flecknoe, ib. 441
Nokes the comedian, xi, 50
Love, xiv, 173
Mozambique, xvi, 63
the city of St. Thomas, ib. 138
the island of Ternato, ib. 166
Japan, ib. 290
an accomplished historian, xviii, 48
Design, the second part of painting, xvii, 349-420
Despairing Lover, from Theocritus, xii, 296
Device of the partizans of Monmouth, x, 364
Dialogue concerning women, preface to, xviii, 1
Dickinson, Henry, translator of Pere Simon’s critical history of the Old
Testament, x, 32
Dido to Æneas, epistle of, xii, 35
Difference between the taste of Dryden and Milton, i, 168
Dillon, Wentworth, vide Roscommon, Earl of,
Dimock or Dymock, hereditary champion of England, ii, 266
Dinner of loyal apprentices, ix, 396
Disaffected, American colonies a refuge for the, x, 394
Disappointment, epilogue to, ib. 390
Dispute of Dryden with Milbourne, i, 394
Blackmore, ib. 420
Disputes, political, in 1680 and 1681, parallel between, x, 353
Dissolution of Parliament by Cromwell, ix, 45
Distinction between the Greek satirical drama, and the satirical poetry
of the Romans, xiii, 47
of comedy into acts, not known to the early Greeks, xv, 311
Distressed circumstances of Wycherly, xiii, 77
Divination, rod of, what, ix, 20
Divines, moderate, what, x, 242
Division of the integral parts of a play, xv, 312
Divisions of history, xvii, 56
commentaries or annals, ib. 2
history proper, ib. 57
biography, ib. 58
Doctrine of Socinius, x, 46
Arius, ib. 146
Dolben, Bishop, account of, ix, 303
Gilbert, account of, xv, 190
Domenichino, character of, as a painter, xvii, 497
Don Sebastian, a tragedy, vii, 271
remarks on, ib. 273
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 283
preface to, ib. 291
prologue to, ib. 302
epilogue to, ib. 444
Donne, character of, as a love-poet, xi, 123
Dorset, Earl of character of, xiii, 7
Essay on Satire, addressed to the, ib. 3
Dryden’s exaggerated praise of, ib. 15
dedication to, xv, 286
song of, written the evening before battle, xv, 284
Double Discovery, or the Spanish Friar, xi, 365
Drama of the Greeks, plot of, xv, 313
Romans, ib. 314
revival of, at the Restoration, i, 65
Dramatic career of Dryden, commencement of, i, 80
termination of, i, 364
poesy, defence of, an essay of, ii, 265
notes concerning, ib. 263
poetry of the last age, essay on, iv, 211
miscellanies, extract from, v, 172
performances among the Romans, origin of, xiii, 51
Dramatic poesy, essay on, xv, 293
writing, English excel the ancients in, xv, 396
Dramatis personæ of Calisto, x, 337
The True Widow, ib. 343
The Humorists, ib. 452
Driden, Sir John, character of, i, 37
Driden, John, of Chesterton, account of, xi, 71
Poetical Epistle to, ib. 75
remarks on, ib. 71
Drury-lane theatre burnt, x, 319
Dryden, John, Life of, 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 to 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, ib. 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
Albion and Albanius, ib. 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
attacked by Swift, ib. 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
character of by Congreve, ii, 9
notices of family of, i, 462
Ode on the death of by Alexander Oldys, xviii, 234
and Shakspeare, parallel between, v, 287
conduct of with regard to Creech, censured, viii, 200
justified, ib. 202
comparison between the poems of Sprat and, ix, 6
accused of approving of the execution of Charles I, ib. 16
versification of the King’s Speech to the Oxford Parliament by, ib. 309
satire on Shadwell by, ib. 379
use of the Alexandrine by, ridiculed, ib. 413
Epode to, vii, 133
Prologues of ridiculed in the Rehearsal, x, 313
acknowledgment of to Dr William Gibbons, xi, 77
mistake of regarding the inequalities of Chaucer’s rhyme, xi, 221
critics censured by, xii, 49
inaccuracy of with regard to Sir Philip Sidney, xiii, 18
his translation of Virgil the best, xiv, 209
Poems ascribed to, xv, 197
Original Prose Works of, ib. 281
colleagues of in the Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco,
ib. 399
characterised, ib. 399
Life of Plutarch by, xvii, 1
extract from Epistolary Poem to, xviii, 218
Letters of, ib. 83
to Madam Honor Dryden, ib. 86
to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 89, 101
to the Rev. Dr. Busby, ib. 96, 98
to Jacob Tonson, ib. 103, 106, 109, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124,
126, 127, 128, 130, 136, 137, 138
with Mr Dennis, ib. 111, 114
with Mrs Steward, ib. 141, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153, 156, 157,
161, 169, 171, 174, 178, 180
with his sons at Rome, ib. 131
with Elmes Stewart, Esq. , ib. 143
with Samuel Pepys, ib. 154, 156
with the Right Hon. Charles Montague, ib. 159
with Mrs Elizabeth Thomas, junior, ib. 164, 167, 173
Dryden, Charles, letter of to Corinna, xviii, 213
Duchess of York, account of the, v, 95, ix, 73
Epistle Dedicatory to, v, 95
Verses to, ix, 76
Poetical Epistle to, xi, 33
paper of, xvii, 189
controversy between Dryden and Stillingfleet concerning paper of,
ib. 185
Stillingfleet’s answer to, ib. 194
Dryden’s defence of, ib. 208
Stillingfleet’s answer to defence of, ib. 252
Newcastle, account of, iii, 210
Buccleugh and Monmouth, account of, ix, 256
Ormond, Dedication to, ib. 245
Portsmouth’s picture, epigram on, xv, 280
Duke of Guise, a tragedy, vii, 1
remarks on, ib. 3
Parallel between, and affairs in England, ib. 4
Epistle Dedicatory to, ib. 18
Prologue to, ib. 19
Epilogue to, ib. 122
a tragedy, Vindication of, vii, 125
remarks on Vindication of, ib. 127
Advertisement to, ib. 133
and Monmouth, no parallel intended between, ib. 144
Massacre of Paris transposed for, ib. 188
attacked by Shadwell, i, 286
share of Dryden in, ib. 281
assassination of, xvii, 148
Duke of Newcastle, Congreve’s Dedication to, ii, 5
account of, iii, 209
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 209
Lerma, answer to the Preface of the, ii, 265
York, Dedication to, iv, 9
personal bravery of, ib. 10, ix, 161
attempt to counteract the influence of in the city, ix, 388
shipwreck of upon the Lemman Ore, ib. 401
picture of, at Guildhall, defaced, vii, 51
Prologue to, x, 366
requested by Charles II. to retire to the continent, ix, 384
presence of acceptable to the Scots, ib. 385
Albemarle, account of, ix, 394
gallant actions of, ix, 250-6
Monmouth, account of, ix, 250
Buckingham, account of, v, 174
intrepidity of, v, 175
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 174
Answer of to Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel, extracts from, ix, 272
Battle of, extract from, ib. 398
author of the Essay on Satire, xv, 201
gallantry of, ib. 211
satire on gallantry of, ib. 212
Ormond, account of, ix, 294-8, xi, 195
dedication to, xi, 195, xvii, 5
behaviour of at the battle of Landen, xi, 202
Beaufort, account of, ix, 390
noble house-keeping of, ib. 391
Grafton, account of, ix, 396
examination of Bishop Burnet concerning, x, 274
Shrewsbury, account of, xv, 192
Du Bartas, poem of, extract from, xv, 233
Dumfounding, what, x, 408
Dundee, Viscount, account of, xi, 113
Epitaph on the death of, ib. 115
remarks on, ib. 113
Pitcairn’s Epitaph upon, ib. 114
Du Fresnoy, Chas. Alphonse, account of, xvii, 281
Du Fresnoy’s Art of Painting, ib. 279
remarks on, ib. 281
observations on, ib. 392
judgment of the works of the principal painters of the two last ages,
ib. 489
Duras, Lewis, vide Earl of Feversham
Dutch, satire on, ix, 71
Dutch insolence, ib. 162
Duty of apprentices in ancient times, vi, 382
E.
Eagre or Higre, what, x, 65
Earl of Orrery, account of the, ii, 113
dedication to, ib. 113
of Mulgrave, account of the, v, 174
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 174
character of, ib.
175
vide Duke of Buckingham,
of Danby, account of the, v, 296
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 296
of Lindsay, account of the, ib. 304
of Carbery, vide Vaughan, Lord
of Sunderland, account of, vi, 231
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 231
of Rochester, account of, vii, 13, ix, 607
character of, iv, 235
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 235, vii, 13
banished the Court, ib. 238
assaults Dryden in Rose-street, i, 204
Dryden’s memorial to, ib. 296
account of, vii, 283
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 283
of Salisbury, epistle dedicatory to, viii, 337
of Clarendon, character of the, ix, 63
of Ossory, account of the, ib. 299
of Feversham, account of, ix, 397
of Nottingham, account of, ix, 400
of Shaftesbury, imprisonment and acquittal of, ib. 409
last period of the life of, ib. 415
ridiculed as aspiring to the crown of Poland, ix, 441
offers his services to Charles I. , ib. 444
character of, during usurpation of Cromwell, 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
of Roscommon, account of the, xii, 341
poetical epistle to, xi, 28
of Dorset, Dryden indebted to the bounty of, i, 370
Essay on Satire, addressed to the, xiii, 3
character of, ib. 7
Dryden’s exaggerated praise of, ib. 15
epistle dedicatory to, xv, 286
song of, written the evening before the battle, ib. 284
of Peterborough, account of the, ib. 189
of Exeter, character of the, ib. 191
epitaph of the, ib. 191
of Aylesbury, account of the, ib. 207
of Essex, account of the, ib. 207
prologue to, x, 368
Ecclesiastical policy, Hooker’s treatise upon, ib. 26
Effect of Dryden’s satirical poems on English poetry, i, 275
Effects of the Revolution upon literary pursuits, ib. 385
Elegies and epitaphs, xi, 91, 160
Elegy upon the death of Lord Hastings, ib. 94
to the memory of Mr Oldham, xi, 99
Mrs Anne Killigrew, ib. 105
on the death of Amyntas, ib. 139
on a very young gentleman, ib. 142
Election of Sheriffs for London, contest at, ix, 404
Eleonora, a panegyrical poem, to the memory of the Countess of Abingdon,
xi, 117
remarks on, ib. 119
dedication of, ib. 121
Elizabeth, Queen, age of, abundant in false wit, i, 7
John Lillie’s share in determining the taste of, ib. 7
association for the defence of the person of, ix, 422
Empress of Morocco, character of, i, 187
notes and observations on, xv, 405
postscript to, ib. 409
parody on part of, ib. 407
preface to notes, and observations on, ib. 401
England, poetry of, before the civil wars, i, 4
state of learning in, on the accession of James I. , ib. 5
milled money not struck in, before 1663, ix, 451
loyalty of church of, x, 154
tradition of no weight with the church of, ib. 156
establishment of the Jesuits in, ib. 255
English poetry, effect of Dryden’s satirical poems on, i, 275
versification improved by Denham and Waller, ib. 18
fleet, names of changed, ix, 63
verse, Virgil translated into, xiii, 279
lawyers, cruel doctrine of, xv, 297
plays, superiority of, ib. 349
excel the ancients in dramatic writing, ib. 3
Enchanted Island, or the Tempest, a comedy, iii, 95
Ennius, first author of Roman satire, xiii, 58
Ent, Dr George, account of, xi, 16
Enterprize of Sir Thomas Allen, ix, 177
Sir Robert Holmes, ib. 178, 184
Epic poem meditated by Dryden, i, 215
Epilogues and Prologues, x, 309, 424
to the Wild Gallant, a comedy, ii, 106-7
the Indian Queen, ib. 255
the Indian Emperor, ib. 377
Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen, ib. 469
Sir Martin Mar-all, iii, 93
the Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, ib. 205
An Evening’s Love, ib. 340
Tyrannic Love, iii, 435
the Conquest of Granada, iv, 110, 210
Defence of the, ib. 211
remarks on, ib. 229
to Marriage a-la-Mode, ib. 342
the Assignation, ib. 447
Amboyna, v, 87
Aureng-Zebe, ib. 282
All for Love, ib. 411
the Spanish Friar, vi, 485
Limberham, ib. 114
Œdipus, ib. 222
Troilus and Cressida, ib. 363
the Duke of Guise, vii, 122
Albion and Albanus, ib. 268
Don Sebastian, ib. 444
Amphitryon, viii, 106
Cleomenes, ib. 329
Love Triumphant, ib. 435
the Pilgrim, ib. 462
remarks on, ib. 459
attack upon Jeremy Collier in, i, 436
spoken at the opening of the New House, x, 326
Oxford, ib. 330
intended to have been spoken by Lady H. M. Wentworth, ib. 337
to the Man of Mode, ib. 339
Mithridates, ib. 341, 354
Tamerlane, ib. 356
the University of Oxford, ib. 360, 381
for the King’s House, ib. 362
to the Loyal Brother, ib. 377
Constantine the Great, ib. 386
the Disappointment, ib. 390
upon the union of the two companies, x, 398
to the Princess of Cleves, ib. 402
Henry II. , ib. 412, 420
the Husband his own Cuckold, ib. 423
the Humourists, from, ib. 456
Epistle dedicatory to the King, xvii, 81
Queen, xvi, 3
Duke of Newcastle, ii, 5, iii, 209
Earl of Orrery, ii, 113
Duchess of Monmouth and Buccleuch, ii, 259
Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, iii, 346
Duke of York, iv, 9
Earl of Rochester, ib. 235
Sir Charles Sedley, ib. 348
Lord Clifford, v, 5, xiii, 337
the Duchess of York, v, 95
Earl of Mulgrave, ib. 174
Earl of Danby, ib. 296
Lord Vaughan, vi, 6
the Earl of Sunderland, ib. 231
Lord Haughton, ib. 373
the Earl of Rochester, vii, 13
Earl of Leicester, ib. 283
Sir William Leveson Gower, viii, 7
the Marquis of Halifax, ib. 113
Earl of Salisbury, ib. 337
Metropolis of Great Britain, ix, 89
Earl of Abingdon, xi, 121
Duke of Ormond, ib. 195
Duchess of Ormond, ib. 245
Lord Radcliffe, xii, 47
the Earl of Chesterfield, xiv, 3
Marquis of Normandy, ib. 127
Earl of Dorset, xv, 286
Duke of Ormond, xvii, 5
Mr Congreve’s edition of Dryden’s Dramatic Works, ii, 5
Orpheus Britannicus, xi, 146
Creech’s Horace, extract from, viii, 202
of the History of the League, to the French King, xvii, 89
to the Empress of Morocco, extract from, xv, 398
to the Whigs, ix, 417
by Sir George Etherege, to the Earl of Middleton, xi, 40
poetical, from Pope to Jervas, xvii, 282
Mason to Sir Joshua Reynolds, ib. 284
Epistles of John Dryden, xviii, 83
remarks on, ib. 85
of Dryden to Madam Honor Dryden, ib. 86
to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 89, 101
to the Rev. Dr Bushby, ib. 96, 98
to Jacob Tonson, ib. 103, 106, 109, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124,
126, 127, 128, 130, 136, 137, 138
to Mr Dennis, ib. 111, 114
to Mrs Steward, ib. 131, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153, 156, 157,
161, 169, 171, 174, 178, 180
to his sons, at Rome, ib. 131
to Elmes Steward, Esq. , ib. 143
to Samuel Pepys, ib. 154, 156
to the Right Hon. Charles Montague, ib. 159
to Mrs Elizabeth Thomas, junior, ib. 164, 167, 173
Epistles poetical, xi, 1-90
to John Hoddeson, ib. 4
to Robert Howard, ib. 7
to Dr Charleton, ib. 14
to Lady Castlemain, ib. 20
to Mr Lee, ib. 23
to the Earl of Roscommon, ib. 28
to the Duchess of York, ib. 33
to Mr J. Northleigh, ib. 37
to Sir George Etherege, ib. 42
to Mr Southerne, ib. 50
to Henry Higden, ib. 55
to Mr Congreve, xi. 59
to Mr Granville, ib. 64
to Mr Motteux, ib. 69
to John Driden, ib. 75
to Sir Godfrey Kneller, ib.
Ovid’s, translations from, xii, 1-41
preface to, ib. 3
character of, ib. 11
Canace to Macareus, ib. 21
Helen to Paris, ib. 26
Dido to Æneas, ib. 35
Epitaph on the Earl of Rochester’s being dismissed from the treasury,
xv, 279
Epithalamium of Helen and Menelaus, xii, 292
Epitome of Polybius, engaged in by Marcus Brutus, xviii, 30
Epode to Dryden, vii, 133
second of Horace, xii, 351
Essay of Dramatic Poesy, defence of, ii, 265
on Heroic Plays, iv, 16
on the dramatic poetry of the last age, iv, 211
on translated verse, xi, 28
Poetical Epistle on, ib. 28
on Virgil’s Georgic’s, xiv, 14
upon Satire, xv, 203
remarks on, ib. 201
upon Satire, Duke of Buckingham, author of, xv, 201
of Dramatic Poesy, xv, 293
remarks on, ib. 283
dedication to, ib. 286
advertisement to, ib. 292
Essex, Earl of, prologue to, x, 368
Establishment of the Jesuits in England, ib. 255
Etherege, Sir George, account of, ib. 454
epistle of, to the Earl of Middleton, xi, 40
Evremont, M. St, account of, xviii, 11
character of, ib. 9
Examination of Bishop Burnet by the House of Commons, x, 274
Evening’s Love, or the Mock Astrologer, a comedy, iii, 207
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 209
remarks on, iii, 217
preface to, ib. 218
prologue to, ib. 233
epilogue to, ib. 340
Extract from preface to the Sullen Lovers, i, 260
Journal of Capt. 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.
Earl of Salisbury, ib. 337
Metropolis of Great Britain, ix, 89
Earl of Abingdon, xi, 121
Duke of Ormond, ib. 195
Duchess of Ormond, ib. 245
Lord Radcliffe, xii, 47
the Earl of Chesterfield, xiv, 3
Marquis of Normanby, ib. 127
Earl of Dorset, xv, 286
Duke of Ormond, xvii, 5
Congreve’s edition of Dryden’s Dramatic Works, ii, 5
Orpheus Britannicus, xi, 146
Creech’s Horace, extract from, viii, 202
(Author’s) of the History of the League, to the French King, xvii, 89
the Empress of Morocco, extract from, xv, 398
Defeat of the Mahometans at Malacca, xvi, 211
Defence of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy, ii, 265
the epilogue to the Conquest of Granada, iv, 211
the Immunities of the city of London, vii, 127
the use of the triplet in poetry, xiv, 216
rhyme in serious plays, xv, 367
the paper written by the Duchess of York, xvii, 208
Virgil against the reflections of M. Fontenelle, xiii, 345
Definition of satire, ib. 103
modern, ib. 105
a Georgic, xiv, 16
a play, xv, 302
Defoe’s Appeal to Honour and Justice, extract from, x, 387
Denham and Cowley’s manner of translation, xii, 14
Sir John, opinion of, on verbal translation, ib. 14
and Waller, improvers of English versification, i, 18
Dennis, John, letter of, to Dryden, xviii, 111
Dryden to, ib. 114
Dennis’s account of Dryden’s controversy with Settle, i, 183
Description of Titus Oates, by North, ix, 355
the Independents, x, 140
the personal appearance of Bishop Burnet, x, 270
Richard Flecknoe, ib. 441
Nokes the comedian, xi, 50
Love, xiv, 173
Mozambique, xvi, 63
the city of St. Thomas, ib. 138
the island of Ternato, ib. 166
Japan, ib. 290
an accomplished historian, xviii, 48
Design, the second part of painting, xvii, 349-420
Despairing Lover, from Theocritus, xii, 296
Device of the partizans of Monmouth, x, 364
Dialogue concerning women, preface to, xviii, 1
Dickinson, Henry, translator of Pere Simon’s critical history of the Old
Testament, x, 32
Dido to Æneas, epistle of, xii, 35
Difference between the taste of Dryden and Milton, i, 168
Dillon, Wentworth, vide Roscommon, Earl of,
Dimock or Dymock, hereditary champion of England, ii, 266
Dinner of loyal apprentices, ix, 396
Disaffected, American colonies a refuge for the, x, 394
Disappointment, epilogue to, ib. 390
Dispute of Dryden with Milbourne, i, 394
Blackmore, ib. 420
Disputes, political, in 1680 and 1681, parallel between, x, 353
Dissolution of Parliament by Cromwell, ix, 45
Distinction between the Greek satirical drama, and the satirical poetry
of the Romans, xiii, 47
of comedy into acts, not known to the early Greeks, xv, 311
Distressed circumstances of Wycherly, xiii, 77
Divination, rod of, what, ix, 20
Divines, moderate, what, x, 242
Division of the integral parts of a play, xv, 312
Divisions of history, xvii, 56
commentaries or annals, ib. 2
history proper, ib. 57
biography, ib. 58
Doctrine of Socinius, x, 46
Arius, ib. 146
Dolben, Bishop, account of, ix, 303
Gilbert, account of, xv, 190
Domenichino, character of, as a painter, xvii, 497
Don Sebastian, a tragedy, vii, 271
remarks on, ib. 273
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 283
preface to, ib. 291
prologue to, ib. 302
epilogue to, ib. 444
Donne, character of, as a love-poet, xi, 123
Dorset, Earl of character of, xiii, 7
Essay on Satire, addressed to the, ib. 3
Dryden’s exaggerated praise of, ib. 15
dedication to, xv, 286
song of, written the evening before battle, xv, 284
Double Discovery, or the Spanish Friar, xi, 365
Drama of the Greeks, plot of, xv, 313
Romans, ib. 314
revival of, at the Restoration, i, 65
Dramatic career of Dryden, commencement of, i, 80
termination of, i, 364
poesy, defence of, an essay of, ii, 265
notes concerning, ib. 263
poetry of the last age, essay on, iv, 211
miscellanies, extract from, v, 172
performances among the Romans, origin of, xiii, 51
Dramatic poesy, essay on, xv, 293
writing, English excel the ancients in, xv, 396
Dramatis personæ of Calisto, x, 337
The True Widow, ib. 343
The Humorists, ib. 452
Driden, Sir John, character of, i, 37
Driden, John, of Chesterton, account of, xi, 71
Poetical Epistle to, ib. 75
remarks on, ib. 71
Drury-lane theatre burnt, x, 319
Dryden, John, Life of, 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 to 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, ib. 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
Albion and Albanius, ib. 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
attacked by Swift, ib. 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
character of by Congreve, ii, 9
notices of family of, i, 462
Ode on the death of by Alexander Oldys, xviii, 234
and Shakspeare, parallel between, v, 287
conduct of with regard to Creech, censured, viii, 200
justified, ib. 202
comparison between the poems of Sprat and, ix, 6
accused of approving of the execution of Charles I, ib. 16
versification of the King’s Speech to the Oxford Parliament by, ib. 309
satire on Shadwell by, ib. 379
use of the Alexandrine by, ridiculed, ib. 413
Epode to, vii, 133
Prologues of ridiculed in the Rehearsal, x, 313
acknowledgment of to Dr William Gibbons, xi, 77
mistake of regarding the inequalities of Chaucer’s rhyme, xi, 221
critics censured by, xii, 49
inaccuracy of with regard to Sir Philip Sidney, xiii, 18
his translation of Virgil the best, xiv, 209
Poems ascribed to, xv, 197
Original Prose Works of, ib. 281
colleagues of in the Notes and Observations on the Empress of Morocco,
ib. 399
characterised, ib. 399
Life of Plutarch by, xvii, 1
extract from Epistolary Poem to, xviii, 218
Letters of, ib. 83
to Madam Honor Dryden, ib. 86
to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 89, 101
to the Rev. Dr. Busby, ib. 96, 98
to Jacob Tonson, ib. 103, 106, 109, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124,
126, 127, 128, 130, 136, 137, 138
with Mr Dennis, ib. 111, 114
with Mrs Steward, ib. 141, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153, 156, 157,
161, 169, 171, 174, 178, 180
with his sons at Rome, ib. 131
with Elmes Stewart, Esq. , ib. 143
with Samuel Pepys, ib. 154, 156
with the Right Hon. Charles Montague, ib. 159
with Mrs Elizabeth Thomas, junior, ib. 164, 167, 173
Dryden, Charles, letter of to Corinna, xviii, 213
Duchess of York, account of the, v, 95, ix, 73
Epistle Dedicatory to, v, 95
Verses to, ix, 76
Poetical Epistle to, xi, 33
paper of, xvii, 189
controversy between Dryden and Stillingfleet concerning paper of,
ib. 185
Stillingfleet’s answer to, ib. 194
Dryden’s defence of, ib. 208
Stillingfleet’s answer to defence of, ib. 252
Newcastle, account of, iii, 210
Buccleugh and Monmouth, account of, ix, 256
Ormond, Dedication to, ib. 245
Portsmouth’s picture, epigram on, xv, 280
Duke of Guise, a tragedy, vii, 1
remarks on, ib. 3
Parallel between, and affairs in England, ib. 4
Epistle Dedicatory to, ib. 18
Prologue to, ib. 19
Epilogue to, ib. 122
a tragedy, Vindication of, vii, 125
remarks on Vindication of, ib. 127
Advertisement to, ib. 133
and Monmouth, no parallel intended between, ib. 144
Massacre of Paris transposed for, ib. 188
attacked by Shadwell, i, 286
share of Dryden in, ib. 281
assassination of, xvii, 148
Duke of Newcastle, Congreve’s Dedication to, ii, 5
account of, iii, 209
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 209
Lerma, answer to the Preface of the, ii, 265
York, Dedication to, iv, 9
personal bravery of, ib. 10, ix, 161
attempt to counteract the influence of in the city, ix, 388
shipwreck of upon the Lemman Ore, ib. 401
picture of, at Guildhall, defaced, vii, 51
Prologue to, x, 366
requested by Charles II. to retire to the continent, ix, 384
presence of acceptable to the Scots, ib. 385
Albemarle, account of, ix, 394
gallant actions of, ix, 250-6
Monmouth, account of, ix, 250
Buckingham, account of, v, 174
intrepidity of, v, 175
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 174
Answer of to Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel, extracts from, ix, 272
Battle of, extract from, ib. 398
author of the Essay on Satire, xv, 201
gallantry of, ib. 211
satire on gallantry of, ib. 212
Ormond, account of, ix, 294-8, xi, 195
dedication to, xi, 195, xvii, 5
behaviour of at the battle of Landen, xi, 202
Beaufort, account of, ix, 390
noble house-keeping of, ib. 391
Grafton, account of, ix, 396
examination of Bishop Burnet concerning, x, 274
Shrewsbury, account of, xv, 192
Du Bartas, poem of, extract from, xv, 233
Dumfounding, what, x, 408
Dundee, Viscount, account of, xi, 113
Epitaph on the death of, ib. 115
remarks on, ib. 113
Pitcairn’s Epitaph upon, ib. 114
Du Fresnoy, Chas. Alphonse, account of, xvii, 281
Du Fresnoy’s Art of Painting, ib. 279
remarks on, ib. 281
observations on, ib. 392
judgment of the works of the principal painters of the two last ages,
ib. 489
Duras, Lewis, vide Earl of Feversham
Dutch, satire on, ix, 71
Dutch insolence, ib. 162
Duty of apprentices in ancient times, vi, 382
E.
Eagre or Higre, what, x, 65
Earl of Orrery, account of the, ii, 113
dedication to, ib. 113
of Mulgrave, account of the, v, 174
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 174
character of, ib.
175
vide Duke of Buckingham,
of Danby, account of the, v, 296
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 296
of Lindsay, account of the, ib. 304
of Carbery, vide Vaughan, Lord
of Sunderland, account of, vi, 231
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 231
of Rochester, account of, vii, 13, ix, 607
character of, iv, 235
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 235, vii, 13
banished the Court, ib. 238
assaults Dryden in Rose-street, i, 204
Dryden’s memorial to, ib. 296
account of, vii, 283
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 283
of Salisbury, epistle dedicatory to, viii, 337
of Clarendon, character of the, ix, 63
of Ossory, account of the, ib. 299
of Feversham, account of, ix, 397
of Nottingham, account of, ix, 400
of Shaftesbury, imprisonment and acquittal of, ib. 409
last period of the life of, ib. 415
ridiculed as aspiring to the crown of Poland, ix, 441
offers his services to Charles I. , ib. 444
character of, during usurpation of Cromwell, 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
of Roscommon, account of the, xii, 341
poetical epistle to, xi, 28
of Dorset, Dryden indebted to the bounty of, i, 370
Essay on Satire, addressed to the, xiii, 3
character of, ib. 7
Dryden’s exaggerated praise of, ib. 15
epistle dedicatory to, xv, 286
song of, written the evening before the battle, ib. 284
of Peterborough, account of the, ib. 189
of Exeter, character of the, ib. 191
epitaph of the, ib. 191
of Aylesbury, account of the, ib. 207
of Essex, account of the, ib. 207
prologue to, x, 368
Ecclesiastical policy, Hooker’s treatise upon, ib. 26
Effect of Dryden’s satirical poems on English poetry, i, 275
Effects of the Revolution upon literary pursuits, ib. 385
Elegies and epitaphs, xi, 91, 160
Elegy upon the death of Lord Hastings, ib. 94
to the memory of Mr Oldham, xi, 99
Mrs Anne Killigrew, ib. 105
on the death of Amyntas, ib. 139
on a very young gentleman, ib. 142
Election of Sheriffs for London, contest at, ix, 404
Eleonora, a panegyrical poem, to the memory of the Countess of Abingdon,
xi, 117
remarks on, ib. 119
dedication of, ib. 121
Elizabeth, Queen, age of, abundant in false wit, i, 7
John Lillie’s share in determining the taste of, ib. 7
association for the defence of the person of, ix, 422
Empress of Morocco, character of, i, 187
notes and observations on, xv, 405
postscript to, ib. 409
parody on part of, ib. 407
preface to notes, and observations on, ib. 401
England, poetry of, before the civil wars, i, 4
state of learning in, on the accession of James I. , ib. 5
milled money not struck in, before 1663, ix, 451
loyalty of church of, x, 154
tradition of no weight with the church of, ib. 156
establishment of the Jesuits in, ib. 255
English poetry, effect of Dryden’s satirical poems on, i, 275
versification improved by Denham and Waller, ib. 18
fleet, names of changed, ix, 63
verse, Virgil translated into, xiii, 279
lawyers, cruel doctrine of, xv, 297
plays, superiority of, ib. 349
excel the ancients in dramatic writing, ib. 3
Enchanted Island, or the Tempest, a comedy, iii, 95
Ennius, first author of Roman satire, xiii, 58
Ent, Dr George, account of, xi, 16
Enterprize of Sir Thomas Allen, ix, 177
Sir Robert Holmes, ib. 178, 184
Epic poem meditated by Dryden, i, 215
Epilogues and Prologues, x, 309, 424
to the Wild Gallant, a comedy, ii, 106-7
the Indian Queen, ib. 255
the Indian Emperor, ib. 377
Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen, ib. 469
Sir Martin Mar-all, iii, 93
the Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, ib. 205
An Evening’s Love, ib. 340
Tyrannic Love, iii, 435
the Conquest of Granada, iv, 110, 210
Defence of the, ib. 211
remarks on, ib. 229
to Marriage a-la-Mode, ib. 342
the Assignation, ib. 447
Amboyna, v, 87
Aureng-Zebe, ib. 282
All for Love, ib. 411
the Spanish Friar, vi, 485
Limberham, ib. 114
Œdipus, ib. 222
Troilus and Cressida, ib. 363
the Duke of Guise, vii, 122
Albion and Albanus, ib. 268
Don Sebastian, ib. 444
Amphitryon, viii, 106
Cleomenes, ib. 329
Love Triumphant, ib. 435
the Pilgrim, ib. 462
remarks on, ib. 459
attack upon Jeremy Collier in, i, 436
spoken at the opening of the New House, x, 326
Oxford, ib. 330
intended to have been spoken by Lady H. M. Wentworth, ib. 337
to the Man of Mode, ib. 339
Mithridates, ib. 341, 354
Tamerlane, ib. 356
the University of Oxford, ib. 360, 381
for the King’s House, ib. 362
to the Loyal Brother, ib. 377
Constantine the Great, ib. 386
the Disappointment, ib. 390
upon the union of the two companies, x, 398
to the Princess of Cleves, ib. 402
Henry II. , ib. 412, 420
the Husband his own Cuckold, ib. 423
the Humourists, from, ib. 456
Epistle dedicatory to the King, xvii, 81
Queen, xvi, 3
Duke of Newcastle, ii, 5, iii, 209
Earl of Orrery, ii, 113
Duchess of Monmouth and Buccleuch, ii, 259
Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, iii, 346
Duke of York, iv, 9
Earl of Rochester, ib. 235
Sir Charles Sedley, ib. 348
Lord Clifford, v, 5, xiii, 337
the Duchess of York, v, 95
Earl of Mulgrave, ib. 174
Earl of Danby, ib. 296
Lord Vaughan, vi, 6
the Earl of Sunderland, ib. 231
Lord Haughton, ib. 373
the Earl of Rochester, vii, 13
Earl of Leicester, ib. 283
Sir William Leveson Gower, viii, 7
the Marquis of Halifax, ib. 113
Earl of Salisbury, ib. 337
Metropolis of Great Britain, ix, 89
Earl of Abingdon, xi, 121
Duke of Ormond, ib. 195
Duchess of Ormond, ib. 245
Lord Radcliffe, xii, 47
the Earl of Chesterfield, xiv, 3
Marquis of Normandy, ib. 127
Earl of Dorset, xv, 286
Duke of Ormond, xvii, 5
Mr Congreve’s edition of Dryden’s Dramatic Works, ii, 5
Orpheus Britannicus, xi, 146
Creech’s Horace, extract from, viii, 202
of the History of the League, to the French King, xvii, 89
to the Empress of Morocco, extract from, xv, 398
to the Whigs, ix, 417
by Sir George Etherege, to the Earl of Middleton, xi, 40
poetical, from Pope to Jervas, xvii, 282
Mason to Sir Joshua Reynolds, ib. 284
Epistles of John Dryden, xviii, 83
remarks on, ib. 85
of Dryden to Madam Honor Dryden, ib. 86
to the Earl of Rochester, ib. 89, 101
to the Rev. Dr Bushby, ib. 96, 98
to Jacob Tonson, ib. 103, 106, 109, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124,
126, 127, 128, 130, 136, 137, 138
to Mr Dennis, ib. 111, 114
to Mrs Steward, ib. 131, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153, 156, 157,
161, 169, 171, 174, 178, 180
to his sons, at Rome, ib. 131
to Elmes Steward, Esq. , ib. 143
to Samuel Pepys, ib. 154, 156
to the Right Hon. Charles Montague, ib. 159
to Mrs Elizabeth Thomas, junior, ib. 164, 167, 173
Epistles poetical, xi, 1-90
to John Hoddeson, ib. 4
to Robert Howard, ib. 7
to Dr Charleton, ib. 14
to Lady Castlemain, ib. 20
to Mr Lee, ib. 23
to the Earl of Roscommon, ib. 28
to the Duchess of York, ib. 33
to Mr J. Northleigh, ib. 37
to Sir George Etherege, ib. 42
to Mr Southerne, ib. 50
to Henry Higden, ib. 55
to Mr Congreve, xi. 59
to Mr Granville, ib. 64
to Mr Motteux, ib. 69
to John Driden, ib. 75
to Sir Godfrey Kneller, ib.
Ovid’s, translations from, xii, 1-41
preface to, ib. 3
character of, ib. 11
Canace to Macareus, ib. 21
Helen to Paris, ib. 26
Dido to Æneas, ib. 35
Epitaph on the Earl of Rochester’s being dismissed from the treasury,
xv, 279
Epithalamium of Helen and Menelaus, xii, 292
Epitome of Polybius, engaged in by Marcus Brutus, xviii, 30
Epode to Dryden, vii, 133
second of Horace, xii, 351
Essay of Dramatic Poesy, defence of, ii, 265
on Heroic Plays, iv, 16
on the dramatic poetry of the last age, iv, 211
on translated verse, xi, 28
Poetical Epistle on, ib. 28
on Virgil’s Georgic’s, xiv, 14
upon Satire, xv, 203
remarks on, ib. 201
upon Satire, Duke of Buckingham, author of, xv, 201
of Dramatic Poesy, xv, 293
remarks on, ib. 283
dedication to, ib. 286
advertisement to, ib. 292
Essex, Earl of, prologue to, x, 368
Establishment of the Jesuits in England, ib. 255
Etherege, Sir George, account of, ib. 454
epistle of, to the Earl of Middleton, xi, 40
Evremont, M. St, account of, xviii, 11
character of, ib. 9
Examination of Bishop Burnet by the House of Commons, x, 274
Evening’s Love, or the Mock Astrologer, a comedy, iii, 207
epistle dedicatory to, ib. 209
remarks on, iii, 217
preface to, ib. 218
prologue to, ib. 233
epilogue to, ib. 340
Extract from preface to the Sullen Lovers, i, 260
Journal of Capt. 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
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