Lay Patronage, case of, in Scotland, v. 615.
Laziness, commonly associated with ti- midity, ii. 61.
Lear, King, observations on Shakspeare's tragedy of, v. 161.
Learned Men, advantages from their living in societies, iii. 18. Their complaints of ill treatment and neglected merit exa- mined, i. 356. The neglect of some occa- sioned by their own inconsistency of con- duct, 358. Such become objects of just contempt, who by their writings seduce others to vice, 360. By various actions ex- posed to contempt, ii. 75. Their condescen- sion and affability sources of great esteem,76. Learning, the advantages of, iii. 66. His- tory of a man of, vi. 250. Eminence in, not to be obtained without labour, i. 103. The possession of applause on that account, a precarious tenure, ib. Its origin and excel- lence, 106. Wherein it differs from wit, 107. The mutual advantages from an union with wit, ib. The proper business of youth, 508. Degraded by promiscuous and indecent dedications, ii. 69. Wherein the chief art consists, 73. Literary eminence not to be acquired from the study of books, 156. Advanced by adhering to a settled plan, 578. Sometimes improved by accident, 579. Obstructions to, 655. Not confined to time or place, 656. Sir R. Blackmore's opinion of, iii. 651.
Leasowes, rendered elegant by the taste of Shenstone, iv. 330.
Lea, Nath. in conjunction with Dryden, wrote the Duke of Guise and Edipus, iii. 397.400.
Legacy-Hunter, his character represent- ed in the history of Captator, ii. 335. Legendary Tales, burlesque on the mo- dern versification of, vi. 420.
Lentulus, his history, iii. 37.
Letters, characters not to be established from them, iv. 240.
Leviculus, his character, ii. 274. Levet, Dr. Robert, verses on his death, vi. 405.
Liar, characterized, iii. 20. Lie of vanity defined, 21. Ought to be punished at the whipping-post or in the pillory, 24.
Liberalis, the wit, some account of the disagreeable treatment he met with, ii. 186. Liberty of the Press, reflections on, iv.61. Licensers of the stage. See Stage. Lies, once nttered, sullenly supported, iii. 626.
Life, human, Theodore's Vision on the progress of, vi. 273. Posidippus's account of, iii. 94. Metrodorus's account of, ib. The tediousness of, to those who are averse to the pleasures of solitude, i. 22. The shortness and uncertainty of it should de- termine us to moderate our passions and contract our desires, 84. The miseries inci- dent to it designed for the exercise and im-
provement of virtue, 154. Instinct and pas- sion the first springs and motives of action in it, 231. Often distressed by new desires and artificial passions, which strongly ope- rate, and produce avarice, vanity, and am- bition, 232. The main of it composed of small incidents, 318. The great end of pru- dence is to direct some of its principal scenes, 319. The shortness of it not duly regarded, 331. The fragility of it not duly regarded, 332. Exact calculations of the value of it more useful in traffick than in morality, ib. The duties of it commensurate to its duration, 333. Described under the similitude of the ocean, 476. The numerous dangers which attend our passage through it, 477. The gulf of intemperance pecu- liarly dangerous and fatal, 479. The nu- merous blessings of it to be esteemed and improved as means of happiness, 522. A conviction of the shortness of it should re- press our projects, and limit our expecta- tions, ii. 201. Of multitudes compared to a lottery, 273. The general plan of it should be formed from reflections, 282. On the uncertainty of, 505. Compared to a day and a year, 512. Plans laid down seldom put in practice, exemplified in the history of Omar, 673.
Life, choice of, observations on, vi. 201. The hermit's directions, 208.
Life, country, the busy scenes of it de- scribed in the character of Lady Bustle, i. 240.
Life, fashionable, or modish, disgraced by numerous and detestable follies, i. 544. Light, the poetical propagation of, iii.
Lilinet the Fairy, story of, vi. 286. Linger, Dick, the story of, ii. 446. Listlessness characterized, in the story of Dick Linger, ii. 446.
Literary Magazine, Johnson's writings in, v. 633. Preface to, 513.
Literary Property, the villany of piracy in, iii. 373. Never heard of but in England, $74. Stupidity the surest title to an author's writings, ib.
Literature, the manufacturers of it, ac- count of their characters, ii. 115.
Lobo, Father, Preface to the Translation of his Voyage to Abyssinia, v. 233. Ac- count of it, i. viii.
Lochbuy, account of, vi. 149. 152. Lofty, Lady, her character, i. 56.
London and Bristol, delineated by Sa- vage, iv. 116. Happiness of the great on their return to London, ii. 618. Happiness of virgins going there to try their fortunes, ib. Their happiness generally ends in dis- appointment, 619. A poem in imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal, vi. 303.
London Chronicle, Preliminary Discourse to it, Jan. 1, 1757, v. 188. Longueville, William, some account of, iii. 283.
Longitude, account of an attempt to as- certain, v. 271.
Lottery, the life of multitudes compared to it, ii. 273. The passionate and insnaring hopes of gain by them, 269, 270. Most commonly visionary and fallacious, 270. The imaginary prospects of fortuitous riches, injurious to trade, and the sources of per- petual delusion, 270, 271.
Love, metaphysically described, iii. 165. In geographical poetry compared to travels through various countries, 166. Described according to the laws of augury, ib. A lover neither dead nor alive, 169. A lover's heart, a hand grenado, 170. A mistress beloved is fairer in idea than in reality, ib. Medita- tions of a lover, 171. Described by Dryden, 467. Man inspired to honour and glory by it, vi. 390. The universal agent of the stage, except in Shakspeare, v. 100. Success in it most easily obtained by indirect ap- proaches, i. 3.
Love of excellence natural, iii. 151. Love's Labour Lost, observations on Shakspeare's comedy, v. 148.
lishes Dialogues on the Dead, ib. Created Lord Lyttelton, ib. Story of the publica- tion of his life of Henry II., 407. Account of his last illness and death 1763, by his physician, 408. His epitaph, 409. His poetical works characterised, ib.
MACBETH, observations on Shakspeare's tragedy of, v. 55. 151. Remarks on the impropriety, as well as energy of its dic- tion, ii. 216. Account of the castle of, at Inverness, vi. 23.
Macclesfield, Earl and Countess of, ac- count of their divorce, iv. 32. The Countess marries Col. Brett, 33. Gives 50l. to Sa- vage, 42. Disappointed in her South Sea traffic, ib. Continues to persecute her son, 43.
Macdonald, Sir Alexander, account of his house at Armidel in the Isle of Sky, vi. 45. The tradition of one of his predecessors burning the inhabitants of Culloden in a church, ib.
Macdonald, Hugh, account of his con- spiracy against his chief, to whom he was
Love's Riddle, written by Cowley, when heir, in the time of James Vl. vi. 69. at school, iii. 149.
Lough Ness, account of, vi. 25. Louisbourg, the English and French ac- count of the capture of it, contrasted, ii. 444.
Lucan, his Pharsalia translated by Chris- topher Pitt, before he was twenty years of age, iv. 287.
Lucas Family, all the brothers valiant, all the sisters virtuous, ii. 423.
Lucifer, described by Cowley, iii. 185. Lucretius, remarks on his system, i. 249. Luxury, united with indolence produceth the most pernicious effects, i. 160. The veterans of it strongly addicted to sallies and excess of resentment and fury, 192. Its fatal effects exemplified in the history of Hacho, King of Lapland, ii. 660.
Lyce, an elderly lady, verses to, vi. 404. Lycidas, written by Milton, in 1637, iii. 212. Character of that poem, 259.
Lyttelton, George, Lord, his life, iv. 403. Son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton of Hagley, Worcestershire, born 1709, ib. Educated at Eton, and removed to Christ Church, ib. An early writer both in verse and prose, ib. Leaves Oxford 1728, and travels through France and Italy, ib. An opponent in par- liament to Sir R. Walpole, ib. Secretary to the Prince of Wales, 404. Introduces Thomson and Mallet into the suite of the Prince of Wales, ib. Lord of the Trea- sury, 1744, 405. Writes observations on the conversion of St. Paul, 1747, ib. His father's letter to him on that publication, ib. Succeeds his father in the title of Baronet 1751, ib. Becomes Cofferer aud Privy Counsellor 1754, 406. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1755, ib. Travels, into Wales, ib. Patronises Archibald Bower, ib. Pub-
Macdonald, Flora, interview with, vi. 63. 501.
Mackinnon, account of his house at Co- riatachan in Sky, vi. 50.
Maclean of Col, account of himself and family, vi. 116.
Macleod, account of that happy family, proprietors of the island of Raasay, vi. 54. Account of that family and their house at Dunvegan, 63.
Madock, Prince, epitaph on, vi. 460. Magnet, first discovered 1299, v. 192 The pretended and imaginary influence of it, ii. 346.
Mallet, David, writes part of the pro- logue to Sophonisba, iv. 293. In conjunc- tion with Thomson, writes the Masque of Alfred, 294. His Life, S80. Of the Clan of Macgregors, his father took the name of Malloch, ib. Janitor of the High School at Edinburgh, ib. Tutor to the sons of the Duke of Montrose, ib. Travels with his pupils, and on his return to London, is in- troduced to persons of the highest rank and character, ib. William and Margaret, his first production, 1724, 381. His other works, ib. Changes his name to Mallet, ib. Becomes acquainted with Pope, 382. Writes the Life of Bacon prefixed to his works, 1750, ib. Undertakes the Life of Marlbo- rough, ib. Under-secretary to the Prince of Wales, with a pension of 2001. a year, ib. In conjunction with Thomson, writes the Masque of Alfred, ib. His conversation with Garrick on introducing his name in the life of Marlborough, ib. Dutchess of Marlborough leaves him 1000l., 383. Leaves no historical labours behind him, ib. Mustapha acted at Drury Lane, 1739. ib. Sells the copy of Amyntor and Theodora
for 1201., ib. Introduced to the friendship of felicities which frequently attend that state, Lord Bolingbroke, 384. Lord Bolingbroke leaves him his works, ib. Masque of Bri- tannia, acted 1755, ib. Elvira acted 1763, ib. Keeper of the book of entries for ships in the port of London, ib. Writes a letter of accusation against Admiral Byng, under the character of a Plain Man, for which he receives a pension, ib. Died 1765, ib. Cha- racter of him and his works, ib.
Malouines. See Falkland Islands. Man, a good man, a telescope, iii. 167. All he has to do is to live and die, 171. Who travels and his wife who stays at home, compared to a pair of compasses, 173. Characters of a cheerful and pensive man, 261. Lord Rochester's satire criti- cised, 300. Diversified by various tastes, i. 23. In the different classes have desires and pleasures peculiar to themselves, 326. Their desires more numerous than their at- tainments, 486. Ranged under the two classes of merely animal and reasonable beings, ii. 260. The importance of every one in his own eyes, 422. Most men struggle for fame, ib. The difficulty of get- ting a name, ib. The necessity of his being acquainted with himself, 463. The difficulty of such inquiries, ib. His desires increase with his acquisitions, 472. Money and time the heaviest burthens of life, ib. The similar condition in all situations of life, 534. Few opportunities of shewing great powers, 535. The necessity of the inquiry," What have ye done?" 640. The characters of a reading man, a ready man, and of an exact man, considered, iii. 66.
Man and Wife, on disputes between, ii. 425.
Manna, metaphysically described, iii.
Manuscripts, the propriety of placing them in some publick library, ii. 575. The loss of knowledge, by the loss of old libra- ries, lamented, 576.
Marino, metaphysical poetry borrowed from him, iii. 163.
Marlborough, Duke of, his life under- taken by Mallet. See Mallet.
Marlborough, Henrietta, Dutchess of, her partiality for Congreve, iii. 633. Con- greve leaves her 10,000l., ib. Erects a mo- nument to his memory, 134.
Marlborough, Sarah, Dutchess of, cele- brated by Pope in his characters of women, under the character of Atossa, iv. 223. Se- vere reflections on her conduct, i. 62. Re- view of her conduct, v. 628.
Marmor Norfolciense, an Essay on an Ancient Prophetical Inscription, v. 307.
Marriage, the divorce of the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield by the Lords, con- sidered as a bad precedent, iv. 33. The dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, i. 85. General observations concerning it, 167. The source of those in-
187. Why so many are unsuitable, 216. Contracts of it begun in fraud, end in dis- appointment, 218. The officiousness of some in promoting them censured, 557. The folly of publishing them in newspapers, ii. 422. Praises on that occasion generally fallacious, 423. Proposal for an office for writing matrimonial panegyricks, 424. Has many pains, but celibacy no pleasures, vi. that state, 222. Early marriages charac- 219. On the happiness and unhappiness of terized, 224. Misfortunes of late marriages, 226. Early marriages best pleased with their partners, late ones with their chil- dren, ib.
Hebrides), account of him, vi. 60. Martin, (who wrote the history of the Devonshire, ii. 528. Marvel, Will, story of his journey into
character of Gray, iv. 253. Mason, Mr. additions to Mr. Temple's
and effects, i. 47. Masquerades, their pernicious influence
of, by Sir Isaac Newton, v. 640. Matter, considerations on the hypothesis
and Milton in Latin poetry, iii. 156. May, Thomas, superior both to Cowley imprudent conduct of her mother, i. 259. Maypole, Miss, her observations on the Shakspeare's comedy, v. 147. Measure for Measure, observations on
piness as well as virtue, i. 181. Mediocrity, a quality essential to hap-
Melanthia, her character, i. 189. Melcombe, Lord, his Tusculan la Trappe, Young, 369. sent to Dr. Young, iv. 368. His Letter to
excited by a general veneration, ib. By an Melissa, her character, i. 348. Her vanity ject to various mortifications, 351. unexpected reduction of her fortune, sub-
Melissus, his character, i. 89.
Memory, the peculiar exercise of that ii. 513. Collection and distribution, the faculty of the mind, i. 197. Characterized, agreeable part, ib. Themistocles' wish to two offices of, 514. Collection the most vations on the improvement of, 594. The learn the art of forgetfulness, 515. Obser- mother of the Muses, 599. The necessity of, in the acquisition of knowledge, 600. Few examples of enormous, wonderful, and Nature seldom sparing in the gifts of, ib. gigantic memory, ib. Methods of improve- ment, 601.
Menander, style of, clear and natural, v, 529. Plutarch's sentiment upon, 532. Mercator, his history, iii. 87.
merchant, v. 250. The necessity of, be- Merchant, the knowledge necessary for a tween the manufacturer and consumer, ex- plained, vi. 82.
Shakspeare's, v. 149. Merchant of Venice, observations on
Merchant, Mr. in company with Savage
and Gregory when James Sinclair was murdered, iv. 48.
Merit, the complaints of the neglect of it often ill-grounded, i, 279. The persecutors of real merit distinguished into various classes, ii. 109.
Merriment, preconcerted, seldom an- swers the expectation, ii. 554. Generally the effect of chance, 555.
Merry Wives of Windsor, observations on Shakspeare's comedy, v. 146.
Merton College, Oxford, accounts of the disputes respecting the visitation of, iv. 560, Metaphysical Poetry, what, iii. 160. Borrowed from Marino and his followers, and recommended by Donne and Jonson, 163. Other successors, ib. Critical remarks on this kind of writing, ib.
Metastasio, translation of an air in the Clemenza of, vi. 419. Translation of the speech of Aquileio, in the Adriano of, ib. Metrodorus, his account of life, iii. 95. Midsummer, an Ode, vi. 394. Midsummer Night's Dream, observations on Shakspeare's comedy, v. 148.
Milbourne, Rev. Mr. specimen of his criticism on Dryden's translation of Vir- gil, iii. 461.
210. Observations on his Scheme of Edu- cation, ib. One of his objections to acade- mical education, ib. His objections to en- tering into the ministry, 211. After leaving the university, he spent five years with his father in the country, where he read the Greck and Latin authours, ib. His Mask of Comus, first acted in 1634, 212. His Lycidas written in 1657, and his Arcades about the same time, 213. Travels in 1638, ib. Scarce any ever wrote so much, or praised so few, ib. Particularly noticed at Florence, ib. Receives various Italian testimonies in his favour, 214. Returns to London, 215. Instructs his nephews, J. and E. Philips, and some other boys, ib. His biographers inclined to shrink from this part of his life, 216. A schoolmaster an honest and useful employment, ib. In edu- cation, he is said to have performed won- ders, ib. On Sundays he instructed his scholars in theology, 218. His treatise on Reformation, published in 1641, ib. An- swers a book of Bishop Usher's in defence of Episcopacy, 219. Publishes his reasons of church government urged against pre- lacy, and two other pamphlets on the same subject, ib. Marries Mary Powel, who Milton, John, remarks on his versifica- leaves him after one month, 220. Pub- tion, i. 398. 409. The peculiarity of it, lishes several books on divorce, for which wherein it consists, 409. He formed his he is called before the Lords, but soon dis- scheme of it upon the models of Greece missed, 221. Becomes an enemy to the and Rome, 416. Critical remarks on his Presbyterians, 222. Pays his addresses to Samson Agonistes, a tragedy, ii. 83. 87. a daughter of Dr. Davis, ib. His wife asks Preface to an essay on his use and imita- forgiveness, and returns to him, ib. Pub- tion of moderns in his Paradise Lost, v. 244. lishes his Areopagitica, ib. Publishes a From whence he took the first hints of Pa- collection of Latin and English poems 1645, radise Lost, 245. MSS. called Adam Un- 223. Takes a larger house in Barbican for paradised, supposed to be the embryo of his scholars, ib. Grants a refuge to the Paradise Lost, 246. Subscriptions soli- relations of his wife, ib. As a schoolmaster cited for Mrs. Eliz. Foster, his grand-daugh- compared to a chamber milliner, ib. Is ter, 248. Inferior both to May and Cow- supposed to have had a design of entering ley in Latin Poetry, iii. 155. Life of, 207. into Sir W. Waller's army as Adjutant Descended from the proprietors of Milton, General, 224. Removes to a small house near Thame, in Oxfordshire, ib. His grand in Holborn, ib. Writes in justification of father keeper of the forest of Shotover, ib. the King's murder, ib. Writes remarks on His father a scriviner, and eminent for his the articles of peace between Ormond and skill in musick, ib. His mother's name the Irish rebels, ib. Suspected of having Caston, a Welsh family, ib. His brother interpolated the Icon Basilike, ib. Christopher knighted by King James, and swers Salmasius's Defensio Regis, 225. His made a Jndge, ib. His sister Anne, mar- blindness laid to the charge of Salmasius's ried Edward Philips, Secondary in the book, 226. Loses his wife in child bed, 228. Crown Office, who left two sons, John and Marries a daughter of Capt. Woodcock, Edward, who were educated by the poet, who also dies in childbed in the first year, 208. Born at his father's the Spread Ea- ib. Various answers to the Defensio Po- gle, in Bread-street, London, Dec. 9, 1608, puli, ib. Writes his Defensio Secunda, ib. ib. Received private tuition under Mr. Instance of his flattery to Cromwell, ib. Young, then went to St. Paul's school, and Supposed to have written the declaration entered Sizar at Christ's College, Cam- of the reasons for a war with Spain, 230. bridge, Feb. 12, 1624, ib. At fifteen years Attempts to collect a Latin Dictionary, of he versified Psal. cxiv. and cxxxvi. which is afterwards made use of in a new age, ib. Wrote many elegies in his eighteenth edition of Littleton, ib. Compiles a his- year, 209. Wrote Latin verses with classic tory of England to the Conquest, 231. elegance, ib. Received corporal punish- Designs his Paradise Lost, ib. Sketch of ment at Cambridge, ib. Took his Bache- the original plan, ib. Continues to write lor's degree, 1628, and Master's, 1632, in favour of a Commonwealth, even to within
a few weeks of the Restoration, 235. At the Restoration concealed himself in Bartholo- mew Close, ib. His Defence burned by the common hangman, 236. His prosecution stopped by the intercession of Davenant, whose life Milton had saved, 237. Re- moves to Jewin Street, and marries Eliza- beth Minshul, 238. Is said to have had an offer of continuing in his place, ib. Acci- dence commenced Grammar 1661, 239. Employs Elwood the quaker to read Latin to him, ib. Takes a house in the Artil- lery Walk, 240. Wrote his Paradise Lost only between the autumnal and vernal equinoxes, 241. Was of opinion that the world was in its decay, 242. Imagined the climate too cold for flights of imagination, 243. His daughters were not taught to write, 244. Lives unmolested after the Restoration, 245. Retires to Chalfont dur- ing the plague, 246. The next year returns to Bunhill-fields, ib. A complete copy of Paradise Lost first seen 1665, ib. Obtains a licence, and sells the copy for 51. and 51. at the sale of 1300 copies of each of the first three editions, ib. Causes of the sup- posed neglect of the Paradise Lost, 247. Books of various languages read to him by his daughters and friends, 248. Publishes his history of England three years after Paradise Lost, 249. Publishes Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, in the same year, 250. Publishes hisArtis Logi- ca plenior Institutio 1672, ib. Publishes a Treatise on true Religion, &c. 251. Re- prints his juvenile Poems with some addi- tions, ib. His last publication was familiar Epistles in Latin, some academical exer- cises, ib. Died Nov. 10, 1674, and buried at St. Giles's, Cripplegate, 252. A monu- ment erected to his memory in Westmin- ster Abbey by Mr. Benson, ib. His person described, ib. His domestic habits de- scribed, ib. His salary, as Latin Secre- tary, 2001. a year, 53. Received 1000l. for his Defence of the People, and lost very considerable sums of money, ib. Left 1500l. to his widow, 254. Account of his great learning, ib. His theological opi- nions, ib. His political notions, 255. He thought woman made only for obedience, and man for rebellion, 256. Account of his family, ib. Comus acted April 5, 1750, for the benefit of a grand-daughter of Mil- ton, Dr. Johnson wrote a prologue, 258. Account of his poetical works, 257. Cha- racter of his Lycidas, 259. Character of L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, 260. Many of their images borrowed from Burton's Ana- tomy of Melancholy, 262. Mask of Comus characterized, ib. His Sonnets characte- rized, 264. His Paradise Lost charac- terized, 265. His Paradise Regained, cha racterized, 279. His Samson Agonistes characterized, ib. Philips's Parody on him characterized, 367. His Paradise Lost
becomes popular through Addison's re- marks, 591.
Mince Pies and Plumb Porridge, animo- sities excited by the use of, iii. 293.
Mind, the productions of, proceed step by step, v. 521. The freest part of man, 540. The tranquillity of it, from what sources generally derived, i. 24. Its exten- sive powers displayed, 197. The rise and progress of its dispositions and faculties, ii. 139. Shewn in the gradations from pleasure to ambition and avarice, 142. The medicines most suitable to its distem- pers, often unpleasing to the taste, 178. Mines, alone, not the source of wealth, v. 293.
Minim, Dick, his history, ii. 559. His opinion of many of thepoets, 560. Be- comes a critick, 561. Forms a plan for an academy of criticism, 562. Presides in a critical society, 563. His advice to a stu- dent, 565.
Ministers, account of the disputes be- tween the Independents and Presbyterians on the authority of, iv. 565.
Misanthrope, of Moliere, a complete character, v. 531.
Misella, her affecting narrative of ber being betrayed by the treachery of her uncle, and the fatal influence of it on ber virtue and happiness, ii. 222. 226.
Misellus, his account of his commencing an authour, i. 76.
Misery, how increased by comparison with happiness, iii. 101.
Miseries of the World, the knowledge of, necessary to happiness, vi. 189.
Misocapelus, the events which discou- raged him from engaging in trade, i. 54S. His appearing in the character of a wit, ii. 10.
Misocolax, his censure of the practice of giving unmerited praise, ii. 27.
Misothea, her fondness for disputation,
Misty, Dick, his history, ii. 613. Mitissa, her conduct in a married life described, i. 170.
Modena, Duke of, translation of a dis- tich on his running away from a comet, xi. 417.
Moderation, man of, his character, ii.
Molesworth, his account of Denmark, answered by Dr. King, iii. 511. Monastick life, considerations on, vi. 266. Monboddo, Lord, visited by Dr. John- son, vi. 10.
Money, no man can be born a lover of it, iv. 221. Inquiry into the value of, in Scotland, about 200 years ago, vi. 12.
Money Lenders, their vile practices ex- posed, iii. 11.
Montague, Lady Mary Wortley, Sa- vage's flattery of her in the dedication to his miscellany of poems, iv. 47.
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