Beau, a, reflections on, Vol. III. 114.
See also Coxcomb and Fop.
Beattie, Dr. his opinion of the conduct of the Elders of the Kirk of Scotland in Home's case, Vol. 1. 248.
Of Colman's translation of Horace's Art of Poetry, Vol. II. 447.
Bee, the, an example, Vol. 111. 213, Song.
Beggar's Daughter of Bednall Green, the, Old Ballad of, quoted, Vol. II. 199, 202.
Beggar's Opera, the, remarks on, Vol. II. 4, 321. Remarkable anecdote, and effects attributed to it, 322, &c.
Beggars, reflections on, Vol. 111. 208, 209. Bellsize House, mentioned, Vol. II. 172.
Benefits, the effect of, on generous minds, Vol. i. 409. Benevolence, universal, Vol. II. 317.
Bernard, Sir Thomas, his report of the Opinion of Mr. Serjeant Snigge, quoted, Vol. 11. 207. Berwick, the Siege of, Vol. 1. 249.
Beverley, a French play, founded on The Gamester, Vol. 1. 12. Vol. III. 313, some account of it. Bible, the, The Word of Truth, Vol. 1. 232, 233, 337, 418.
Society, The Cambridge Auxiliary, mentioned, Vol. 1. Dedication 4.
Bickerstaff, Isaac, his Hypocrite noticed, Vol. II. 12, Lionel and Clarissa, Vol. III. 1. Remarks on, 10. Particulars of him, 3. Love in a Village, The Maid of the Mill, 7. Padlock, 9. Judith, do. His quarrel with Cumberland, 337. His Absent Man, 339.
Biographia Britannica, quoted, Vol. 11. 85, 95, 98. Biographia Dramatica, old edition quoted, Vol. 1. 5,
93, 101, 171, 175, 245, 249, 252, 254, 255, 349. Vol. II. 3, 10, 14, 135, 145, 147, 340, 435, 444. Vol. 111. 85, 86, 98, 99, 340. tion, by Isaac Reed and Stephen Jones.
85, 140, 223, 302, 336. Vol. 1. Pref. ii. vii. xxi.
Bird in a cage, the fate of, Vol. 111. 214, Song. Birth, the advantage of, Vol. 1. 191.
Bisset, Dr. his Life of Sir R. Steele, quoted, Vol. II. 135, 140, 147, 149, 219. Blacklock, Dr. translates the play of Cenie, Vol. I. 248. Blair, Dr. Hugh, patronizes Macpherson, Vol. I. 250. His opinion of The Provok'd Husband, Vol. II. 15. Of The Conscious Lovers, 154. His Lecture on the Poetry of the Hebrews, quoted, Vol. III. 298. Blindness, reflections on, Vol. III. 211.
Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, an afterpiece, Vol. III. 85, 87, 105, 197. Remarks on, Vol. I. Pref. xix, Vol. III. 199.
Blowing hot and cold, 96. Boaden, James, his remarks on The Provok'd Hus- band, Vol. II. 17. On Johnson's Prologue to The Good-natured Man, 260. On The Beggar's Opera, Vol. III. 4. The Maid of the Mill, 7. Bonnor, Bishop, mentioned, Vol. I. 356, 391. Bookseller, a, Profession of, remarks on, Vol. III. 86, 98. Box, a, reflections on, Vol. III. 115, 341.
remarks on the phrase, Vol. III.
Boy, character of the, not always the same as in the after man, Vol. I. 39.
Boyle, Honourable Robt. his Occasional Reflections re ferred to, Vol. III. 117.
Bourdaloue, his censure of Moliere's Tartuffe, Vol. II.
Bravery, explanation of the word, Vol. III. 149. Brennus, mentioned, Vol. I. 403.
Bridges, Sir John, Lieutenant of the Tower in the time of Q. Mary, Vol. I. 343, 344, 417.
Breval, Capt. John Durant, Vol. III. 336.
Bribery, resisted, Vol. III. 192. Remarks on, 238. Britannia and Batavia, a Masque, by Lillo, Vol. I.
British Critic, Vol. I. Pref. ii.
Broadgate, (now called Bradgate) Park in Leicester- shire, (belonging to the Earl of Stamford) formerly the residence of Lady Jane Gray, Vol. I. 325. Brown, Mr. The Landscape Gardener, anecdote of him, Vol. III. 99.
Browne's, Sir Thomas, Religio Medici, quoted, Vol. I.
Brooke, Mrs. author of Rosina, Memoirs of her, Vol. III. 267. Her works, do. Lady Julia Mande- ville, do. Emily Montague, 268. The Excur- sion, do. Attacks Garrick, do. The Siege of Sinope, do. Rosina, 269. Marian, do. Brunton, Mr. Vol. II. 343.
Burgh, James, his Work on The Dignity of Human Nature, quoted, Vol. III. 116, 153.
Burnet, Bishop, his History of the Reformation, quoted, Vol. I. 324, 331, 340, 341, 356, 386, 397, 402,
Business, advantages of, Vol. I. 202. Method in, Vol. I.
Bute, Lord, the Patron of Home, Vol. I. 248. At- tacked by Anti-Sejanus, Vol. II. 473.
Caligula, makes his horse consul, Vol. III. 247. Cambridge, Owen, Vol. I. 4.
Campbell, Dr. John, his Present State of Europe, men- tioned, Vol. III. 87, 88.
Candidate, at an election, case of one, Vol. II. 260. Candide, Voltaire's, noticed, Vol. II. 367.
Carbonelli, Signior, Vol. II. 160. Particulars of, 194. Careless Husband, the, a Comedy, character of, Vol. II.
Care, reflections on, Vol. III. 347.
Carlyle, Dr. Vol. I. 247.
Caroline, Queen, desires to see George Barnwell in M.S. Vol. I. 174. Tragedy of Lady Jane Gray dedicated to her, 351. Short account of her, do. Alluded to in the Epilogue to do. 420. The Pro- vok'd Husband dedicated to her, Vol. II. 23. Cato, the tragedy of, quoted, Vol. I. 307.
Chalmers, Alexander, Esq. his edition of The British Essayists, quoted, Vol. I. 5, 13. Vol. II. 444,
445, 449. His edition of the Poets quoted, Vol. I.
Champion, the, a periodical paper. Character of Lillo from it, Vol. I. 173.
Chance, on the use of the word, Vol. I. 114. Note, 301. Charity, directions for, Vol. III. 238.
Cheap Repository Tracts, quoted, Vol. I. 180. Vol. II. 368. Vol. III. 79.
Cheapside Apprentice, a Cheap Repository Tract, no- ticed, Vol. I. 180.
Chesterfield, Lord, Vol. I. 4. Vol. III. 87, 90. Child Maurice, Ballad of, mentioned, Vol. I. 254. Children, partiality to, the danger of it, Vol. II. 377. CHRIST, mentioned, Vol. I. 298, 337, 344. Christian Hero, a tragedy, by Lillo, Vol. I. 167.
by Sir R. Steele, Vol. II. 135, 136.
Chronicle, the St. James's, a newspaper, Vol. II.. 445. Churchill, Charles, Vol. II. 339, 444.
Ciampi, a composer of Music, Vol. III. 81, 82. Cibber, Colley, one of the authors of The Provok'd Husband. Memoirs of him, Vol. II. 10. His Careless Husband, 12. His Non-Juror, do. Also Vol. III. 335. His controversy with Pope, Vol. II. 14. Adds the characters of Tom and Phillis to The Conscious Lovers, 152, 161.
Cibber, Theophilus, his Lives of the Poets quoted, Vol. I. 174. Vol. II. 152. Vol. III. 315.
Clandestine Marriage, Vol. I. 255. Comedy of the, Vol. II. 349, 433. Remarks on, Vol. I. Pref. xix. Vol. II. 448, 450.
-, Indelicacy of, 457. Indiscretion,
524. Duplicity, 538.
Clementina, a tragedy, Vol. II. 343.
Cleone, a tragedy, by Dodsley, Vol. III. 93.
Clergyman, a worthy, character of, Vol. I. 127. Vol.
II. 426, 427. Vol. III. 25, 26, 27.
thy to be made one, 191. See also Minister. Cockin's, Poem of The Rural Sabbath, referred to, Vol. III. 286.
Coleridge, his Fall of Robespiere, a tragedy, quoted, Vol. III. 286, Song on Peace.
Collier, Jeremy, his Short View of the Immorality of the Stage, Vol. II. 4. Character of it by Jones of Nayland, 8. Memoirs of him, 4. His Works, 5, Excellent effects produced on the Stage by his writ- ings, 21, 140, 144. Vol. III. 103. His censure of D'Urfey's Don Quixote, 227. His work made the basis of David Simpson's, 321.
Colman, George, the elder, his alteration of Lillo's tragedy of Fatal Curiosity, Vol. I. 168. Vol. II. mentioned, 259, 435. Memoirs of him, 444. His translation of Terence, 156, 446, quoted 167. Translation of Horace's Art of Poetry, 444, 446. The Connoisseur, do. Polly Honeycombe, do. Jealous Wife, 445. English Merchant, do. Man of Business, do. Establishes The St. James's Chro- nicle, do. His translation of The Merchant from Plautus, 446. Some Particulars of his Life written by himself, 447. Befriends Pilon, Vol. III. 224. Colman, George, the younger, his Prologue on the opening of Drury Lane Theatre, in 1794, Vol. I. Pref. iv. His Squeeze for St. Paul's, Vol. III.
Colson, the Rev. John, Vol. II. 436.
Comedy, sentimental or genteel, remarks on, Vol. II. 153, 250, 259, 341, 347, 348.
Companion to the Play-house, quoted, Vol. I. 175. Conflagrations of the Theatres, use made of them by the adversaries of the Stage, Vol. I. Pref. iii. iv. Congreve, William, his controversy with Collier, Vol. II. 5. Dr. Johnson's opinion of his writings, 6. Dr. Bisset's, 147. The Lounger's, 347. Conscience, a good, the comfort of, Vol. II. 275. Connoisseur, the, a periodical paper, Vol. II. 444, 449. Conscious Lovers, the, a comedy, by Sir R. Steele,
Vol. I. Pref. xvii. xix. Vol. II. 133. Remarkable anecdote respecting the tendency of it, 150. Cha- racter of it by Thomson, 153. By Blair, 154. By Bisset, 155. Mentioned 341, 349, 450.
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