Provok'd Husband, a comedy, Vol. II. 1. Written
by Vanbrugh to make amends for his former pro-
ductions, Vol. I. Pref. xviii. Vol. II. 9. Remarks
on it, 15, 154, 341, 348, 450. Vol. III. 336.
Alteration in the Vth. act of, do.
Provok'd Wife, a comedy, remarks on, Vol. II. 3, 4, 9.
Prude, a, the character of, Vol. II. 73, 82.

114, 120.

Vol. III.
Prudence, the want of, want of virtue, Vol. I. 82.
Prynne, his aversion to the stage, to organs and church-
music, Vol. I. Pref. xxvi. His Histriomastix,
mentioned, Vol. II. 7.

Public Virtue, a Poem, by Dodsley, Vol. III. 91.
Purified, remarks on the word, as used by the Editor of
these volumes, Vol. I. Pref. xx.

Puritans, the, mentioned, Vol. II. 6, 7, 12.

101, 201.

Vol. III.

Pye, Mr. his Commentary illustrating the Poetic of
Aristotle, quoted, Vol. III. 326.

Pythagoras, the Golden Verses of, Vol. I. 89. quoted,

114.

Q.

Quakers, (or Friends) the Society of, remarks on, Vol.
III. 201.

Queensberry, Duke of, the patron of Rowe, Vol. I. 103.

R.

Rake, a, on a woman marrying, Vol. III. 16. Cha-
racter of, 179, 215, &c. 287, &c. 303. See also
Libertine and Gallantry.

Rambler, the, mentioned, Vol. II. 256.

Ramsay, Allan, forms the Select Society in Edinburgh,
Vol. I. 247.

Randolph, Thomas, his Muses' Looking-glass, Vol. III.
99. Conceited Pedlar, 100. His Poems, do. Also
104, and 340.

Reapers, the, an opera, Vol. III. 270. Character of
it by the Vice-Chancellor of Paris, do. 271.
Reason, wrongly used by man, Vol. I. 251.

and Revelation, reflections on, Vol. III. 116.
Note.

Rebellion, History of the, in 1745, by Home, Vol. I.
248, 253.

REDEEMER, THE, mentioned, Vol. I. 406.

Reduced circumstances, person in, remarks on, Vol.
III. 271.

Read, Isaac, his edition of The Biographia Dramatica.
Vol. III. 85. See also that article. His edition
of Dodsley's Old Plays, 87. Of Dodsley's Poems,

91..

Refuge, a peaceful one described, Vol. I. 127.
Regulators, the, a Comedy by Lillo, Vol. I. 171.
Relapse, the, a Comedy, Vol. II. 3, 4, 9.

Religio Medici, Sir Thomas Browne's, quoted, Vol. I.

200.

Religion mentioned as a motive, Vol. II. 391. As a
guide, Vol. III. 32, Song. On this head see the
words, Jehovah, God, King of Kings, Heaven,
Providence, Christ, Author of Life, Redeemer,
Saviour, Resurrection, Bible, Testament, Pray-
ers, Devotion, Angels, Death, Life, Rock, Mi-
nister, Texts, Truth, Faith, &e. &c.

Repentance, picture of, Vol. I. 233.
Reputation, female, Vol. I. 213.

Resentment, the effects of, Vol. I. 269.

Resurrection, the, illustrated, Vol. I. 407.

Revelation and Reason, reflections on, Vol. III. 116.
Note.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, mentioned, Vol. II. 9, 246.
Vol. III. 93.

Riccoboni, Madame, Vol. II. 341. Vol. III. 267.
Rich, John, Manager of Covent Garden Theatre, Vol.
III. 86, 108.

Richardson, Samuel, his character of Lovelace, Vol. I.
88. His Sir Charles Grandison, Vol. II. 151,
mentioned, 246. Vol. III. 7.

Richard the Third, quoted or mentioned, Vol. I. 70,
91, 119, 134, 137, 141, 143, 144, 145, 160, 211,
300, 394, 407. Vol. III. 9.

Ridicule of the profligate, reflections on, Vol. II. 401.
Of the world, Vol. III. 122, 296, Note.

Ridley, Dr. Gloucester, his Life of Bishop Ridley,
quoted, Vol. I. 345.

Ring, gold, reflections on a, Vol. III. 121, 341.
Robertson, Dr. Vol. I. 247. Account of his Life by
Dugald Stewart, do.

ROCK unfailing, Vol. I. 413.

Romance of an Hour, a Farce, by Kelly, Vol. II.
344.

Roman Dramatists mentioned by Luther as moral
writers, Vol. I. Pref. vi.

Romeo and Juliet, quoted, Vol. I. 142.

Vol. II. 403.
Altered by Mr. James Howard, Vol. III. 327.
Rosamond, fair, mentioned, Vol. III. 139.

Rosina, a comic opera, by Mrs. Brooke, Vol. III. 265.
Remarks on, Vol. I. Pref. xx. 270.

Ross, Mr. anecdote respecting his playing George Barn-
well, Vol. I. 176. Vol. II. 442. Vol. III. 321.
Royal Oak, the, a play, remarks on, Vol. I. 348. Vol.
III. 6.

Rowe, Nicholas, Memoirs of him, Vol. I. 85. His tra-
gedy of Jane Shore, 83. Tragedy of The Ambitious
Step-mother mentioned, 86. Fair Penitent, 88.
Lady Jane Gray, 321.

Royalty, the cares of, Vol. I. 388, 389, 392, 402.
Reflections on, Vol. III. 144, 153, 177, 181, 182,
195, 196.

Ruddiman, Walter, Vol. I. 249.

Russel, Lord, his parting with his family before his ex-
ecution, Vol. I. 416.

S

Sabbath, reflections on the, Vol. III. 286.

Saints, invoked, Vol. I. 252. The term abused, 382.
Sancho Pança, the history of, Vol. III. 226, &c.

Satyr and Traveller, a Fable, remarks on it, Vol. III.

96.

SAVIOUR, a, salvation through, mentioned, Vol. I. 142,
145, 232, 305.

Scales, a pair of, reflections on, Vol. III. 126, 342.
Addison's reflections on the golden, 126, Note.
School for Lovers, the, a Comedy by Whitehead, Vol.

II. 341.

School for Scandal, the, Vol. II. 347.

School for Wives, the, a Comedy, Vol. II. 12, 343.
School of Reform, the, a Comedy, Vol. II. 254.
Scotch Marriages, Vol. II. 318, 319.
Scott, Anti-Sejanus, mentioned, Vol. II. 473.
Scripture, advantage of using the words and phrases of,
in poetry, Vol. I. Pref. xxiii.

Secker's (Archbp.) Sermons, quoted, Vol. I. Pref. vii.
294, 301. His opinion of the phrase not at home,
Vol. II. 228. His Sermon on the Earthquake,

271.

Sedaine, Mons. translates The King and Miller of
Mansfield into French, Vol. III. 141.

Seducer, the character of, Vol. I. 229. Vol. II. 53,
189. Vol. III. 148, &c. 160, &c.

Select Society in Edinburgh, formed, Vol. I. 247.
Separation, between husband and wife, and reconcilia-
tion, scene of, Vol. II. 114-121.

Seraphina, the play of, Vol. I. 248.

Sermon, a, reflections on, Vol. III. 117, 352.
Servant, picture of a faithful one, Vol. I. 22, &c. &c.
102, 113, &c. Vol. II. 165, &c. 263, &c. Vol.
III. 20, &c. 271, &c.

Shakspeare, see his different plays. Supposed effect of
his plays on the nation, Vol. II. 437. Not without
their faults, 440.-Jubilee at Stratford upon Avon
in honour of, Vol. II. 437. Vol. III. Songs in
his plays mentioned, 6. Borrowed from other
writers, do.

Illustrated, see Harding, Silvester.
Sharp, Mrs. the actress, Vol. II. 343.

Shenstone, Vol. III. 95, 97.

Sherlock, Bp. his Discourses quoted, Vol. I. Pref. xxiv.
His Trial of the Witnesses quoted, 95. His Letter
on the Earthquakes, Vol. II. 272.

She Stoops to Conquer, a comedy, mentioned Vol. II.

250.

Shield, Mr. his Music to Rosina, Vol. III. 273.

Shipwreck, the, a tragedy by Mackenzie, Vol. I. 168.
Shoemakers, the two, Cheap Repository Tract of, re-
ferred to, Vol. III. 79.

Shore, William, (or Matthew), Vol. I. 108, &c.
Shore, Jane, Tragedy of, Vol. I. 83. Remarks on
it, Pref. xviii, 91. Portraits of her, 92. Bal-
lad of, 93. The Tragedy said by the author to
have been written in imitation of Shakspeare, 101.
Quoted, Vol. II. 517. Vol. III. 319.

Siddons, Mrs. the celebrated
13, 99, 100, 176, 349.

94, 104.

actress, mentioned, Vol. I.
Vol. II. 442. Vol. III.

Siege of Aquileia, a tragedy, by Home, Vol. I. 249.

Quoted, 273.

Vol. II. 252.

Siege of Sinope, a tragedy, by Mrs. Brooke, Vol. III.

268.

Silent Woman, the, by Ben Jonson, quoted, Vol. III.

150..

Silvia, an opera, by Lillo, Vol. I. 167.

Simpson, the Rev. David, his Discourse on Stage En-
tertainments, Vol. I. Pref. vii. Vol. I. 321.

His Sacred Literature, mentioned, do.

Sincerity, on, Vol. I. 272, 273. Vol. III. 177, &c.
Singularity, remarks on, Vol. III. 180.

Sir John Cockle at Court, an Afterpiece, Vol. III. 85,
87, 105, 167. Remarks on, 169.

Slander, reflections on, Vol. I. 25.

Slave-trade, mentioned, Vol. II. 495. Vol. III. 9.
Smith, Adam, Vol. I. 247.

Smith, Edmund, began a play on the story of Lady
Jane Gray, Vol. I. 354. Particulars of him, do.

Note.