Macaulay, G. C., Thomson, 123 n., 135 n.,

583 n.

Macaulay, T. B., epic by, 277 n.; on R.
Montgomery, 412-13.

M'Donald, A., 681 (1791), 692.
Mackay, J., 628.

McKillop, A. D., 233.

Macpherson, J., influenced by M., 215-17,
448 n., 671.

Madan, S., 654.

Madden, W. B., 629.

Main, D. M., English Sonnets, 507 n.,
511 n.

Mallet, D., 77, 141; influenced by M.,

238-9, 429 n., 451, 638, 639, 642, 670.
Malone, E., 481.

Manners, Lady, 692.

Manning, F., 627.

Mant, R., 522, 595 n., 661.

Marchant, J., on M., 23.

Markland, A., 633.

Marlowe, C., Lucan, 344 n.
Marriott, Sir James, 671, 673.
Marriott, John, 660, 682.
Marriott, T., 27 n., 634.

Martin, T., Aeneid, 331-2.

Marvell, A., 424 n.

Maseres, F., 671.

Mason, James, Georgics, 328 n.
Mason, John, on rime, 51-2.

Mason, W., 45, 68-9, 77, 674 (1771);
avoids couplets, blank verse, and long
poems, 434-6; English Garden, 375-7,
378 n.; influence of, 266 n., 376, 467;
influenced by All. and Pen., 459-61;
Musaeus, 551-2; on Samson, 559; ridi-
culed, 258 n., 467; Sappho, 557; son-
nets of, 496; translates Dufresnoy,
343.634, 651, 670, 674, 675, 680,
682,686.

Masque, the 18th-cent., 555-6.

Massey, W., Remarks on P. L., 25.
Masters, E. L., Spooniad, 321-22.

Masters, M. K., Progress of Love, 373,
663.

Mathews, Mrs. C. See Strong, E. K.
Maude, T., 629, 630.

Maurice, T., 317, 319 n., ,628 (2), 630, 652,
653, 680.

Mavor, W., 630, 653, 693.

Mawbey, J., 676.

Mawer, J., 633.

Maxwell, A., 629.
Mayne, F., 681 (1818).

Meditative blank-verse poetry, 236-75.
Meen, H., 650.

Miller, John (1754), 644, 671.

Miller, John (1863), Aeneid, 330 n.

Mills, W., Georgics, 328.

Milman, H. H., Samor, 277 n., 308-9, 313.
-665, 668.

Milton, J., admired by Whigs, 40-42;
articles on, in Gentleman's Magazine,
6; a touchstone of taste, 22-4; bur-
lesqued (see Burlesque); criticized,
12, 24, 29-32, 40, 43, 45, 57-8, 64-6,
97, 103, 283, 421, 427, 428, 487 n.,
503, 509 n., 521, 560 n., 565 n.; dic-
tion of, criticized, 64-6; fashionable,
22-4; Latin poems of, 163, 172 n.;
on blank verse, 44, 51 n., 222; pas-
sion for liberty, 40; poems of, liked
by children, 10, 25-7; political ac-
tivities of, criticized, 12, 40, 43, 97;
popularity of, 68–71 (see also Milton,
praised); praised, 3−43, 60 n., 63, 91,
97, 112, 161-3, 175-6, 179-83, 198,
202, 238, 293-4, 363, 386, 397, 399 n.,
421-8, 501, 508; prosody of, criti-
cized, 57-8; rank of, among English
poets, 10, 12-20, 126 n., 501; ranked
with Homer and Virgil, 7-8, 17-18,
19, 20-22, 163, 293-4, 386, 397,
399 n., 501.

minor poems, character of, 420; edi-
tions of, 420; 18th-cent. attitude to-
wards, 9-11, 421-32; influence of
vogue of, on the sonnet, 526-7; less
popular than P. L., 8-9, 420; not
popular till 1740, 419-32; preferred
to P. L., 464; reason for sudden
popularity of, 433. See also poems
by name.

Allegro and Penseroso, analyzed, 439-

40; general nature of, 437; influence
of, 218, 245, 439-77, 669-79; paro-
died, 467-9; Penseroso and "grave-
yard poetry," 472; praised, 9-11, 14,
25, 28, 161, 421-4; vogue of, 467–72,
476-7. See also minor poems.
Arcades, 29.

Comus, Comus as a person, 28; 18th-

cent. editions of, 5; influence of, 218,
555-8, 681-2; on the stage, 28, 432-
3; praised, 10, 11, 14, 182. See also
minor poems.

Lycidas, a touchstone of taste, 419;
18th-cent. attitude towards, 10, 11,
421, 424-7; influence of, 28, 549-55,
680-81; set to music, 28-9. See also
minor poems.

May Morning, Song on, 28.
Nativity, influence of, 218, 220, 228 n.,
565-9, 684; used by Handel, 430.
See also minor poems.
sonnets, 482-5; criticized, 487 n., 521,
522, 527 n.; influence of, 478-548,
696-7; influenced by Della Casa,
485 n.; neglected before 1738, 428;
praised, 10, 482, 501, 502, 508, 532-3.
translation from Horace, criticized,

565 n.; influence of, 496 n., 560-65,
682-4.

Paradise Lost, characteristics of, 80-86;
combines classic with romantic, 39-
40, 48; conforms to classical stan-
dards, 20, 38-40; diction of, 83-5;
edited for the lowly, 34-6; editions
of, 4-5; fear of criticizing, 6, 24;
in New England, 26; in prose, 35;
influence of, 22 n., 44-415, 637-68,
682 n.; influence of diction of, 63-8;
influence of prosody of, 54-63, 68,
86; liked by the lowly, 24-5, 34-6,
70-71; more admired than loved,
25 n.; novelty of, in 18th cent., 36;
pleasing wildness of, 13 n., 36-40,
60, 64; popularity of (see Milton,
praised); preferred to M.'s other
poems in 18th cent., 8-9, 420; present
attitude towards, 3, 6, 9, 293; recom-
mended for actors, 25 n.; religious
character of, attracts readers, 33-4,
104, 162.

Paradise Regained, influence of, 95, 217,
320, 549, 633 (1728); in prose, 35 n.;
popularity of, 11, 40 n.; Wordsworth
on, 182-3.

Samson, 26, 28; Atterbury's plan for,

118 n., 228, 346, 555-6, 558-9; used
by Handel, 430; Wordsworth on, 182.
prose works, 18th-cent. interest in,
41; Areopagitica, 18, 41; History of
Britain, 184, 220 n., 306, 614 (2); Of
Education, 18, 183, 377 n.; Pro Populo
Anglicano, 293 n.; Reason of Church
Government, 178 n.

Milton, Marmaduke. See Dunster, C.
Milton's Sublimity Asserted, 100 n., 638.
Mitford, J., 667.

Mitford, W., on prosody, 57.
Moir, D. M., 667.

Monboddo, Lord, 364; on blank verse,
50; on M., 9 n., II n., 32 n.
Monck, M., 625, 627, 685.
Monodies, burlesqued, 553-4; non-Mil-
tonic, 553, 681; numerous after 1740,
28, 680-81.

Montagu, Lady M., on rime, 16, 52 n.;
praises P. L., 16.

Montesquieu, Baron de, 343.

Montgomery, J., Alfred, 298 n.; Poems
on Slave Trade, 268. — 693.
Montgomery, R., influenced by M., 412-
14, 666 (3), 667 (3).
Montolieu, Mrs., 634 (1789).
Moody, E., 676.
Moody, W. V., 555.
Moon, G. W., 668.
Moore, A., 634.

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Moore, C. A., 101 n., 372 n., 388, 445 n.
Moore, H., Private Life, 471 n. — 677,
678, 696.
Moore, J., 677.

Moore, T., praises Crowe, 253.
Moore, W., 666.

Moralizing in 18th-cent. poetry, 33-4,
147, 249 n., 257, 264, 265 n., 300, 380;
J. Warton on, 435.

More, H., 498, 521, 654, 673, 687.
Morel, L., Thomson, 145 n.
Morgan, N., 648.
Morgan, W., 631.
Morrice, J., Iliad, 336 n.

Morris, W., Earthly Paradise, 278.
Morshead, E. D. A., Aeschylus, 350, 668.
Morton, S. W., 628 n.

Mosby, J. N., Mount Sion, 412 n., 666.
Motherwell, W., Melancholye, 476, 679.
Moultrie, J., 667.

Mountfort, D., 109 n., 126 n.
Mugliston, W., 654 n.
Mundy, F. N. C., 630, 695.
Munford, W., Iliad, 336.

Murphy, A., 633 (1736-54).

Murray, G., translations by, 348, 358.
Musaeus, translated, 345.

Musgrave, G., Odyssey, 338-9, 668.
Myers, E., 314, 315, 546, 668.

Napier, G., 647.

Nason, G., A phono and Ethina, 400–401,

660.

Nature. See Descriptive poetry.

Nature, 398 n.,655.

Neal, D., praises P. L., 8 n.

Needler, H., IOI n., 638.

Neele, H., 47, 127 n.

Neo-classicists. See Augustans.
Neve, P., praises M., 8, 32 n., 36 n.
Newbery, J. See Goldsmith, O.
Newcomb, T., influenced by M., 110-11;
On P. L., 22 n.; translates Gessner,
352; turns prose into blank verse, 46 n.
– 638, 641, 646 (2), 649.
Newman, F. W., on translation, 324.

Newman, J. H., sonnets of, 546.

Nichols, J., 629,650.

Noble, J. A., 488 n.

Phillips, E., 424, 428.

Phillips, S., Armageddon, 233, 668.
Phillips, W., Mount Sinai, 411-12, 666.
Philoctetes, sonnet on, 507, 508 n.
Philosophical poetry, 382-402.
Philpot, C., 656.

Pindar, influence of, 93, 295-6; thought
inferior to Milton, 294.

Pindaric ode, influenced by Lycidas, 555 n.
Pinkerton, J., 480, 521, 654, 675 (2), 688.
Pitt, C., 633, 639.

Plato, translated, 346.

Plumptre, E. H., on rimed translations,
324; translations by, 349, 668 (2).
Polignac, Cardinal de, Anti-Lucretius,
328 n.

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Pollok, R., Course of Time, 410-11.
665 (3), 666 (2).
Polwhele, R., English Orator, 376-7; on
the sonnet, 504-5; sonnets of, 502, 503,
520. — 631, 655 (2), 656, 658, 660,
681 (1796), 683, 687.

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Poole, J., English Parnassus, 423, 425 n.
Pooley, W., 672.

Pope, A., 10, 24, 33 n., 126 n., 154, 236,
237, 280, 461, 493; admires Thomson,
128; borrows from M., 114-15, 429,
550, 573-83; criticized, 56, 58, 61, 323,
335; diction of, 65, 115-17; edition of
Shakespeare, 58, 480; epics by, 117-18,
276 n.; Essay on Man, 150 n., 382, 402;
followers of, not hostile to M., 14-20,
108, 301 n., 552; Homer, 52, 106-7,
115-17, 143, 172, 323, 324, 327, 334,
335, 340; influence of, 58-9, 283, 629
(1747); influenced by M., 65, 113-18;
monody on, 551, 680 (1744);
descriptive poetry, 272; on Hughes,
442; on J. Philips, 99; on M., 15, 19,
23, 421, 425, 432; prosody of, 146;
Rape of the Lock, 316, 317; thought in-

on

ferior to M., 12-13, 218 n., 227.-628,
633. See also Warton, J., Essay on
Pope.

Pope, W., blank verse of, 79 n., 90 n., 625.
Porden, W., 674.

Portal, A., Innocence, 398, 648.
Porter, A. M., 677.

Porteus, B., 646.

Potter, R., on blank verse, 52; on M., 25,
26, 32 n., 36; translations by, 347-8,
471.629, 653, 654, 656, 675, 680.
Prae-existence, 109-10, 121, 638.
Pratt, E., 634.

Pratt, S. J., ("Courtney Melmoth"),
Cabinet of Poetry, 126 n.; Landscapes
in Verse, 247, 471 n.; on Young, 159. -
652, 655, 676, 680, 696.

Preston, W., sonnets of, 486 n. — 674,
678,688.

Price, H., 641, 642.

Prior, M., 24, 78 n.; criticizes the coup-

let, 15, 59-60; influenced by M., 105,
329 n.; praises P. L., 16.—625, 638 (3).
Probationary Odes, 467, 468, 556, 676.
Prose translations, 325, 357-

Prosody of 18th cent., M.'s influence on,
54-63, 78-9, 86.

Pullein, S., 633 (1723).

Pye, Mrs. H., Philanthe, 471, 646.
Pye, H. J., Alfred, 278 n., 298 n.
634, 689.
Pye, T., 627.

Quebec, 284 n., 646.

Quillet, C., 360 n., 633 (1710).

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- 627,

Rennie, J., 689.

Repetition, in Keats, 212 n.; in P. L., 85;
in Young, 154.

Reynell, W. H., 647.

Reynolds, M., 124 n., 130 n., 273 n.
Reynolds, S. H., 667.

Rhoades, J., Virgil, 331, 668.
Rhodes, T., 630.

Rich, E. P., 627.
Richards, G., 679.

Richardson, J., friend of Dyer, 368; friend
of Pope, 17, 113 n.; praises M., 7, 22,
424; translates Dante, 352-3. — 625.
Richardson, W., 650 (2), 652, 674, 679.
Rickards, G. K., Aeneid, 331, 668.
Rickman, T. C., 655, 692.
Ride through Stourhead, 271 n., 653.
Ridley, E., Lucan, 344-5, 668.
Rime, Augustans object to, for transla-

tions, 49 n., 324-5; criticized, 15-16,
44-52, 112 n., 564. See also Blank
verse, Couplet, Lyrics.
Rinaker, C., 524 n.

Ritso, G., 629.

Roberts, J., 656.

Roberts, W., 654 and n.

Roberts, W. H., influenced by P. L., 284-

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5; on blank verse, 45, 49, 55. — 651,
652 (2).

Robertson, D., Esq., 692.

Robertson, D., of Edinburgh, 675, 689.
Robin-Hood Society, 319-20, 645.
Robinson, H. C., on Blake, 219, 225 n.;

on Thelwall, 301 n.; on Wordsworth,
182, 187, 196 n., 532.

Robinson, M. ("Perdita"), odes to ab-
stractions, 470; Progress of Liberty,

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401; sonnets of, 502, 503 n., 505 n.,
520. — 657 (2), 661, 677 (2), 681 (1806),
683,689.

Robinson, Mr., Killarney Lake, 271 n.,
655.

Robinson, T., 694.

Rodd, T., 692.

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Roscoe, W., influenced by P. L.,42, 269 n.,
498-9, 627, 656, 681 (1796), 687.
Roscoe, W. S., Contemplative Day, 256 n.;
Messiah, 351-2. — 666, 681, 695.
Roscommon, Earl of, Art of Poetry, 55, 79,
89; Translated Verse, 16, 89, 122, 361.
- 625,632,637.
Rose, J. B., Iliad, 340.
Rossetti, D. G., 541-2.
Rough, W., 695.

Rowe, E., 23 n., 46 n.; influenced by M.,
104; knows M.'s minor poems, 426,
429 n.; popularity of, 403. — 626, 637,
638.

Rowe, N., Ode for New Year, 444.
633 (2), 669.

Rowe, T., 104, 637.
Rugeley, G., 647, 648.
Rusher, P., 627.

Rushton, E., 681 (1806).
Ruskin, J., 354-5.

Russell, J., 648.

Russell, T., sonnets of, 507, 512, 525, 690.
Rutt, J. T., 693.

Ryan, E., 675.

Sadler, M. T., Alfred, 298 n.,
St. John, J., 675.

Sainte-Marthe, S. de, 360 n., 633 (1710).
Saintsbury, G., 3, 54, 56 n., 58 n., 63,
90 n., 127, 145 n., 173, 359, 386, 389,
506 n., 514 n.
Sansom, J., 631.

Santayana, G., Lucifer, 233.
Sassoon, S., 568 n.

Saurat, D., on Blake, 218 n., 224 n.
Savage, R., 447.

Say, S., influenced by M., 90, 104, 563,
566-7; on prosody, 283; praises Ly-
cidas, 426-7, 432; translates Horace,
90, 344, 563.637, 641, 682, 684.
Sayers, F., Jack the Giant-Killer, 317 n.;
unrimed lyrics by, 559 n., 564. — 683,
691.

Scandinavian mythology in 18th-cent.
poetry, 301, 305, 306, 308, 310, 461,
557, 559 n., 564.

Scarisbing, F. S., 657.

Schomberg, A. C., Bagley, 258 n., 319 n.
-653, 687.

Schomberg, G. A., Odyssey, 340.
Scott, James, Redemption, 405 n. — 672,
673, 680 (2).

Scott, J. N., Homer, 335, 645.
Scott, John, 57, 64; Amwell, 62, 246, 250-
52, 254; Eclogues, 62, 246; Essays,