Quinn's Hamlet, 174; The Suspicious Husband, 174, 321; The Foundling, 175, 321; Dryden's plots, 175, 322; an Easter homily, 175, 323; on prose and poetry, 176, 325; Spirit in writing, 176, 325; the Reformer ceases, 177, 328; Longinus, 178; Epithalamium on Richard Shackleton's marriage, 178
The Lucas Controversy, 180-202; Charles Lucas, Henry Brooke, 180; legend that Burke satirised them, 180- 182; no evidence for it, 180; Burke's attacks on The Cork Surgeon, 183; Sir R. Cox, the Cork surgeon mistaken for Lucas, the Dublin apothecary, 182; A Free Briton's Advice, four pamphlets, signed Helvidius Priscus, 331, 337, 342, 349; written by Burke, 190, 191; Lucas, Epaminondas; The Naked Truth, pamphlet, 191, 356; description of Lucas and La Touche, 192, 357, 360; two Letters to the Citizens of Dublin, 195, 363, 372; the "Court Patriot," 195, 364; exposure of The Cork Surgeon's Antidote, 196, 364; parodies him, 200; a "Patriot Parliament," 200, 380-384; Burke's authorship of pamphlets against Cox, 201, 336, 389
Foundation of "the Club," 203; Burke's energy, 214; manner of speaking, 214; Irish accent, 215; Dennis refers to his marriage, 211; pamphlet-writing for the "Great Ones," assisting Lord Egmont and Lord Granville, 211; Dennis criticises the Sublime and Beautiful, 212; com- parison with Hutcheson, 212; Burke visits Dennis, 213; "A Colossus," 213; sends him the Sublime and Beautiful, 213; Burke's early character- istics in debate, 214-218; “damned absolute," 216, 239; impeachments in the Club, 216; the Via Media, 216; on absenteeism, 218, 252; leaves T.C.D., 219; letter to Matthew Smith, 219; description of London; Westminster Abbey, 220; references to Peg Wof- fington and Henry Brooke, 221, 222; Matthew Smith's reply, 222; enigma on the daughters of Cadmus, 222; Peg Woffington, 223; Henry Brooke, 224
Burke in the Club, accused of scur- rility, 226; approves Buck's draft laws, 227; essay on society, 230; on Alcibiades, 230; on the Genoese, 230; thanked for matter of oration but not for its delivery, 231; on the Dutch; the Barrier Treaty; the English in the war, 232; wool trade; "ticklish sub- jects"; freedom of debate, 236, 237; the Passions, 236, 268; harangue on Presidency, 238; on pride, 238; a
"confined ridicule," 239; accused of being "damned absolute," 239; on luxury, 242; thanked for his presidency, 243; the Stadtholdership, 243; leniency to the Scotch rebels, 244; sea pirates, 245; receives the grand thanks, 246; Huske at Falkirk, 247; painting, poetry and philosophy, 248; as Brutus the First, 250; an absentee tax, 252; the Sermon on the Mount, 252; ac- cusation of Dennis, 253; the ecliptic, 261; Chesterfield's viceroyalty, 263, 264; excused during examinations, 265; Molock's speech, 266; multi- plicity of laws, 267; on the passions, 268; literary piracy, 272; moves that Shackleton be permitted to wear his hat, 274; on malice, 275, 276; as Coriolanus, 276; punishes Buck, 277; appointed censor, 279; accuses Arde- soif, 279; law as to presidents' powers, 280; fined, 280; speech as censor, 280; receives minor thanks, 281; president, 281; on piety, 281; censures Ardesoif and Hamilton, 285; on hours of meet- ing, 285; as a senator against Caesar, 287; sheep stealing; the death penalty, 289; as Othello, 289; "not perfect,' 291; on oratory, 291; on alcohol drinking, 291, 292; censures Dennis, 293; speech from Milton not per- fect," 293; as Ulysses, 293
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The Reformer, articles by Burke, see Appendix II, 297–329
Lucas Controversy, pamphlets and articles submitted as written by Burke, see "Lucas Controversy,' Appendix III, 331-395
London Evening Post, articles and correspondence with R. Shackleton, see Appendix IV, 396-404
Burke, Edmund, an infant, buried in St James' churchyard, 3, 4
Burke, Ellen, infant sister of Edmund, born, 4, 55
Burke, Garret, brother of Edmund, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 42, 85, 95, 96, 143, 150; father's executor and residuary legatee,
Burke, Juliana, sister of Edmund, baptismal certificate, 3; marries Patrick French, 6; marriage licence, 7; her flirtation with R. Shackleton, 41, 45; Julia and Belinda, 45, 151, 153, 164; Dulcinea's commands, 48; father's legacies to, 406
Burke, Mary (Mary Nagle), mother of Edmund, 1, 5, 402; marriage licence bond, 2; illness, 55, 97, 98, 101; Burke's affection for her, 97; hus- band's legacies to, 405
Burke, Mary, two infant sisters of Edmund, so baptised, 4
Burke, Richard, father of Edmund, marries Mary Nagle, 2-5; marriage licence bond, 2; will, 3, 50, 405; children of, 3, 4; birth and burial certificates of infants, 3, 4; attorney of Exchequer, 5; penal laws, 5, 6; high professional standing, 5; splenetic, 5, 95; his friend Harding, 50, 405; opposes Burke's residing in college, 95; Dennis' description of, 96; op- poses Edmund going to America, 97; changes residence from Arran Quay to 3 Lower Ormond Quay, 106 Burke, Richard (Dick), brother of Edmund, 2, 6; baptism, 4; at dame's school, 8; at Ballitore, 10, 17, 29, 31, 33; Edmund anxious about his be- haviour, 43; and cleanliness, 50; mentioned, 58, 88; taken from Bal- litore, 92; returns, 92, 102; Edmund advises his reading, 106
Burney, Miss, on Burke's oratory, 215 Butchery, stage, 169, 305
Cadmus, the daughters of, 221; enigma,
Cambridge Union Society, 205 Cambridge University, early connection with T.C.D., 28, 29 "Capulets, the Tomb of," 221 Carey, H., 49
Cartesian philosophy, 67 Castletown-Roche, parish register, 3 Cebes, 27, 28, 100
Censor, Lucas' paper, 189; attacks on Sir
R. Cox and Chief Justice Marlay, 189, 389; Burke's contributions to, 390-395 Centlivre, Susanna, her plays, 166, 300 Chappel, Wm., D.D., Provost, a Ramist, 28; Milton's tutor, 29 Charlemont, Lord, 202, 216 Chesterfield, Earl, Lord-Lieutenant, 25, 73, 88-90; Burke on, 263 Chrononhotonthologos, King, 49 Cibber, 50, 300, 322
Cicero, 24, 100, 104, 129, 190, 331, 337,
Club, the "Correspondence," 25, 26, 73, 78
Club, the, founded in T.C.D., 26, 134, 203; germ of College Historical Society, 134, 137, 203; originated by Burke, 64, 65, 203; letter of Burke and Dennis describing proceedings, 139; the Minute Book, 203-207; see Ap- pendix I, 225-295; rules drawn by Buck approved by Burke, 227; Pro- ceedings, Debates, etc., Coriolanus, Alcibiades, 230; the Genoese, 230; Lord Lovat, 232; the Dutch in the War, 232; Milton, 233; linen and wool trade restrictions, 234; "ticklish points," 235, 237; the passions, 236,
268; poetry, 238; pride, 238; ridicule, 239; Hamilton's and Mohun's trials, 239; Buck's trial, 240; Roman luxury; Dennis as Cato; Buck as Scipio; Shackleton as a Roman; Burke's sum- mary, 240-242; Shackleton on the Decalogue, 242; Burke thanked for his presidency, 243; on the Stadt- holder, 243; on the Scotch rebels, 244, 245; piracy at sea, 245; battle of Falkirk, 247; painting, 248; philo- sophy and poetry, 249; Admiral Anson, 249; poverty, 251; on the scholars and the riot, 251; an ab- sentee tax, 252; Burke on Sermon on the Mount, 252; Burke impeaches Dennis, 253, 254; absence of the president, 255; on history, 257; the ecliptic, 257-263; Chesterfield as Lord-Lieutenant, 263; Molock's speech, 266; multiplicity of laws, 267; literary piracy, 269-274; Shackleton and his hat, 274; Burke on "Malice," 275, 276; Burke as Coriolanus, 276; Satan's speech, 277; commonplace by Buck on Numbers xxiii. 10, 277; election of censor, 278; Ardesoif im- peached, 279; Burke's law as to presi- dent's power, 280; Burke fined, 280; Burke's speech as censor, 281; Burke president, 281; on piety, 281; the laws, 282; Hamilton accused, 283; good nature, 284; deaths of Scipio, Han- nibal and Philipoemon, 284; atheism, 285; Buck's faulty minutes, 285; Hamilton and Ardesoif censured, 285; stationery allowances, 286; hours of meeting, 286; Caesar's command in Gaul, 287; charity, 289; earthquake at Lima, 289; sheep stealing and death penalty, 289; Prussias and Hannibal, 290; Shackleton's Latin verses, 291; alcohol, 291-293; Dennis censured, 293; embassy of Ulysses, 294; Regulus and Carthage, 295 Cock's Hill, 26, 64, 72 College Historical Society, T.C.D., origin, 26, 64, 134, 137, 203, 205 Comedy, "Weeping," 175, 322 Complaints of Dublin, the, 187 Conditions of Life, On the Several, poem, 170, 308
Congreve, Wm, dramas, 157, 166, 168, 301
Cooke, John, M.A., article on "The Club," 225 Cooper's Hill, 150 Cork assizes, 78
Cork Surgeon, the, see Cox, Sir Richard Corruption, directors of, 198, 373; methods of, 336, 352-355 Cotter, Joseph, publisher, 140, 160 Cotter, Sarah, 140, 150
Court Patriot, the (Sir R. Cox), 195, 199, 364, 365, 375 Cowley, 56
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Cox, Cornelius, merchant, 26, 64, 72 Cox, Sir Richard, M.P. (the Cork Surgeon), Lucas' opponent, 182; The Cork Surgeon's Antidote; "Anthony Litten,' 182, 196, 202, 364, 388; attacked by Burke, 183, 196, 364, 385; carries resolution that Lucas was a public enemy, 194; the Court Patriot, 195, 364, 375; exposed in Letters to the Citizens of Dublin, 195, 363, 372; his writings parodied, 200, 378; his Letter to the Duke of Dorset, 199, 201, 376, 385-388; his "dream," 366, 386 Crawfurd, Wm., article in National Magazine on Burke's and Dennis' letters, 137-139
Croly, Rev. George, LL.D., Life of Burke, misrepresents Burke's college career, 99; reiterates the Burke and Lucas legend, 180, 193 Crump, Rev. George, LL.D., his Utopia or Apollo's Golden Days, 155 Culloden, battle of, 89, 91, 217
Damer, Joseph, 52; Burke's panegyric, 54, 104, 107, 147; afforestation, 147
Dedication to the Cork Surgeon, The, 201, 202, 385
Delaney, Josey, a servant at Ballitore, 22, 38
Denham, Sir John, 150, 157. Dennis, William, Burke's college chum,
54; enters T.C.D., 209; description of Burke's father, 96; writes Brutus' Letter to the Town, 119, 128, 209; criticism on Othello, 131, 148; Burke's poem Dennis Turning Critick, 132; his lost correspondence, 138; joint letter with Burke describing Club debates and Black Dog Riot, 139-141; joint letter with Burke, 148-150; Burke's correspondence with, 154; original member of the Club, 202; panegyric on Lord Chancellor Jocelyn, 209; censor, 209; his career, 209-214; his poem, Man's Redemption, 210; Burke's marriage, 211; on Burke and Lord Egmont, 211; controversy with Sheridan, 212; his exposition of The Sublime and Beautiful, 212; contrasts Burke and Hutcheson, 212; letter to Shackleton, 214; treasurer of the Club, 247 (see Club Minutes, passim, Ap- pendix I, 225-295)
Dependence of Ireland, 184, 188, 234- 237, 364-369, 376-379
Dillon, John, his duel with Keatinge, 76 Dix, E. R. McC., Mr, 160, 269
Don Bellianis of Greece, Burke's refer- ences to, 45; Kirkman's edition, 46; description of Ireland in, 46, 47 Dorset, Letter to the Duke of, 199, 201, 202, 375-378, 387, 388
Dryden's dramas, 167, 174, 302, 320 Dunciad, the, 29, 50, 104
Dunkin, Rev. Wm., D.D., his Boeotia, 129, 130; Swift's friendship; head master of Portora, 131
Egmont, Lord, Burke assists, 211 Epaminondas, Lucas referred to as, 180, 191, 332, 393 Epictetus, 28, 30
Epithalamium, Burke's, on Shackleton's marriage, 178
Essay on Waters, by Lucas, Johnson's recommendation, 202 Euripides, 304
"Eusebius," letter in London Evening Post, 397, 402
Falkirk, battle of, 89, 247 Fame, 248, 356, 391-393
Fleckno's Ghost, by Brennan, 128 Fleming, Mr, verses on Peg Woffington, 221, 223
Foolish Miscellany, The, 177, 327 Foote, the actor, 173, 174, 319, 320 Foote, Lundy, auditor C.H.S., 206 Fortune's Tricks in Forty Six, 155 Foster, Rev. John, F.T.C.D., examines Burke for scholarship, 94
Foundling, The (E. Moore's play), Burke criticises, 175, 321, 322
Free Briton's Advice to the Citizens of Dublin, four pamphlets signed Hel- vidius Priscus, submitted as written by Burke, 190; support Lucas,_191, 336 (see Lucas Controversy Pam- phlets, Appendix III, 332-395) French, Patrick, marries Juliana Burke, 6 French and English acting contrasted, 168, 304, 305.
Fuller, Elizabeth (Richard Shackleton's first wife), 45, 151, 153, 164, 178 (see "Belinda")
Genoese, Burke on, 230
Gentleman, The, "But of the Run," 129 "Gentlemen's Party," the, Smock Alley riot, 118
Georgics, Burke's translation, 91, 92, 153 Goldsmith, Oliver, on Burgersdyck, 29; his tutor Wilder, 75; a college spree, 75; his medical degrees, 75, 76; the Black Dog Riot, 144; admonished, 145; Bishop Barnard "sly boots," 145; On the Several Conditions of Life(?), 170, 308 Granville, Lord, Burke's association with, 211
Hamilton, Joseph, member of the Club,
143, 207 (see Club Minutes passim, App. I, 225-295)
Harding, Ambrose, friend of Burke's father, 50; his clerk's suicide, 51; mentioned in Richard Burke's will, 405 Harrington, Earl, Lord-Lieutenant, 187, 194 (see Lucas Controversy) Hastings, John, F.T.C.D., 94 Hawley, General, 89, 247
Hazlitt, on Burke and Lord Egmont, 211 Helim to Aram, letters, 61-63 Helvidius Priscus, 190, 191, 336 Henley, Dr, 177
Hennessy, Miss Polly, 101 Hennessy, Mrs, 97
Herbert, Newcomen, a friend of Burke, 23, 25; describes comet of 1743, 26; referred to, 36, 40, 53; joint letter with Burke, 72; describes alarms in Dublin in 1745, 73; sails for East Indies, captured at sea, 74, 88; Burke's description of him, 78 Hibernia, magazine, 138 Hiffernan, Dr Paul, The "Tickler," at- tacks on Sheridan and Lucas, 119; criti- cises the Reformer, 163, 309; the Lucas Controversy, 171, 172, 182, 309, 336 Hill, Hugh, enters T.C.D. along with Burke, 20, 21
Hissing, in theatres, 169, 305 Historical Club (see College Historical
Society), 26, 64, 134, 203, 205 Homer, 22, 24, 100, 167, 302, 303, 357 Horace, 22, 23, 24, 80, 83, 193, 358 Huguenots at Ballitore, 39, 55 Huske, General, 247
Hutcheson, Francis, on Beauty and Virtue, 212
Ikerrin, Lord and Lady, portraits by Sisson, 102
Immoral plays, 168, 169, 299, 300, 321 Ireland (see Boeotia), (see Dependence of Ireland)
Ireland Sixty Years Ago, 74, 113,
Irish manufactures, 169, 234, 306, 307
Jacobite rising (1745-6), 89, 90, 217, 244 Johnson, Dr, commends Lucas, 202 Jones, Henry ("The Bricklayer"), poem on Booth's lectures, 66 Jonson, Ben, Burke's admiration for, 166, 301
Judge, tenure, 185, 187; office of, 394 Julia and Belinda, Shackleton's poem, 45, 151, 153, 164
Justice, article by "B" in Censor, 394 Juvenal, 24, 98, 100, 106, 129, 386
Kearney, Benjamin (Attorney), 58, 152 Kearney, Rev. John (F.T.C.D.), Pro- vost, 152
Kearney, Rev. Michael (F.T.C.D.), 24, 27, 64, 65; on T.C.D. matriculation, 24; examined by Burke, 152 Keatinge, Maurice, duel with Dillon, 76 Kirkman's Don Bellianis of Greece, 45-48 Kissing, on stage, 168, 304
Labourers, Irish, miserable condition, 172, 316
La Touche, James Digges, 186, 188, 193, 202 (see The Naked Truth pam- phlet, 356-360)
Lecky, on Burke in T.C.D., 135; the Annual Register, 216
Lecturer Lectured, The, skit on Dr J. Taylor, 86
Lee, Nathaniel," fustian tragedies," 166, 169, 300, 304
Leland, Thomas, F.T.C.D., 94
Letter to a Member of Parliament,198,372 Letter to the Cork Šurgeon, 202, 388 Letter to the Duke of Dorset, 199, 301, 376-385, 388
Letters to the Citizens of Dublin, The,
195, 196, 199; First, 363–371; Second, 372-384
Lettres Persanes, Montesquieu's, 60 Liberty of the Press, 196, 197, 370 Liffey, its "dead dogs," 36; floods, 63, 83 Litten, Anthony, The Cork Surgeon, 182,
189, 364, 388 (see Cox, Sir Richard) London Evening Post, description of Burke, 14, 402; misunderstanding and correspondence between Burke and R. Shackleton, 15, 398-401 Longinus, 109, 126, 178, 394 Lovat, Lord, debate in Club, 231 Love, 51-53
Love for Love, Congreve's play, 301 Lucas Detected, by Sir James Taylor, 182 Lucas, Charles, defends students' action
in theatre riot, 118, 119; The Book of the Prophet Lucas, 120; the Lucasian controversy, 180-202; his pamphlets, 181; groundless legend that Burke opposed him, 180; his style, 182; The Dublin Apothecary (Lucas) mistaken for the Cork Surgeon (Sir Richard Cox), 183; the Dublin Corporation, 185; contest with Aldermen, 186; re- fused a Quo Warranto, 186; The Complaints of Dublin, 187; Earl Har- rington, 187, 194; attacks on Chief Justice Marlay, 187; Irish depend- ence, 188, 358; La Touche and Lucas, candidates for Parliament, 188; Lucas' petition to George II, 188; refused by Lord Justices, 189; the Censor, 189, 389; the Free Briton's pamphlets, 190; Epaminondas, 191, 332; Sir R. Cox carries resolution that Lucas is an enemy to his country, 194; Chief Jus- tice Marlay's charge, 195; Lucas flies,
195; Aristides, 197, 198, 371; M.P., M.D. honoris causa, 198 Lucas Controversy Pamphlets (1748- 1749) (submitted as Burke's), Ap- pendix III, 332-395
A Free Briton's Advice to the Free Citizens of Dublin, no. I, 331; an individual may rouse a nation from despondency; Thrasybulus, Phocion, Epaminondas, 332; Fabricius, 333; Cincinnatus, Regulus, Cato, 334; ap- peal to citizens of Dublin; the spirit of liberty, 335; dangers of corruption, 336; Helvidius Priscus, 336
A Free Briton's Advice, etc., no. II, 337-342; the constitution-the pro- perty of every individual, 337; balance of power in the community, 338; sketch of the constitution of repub- lican Rome; nobles and commoners; the Valerian law; the consuls and tribunes, 339; lessons for Dublin, 340; the spirit of liberty, 341; the mean between faction and licence, 342
A Free Briton's Advice, etc., no. III, 342-348; the Roman constitution (continued), 343; struggles of the factions, 344-346; warning to Dublin citizens, 347; freedom of election must be preserved, 348; a dawn of liberty, 348
A Free Briton's Advice, etc., no. IV, 349-355; the fall of the Roman Re- public, 349-352; "patriotism sicken- ed, corruption forged, and faction rivetted the fetters," 352; warning to Dublin; the methods of corrupters, bribery of classes, self enslavement of the community, 353; appeal to the Dublin electors, 355
The Naked Truth, etc. etc., 356-362; the coming election, 356; Lucas de- scribed, 357-360; La Touche describ- ed, 360, 361; appeal to the electors to support them, 362
A Letter to the Citizens of Dublin, 363-371; "Court Patriots," 364; the Cork Surgeon examined; "pernicious tendency and absurdity of his writ- ings," 364; his doctrine of depend- ency, 365-369; the woollen manu- facture, 367; his slanders on Lucas and Dublin, 369; freedom of the press, 370; Lucas compared to Aristides, 371
A Second Letter to the Citizens of Dublin, and Letter to a Member of Parliament, 372-375; the patriot Prince; the tottering constitution, 373; the directors and tools of cor- ruption, 373; an intrepid minority, 374; necessity for a coalition, 375; The Second Letter, etc., 375-384; the Court Patriot again, 376; the furious
patriot of 1731 contrasted with the supple courtier of 1749
The Letter to the Duke of Dorset (1731), an analysis and comparison, 376-379; a review of the British con- stitution, 379; A Patriot Commonalty, 380-384
A Patriot's Letter to the Duke of Dorset (1731), etc. with A Dedication to the Cork Surgeon, 385, 386; Machiavel's politics outdone, 386; the Cork Surgeon's dream, 386
A Letter to the Cork Surgeon, 388; Peter Wilson's advertisement, 388
The Censor, no. VIII, patriotism and faction; Brutus' letter to Cicero, 390; no. X, the teachings of history, Cyrus, The Cyropedia, 391; no. XIII, Fame, Themistocles, Athens, Phocion, Xenophon, a saying of Socrates, 392, 393; no. XXII, Fame (continued), Pompey, Epaminondas, the phases of vanity, 394; no. XXIII, judges and the administration of justice, 394; Reference to Lucas and Chief Justice Marlay, 395
Machiavel, the Cork Surgeon outdoes,386 MacKnight, Thomas, Life of Burke, on
Burke in T.C.D., 135; rejects legend that Burke attacked Lucas, 180; on Burke and Shakespeare, 166 Maevius (Burke), 133, 134 Malebranche, 68 Mallow races, 78
Marlay, Chief Justice (see Lucas), 185; charge to Dublin Grand Jury, 195, 197, 395 (see Liberty of the Press) Mechel, the dancer, 169, 305 Meddler, The, a Dublin miscellany, 50, 61; letters from Helim to Aram, 61, 63 Microcosm, the, 23, 27
Milton, Sin and Death, 161, 297; Il Penseroso, 221; read in the Club, 138, 230, 233, 250; Molock's speech, 266; Satan's speech,277,288, 293; 386,388, 391
Mohun, Mathew, member of Club, 139; first president, 203; 207 (see Club Minutes passim, 225-295) Monanimy, 2, 8
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