wrote a comedy at her request, 91. Complemented by ShakeSpeare, 119, n.

Eloquence, flourishes in popular government, B. I. Sect. XV. EMPEDOCLES, corrected, 219, n.

Englishmen, their tafte, 6, 7, 15, 16, 121. B. III. Se&. I. Ancient Britons, 19, 20.

EPICHARMUS, his improvement of comedy, 112, &c. Several of his verfes corrected, 113, 114, n.

EPICURUS, his doctrine to be found in Homer, 94, .

ΕπιΓεννήματα τῶν καλῶν, 55, 1.

Εὖ διαβάς, 236, 237.

Ευμνημόνευτον, 55, n.

EURIPIDES, his cyclops, 94, 95, n. 101, n.

his Medaea corrected, 407.

Ευσύνοπλον, 55, n.

A verfe in

Εφέσια γράμματα, 324, 1.

FAIRIES, an account of them, 323, n. &c.

Fanaticifm, its influence on arts

Fashion, vicious in poetry, 86.

and fashion, 385, 386.

and sciences, 6, 16, & n.

Folly of judging from mode

Fathers, of the church, deftroyed the Greek writers, 18, 19,

& n.

Flattery, how defpicable, B. I. Sect. XV.

Fool, a character in our old plays, 8.

Formal authors, 97, 98. All formality, or all buffoonery, ibid.

FRANCE, its influence on English taft and manners, 6, 7. B. I. Sect. XV.

French crown, meaning of the phrafe, 147, 148, & n.

G.

Genius, Guardian, 183, &c.

Gorboducke, a play, 62, n.

Gothick chivalry, 21, &c. See Englishmen.

Government, popular, its influence on arts and Sciences, B. I.
Sect. XV.

Grave writers, 97, 98. Gravity and humour blended in the
greatest characters, ibid.

Greek writers, their excellency, 124.

improvement of taft, B. II. Sect. I.

The only models for

How fo many came

to be destroyed, 18, 19, & n. Ancient Greek language,
what? 364. How written in Homer's time, 175, n.
GREGORY the Great, burnt the Palatine library, 18.

Hand, for power, 224.

Haver, having, 321.

H.

Hell, variety of torments there, 218, &c.

HELIODORUS, 268.

HESYCHIUS, illuftrated, 216.

Hieronymo, or the Spanish tragedy, a play ridiculed by
Shakespeare and Johnson, 284.

High and low life, 86.

HOBBES, noted, 84.

HOMER, a fpecimen of the manner in which his poem was
anciently writ, 175, n.

An Account of his editor Ariftarchus, 132, 133,

220, 221, n.

Paffages explained, 48, n. 224, 225, n. 237.
corrected, 43, 44, n. 219, 220, n.

Honesty, whether requifite in a poet, B. I. Sect. XI. 130.

HORACE, his character, 124, n.

A flatterer of Octavius, 124.

Dwells too long on the fatyric drama, 101, n.
Paffages illuftrated, 25, 26, n. 307.

HORACE,

HORACE, explained and defended, 89, & n. 108, 109, & n.
398.

Some of his odes corrected and explained, 165, 166,
167, 168.

Hofpitality, facred, 31, n.

Human nature, 68, 69.

corrected, 194.

Humour and gravity, feldom found mixed in the fame cha-

racter, 97.

L.

JAMES, firft, king, complemented by Shakespeare, 39.
Jealoufy, B. I. Sect. VII.

In, in compofition, 305, 306.

Inspiration, poetical, 4, & n.

Interesting Subjects of poetry, what? 31, 46, 69.
JOHN, St. explained, 352.

JOHNSON, Ben. bis Mafque at Whitehall, 38, n.

Every man in his humour, explained, 63, 64, n.

244.

Every man out of his humour, explained, 64, 135'
136, n. 147, n.

Volpone, illuftrated, 81, 82.

corrected, 405.

corrected 65, 112, n.

Cynthia's Revels, explained, 147, n.
Silent Woman, corrected, 185, n. 197.

explained, 307, n.

Alchymift, explained, 289, n. 395.

The Devil's an Afs, corrected and explained, 394
In his poems, explained, 149, n.

Catiline, corrected, 405, 406.

Heretio fyllabarum, 408, &c. See Alliteration.

JULIAN, his Caefars explained, 120, 121, n.
153, n. Explained and corrected, 279, 280.

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Corrected,

Καλάι

K.

Καλαιβάτας θεός, 223.

Κήριναι υπολήψεις, 32.

Knight-errantry. See Chivalry.

L.

LABERIUS, his mimes, 101, n.

Ladies, the upper-band given them, and allowed to wear

fine cloaths, for what reason, 72, n.

Lovers of finery,

71, 72, n. Nature of fine Ladies, 29. 30.

Latin ftage writers, 122, 130. Latin authors, 130, 131.
Liberty, its influence on literature, B. I. Sect. XV. On
dramatic poetry, 98, 99, 122.

LONGINUS, noted, 83, n. Corrected, 255, 256.

Love, a comic paffion, 7, & n. Love and honor, ibid.
LUCRETIUS explained, xxvi.

Ludere, meaning of the word, 307.

Lyes, how necessary in poetry, 23, & n. Probable lyes bet-
ter than improbable truths, 27, n.

M.

Machines, poetic, 44, 45, n.

Magic, poetic, 97.

To make, a maker, a poet, 135, & n.

Man, character of man in general, 68, 69.
Man-fcience, 69.

Manners, poetic, B. I. Sect. X.

MARTIAL, explained, 139.

Marvellous, fee Admiration.

Mafk, an account of the ancient, 103, 104.

MAXIMUS TYRIUS, explained and corrected, 271, 272.

Meiofis, a figure used by Shakespeare, 149.

Men of wit, 97, 98.

MENANDER, his rife and character, 120, 121. How his

plays came to be destroyed, 19, & 'n.

Metaphors, mixed, 397, 398.

MILTON,

MILTON, Spencer and Shakespeare his originals, 365. Bor-`'
rows from Shakespeare, 411, 412.
Often repeats the fame letter, 267, 268.
Jingling terminations, whether to be found in his
Paradife Loft, 391.

His broken verfes, how artful, 366, &c.
His character of the Devil, 66, 67.

A fine inftance of the fuitableness of character
in Eve, 70.

Tincture of Vanity in Eve, how finely and ten-
derly touched, 72, n.

The Paradife Loft, how far a picture of his
own times, 140, &c,

Paffages illuftrated, 96, & n. 141, 142, 143,
218, 264, p. 401, 402, 411, 412.
explained, 152, & n. 189, 190, & n. 217,
237, & n. 308, 309, 313, n. 337, 349,

390, 397, 401, 402, 411, 412

Defended and explained,
334, 337, 338, n.

366, n.

xxviii, &c.

158, & n.

227, 228,

343, 344, 355, 359,

Corrected and explained, 198, 202, 230, 402,

403.

A better reading proposed, 152, 153.

Samfon Agonistes, 144. Corrected, 407, 408.
In his fonnets corrected, 408.

Mifanthrope, 68, 69.

Mocker, 397-

Models, for taft, 130, 131.

Monofyllables, frequent in the ancient Greek language, 364.
Monstrous characters, how far allowable in poetry, 67.
Moral painting in poetry, 84.

Moralities, 99, & n.

MURETUS,

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