A.

ABERCORN (Lord), 373; ambition to
obtain dukedom of Chatellerault, 420
note.

Abercorn (Lady), 403.
Abingdon (Lord), 453-4.
Acheson (Sir Archibald), viii.
Addison (Joseph), 220, 245, 260;
Macaulay's paper on, 70 note, 265
note; exalted opinion of Swift, 130,
240; under-secretary of state, 133;
fac-simile of handwriting of, 160;
his marriage referred to, 163 note;
Baucis and Philemon altered at re-
quest of, 164; his sister's garden
at Westminster, 183, 288; intimacy
with Swift, 159, 229, 239, 262, 263,
270, 305, 343, 374 (and see 388, 401);
at St. James's coffee-house, 161, 278,
366; opinion of Swift's Project, 216;
dinners with Swift, 221, 278, 289,
290, 291, 301, 401; part taken by, in
Bickerstaff jest, 225; Irish secretary,
235-6, 239 (and see 252), 263, 265;
keeper of the Irish records, 252;
what Swift and he said of each other,
and Mackintosh of both, 240; letters
from, 257, 271; Swift's letters to,
269, 272; recalled to England, 271;
out of office, 286; popularity of,
285; Esther Johnson's interest in,
265, 306; salutary teaching of, 353;
rehearsal of Cato, 453-4.

Admiralty, whig and tory attacks on
the, 207.

Agher, rectory of, united with Laracor,
111; receipts from, during 1703,
117 note.

Almanza, the disaster of, 231 (and see
223).

147; succeeded by Yalden as minister
of Bridewell, 225 note; Swift de-
scribes, 347-8; contributes to the Ex-
aminer, 328; rumoured promotion,

381.

B.

BARBER (printer), dinner with, 344.
Barrett (Dr.), essay by, on the Earlier
Part of the Life of Swift, 28, 32-36,
40, 42.

Barry (Mr.), 269-70 note.

Barton (Mrs.), a favourite with Swift,
229; fortune bequeathed to, by Lord
Halifax, ib.; Swift's fit of giddiness
at house of, 253; correspondence
with, 269; dinners with, 281, 369;
'nasty jest' about, 370; visits to,
374, 398.

Bateman's bookshop, 404.
Bathurst (Mr.), Deane Swift's Essay
published by, 1.

Battle of the Books, 43; described, 91-
95; transcript of, made for Temple, 142.
Baucis and Philemon, Goldsmith's
favourite, 164-174; altered at Addi-
son's request, 164; discovery of MS.
of first version, 163-4; original and
alteration compared, 167-174.

Beaumont (Joe), 185 note, 268, 274,
402, 436-7; Swift's interest in, 185,
299, 418; the Queen to be solicited
for, 297; his wife, 394.

Bedford (Duke of), copy at Woburn of
Swift's poems transcribed by Stella,

viii.

Bedlam, proposed utilization of, 155;
visit to, 374.

Behn (Aphara), 94, 352.
Benson (afterwards Chanceller of Ex-
chequer), 317.

Berkeley (Countess of), 111; Swift's
Project inscribed to, and Meditation
on Broomstick written for, 219; in-
vitation from, to Swift, 279, 282 (and
see 302).

Berkeley (Lady Betty), 111; doggrel
verse by, 112. See GERMAINE.

Berkeley (Lady Mary), 111.
Berkeley (Lady Penelope), Swift's liking
for, and early death, 112.
Berkeley's (Monck) Literary Relics,

Malone's copy of, 78 note.
Bernage (Lieut.), Swift's interest in,

390-2.

Blenheim Palace, Vanbrugh chosen to
build, 162 note.

Bluecoat boys and lottery tickets, 278.
Bolingbroke (Viscount). See ST. JOHN,
HENRY.

Bolingbroke, first Lady. See ST. JOHN,
Mrs.

Bolton (Duke of), one of the Lords
Justices of Ireland, 16.

Bolton (Dr.), 116, 303; gets Derry
deanery and resigns living of Laracor,
111 (see 116).
Bowyer (Mr.), 31.

Boxing-day, a trouble to Swift, 344.
Boyle (Charles), part taken by, in
Ancients and Moderns controversy,
91. See ORRERY.

for tomb of, 399; marriage of his son,
398-9.

Boyle, Henry (Lord Carleton), turned
out of office, 279 (and see 332).
Brent (Mrs.), imposed on, 53 note;
Swift's housekeeper, 410, 427-8, 440.

Middleton), 246, 267.
Bromley (Speaker), 336.

Brown (Dr.), appointed to Cork, 268

note.

Brydges (paymaster-general), helping
in First Fruits business, 280.
Buckingham (Duke of), 279.
Bull (Mr.), Ludgate-hill haberdasher,
dinner with at Hampstead, 279.
Bull (Bishop), death of, 280.
Burnet (Bishop), Swift's Dissentions
ascribed to, 128-9 (and see 136).
Bury-street, Swift's lodgings in, 383.
Butler (Lady Betty), 404.

Butler, Lady Mary (Lady Ashburn-
ham), 179.

Butler (Ophy), dinner with, 389; wife
of, 278.

Button's, 158.

C.

and Commons in Athens and Rome,
125; described, 128-9; ascribed to
Burnet, 128; Swift avows author-
ship of, 129.

Convocation, 344, 347, 377.

Coote (Mr.), letter to Pope concerning,
285 note.

Courtenay (Mr.), Temple's biographer,
99 note (see 266 note).
Cowley (Abraham), Pindar and, 94;
love-verses of, 43 (and see 249).

Cowper (lord chancellor), 133.
Cox (Sir Richard), 365.
Cranford, Swift at, 213.
Cromwell (Oliver), daughter of, at a

christening, 365 and note.

Curll's scurrilous Key, 142.
Curry (Mrs.), 295, 410.

D.

297, 308; cap made for Swift, 203,
311 (see 380); her spectacles, 365,

366.

Disney (Duke), 450 note.
Dobbs (Mr.), 80, 83 note.

Dodington, George (Irish Secretary),

191, 242; succeeded by Addison,

236.

Donegal (Lady), 79.

Don Quixote, quoted by Swift, 212 note
(and see 252).

Dopping (Sam), 291, 343, 368, 374.
Drogheda (Lord-justice), 114.

Dryden (Sir Erasmus and Elizabeth),
22 and note.

Dryden (John), 11, 94; harsh judg-
ment of cousin Swift, 67.
Dryden (Jonathan), profits of Goodrich
living received by, 9, 22 note.
Dublin ladies' club, members of, 187;
broken up, ib.; puns for, 197.
Dudley (Sir Mathew), visits to, 251,
275, 291 note; dinners with, 287,
349, 373, 410-11; death of his butler,
374.

Duhigg's History of the King's Inns,
Dublin, 20 note.

Duke, wit and poet, 395.
Dunciad, a great prose, 151.
Dunlavin, Swift's prebend of, 116 note,

124; value of, 117 note.
Dunton the bookseller, 63, 64.
Dupplin (Lord), 315.

E.

EASTCOURT (DICK), 202; dinner with,
395.

Edgeworth (Col.), 289.
'Eliza,' Swift's letters to, 83 note.
Erick, Abigail (Swift's mother), 11;
annuity settled upon at marriage, 19
note; branches of her family, 11, 12
note. See SWIFT, ABIGAIL.
Eugene (Prince), at Court, 411.
Evening Post, the, 157 note.
Examiner, started by St. John, 328;
its career, 329 note; writers con-
nected with, 328-9; Mrs. Manley
takes charge of, 329 note; St. John's
famous letter to, 330; Swift's first