ABELARD, ranks among the heretics,
i. 145; book condemned as his
written by another, ib.; absolution
granted to, 146; wrote and sung
finely, 147; raises the school of the
Paraclete, ib.
ABRAM-MEN, ii. 312, and note, ib.
ABRIDGERS, objections to, and re-
commendations of, i. 397; Bayle's
advice to, 398; now slightly re-
garded, 399; instructions to, quoted
from the Book of Maccabees, ib.
ABSENCE of mind, anecdotes of, i.
206.
ABSOLUTE monarchy, search for pre-
cedents to maintain, iii. 510, note.
ABSTRACTION of mind, instances of,
amongst great men, ii. 59-60;
sonnet on, by Metastasio, 61.
ACADEMY, the French, some account
of, i. 413-417; visit of Christina
Queen of Sweden to, 414; of Lite-
rature, designed in the reign of
Queen Anne, ii. 407; abortive
attempts to establish various, ib. ;
disadvantages of, ib. ; arguments of
the advocates for, ib.; should be
designed by individuals, 408;
French origin of, 408-410; origin
of the Royal Society, 410-412;
ridiculous titles of Italian, 479;
some account of the Arcadian, and'
its service to literature, 482; deri-
vation of its title, ib.; of the Co-
lombaria, 483; indications of, in
England, 484; early rise of among
the Italians, 485; establishment of
the "Academy," 486; suppressed,
and its members persecuted, ib.;
of the "Oziosi," 488; suppression
of many, at Florence and Sienna,
ib.; considerations of the reason of
the Italian fantastical titles of, &c.,
489.
ACAJOU and Zirphile, a whimsical
fairy tale, ii. 308-311.
ACCADEMIA of Bologna originated
with Lodovico Caracci, ii. 399.
ACCIDENT, instances of the pur-
suits of great men directed by, i.
85.
ACEPHALI, iii. 193, and note, ib.
ACHES, formerly a dissyllable; exam-
ples from Swift, Hudibras, and
Shakespeare; John Kemble's use
of the word, i. 81, note.
ACROSTICS, i. 295–296.
ACTORS, tragic, i. 248; who have
died martyrs to their tragic cha-
racters, 249; should be nursed in
the laps of queens, 250; anec-
dotes of, 250-251.
ADDISON, silent among strangers, i.
ADRIANI, his continuation of Guie-
ciardini's History, iii. 180.
ADVICE, good, of a literary sinner,
i. 350.
AGATES, presenting representations
of natural forms, i. 244.
AGOBARD, Archbishop of Lyons, i. 21,
and note.
AGREDA, Maria, wrote the Life of the
Virgin Mary, i. 367.
ALBERICO, vision of, ii. 422.
ALBERTUS MAGNUS, his opinion con-
cerning books of magic, iii. 281;
his brazen man, 282; his enter-
tainment of the Earl of Holland,
290.
ALCHYMISTS, results of their opera-
tions, iii. 284; their cautious
secresy, 285; discoveries by, ib.
ALCHYMY, anecdotes of professors of,
i. 283-284; Henry VI. endea-
voured to recruit his coffers by,
284; professors of, called multi-
pliers, 285; books of, pious frauds,
ib.; Elias Ashmole rather the histo-
rian of, than an adept in, 286; opi-
nions of modern chemists on,
287.
ALEXANDRIA, library of, i. 1; Deme-
trius Phalereus, its industrious and
skilful librarian, ib.; original
manuscripts of Eschylus, Sopho-
LL
cles, and Euripides procured for,
ib.; destruction of, 47-57.
AMBASSADORS, anecdotes of frivo-
lous points of etiquette insisted on
by, ii. 195-206.
AMICABLE ceremonies in various na-
tions, ii. 12.
AMILCAR, the author of the Second
Punic War, iii. 143.
AMPHIGOURIES, i. 298.
AMUSEMENT, periodical, during study,
a standing rule among the Jesuits,
i. 31; various, practised by dif
ferent celebrated men, 38-41.
ANAGRAMS, i. 298, ii. 229; are
classed among the Hebrews with
the cabalistic sciences, 230; Pla-
tonic notions of, ib.; specimens of
Greek, ib.; several examples of
curious, 231-233; amusing anec-
dotes concerning, 234.
ANCILLON and his library, i. 10, and
note.
ANDREINI, an actor and author of
irregular Italian comedies, ii. 141;
a drama of his gave the first idea
to Milton of his "Paradise Lost," ib.
ANECDOTES of European Manners,
ii. 30-39; of Abstraction of
Mind, 59-62; literary, their im-
portance, 300; Dr. Johnson's de-
fence of, 301; the absurdity of
many transmitted by biographers,
ib.; general remarks on, 303.
ANGLESEA, Earl of, his MSS. sup-
pressed, ii. 447.
ANIMALS, influence of music on, i.
272-4.
ANNIUS of Viterbo published seven-
teen books of pretended antiquities,
iii. 305; and afterwards a com-
mentary, ib.; caused a literary
war, 306.
ANTEDILUVIAN researches, i. 301-
303.
ANTI, a favourite prefix to books of
controversy, i. 318.
ANTIQUARIES, Society of, inquiry into
its origin and progress, ii. 413-
415.
ANTONY, Marc, anecdote of, ii. 10.
APPAREL, excess in, proclamation
against, by Elizabeth, iii. 375.
APPLES grafted on mulberry stocks,
ii. 157, note.
ARCHESTRATUs, a celebrated culinary
philosopher, ii. 246.
ARGUMENTS, invented by a machine,
ii. 419.
ARIOSTO, his merits disputed in
Italy, i. 386; public preference
given to, by the Accademia della
Crusca, 387; his verses sung by
the gondoliers, 388.
ARISTOCRAT, a nick-name, iii. 83.
ARISTOTLE, account of criticisms on,
i. 25; fate of his library, 53;
Arabic commentaries on, 61; rage
for, ib.; his opinions on sneezing,
127; letter of Philip of Macedon
to, 142; description of the person
and manners of, ib.; will of, 143;
studied under Plato, ib.; parallel
between him and Plato, by Rapin,
ib.; anecdote concerning him and
Plato, 144; raises a school, ib.;
attacked by Xenocrates, ib.; his
mode of pointing out a successor,
145; writers against and for, 314;
bon-mot on his precepts, 407.
ARMSTRONG, Archibald, jester to
Charles I., ii. 236, note.
ARNAULD, one of the most illus-
trious members of the Port Royal
Society, i. 94; anecdotes of, 96;
was still the great Arnauld at the
age of eighty-two, 97.
ASHMOLE, Elias, his Theatrum Che-
micum Britannicum, i. 286; his
Diary, ii. 209; his superstition, ib.,
note.
ASTRÆA, D'Urfé's romance of the, i.
451; sketch of, 452-454.
ASTROLOGERS, faith in, by celebrated
characters, i. 278; Lilly consulted
by Charles I., ib.; Nostrodamus, by
Catherine de Medici, 279; several
have suffered death to verify their
skill, ib.; shifts and impostures of,
279-280.
ASTROLOGY, greatly flourished in the
time of the Civil Wars, i. 280;
attacks on and defences of, 281-
282.
ATELLANÆ Fabulæ, Atellan farces,
ii. 131, and note, 132.
ATTICUS, employed to collect for
Cicero, ii. 397; traded in books
and gladiators, 398.
AUBREY, John, extract from his cor-
respondence, iii. 294; his search
after gold, ib.; his idea of uni-
versal education, 296.
AUDLEY, a lawyer and usurer, ii.
158; his commencement of life,
and means of rising in, 159; anec-
dote of him and a draper, 161;
his maxims of political economy,
162; his reply to a borrowing
lord, ib.; his manners and opinions,
168-170; his death and general
character, 170.
AUTOGRAPHS, indications of charac-
ter, iii. 163; of English sovereigns,
165-166.
BABINGTON'Ss conspiracy, some ac-
count of its progress, and of the
noble youths concerned in it, ii.
171; trial and defences of the con-
spirators, 173; their execution,
175-176.
BACCHUS, ancient descriptions of, and
modern translations of them, ii. 292.
BACON, Lord, sketch of his life as a
philosopher, iii. 320-326; more
valued abroad than at home, 327.
BAKER, Sir Richard, author of the
"Chronicle," died in the Fleet, ii.
452; his papers burnt, ib.
BALES, Peter, a celebrated cali-
grapher, i. 275; iii. 173-177.
BALLARD, the Jesuit, concerned in
Babington's conspiracy, ii. 172;
expression of his on his trial, 173.
BAPTISTA PORTA, founded the Acca-
demie of the Oziosi and Segreti,
iii. 290; considered himself a
prognosticator, ib.; his magical
devices, ib.
BARBIER, Louis, anecdote relating to,
ii. 11; his superstitious observances,
ib., note.
BARNARD, Dr., his "Life of Hey-
lin," iii. 217-221.
BARTHIUS, Gaspar, a voluminous au-
thor, ii. 536; an infant prodigy,
ib.; published a long list of un-
printed works, 537; its fate, ib.
BASNAGE, his Dictionary, iii. 233.
BAYLE, publishes his Nouvelles de la
République des Lettres, i. 14; ac-
count of his death, 391; his con-
duct to his friend, 392; read much
by his fingers, ib.; amusements of,
ib.; anecdotes relating to, 393;
his "Critical Dictionary," remarks
on its character, ii. 382-388; Gib-
bon's remarks on, 385; publication
of, ib.; his originality, how obtain-
ed, 386; his errors, 388; his per-
sonal traits, 389; his characteris-
tics, 388-396; changes his religion
twice, 390; extract from his diary,
ib.; his methods of study, 391;
appointed to a professorship, ib.;
deprived of it, ib.; laments his
want of books, 392; anecdotes of
the effects of his works, 394; a
model of a literary character, 395.
BEAM in the eye of the Pharisee,
literally represented in early art,
i. 307, and note.
BEARDS, various fashions in, i. 220
BEAUSSOL, M. Peyraud de, his preface
to his condemned tragedy, ii. 304-
307.
BEN JONSON, masques by, iii. 12;
assisted Rawleigh in his history of
the world, 131, and note.
BENEVOLENCES, iii. 218, 219.
BENTLEY, notice of his criticisms on
Milton, i. 370-373.
BETHLEHEM Hospital, its original
foundation, ii. 311, and note.
BETTERTON, anecdote of, i. 250.
BEZA, Theodore, an imitator of Calvin
in abuse, i. 310; effect of his work
against toleration, iii. 245.
BIBLE, the prohibition of, ii. 19; va-
rious versions of, 20-23; a family
one, 22; the Olivetan, iii. 155; cor-
rupt state of the English, formerly,
427; printing of, an article of open
trade, 428; shameful practices in
the printing of, 428-431, and note;
privilege of printing granted to one
Bentley, 430; Field's Pearl Bible
contained 6000 faults, 431; divi-
sion of, into chapter and verse, 432.
BIBLIOMANE, iii. 343.
BIBLIOMANIA, i. 9.
BIBLIOGNOSTE, iii. 343.
BIBLIOGRAPHE, iii. 343.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, remarks on its impor-
tance, iii. 341.
BIBLIOPHILE, iii. 343.
BIBLIOTAPHE, iii. 343.
BIOGRAPHICAL parallels, iii. 425; a
book of, proposed by Hurd, ib.; be-
tween Budæus and Erasmus, 426;
instances of several, 427.
BIOGRAPHY, painted, a, iii. 137-141;
remarks on, 414; sentimental, dis-
tinguished from chronological, ib. ;
of Dante, by Boccacio and Aretino,
415-419; domestic, 420-423;
customary among the Romans, 424;
comparative, a series of, projected
by Elizabeth Hamilton, ib.
BIRCH, Dr., his great services to his-
tory, iii. 383.
BIRKENHEAD, Sir John, a newspaper
writer and pamphleteer during the
great rebellion, i. 159.
BLACK Cloaks, a political nickname
for a party in Naples, iii. 82.
BLENHEIM, Secret history of the build-
ing of, iii. 102-111; drawn from
MSS., 103, note.
BONAVENTURE DE PERRIERS, speci-
men of his stories, i. 128.
Book of Sports, effect of, ii. 148.
BOOKS, collections of, see LIBRARIES;
collectors of, see COLLECTORS; re-
views of, and criticisms on, see LI-
TERARY JOURNALS and SKETCHES
OF CRITICISM; destruction of, see
TITLE; lost, i. 47-57; prices of, in
early times, 76; treatise on the art
of reading printed, 78; curious ad-
vertisements of, 157; titles of, 288;
various opinions as to the size of,
347; difficulties encountered in pub-
lishing many books of merit, 375;
works of another description better
remunerated, 377; leaves of, origin
of their name, ii. 23, note; table-
books, 26; derivation of the name
"book," 28; description of the form
and condition of ancient, ib.; cen-
sors and licensers of, 216; catalogue
of, condemned at the Council of
Trent, ib.; inquisitors of, ib.; see
INDEX: burning of, anecdote of its
good effect in promoting their sale,
219; mutilations caused by the
censors in Camden's works, Lord
Herbert's History of Henry VIII.,
and the Poems of Lord Brooke,
220; anecdotes of purloiners of, iii.
316-319; predilection of cele-
brated men to particular, iii. 340
-343; calculations as to their pre-
sent number, 342; different terms
for amateurs of, 343; which have
been designed but not completed,
493, 494.
BOOKSELLERS, two ruined by one au-
thor, ii. 533.
BORROWERS, destructive to collections
of books, i. 12.
BOTANIC GARDEN, Darwin's remarks
on, i. 341.
BOURDALOUE, i. 257.
BOURGEOIS, Père, one of the Chinese
missionaries, account of his attempt
at preaching in Chinese, i. 268.
BOUTS RIMES, i. 296.
BRANDT, Ship of Fools, i. 7.
BRIDGEWATER, late Duke of, destroy-
ed many family MSS., ii. 451.
BUCKINGHAM, Duke of, his fami-
liarity and coarseness with James
I., i. 463,note; his conduct in Spain,
ii. 4; equally a favourite with
James I. and Charles I., 5; Hume's
character of, ib. and 355; anec-
dote of him and the Queen of
France, 6; his audacity and "En-
glish familiarity," ib.; anecdote of
him and Prince Charles, 7; his
rise, 10; his magnificent entertain-
ment of Charles I. and the French
ambassador, 327; his character,
356-358, and notes; his fears of
being supplanted, 357, note; con-
trast between him and Richelieu,
358; secret history of his expedition
to Spain with Prince Charles, 359;
prognostics of his death, 364; por-
trait of, 366, note; determined to
succour Rochelle, 367; his death,
371; satires on, 369, 370; possess-
ed the esteem of Charles I., ib.; his
extravagance in dress, iii. 407; in-
trigued with the Puritans, 443;
his intercourse with Dr. Preston, a
Puritan, 444; discovers Preston's
insincerity, and abandons the Pu-
ritans, 445; his impeachment, 452;
his failure at the Isle of Rhé, 458;
offers to resign his offices, 469; hatred
of, by the parliament, 470-474.
BUFFON, Vicq d'Azyr's description of
his study, iii. 208.
BUILDINGS in the metropolis, opposi-
tion to, from the days of Elizabeth
to those of Charles II., iii. 363;
statutes against, 364; proclama-
tions against, 365.
BURNET, his book against Varillas,
i. 132, and note.
BURYING grounds, iii. 231.
BUTLER, the author of "Hudibras,"
vindicated, ii. 491-495.
CADIZ, expedition to, in the time of
Charles I., ii. 366; satirical lines
on, 367.
CALAMY, his "History of the Ejected
Ministers," iii. 240.
CALUMNY, political advantages of, iii.
CALVIN, less tolerant than Luther in
controversy, i. 309.
CAMUS, his "Médecine de l'Esprit,"
ii. 469.
CARACCI, family of the, ii. 399; Lo-
dovico, character of, ib.; the school
of the, 401, note; Agostino and
Annibale, their opposite characters,
402; the three opened a school in
their own house, 403; Agostino's
eminence there, ib.; his sonnet,
comprising the laws of painting,
404; Domenichino, Albano, Guido,
Guercino, their pupils, 405; dis-
putes between Annibale and Agos-
tino, ib.; their separation, 406.
CARDINAL RICHELIEU, anecdotes of,
and considerations on his character,
i. 139-142.
CARLETON, Sir Dudley, Vice-Cham-
berlain of Charles I., his speech to
the Commons on the imprisonment
of two of their members for their
impeachment of Buckingham, iii.
CARTOONS of Raphael, now at Hamp-
ton Court, offered for sale, and
bought by Cromwell, ii. 333; nearly
sold to France by Charles II., ib.,
note; the gallery for their reception
built by William III., ib.
CATHERINE DE' MEDICI, her belief in
astrology, iii. 347; employs Mont-
luc to intrigue to secure the election
of the Duke of Anjou to the crown
of Poland, 349.
CATHARINOT, a voluminous writer,
ii. 545; his singular mode of pub-
lishing his unsaleable works, 546.
CAUSE and Pretext, distinction be-
tween, to be observed by historians,
iii. 141; anecdotal illustrations,
CAXTON, the printer, his earliest
works, i. 75, note.
CAYET, Dr., his “
naire," ii. 7.
CENSERS used to sweeten houses in
the reign of Elizabeth, ii. 38, note.
CENSORS of books, designed to coun-
teract the press, ii. 216; originated
with the Inquisition, ib.; appointed
with the title of Inquisitors of
Books, ib.; disagreement among
these Inquisitors, 217; in Spain,
218; their treatment of commen-
tators on the "Lusiad," ib.; in-
stances of the injury done to En-
glish literature by the appointment
of, 220; never recognised by English
law, 221; regularly established
under Charles I., 223; office of,
maintained by the Puritans, ib.;
treatment of Milton by, ib.; the
office lay dormant under Cromwell,
224; revived and continued
under Charles II. and James II.,
ib.; anecdotes relative to, 226-228.
CENTOS, i. 299.
CEREMONIES, different, among various
nations, ii. 12-15.
CERVANTES, remark of, i. 394; taken
prisoner at the battle of Lepanto,
ib.
CHAMILLART, Minister of France, his
rise, ii, 11.
CHARLES MARTEL, his combat with,
and defeat of, the Mahometans, ii.
430.
CHARLES the Bald of France, his
remarkable vision, ii. 423.
CHARLES the First, account of his ex-
pedition into Spain, ii. 1-4; anec-
dote of him and Buckingham, 6;
history of his diamond seal, 326;
his love of the fine arts, 327; the
magnificence and taste of his court
entertainments, 328; anecdote of,
329; catalogue of his effects, 331
-334; an artist and a poet, 334,
335, and note; influence of his wife
on, doubted, 336; his dismissal of
his wife's French establishment,
345; reply to the French ambas-
sador's remonstrances, 347; his
conduct on the death of Bucking-
ham, 371; secret history of him and
his first Parliaments, iii. 448; the
latter a sullen bride, ib.; his ad-
dress to his first Parliament, and
their ungracious conduct, 449; they
abandoned the king, 450; raises
money on Privy Seals, ib.; on the
failure of the expedition to Cadiz
he called his second Parliament,
451; communications between him
and his Parliament, ib.; his ad-
dress to them, noticing the impeach-
ment of Buckingham, 452; his con-
duct on that occasion the beginning
of his troubles, 453; on the Com-
mons' further remonstrance against
Buckingham, he dissolves his se-
cond Parliament, 457; his distress
for money, ib.; his fresh distresses
on the failure of the expedition to
the Isle of Rhé, and his expedients
to raise money, 458, 459; their ill
success, 460, 461; reflections on his
situation, 463; rejects the proffered
advice of the President of the Rosy-
Cross, 464; anonymous letter sent
to the Commons, and by them for-
warded to the king without perus-
ing, 465; secret measures used by
the opposition, 466; speech of the
king to Parliament, 467; his emo-
tion on being informed that the
Parliament had granted subsidies
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