Gift, The, a poem, i. 129.
Godinot, a reputed miser, iv. 97.
Goldsmith, Rev. Charles, some ac-
count of, i. 3.

Goldsmith, Rev. Henry, some ac-
count of, i. 4; The Traveller
dedicated to him, 79; Goldsmith
approves his choice of an obscure
life, 79; Goldsmith's letter to
him, 311; Goldsmith's advice to
him on the education of his son,
313.

Goldsmith, Maurice, some account

of, i. 315, note; Goldsmith's let-
ter to, 315.
Goldsmith, Oliver, his variety of
genius, i. 2; birth and parentage,
3; education, 4; adventure, said
to have furnished the idea of She
Stoops to Conquer, 5; enters
Trinity College, Dublin, 6; leaves
College, and intends to quit his
country, 7; is brought back, 7;
made A. B. 9; concerned in a riot,
9; loses his father, 9; fails to
obtain licence as a clergyman, 9;
his desire to travel, 10; adven-
tures in one of his excursions, 10;
his friends wish him to study law,
11; sent to Edinburgh to study
physic, 12; his behaviour, 12';
leaves college without a diploma,
13; arrives at Rotterdam, after a
narrow escape from shipwreck,
14; studies medicine at Leyden,
14, 304; his thoughtless extrava-
gance, 15; performs the tour of
Europe, 16; his destitute state on
arriving in London, 19; becomes
usher in an academy, 20; acts as
journeyman to a chemist, 21;
commences practitioner in South-
wark, 21; applies to the book-
sellers for employment, 21; writes
occasionally in the reviews, 21;
first dramatic attempt, 21; gets an
appointment in India, but never
entered upon it, 22; dissolves an
engagement to write for the
Monthly Review, 22; publishes
his Inquiry into the Present State
of Polite Learning, 23; his lite-
rary occupations, 24; Citizen of

the World, and Vicar of Wake-
field, 24; extricated from a disa-
greeable dilemma by Dr Johnson,
25; writes a History of England,
and a Survey of Experimental
Philosophy, 26; adopts a splendid
style of living, 27; his attention
to dress, 28; frequents the meet-
ings of the Literary Club, 29;
publishes his Traveller, ib. ; intro-
duced to the Earl of Northumber-
land, 30; his scheme of making
the tour of Asia, 31; facility of
imposing on him by flattery, 32;
the Deserted Village, 33; his
manner of composing in prose and
verse, 33; excuse for writing so
little poetry, 34; publishes his
Roman History, and History of
England, 34; price he received
for his histories, 34; Dr Johnson's
estimate of his merits as a histo-
rian, 35; writes Lives of Parnell
and Bolingbroke, 36; publishes
his Beauties of English Poetry,
36; undertakes his History of the
Earth and Animated Nature, 37; -
what he received for it, 39; She
Stoops to Conquer, 39; his as-
Evans, the publisher

sault don Packet, 44; pub-

of the

lishes his Vindication, 44; his
project of a Universal Dictionary of
Arts and Sciences, 46; becomes
subject to a serious disorder, 47;
his alternate habits of intense
study and dissipation, 47; causes
of his poverty, 48; is seized with
a violent fever, 48; his death, 49;
funeral, 50; monument to him in
Poet's Corner, with inscription by
Johnson, 50; English inscription
proposed, 50, note; his vanity in
regard to his person, 52; laugh-
able instance of his love of praise,
53; envious of the reputation of
other authors, 55; made no figure
in conversation, 55; instance of
his absence of mind, 59; his
moral character, 59; estimate of
his character as a man, 61; his
merits as a prose writer, 62; as a
poet, 63; remarks on his princi-

pal poetical pieces, 64; made
Professor of Ancient History to
the Royal Academy of Painting,
316; celebration of his birthday,

iv. 323.

Good man struggling with adversity,
who a nobler object than, ii.

189.

Good-Natured Man, when produced,
i. 33; its character and reception,
33; editor's notice of, 169; dra-
matis personæ, 170; prologue, by
Johnson, 171.

Gout, a clerical disorder, iii. 167.
Government best administered by
a few, iii. 282.

Gratitude and love, their difference,
iii. 191.

Gray, character of his Elegy, iv.
288.

Great, their distresses excite most
pity, ii. 290, iii. 328; to be pitied
more than envied, 187; exposed
to flatterers, iii. 282.

Great men, multitude of, iii. 215;
little, iv. 146.

Greatness, characteristics of, iv.

110.

Grécourt imitated, i. 129.
Gresset, his style, iv. 26.
Guilt and shame, an allegory, ii. 61.

Hamlet's soliloquy, a heap of absur-
dities, ii. 256; objections to the
author's opinion of, 259, note.
Handel at the head of the English
school of music, ii. 280.
Happiness, each nation supposes its
own country to possess most, i.
83; every state has a favourite
kind of, 84; human imperfect,
ii. 132; no system of, suited to
all conditions, iii. 126; constitu-
tional, 129, iv. 81.
Harmonical Society, account of,
ii. 166.

Hawkins, Sir John, story told by
him of Goldsmith, i. 17, note;
particulars of Goldsmith's inter-
view with the Earl of Northum-
berland, 31; malignity of his
statements, 55.
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Y

Heart, its education should precede
that of the understanding, ii.

227.

Henriquez, Jacob, an example of

Christian fortitude, ii. 211.
Henry IV. of France, affecting

instance of his humanity, ii. 227.
Hermit, a ballad, remarks on it,
i. 67; how far original, 106,
note; attempt to prove it a trans-
lation from the French, iv. 309.
Hickey, Mr, i. 117, note; epitaph
on, 121.

High Life Below Stairs, remarks on
the farce of, iv. 130.

History of the World, introduction
to a new, iv. 267.

History, advantages of knowing,
ii. 230.

Hobbes, his opinion concerning
laughter, iv. 165.

Hodson, Daniel, Esq. Goldsmith
gives him an account of his cir-
cumstances, i. 305; Goldsmith
mentions to him his Indian ap-
pointment, 308.

Hogarth, Mr, his opinion of con-
noisseurs, iv. 40.

Holberg, Baron, Goldsmith's de-
scription of his tour of Europe,
i. 16, iv. 21.
Holland, the patience of its inha-
bitants, i. 88; their industry and
love of gain, 89; contrasted with
Scotland, 304; operation of its
laws, ii. 80; state of polite learn-
ing in, iv. 16.

Home, distress of a family at leaving,
i. 104; attachment to, iii. 287.
Homer, beauties of his poetry,
ii. 247; his poverty, iii. 242.
Honest man the noblest work of

God, that maxim disputed, ii. 60.
Hope the solace of the wretched,
i. 161.

Horace, what he said of genius
applicable to taste, ii. 219; cha-
racter of his writings, 229.
Horneck, the Misses, Goldsmith
accompanies them to Paris, i. 39.
Hospitality commended, ii. 24.
Hume, his principles blamed, iv.

278.

Humour, danger of banishing from
the stage, ii. 292; definition of,
iv. 42.
Husbands, most prudent conduct
for English, iii. 53; ladies advised
to get, 252.

Hyde, Lord, dissuades the publish-
ing of Bolingbroke's Letters on
History, iv. 255.

Hymns, their early use in religious
rites, ii. 235.

Hypasia, history of, iv. 92.
Hyperbole defined, ii. 269.

Ideal beauty, whence derived, ii.
231.

Ignorance, happiness of the valley
of, iii. 105; is positive, 334.
Ill nature passes for wit, iv. 39.
Il Penseroso, its character, iv. 288.
Imagination, can recall the past,
i. 73; a strong one, dangerous to
content, ii. 286.
Imitation, pleasure arising from,
ii. 232; foundation of the fine
arts, 244.

Inconstancy produced by a love of
reasoning, iii 334.
Insects, sagacity of, iv. 106.
Instinct, superior to reason, i. 132.
Insults, advantages to be drawn
from, iii. 239.

Invention and enthusiasm constitute
genius, ii. 244.
Ireland, Goldsmith's partiality to,

i. 306.

Iris, lines addressed to, i. 129.
Italy, combines all the richest
bounties of nature, i. 84; de-
graded condition of its inhabitants,
84; state of polite learning in,
iv. 14.

Jests, success of a rich man's, ii. 26.
Johnson, Dr, his opinion that Gold-
smith's talents were slow in matu-
ring disproved, i. 8; sells the
Vicar of Wakefield for him, 25;
his opinion of Goldsmith's fitness
for an Asiatic tour, 32; estimate
of Goldsmith as a historian, 35;

stands forth as the champion of
Goldsmith's comedy, She Stoops
to Conquer, 40; his observation
in regard to that piece, 42;
opinion as to Goldsmith's religion,
60; disclaims Goldsmith as an
imitator, 62; his estimate of Gold-
smith as an author, 67.
Justice, the greatest and most diffi-
cult of kingly virtues, iii. 109;
striking instance of, 110.
Justice and Generosity, a tale, iv.
95.

Kabul, story of his death and trans-
migration, iii. 42.

Kearney, Archdeacon, his evidence
that Goldsmith distinguished him-
self at college, i. 8.

Kelly, the dramatist, editor of the
Public Ledger, i. 24; some ac-
count of, 121, note.
Kenrick, Dr, his scurrilous letter
to Goldsmith, i. 43. iv. 320;
some account of, i. 119.
Kentish Town, remarks on, in the

style of modern travellers, iii.337.
Kilcoubry, Lord, a glover, i. 301.
Kings, when their praise is lasting,
i. 149; arguments in favour of,
ii. 78.
Knighthood, proposal to establish
in England an order of female,
iii. 305.

Knowledge of one's self, its impor-
tance, i. 322.
Kunokephaloi, curious accounts of,
iii. 44.

Laberius, his speech when forced
upon the stage, i. 136, ii. 239.
Language, what the true use of,
iv. 87.

Langton, Bennet, Esq. Goldsmith's
letter to, i. 318.

Lao, looking-glass of, its wonderful
properties, iii. 132.

Lauder, William, an impostor, i. 120,

note.

Laughing makes up for want of wit,
ii. 157.
Laws, too many have the same
effect as too few, ii. 191; more

indulgent in monarchical than
popular governments, iii. 145;
in what the Chinese and English
differ, iii. 210.

Lawsuits, remarks on, iii. 277.
Lawyers, how they live, iii. 277.
Lee, Nathaniel, his rant, ii. 224.
Legislature should make reforma-
tion the aim of laws, ii. 122.
Lennox, Mrs Charlotte, an au-
thoress, i. 141, note.

Leo, the philosopher, his writings,
iv. 12.

Letters, republic of, that term
inappropriate, iii. 54.

Lies, trade in, carried on, iii. 16.
Life, miseries of, i. 178; what gives
it its true relish, ii. 285; to what
compared, iv. 51.

Lissoy supposed to be the scene of

the Deserted Village, i. 95, note.
Literary Club, some account of,

i. 28, note; contribute for a
monument to Goldsmith, 50.
Literary men, several eminent
foreign, noticed, iv. 22.
Literature, to arrest its decline the

cause and remedies should be
pointed out, iv. 4; the numbers
who aspire to its honours inju-
rious, 5; its progress towards
maturity how promoted, 5; causes
of the depravation of ancient, 7.
Logicians Refuted, a poem, i. 131.
London affords every kind of com-
pany, ii. 163; contrasted with
Nankin, iii. 9.

London, a poem, its character,
iv. 289.

Longinus, his opinion in regard to
metaphors, ii. 254.
Love, that of the English and Dutch
contrasted, iii. 48; obstacles to,
in different countries, 316.
Lovers, what kind the most danger-
ous, iii. 174.

Luke and George Leck, some account
of, i. 93, note.
Lumpkin, Tony, i. 236;
improved edition of Humphry
Gubbins, 42.

an

Maffei, his tragedies, iv. 15.
Magazine, Lady's, conducted by
Goldsmith, i. 24.

Magazine, The Infernal, ii. 171.
Magazine, specimen of one in minia-
ture, ii. 170.

Magistrate, a corrupt, a human
hyæna, iii. 233.

Males and females, proportion of,
ii. 211.

Mallet, David, Esq. Bolingbroke
bequeathes him his writings, iv.
252; refuses to suppress the
letters on history, 258.

Man, his rationality disputed, i. 131;
a solecism in nature, ii. 175, iii.
41;
his ignorance and need of a
revelation, 62.

Man in Black, in the Citizen of the
World, iii. 34; who the arche-
type of, i. 3.
Mandarines, story of one ostenta-
tious of his jewels, iii. 188.
Mandarines, story of the twelve,
iii. 121.

Mankind have periods of advancing
and retrograding in civilization,
iii. 184; neither their virtues nor
vices without alloy, 195; com-
pared to a ship, 241; high notions
of the dignity of their nature, 318.
Margites of Homer, first regular
plan of comedy, ii. 241.

Marlow, in She Stoops to Conquer,
resembles Lord Hardy in Steele's
Funeral, i. 42.

Marriages, runaway, seldom turn
out well, ii. 293.
Marsyas, fable of, ii. 25.
Massey, his translation of Ovid's
Fasti criticised, ii. 307.
Massillon, his impressive preaching,
ii. 182; specimen of, iv. 153.

Matilda, story of, ii. 106.
Matrimony, discouragements to, iii.

210.

Maupertuis, Mr, account of, iv. 71.
Medicine, advertising professors of,
iii. 66.

Member of society, better to be an
amusing than a useful one, iii. 132.
Memory, a source of pain, i. 141,
iii. 127.

Mental acquirements make us more
sensible of our defects, ii. 185.
Mentius and the Hermit, iii. 192.
Mercury, a modern poet compared
to, i. 133.

Merit, wisdom of conferring rewards
on deceased, iii. 34; reflections
on unfortunate, iv. 133.
Metaphor, its great use in poetry,
ii. 253; mixed, 256; should not
be pursued too far, 261.
Metastasio, character of his poetry,

iv. 15.

Methodists, Dr Johnson's opinion
of, ii. 184.
Middle order in a state, the most
virtuous, ii. 79; how its influence
may be destroyed, 79; observa-
tions on the pride and luxury of,
iv. 160.

Mills, Edward, Esq. Goldsmith's
letter to, i. 310.

Mind, the good effects of unbending
the, iii. 156.

Mirth, enthusiasts enemies to, iii.
307.

Mischief, the power of doing seldom
commensurate with the desire,
ii. 60.

Misers, that name often misapplied,
iv. 97, 118.

Misery, whence it proceeds, iii. 129;
self created, 263.
Montaigne, not admired in company,
i. 58; remark of his, 315.
Montesquieu, the Citizen of the
World, an imitation of his Lettres
Persanes, i. 63; his Spirit of
Laws, iv. 25.

Moral Philosophers, Society of, ii.

169.

Morals low where there is little
refinement, i. 87.

Mordaunt, Sir Philip, his suicide
blamed, iii. 215.

Mourning, manner of in England
and China, iii. 270.
Multitude, their approbation seldom
well founded, iii. 109.
Music, three principal schools of,
ii. 278.

Muzzy Club, account of, ii. 165.
Myra, sonnet to, i. 139.

Nabis, his instrument of torture,
iv. 289.

Naïveté, what, ii. 222.
National concord, thoughts on, ii.
208.

Natural history, advantages of
studying, iv. 261; notice of the
principal writers in, 261; objects
of, 280; systems of, 281.
Naturalists, their trifling pursuits,
iii. 256.
Nature unjustly charged with par-
tiality to particular ages, iv. 4.
New books, their value compared
with old, iii. 218.
Newmarket, remarks on horse-
racing there, iii. 247.
Newspaper, specimen of a, iii. 17.
Nobility are sure of flattering elegies,
iii. 293.

Nobleman, account of an English,
iii. 91; why courted, 92; dullest
productions of one sure of success,

iii. 166.

Noise in the world, in what way
some make a, ii. 198.
Northumberland, Earl of, offers

Goldsmith his protection, i. 4;
invites him to an interview, 30;
neglects Goldsmith's recommen-
dation in favour of his brother
Henry, 31.

Novels, their bad effects upon youth,
i. 313.

Novelty offensive to critics, iv. 40.
Numbers, the restraint of, advan-
tageous to poetry, iii. 116.

Oglethorpe, General, letter from, on
the defects of hospitals, i. 319.