verses in celebration of Addison's
restoration to health, 436.
Boyle, Charles, his nominal editor-
ship of the Letters of Phalaris, ii.
369; his book on Greek history and
philology 362.
Boyle, Rt. Hon. Henry, iii. 384.
“Boys” (the) in opposition to Sir R.
Walpole, i. 286.
Bracegirdle, Mrs., her celebrity as an
actress, iii. 52; her intimacy with
Congreve, 52.
Brahmins, ii. 544.
Breda, treaty of, ii. 301.
Bribery, foreign, in the time of
Charles I., i. 189.
Brihuega, siege of, i. 544.
“Broad Bottom Administration”(the),
ii. 24.
Brothers, his prophecies as a test of
faith, ii. 544.
Brown, Launcelot, ii. 524.
Brown's Estimate, ii. 36.
Bruce, his appearance at Dr. Bur-
ney's concerts, iii, 296.
Brunswick, the House of, iii. 456.
Brussels, its importance as the seat of
a vice-regal Court, ii. 300.
Brydges, Sir Egerton, iii. 343.
Buchanan, character of his writings,
ii. 227.
Buckhurst, iii. 4.
Buckingham, Duke of, the “Steenie”
of James I., i. 415; Bacon's early
discernment of his influence, ii. 182,
183; his expedition to Spain, 183;
his return for Bacon's patronage,
184; his corruption, 187; his cha-
racter and position, 187–192; his
marriage, 195; his visit to Bacon,
and report of his condition, 198.
Buckingham, Duke of, one of the Cabal
ministry, iii. 22; his fondness for
Wycherley, 22; anecdote of his
versatility, 22.
Budgell, Eustace, one of Addison's
friends, iii. 396. 399.
Bunyan, John, his history and cha-
racter, i. 281–291 ; his style, 293;
his religious enthusiasm and ima-
gery, ii. 568.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, review
of Southey's edition of, i. 279. 281.
290; peculiarity of the work, 293;
not a perfect allegory, 285. 287.
Buonaparte, i. 170., ii. 39., iii. 386.
See also Napoleon.
Burgoyne, Gen., chairman of the
committee of inquiry on Lord
Clive, ii. 531.
Burke, Edmund, his characteristics,
i. 207; his opinion of the war with
Spain on the question of maritime
right, ii. 21; , , resembles Bacon,
266; effect of his speeches on the

grief for his fate, 321; remarks on
his try, 322; his admiration of
the Pope school of poetry, 335; his
opinion of Wordsworth and Cole-
ridge, 335; of Peter Bell, 335; his
estimate of the poetry of the 18th
and 19th centuries, 336; his sen-
sitiveness to criticism, 337; the
interpreter between Wordsworth
and the multitude, 338; the founder
of an exoteric Lake school, 338; re-
marks on his dramatic works, 339–
344; his egotism, 347; cause of his
influence, 347, 348.

C.

Cabal (the), their proceedings and
designs, ii. 312. 315. 321.
Cabinets, in modern times, ii. 329.
Cadiz, exploit of Essex at the siege of,
i. 527, ii. 354; its pillage by the
English expedition in 1702, i. 527.
Calcutta, its position on the Hoogley,
ii. 476; scene of the Black Hole of,
478,479; resentment of the English
at its fall, 480; again threatened by
Surajah Dowlah, 484; revival of its
prosperity,495; its sufferings during
the famine, 525; its capture, iii. 75;
its suburbs infested by robbers, 104;
its festivities on Hastings' marriage,
118.
Calvinism, moderation of Bunyan's,
i. 291; held by the Church of Eng-
land at the end of the 16th century,
ii. 426; many of its doctrines con-
tained in the Paulician theology,
547.
Cambridge, University of, favoured by
George I. and George II., 739; its
superiority to Oxford in intellectual
activity, ii. 135; disturbances pro-
duced in by the Civil War, 284.
Cambyses, story of his punishment of
the corrupt judge, ii.206.
Camilla, Madame D'Arblay's, iii. 346.
Campaign, The, by Addison, iii. 384.
Canada, subjugation of, by the British
in 1760, ii. 46.
Canning, Mr., iii. 340.
Cape Breton, reduction of, ii. 46.
Caraffa, Gian Pietro, afterwards Pope
Paul IV., his zeal and devotion, ii.
555.
Carlisle, Lady, i. 448.
Carnatic (the), its resources, ii. 459–
472; its invasion by Hyder Ali, iii.
131, 132.
Carteret, Lord, his ascendency after
the fall of Walpole, i. 593; Sir Ho-
race Walpole's stories about him,
596; his defection from Sir Robert
Walpole, ii. 9; succeeds Walpole,

531; his success in the north-east of
Spain, 534; is proclaimed king at
Madrid, 537; his reverses and re-
treat,540; his re-entry into Madrid,
542; his unpopularity, 543; con-

cludes a peace, 547; forms an alli-

ance with Philip of Spain, 553.

Charles I., lawfulness of the resistance

to, i. 31. 38; Milton's defence of his
execution, 41.43; his treatment of
the Parliament of 1640, 128; his
treatment of Strafford, 138; esti-
mate of his character, 139. 165, 166,
167. 416 ; his fall, 164; his condem-
nation and its consequences, 166–
170; Hampden's opposition to him,
and its consequences, 416–430; re-
sistance of the Scots to him, 431,
432; his increasing difficulties, 433;
his conduct towards the House of
Commons, 446–451; his flight, 451;
review of his conduct and treatment,
453–457; reaction in his favour
during the Long Parliament, ii. 96;
cause of his political blunders, 194;
effect of the victory over him on
the national character, 277.

Charles I. and Cromwell, choice be-

tween, i. 162.

Charles II., character of his reign,

i. 45; his foreign subsidies, 187; his
situation in 1660 contrasted with
that of Lewis XVIII., ii. 80, 81; his
character, 87. 298.304. 312. 314, 315.
342; his position towards the king
of France, 92; consequences of his
levity and apathy, 95, 96; his court
compared with that of his father,
297; his extravagance, 301 ; his
subserviency to France, 303–324;
his renunciation of the dispensing
power, 320 ; his relations with Tem-
§ 323. 327. 356; his system of
o in the House of Lords, 538;
his death, 540 ; reflections on his
fall, 540; his funeral in Westminster
Abbey, 541.
Cherbourg, guns taken from, ii. 45.
Chesterfield, Lord, his dismissal by
Walpole, ii.10.
Cheyte Sing, a vassal of the govern-
ment of Bengal, iii. 135; his large
revenue and suspected treasure,
138; Hastings' policy in desiring to
punish him, 139–143; his treat-
ment made the successful charge
against Hastings, 173.
Chillingworth, his opinion on apos-
tolical succession, ii, 424; became a
Catholic from conviction, ii. 545.
Chinsurah, Dutch settlement on the
Hoogley, ii. 476; its siege by the
English and capitulation, 502.
Chivalry, its form in Languedoc in
the 12th century, ii. 546, 547.
Cholmondeley, Mrs. iii. 310.
Christchurch College, Oxford, its re-
pute after the Revolution, ii. 367;
issues a new edition of the Letters
of Phalaris, 367.
Christianity, its alliance with the
ancient philosophy, ii.224; light in
which it was regarded by the Italians
at the Reformation, 553.
Church (the), in the time of James II.
i. 185.
Church (the), Southey's Book of, i.
210.
Church, the English, persecutions in
her name, i, 116; High and Low
Church parties, iii. 390.
Church of England, its origin, and
connection with the state, i. 125.
ii. 440; its condition in the time of
Charles I., i. 236; endeavour of the
leading Whigs at the Revolution to
alter its Liturgy and Articles, ii. 114,
429; its contest with the Scotch
nation, 116; Mr. Gladstone's work
in defence of it, 457; his arguments
for its being the pure Catholic
Church of Christ, 414–418; its
claims to apostolical succession dis-
cussed, 419–431; views respecting
its alliance with the state, 433–442;
contrast of its operations during the
two generations succeeding the Re-
formation, with those of the Church
of Rome, 566,567.
Church of Rome, its alliance with
ancient philosophy, ii. 224; causes
} of its success and vitality, 539, 540;
sketch of its history, 544–583.
Churchill, Charles, i. 184.
Cicero, partiality of Dr. Middleton
towards, ii. 131, 132; the most
eloquent and skilful of advocates,
132; his epistles in his banishment,

Bath, 531; his speech in his defence,
and its consequence, 531; his life in
retirement, 533; reflections on his
career, 535; failing of his mind, and
death by his own hand, 536.
Clizia, Machiavelli's, i. 86.
Clodius, extensive bribery at the trial
of, ii. 204.
Club-room, Johnson's, i. 400.
Coalition of Chatham and Newcastle,
ii. 44.
Cobham, Lord, his malignity towards
Essex, ii. 167.
Caesar Borgia, i. 90.
Caesar, Claudius, resemblance of James
I. to, i. 413.
Caesar compared with Cromwell, i. 170.
Caesars (the), parallel between them
and the Tudors, not applicable, i.483.
Coke, Sir E., his conduct towards Ba-
con, ii. 147. 190; his opposition to
Bacon in Peacham's case, 175, 176;
his experience in conducting state
prosecutions, 176; his removal from
the Bench, 190; his reconciliation
with Buckingham, and agreement
to marry his daughter to Bucking-
ham's brother, 191; his reconcilia-
tion with Bacon, 191; his behaviour
to Bacon at his trial,210.
Coleridge, relative “correctness” of
his poetry, i. 323; Byron's opinion
of him, 335.
Coligni, Gasparde, reference to, iii.503.
Collier, Jeremy, sketch of his life, iii.
39–46; his publication on the pro-
fameness of the English stage,43.49;
his controversy with Congreve, 46.
et seq.
Colloquieson Society,Southey's, i.206;
plan of the work, 214, 215.
Colonies, i. 504; question of the com-
petency of Parliament to tax them,
iii. 512, 513.
Comedy (the) of England, effect of the
writings of Congreve and Sheridan
upon, i. 84.
Comic Dramatists of the Restoration,
iii. 1-55; have exercised a great
influence on the human mind, 3.
Comines, his testimony to the good
government of England, i. 408.
Commerce and manufactures, their
extent in Italy in the 14th century,
i. 67–69; condition of, during the
war at the latter part of the reign of
George II. ii. 49.
Commons, House of, increase of its
power, i. 195–197; increase of its
Fo by and since the Revolution,
li. 118.
Commonwealth, iii. 14.
Comus, Milton's, i. 13. 16.
co Marshal, compared with Clive,
ii. 535.

Con*Adminini. defeat by Hawke,
ii. 47.

Congreve, sketch of his career at the
Temple, iii. 35; success of his “Love
for Love,” 38 ; his “Mourning
Bride,” 39; his controversy with
Collier, 46.49; his “Way of the
World,” 49; his position among
men of letters, 51 ; his attachment
to Mrs. Bracegirdle, 52; his friend-
ship with the Duchess of Marlbo-
rough, 53; his death and capricious
will, 53; his funeral in Westminster
Abbey, 545 cenotaph to his memory
at Stowe, 54; analogy between him
and Wycherley, 54, 55.

Congreve and Sheridan, effect of their
works upon the comedy of England,
o, 84; contrasted with Shakspeare,

Conquests of the British arms in 1758
–60, ii. 46, 47."
Constance, council of, put an end to
the Wickliffe schism, ii. 550.
Constitution (the) of England, in the
15th and 18th centuries, compared
with those of other European states,
i. 146; the argument that it would
be destroyed by admitting the Jews
to power, 296; its theory in respect
to the three branches of the legisla-
ture, iii. 439.
Constitutional government, decline of,
on the Continent early in the 17th
century, i. 150.
Constitutional History of England, re-
view of Hallam's, i. 107–206.
Constitutional Royalists in the reign
of Charles I., i. 444, 451.
Conway, Henry, iii.498; Secretary of
State under Lord Rockingham,510;
returns to his position under Chat.
ham, 524–528; sank into insignifi-
cance, 533.
Conway, Marshal, his character, ii.503.
co, Sir Anthony, his learning, ii.
39.
Co-operation, advantages of, ii. 390.
Coote, Sir Eyre, iii. 122; his character
and conduct in council, 122, 123;
his great victory of Porto Novo, 133.
Corah, ceded to the Mogul, iii. 92.
“Correctness” in the fine arts and in
the sciences, i. 323–327; in paint-
ing, 327; what is meant by it in
poetry, 323–327. *
Corruption, parliamentary, not neces-
sary to the Tudors, i. 579; its extent
in the reigns of George I. and II.
iii. 463,464.
Corsica given up to France, iii. 533.
Cossimbazar, its situation and import-
ance, iii. 74.
Council of York, its abolition, i. 439.
Country Wife of Wycherley, its cha-