SHUCKFORD, "Sacred and Profane History Connected", 85

SLOANE, Sir Hans, his peculiarities of style, 358-360

SMART and his satire, "The Hilliad", 371-372

SMOLLETT confesses the incredible labour and chagrin he had endured as an author, 13

SOCRATES ridiculed by Aristophanes, 266

SOUTH'S poignant reflection on the Royal Society, 342

SPRAT'S History of the Royal Society, 337-339 his aversion to Milton, 424

STEELE, his paradoxical character, 168 satirized by Swift, 429-431 why he wrote a laughable comedy after his "Christian Hero", 169 his ill choice in a wife of an uncongenial character, 170 specimens of his "Love Despatches," n. ib. finely contrasts his own character with that of Addison, n. 172 introduces Pope to Addison, 314 manages a friendly interview between them after a long disseverance, 319 his political creed loses him Addison's friendship, 433

STEEVENS, G., satirizes Sir John Hawkins, 535

STILLINGFLEET, Bishop, his end supposed to have been hastened by Locke's confutation of his metaphysical notions, n. 140

STOCKDALE, Perceval, his character an extraordinary instance of the illusions of writers in verse, 218 draws a parallel between Charles XII. and himself, 224

STOWE, the chronicler, petitions to be a licensed beggar, 29

STRUTT, the antiquary, a man of genius and imagination, 86 his spirited letters on commencing his career of authorship, 88

STUART, Dr. Gilbert, his envious character; desirous of destroying the literary works of his countrymen, 131 projects the "Edinburgh Magazine and Review;" its design, ib. his horrid feelings excited by his disappointments, 132 raises a literary conspiracy against Dr. Henry, 135 dies miserably, 139

STUBBE and his attacks on the Royal Society, 346 his early history, 347 influenced by Dr. Fell in his attacks, n. 350 specimens of them, 356

SYSTEMS of Opinions, often fallacies in practice, 461

SUBSCRIPTIONS once inundated our literature with worthless works, 29

TEMPLE, Sir W., Essay on Learning, 378

THEOBALD, his payments from, and literary arrangements with Lintot, 331-332

TICKELL'S Homer, 316

TOLAND, a lover of study, 157 defends himself from the aspersion of atheism or deism, 150 accused of an intention to found a sect, 159 had the art of explaining away his own words, ib. a great artificer of title-pages, 160 his "Pantheisticon", 161 projects a new office of a private monitor to the minister, 163 of the books he read and his MSS. n. 166 his panegyrical epitaph composed by himself, 167 Locke's admirable foresight of his character, 168 the miserable payment for his life of literary labour, 332

TONSON, Jacob, bickerings with Dryden, n. 171 his bookselling career, ib.

UDALL, John, a writer in the Mar-Prelate controversy, n. 505, n. 518 his character and career, 521-523

WAGSTAFFE, Dr., his character of Steele, n. 429-432 his satirical works, n. 431

WAKEFIELD, Gilbert, his works unsuccessful because of his politics, n. 435

WALLIS, Dr., his curious narrative of a dialogue between Hobbes and the Countess of Devonshire, n. 455 his quarrel with Hobbes, 465-473 his power of deciphering secret writing, 472 his real opinion of Hobbes, n. 473

WALPOLE, Horace, his literary character, 43 instances of his pointed vivacity against authors, n. 43 why he attacked the fame of Sydney, and defended Richard III., 45 his literary mortifications, acknowledged by himself from his original letters, 47 how Gray treated him when invited to Strawberry-hill, n. 46 extraordinary letter of, expressing his contempt of his most celebrated contemporaries, 49

WALSINGHAM, Sir Francis, originally favours the Puritans, n. 508

WARBURTON, dishonest criticism on Gray's "Hudibras", 105 and his quarrels, 233-277 his early career, 239 his traffic in dedications, 241 his contemptuous criticism on Pope and Addison, 244 his miscellaneous reading, 245, 246 his love of conjecture, 247 Divine Legation, n. 250, 267 unhappy in his labours, n. 252 his coarseness of invective, n. 224, 268 his contemptuous criticisms, 258, 269 conjectural criticism on Shakspeare, 260 his edition of Pope, 263, 270, 271 his literary recruits, 274 defends Pope against Bolingbroke, 321 influenced Pope through his religion, n. 323 his opinion of Hobbes, n. 444 offends Edwards in a contest, 532

WARD, Dr. Seth, his double opinion of Hobbes' Works, n. 465

WARD, Dr., his quarrel with Dr. Pierce, 536

WHARTON, Henry, sunk under his historical studies, 74

WHITGIFT, Archbishop, his controversies with Cartwright the Puritan, and ultimate friendship with him, n. 509

WILLIAM of WYKEHAM attacked by Bohun, 537

WOOD, Anthony, his character, 94 an apology for the "Athenae Oxonienses", 92 the writers of a party whom he abhorred frequently refer to him in their own favour, 99 defines Marvell's style, 392 gives Bishop Parker's early history, 394 his prejudice against Lake, 423

WOODWARD the actor attacked by Hill, 372, and note

WORKS, valuable, not completed from deficient encouragement, 84

WOTTON'S reflections on learning, 378

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Transcriber Notes

Typographical inconsistencies have been changed and are listed below.

Archaic and variable spelling and hyphenation is preserved, including the author's use of "wont" instead of "won't".

Author's punctuation style is preserved, except where noted below.

Passages in italics indicated by underscores.

Passages in bold indicated by equal signs.

Emphasized words within italics indicated by plus signs.

Greek transliterations are surrounded by tildes.

Transcriber Changes

The following changes were made to the original text:

Page 11: Added missing word (He passed through a youth of iniquity, and was expelled from his college for his irregularities)

Page 21: Was 'ingratisude' (it seems a national ingratitude to limit the existence of works for their authors)

Page 23: Was 'roya' (passed off in currency their base metal stamped with a royal head)

Page 40: Was 'discontentd' (he retired discontented into Surrey.")

Page 62: Was smudged 'brothe' (envied their Ciceronian brothers.)

Page 63: Added period (he then requested the Bishop of London.)

Page 89: Was 'prosspects' (his imagination delighted to expatiate in its future prospects)

Page 105: Was 'Hubidras' (might have served as the model of Grey's Hudibras.)

Page 118: Added quote ("Harvey, the happy above happier men, I read)

Page 187: Was 'sorows' (the oriental student pathetically counts over his sorrows)

Page 215: Removed quote (O people currish, churlish as their seas—)

Page 230: Changed comma to period (he gave a new turn to our studies.)

Page 281: Added quote ("and the weekly clubs held to consult of hostilities against the author;")

Page 289: Was 'nor' (Is not Word-catching more serviceable in splitting a cause, than explaining a fine poet?)

Page 327: Was 'damagogue' (which such a political demagogue as Bolingbroke never forgave)

Page 328: Added quote (which I have noticed in the "Quarrels of Warburton.")

Page 350: Was 'petulent' (which closed this life of toil and hurry and petulant genius)

Page 399: Was 'ut' (he was glad to make use of anything rather than sit out;)

Page 403: Was 'Philosoper' (while the Philosopher keenly retorts on the Club)

Page 420: Added missing i (I give a short narrative of the political temper of the times, in their unparalleled gazettes.)

Page 434: Added quote (From age to age, &c.")

Page 436: Was 'montrous' (his monstrous egotism)

Page 469: Changed comma to period (than in his younger days.)

Page 471: Removed quote (you are older already than Methuselah.)

Page 481: Added quote ('Barmy froth, inflate, turgidous, and ventosity are come up.')

Page 483: Was 'searchin' (Mine enemies, with sharp and searching eyes)

Page 487: Added period (Nor the Untrussers.)

Page 497: Removed quote (Now, to show himself as good a painter as he is a herald)

Footnote 20: Extra comma removed (his Bibliographia Poetica.)

Footnote 140: Was 'afterwardss' (As City Poet afterwards Settle composed the pageants)

Footnote 140: Was 'Mayor' (songs for the Lord Mayor's Shows from 1691 to 1708)

Footnote 140: Original split across lines as 'im,' and 'poverished,' (Towards the close of his career he became impoverished)

Footnote 150: Changed period to comma (by Indignatio," 1772)

Footnote 157: Added quote ("that last foible of superior genius.")

Footnote 163: Was 'Manasseh' (which Menasseh Ben Israel has written his treatise)

Footnote 183: Was 'infallibilty' (to the standard of your infallibility)

Footnote 186: Added quote ("Letter to Warburton," p. 4.)

Footnote 195: Added quote (Prince Eugene, "who came hither for that purpose.")

Footnote 202: Was 'Irishmant o' (had a tall Irishman to attend him)

Footnote 291: Added quote (And changed his skin to monumental brass.")

Footnote 324: Added missing word (It may be inscribed in the library of the student)

Footnote 353: Was 'caligraphy' (this beautiful specimen of calligraphy may still be seen)

Footnote 353: Was 'hi' (it produced his sudden dismissal from the presence of Charles II. when at Paris)

Footnote 354: Added quote (but, chewed, are for the most part cast up again without effect.")

Footnote 367: Added quote ("Il disoit qu'il faisoit quelquefois des ouvertures)

Footnote 369: Added period (The story his antagonist (Dr. Wallis) relates is perfectly in character.)

Footnote 418: Changed comma to period (in a countercuffe given to Martin Junior.")

Index: Was 'Gilden' (GILDON supposed by Pope to have been employed by Addison to write against him, 316)

Index: Added period (JOHNSON, Dr., his aversion to Milton's politics, 425)

Index: Was '132' (LIGHTFOOT could not procure the printing of his work, 192)

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