Homer, the biography of, i. 125. Hobbes's translation of, ii. 215. Hooft, P. C. account of, iii. 7. , poetry by, iii. 8. Howard, Edward, Earl of Suffolk, the subject of his poems, Hughes, the poet, account of, from Spence, ii, 226. Hunt, Leigh, his opinion of translations of the poets, Improvisatori, account of, extracted from Spence, ii. 166. -, poetry by, ii. 65. Johnson, Dr. Samuel, Dr. Barnard's retort upon, i. 137. his opinion of "Douglas," iii. 147. Mag. iii. 179. and Cave, the projector of the Gents. Jones, Sir William, his account of Milton's Cottage, i. 133. poetry, ii. 47. Jonson, Benjamin, his sacred poetry, iii. 63. Jordan, Thomas, "the City Poet," account of, i. 220. ', poetry by, i. 222. Keats, John, Sonnet by, iii. 89. Bowring, iii. 182. Körner, the Germau poet and soldier, his death, iii. 73. Labe, Louise, account of, ii. 38. Laharpe, and the Academy at Rouen, i. 67. Lake, the, of the dismal swamp, described, i. 108. i. 110. -, poetry on, by T. Moore, L. E. L., slight account of, ii. 99. -, poetry by, ii. 100. Leon, Louis De, his lines on " Transubstantiation," ii. 158. - poetry, ii. 74. Lindsay, Sir David, account of, i. 279. Lodge, Thomas, his poetry, i. 184. Longlande, Robert, slight account of, ii. 108. -, poetry by, i. 192. Love-song of a Finland peasant, iii. 86. Malcolm, Sir John, poetry by, ii. 77. Malherbe, his opinion of the usefulness of poets, i. 120. Tragedy of " Elvira," i. 276. recollections of, ii. 286. Maniac, verses written by a, iii. 166. Mapes, Walter, "the Anacreon of the 11th Century," ii. 102. Marloe, or Marlow, Christopher, his death, i. 97. Menage, his remarkable memory, i. 272. Metastasio, his peculiarities, as related by Mrs. Piozzi, iii. 162. iii. 216. return to the Bar and resumption of poetry, Meun, John of, the continuator of "the Romaunt of the Middleton, Thomas, his whimsical petition to King James I., Milton, John, his singular adventure when at Cambridge, i. 113. i. 131. Mask," i. 218. i. 287. iii. 88, 178. cottage, account of, by Sir William Jones, reconcilement to his Wife, i. 203. Comus," and Campion's "Memorable interview with James, Duke of York, curious proclamation against, ii. 35. Dr. Johnson's defence of, ii. 178. his "Paradise Lost," anecdotes concerning, Milton, John, his love of music, iii, 99. -, Winstanley's abuse of, iii. 217. Montgomery, James, his "Climbing Boy's Album," iii. 245. in, iii. 246. poetry Moore, Thomas, comparison of his Poetry with that of Burns, account of his cottage at Devizes, iii, 100. daughter, iii. 136. on, iii. 102. addressed to, on the birth of his his lines on Joseph Atkinson, iii. 136. More, Hannah, her lines to Dr. Langhorne, ii. 234. Nivernois, Duc De, his last verses, iii. 85. O'Driscolls, the song of the, i. 189. O'Leary, J., poetry by, ii. 142. "Ordinary of Christian Men," the, poetic extract from, ii. 162. O'Shea, I. A., poetry by, ii. 139. Otway, Thomas, his death, the various accounts of, i. 1. Palindromes, or recurrent verses, ii. 27. Palmer, G. F., a sailor, poetry by, iii. 133. Pananti, his epigrams, ii. 134. Parini, biographical and critical sketch of, ii. 195. Parnell, Thomas, his intemperance, the alleged cause of, i. 67. - poetry by, iii. 215. Petrarch, bis cloak, curious account of, i. 118. iii. 62. iii. 154. books, i. 186. reflections on the summit of Mount Venoux, "Laura," Lord Woodhouslee's account of, bermitage at Vaucluse, iii. 155. precision, iii. 162. Pilkington, Mrs., poetry by, iii. 126. Piron, and other French poets, ludicrous adventures of, iii. 263. Poems, minately written, account of various, i. 68. Hindoo, subjects of two, iii. 137. Poet Laureate, account of this office in various countries, Poetic highwayman, the, ii. 83. Poetical present to King James I., i. 140. associations connected with garrets, i. 253. flattery, various choice specimens of, ii. 157. genealogy (by Leigh Hunt,) iii. 105. recollections connected with various parts of the metropolis, (by Leigh Hunt,) iii. 250. Poetry and preaching united in former days, i. 215. specimen of, iii. 69. of the Hindoos and the Persians described by last moments of celebrated persons, iii, 202. specimen of, iii. 241. Poets, peculiar habits of, i. 263. " vanity of French, i. 274. dramatic, readers of their own works, ii. 84. -, patronage of, by Stratonice and Madame Geoffrin, ii. 158. " religious confessions of, ii. 189. their impositions upon antiquaries, ii. 217. poverty as described by Brathwayte and Hey- wood, ii. 230. royal, some account of, ii. 252. why professional men are indifferent, iii. 12. calamities of, iii. 167. female favourites of, iii. 286. Pope, Alexander, bis various hair-breadth escapes, i. 8. i. 73. Rape of the Look," the origin of, Villa, i. 94. paintings, i. 187. patronage, i. 205. mother, himself, and Voltaire, ii. 8. Pope, Alexander, Sir Godfrey Kneller, and the Guinea iii. 280. his criticism on "Philips's Pastorals," "Essay on Man," Morris's criticism "Man of Ross," John Kyrle's account recollections of, ii. 286. and Warburton, iii. 220. monument to his nurse, iii. 235. remuneration for the same, iii. 262. his person and peculiarities, iii. 284. Querno Camillo, a Buffoon Poet in the Court of Leo X., Racine, Madame De Maintenon and Louis XIV., i. 37. Raleigh, Sir Walter, his poetry, i. 40. execution, i. 44. Rapin, the provost-marshal and poet, i. 74. Rhyming," being an extract from Miss Hawkins's Memoirs, Ritson, Joseph, his peculiarities of style and thinking, Ronsard, called, par eminence, "The French Poet," i. 74. Rowe, Nicholas, account of, from Spence, i. 141. Ruddy, Thaddeus, his practical description of Bridget Rudeki, the Persian Poet, i. 124. Ryan, Edmund, or "Ned of the Hills," account of, i. 35. mistress, i. 36. his elegy to his Richard, his song of "Whiskey Punch," ii. 144. Christmas Carol, iii. 193. Sadi, the Persian poet, and his wife, iii. 226, |