Baxter, Richard, his judgment of his poetical contempo- --, poetry by, i. 236. Benlowes, Edward, account of, i. 225. Benserade, the French Satirist, i. 119. Berners, Lady Juliana, her biography, i. 199. -, poetry by, i. 202. Bilderdyck, his anonymous verses, i. 224. Blackstone, Sir Wm., poetry by, ii. 45. Boileau, his judicious revision, ii. 190. villa at Auteuil, description of, iii. 70. 24. Brandt, Gerard, remarkable resemblance of some of his pas- Brathwayte's description of the poverty of poets, ii. 230. -, poetry by, ii. 265. Buckhurst, Lord, his tragedy of "Gondibert,"’ii. 10. "Tam O'Shanter," the original of, i. 159. Butler, Samuel, his "Character of an Epigrammatist,” i. 21. his "Character of a play writer," iii. 222. Dog, i. 153. swimming across the Hellespont, i. 154. -, sums received by, for his poems, ii. 6. his generosity, ii. 170. death, as related by Captain Trelawny, in a letter to the Hon. Col. Stanhope, iii. 39. Mazeppa," similar story to, iii. 243. Cabestan, William De, a Troubadour, singular adventure of, i. 147. Campbell, Kenneth, slight account of, ii. 169. Chaucer, Geoffrey, brief history of, i. 156. "2 bis Ion, "the Tabard," i. 166. Christmas Carols, accounts of several, iii. 191. Clare, Robert, "the Northamptonshire Bard," his biography, -, poetry by, ii. 275. Cleland, William, account of, i. 248. poetry by, i. 252. Cleveland, John, his petition to Oliver Cromwell, ii. 54. Congreve, opinions on, by Voltaire and Denuis, ii. 97-98. Coornhert, Dirk, specimens of his poetry, iii. 283. Coryate, Thomas, his poetry, iii. 209. "Courts of Love," at the time of the Troubadours, account Cowper, William, his account of his own physiognomy, Crabbe, Rev. George, patronage of, by Edmund Burke, Crebillon, and the Rat, i. 19, Croker, Thomas Crofton, his account of the political poetry Croly, Rev. George, his "Catiline," a tragedy, ii. 282. Curran, J. P., his poetry, ii. 50. Daniel Arnaud, a Troubadour, account of, i. 11. Dante's "Divina Comedia," i. 211. and the Prince of Verona, ii. 218. Davies, Sir John and his Wife, their writings, ii. 14. De Beranger, his biography, ii. 277. Dennis, John, the critic and poet, anecdote of, related by Derzhavin, the Russian poet, account of, ii. 131. Derzhavin, the Russian poet, poetry by, ii. 133. Desmarets, his poem of "Clovis," ii. 190. Dionysius, King of Sicily, his contention for the poetical prize Drummond, his retirement at Hawthornden, iii, 164. "" sonnet by, iii. 165. Dryden, John, sums received by, i. 33. ii. 94. his fondness for judicial astrology, i. 99. opinion of the Duke of Dorset's poetry, and Tonson, the bookseller, ii. 159. Charles II., ii. 171. his funeral, ii. 172. and Dr. Lockier, iii. 20. his poem of "The Medal," iii. 244. Dumas, a highwayman, singular verses addressed to, iii. 144. -, poetry by, iii. 173, 175, 176, 177. Effendi, Nabi, a Turkish poet, his rules for becoming a ii. 51. Elizabeth, Queen, Puttenham's poetical portrait of, i. 18. iii. 197. character of, by Joseph Ritson, Erskine, Lord, his poetry, ii. 48. Essex, Earl of, sonnet by, addressed to Queen Elizabeth, iii. his poetry, and patronage of poets, iii. 218. Fabyan, Robert, his poetry, &c. account of, by Warton, i. 15. Fage, Mary, her book of anagrams and acrostics, account Fleck noe, Richard, Southey's account of, i. 120. Garcilaso de la Vega, slight sketch of, i. 180. Garcilaso de la Vega, poetry by, i. 181. -, benevolence of, ii. 232. "Steele Glas," extract from, iii. 131 Gay, John, and the South Sea Bubble, i. 39. Goldsmith, Dr. his account of "the Author's Club," i. 90. i. 198. and Mr. Bunbury, ii. 11. the amanuensis, ii. 154. Jack Pilkington, ii. 222. Gower, his anachronisms in his "Confessio Amantis," iii. 157. -, poetry by, iii. 11. Guillet, Pernette, Dr. slight account of, ii. 40. Hayley, his interview with Garrick regarding his tragedy, Henault, the French Poet, his atheism, i. 270. -, poetry by, ii. 151. his "Fairy sounding names," ii. 153. ii. 231. John, anecdotes of, iii. 120. - poetry by, iii. 124. Headly, Bishop, his prologue, ii. 183. Hogg, James, his poetry, slight account of, and specimen, Home, John, tributes paid to, on the appearance of 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. Mag. iii. 179. Jones, Sir William, his account of Milton's Cottage, i. 133. poetry, ii. 47. Jonson, Benjamin, bis 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 German poet and soldier, his death, iii. 73. Labe, Louise, account of, if. 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. |