ABSENCE. Jago, 605.

ADDISON (Joseph), specimens of, 387, 388.

Elegy on the Death of. Tickell, 415.
Agrippina, a Fragment. Gray, 550.
AKENSIDE (Mark), notice of, 531; allusion to, 589.
Specimens of, 532-537.

ALEXANDER (William). See STERLINE (Earl of).
Ambition, reflections on. Anon., 282.

America, discovery and happiness of, predicted.
Dwight, 654

Anacreontics, by Oldmixon, 418.
Angler's Wish. Walton, 331.

Anglo-Saxon Language, influence of the Norman

Conquest on, 1.

BALE (Bishop), an early dramatic author, 29.
BALLADS.

Robene and Makyne. Henrysone, 82.
Dowsabel. Drayton, 176.

On a Wedding. Sir J. Suckling, 238,
The Chronicle. Cowley, 287.
Colin's Complaint. Rowe, 383.

From the What-d'ye-call-it. Gay, 405.
Colin and Lucy. Tickell, 416.
Sally in our Alley. Carey, 498.
William and Margaret. Mallet, 509.
Sir Charles Bawdin. Chatterton, 540.
May-Eve, or Kate of Aberdeen. Cunning-
ham, 558.

Owen of Carron. Langhorne, 595.
Hosier's Ghost. Glover, 636.

BAMPFYLDE (John), Sonnets by, 675, 676.
Barbour (John), his Bruce, 80.

BARKLAY (Alexander), critical notice of, 21.
Bateson's Madrigals, specimens from, 119.

Bath, public breakfast at, described. Anstey, 728,
Baucis and Philemon, a Tale. Swift, 431.
BEATTIE (Dr. James), account of, 720.

Specimens of, 722.

His admiration of Thomson, 450.
BEAUMONT (Francis), and FLETCHER (John), notices
of, 149, 150.

Specimens of their dramatic productions,
150-160.

Critical observations on them, 46.

BEAUMONT (Sir John), notice of, 165.
Specimen of his Poems, 166.
Further extracts from, 732.

Beauty, vanity of. Gascoigne, 100.

Final cause of our pleasure in. Akenside, 534.
Mental. Akenside, 534.

Bedford (Lucy, Countess of), epigram on. Ben
Jonson, 207.

BEHN (Aphra), specimens of, 351.

Bird's Collection of Songs, specimens from, 119.
BISHOP (Rev. Samuel), specimens of, 674, 675.
BLACKLOCK (Thomas), notice of, 662.

Specimens of, 663, 664.

BLACKSTONE (Sir Wm.), specimen of, 602.
BLAIR (Robert), notice of, 446.

Specimens of, 447-449.

BOOTH (Barton), specimen of, 406.

Bowles (Rev. Mr.), his strictures on Pope, remarks
on, 58-62, 423.

BRATHWAITE (Richard), notice and specimen of,
308, 309.

BRAMSTON (James), specimen of, 437-439.

BRERETON (Jane), Poem attributed to Lord Chester-
field, written by, 562.

BRETON (Nicholas), 37, 147.

Specimens of his Poems, 147, 148.
Brevity of Human Life. Quarles, 244.
BROME (Alexander), notice of, 283.

Specimens of his Poems, 283, 284.
BROOKE (Lord). See GREVIlle.
BROOKE (Henry), notice of, 605.

Specimen of, 606-608.

BROWN (Dr. John), notice of, 517.

Specimens of his Poems, 518.
BROWN (Thomas), specimens of, 365.
BROWNE (Isaac Hawkins), specimens of, 488-490.
BROWNE (William), notices of, 38, 245.

Extracts from, 245, 246.

BRUCE (Michael), notices of, 520.

Specimens of his Poems, 520, 521.
BULTEEL (John), specimen of the Poetry of, 299.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, remarks on, 28.

BURNS (Robert), account of, 676-680; notice of, 484.
Specimens of, 680-687.

Thought borrowed from Dr. Young, 511, note.
Anecdote of, 593, note.

His opinion of Cowper's Task, 690, note.

BUTLER (Samuel), specimens of, 321-330; alluded
to, 54.

BYROM (John), Pastoral by, 490.

Epigram by, 558.

Byron (Lord), referred to, 57, 482, 500, 521, 547, 567,
618, 680, 708, 710.

CAMBYSES'S ARMY, destruction of. Darwin, 718.
Cambyses, Preston's Tragedy of, 30.
Canace, death of. Lydgate, 78.
Canterbury Tales, Prologue to, 69.

Canzonet. Anonymous, 117.
Care, personification of.

Tho. Sackville, 96.

CAREW (Thomas), notices of, 51, 212.
Specimens of, 212-215.

CAREY (Henry), Ballad by, 498.

CARTWRIGHT (William), notice of, 44, 240.
Specimens of, 240, 241.

Castle of Indolence. Thomson, 450.
CHALKHILL, observations on, 38.

Specimen of his Poetry, 39.

CHAMBERLAYNE (William), notice of, 257.
Specimens of, 257-263.

Chambers (Sir Wm.), Heroic Epistle to. Mason, 696.
CHAPMAN (George), notice of, 190.

Specimens of his Plays, 190, 191.

Character of his Translation of Homer, 60.

His share in the Tragedy of Chabot, 280, note.

Chastity described. Milton, 315.

CHATTERTON (Thomas), notice of, 537-540.

CHURCHILL (Charles), notice of, 499; alluded to, 622.
Specimens of 501-505.

CIBBER (Colley), specimen of, 479.

Ode on a Pipe of Tobacco, in imitation of.
I. H. Browne, 488.

Cleveland (John), his knotted deformities, 44.
Coleridge (S. T.), opinion of Thomson and Cowper
compared, 450, note.

Of Beaumont and Fletcher, 49, note.
Collier (John Payne), his character of Brathwaite's
Strappado, 309, note.

COLLINS (William), notice of, 475.
Specimens of, 475-478.

A Sonnet by, 698, note.

His Poems, 698.

Cooper's Hill described. Sir J. Denham, 295.
CORBET (Bishop),

Notice of and Extract from, 38, 194, 195.
Commendatory Poems, their importance in bio-
graphy, 149, note.

COTTON (Charles), notice of, 342.

Specimens of, 342-347.

COTTON (Nathaniel), specimen of, 652.

Country Justice, duties of. Langhorne, 592.
Country Life described. Herrick, 285.
COWLEY (Abraham), notices of, 44, 51, 286.
Specimens of his Poetry, 287-291.
Critical remarks on it, 736.

Cuckoo, ode to. Logan, 641.

Cunningham (Allan), notes by, 394, 696, 697.

Life of Burns by, characterized, 679.

CUNNINGHAM (John), specimens of, 557.
Custom, influence of. Pomfret, 364.
Cymon and Iphigenia. Dryden, 360.

DANIEL (Samuel), notice and specimen of, 35, 37,
38, 143.

DARWIN (Dr. Erasmus), notice of, 717.

Specimens of, 718-720.

Brooke's "Universal Beauty" the prototype of
his Botanic Garden, 605.

DAVENANT (Sir William), notices of, 55, 292.

Specimens of Gondibert, 293-294.

DAVIE (Adam), an early English poet, notice of, 13.
DAVIES (Sir John), notice of, 42, 161.

Specimen of his Poems, 162, 163.
Davison's Rhapsody, specimen from, 117.
De Brunne. See MANNYNG.
Death's Conquest. James Shirley, 281.
DEKKER (Thomas), notice of, 217.

Specimens of his Poems, 217, 218.
DENHAM (Sir John), notice of, 295.
Specimens of his Poetry, 295-298.
Alterations in his Cooper's Hill, 297, note.
Influence of his numbers upon English versifi-
cation, Appendix A.

Allegorical personages described in hell. Tho.
Sackville, 96.

Arraignment of a lover. Gascoigne, 99.
Una followed by the lion. Spenser, 107.
Description of the witch Duessa's journey to the
infernal regions. The same, 108.

The Bower of Bliss. The same, 111.
Glauce and Britomart exploring the Cave of
Merlin. The same, 114.

Belphoebe finding Timias wounded. The same,
114.

Successive appearances of nature during a sum-
mer's day. A. Hume, 121.

Mercy dwelling in heaven, and pleading for the
guilty. Giles Fletcher, 144.

Justice addressing the Creator. The same, 145.
Mercy brightening the rainbow. The same,
145.

The Palace of Presumption. The same, 145.
Nymphidia, the court of Fairy. Drayton, 169.
The Poet's Elysium. The same, 37.

Complaint of a learned divine in puritan times.
Dr. Wilde, 304.

Song on May Morning. Milton, 310.
Athens. The same, 311.

Samson bewailing his blindness and captivity.
The same, 311.

Speeches of Manoah and the Chorus, on hear-
ing of his last achievement and death. The
same, 312.

The Emigrants. Marvell, 318.

The Nymph complaining for the death of her
Fawn. The same, 318.

On translated verse. Roscommon, 331.
Night Piece, or a picture drawn in the dark.
Waller, 341.

Voyage to Ireland, in burlesque. C. Cotton,
342-348.

Thoughts-What are they? Flatman, 350.
Character of Shaftesbury. Dryden, 356.
Character of Zimri. The same, 357.
Character of Doeg and Og (the poets Settle and
Shadwell). The same, 357.

Description of Lycurgus, King of Thrace, and
Emetrius, King of Inde. The same, 358.
Preparations for a Tournament. The same, 359.
From The Flower and the Leaf. The same,
361.

The influence of custom. Pomfret, 364.

The Bookworm. Parnell, 375.

Letter from Italy. Addison, 387.

On himself, when in a consumption. Dr. Sewell,
394.

From the Spleen. Green, 406.

Epistle to his friends. West, 420.

The Bastard. Savage, 422.

Verses, written after seeing Windsor Castle.

The Field of Battle. The same, 602.

The Reptile and Insect World. Brooke, 606.
Extracts from "Leonidas." Glover, 626-636.

Invocation to Melancholy. Headley, 640.

Death of Irad, and the lamentation of Selima
over his body. Dwight, 653.
Extracts from Judah Restored. Dr. Roberts,
664-668.

The Dying Indian. J. Warton, 701.

Extracts from The Task. Cowper, 710-713.
On the Loss of the Royal George. The same,
714.

Yardley Oak. The same, 714.

Destruction of Cambyses's Army. Darwin, 717.
Midnight Conflagration. The same, 719.
The heroic attachment of the youth in Holland
who attended his mistress in the plague. The
same, 720.

The Minstrel. Book I. Beattie, 720.
DILLON. See Roscommon.
Disdain returned. Carew, 213.

DODSLEY (Robert), specimens of, 505.
DONNE (Dr. John), notice of, 38, 182.

Specimens of his poetry, 183, 184.

Specimens of his heroic verse with rhyme.
DORSET (Charles Sackville, Earl of), notice of, 366.
Specimens of, 366, 367.

DOUGLAS (Gawain), his Translation of the Æneid,
20.

Descriptions of natural scenery, 79.

Dowsabel, a ballad. Drayton, 176.

Drake (Sir Francis), description of. Fitzgeffrey, 200.
DRAMATIC PIECES.

From the tragedy of Rollo.
From The Beggar's Bush. The same, 155.
From the tragedy of Bonduca. The same, 156.
From the comedy of Monsieur Thomas. The

Goffe, 164.
Marston, 187.
The same, 188.

same, 158.
From A King and No King. The same, 160.
From the tragedy of Amurath.
From Sophonisba, a tragedy.
From Antonio and Mellida.
From the comedy of All Fools. Chapman, 190.
From The Muses' Looking Glass. Randolph,
192.

From the tragedy of Women beware Women.
Middleton, 196.

From The Roaring Girl. The same, 197-199.
From The Fox. Ben Jonson, 207.
Fortune giving Fortunatus his choice of goods.
Dekker, 217.

From The Duchess of Malfi. Webster, 219–223.
From the comedy of A New Wonder. Rowley,
223.

From The Lover's Melancholy. Ford, 225.
From The Duke of Milan, a tragedy. Mas-
singer, 228.

From The Bondman. The same, 229-235.
From The Fatal Dowry. Massinger and Field,
236.

From the tragedy of A Woman killed with
Kindness. Heywood, 247.

From The Fatal Contract. Heminge, 266.
From the tragedy of The Cardinal. Shirley,
268-271.

From The Royal Master. The same, 271.
From The Doubtful Heir. The same, 272.
From The Lady of Pleasure. The same, 274-277.
From Chabot, Admiral of France. Shirley and
Chapman, 280.

From The City Match. Mayne, 306

From The Masque of Comus. Milton, 313-316.
From The Orphan. Otway, 333.

From Venice Preserved. The same, 336.
From Theodosius; or, The Force of Love. Lee,
352.

Rowe, 381.
Congreve, 395.
Lillo, 410.
Fatal Marriage.

From The Fair Penitent.
From The Mourning Bride.
From The Fatal Curiosity.
From the tragedy of The
Southerne, 442.

From The Gentle Shepherd. Allan Ramsay,
485.

From the tragedy of Barbarossa. Brown, 518.
Fragment of the tragedy of Agrippina. Gray,
550.

From the tragedy of Creusa. W. Whitehead,
622.

From Caractacus. Mason, 690.

Dramatic Poets of England, prior to Shakspeare,
notice of, 29-32.

After Shakspeare, and during the reign of
James I., 35, &c.

Dramatic Unities, remarks on, 34.

DRAYTON (Michael), notice of, 47, 166.

Specimens of his poetry, 167-178.

Dread, description of. Thomas Sackville, 97.
Drum, ode on hearing. John Scott, 609.
DRUMMOND (William), notices of, 249.
Extracts from, 38, 250, 251.

Sonnets by, 250.

His conversations with Jonson, 291.

DRYDEN (John), specimens of, 356–362.
Critical remarks on his works, 55-57.
His descriptive powers, 61.

Passage borrowed from, by Goldsmith, 575.
His translation of the Eclogues and Georgics,
compared with Warton's, 699.

His contradictory criticisms, &c., 631.
Dubartas's poem on Creation, translated by Sylves-
ter, specimen of, 41.

The question considered, how far Milton was
indebted to it, 41.

Dulcina, a tale. Sir W. Raleigh, 141.
DUNBAR (William), notices of, 17, 20, 84.
Specimen of his poems, 84, 85.

DWIGHT (Timothy), specimens of, 653, 654.
DYER (John), notice of, 481.

Specimen of, 481, 482.