Cave, Edward, his life, xii. 210. Born in Warwickshire 1691,
210. Educated at Rugby school, 210. At first encouraged
by his master, but afterwards, being charged with stealing a
cock, loses all his master's favour, 211. Lives with a collector
of Excise, 212. Comes to London, and lives some time with a
timber-merchant, 212. Apprenticed to Collins, a printer, 212.
After two years sent to conduct a printing-house, and manage
a weekly paper, at Norwich, 213. Writes in Mist's Journal,
213. Gets a small place in the Post-Office, 213. Engaged in
several small publications, 213. Loses his place in the Post-
Office, 214. Purchases a small printing-office, and begins the
Gentleman's Magazine, 214. Spent much money in projects,
215. Died 1754, 216. Inscription at Rugby, written by Dr.
Hawkesworth, to the memory of Cave's father, himself, and
brother, 217. His character, 218.

Caves, some remarkable ones in the isles of Sky, described, viii.
295. Account of a remarkable one in the island of Inch Ken-
neth, 388.

Caution, the connection of it with hope, v. 306.

Cecilia, St. Pope's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, xi. 173.

Celibacy, no pleasures in a state of, iii. 374.

Cellini, Benvenuto, account of a book called his Life, ii. 250.
After lying a century and an half in MS. published at Naples
in 1730, 250. His extraordinary character, 251.

Censure, our fondness for it derived from an imagined superi-
ority, iv. 8. On what occasions it becomes equitable and lau-
dable, 319.

Chairman, his complaint on charging the fat people no more
than thin ones, vii. 112.

Character, not to be drawn from a person's own letters, xi. 156.
Characters, the general inclination to copy those of other persons

considered, vi. 145. The variety of, in England, exemplified
by the company in a stage-coach, iii. 191. The folly of as-
surning, 193.

Chariessa, her reflections upon the fashionable follies of modish
life, v. 183, 138.

Charity, the discharge of its duties should be regulated and ad-
justed by the rules of justice, v. 62. Introduced by Revelation,
vii. 13. No account of it in antient times transmitted to us,
13. Roman donatives rather popular than virtuous, 13. Of
Mahometans transplanted from Christianity, 14. Of the pre-
sent age, commended, 14. Danger of its abating, 15. Danger
from the competitions between different.hospitals, 16.
If no
want, no charity, 359.

Charity Schools, the false notion of the mischief of them, vii. 100.
Charles I. tries the Sortes Virgiliana. Charged with inserting a
prayer in the Icon Basilike, taken from Sidney's Arcadia, which
is, however, supposed to have been interpolated by Milton,

ix. 107.

Charles II. employs Salmasius to write in defence of Charles I.
and Monarchy, ix. 108. Passes an act of oblivion to all except
the Regicides, 122.

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Charles

Charles XII. of Sweden, the vanity of a warrior exemplified in
him, i. 213.

Charters, their extent and authority, viii. 169.

Chartophylax, his character, vi. 218.

Charybdis, her disposition to profuse expences, v. 282.

Chaucer, Geoffry, January and May, and the Prologue to the
Wife of Bath, put into modern English, by Pope, xi. 58.
Cheerful man characterized, ix. 155.

Cheynel, Francis, his life, xii. 190. Born at Oxford 1608, 190.
Entered at that university 1623, 190. Fellow of Merton Col-
lege, 191. Takes orders in the Church of England, 191. Re-
fused his degree of B. D. for disputing concerning Predesti-
nation, 191. Account of the disputes at Merton College, 193.
Presented to a valuable living near Banbury, 193. Has a dis-
pute with Archbishop Laud, 193. Declares himself a Presby-
terian, and a friend of the Parliament, 194. His house plun-
dered, and living forfeited, 194. Retires into Sussex, 195.
His behaviour to Chillingworth when a prisoner to the Parlia-
ment's troops, 196. In the army of Essex, shews himself
equally brave as learned, 197. Is presented by Parliament to
the living of Petworth, 198. Sent by the Parliament, with six
others, to reform the University, 198. Fixes a Scruple-shop at
Oxford, 199. His disputes with Earbury and the Independ-
ents, 199. His controversy with Mr. Hammond, on his Prac-
tical Catechism, 203. His further proceedings at Oxford, 204.
President of St. John's College, and Lady Margaret Professor,
206. Writes in defence of the Trinity against the Socinians,
207. Retires from Oxford to his living at Petworth, 208.- Loses
Petworth at the Restoration, 209. Supposed to have died dis-
tracted, 1665, 209.

Chillingworth, Dr. for a short time embraced Popery, ix. 356.
Account of his sickness and death, in the hands of the Parlia-
ment's troops, xii. 197.

Chinese, account of a man of that country at the island of Ter-
nate, xii. 141.

Christianus perfectus, i. 367.

Chrysalus, the fatal effects of his peevishness, v. 261.

Cibber, Mr. the lives of the poets not written by him but by one
Robert Shiels, x. 274. Appointed Poet Laureat, 344. Takes
umbrage at the Volunteer Laureat, 346. Celebrated by Pope
in his last book of the Dunciad, xi. 139. He resents the
affront in a pamphlet, 139.

Cicero, his reflections upon the vanity of transitory applause, v.
300 His remarks upon the importance of being acquainted
with past transactions, vi. 85.

Clarendon, Lord, the story of Smith being employed to alter his
history, false, x. 23. His character of Waller, with observations
on it, xi. 260. His character of Admiral Blake, xii. 59. The
peculiar excellency of his History of the Rebellion, v. 330.
Thoughts on the publication of the sequel to his History, vii,
259. Doubts of the unfaithful publication of his History, 261.
Cleobulus, his maxim on the excellence of mediocrity, iv. 245.

Cleora,

Cleora, her Letter on Gaming, iv. 96, 100.

Clergy, Milton's objections to entering into the ministry, ix. 90.
Clifford, Martin, attacks Dryden's Conquest of Grenada, with a
specimen, ix. 333. Assisted Buckingham in writing the Re-
hearsal, 349.

Climate, has no influence on freedom and slavery, or virtue and
vice, vii. 41.

Coach, provided by marriage-articles without horses, vii. 218.
Coal-pit compared to the sun, ix. 32.

Coins, observations on the collectors of, vii. 226.

Col, island of, account of, viii. 355. Account of Grissipol in
Col, 357. Account of the castle of Col, 359. Turnips in-
troduced there, 360. Account of the violent tempests there,
361. The inhabitants attempt to supply their own wants, 368.
Malt-tax of the island only 20s. a year, 396. No emigrations
from, 370. Their funerals, 371. Amusements on New Year's
Eve, 372. Account of the custom of protecting murderers
there, 372. Account of the custom of fosterage there, 374.
Collier, Jeremy, account of his dispute on the entertainments of
the stage, x. 190.

Collins, William, his life, xi. 265. Born at Chichester 1720, 165.
Admitted at Winchester College 1733, 265. Came to London,
about 1744, a literary adventurer, 266. His uncle leaves him
about 2000 l. 266. Troubled with disease and insanity, 267.
His character, 269. Died 1756, 269. His works characterized,
270.
Colonies, observations on the settlement of, x. 357. More poli-
tick to remove grievances than to drive men to seek shelter in
foreign countries, 357. Crimes committed by the discoverers
of new regions, 358. Considerations how they are constituted,
viii. 164. Constitution of English colonies, 168. Their power
from their charters, 168. Compared to a member of the body,
169. Ought to be bound by statutes of the Mother-country,
170. The plea of want of representation examined, 171.
Advantages of to the Mother-country, 171.
Columbus, little advantage to Europe from his discoveries, viii. 166.
Comedy, ridicule the business of, iii. 4. History of, 7. Origin of,
8. Three ages of, 11. The slave of its subject and the reign-
ing taste, 37. Tragedy more uniform than, 41. General
rules of, 44. Purpose of is to divert, 56. Character of ancient,
61. Critical remarks upon the manner of composing it, v. 345.
Greek, dissertation upon the, iii. 1..

Commendation, false claims to it censured, vi. 282.
Commentators, the difficulties they meet with, ii. 122.
Commerce, Preface to Rolt's Dictionary of, ii. 312. The present
predilection of mankind to, 312. Difficulties in acquiring the
knowledge of, 314. One of the daughters of fortune, 447.
Must owe its success to agriculture, 449.

Commonwealths, governors of, rule those that think themselves
the rulers, iii. 63.

Companions, different classes of them described, vi. 280.

Compassion, supposed by some to be a selfish passion, vii. 14.
Competitions, often supported by interest and envy, vi. 249. Their
different influence on this occasion stated, 250, 251.

Complainers, incessant, represented as the screech-owls of man-
kind, iv. 376.

Complaint, little got by it, vii. 378.

Complaints of the Conduct of others, what principles will support
our claim to it, iv. 319, 320.

Composition, different methods of, xi. 165.

Compton, Sir Spencer, presents Thomson with twenty guineas,
having dedicated Winter to him, xi. 223.

Comus, the Masque of, first acted in 1634, ix. 91. Derived from
Homer's Circe, 91. The fact on which it was founded, 91.
Supposed by the editor to be derived from the Comus of Ery-
cius Puteanus, 92. Acted April 5, 1750, for the benefit of a
grand-daughter of Milton, 150. Characterized, 157. Pro-
logue to, when acted for the benefit of a grand-daughter of
Milton, i. 323.

Conduct, the absurdity of it, whence it ariseth, v. 407.

Congo, island of, first discovered by the Portuguese, ii. 288.
Congreve, William, his life, x. 185. Descended from a family in
Staffordshire, 185. Born about 1672, the place uncertain, 185.
First educated at Kilkenny, afterwards at Dublin, 186. En-
tered at the Middle-Temple, but paid little attention to Sta-
tutes or Reports, 186. The Old Batchelor, his first dramatick
labour, 1693, 187. This play procured him the patronage of
Halifax, who made him a Commissioner for licensing coaches,
and places in the Pipe-office and Customs, 188. Account of
this comedy, 188. The Double Dealer 1694, 189. Love for
Love 1695, 189. Mourning Bride 1697, 190. Defends the
stage against Collier, 191. Writes The Way of the World, 193.
Retires from the world as a writer, 193. Made Secretary for
the Island of Jamaica, 194. Wished to be considered rather
as a gentleman than an author, 194. His conversation with
Voltaire, 194. Loses his sight, 194. Died Jan. 29, 1728-9,
buried in Westminster Abbey, and a monument erected by the
Dutchess of Marlborough, to whom he left 10,000 l. 195. His
character as an author, 196..

Consolation under afflictions, by what methods it may be ob-
tained, iv. 332. On what occasion it may be drawn from a view
of the afflictions of others, 333. Its useful influence against
the depressions of melancholy, 334. The tendency of it to
strengthen patience and fortitude, 336.

Constantia and Philetus, written by Cowley at twelve years of age,
ix. 3.

Constantius, his history and character, vi. 299, 304.

Contentment with the situation in life assigned us, recommended,
iv. 400.

Controversies of the learned, a moderator recommended in them,
ii. 254.

Controversy, the writers of it, their short-lived fame soon suc-
ceeded by disrelish and neglect, v. 225.

Convenience,

Convenience, progress from rudeness to, vii. 252.
Conversation, the pleasures and distastes of it, iv. 274, 297. The
importance of acquiring it, vi. 217. The art of it difficult to
be attained, 277. What methods are most proper for this
end, 278. The errors in sentiment and practice relating to
this, into which many are led, 279. Requires the same ingre-
dients as punch, vii. 135. The ingredients of both compared,

136.

Conway, Lord, taken up for being concerned in Waller's Plot,
ix. 246. After being examined several times by the Lords is
admitted to bail, 249.

Coot, account of a bird in Scotland so called, viii. 224.

Corbet, Mrs. Pope's Epitaph on her, with the Visitor's remarks,
xi. 206.

Coriatachan, in Sky, account of, viii. 267.

Coriolanus, observations on Shakspeare's tragedy of, ii. 214.
Cornelia, her account of lady Bustle's employment, iv. 325, 331.
Cornice, Bob, his history, iii. 144.

Cornish men, a supposed Address from them, in order to shew
the false Arguments in the American Resolutions and Address,
viii. 193.

Country Life, the pleasures expected to be met with in it seldom
prove so, exemplified in the history of Frank Shifter, vii. 284.
Court, the danger of dangling after places there, exemplified in
the character of Lentulus, iii. 159.

Courtier, his manner described, vi. 39, 44.
Courtly, Mrs. her character, iv. 78.

Cowley, Abraham, his life, ix. 1. Dr. Sprat's Life of Cowley
rather a Funeral Oration than an History, 1. The son of a
Grocer, and born in 1618, 1. Became a poet from reading
Spenser's Fairy Queen, 2. Educated at Westminster School, 2.
Could not retain the rules of Grammar, 2. A Volume of Poems
printed in his thirteenth year, 3. Wrote Pyramus and Thisbe
at ten years of age, and Constantia and Philetus at twelve, 3.
Removed to Cambridge in 1636, 3. Ejected from Cambridge,
and takes shelter at St. John's College, Oxford, in 1643, 5.
Employed in cyphering and decyphering the letters between
the King and Queen, 5. Writes his Mistress without being in
love, 5. Secretary to Lord Jermyn at Paris, 7. Some of his
letters preserved in Brown's Miscellanea Aulica, 7. His opi-
nion of the Scotch Treaty, 8. Sent back from Paris, under
pretence of privacy and retirement, 10. Seized by the usurp-
ing powers, and obliged to give a security of 10007.10. Sup-
posed to relax from his loyalty, 10. Purposes to retire to Ame-
rica, 16. Takes up the character of Physician, 11. Writes a
Copy of Verses on the Death of Oliver, 11. Made Dr. of Phy-
sick at Oxford 1657, 12. Writes in the Philosophical Trans-
actions, 12. Studies Botany, and writes several Books on
Plants in Latin, 13. Superior to Milton in Latin Poetry, 13.
Retires into Surrey, 16. Obtains a lease of the Queen's lands,
17. His letter to Dr. Sprat, 17. Died at Chertsey 1667, and
buried