GENERAL INDEX. ABSENCE. Jago, 605. ADDISON (Joseph), specimens of, 387, 388. Elegy on the Death of. Tickell, 415. ALEXANDER (William). See STERLINE (Earl of). America, discovery and happiness of, predicted. Anacreontics, by Oldmixon, 418. Anglo-Saxon Language, influence of the Norman Conquest on, 1. BALE (Bishop), an early dramatic author, 29. Robene and Makyne. Henrysone, 82. On a Wedding. Sir J. Suckling, 238, From the What-d'ye-call-it. Gay, 405. Owen of Carron. Langhorne, 595. BAMPFYLDE (John), Sonnets by, 675, 676. BARKLAY (Alexander), critical notice of, 21. Bath, public breakfast at, described. Anstey, 728, Specimens of, 722. His admiration of Thomson, 450. Specimens of their dramatic productions, Critical observations on them, 46. BEAUMONT (Sir John), notice of, 165. Beauty, vanity of. Gascoigne, 100. Final cause of our pleasure in. Akenside, 534. Bedford (Lucy, Countess of), epigram on. Ben BEHN (Aphra), specimens of, 351. Bird's Collection of Songs, specimens from, 119. Specimens of, 663, 664. BLACKSTONE (Sir Wm.), specimen of, 602. Specimens of, 447-449. BOOTH (Barton), specimen of, 406. Bowles (Rev. Mr.), his strictures on Pope, remarks BRATHWAITE (Richard), notice and specimen of, BRAMSTON (James), specimen of, 437-439. BRERETON (Jane), Poem attributed to Lord Chester- BRETON (Nicholas), 37, 147. Specimens of his Poems, 147, 148. Specimens of his Poems, 283, 284. Specimen of, 606-608. BROWN (Dr. John), notice of, 517. Specimens of his Poems, 518. Extracts from, 245, 246. BRUCE (Michael), notices of, 520. Specimens of his Poems, 520, 521. BURNS (Robert), account of, 676-680; notice of, 484. Thought borrowed from Dr. Young, 511, note. His opinion of Cowper's Task, 690, note. BUTLER (Samuel), specimens of, 321-330; alluded BYROM (John), Pastoral by, 490. Epigram by, 558. Byron (Lord), referred to, 57, 482, 500, 521, 547, 567, CAMBYSES'S ARMY, destruction of. Darwin, 718. Canzonet. Anonymous, 117. Tho. Sackville, 96. CAREW (Thomas), notices of, 51, 212. CAREY (Henry), Ballad by, 498. CARTWRIGHT (William), notice of, 44, 240. Castle of Indolence. Thomson, 450. Specimen of his Poetry, 39. CHAMBERLAYNE (William), notice of, 257. Chambers (Sir Wm.), Heroic Epistle to. Mason, 696. 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. CIBBER (Colley), specimen of, 479. Ode on a Pipe of Tobacco, in imitation of. Cleveland (John), his knotted deformities, 44. Of Beaumont and Fletcher, 49, note. COLLINS (William), notice of, 475. A Sonnet by, 698, note. His Poems, 698. Cooper's Hill described. Sir J. Denham, 295. Notice of and Extract from, 38, 194, 195. COTTON (Charles), notice of, 342. Specimens of, 342-347. COTTON (Nathaniel), specimen of, 652. Country Justice, duties of. Langhorne, 592. Cuckoo, ode to. Logan, 641. Cunningham (Allan), notes by, 394, 696, 697. Life of Burns by, characterized, 679. CUNNINGHAM (John), specimens of, 557. DANIEL (Samuel), notice and specimen of, 35, 37, DARWIN (Dr. Erasmus), notice of, 717. Specimens of, 718-720. Brooke's "Universal Beauty" the prototype of DAVENANT (Sir William), notices of, 55, 292. Specimens of Gondibert, 293-294. DAVIE (Adam), an early English poet, notice of, 13. Specimen of his Poems, 162, 163. Specimens of his Poems, 217, 218. Allegorical personages described in hell. Tho. Arraignment of a lover. Gascoigne, 99. The Bower of Bliss. The same, 111. Belphoebe finding Timias wounded. The same, Successive appearances of nature during a sum- Mercy dwelling in heaven, and pleading for the Justice addressing the Creator. The same, 145. The Palace of Presumption. The same, 145. Complaint of a learned divine in puritan times. Song on May Morning. Milton, 310. Samson bewailing his blindness and captivity. Speeches of Manoah and the Chorus, on hear- The Emigrants. Marvell, 318. The Nymph complaining for the death of her On translated verse. Roscommon, 331. Voyage to Ireland, in burlesque. C. Cotton, Thoughts-What are they? Flatman, 350. Description of Lycurgus, King of Thrace, and The influence of custom. Pomfret, 364. The Bookworm. Parnell, 375. Letter from Italy. Addison, 387. On himself, when in a consumption. Dr. Sewell, 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. Invocation to Melancholy. Headley, 640. Death of Irad, and the lamentation of Selima The Dying Indian. J. Warton, 701. Extracts from The Task. Cowper, 710-713. Yardley Oak. The same, 714. Destruction of Cambyses's Army. Darwin, 717. The Minstrel. Book I. Beattie, 720. DODSLEY (Robert), specimens of, 505. Specimens of his poetry, 183, 184. Specimens of his heroic verse with rhyme. DOUGLAS (Gawain), his Translation of the Æneid, Descriptions of natural scenery, 79. Dowsabel, a ballad. Drayton, 176. Drake (Sir Francis), description of. Fitzgeffrey, 200. From the tragedy of Rollo. Goffe, 164. same, 158. From the tragedy of Women beware Women. From The Roaring Girl. The same, 197-199. From The Duchess of Malfi. Webster, 219–223. From The Lover's Melancholy. Ford, 225. From The Bondman. The same, 229-235. From the tragedy of A Woman killed with From The Fatal Contract. Heminge, 266. From The Royal Master. The same, 271. From The City Match. Mayne, 306 From The Masque of Comus. Milton, 313-316. From Venice Preserved. The same, 336. Rowe, 381. From The Fair Penitent. From The Gentle Shepherd. Allan Ramsay, From the tragedy of Barbarossa. Brown, 518. From the tragedy of Creusa. W. Whitehead, From Caractacus. Mason, 690. Dramatic Poets of England, prior to Shakspeare, After Shakspeare, and during the reign of Dramatic Unities, remarks on, 34. DRAYTON (Michael), notice of, 47, 166. Specimens of his poetry, 167-178. Dread, description of. Thomas Sackville, 97. Sonnets by, 250. His conversations with Jonson, 291. DRYDEN (John), specimens of, 356–362. Passage borrowed from, by Goldsmith, 575. His contradictory criticisms, &c., 631. The question considered, how far Milton was Dulcina, a tale. Sir W. Raleigh, 141. DWIGHT (Timothy), specimens of, 653, 654. Specimen of, 481, 482. |