Actors, their poverty, i. 2; censured for introducing
the peculiarities of a fa- vourite character into all their parts, 23; not to be judged by their personal merits or defects, 43; stroll- ing, described, 70; their self-importance,71; unwor- thy of the poet's attention, except Garrick, ii. 196. Ages, the five, described, i. 200.
Aldrich, Rev. S. his connec-
tion with the Cock Lane Ghost Conspiracy, ii. 33,
115. Allen, R. account of, i. 179; his benevolence, ii. 299. Almack's, Old, ii. 205. Amboyna, massacre of the English by the Dutch at, i. 233.
Amyand, G. and C. account of, ii. 184.
Annet, Peter, punished for blasphemy, ii. 138.
Apicius, ii. 255, 260. Apollo, invocations to, ridi- culed, i. 14, ii. 58. Aristocracy, an absolute mo- narchy to be preferred to, ii. 238. Armstrong, Dr. J. his con- nection with Wilkes, ii. 296.
Arne, Dr. account of, i. 36. Arrow, ii. 62, 92. Arts, Society of, its origin, ii. 94; B. Thornton's at- tempt to ridicule it, ib. Asgill, Sir C. presents an
address to the King, on the peace of 1763, ii. 142.
Astronomy and Astrology, rise and progress of these sciences, ii. 38. Auditor, the, account of, i. 28; anecdote of Wilkes in, ii. 217. Augurs, college of, ii. 40. Augusta, Princess Dowager of Wales, account of, i. 208.
*In constructing this Index an attempt has been made to facilitate reference not only to the persons and events mentioned in the notes, but also to the more striking passages that occur in the poems.
Austin, an actor, notice of,
i. 25. Authors, jealousies of, i. 64; not worth satirizing, ii, 197. Avaro, Dr. Pearce, his pu- nishment after death, ii.
Ayliffe, John, account of, i. 130; allusion to, i. 156, 159. Ayliffe's Ghost, C.'s intended satire, i. 130; lines writ- ten for, ii. 13.
Bacon, Lord, ii. 65. Baker, Sir Richard, ii. 52. Barge, the city, ii. 164. Barrowby, ii. 259. Barry, Spranger, account of, i. 3, 46.
Beard, John, Covent Garden Theatre managed by, i. 15,
Beardmore, his conduct as under-sheriff, ii. 12; notice of, 165.
Beckford, Lord Mayor of London, 1762-3, ii. 108; notice of, 123. Beggar's Opera, the, its suc- cess, i. 37.
Berkeley, Colonel, notice of, i. 211.
Betterton, Thomas, account of, i. 50. Billingsgate, the inhabitants of, described, ii. 128. Blacow, Mr. ii. 16. Blakes, account of, i. 26. Blackfriars Bridge, clamour against its erection, ii. 166.
Blackstone, Sir William, ac-
count of, ii. 224. Booth, Barton, account of, i. 50.
Bower, A. patronized by Lord Lyttelton, ii. 273.
attends Wilkes after his duel with Mr. Martin, i. 153. Brown, Mr. the publisher, implicated in the Cock Lane Conspiracy, ii. 36. Brown, Rev. Dr. John, ac- count of, ii. 155: his Esti- mate, ib.
Browne, Dr. W. mention of, ii. 223.
Bruce, Dr. S. designated as Crape, ii. 109. Brussels Gazette, its political
untruthfulness, ii. 95. Brute, Sir J. Quin as, i. 53. Buckingham, George Vil-
liers, Duke of, his influence over Charles I, i. 227; Churchill's lines on, en- graved on a cup presented to Wilkes, ib. Burton, Dr., his correspon- dence with Wilkes, ii. 217. Butcher-Row, ii. 44. Bute, Isle of, size of, ii. 173. Bute, John, Earl of, opposes Mr. Pitt's proposal to de- clare war with Spain, i. 92; his preferment of his own kinsmen, 101; vindicates the peace of 1763, 120; duration of his administra-
tion, 134; his intimacy with the Princess Dowager of Wales, 208; his ingrati- tude towards the Duke of Newcastle, ii. 126; sati- rized, 152; sixteen peers created by, 161; retirement of, 207.
Byron, Lord, his poem on "Churchill's Grave," ii.
Calcraft, John, Esq. his be- quests to Miss Bride and her children, i. 39; ii. 28.
Cambridge University, con- test for the High-Steward- ship of, ii. 195. Camden, see Pratt. Campbell, a fortune-teller, ii.
Candour, rebukes C.'s ar- dour, i. 125, 134; C. re- nounces, 132; ii. 141. Canning, Elizabeth, her im- posture, detection, and pu- nishment, ii. 54. Canning, George, his atten-
tions to his mother, i. 39. Canons of Criticism, by Mr. Edwards, i. 182. Canvassing for the Parlia- ment of 1761, described, ii. 144.
Carew, Bamfylde, account of, ii. 39.
Carrington, Nathan, arrests Dryden Leach, i. 170; the badge of his Messengers,
Cave, the, of Famine, i. 111; of Fraud, 174. Celia, ii. 69. Cervantes, ii. 63. Chaldeans, the first astrolo- gers, ii. 38.
Champion, the King's, ii. 182. Charles I, alleged annual ce- lebration of his death by the Roundheads, i. 207; causes of his unpopularity, 227; his fall accelerated by the intrigues of his queen, 228; his attempt to govern with- out a Parliament, 229; an apology for, 230. Charles II, sells Dunkirk to the French, i. 233; Tan- gier abandoned by, ib.; his sudden death, 234. Charlotte, Queen, ii. 63. Chatham, see Pitt. Chauncy, Dr. notice of, ii. 133.
Cheere, ii. 134. Chesterfield, Lord, character of Lord Sandwich attri- buted to, ii. 195. Childhood, described, i. 200. Chrysal, delineation
of Wilkes's character in, ii. 200. Churchill, Charles, his al- leged contempt for the an- cients, i. 11; first indica- tion of his political bias, ib.; joins Wilkes in pub- lishing the North Briton, i.28, 106; his quarrel with the Critical Review, 61; his quarrel and reconciliation with Garrick, ib., 72; sup- presses some lines in the Rosciad, 75; his admiration for Dryden and dislike for Pope, 76; his resentment at Dr. Armstrong's cen- sure, 79; his aspirations after independence, 86; ii. 287; his letter to Wilkes, on The Prophecy of Fa- mine, i. 94; anecdote illus-
trating his animosity to the Scottish nation, 95; characterizes his own po- etry, 100; reprimanded by Dr. Pearce, 102; nar- rowly escapes arrest under the general warrant, 127; asserts his own indepen- dence, and honesty of pur- pose, 130, ii. 118; his in- tended satire of Ayliffe's Ghost, i. 131; his excur- sion to Wales, 198; de- scribes his mode of compo- sition, 218; his reading considerable, ib.; wrote rapidly, 219; lines by him inscribed on a cup presented to Wilkes, 227; his memory tenacious, ii. 14; some intended poems, ib.; his elopement with Miss Carr, 17; his loyalty to Wilkes, ib.; description of his monetary difficulties, 21; relieved from his embarrassments by Dr. Lloyd, ib.; how he em- ployed his first earnings, 22; his self-condemnation, 25, 63; how he would wish to die, 30; Dr. Johnson's opinion of, 80; his appre- hension of arrest, 141; how he would desire to live and die, 201, destroys nearly all his MSS. ib.; his tomb and inscription, 202; portrait of himself, 274; did not complete his fourth poetic year, 292; la- ments his propensity to poetry, ib.; conduct as curate in Westminster,
Churchill, Miss Patty, at-
tends R. Lloyd during his
illness, ii. 282; her death, ib.
Cibber, Colley, notice of, ii.
Cibber, Mrs. account of, i. 40. City, characterized, ii. 64; preparations for the City feast, 168.
Cleland, John, account of, ii.
Cleveland, Duchess of, her
paramount influence in the time of Charles II, i. 233. Cleveland, John, couplet by, on Scotland, i. 116. Clive, Lord, i. 2; account of, ii. 243. Clive, Catherine, account of, i. 34.
Clouet, M. St. ii. 257. Coan, John, a dwarf, i. 3. Cock Lane Ghost, account of the, ii. 32; visit to Fanny's tomb described, ii. 81. Colman, George, account of, 4; ridicules Gray, i. 14. Commons, House of, its re-
solutions on No. 45 of the North Briton, i. 128; re- solutions against Wilkes, 129; the resolutions ex- punged from its journal,ib. Conclave, the, an unpublished satire by C., extract from, ii. 73. Cooper, L., the courtezan, C. at the theatre with, i. 21. Coronation of George III. referred to, ii. 161. Corydon, ii. 258. Cosmopolitanism censured, ii. 229. Cotes, Humphry, ii. 205, 287. Cotterell, Sir Clement, mas- ter of the ceremonies, ii. 164.
Covent Garden Theatre, its
Dependents of the great, miseries of, i. 85. Description, fondness of some poets for, i. 214. Despenser, Lord le, see Dash- wood. Digression, i. 219. Diogenes, the cynic, ii. 231. Discord, chained by Pitt, i.
119. Discretion remonstrates with C. ii. 204.
Dodd, Dr. account of, ii. 263. Doddington, Bubb, account of, ii. 118; his "feathered head," 151; C. expresses his contempt for, 278, 283. Dodsley, R. his Cleone, i1.295. Doggett, Thomas, establishes
an annual rowing match, i. 208.
Dorax, Quin as, i. 53. Douglas, Dr. detects the lite- rary forgeries of Lauder, ii. 65.
Douglas, Tragedy of, i. 102. Dryden, John, C.'s prefer- ence of him to Pope, i. 76. Dulman, Sir S. Fludyer, awakened by Fame's trum- pet, ii. 107; description of, 120; his discourse to Crape, 122; goes to bed, 167; awakened by Crape, 171; reasons with Crape, 172. Dun, Alexander, account of his attempt to assassinate Mr. Wilkes, i. 176. Dunkirk, sold to the French, i. 233.
Dutch, massacre of the Eng- lish by the, at Amboyna,
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