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CKMAN,

actor, i. 4.

an

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.

73.

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,

37.

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.

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Brocklesby,

Dr.

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.

272.

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.

42.

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,

171.

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,

301.

Churchill, Miss Patty, at-

tends R. Lloyd during his

illness, ii. 282; her death,
ib.

Cibber, Colley, notice of, ii.

76.

Cibber, Mrs. account of, i. 40.
City, characterized, ii. 64;
preparations for the City
feast, 168.

Cleland, John, account of, ii.

15.

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

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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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