Rundle (bishop of Derry), xix. 142. 211. Verses on
him, xi. 323. 328. Mr. Pulteney's remark on his
promotion to the see of Derry, xix. 142. 211.
Russel (archdeacon). His generosity to Dr. Sheridan,
ii. 81.

Rymer. In his Fœdera, made no use of the great col-
lections in the Cotton library or paper office, or of
the rolls of parliament, or journals of either house,

XX. 49.

Ryswick Treaty. The French king not obliged by it
to acknowledge the queen's right to the crown of
England, vi. 14. 27.

Ryves (William), xviii. 218.

Sacheverell (Dr.), vi. 273. A living procured for
him by the Dean, i. 194. Nov. 6, 1709, preached
his famous sermon against popular resistance of
regal authority, xxiii. 167. Ill placed zeal in im-
peaching him, v. 81. His mentioning the nick
name Volpone in it, used as a motive to spur on
his impeachment, 99. vi. 273. The hopes of the
whigs and fanaticks from it, v. 124. A blunder
of his, xi. 3. Is paid one hundred pounds by a
bookseller for his sermon (which was the first after
his suspension) preached at St. Saviour's church,
xxii. 18. The ministry hate, and pretend to de-
spise him, xxi. 283. Dr. Swift declines being ac-
quainted with him, but recommends his brother
to the ministry, xxii. 62. Character of, xxiii.
150.

Sack (le). Mr.Harley's French dancing-master. Anec-
dote of him, viii. 42. 208.

Sackville (lord George), xviii. 225. xix. 127.
Sacramental Test. Repealing it in Ireland would be
followed by an entire alteration of religion, iv. 30.
Whether any attempt to repeal it then would suc-

ceed, 33. The arguments used for repealing it
answered, 35-40. Swift falsely charged with
writing for repealing it, xv. 63.

St. Cecilia's Day. Dr. Swift to himself on, xi. 101,
St. John, of Battersea (Henry lord). His great age, xx.

80.92.

(Mr.), v. 111. xx. 270. Secretary of state at
thirty; an employment which sir William Temple
was admired for having had offered to him at fifty,
xxi. 62. Gives Dr. Swift a short account of him-
self after his fall, xvi. 146. Sees the pretender at
an opera in Paris, 153. vi. 334. Has permission
to stay in France, provided he retires from Paris,
xvi. 159.
His reflections on friendship, 191.
242. His paraphrase of part of an epistle of Ho-
race, 193. His remark on the rabble, 241. On
Plato, 243. On riches, ibid. His censure of Cato,
244. Describes his improvements in his rural re-
treat, 246. Henry Guy's advice to him, 256.
Moral and critical remarks on Seneca and his

writings, ibid. Remarks respecting Mr. Prior,
then lately deceased, 259. His sentiments of the
Freethinkers, xvii. 16. What kind of Freethinker
he laboured to be, 17. His conduct at variance
with his professions on this subject, ibid. Talks
of a bulky volume, to be called Noctes Gallicæ,
19. The manner in which he would wish to di-
vide life, 120. His reflections on the too frequent
consequences of a liberal education, 129. On
chronological inquiries, xviii. 125. His descrip-
tion of the plan of Mr. Pope's Ethick Epistles,
with some reflections on the subject of them, 128.
129. Makes some proposals to Dr. Swift, respect-
ing the exchange of his deanery of St. Patrick for
the rectory of Burfield, in Berkshire, 233. His
judgment of Berkeley's and Delany's treatises, 235.
Reflections on some points of moral philosophy,
xix. 86
Character of the earl of Oxford, 87,

His judgment of Mr. Pope's Moral Essays, 89.
His first lady a descendant from the famous Jack
of Newbury, xxi. 271. His second lady's letter
to Dr. Swift, on the subject of Gulliver's Travels,
and other matters, xvii. 108. xx. 288. Succeeded
Mr. Henry Boyle as secretary of state, y. III.
After Mr. Harley was stabbed by Guiscard, takes
to himself the merit of being the intended victim,
vi. 290. 309. His great application to publick af-
fairs, when secretary of state, vii. 134. Sent with
a very extensive commission to France, vii. 194;
which he executed with great honour, being re-
ceived at court there with particular marks of dis-
tinction and respect, 195. In 1711, refused to
sit in the council with the duke of Somerset, 36.
His instructions to Mr. Prior at Paris, xv. 222. A
union between him and Harley attempted in vain,
xvi. 91. A congratulation to him on his being
turned out of office, 108. Requested by Swift to
write the History of the Four last Years of Queen
Anne, xvi. 197. A print of Aristippus, with a
proper motto, in memory of him, 204. Final An-
swer written by him, xviii, 131. The disagree-
ment between him and Harley, the ruin of the tory
party, xx. 122. Supposed to be writing in France
the history of his own times, 138. 184. His cha-
racter, v. 111. vi. 297. 318. xxi. 338. His second
lady, xviii. 335. Extract from his will, xx. 269.
St. Le er sir John). An Irish judge, xxii. 17.
St. Patrick's Well. Verses on its drying up, xi. 26.
Salamander (The), x. 53.

Salique Law. How applied by France to its own ad-
vantage, in the succession to other kingdoms, vii.
196. Observations on its probable consequences
to the other European powers, ibid.

Salisbury (Roger, bishop of). His castle and trea-
sures seized by king Stephen, vii. 282. Originally
a poor curate in Normandy, but advanced by
Henry I. to the highest rank, 283. One of the

first who swore fealty to Maude, and among the
first who revolted to Stephen, ibid. Fell a sacri-
fice in his old age to the riches he had amassed for
his support, ibid.

Sancroft (abp). Ode* to him, x. 1. Defended from
an imputation of bishop Burnet's, viii. 101,
Sandwich (earl of). His character, vi. 164.
Sandys's Ghost, xxiv. 20.

Santry (lord), xviii. 86. xxi. 218. A custom with
him and some others, to rail at people, and, upon
receiving challenges, come and beg pardon, xxii.
75. A droll anecdote concerning him, 19.

Sartré (Mons). A prebendary of Westminster, xxi.

45.

Sarum. The annual income of that bishoprick, viii,

10%.

Satire. Fragment of one, xxiv. 29.

The itch of it whence brought among us, iii,
57. Why better received than panegyrick, 58.
In what cases not the easiest kind of wit, as usually
reckoned, xiv. 168. Introduced into the world to
supply the defect of laws, v. 90. A poet de-
sirous of fame should set out with it, viii. 74.
Humour the best ingredient in the most useful
and inoffensive kind of it, 232. Rules for,

xxiii. 82.

Satirists. The publick how used by some of them,
iii. 56.

Saunders (Mr. Anderson). Deprived of the govern-
ment of Wicklow castle by the earl of Whar-
ton, who gave it to an infamous horse-courser,
iv. 196.

Savage (Philip). Chancellor of the exchequer in Ire-
land, xxi. 84.

*This ode contains some marks of genius, but certainly does
not belong to the higher class of poetry. The angry temper of
Swift, however, breaks out in it occasionally with great force. N,

Savoy (duke of). Put in his claim to the crown of
England, vi. 213. What he got by the peace,
owing to the queen, 223. His inducements to
enter into the confederate war, v. 3cq.

Sawbridge (dean of Fernes). Ballad on him, xi. 201.
Scaliger. A singular assertion of his, xxiv. 117.
Scarborough (Richard Lumley, earl of). Seconded
the earl of Nottingham's famous clause, vii. 39.
Sceptis scientifica. Dr. Swift's opinion of it. xv. 19.
Schomberg (Frederick, duke of). A monument to
him moved for, to be erected by his relations,
xvii. 190. xviii. 152; but erected at the expense
of the dean and chapter of St. Patrick's, ibid.
Swift charged with erecting it out of malice,
to raise a quarrel between the kings of England
and Prussia, xviii. 118. 121. His epitaph, xi.

211.

Schools in Ireland, xii. 250.

Schutz (baron), vi. 249.

Sciences. The origin of them. xxiii. 102.

ence, xi. 20.

Ode on Sci-

Scipio the elder. When he appeared great, xiv.

223.

Scotland. The Presbyterians there denied a tolera-

tion to the Episcopalians, though the latter were a
majority, v. 138. The nobility never like to be
extinct, their titles for the most part descending
to heirs general, vi. 207. Pays in taxes one penny
for every forty laid on England, ibid. Its natives
residing in England receive more in pensions and
employments than their whole nobility ever spent
at home, ibid. The whole revenues of some of its
nobles, before the union, would have ill main-
tained a Welsh justice of the peace, ibid. In soil
and extent, not a fourth part of the value of Ire-
land, nor (according to bishop Burnet) above the
fortieth part in value to the rest of Britain, xii.