Mackintosh, Sir James, parliamentary sketch of, 359-his admonition to Au- guste de Staël, 494-his History of the Revolution in England in 1688,' 493. See Revolutions of 1688 and 1831. Magnetic pole, history of the successive approximations to the place of the, 64. Man, mental constitution of, 224. Marriage, poetical essay on, 300. Marriage Act, object of, 511. Medical profession in England, high and generous tone of, 296-charitable assist- ance afforded to the poor by, 297. Memoirs, versatility of the Parisian manu- facturers of, 391.
Memoirs and reminiscences, distinction between, 1.
Methodist preachers, locomotiveness of, 130.
Milton, his choruses of the Samson Ago- nistes, 24-his L'Allegro and Il Pen- seroso, 25.
Mitchell, Mr., his annotated edition of the Acharnenses of Aristophanes,' 42.
Paris, mortality of, in the revolutionary years 1793 and 1794, 6. Parisian press, impudent fabrications of, 2, 3.
Parliamentary eloquence, 358.
Passow, Franz, his' Handwörterbuch der Griechischen Sprache,' 150.
Pecuniary embarrassment, its fatal effect on the mind, 356.
Philip van Artevelde,' a dramatic ro- mance, in two parts, by Henry Taylor, Esq., 365.
Pindar, translations of, 18-Cowley's ig- norance of the construction of Pindar's odes, 19-charge against Pindar of ge- neral obscurity and want of unity con- sidered, ib.-his fame among the an- cients, ib.-Horace's deep sense of his unapproachable majesty, ib.-merit of the translations of Cary and Moore, 20 -Cary's translation the best substitute for Pindar himself, ib.-Dante and Pin- dar the most picturesque of the great poets of the world, 21-specimens of Cary's translation of Pindar, 27-remains of Pindar, 30-the Olympic games, 31- Pindar's ode to Hiero, 32-homage paid to the poet, 33-Lycophron's Cassandra, ib.-instances of Pindaric figures, 34- Professor Dissen's preface to his edition of Pindar, 41-reasons assigned for
Pindar's fables and histories, 42-object and intention of his Epinician Hymn, 43-his mode of constructing the Epi- nician Ode, 44-superstructure raised upon it, 47-Moore's translation, 53- Sonnet on the Memory of a Lady, to whom his translations were from time to time communicated as the work pro- ceeded, 54.
Pitt, Mr., his mode of stating the question in debate, 290.
Play-bill of Queen Anne's reign, 86. Plumptre, Dr., academical portrait of, 352. Plunkett, Lord, parliamentary sketch of,
Ponsonby, Right Hon. George, parliamen- tary sketch of, 358. Porson, Richard, academical portrait of, 352.
Potteric Carr, near Doncaster, account of the draining of and converting into fertile ground, 91.
Price, Major David, his translation from
the Persian of the Memoirs of the Emperor Jahangueir,' 96. See Jahan- gueir.
'Principia of Newton,' comment on and translation of, by Madame de Châtelet, 66.
Procrastination described, 289. Puffs, literary, their efficacy, 482. Puppet-shows, dissertation on, 84.
Rabelais, hackneyed stories concerning his death-bed, 70.
Rank, great importance of, 294. Raumer, Frederick Von, his Geschichte
der Hohenstaufen und ihrer Zeit,' 304. See Swabia.
Revolutions of 1688 and 1831, 493-Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution in England in 1688' an im- portant and salutary political lesson, ib. -the innovations and popular reforms of the present day close imitations of the practices of James the Second's mi- nisters, 494-analogy between the cabi- nets of 1688 and 1831, 495-Lord Chancellor Jeffreys, 496-foreign policy of James's cabinet, 498-overthrow of our domestic institutions, 499-dissolu- tion of parliament, ib.-persecution and spoliation of corporations, 500-creation of new peers, 501-conciliation of the Dissenters, ib.-audacious attacks on the Irish Protestants, ab. separation of Church and State, 503-operations of the Reform Bill, 505-parallel between
the French legislative assemblies and our reformed House of Commons, 506 -attacks on the Universities and the Church, 509-alleged grievances of the Dissenters, 511-London University, 516-admission of Dissenters to the Universities, 520-subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles, 522-Church Rate Bill, 524-bill for preventing pluralities and non-residence, 526-moral power of the Conservative party, 532. Rhyme, the Procrustean bed in the hands of a translator, 25.
Rogers, Samuel, Esq, his 'Italy,' 428. Romilly, Sir Samuel, parliamentary sketch of, 359.
St. Peter's at Rome, impressions on first beholding, 446.
Sampler, lines worked on a little girl's, 95. Satirical writers and talkers, their charac- teristics, 291.
Schneider, Professor, his Griechish- Deutsches Wörterbuch,' 147.
Scott, Sir Walter, writes' Guy Mannering' in four weeks, 354-first led to write novels by observing the success of Miss Edgeworth in availing herself of the pe- culiarities of Irish manners, 485.
Seward, Miss, sketch of, 361.
Shakspeare, numerous distinct thoughts in his Venus and Adonis' and 'Rape of Lu- crece,' 41.
Sharp, Richard, Esq., his Letters and Essays in Prose and Verse,' 285-great merit of the work, ib.-its moral tone delightful, ib.-prose part belongs to the class of ana, 286-prophetic ac- count of John Kemble's débût on the London boards, ib.-Mrs. Siddons, 287 -Kean, ib.-advice to a young friend going to the bar, ib.-dictum of Lord Chief Justice Kenyon, ib.-effects of the want of harmony between the intel- lectual and moral character, 288-say- ings of Napoleon concerning two of his marshals, ib.-early adversity often a blessing, ib. nothing great or good to be obtained without courage and indus- try, ib.-procrastination, 289-advice to a law student smitten with a prema- ture ambition for a seat in parliament, ib.-satirical writers and talkers, 291- on political agitations, 298-character of Mr. Sharp's poetry, 299-essay on marriage, 300-the pompous stiffness and grandiloquent affectations of the imitators of Dr. Johnson's early style,
302 Mr. Sharp recommended to fur- nish a volume of literary and political reminiscences, 304.
Sherer, Captain Moyle, great accuracy of his Military Memoirs of the Duke of Wellington, 425.
Siddons, Mrs., character of her acting, 287. Somerville, Mrs., on the Connexion of the Physical Sciences, 54-the two me- thods by which physical science may be made popularly intelligible and inte- resting, ib-object of Mrs. Somerville's work, 55-her chapter on comets, 56- popular apprehensions with regard to Biela's comet, 58-electric and mag- netic influences, 60-establishment of the identity of charcoal and diamond, 63-history of the successive approxi- mations to the place of the magnetic pole, 64-admiration created by the con- sideration that the work is that of a woman, ib.-instances of eminent female mathematicians very rare, 66-Hypatia and Agnesi, ib. Mrs. Somerville's Mechanism of the Heavens,' 67- Sonnets addressed to her, 68. 'Souvenirs d'un Sexagénaire,' par A. V. Arnault, de l'Académie Française, 1. See
'Swabia, History of the House of, and their Times,' by Frederick von Raumer, 304-great reputation of the author as an historian, ib.-slow and precarious circulation in England of distinguished German writers, ib.-important chasm in the annals of Europe filled up by the present work, ib.-distinguished rank assigned to it among the historical com- positions of the day, 305-period em- braced by the race of the Hohenstaufen, ib. great contests between the spiritual and the temporal, the papal and the imperial dominion, 306-the popes for a considerable time the allies and protectors of Italian freedom, 307-the scope of their ambition the exclusion of Trans- alpine influence from the peninsula, ib.— opponents of the Swabian emperors, ib. -rise of the Hohenstaufen line rapid and brilliant, its termination abrupt and complete, 308-their genealogy, 309— Duke Frederick, their founder, ib.- Frederick the Second, 310-the do-
minion and growing influence of the Hohenstaufen counterbalanced by the house of Welf or Guelph, ib.-pretensions of Frederick to the throne of Germany, ib-he finds a formidable competitor in Henry the Proud, 311-the crusades, ib.-power and authority of the popes, ib. reign of Conrad, 313-character of Frederick Barbarossa, ib.-his contest with the Lombardian republics, 315- papal interference in these transactions, ib.-Pope Hadrian the Fourth, 316- Pope Alexander the Third, 317-meet- ing of the Pope and Emperor at Venice, ib. peace of Venice, 318-life of Frederick the Second, ib.-his appeal to the sovereigns of Europe, 320-his expedition to Rome, 322-crowned em- peror at Aix la Chapelle, ib.- Pope Gregory the Ninth, 323-sensuality of Frederick's Sicilian court, 324-the pope enjoins him to embark on the crusade, 327-his embarkation and return, ib.- his excommunication, 328-Frederick embarks for the Holy Land, ib.-recon- ciliation of the pope and emperor, 329 -the pope lays another interdict on Frederick, 330-religion of Frederick, 333-death of Gregory, 334-Pope In- nocent the Fourth, 335-decline of the Hohenstaufen race, ib.-predominancy of the Guelphic faction, 336-fatal bat- tle of Fossalta, ib.-death of Frederick, 339-and of his son Conrad, ib.—exe- cution of Conradin, and fall of the Ho- henstaufen race, 340.
Swift, Dr., his letters the best in our lan- guage, 292-his own epitaph and the one to the memory of an old servant, ib.
Talents and temperament, consequences of want of harmony between, 288. Taylor, Henry, Esq., his Philip van Arte- velde,' a dramatic romance, 365. Thirty-nine Articles, subscription to, 522. Thistlewood the traitor, his conduct on the scaffold, 94.
Tierney, Right Hon. George, parliamentary sketch of, 358.
Tillage, effect of the decay of, on the agri-
cultural population, 266.
Tooke, Horne, his advice to a young law- yer, 291.
Truth and grandeur, distinction between, 183.
Truth, the most important ingredient in a great character, 403.
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