sioner of the state lottery, xvi. 281. Suspected
unjustly of writing a libel against Mr. Walpole,
xviii. 275; who was with difficulty persuaded to
let Gay continue a second year commissioner to a
Jottery, ibid. After fourteen years attendance on
the court, rejects the servile dignity of gentleman
usher to a girl of two years old, and retires in dis-
grace, xi. 128. 230. xvii. 158. xviii. 276. Wrote
an eclogue in the Quaker style, xiii, 220. Reflec、
tions on the conduct of great men toward him,
xvi. 270.
Gives Swift an account of the suc
cess of the Beggar's Opera, xvii. 175. Acquaints
him with more particulars respecting it, 177.
The great friendship of the duke and duchess of
Queensberry toward him, xviii. 21. Proposes to
print the second part of the Beggar's opera, xviii,
14. Receives great contributions toward the pub-
lication, xviii. 22. His fortune increased by op-~
pression, 23. Most of the courtiers refuse to
contribute to his undertaking, ibid. Chief au-
thor of the Craftsman, by which he becomes
very popular, xviii. 26. Engaged in law suits
with booksellers, for pirating his book, 29. De-
clines in the favour of courtiers, 167. Some ac-
count of his Fables, to Dr. Swift, xviii. 226, 240.
Gambadoes commended by him as a fine inven-
tion, xviii, 255. Finds in himself a natural pro-
pensity to write against vice, 268. His death,
278. Is universally lamented, and buried with
great pomp, 279. Curll assiduous in procuring
memoirs of his life, ibid. Duchess of Queens-
berry's character of him, 289. Dr. Swift's con-
dolence with the duchess for his death, with a
short character of him, 294. His opera of Achilles
[and the Distrest Mother a tragedy] brought out
after his death, 271. xix. 73. The Present State
of Wit probably written by him, xxiv. 150.
Gazetteer. A salary of two hundred pounds a year
settled on that employment, by Dr. Swift's pro◄
curement, xxii. 123.
Gee (Dr). His vanity humbled by Mr. Prior, xiv,
177.
General. The error of commissioning such an of
ficer for life, how great soever his merit may be,
v. 62. Excessive avarice one of the greatest de-
fects in one, 131.
Genius. The most fruitful age will produce but
three or four in a nation, vi. 301.
Geoffry of Anjou. Married the empress Maude, vii.
264. Attacked Stephen's Norman dominions, 276,
from whom he afterwards accepted a pension, ibid,
Foreseeing the extensive dominions which his
eldest son Henry was likely to succeed to, be-
queathed Anjou to his second son Geoffry, 305,
Geoffry (his son). Endeavoured to enforce his right
to the earldom of Anjou, vii, 305. Died of grief.
ibid,
George (prince of Denmark, who died in the end of
October 1708, in his 56th year, having been mar-
ried to the queen more than 25 years.) His aver.
sion to the earl of Godolphin, &c. but intimidated
from getting him removed before his death, by a
critical management of the duke of Marlborough,
vi, 269. 270.
George I. (king). See Hanover. His accession,
vii. 311, xvi. 86. 93. 124. Succeeded to the
crown with great unanimity among his subjects,
vi. 338. Had a happy opportunity of reconciling
parties for ever, by a moderating scheme, vii. 312,
Openly disgraced the principal and most popular
tories, ibid. Left the management of publick bu
siness almost entirely to sir Robert Walpole, 313.
His clemency ironically praised, xvi. 266. Pas
toral Dialogue on his death, xi. 52.
George II. (king). During his father's reign, lived
an almost private life, vii. 315. Applied his time.
to the study of the language, religion, customs,
and dispositions of his future subjects, 316. His
singular firmness and resolution in supporting the
rights of his German subjects, xiii. 94.
Germain (lady Elizabeth, originally lady Betty Berkes
ley), xviii. 63. Invites Dr. Swift to Drayton, xxi.
15. A smart remark made by her, on Colley Cib-
ber's being appointed laureat, xviii. 91. Vindi-
cates to Dr. Swift the conduct of the countess of
Suffolk respecting him, xviii. 286. Particulars of
an affair between the bishop of Peterborow and
her, xix. 22. Recommends to Dr. Swift a medi.
cine, said to be of efficacy against giddiness, xix.
278. Highly commended by the Dean, for her
great and many virtues, xx. 88.
German language. Has admitted few or no changes
for some ages past, vi. 48.
Gertruydenburgh. Some of the articles in the treaty
there very unreasonable, v. 305. The queen pre-
vailed on to ratify it, though not interchangeably
signed, ibid. Horatio Walpole's opinion of it,
ibid.
Gery (William), of Letcombe, xxii. 161.
Ghosts. Whence it may be concluded that the sto
ries of them in general are false, xiv. 165.
Gibbs (Dr). Remarks on his Translation of the Psalms.
xxiv. 165.
Giddiness. A good medicine to relieve from that
disorder, and the headach, xix. 278.
Giffard (lady), iii. 287. xxi. 3. Her picture, xx. 89.
Gifts. Their value enhanced by the manner of their
distribution, xx. 243.
Gildon, A writer of criticisms and libels, xxiii.
340.
Gillicranky (the battle of). When fought, xiv. 338.
Gillever (Lawton), xix. 273.
Giraldi. Secretary to the duke of Tuscany, xvi. 119.
XX. 281.
Glebes. In the hands of the laity in Ireland, xiii.
Gloucester (Robert, earl of). Takes up arms in be-
half of the empress Maude, his sister, vii. 278.
Overpowered by the king, withdrew into Nor-
mandy, 280. With only twenty followers, march-
ed boldly to his own city of Gloucester, to raise
forces for the empress, 284. Joined by the earl
of Chester, gives the king battle near Lincoln, 285;
and takes him prisoner, 286. Taken prisoner
by the king's army, and in his turn presented to
queen Maude, who sent him to Rochester, to be
treated as the king had been, 289. The two pri-
soners by mutual consent exchanged, 290. Went
to Normandy, to urge Geoffry to come over in
person, 291. His death, and character, 293.
Glubbdubdrib (or the island of sorcerers). Account
of the governor of it, and his power of raising up
the dead, ix. 214.
Glumdalclitch's Lamentation for the loss of Grildrig,
xxiv. 59.
Glover (Richard). His Leonidas, xx. 191.
Godfrey (colonel). Married the duke of Marlbo-
rough's sister, mother to the duke of Berwick by
king James, xxi. 303.
Godolphin (Sidney, earl of). His character, iii. 288.
vii. 28. 109. xv. 147.
His wrong management
brought on the necessity of the union with Scot-
land, vi. 206. 271. Resigned his place of first
lord commissioner of the treasury when the war
was first engaged in; but, on the duke of Marl-
borough's being made general, in 1702, was ap-
pointed lord high treasurer, v. 61. His spleen
at being removed from it, in 1710, xv. 98. Re-
ceived Swift coldly, xxi. 3. A notion propagated,
that the publick credit would suffer if he was re-
moved, xxiii. 221. Dismissed in an ungracious
manner, vi. 277. xv. 98. Reasons of the queen's
early disgust against him, vi. 25. 267. Re-
proaches the queen unjustly with privately admit-
ting Harley into her presence, 252.
His ex-
emplary fidelity to king James II. at his abdica-
tion, vii. 28. An act of general pardon, obtained
by his credit, calculated for his own security, 45.
His misconduct, ibid. Why talked of by the mi-
nisters with humanity and pity, xxii. 134. At-
tached to the turf, x. 32.
Godolphin (Dr). Provost of Eton, vi. 90.
Gold. See Money.
Good-breeding. Defined by lord Chesterfield, xiv.
Good-manners and Good-breeding. Treatise on, xiv.
182. Hints on Good-manners, 188.
Good-manners. See Manners.
Gordon (Thomas). Some account of him, xxiv. 139.
Gorges (general). Epitaph on him and his lady, xi.
Goths. Their form of government in some measure borrowed from the Germans, vii. 258. When a body of them had fixed in a tract of land, their military government soon became civil, their general being king, his officers nobles, and the sol diers freemen, the natives being considered as slaves, ibid. The nobles were a standing council, to which the freemen were occasionally called, by their representatives, ibid. On the conversion of the Gothick princes to christianity, the clergy, being rich and powerful, formed themselves into a body, held synods or assemblies, and became a third estate, in most kingdoms of Europe, 259. These assemblies seldom called in England before the reign of Henry the First, ibid. Nor had the people in that age any representative beside the barons and other nobles, who did not sit in those assemblies by virtue of their birth or creation, but of the lands or baronies they held, ibid. The Go
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