Andrew Marvell

by Augustine Birrell

• Jessopp, Mr., [120].
• Johnson, Dr., [225], [227].
• “Johnson’s Poets,” [229].

K

• Kremlin, [108].

L

• Lamb, William, [20], [61].
• Lambert, General, [29], [31], [82].
• Lambeth, [175].
• Last Instructions to a Painter about the Dutch Wars, The, [129];
  • quoted, [130] seq., [135].
• Laud, Archbishop, [91], [167], [221].
• Lauderdale, Lord, [150], [185], [201], [202].
• Lawson, Admiral, [115].
• Lenthall, Speaker, [81], [83].
• “Letter from a Parliament Man to his Friend” (Shaftesbury), [97].
• Leviathan (Hobbes), [156].
• Life of the Great Lord Fairfax (Markham) (quoted), [31].
• Lines on Paradise Lost, [230].
• Locke, John, [6], [179].
• London, [90];
  • Great Fire of, [17], [119], [209];
  • Great Plague of, [115], [116], [119].
• Lort, Dr. (Master of Trinity), [10].
• Louis XIV., [183], [185], [186], [188], [189], [193], [196], [215].
• Lovelace, Richard, [25], [26], [227].
• Lucasta, [25], [26].

M

• Macaulay, [70], [92].
• “MacFlecknoe” (quoted), [21].
• Manton, Dr., [162].
• Mariæ Marvell relictæ et Johni Greni Creditori, [222].
• Marlborough, Earl of, [115].
• Martin Marprelate, [24].
• Marvell, Andrew, born 1621, [4];
  • ancestry, [4-5];
  • Hull Grammar School, [8];
  • school days, [8-9];
  • goes to Trinity College, Cambridge, [10];
  • life at Cambridge, [11-12];
  • becomes a Roman Catholic, [12];
  • recantation and return to Trinity, [14];
  • life at Cambridge ends, [17];
  • death of mother, [17];
  • abroad in France, Spain, Holland, and Italy, [19];
  • acquainted with French, Dutch, and Spanish languages, [19];
  • poet, parliamentarian, and controversialist, [20];
  • in Rome (1645), [20];
  • invites Flecknoe to dinner, [22];
  • neither a Republican nor a Puritan, [23];
  • a Protestant and a member of the Reformed Church of England, [23];
  • stood for both King and Parliament, [23];
  • considered by Collier a dissenter, [24 n.];
  • civil servant during Commonwealth, [24];
  • rejoices at Restoration, [25];
  • keeps Royalist company (1646-50), [25];
  • contributes commendatory lines to Richard Lovelace in poems published 1649, [25];
  • defends Lovelace, [26];
  • loved to be alone with his friends, lived for the most part in a hired lodging, [26];
  • one of thirty-three poets who wept for the early death of Lord H. Hastings, [27];
  • went to live with Lord Fairfax at Nunappleton House as tutor to only child and daughter of the house (1650), [27];
  • anonymity of verses, [34];
  • small volume containing “The Garden Poetry” (1681), [34];
  • tells story of Nunappleton House, [36-45];
  • applies to Secretary for Foreign Tongues for a testimonial, [48];
  • recommended by Milton to Bradshaw for post of Latin Secretary, [50];
  • appointed four years later, 51:
  • frequently visits Eton, [51];
  • Milton intrusts him with a letter and copy of Secunda defensio to Bradshaw, [52];
  • appointed by the Lord-Protector tutor to Mr. Dutton, [54];
  • resides with Oxenbridges, [54];
  • letters, [53], [54-5], [85-7], [92-3], [94-6], [99], [100-1], [104], [105], [109-12], [121], [122], [140], [141-3], [145-7], [148-50], [189-91], [191] seq., [210];
  • begins his career as anonymous political poet and satirist (1653), [56];
  • dislike of the Dutch, [56];
  • impregnated with the new ideas about sea power, [59];
  • reported to have been among crowd which witnessed Charles I.’s death, [64];
  • first collected edition of works, verse and prose, produced by subscription in three volumes, [64];
  • became Milton’s assistant (1657), [68];
  • friendship with Milton, [69];
  • takes Milton’s place in receptions at foreign embassies, [69];
  • plays part of Laureate during Protector’s life, [71];
  • produces two songs on marriage of Lady Mary Cromwell, [72-3];
  • attends Cromwell’s funeral, [73];
  • is keenly interested in public affairs, [75];
  • becomes a civil servant for a year, [75];
  • M.P. for Hull, [75];
  • friend of Milton and Harrington, [76];
  • well disposed towards Charles II., [77];
  • remains in office till end of year (1659), [77];
  • elected with Ramsden M.P. for Kingston-upon-Hull, [78];
  • attended opening of Parliament (1659), [80];
  • is not a “Rumper,” [84];
  • again elected for Hull (1660), [84];
  • begins his remarkable correspondence with the Corporation of Hull, [84];
  • a satirist, not an enthusiast, [85];
  • lines on Restoration, [90];
  • complains to House of exaction of £150 for release of Milton, [91];
  • elected for third, and last, time member for Hull, [95];
  • receives fee from Corporation of Hull for attendance at House, [96];
  • reviled by Parker for taking this payment, [96];
  • Flagellum Parliamentum attributed to, [97];
  • goes to Holland, [100];
  • is recalled, [101];
  • while in Holland writes to Trinity House and to the Corporation of Hull on business matters, [101];
  • goes as secretary to Lord Carlisle on an embassy to Sweden and Denmark, [106];
  • public entry into Moscow, [108];
  • assists at formal reception of Lord Carlisle as English ambassador, [109];
  • renders oration to Czar into Latin, [109];
  • Russians object to terms of oration, [109];
  • replies, [109-12];
  • returns from embassy, [113];
  • reaches London, [113];
  • attends Parliament at Oxford, [116];
  • The Last Instructions to a Painter about the Dutch Wars, [129-35];
  • bitter enemy of Hyde, [136];
  • lines upon Clarendon House, [138];
  • inquires into “miscarriages of the late war,” [139];
  • The Rehearsal Transprosed, [151];
  • its great success, [152];
  • literary method described by Parker, [162];
  • called “a droll,” “a buffoon,” [163];
  • replies to Parker, [163] seq.;
  • intercedes, [168];
  • abused by Parker in History of His Own Time, [170 n.];
  • The Rehearsall Transpros’d (second part), [171-2];
  • pictures Parker, [172] seq.;
  • latterly fears subversion of Protestant faith, [179];
  • his famous pamphlet, An Account of the Growth of Popery and Arbitrary Government in England, [180-1], [203-5], [206-8];
  • gives account of quarrel with Dutch, [186-7];
  • commendatory verses on “Mr. Milton’s Paradise Lost” (1674), [199 n.];
  • mock speech, His Majesty’s Most Gracious Speech to Both Houses of Parliament, [200-2];
  • story of proffered bribe, [209-10];
  • last letter to constituents, [210];
  • rarely speaks in the House of Commons, [211];
  • longest reported speech, [211];
  • speech reported in Parliamentary History (1677), [211];
  • “Debate on Mr. Andrew Marvell’s striking Sir Philip Harcourt,” etc., [212-14];
  • friend of Prince Rupert, [214];
  • lines on setting up of king’s statue, [214-15];
  • “Britannia and Raleigh,” [216-19];
  • dies, [219];
  • thought to have been poisoned, [219];
  • this suspicion dissipated, [220];
  • account of sickness and death, [220-1];
  • burial, [221];
  • obsequies, [223];
  • epitaph, [221];
  • humour and wit, [163];
  • not a fanatic, [179];
  • insatiable curiosity, [182];
  • power of self-repression, [211];
  • as poet, [225-30];
  • as satirist, [228], [230-1];
  • as prose writer, [231-2];
  • love of gardens, [227];
  • appearance described, [232];
  • Hull’s most famous member, [223];
  • enemies, [224];
  • portraits of, [224];
  • statue of, [224];
  • editions of works, [229].
• Marvell, Rev. Andrew (father), [7].
• —— Mary (wife), [3], [222-3].
• “Marvell’s Cottage,” [223 n.]
• Marvell’s Ghost (in Poems on Affairs of State), [220 n.]
• May, [119].
• Mead, William, [191].
• Meadows, Philip, [51], [54].
• Medway, [139], [187].
• Memorials (Whitelock), [29].
• Milton, John, [2], [19], [20], [21], [48], [49], [52], [64], [68], [69], [73], [76], [77], [91], [129], [151], [199], [223], [226], [228].
• Monk, General, Duke of Albemarle, [80], [83], [91], [128], [139], [140].
• —— Dr., Provost of Eton. [94].
• Monmouth, Duke of, [116], [191].
• Monument (“tall bully”), [118].
• More (Moore), Thomas, [7].
• More, Robert, [6].
• Morpeth, Lord, [113].
• Moscow, [105], [107].
• “Mr. Milton’s Paradise Lost” (Marvell), [199 n.]
• Musa Cantabrigiensis, [16].
• Muskerry, Lord, [115].

N

• Napoleon, [24].
• Narrative of the Restoration (Collins), [81].
• National Portrait Gallery, [224].
• Navigation Act, [59], [63].
• Nettleton, Robert, [64];
  • (Marvell’s grand-nephew), [221].
• New Amsterdam, [136].
• New Guinea, [127].
• Novgorod, [113].
• Nunappleton House, [63].
• Nymph and Fawn, The, [230].
• Nymph complaining for the Death of her Fawn, The, [225].

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