Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)

by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay

• Raleigh, Sir Walter, ii. 94.
  • His position at court at the close of Elizabeth's reign, 383.
  • His execution, 413.
• Ramus, ii. 455.
• Ranke, Leopold, review of his History of the Popes, iii. [1-46].
  • His qualifications as an historian, [1], [44].
• Red-haired people, might be forced into the attitude of the Jews toward governments, i. 649.
• Reform Bill, ii. 268.
  • Conduct of its opponents, 336.
• Reformation, the, spirit of, in Europe, i. 296.
  • In England, 297.
  • Its immediate effect upon political liberty in England, ii. 8.
  • Analogy between it and the French Revolution, 71.
  • Its effect upon the Church of Rome, 138.
  • Vacillation which it produced in English legislation, 364.
  • Progress of, in northern Europe, iii. [14].
  • In Italy, [15].
  • In Spain, [16].
  • Effect of, on the Catholic Church, [22].
  • Degenerates into a political contest, [35].
• Reformers, always unpopular in their own age, ii. 303.
• Regium Donum, ii. 654.
• Religion, of the English, in the 16th century, ii. 85-89.
  • Injurious influence of Louis XIV. on, 118, 119.
  • Natural and revealed, does not admit of progress, iii. [4].
• Remedies of Good and Evil Fortune, Petrarch's, i. 37.
• Revolution of 1688, i. 366.
  • Review of Mackintosh's History of, ii. 283-356.
• Revolution, the French, social and political consequences of, ii. 71, 72, 99-101, 296, 297.
  • Terms in which it is spoken of by M. Dumont, 98-103, 294.
  • Compared with the English and with the American, 107, 122-124.
  • The first and second, 108-110.
  • Warnings which preceded it, 112-122.
• Richardson, Samuel, dependent on his shop for support, i. 723.
• Richelieu, Duke of, captures Minorca, ii. 266.
  • His frivolity and vice, iii. [312].
• Robertson, Dr., sometimes misplaced words ludicrously, ii. 477.
• Robinson, Sir Thomas, leader of the House of Commons, ii. 262, 263.
• Rockingham, Marquess of, leader of the independent Whigs, iii. [654].
  • Becomes first Lord of the Treasury, [655].
  • Brings Burke to his side, [656].
  • Action on the Stamp Act, [658].
  • Carries the repeal, [663].
  • Dismissed, [667].
  • Moderation toward the new government, [672].
  • Attitude toward Chatham, [680].
• Roe, Sir Thomas, advises the East India Company, ii. 737.
• Rohillas, their courage and independence, iii. [139].
  • Conquered for the Prince of Oude by British troops, [141].
• Roland, Madame, dying words of, ii. 100.
  • Execution of, iii. [533].
• Rome, its lack of progress in political science, i. 265.
  • Exclusive spirit of, 266.
  • Under the tutelage of Greece only, 267.
  • Literary torpor induced by despotism, 269.
  • Only broken by the barbarian invasions, 271.
  • Bribery at, ii. 431, 432.
• Rome, Church of, its encroaching disposition, ii. 322.
  • Its policy, 334.
  • Remarkable history of, iii. [2].
  • Rebellion against in Provence, [9].
  • Lollard movement against, [13].
  • The great reformation, [14].
  • Internal purification of, [18].
  • New enthusiasm in, [22].
  • Its contest with Protestantism, [24].
  • Superb organization of, [29].
  • Its utilization of enthusiasts, [30].
  • Degenerates again from its highest standard, [35].
  • Its territorial limit, [36].
  • Fourth attack on, [38].
  • Its calamities during the French Revolution, [42].
  • Again regained its position, [44].
• Rooke, Sir George, Rear Admiral, captures Gibraltar, ii. 158.
  • Fights with a French squadron near Malaga and returns to England, 159.
• Rosamond, opera of, Addison's, iii. [431].
• Rousseau, Horace Walpole's opinion of, ii. 198.
• Royalists, their good qualities, i. 132.
  • Many of them friends of the constitution, 328.
• Rulers, theoretical tendency of, i. 390.
  • Effect of public opinion on, 392.
• Rupert, Prince, ii. 48, 58.
  • His encounter with Hampden at Chalgrove, 59.
• Russell, Lord William, his conduct in the Council, ii. 581.
  • His death, 584.
• Russia, joins Maria Theresa against
  • Prussia, iii. [294].
  • Goes over to Prussia, [327].
• Rutland, Earl of, his character, ii. 423.
• Ruyter, Admiral de, in danger of assassination, ii. 542.

• Sackville, Earl of (16th century), ii. 93.
• Sackville, Lord George, ii. 728.
• Sadler, Michael Thomas, his Law of Population reviewed, i. 608-640.
  • His ranting style, 608.
  • Deems the asserted evil of superfecundity a reflection on the Deity, 611.
  • Attempts to distinguish this from other evils, 613.
  • His law of population, 615.
  • Misuse of mathematical terms, 616.
  • His law proved false, 618.
  • Danger of attaching such theories to religion, 621.
  • His law at most merely a theory of superfecundity, 623.
  • Evidence entirely against him, 624-627.
  • Connection between fecundity and wealth, 631.
  • Unfounded assertion of the sterility of the Peerage, 632.
  • His conclusions with regard to the United States, 636.
  • His ideas on their population, 637.
  • His faults summarized, 640.
  • His Refutation refuted, 656-690.
  • His motto ridiculed, 656.
  • His essay utterly bad, 657.
  • Tries to evade his attack on Malthus, 659.
  • His doctrine with regard to evil refuted, 661.
  • Claims that Malthus charges the Deity with partiality, 663.
  • Accused of "packing," 670, 680.
  • His theory disproved by general conditions in France, 670.
  • And in England, 675.
  • Especially by conditions in English towns, 680.
  • His further deductions from the fecundity of the nobility, 684.
  • General remarks on his work, 690.
• St. John, Henry, his accession to power in 1712, ii. 177, 186. See Bolingbroke, Lord.
• St. John, Oliver, counsel against Charles I.'s writ for ship-money, ii. 28, 32-34.
  • Made Solicitor-General, 40.
• St. Louis, his persecution of heretics, ii. 432.
• St. Maloes, ships burnt in the harbor of, ii. 276.
• Saint Simon, cited, ii. 116, 184.
• Sallust, characteristics of, as an historian, i. 259.
  • His Conspiracy of Catiline criticised, 260.
  • His character and genius, ii. 358.
• Samson Agonistes, modelled on the Greek Drama, i. 95.
• Satan, Montgomery's, worse than his other poor poems, i. 566.
• Schitab Roy, ii. 133.
• Scotland, cruelties of James II. in, ii. 331.
  • Establishment of the Kirk in, 345, 639.
• Scots, the, effects of their resistance to Charles I., ii. 30, 31.
• Scott, Major, selected by Hastings as his champion in Parliament, iii. [205].
  • Challenges Burke to an impeachment, [213].
• Scott, Sir Walter, i. 594.
  • His error in Peveril of the Peak, 599.
• Sedley, Catherine, ii. 340.
• Seneca, his work On Anger, ii. 446.
  • His claims as a philosopher, 447.
  • His work on natural philosophy, 451.
  • The Baconian system in reference to, 482.
• Seven Years' War, how brought about, iii. [294].
  • Saxony overrun by Prussians, [304].
  • Battle of Lowositz, [304].
  • Bohemia invaded, [305].
  • Battle at Kolin, [306], [307].
  • French defeated by Frederic at Rosbach, [313].
  • Austrians at Leuthen, [314].
  • Russians at Zorndorf, [318].
  • Frederic repulsed at Hochkirchen by the Austrians, [319].
  • At Kunersdorf, [322].
  • Prussian victories at Lignitz and Torgau, [325].
  • Political changes in the coalition, [326].
  • End of, [328].
• Shaftesbury, Lord, allusion to, ii. 508.
  • His character, 568-573.
  • Contrasted with Halifax, 574-576.
• Shakespeare, his lack of critical power, i. 205.
  • His correctness considered, 582, 584.
  • Revival of, 591.
  • His partiality for friars, ii. 88.
  • Allusion to, 94.
  • His character-drawing, iii. [383].
• Shelley, the poet, his strong imagination, i. 748.
• Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, his speech charging Hastings with the spoliation of the Begums, iii. [220].
  • Speaks on the same subject at the trial, [228].
• Ship-money, question of its legality, ii. 27.
• Silesia, occupied by Frederic, iii. [263].
  • Ceded to Prussia by Maria Theresa, [267].
• Skinner, Cyriac, i. 83.
• Slavery, evils of, i. 71.
• Smith, Adam, ii. 751.
• Smollett, his judgment on Lord Carteret, ii. 226.
  • His satire on the Duke of Newcastle, 229.
• Socrates, his views on the uses of astronomy, ii. 459.
• Somers, Lord Chancellor, coöperates with Montague to encourage literature, iii. [409].
  • Loses power, [422].
  • Returns to the Council, [432].
• Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, his fall, ii. 410.
• Southampton, Earl of, ii. 399, 400.
• Southey, Robert, his Colloquies on Society reviewed, i. 496-545.
  • Their dulness, 496.
  • Lack of logic, 498.
  • His other works discussed, 499.
  • His style and bitterness toward opponents, 501.
  • His political system a matter of feeling, 503.
  • Hatred of the manufacturing system, 508.
  • Acknowledges, ignorance of political economy, 512.
  • His misunderstanding of credit, 513.
  • Views on the national debt, 514.
  • On public works, 517.
  • Claims that all government rests on religion, 520.
  • His advocacy of paternalism, 522.
  • Of religious uniformity, 526.
  • Feeling with regard to Catholics, 530.
  • On the happiness of the common people, 533.
  • Believes a people may be too rich, 540.
  • His gloomy prophecy for the future, 541.
  • His Life of Bunyan, 743.
• Spain, review of Lord Mahon's War of the Succession in, ii. 128-186.
  • Her state under Philip, 131.
  • Her literature during the 16th century, 133.
  • Her state a century later, 134.
  • Effect produced on her by bad government, 137.
  • By the Reformation, 139; iii. [16].
  • Her disputed succession, ii. 140.
  • The Partition Treaty, 141-143.
  • Conduct of the French toward her, 143, 144.
  • How affected by the death of Charles, 148 et seq.
• Sparre, the Dutch general, ii. 156.
• Sparta, dearth of eminent men in, i. 64.
  • Its stability not to be admired, 65.
  • Its public perfidy, 66.
  • Domestic unreasonableness, 67.
  • Slavery in, 72.
• Stanhope, Earl of, ii. 238.
• Stanhope, General, ii. 163.
  • Commands in Spain (1707), 172-175.
• Star Chamber, the, ii. 23, 29, 34. Abolished, 38.
• Staremberg, the imperial general in Spain (1707), ii. 172, 175.
• State Trials, ii. 324, 348.
• Steele, Richard, character of, iii. [439].
  • Starts the Tatler, [442], [443].
  • Retained in office under pledge of neutrality between the parties, [452].
  • Starts the Spectator, [452].
  • The Guardian, [457].
  • The Englishman, [463].
  • His estrangement from Addison, [479].
  • Publishes the Plebeian attacking the Peerage Bill, [481].
• Stewart, Dugald, i. 43; ii. 372.
• Strafford, Earl of, his impeachment, i. 307.
  • His arbitrary plans, 308.
  • Justice of his attainder considered, 310.
  • Hallam's view of his punishment, 312.
  • Kindness of Parliament to his children, 314.
  • Treachery of Charles I. to, 315.
  • His character, ii. 24-26.
  • His impeachment, attainder, and execution, 37.
  • Defence of the proceedings against him, 39.
• Sublime, Longinus on the, discussion of, by Burke and Dugald Stewart, i. 43.
• Suetonius, quoted, ii. 12, 13.
• Suffrage, universal, utilitarians in favor of, i. 486.
• Sujah Dowlah, Nabob Vizier of Oude, buys Allahabad and Corah from Hastings, iii. [137].
  • Covets Rohilcund, [139].
  • Helped in conquering it by British troops, [141].
• Sulivan, Mr., chairman of the India Company, his character, ii. 732.
  • His relation to Clive, 736.
• Sumner, Charles R., translator of
  • Milton's Treatise on Christian Doctrine, i. 83.
• Sunderland, Earl of, ii. 238.
• Surajah Dowlah, Viceroy of Bengal, his character, ii. 702.
  • The monster of the Black Hole, 703, 704.
  • Defeated by Clive at Plassey, 714.
  • His flight and death, 716, 720.
  • Investigation by the House of Commons into the circumstances of his deposition, 754.
• Sweden, a member of the Triple Alliance, ii. 533.
• Swift, Jonathan, his position at Sir William Temple's, ii. 586.
  • His wit compared to Addison's, iii. [445].
  • Dreads Addison's wit, [451].
  • Becomes his friend, [465].
• Sydney, Algernon, reproaches the sheriffs on the scaffold, ii. 350.
• Sydney, Sir Philip, ii. 93.
• Syllogistic process, analysis of, by Aristotle, ii. 478.

• Tacitus, greatest Latin historian, i. 261.
  • Excellence of his characterization, 262.
• Talleyrand, his fine perception of character, ii. 507.
• Tasso, his Secchia Rapita characterized, i. 6.
• Temple, Lord, First Lord of the Admiralty in the Duke of Devonshire's administration, ii. 268.
  • His parallel between Byng's behavior at Minorca and the king's behavior at Oudenarde, 270.
  • Head of a Whig faction, iii. [599].
  • Resigns with Pitt, [616].
  • Reputation for underhand work, [627].
  • Persuades Pitt not to succeed Grenville, [650].
• Temple, Sir William, review of Courtenay's Memoirs of, ii. 498-599.
  • His character as a statesman, 500-508.
  • His family, 508, 509.
  • His early life, 510.
  • His courtship of Dorothy Osborne, 511-513.
  • Historical interest of his love-letters, 513, 516.
  • His marriage, 518.
  • His residence in Ireland, 518.
  • His feelings toward Ireland, 521.
  • Attaches himself to Arlington, 523, 525.
  • His embassy to Munster, 526.
  • Appointed resident at the Court of Brussels, 526.
  • Danger of his position, 528.
  • His interview with De Witt, 529.
  • His fame at home and abroad, 536.
  • His recall and farewell of De Witt, 538.
  • His cold reception and dismissal, 539.
  • Style and character of his compositions, 541.
  • Charged to conclude a separate peace with the Dutch, 547, 550.
  • Offered the Secretaryship of State, 548, 550.
  • His audiences of the king, 549, 554.
  • His share in bringing about the marriage of the Prince of Orange with the Lady Mary, 550.
  • Required to sign the treaty of Nimeguen, 550.
  • Recalled to England, 551.
  • His plan of a new privy council, 553-565.
  • His alienation from his colleagues, 580, 581.
  • His conduct on the Exclusion Question, 582.
  • Leaves public life and retires to the country, 583.
  • Swift, his amanuensis, 586.
  • His literary pursuits, 588.
  • His Essay on Ancient and Modern Learning, 590.
  • His Essay on the Letters of Phalaris, 592.
  • His death and character, 596-599.
• Terror, Reign of, iii. [533].
  • Smallness of the leaders in, [537].
  • End of; the ninth Thermidor, [555].
• Tessé, Marshal, ii. 165.
• Thackeray, Rev. Francis, review of his Life of the Rt. Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, etc., ii. 232-282.
  • His style and matter, 232, 233, 251.
  • His omission to notice Chatham's conduct toward Walpole, 252, 253.
• Theramenes, his fine perception of character, ii. 507.
• Thucydides, character of the speeches of the ancients, as transmitted to us by him, i. 51.
  • Difference of his history from that of Herodotus, 242.
  • Master of his art, 245.
  • His use of fictitious speeches, 246.
  • Inability to deduce principles from facts, 247.
  • General characteristics, 249.
• Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, takes sides against Clive, ii. 756.
  • Espouses the cause of Hastings, iii. [207].
• Tickell, Thomas, a friend of Addison, iii. [440].
  • His trouble with Pope over their rival translations of the Iliad, [471].
• Tindal, Nicholas, his characterization of the Earl of Chatham's maiden speech, ii. 246.
• Toledo, admission of the Austrian troops into, in 1705, ii. 167.
• Toleration Act, the, its provisions, ii. 344, 345.
• Toleration, religious, conduct of James II. as a professed supporter of, ii. 329, 332, 336.
• Tories, their popularity and ascendency in 1710, ii. 175.
  • Tories of 1830 and Whigs of Queen Anne's time compared, 178, 179.
  • Description of them during the sixty years following the Revolution, 186.
  • Of Walpole's time, 238, 243.
  • Mistaken reliance of James II. upon, 340.
  • Their principles and conduct after the Revolution, 354.
  • Contempt into which they had fallen (1754), 698.
  • Clive unseated by their vote, 699.
  • Compared with the Whigs, iii. [592].
  • How regarded under the early Georges, [594].
  • Admitted to some positions under the Pitt-Newcastle coalition, [602].
• Torture, the application of, by Bacon, in Peacham's case, ii. 404-408.
  • Its use forbidden by Elizabeth, 407.
  • Mr. Jardine's work on the use of it, 408.
• Toulouse, Count of, compelled by Peterborough to raise the siege of Barcelona, ii. 165, 166.
• Towns, concentration in, important in mediæval Italy, i. 144.
• Townshend, Lord, his quarrel with Walpole and retirement from public life, ii. 240.
• Tragedy, how much it has lost from a false notion of what is due to its dignity, ii. 514.
• Treason, High, law passed at the Revolution respecting trials for, ii. 351.
• Triple Alliance, circumstances which led to it, ii. 527-531.
  • Its speedy conclusion and importance, 533-537.
  • Dr. Lingard's remarks on it, 533, 534.
  • Its abandonment by the English government, 540.
  • Reverence for it in Parliament, 546.
• Tudor sovereigns, their government popular though despotic, ii. 76.
  • Dependent on the public favor, 80.
  • Parallel between the Tudors and the Cæsars not applicable, 81.
  • Corruption not necessary to them, 209.
• Turgot, M., ii. 121.

• United Provinces, Temple's account of, a masterpiece, ii. 541.
• United States, its growth in population considered, i. 636.
• Utilitarians, their admiration for James Mill, i. 381.
  • Of little consequence, 422.
  • Their great principle, 449.
  • Their unfounded professions, 460.
  • Their argument for universal suffrage, 486.
• Utility, the key of the Baconian doctrine, ii. 445.
• Utrecht, Treaty of, exasperation of parties on account of, ii. 181.
  • Dangers that were to be apprehended from, 182.
  • State of Europe at the time, 182.
  • Defence of, 184-186.

• Vane, Sir Harry, ii. 33.
• Vansittart, Mr., his governorship of India, iii. [121].
• Vendôme, Louis, Duke of, takes the command of the Bourbon forces in Spain (1710), ii. 173, 174.
• Verres, extensive bribery at the trial of, ii. 431.
• Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith's, error in regard to its date of publication, i. 698.
• Vices, effect of public sanction on, i. 162.
• Vigo, capture of the Spanish galleons at, in 1702, ii. 157.
• Villani, John, his account of Florence in the fourteenth century, i. 148.
• Villa-Viciosa, battle of (1710), ii. 175.
• Virgil, idolized by Dante, i. 20.
• Voltaire, compared to Byron, i. 596.
  • Horace Walpole's opinion of, ii. 198.
  • His partiality to England, 758.
  • Meditated a history of the conquest of Bengal, 758.
  • Acquaintance with Frederic the Great, iii. [254].
  • Ambassador to Prussia, [268].
  • His characteristics, [283].
  • Goes to Berlin, [285].
  • Quarrels with Frederic, [289].
  • Dismissed with indignities, [291].
  • Communication with Frederic renewed, [309].
  • His wit compared to Addison's, [445].

• Waldegrave, Lord, made First Lord of the Treasury by George II.;
  • his attempt to form an administration, ii. 275.
• Wales, Frederick, Prince of, joins the opposition to Walpole, ii. 244.
  • His marriage, 246.
  • Makes Pitt his groom of the bedchamber, 251.
  • His death, 257.
• Wales, Princess dowager of, her influence on George III., iii. [606].
• Waller, Edmund, his conduct in the House of Commons, ii. 329.
• Walpole, Sir Horace, review of Lord Dover's edition of his Letters to Sir Horace Mann, ii. 187-231.
  • Eccentricity of his character, 188, 189.
  • His politics, 190-192.
  • His affectation of philosophy, 192.
  • His unwillingness to be considered a man of letters, 193.
  • His love of the French language, 195.
  • Character of his works. 198-200.
  • His sketch of Lord Carteret, 225, 226.
• Walpole, Sir Robert, cared little for literature, i. 719, 722.
  • His retaliation on the Tories for their treatment of him, ii. 182.
  • The "glory of the Whigs," 207.
  • His character, 207 et seq.
  • The charge against him of corrupting the Parliament, 211.
  • His dominant passion, 212, 214.
  • His conduct in regard to the Spanish war, 213, 214.
  • Formidable character of the opposition to him, 215, 243.
  • Outcry for his impeachment, 217.
  • His last struggle, 218.
  • His conduct in reference to the South Sea bubble, 237.
  • His conduct toward his colleagues, 239-242.
  • Finds it necessary to resign, 252.
  • Bill of indemnity for witnesses brought against him, 253.
• Walsingham, Earl of (16th century), ii. 93.
• War, Art of, Machiavelli's, i. 175.
• War, adaptability of a people to, i. 151.
  • In Greece, 152.
  • In the Middle Ages, 153.
  • With mercenary troops, 154.
• War of the Spanish Succession, Lord Mahon's, review of, ii. 128-186.
  • See Spain.
• Warburton, Bishop, his views on the ends of government, ii. 605.
  • His social contract a fiction, 659.
  • His opinion as to the religion to be taught by government, 664.
• Way of the World, Congreve's, iii. [94].
• Wedderburne, Alexander, his able defence of Lord Clive, ii. 756, 757.
  • Urges Clive to furnish Voltaire with the materials for his meditated history of the conquest of Bengal, 758.
• Weldon, Sir A., his story of the meanness of Bacon, ii. 420.
• Wellesley, Marquess, his eminence as a statesman, ii. 555.
• Wendover, its recovery of the elective franchise, ii. 15.
• Wentworth, Thomas. See Strafford.
• Wesley, John, Southey's Life of, i. 500.
  • His dislike to the doctrine of predestination, ii. 653.
• Whately, Richard, Archbishop of Dublin, his work on logic, ii. 481.
• Wheler, Mr., appointed Governor-General in India, iii. [160].
  • Obliged to be content with a seat in the Council, [163].
• Whigs, their unpopularity and loss of power in 1710, ii. 176, 177.
  • Their position in Walpole's time, 242-244.
  • Their violence in 1679, 325.
  • The king's revenge on them, 327, 328.
  • Revival of their strength. 329.
  • Their conduct at the Revolution, 343.
  • After that event, 352.
  • Doctrines and literature patronized by them during the seventy years they were in power, 353, 354.
  • Mr. Courtenay's remark on those of the 17th century, 499.
  • Compared with the Tories, iii. [592].
  • Power of, injured by the fall of Walpole, [594].
  • Their power under the Pitt-Newcastle coalition, [599].
  • Influential members of the party, [600].
  • Their animosity excited by Bute, [624].
• Whig and Tory, inversion of the meaning of, ii. 177.
• Whitgift, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, his character, ii. 372.
  • His Calvinistic doctrines, 653.
• Wilberforce, William, describes Pitt's speech against Hastings, iii. [219].
• Wilkes, John, compared to Mirabeau, ii. 125, 126.
  • Attacks the princess dowager in print, iii. [626].
  • Persecuted by Grenville's government, [639], [642].
  • Flees to France, [643].
  • Trouble over his election from Middlesex, [678].
• Wilkie's Epigoniad, compared with Fénelon's Telemachus, ii. 116.
• William III., only one to derive glory from the Revolution, i. 366.
  • Perfidy of statesmen under, 368.
  • His feeling in reference to the Spanish Succession, ii. 140.
  • Unpopularity of his person and measures, 150.
  • Suffered under a complication of diseases, 151.
  • His death, 152.
  • Compact with the Convention, 343.
  • His habit of consulting Temple, 588.
• Williams, Dean of Westminster, his services to Buckingham, and counsel to him and the king, ii. 423, 424, 427.
• Williams, Sir Charles, his lampoons, ii. 195.
• Williams, Sir William, Solicitor-General, his character as a lawyer and his view of the duty of counsel in conducting prosecutions, ii. 394.
• Wimbledon Church, Lord Burleigh hears mass at, ii. 67.
• Windham, William, his opinion of Sheridan's speech against Hastings, iii. [220].
  • His argument for retaining Francis in the impeachment against Hastings, [222].
  • His appearance at the trial, [226].
  • His adherence to Burke, [233].
• Witt, John de, power with which he governed Holland, ii. 525.
  • His interview with Temple, 529.
  • His manners, 533.
  • His confidence in Temple and deception by Charles's court, 538, 539.
  • His violent death, 542.
• Wolfe, General, Pitt's panegyric upon, ii. 249.
  • His conquest of Quebec, and death, 276.
  • Monument voted to him, 277.
• Wordsworth, William, his independence, i. 595.
  • A high priest of nature, 597.
  • Quoted, ii. 235.
• Writing, grand canon of, ii. 129.
• Wycherley, William, birth and education, iii. [63], [64].
  • Early plays, [65].
  • Connection with the Duchess of Cleveland, [66].
  • Naval adventures, [69].
  • Marries Lady Drogheda, [70].
  • Imprisoned for debt, [71].
  • Poetical work, [73].
  • Friendship with Pope, [74].
  • Death, [76].
  • Character and ability, [77].
  • Compared to Congreve, [77], [100].

• Xenophon, his rank as an historian, i. 250.
  • Compared to Herodotus, 251.

• Yonge, Sir William, ii. 242.
• York, Duke of (afterwards James II.), ii. 552.
  • Anxiety excited by his sudden return from Holland, 580.
  • Detestation of, 580.
  • Revival of the question of his exclusion, 582. See James II.
• York House, the London residence of Bacon and of his father, ii. 420, 442.
• Young, Edward, pensioned by Walpole, i. 722.

• Zohak, King, Persian fable of, ii. 640.

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