Abram-men, ii. 312, and note, ib.
Abridgers, objections to, and recommendations of, i. 397; Bayle’s advice to, 398; now slightly regarded, 399; instructions to, quoted from the Book of Maccabees, ib.
Absence of mind, anecdotes of, i. 206.
Absolute monarchy, search for precedents to maintain, iii. [510], note.
Abstraction of mind, instances of, amongst great men, ii. 59-60; sonnet on, by Metastasio, 61.
Academy, the French, some account of, i. 413-417; visit of Christina Queen of Sweden to, 414; of Literature, designed in the reign of Queen Anne, ii. 407; abortive attempts to establish various, ib.; disadvantages of, ib.; arguments of the advocates for, ib.; should be designed by individuals, 408; French origin of, 408-410; origin of the Royal Society, 410-412; ridiculous titles of Italian, 479; some account of the Arcadian, and its service to literature, 482; derivation of its title, ib.; of the Colombaria, 483; indications of, in England, 484; early rise of among the Italians, 485; establishment of the “Academy,” 486; suppressed, and its members persecuted, ib.; of the “Oziosi,” 488; suppression of many, at Florence and Sienna, ib.; considerations of the reason of the Italian fantastical titles of, &c., 489.
Acajou and Zirphile, a whimsical fairy tale, ii. 308-311.
Accademia of Bologna originated with Lodovico Caracci, ii. 399.
Accident, instances of the pursuits of great men directed by, i. 85.
Acephali, iii. [193], and note, ib.