Collector of books, i. 1-8; defence of himself, as one of the body, by Ancillon, 10; Aristotle first saluted as a, 53.
Collectors, their propensity to plunder, iii. [316]-319.
Collins, Anthony, a great lover of books, iii. [16]; a free-thinker, ib.; the friend of Locke, [18]; fate of his MSS., [19]-23.
Comedies, extemporal, ii. 130; opinion of northern critics on, 131; the amusement of Italy, ib.; practised by the Romans, ib.; Salvator Rosa’s prologue to one, 133; opinions and descriptions of, by Riccoboni and Gherardi, 134, 135; anecdote of the excellence of, 137; when first introduced in England, 138.
Comfits universally used under Henry III. of France, i. 221.
Comines, notice of, i. 263.
Composition, various modes of literary, ii. 85; correction in, necessary, ib.; but by some authors impossible, ib.; illustrative anecdotes, 86; use of models in, 88; various modes of, used by celebrated authors, 90-92; passion for, exhibited by some authors, 533-546.
Conde, great Prince of, expert in physiognomy, i. 150.
Confreres de la Passion, i. 353.