Voyage to Ireland, in burlesque. C. Cotton, 292.
Thoughts What are they? Flatman, 300.
Character of Shaftesbury. Dryden, 306.
Character of Zimri. The same, 307.

Character of Doeg and Og (the poets Settle and Shad-
well). The same, 307.

Description of Lycurgus, king of Thrace, and of
Emetrius, king of Inde. The same, 308.
Preparations for a Tournament. The same, 309.
From The Flower and the Leaf. The same, 311.
The influence of custom. Pomfret, 314.

The Bookworm. Parnell, 325.

Letter from Italy. Addison, 338.

On himself, when in a consumption. Dr. Sewell, 345.
From the Spleen. Green, 358.

Epistle to his friends. West, 372.

The Bastard. Savage, 374.

Verses, written after seeing Windsor Castle. T. War-
ton, sen., 395.

The Castle of Indolence, Canto I. Thomson, 403.
Epistle to the Earl of Dorset. A. Philips, 412.
The Summum Bonum. Welsted, 413.
Verses written in an inn. A. Hill, 425.
Allegorical description of Vertù. G. West, 428.
Grongar Hill. Dyer, 435.

From the Prophecy of Famine. Churchill, 458.
Lochleven. Bruce, 477.

Extracts from The Shipwreck. Falconer, 481–488.
From The Pleasures of Imagination. Akenside, 489-
494.

From A Monody to the Memory of his Wife. Shaw, 510.
The Farmer's Ingle. Fergusson, 519.
The Traveller. Goldsmith, 527.

The Deserted Village. The same, 530.
Eulogius, or the Charitable Mason.

Harte, 538.

Written in the window of an obscure lodging-house.
Anon. 542.

The Old Bachelor. Anon. 544.

From The Art of Preserving Health. Armstrong, 548
-550.

Duties of a Country Justice. Langhorne, 552, &c.
Gipsies. The same, 554

The Helmets. Penrose, 561.

The Field of Battle. The same, 561.

The Reptile and Insect World. Brooke, 567.

Extracts from "Leonidas." Glover, 590-598.
Invocation to Melancholy. Headley, 602.

Death of Irad, and the lamentation of Selima over
his body. Dwight, 616.

Extracts from Judah Restored. Dr. Roberts, 628-633.
The Dying Indian. J. Warton, 668.

Extracts from The Task. Cowper, 679–680.

On the Loss of the Royal George. The same, 681.
Yardley Oak. The same, 681

Destruction of Cambyses's Army. Darwin, 685.
Midnight Conflagration. The same, 686.

The heroic attachment of the youth in Holland who
attended his mistress in the plague. The same, 687.
The Minstrel. Book I. Beattie, 689.

DILLON. See Roscommon.

From David and Bethsabe. Peele.

From The Maid's Tragedy. Beaumont and Fletcher.
From the tragedy of Philaster. The same, 88.
From The Custom of the Country. The same, 96.
From the comedy of All Fools. Chapman, 130.
From the tragedy of Women beware Women. Mid-
dleton, 136.

Fromthe playof Blurt, Master-Constable. The same, 139.
From The Phoenix. The same. 140.

From The Honest Whore. Dekker, 161.
From Vittoria Corombona. Webster, 162.
From The Bondman. Massinger, 175.

From The Great Duke of Florence. The same, 179.
From The Fair Maid of the Exchange. Heywood, 193.
From The Grateful Servant. Shirley, 219, lxxviii.
From The Gentleman of Venice. The same, 220.
From The Traitor, lxxix.

From The Brothers, lxxix.

ENTIRE SCENES.

Beaumont and

From the tragedy of Philaster.
Fletcher, 88.
From The Scornful Lady. The same, 91.
From The Maid of the Mill. The same, 91.
From the tragedy of Rollo. The same, 93.
From The Beggar's Bush. The same, 93.
From the tragedy of Bonduca. The same, 94.
From the comedy of Monsieur Thomas. The same, 96.
From A King and No King. The same, 98–99.
From the tragedy of Amurath. Goffe, 103.
From Sophonisba, a tragedy. Marston, 127.
From Antonio and Mellida. The same, 128.
From the comedy of All Fools. Chapman, 130.
From The Muses' Looking Glass. Randolph, 132.
From the tragedy of Women beware Women. Mid-
dleton, 137.

From The Roaring Girl. The same, 138-139.
From The Fox. Ben Jonson, 149.

Fortune giving Fortunatus his choice of goods.
Dekker, 160.

From the Duchess of Malfi. Webster, 163, 165.
From The Lover's Melancholy. Ford, 166.
From the comedy of A New Wonder. Rowley, 168.
From The Duke of Milan, a tragedy. Massinger, 171.
From The Bondman. The same, 173-179.

From The Fatal Dowry. Massinger and Field, 180.
From the tragedy of A Woman killed with Kindness.
Heywood, 192.

From The Fatal Contract. Heminge, 212.

From the tragedy of The Cardinal. Shirley, 215–218.

From The Royal Master. The same, 218.

From The Grateful Servant. The same, 219.

From The Doubtful Heir. The same, 220.
From The Lady of Pleasure. The same, 223-228.
From Chabot, Admiral of France. Shirley and Chap-
man, 228-230.

From The City Match. Mayne, 253.

From The Masque of Comus. Milton, 260-264.

From The Orphan. Otway, 282.

From Venice Preserved. The same, 284.

From Theodosius; or, The Force of Love. Lee, 302.
From The Fair Penitent. Rowe, 332.

From The Mourning Bride.
From The Fatal Curiosity.

Congreve, 346.
Lillo, 362-367.

From the tragedy of The Fatal Marriage. Southerne,

395.
From The Gentle Shepherd. Allan Ramsay, 439.
From the tragedy of Barbarossa. Brown, 474.

DRAMATIC PIECES, continued.

Fragment of the tragedy of Agrippina. Gray, 508.
From the tragedy of Creusa. W. Whitehead, 584.
From Caractacus. Mason, 656.

Dramatic Poets of England, prior to Shakspeare, notice
of, lvii-lx.

After Shakspeare, and during the reign of James I.
Ixiii. &c.

Dramatic Unities, remarks on, lxii.
DRAYTON (Michael), notice of, lxv. 106.

Specimens of his poetry, 107-119.
Dread, description of. Thomas Sackville, 37.
Drum, ode on hearing. John Scott, 570.
DRUMMOND (William), notices of, 144.

Extracts from, lxvi, 194.

Sonnets by, 195-196.

His conversations with Jonson, 144-145.

DRYDEN (John), specimens of, 306–312.

Critical remarks on his works, lxxxiii-lxxxv,

His descriptive powers, lxxxix.

Passage borrowed from, by Goldsmith, 534.

His translation of the Eclogues and Georgics, com-
pared with Warton's, 664.

His contradictory criticisms, &c., 699.

Dubartas's poem on Creation, translated by Sylvester,
specimen of, lxix.

The question considered, how far Milton was indebted
to it, lxix.

Dulcina, a tale. Sir W. Raleigh, 78.

DUNBAR (William), notices of, xlviii, 17, 18-22.

Specimen of his poems, 22-24.

DWIGHT (Timothy), specimens of, 616–618.

DYER (John), notice of, 435.

Specimen of, 435.

bated, xxix-xxxii, 17.

England's Helicon, extract from, 61.
English Language, formation of, xxx.
Commencement of, xxxi.

English Poetry, state of, in the twelfth century, xxxv.
In the thirteenth century, xxxvi.

In the fourteenth century, xxxviii.

In the fifteenth century, xlv.

In the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the six-
teenth century, xlviii.

During the sixteenth century, L
During the seventeenth century, lxxii.

During the former part of the eighteenth century,
lxxxvi.

EPIGRAMS.

On his return from Spain. Sir T. Wyat, 28.
Of a precise Tailor. Sir J. Harrington, 73.
On Lucy, Countess of Bedford. Ben Jonson, 146.
The Remedy worse than the Disease. Prior, 341.
On partial Fame. The same, 341.
On two Monopolists. Byrom, 516.
Quod petis hic est. Bishop, 639.
Splendeat usu. The same, 639.
Quocunque modo rem. The same, 639.
Miscellaneous. Perrot, 74.

EPITAPHS.

On Elizabeth, L. H. Ben Jonson, 147.

On the Countess of Pembroke. The same, 149.
On Lady Mary Villiers. Carew, 155.

On sauntering Jack and idle Joan. Prior, 341.
On Mrs. Mason. Mason, 661.

France, journey to, described. Bishop Corbet, 135.
Friend, character of a true one. Kath. Philips, 212.

Garrick, character of. Churchill, 458.
GARTH (Dr.), specimens of, 335–337.
GASCOIGNE (George), notice of, 38.

Specimens of his poems, 38-39.
Notice of, lviii.

On the versification of Chaucer, lii.
GAY (John), notices of, 45, 351.

Specimens of his poems, 351-357.

Genius, power of, over Envy. W. Browne, 189.

Enjoyments of, in collecting its stores for com-
position. Akenside, 493.

Geoffrey of Monmouth's history, character of, XXXV.
Gifford (William), notes on Ford by, lxxvii, 166.

HABINGTON (William), notice of, 200.

Specimens of his poems, 200–201.

Hafiz, song of, translated. Sir W. Jones, 637.

HALL (John), specimen of, 201.

HALL (Joseph, Bishop of Norwich), account of, lxvi,
67, 68.

Specimens of his poems, 69-71.
Further specimens of, 700.

Hallam (Henry), notes by:-

On the Saxon Chro-
nicle, xxix.
Commencement of
English language,
xxxi.

Layamon, xxxii.

Spenser's language,

lv.

Drayton, 106.

On Mr. Campbell's cha-
racter of Spenser,
lv.

HAMILTON (William), notice of, 426.

Specimens of, 426–427.

HAMMOND (James), specimen of, 369.

Sir J. Beaumont, 105.
Chapman, 130.
Drummond, 145.
Carew, 154.

Lord Sterline, 159.

Hardynge's Chronicle of the History of England, cha-

racter of, xlviii.

Harlot, derivation and use of the word, p. 12, note.
HARRINGTON (John), 39.

Specimens of his poetry, 39-40.

HARRINGTON (Sir John), specimens of the poetry of, 73.
HARTE (Walter), notice of, 537.

Specimens of, 538-541.

HAWES (Stephen), a poet of the sixteenth century, cha-
racter of, xlviii.

HEADLEY (Henry), notice of, 602.

Specimen of, 602.

HEMINGE (William), extracts from a play by, 212-215.
Henry the Minstrel (Blind Harry), 17.

HENRYSONE (Robert), 20-21.

Specimen of his poems, 20.

HERBERT (George), specimen of the poetry of, 126.
Hermitage, inscription in. Warton, 622.

HERRICK (Robert), notices of, lxxx. 230.

Specimens of his poetry, 232-233.

Hesperus, song of. Ben Jonson, 146.

Heywood (John), an early dramatic author, lvii.
HEYWOOD (Thomas), notice of, 191.

Specimens of, 192-194.

HILL (Aaron), specimens of, 425.

Honour, address to. Cowley, 237.

Honour (feminine), described. Carew, 156.

HOOK (N.), specimen of, 287.

HOWARD (Henry, Earl of Surrey), notice of, 30.

Specimens of his poems, 32-33.

Something melancholy even in his strains of gal-
lantry, xlvii.

Estimate of the service rendered by him to British
literature, lii.

Hudibras, Butler's, extracts from, 269–279.

And his Squire, described. Butler, 269.
Commencing battle with the rabble, and leading off
Crowdero prisoner, 275.

Vicarious justice exemplified by Ralpho, in the
case of the Cobbler that killed the Indian, 277.
Consulting the Lawyer, 277.

HUME (Alexander), notice of, 62.

Poetical specimen of, 63, 64.
HUNNIS (William), specimens of, liii, note, 34.

Imagination described. Sir F. Greville, 104.
Pleasures of. Akenside, 489-494.

Imprisonment, benefit of, to a wild youth. Middleton, 139.
Independence, ode to. Smollett, 514.

Indifference, prayer for. Mrs. Greville, 580.

Ireland, voyage to. Cotton, 292.

JAGO (Richard), specimens of, 564-565.

JAMES I., King of Scotland, notices of, 17, 18.
Specimens of his poems, 19.

James I., King of England, lxxii.
Jealousy, description of. Greene, 41.

JOHNSON (Dr. Samuel), specimens of, 572-579.
Jones (Inigo), his quarrel with Jonson, 142.
JONES (Sir William), notice of, 633–637.
Specimens of his poetry, 637.
JONSON (Ben), account of, 142–146.

Specimens of his poetry, 146-153.
Extracts from, 700.

Critical remarks on him as a dramatist, lxiii.
His quarrel with Daniel, 80, note.

Justice addressing the Creator. Giles Fletcher, 82.

Killigrew (Mrs. Anne), ode to the memory of. Dryden, 308.
KING (Bishop), specimens of, 250—251,

Kiss, the parting. Dodsley, 460.

Knowledge (human), vanity of. Sir J. Davies, 100.

Description of. Sir F. Greville, 104.

KYD, a dramatic poet of the age of Elizabeth, notice of, lx.

Lamb (Charles), notes by :-

On Chapman, 130.

Shirley, 215.

Wither, 249.

Langetoft (Peter de), notice of, xxxviii, note.
LANGHORNE (Dr. John), notice of, 551.

Specimens of, 552-561.

LANGLANDE (Robert), a poet of the fourteenth century,

notice of, xliii.

Character of the poems ascribed to him, xliv.

Language, English, influence of the Norman Conquest
upon, xxix.

LANSDOWNE (George, Lord), song by, 358.

Law, eulogy on. Middleton, 140.

Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse. Sir W. Blackstone, 563.
Layamon's translation of Wace's Brut, strictures on the
date of, xxx-xxxii, xxxv.

LEE (Nathaniel), notice of, 301.

Specimens of, 302-304.

Leonidas, extracts from. Glover, 590–598.

L'ESTRANGE (Sir Roger), poem ascribed to, 210.
Leven Water, ode to. Smollett, 514.

Life described. Bp. King, 250–251.
LILLO (George), notice of, 361.
Specimens of, 362-367.

LLOYD (Robert), notice of, 461.

Specimens of his poetry, 461.

Local poems, some enumerated, 242, note.

Lockhart (J. G.), note by, upon Scott's Sir Tristrem, xl.

Dryden's adaptations of Chaucer, lxxxvi.
His Life of Burns, 553-643.

LODGE (Dr. Thomas), notice of, 85,

Specimens of his poems, 85-86.

LOGAN (John), notice of, lxv. 603.

Specimens of, 604-605.

Longland-See Langlande.

Look Home. Southwell, 44.

Love-song of the thirteenth century, specimen of, xxxvii.
Love, object of. Sir T. Wyat, 29.

Requited with disdain. W. Hunnis, 34.

Servile lot of. Southwell, 43.

A nymph's disdain of. Sir W. Raleigh, 77.
A shepherd's description of. The same, 77.
Admits no rival. The same, 78.
Devotion to. Middleton, 139.
Persuasions to. Carew, 154.

Mediocrity in, rejected. The same, 154.
Darts of. Cartwright, 184.

Young, address to. Marvell, 267.
Influence of. Waller, 289.

Farewell of. Waller, 290.

At first sight.

The same, 290.

And Folly. Selden, 414.

Triumphs of. Hamilton, 426.

L'Amour Timide. Sir J. H. Moore, 564.

Lover, complaint of. Sir T. Wyat, 28.

Suit to his unkind mistress. The same, 29.

Lamentation that he ever had cause to doubt his

lady's faith. The same, 29.

Request for comfort, affirming his constancy. Rich.

Tragedy of Smug the Smith. Rowlands, 123.
The Vicar. The same, 123.

Like Master, like Man. The same, 123.

Fools and Babes tell true. The same, 124.

The married Scholar. The same, 124.

On Lute-strings cat-eaten. Mennis and Smith, 252.
From the Strappado for the Devil, Brathwaite, 256.
Extracts from Hudibras. Butler, 269-279.
The Splendid Shilling. Philips, 318.
The Church Builder. Anon. 321.

The Birth of the Squire. Gay, 355.
The Rape of the Lock. Pope, 376-389.

Soliloquy of the Princess Periwinkle. Smart, 503.
The Haunch of Venison. Goldsmith, 534.
Address to the Deil. Burns, 647.

A Public Breakfast at Bath. Anstey, 695.

LYDGATE (John), notice of, 15.

Specimens of his poetry, 15-16.

Strictures on his style, xlvii.

LYLY (John), notice of, lix, lxxii, 61.
Specimens of his poetry, 62.

LYNDSAY (Sir David), notice of, 18-24.

Specimens of his poems, 25-27.

LYTTELTON (George, Lord), specimen of, 517, 518.

Mackenzie (Henry), supplemental lines to Collins by, 431.

Madrigal, Rosalind's. Lodge, 86.

Maid, good counsel to a young. Carew, 155.

MALLET (David), notice of, 464.

Ballad and Song by, 464, 465.

Mankind, ode to. Earl Nugent, 607.
Mannyng (Robert), commonly called De Brunne, xxxvii.
Markham (Isabella), sonnet on. Harrington, 40.
MARLOWE (Christopher), lx. lxv. 42.

Specimen of his poetry, 42.
MARSTON (John), notice of, lxvi. 126.

Specimens of his poetry, 126-130.
MARVELL (Andrew), notice of, 265, 266.

Specimens of his poetry, 266, 267.
MASSINGER (Philip), notice of, lxii. 170, 171.
Specimens of, 171–181.

Critical remarks on his productions, lxxii.
MASON (Rev. William), notice of, 652-656.
Specimens of, 656-663.

Mason (Mrs.), epitaph on. Mason, 661.
Matches, few happy. Dr. Watts, 411.
MAY (Thomas), notice of, 196.

Specimen of, 197.

MAYNE (Jasper), specimens of, 253.

Melancholy, invitation to. Headley, 602.

Meldrum (Squyre), description and adventures of. Sir
David Lyndsay, 25.

Memory, ode to. Shenstone, 452.

MENNIS (Sir John and James Smith), specimen of, 252.

Mercy dwelling in heaven and pleading for the guilty.
Giles Fletcher, 81.

Brightening the rainbow. The same, 82.
MERRICK (James), specimen of, 480.

MESTON (William), notice of, 192.

Specimen of, 392-394.

MORAL POEMS, continued.

The Vanity of Human Wishes. Dr. Johnson, 575.
On the death of Dr. Robert Levett. The same, 579.

MORE (Dr. Henry), notice of, 297.

Specimen of, 297-299.

Morning Star, address to. J. Hall, 201.

Mortimer, Earl of March, surprised by Edward III.
Drayton, 107.

Mothers, persuasion to, to suckle their own children.
Darwin, 686.

Mother, lines on the picture of his. Cowper, 683.
MOTTEUX (Peter Anthony), notice of, 337.
Specimens of, 337.

The Bard. Gray, 505.

To Leven Water. Smollett, 514.

To Independence. The same, 514.

Contentment, industry, and acquiescence in the Di-
vine Will. Harte, 541.

To a Singing Bird. Richardson, 550.
On hearing the Drum. Scott, 570.

On Privateering. The same, 570.

The Tempestuous Evening. The same, 570.
To the Cuckoo. Logan, 604.

To William Pulteney, Esq. Earl Nugent, 606.
To Mankind. The same, 607.
The Hamlet. T. Warton, 622.
The Suicide. The same, 622.
The Crusade. The same, 623.

The Grave of King Arthur. The same, 624.

To Aurora. Blacklock, 627.

In imitation of Alcæus. Sir W. Jones, 637.
Bruce to his Men at Bannockburn. Burns, 651.
To Fancy. J. Warton, 667.

Old Age, personification of. Tho. Sackville, 37.
Old Man's Wish. Dr. Pope, 322.
OLDMIXON (John), specimens of, 370.
OTWAY (Thomas), specimens of, 282-286.
Character of his Plays, lxxxiii.
Dryden's opinion of, lxxix, note.
OVERBURY (Sir Thomas), notice of, 74.

Specimen of his Poems, 74.

Owen of Carron, a Tale. Langhorne, 555.
OXFORD (Earl of). See VERE.

Pageants, influence of, on the literature of England, liv.
Paradise Lost, critical remarks on, lxxx.

History of its sale, Appendix B.

PARNELL (Dr.), notice of, lxxxvi, 323.
Specimens of, 323-331.

PASTORALS.

A Sweet Pastoral. N. Breton, 85.
Phillis and Coridon. The same, 85.
Monday, or the Squabble. Gay, 351.
Thursday, or the Spell. The same, 353.
Saturday, or the Flights. The same, 354.
Colin and Phoebe. Byrom, 445.
Content. Cunningham, 516.

Pastoral Poetry, the English deficient in, 45.

PEELE (George), character of his dramatic poetry, lviii.
Specimen of it, lix.

PENROSE (Thomas), notice of, 561.

Specimens of, 561, 562.

PERROT'S (Henry), Book of Epigrams, extracts from, 74.
Phaer's Translation of Virgil, strictures on, lxviii.
Specimen of it, lxviii.

PHILIPS (Ambrose), notice of, 412.
Specimens of, 412, 413.

Imitation of by I. H. Browne, 443.
PHILIPS (John), notice of, 318.

Specimen of, 318,319.

PHILIPS (Katherine), notice and specimens of, 211, 212.
Philosophy, insufficiency of. Sir F. Greville, 104.

Phoenix' Nest, specimens from the, 59.

PICKE (Thomas), specimens of his Poetry, 126.

Piers Plowman's Visions, character of, xliii.

Pipe of Tobacco, verses on. 1. H. Browne, 443-445.
Platonism, li.

Poetry, rhapsody on. Swift, 385.

See English, Norman.

Lord Bacon's remark upon, Ixxvi.
POMFRET (John), specimen of, 314.
Poor, appeal for the. Langhorne, 554.

POPE (Alexander), notice of, 375; alluded to, 581; his
Homer, 610, 665, 666.

Specimens of, 376-382.

Critical remarks on the works of, lxxxvi, xci.
Imitation of, by I. II. Browne, 444.

His imitations of Chaucer, 5.
Hill's lines upon, 425.

POPE (Dr. Walter), notice of, 322.
Specimen of, 322.

Posterity, Sonnet to. Fitzgeffrey, 142.

PRESTON'S Tragedy of Cambyses, notice of, lviii.
Presumption, palace of, described. Giles Fletcher, 82.
PRIOR (Matthew), notice of, 340; his archness, lxxxvi.

Specimens of, 340-344.

Prior (James), his Life of Goldsmith, referred to, 522–526.
Price (Mr.), his criticisms on Scott's Sir Tristrem, xl, xli,
notes.

On the Language of Layamon, xxxvi, note.

On some of Mr. Campbell's criticisms, xlviii, note.
Privateering, ode on. John Scott, 570.

Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Chaucer, 6.

To Coriolanus. Lyttelton, 518.
Spoken at Drury-Lane. Johnson, 578.
Protogenes and Apelles. Prior, 342.
Psalm XXIII, paraphrase on. Addison, 339.
LXVIII. Sandys, 185.

Puritans, Oxford riddle on, 186.

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