His public and private character, 2, 3.
Baxter's testimony to his excellence, 4.
His origin and early history, 4,5.
Took his seat in the House of Commons in 1621, and joined the
opposition to the court, 6.
His first appearance as a public man, 13.
His first stand for the fundamental principle of the Constitution,
16.
Committed to prison, 16.
Set at liberty and reelected for Wendover, 17.
His retirement, 18.
His remembrance of his persecuted friends, 19.
His letters to Sir John Eliot, 19.
Clarendon's characterization of him as a debater, 19.
Letter from him to Sir John Eliot, 20.
His acquirements, 21.
Death of his wife, 22.
His resistance to the assessment for ship-money, 27.
Strafford's hatred of him, 29.
His intention to leave England, 29.
His return for Buckinghamshire in the fifth Parliament of
Charles I., 31.
His motion on the subject of the king's message, 32.
His election by two constituencies to the Long Parliament, 36.
Character of his speaking, 37.
His opinion on the bill for the attainder of Strafford, 40.
Lord Clarendon's testimony to his moderation, 41.
His mission to Scotland, 41.
His conduct in the House of Commons on the passage of the Grand
Remonstrance, 44.
His impeachment ordered by the king, 45-49.
Returns in triumph to the House, 50.
Raises a regiment in Buckinghamshire, 56.
Contrasted with Essex, 57, 58.
His encounter with Rupert at Chalgrove, 59.
His death and burial, 60.
Effect on his party, 61.
Hanover, Chatham's invective against the favor shown it by George II.,
ii. 254.
Harcourt, French ambassador to Spain, ii. 144, 145.
Harley, Robert, his accession to power, ii. 177.
Censured by Lord Mahon, 178.
Thrown into prison, 182.
Hastings, Warren, essay on, iii. 114-242.
Birth and ancestry, 115.
Education, 117.
Beginnings in India, 119.
Returns to England, 123.
Appointed to the Council at Madras, 124.
Meets Baroness Imhoff, 125.
Effects reforms at Madras, 126.
Dispenses with the double government at Bengal, 133.
His principle "Thou shalt want ere I want," 135.
His dealings with the Prince of Oude, 137.
Helps him conquer the Rohillas, 141.
His successful financial policy, 143.
Made Governor-General, 144.
Opposed by majority of the Council, 148.
Accused by Nuncomar, 150.
Supported by the English sentiment in Bengal, 151.
Motive in destroying Nuncomar, 157.
Opposition to, in England, 159.
Maclean presents his resignation, 160.
Repudiates the resignation and retains his position, 161.
Marries Baroness Imhoff, and is reappointed Governor-General, 163.
Plans to meet the Mahratta encroachments, 164.
Stops the legal excesses of Impey, 172.
Fights a duel with Francis, 174.
Sends Coote against Hyder Ali, 178.
Notes the advantage to the English of the double government in
India, 181.
His demands on the Rajah of Benares, 182.
Visits Benares, 184.
Adds it to British dominions, 187.
Extorts money from the Begums of Oude, 191.
Condemned in England but supported by the Company, 194.
His extension of the Indian dominions, 195.
Internal administration in India reviewed, 196.
Ability in writing dispatches, 198.
His encouragement of literature, 199.
Loved by all classes, 200.
His offences, 201.
Returns to England, 203.
Insensible of his danger, 205.
Mistakes in his course of defence, 206.
Supported by the ministry, 207.
His opponents, 209.
His defence, 214.
Cleared on the charge relating to the Rohilla war, 215.
Deserted by the ministry on the charge respecting Cheyte Sing, 216.
Spoliation of the Begums charged by Sheridan, 220.
Scene at his trial, 223.
His counsel, 225.
Acquitted, 233.
Ruined financially, 235.
Aided by the East India Company, 236.
Later life at Daylesford, 238.
Tardy acknowledgment of his services, 240.
Death, 241.
Hastings, Mrs. Warren, her influence, iii. 203. _See_ Imhoff,
Baroness.
Hatton, Lady, marries Sir Edward Coke, ii. 385.
Hawke, Admiral, defeats French fleet under Conflans, ii. 277.
Hawkins, Sir John, interpolation of extracts from, in Boswell's
Johnson, condemned, i. 707-710.
Henry VII., his reign the starting-point of modern English history,
i. 371.
Henry VIII., his interest in the Reformation, i. 302.
Attempts to raise a forced loan, ii. 82.
His intermediate position between the Catholic and Protestant
parties, 86.
Henry IV. of France, ii. 621.
Heresy, remarks on, ii. 622-634.
Herodotus, as an historian, his simplicity, i. 236.
Inaccuracy of, 237.
His work adapted to oral publication, 239.
His reality, 240.
Hesiod, his complaint of the corruption of the judges of Ascra,
ii. 431.
Hesse Darmstadt, Prince of, commands the land forces sent against
Gibraltar in 1704, ii. 158.
Accompanies Peterborough on his expedition. 161.
His death at the capture of Monjuich, 164.
High Commission, Court of, abolished, ii. 38.
Highgate, death of Lord Bacon at, ii. 443.
Hind and the Panther, The, i. 231.
Historians, their difficulties, i. 235.
The early, 236.
The modern, 264.
Their progress, 265.
Exclusive spirit of the Grecian, 266.
Dependence of the Latin on the Greek, 267.
Points of superiority of modern, 272.
Prejudiced, 273.
Their neglect of narrative history, 276.
Ideal, their characteristics, 280.
Historical reading, its effect, i. 279.
History, Johnson's view of, i. 243.
Chiefly a matter of perspective, 245.
Neglect of narrative, 276.
Only value of, 277.
Ideal form of, explained, 281.
A compound of poetry and philosophy, 285.
Difficulties of dividing them, 286.
Hobbes, Thomas, influence of, ii. 421.
Holland, governed with almost regal power by John de Witt, ii. 525.
Its apprehensions of the designs of France, 528.
Its defensive alliance with England and Sweden, 532.
Holland, first Lord. _See_ Fox, Henry.
Holland, Henry Fox, third Lord, essay on, iii. 101-113.
Compared to his grandfather and uncle, 107.
Ability in debate, 109.
Liberality, 110.
His hospitality, 111.
Hollis, Denzil, imprisoned by Charles I., ii. 18.
Impeached, 45.
Holwell, Mr., his presence of mind in the Black Hole, ii. 704.
Cruelty of the Nabob to, 705.
Homer, Quintilian's criticisms on, i. 42.
Horace, compares poems to certain paintings, i. 49.
Hosein, son of Ali, festival in memory of, ii. 690.
Legend of his death, 691.
Hospitals, objects of, ii. 660.
Hume, David, an advocate rather than an historian, i. 273.
On the violence of parties before the Revolution, ii. 350.
Hungarians, their incursions into Lombardy, ii. 680.
Hungary, rises to support Maria Theresa, iii. 265.
Hunt. Leigh, his Comic Dramatists of the Restoration reviewed,
iii. 47-100.
Too lenient toward their immorality, 51.
Huntington, William, ii. 750.
Hutchinson, Mrs., ii. 518.
Hyder Ali, character of, iii. 175.
Invades India, 176.
Driven back by Coote, 178.
Imhoff, Baron, meets Hastings, iii. 124.
Agrees to divorce his wife, 126.
Imhoff, Baroness, her attachment to Warren Hastings, iii. 125.
Marries him, 163.
_See_ Hastings, Mrs. Warren.
Impey, Sir Elijah, a schoolmate of Hastings, iii. 118.
Sent to India as Chief Justice, 148.
Sentences Nuncomar, 153.
His conduct reprehensible, 156.
Attempts to enforce the English law in India, 168.
Bought off by Hastings, 172.
His conduct in the plundering of the Begums of Oude, 193.
Recalled to England, 194.
India, foundation of the British Empire in, ii. 277, 280.
Early conduct of the English in, iii. 122.
Their government in, 127.
Regulating act for, 144.
English law not suited to, 168.
Advantages to the conquerors of the double governments in, 181.
Induction, reasoning by, not invented by Bacon, ii. 475.
Utility of its analysis greatly overrated by Bacon, 476.
Example of its leading to absurdity, 479.
Ireland, rebellion in, in 1640, ii. 41.
Essex's administration in, 386, 387.
Its condition under Cromwell's government, 519-521.
Its state contrasted with that of Scotland, 639.
Its union with England compared with the Persian fable of
King Zohak, 640.
Italian writers, criticisms on the principal, i. 1-39.
Dante, 1-22.
Petrarch, 23-39.
Italy, her condition after the fall of Rome, i. 144.
Freedom maintained during the Middle Ages, 145.
Magnitude of her commerce, 147.
Progress of learning in, 148.
Art attains its zenith in, under Lorenzo the Magnificent, 150.
Decline of martial vigor, 151.
Use of mercenary soldiers in, 154.
Peculiar system of fashionable morality produced in, 156.
Character of her statesmen, 160.
Corruption of her politics, 168.
Feeling in, against the League of Cambray, 171.
Effect of the Reformation in, iii. 15.
Italy, Narrative of Travels in, Addison's, iii. 430.
Jacobins, their origin, ii. 72.
As a party in the French convention, urge the execution of the king,
iii. 516.
Supported by the Paris mob, 519.
Condemn Marie Antoinette, 528.
And the Girondists, 532.
Begin the Reign of Terror, 533.
Incapacity of their leaders, 537.
Attack on Robespierre's faction, 553.
End of their power, 556, 563.
James I., his folly and weakness, ii. 11.
Resembled Claudius Caesar, 12.
Court paid to him by the English courtiers before the death of
Elizabeth, 398.
His twofold character, 398.
His favorable reception of Bacon, 399.
His anxiety for the union of England and Scotland, 402.
His employment of Bacon in perverting the laws, 403.
His favors and attachment to Buckingham, 410, 411.
Absoluteness of his government, 417.
Summons Parliament, 422.
His political blunders, 422, 423.
His message to the Commons on the misconduct of Bacon, 425.
James II., death of, i. 151.
Acknowledgment by Louis XIV. of his son as his successor, 152.
The favorite of the High Church party, 328.
His misgovernment, 329.
His claims as a supporter of toleration, 329-332.
His conduct toward Lord Rochester, 332.
His union with Louis XIV., 333.
His confidential advisers, 334.
_See_ York, Duke of.
Jardine, Mr., on the use of torture in England, ii. 408, note.
Jeffreys, Judge, cruelty of, ii. 329.
Jenyns, Soame, his Origin of Evil reviewed by Johnson, ii. 195.
Jesuit Order, its theory and practice regarding heretics, ii. 334.
Its spirit and methods, iii. 20.
Fall of, 41.
Jews, civil disabilities of, protested against, i. 641-655.
Christianity of the government no barrier to removing their
disabilities, 642.
Political exclusion a form, not a fact, 644.
Their aloofness merely a result of persecution, 646.
Justice demands their fair treatment, 655.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, his view of history, i. 243.
Croker's Boswell's Johnson reviewed, 691-742.
Disdain of a French lady's library, 693.
Observations on Gibbon, 697.
Sells the Vicar of Wakefield, 698.
Dates of his university degrees, 699.
Epigram of, censured, 701.
Greatness of Boswell's life of, 711.
Our intimate knowledge of, 716.
His arrival in London, 717.
Small hope of patronage, 720.
Early poverty and misery, 721.
Last of the Grub Street hacks, 724.
Kindness of, 725.
Disregard of small grievances, 726.
Mixture of credulity and skepticism, 727.
Sentiments on religion, 728.
On politics, 730.
Judgments on books, 731.
How formed, 732.
His opinion of certain works, 733.
Observation of men and manners, 734.
Remarks on society narrow, 735.
Contempt of foreigners, 736.
Of travel and history, 738.
Mannerisms, 739.
His singular destiny, 742.
Friend of Dr. Burney, iii. 337.
Fondness for Fanny Burney, 351.
Jones, Sir William, his distichs on a lawyer's division of time,
i. 704.
Jonson, Ben, on Bacon's eloquence, ii. 378.
Verses on the celebration of Bacon's sixtieth year, 421.
Tribute to Bacon, 442.
Junius, probably Philip Francis, iii. 145.
Juvenal, Johnson's aspersions on, i. 700.
Keith, George, Earl Marischal of Scotland, at the court of Frederic
the Great, iii. 279.
Killed at Hochkirchen, 319.
Kimbolton, Lord, impeached, ii. 45.
King's Friends, a party under George III., iii. 659.
Kniperdoling and Robespierre, analogy between their followers, ii. 72.
Knowledge, advancement of society in, ii. 178, 301.
Labor, division of, ii. 606.
Labourdonnais, his talents, ii. 677.
His treatment by the French government, 757.
Lacedaemon, causes of the silent but rapid downfall of, i. 54, note.
La Fontaine, his character, i. 713.
Lalla Rookh, similes in, ii. 489.
Lally, Governor, ii. 758.
Lamb, Charles, defends the dramatists of the Restoration, iii. 53.
Las Torres, Count of, ii. 164, 165.
Latimer, Hugh, his popularity in London, ii. 433, 438.
Latin tongue in Dante's time, i. 1.
Laud, Archbishop, his errors, i. 336.
Not a traitor, 337.
His character, ii. 23.
His diary, 24.
His impeachment and imprisonment, 37.
His rigor against the Puritans, and tenderness towards the
Catholics, 41.
Laudohn, an Austrian general, beats Frederic at Hochkirchen,
iii. 319.
At Kunersdorf, 322.
Defeated at Lignitz but takes Schweidnitz, 325.
Lawrence, Major, his early notice of Clive, ii. 678.
Legerdemain, ii. 372.
Legge, Right Hon. H. B., ii. 264.
His dismissal, 265.
His return to the Exchequer, 268.
Legislation, comparative views on, by Plato and by Bacon, ii. 463.
Lennox, Charlotte, ii. 518.
Letters of Phalaris, ii. 592-596.
Liberty, its excesses, the reaction from tyranny, i. 119.
Cause of, espoused by Puritans, 132.
Maintained in the Italian towns of the Middle Ages, 145.
Its character in small states, 252.
Lingard, Doctor, his account of the treatment of Lord Rochester by
James II., ii. 332.
His ability as an historian, 533.
His strictures on the Triple Alliance, 533.
Literature, rise of, in Italy, i. 148.
General consideration of the progress of, 190 _et seq._
What epochs favorable to masterpieces, 190.
Influence of the critical faculty, 192.
Effect of technical skill, 198.
Rise of good imitative literature, 203.
Theories of, confirmed by history, 204.
Literature, English, its quibbling character during James I.'s reign,
i. 205.
Patronage of, 547.
Superseded by a system of puffs, 549.
Revival of, 591.
Encouragement of, by court favor, 718.
Patronage discontinued by Walpole, 719.
Livy, as an historian, graceful but untruthful, i. 258.
Locke, John, Sadler not comparable to, i. 657.
Lollards, iii. 13.
London, in the 17th century, ii. 47.
Devoted to the national cause, 48.
Its public spirit, 77, 78.
Its prosperity during the ministry of Lord Chatham, 279.
Conduct of, at the Restoration, 316.
Effects of the Great Plague upon, 525.
Longinus, criticism of his work on the Sublime, i. 42.
Louis XIV., his character and person, ii. 113-115.
His conduct in respect to the Spanish succession, 140, 141, 149.
His acknowledgment of James II.'s son as King of England, and its
consequences, 152.
Sends an army into Spain to the assistance of his grandson, 158.
His proceedings in support of his grandson, Philip, 158-175.
His reverses in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, 175.
His policy, 333.
Character of his government, 334, 335.
His military exploits, 501, 502.
His projects and affected moderation, 528.
His ill-humor at the Triple Alliance, 533.
His conquest of Franche Comte 534.
His treaty with Charles, 543.
Louis XV., his government, ii. 757, 758.
Louis XVIII., restoration of, compared with that of Charles II.,
ii. 311.
Louisburg, fall of, ii. 276.
Love, honorable and chivalrous, unknown to the Greeks, i. 25.
As delineated by the Roman poets, 25.
What the word implies in its modern sense, 26.
Change in the nature of the passion in the Middle Ages, 27.
Love for Love, Congreve's, iii. 83.
Loyola, Ignatius, his life and character, iii. 18.
Founds the Jesuit Order, 20.
Luther, Martin, opposes the ancient philosophy, ii. 454.
Lysias, speech of, for the Athenian tribunals, ii. 601.
Macflecnoe, Dryden's, i. 233.
Machiavelli, his name generally odious, i. 140.
Theories with regard to his Prince, 141.
His composite character, 143.
Better than his contemporaries, 163.
His genius as a dramatist, 163.
His dramas, 165-168.
Fiction and political correspondence, 168.
Dexterity as a diplomat, 169.
Patriotism, 171.
Efforts in behalf of military reform, 173.
His Art of War, 175.
The Prince and Discourses on Livy considered, 176.
Errors in, excusable, 178.
Compared to Montesquieu, 180.
His historical works, 183.
Mackintosh, Sir James, review of his History of the
Revolution in England, ii. 283-356.
Comparison with Fox's History of James II., 284.
Character of his oratory, 285.
His conversational powers, 289.
His qualities as an historian, 290.
His vindication from the imputations of the editor, 293, 299-305.
Change in his opinions produced by the French Revolution, 294.
His moderation, 298-300.
His historical justice, 306.
Maclean, Colonel, Hastings's agent in London, receives his
resignation, iii. 152.
Presents it, 160.
Madras, description of, ii. 674.
Its capitulation to the French, 677.
Restored to the English, 678.
Madrid, capture of, by the English army in 1705, ii. 166, 167.
Mahommed Reza Khan, candidate for minister of Bengal, iii. 129.
Appointed by Clive, 131.
Removed by order of the Court of Directors, 132.
Acquitted, 135.
Mahon, Lord, review of his History of the War of the Succession in
Spain, ii. 128-186.
His qualities as an historian, 128-130.
His explanation of the financial condition of Spain, 136, 137.
His opinions on the Partition Treaty, 141-143.
His representations of Cardinal Portocarrero, 154.
His opinion of the peace at the conclusion of the War of the
Spanish Succession, 177.
His censure of Harley, 178.
His view of the resemblance of the Tories of 1832 to the Whigs of
the Revolution, 178-181.
Mahrattas, danger to India from, iii. 164.
Malaga, naval battle near, in 1704, ii. 159.
Malcolm, Sir John, review of his Life of Lord Clive, ii. 670-762.
Value of his work, 671.
His partiality for Clive, 708.
His defence of Clive's conduct towards Omichund, 717.
Malthus, Thomas, his law of population attacked by Sadler,
i. 610, 659.
Use of arithmetical terms objected to, 616.
His opinion as regards the United States, 636.
Mandragola, The, i. 163. Its plot, 165.
Mansfield, Murray, Lord, his character and talents, ii. 258.
His rejection of the overtures of Newcastle, 267.
His elevation, 267.
Maria Theresa, her accession, iii. 257.
Rallies Hungary to her assistance, 265.
Cedes Silesia and wins Frederic, 266, 267.
Again attacked by Frederic, 268, 269.
Enmity toward him, 293.
Combines Europe against him, 294.
Makes peace with him, 328.
Marlborough, Duke of, converted to Whiggism, ii. 176.
Marsh, Bishop, opposes Calvinistic doctrine, ii. 653.
Martin, Mr., an illustrator, unfortunate in his choice of subjects,
i. 744.
Mary, Queen, her persecutions more excusable than Elizabeth's, i. 292.
Fanaticism of, ii. 90.
Massinger, Philip, his fondness for the Catholic Church, ii. 88.
Mathematics, Plato's estimate of, and Bacon's, ii. 458.
Mawbey, Sir Joseph, accuracy of his anecdote of Johnson, i. 698.
Medicine, Plato's estimate of, and Bacon's, ii. 461-463.
Meer Cossim, his talents, deposition, and revenge, ii. 733, 734.
Meer Jaffier, his conspiracy, ii. 710.
His conduct during the battle of Plassey, 715.
His pecuniary transactions with Clive, 720, 721.
His proceedings on being threatened by the Great Mogul, 724, 725.
His fears of the English and intrigues with the Dutch, 726.
Deposed and reseated by the English, 733.
His death, 737.
His large bequest to Lord Clive, 745.
Melancthon, ii. 68.
Memmius, compared to Sir W. Temple, ii. 596.
Memory, Plato's estimate of, and Bacon's, ii. 461.
Mendoza, Hurtado de, ii. 133.
Metcalf, Sir Charles, ii. 761.
Mexico, exactions of Spanish viceroys in, ii. 733.
Michell, Sir Francis, ii. 414, 424.
Middleton, Dr., remarks on his Life of Cicero, ii. 360, 361.
Mill, James, his Essay on Government, i. 381-422.
Style of reasoning, 384.
His objection to aristocratical government, 387.
To monarchy, 388.
Contradicted by history, 390.
His fallacious reasoning with regard to combinations of government,
396.
On representative governments, 403.
Error in his theory, 405.
His idea with regard to suffrage qualifications, 408.
Failure to gauge human nature correctly, 414.
His art a trick of legerdermain, 417, 418.
Westminster Reviewer's defence of, refuted, 423-459.
His inconsistency, 464.
His merits as an historian, ii. 306, 307.
Defects of his history of British India, 671.
His unfairness towards Clive's character, 708.
Milton, John, compared with Dante, i. 13, 99.
His Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity recovered, 83.
Style and doctrines, 84.
His poetry his chief claim to recognition, 86.
His age unfavorable to his work, 86.
Excellence of his Latin verse, 91.
Suggestion the characteristic of his verse, 93.
L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, 94.
Samson Agonistes, 94.
Admiration for Euripides, 96.
Comus, 97.
Paradise Lost, 99.
His use of the supernatural, 104.
Character displayed in his poetry, 108.
His sonnets, 109. His public conduct, 110.
His support of public liberty approved, 121.
His defence of the regicides justified, 123.
His support of Cromwell creditable, 125.
His character a combination of the good elements of contemporary
parties, 133, 134.
Prose writings, 137.
Blindness may have helped his work, 213.
His correctness considered, 584.
Admired by Byron, 595.
Minden, battle of, ii. 279.
Minorca, captured by the French, ii. 266.
Mirabeau, Dumont's Recollections of, ii. 95-127.
His use of nicknames, 125.
Compared with Wilkes, 125.
With Chatham, 126.
Missionary, story of a, i. 622.
Mitford, Mr., his History of Greece criticised, i. 56-82.
His characteristics as an historian, 57.
His narration better than his predecessors', 60.
His skepticism and political bias, 61.
Partial to Lacedaemon, 64.
And Lycurgus, 67.
Prejudiced against Athens, 70.
Inaccuracy with regard to Demosthenes, 73.
With regard to Aeschines, 75.
His neglect of the peaceful pursuits of the Greeks, 77.
His faults, 274.
Molwitz, battle of, iii. 263.
Mompesson, Sir Giles, conduct of Bacon in regard to his patent,
ii. 414, 415.
Abandoned to the vengeance of the Commons, 424.
Monarchy, the English, in the 16th century, ii. 75, 80.
Monjuich, fortress of, captured by Peterborough, ii. 163, 164.
Monopolies, during the latter part of Elizabeth's reign, ii. 382.
Multiplied under James, 414.
Connived at by Bacon, 414, 415.
Monson, Mr., made Councillor in India, iii. 144.
Opposes Hastings, 148.
Dies, 160.
Montagu, Basil, review of his edition of Lord Bacon's works,
ii. 357-497.
Character of his work, 357-363.
His explanation of Lord Burleigh's conduct towards Bacon, 375.
His views and arguments in defence of Bacon's conduct towards Essex,
390-395.
His excuses for Bacon's use of torture, and his tampering with the
judges, 405-408.
His reflections on Bacon's admonition to Buckingham, 416.
His complaints against James for not interposing to save Bacon, and
for advising him to plead guilty, 427.
His defence of Bacon, 429-440.
Montesquieu, his Spirit of Laws, compared to Machiavelli's Prince,
i. 180.
Horace Walpole's opinion of, ii. 198.
Montgomery, Robert, his poems reviewed, i. 546-568.
Passed off on the public as a great poet, 547.
His plagiarism and bad grammar, 556 _et seq._
His descriptions, 560.
His personification, 563.
His unjustified popularity, 566.
His Satan, 566, 567.
Montreal, captured by the British, ii. 277.
Moore, Thomas, his Life of Lord Byron, i. 569-607.
Lalla Rookh, ii. 489.
More, Sir Thomas, as a character in Southey's Colloquies, i. 506.
His feeling for the doctrine of transubstantiation, iii. 7.
Mourning Bride, Congreve's, iii. 83.
Munny Begum, given charge of the infant Nabob, iii. 134.
Munro, Sir Thomas, ii. 761.
Munster, Bishop of, ii. 525.
Murray, Solicitor-General (1750), his character, ii. 258.
Professional ambition, 261.
Refuses Newcastle's overtures, 267.
Nabobs, class of Englishmen so called, ii. 745-748.
Napoleon, compared with Philip II. of Spain, ii. 131.
Anecdote of, 269.
His Old Guard compared with Clive's garrison at Arcot, 689.
His early proof of talents for war, 760.
Nares, Rev. Dr., review of his Burleigh and his Times, ii. 63-94.
Nelson, Southey's Life of, i. 499.
Newcastle, Duke of, his relation to Walpole, ii. 217, 218.
His character, 229, 230.
His appointment as head of the administration, 260.
His negotiations with Fox, 261, 262.
Attacked in Parliament by Chatham, 263.
His intrigues, 267.
His resignation of office, 268.
Sent for by the king on Chatham's dismissal, 270.
Leader of the Whig aristocracy, 272.
Motives for his coalition with Chatham, 273.
His perfidy toward the king, 274.
His jealousy of Fox, 274.
His strong government with Chatham, 275.
Forms a coalition with Chatham, iii. 596.
His power, 597.
Displaced by Bute, 620.
Newdigate, Sir Roger, his rule for prize poems, i. 585.
Newton, John, his connection with the slave trade, ii. 432.
His belief in predestination, 653.
Niagara, conquest of, ii. 276.
Nimeguen, treaty of, ii. 549.
Its hollowness and unsatisfactoriness, 550.
Nizam al Mulk, Viceroy of the Deccan, his death, ii. 684.
North, Lord, makes Hastings Governor-General of India, iii. 144.
Tries to remove him, 160.
Novum Organum, Lord Bacon's, quoted from, i. 447.
Use of quotation defended, 469.
Admiration excited by it before it was published, ii. 403.
And afterwards, 421.
Contrast between its doctrine and the ancient philosophy,
447, 455, 470.
Its first book the greatest performance of Bacon, 494.
Nov, Attorney-General to Charles I., ii. 26.
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