Ashburnham (lord). Married to lady Mary Butler, xiv. 237. Her
death, with a short character of her, xv. 357.

Ashe (Tom). An eternal punster, his pretended dying speech, xvi.
245. Account of him, ibid.

Ashe (rev. Dillon). A hard drinker, xv. 17.

Ashe (St. George, bishop of Clogher). Specimen of his puns, xv.
402. His seat at the council-board preserved to him by Swift,
xiv. 328.

Assemblies, publick. Their infirmities, follies, and vices, ii. 340.
Astrology. The abuse of it in this kingdom, v. 10. Partridge's
apology for his own practice of it, 34.

Athanasian creed. On what occasion composed, x. 21.

Atheism. Preaching against it imprudent, v. 105.

Athenians. The rise and consequences of their dissensions, ii. 302.
Not always too obstinate to correct an ill step, 306. Polybius's
character of them, 311.

Athenian Society. Ode to the, vii. 10. Letter to the, xviii. 241.
Athens. The privilege of every citizen and poet there, ii. 66, 67.
Atlas (or the Minister of State); to the Lord Treasurer Oxford,
vii. 65.

Atterbury (bishop). His character, v. 159. His conduct toward
the earl of Oxford, xi. 408. Gives Dr. Swift his advice and opi-
nion, for his conduct in the dispute between him and his chapter,
438. xix. 23. Rise and progress of his intimacy with Swift,
xix. 14. Instance of his probity, and the occasion of his ruin, 19.
Attorney general. His opinion respecting writs of errour in a cri-
minal case, xii. 470.

Attraction. The doctrine of, not founded on nature, vi. 229.
Augustus Cæsar, v. 174.

Augustus (king of Poland.) Dethroned by the king of Sweden, re-
assumes the crown, iii. 406. When he appeared mean, xvi. 333.
D'Aumont (duke). His house burned to the ground, with the
various speculations thereupon, xv. 371. 373. Thought to have
been done through malice, 373. 374.

Austria (house of). See Spain.

Authors. Should consult their genius rather than interest, if they
cannot reconcile them, xii. 384. Composing godly books no re-
commendation to them in England, xiii. 3. The admired ones
of the last age, viii. 266, 267.

Authors (modern). How far they have eclipsed the ancients, ii.
130. Illustrate the beauty of their own writings, when they
would correct the ill nature of critical, or inform the ignorance
of courteous readers, 134. They and their booksellers the two
only satisfied parties in England, 179. To what the world is
indebted for the number of them, 186. The different disposition
of them in France and in England, xvii. 383. Curll's instructions
to a porter, to find those employed by him, xvii. 332. Those
employed by the whigs represent the sentiments of their party
unfairly, iii. 199. An author should for a time suppress his
works, according to the advice of Horace, viii. 243. A rulè to
discover the author of any book, v. 27.

Auxiliaries.

Auxiliaries. England should have entered into the confederate war
against France only as an auxiliary, iii. 340. 344.
Avarice. Description of it, vi. 309. Sir Richard Blackmore's de-
finition of it, xvii. 339. The extremes of that passion more fre-
quent and extravagant than of any other, iii. 117. The mischiefs
of it multiply themselves in a publick station, 118. Dis-
tinguished into two kinds, one consistent with ambition, the
other not, 119.

Avicen. His opinion of the effects of learning in those who are
unfit to receive it, xvii. 316, 317.

Ay and No. A Fable, xvii. 448. Ay and No. A Tale from
Dublin, xviii. 456.

B.

Bacon (lord). His observation on the use of royal prerogative, ix.
When convicted of bribery, made a despicable figure, xvi.

81.
33.

Balance of power. To be carefully held by every state, ii. 293.
How to preserve it in mixed state, ibid. Methods taken to
destroy it in most ages and countries, 300. What the conse-
quences which ensue upon its being broken, 326. That state
might be immortal, in which it could be always held exactly
even, 336. How it has been affected in England at different
times since the Norman conquest, 337. The absolute necessity
of it in a limited state instanced in the conduct of Cromwell,
340. Verses on the balance of Europe, xvii. 431. Balance of
Europe more endangered by the emperor's overrunning Italy,
than by France overrunning the empire, iii. 314.

Ballad on a Stanza's being added to one of the Author's, vii.

28.

Ballyspellin (spa in the the county of Kilkenny). Ballad on, viii.
194. Answered, 197.

Balnibarbi. The country and its metropolis described, vi. 201.
Bank. Humorous proposal for establishing a Swearers Bank, ix.
383.

Bankers. Verses on the run upon them in the year 1720, vii.
177. A necessary evil in a trading country, ix. 206. To hang
up half a dozen yearly in Ireland, would be an advantage to it,

ibid.

Banter. Whence the word borrowed, ii. 38.
Barber (Mrs). A letter supposed to be written by Dr. Swift, to
the queen on her behalf, xii. 401. The dean's invitation to a
party of friends to meet to correct her poems, xviii. 450. Her
history and character, xii. 410. xiii. 85. 301. xix. 130.
Barber (Mr. John, lord mayor of London). Acknowledges his
great obligations to Dr. Swift, and at his request makes Mr.
Pilkington his chaplain, xii. 494. Sends an original picture of
the dean to the university of Oxford, xiii. 425. Some account
of him, xviii. 348.

Barrier Treaty. Remarks on it, iii. 411.

Barrier

Barrier Treaty. The difficulties it occasioned retarded the demo lition of Dunkirk, iii. 313. When concluded, 359. The Dutch appointed by it guarantees of the protestant succession, and rewarded for accepting that honour, ibid. Signed by only one of the plenipotentiaries, 362. The first project of it, 413. The article for the demolition of Dunkirk struck by the Dutch out of the counterproject of it made in London, 416. Only two of the twenty-one articles have any relation to England, 417. The meaning of the word barrier, as understood by the Dutch, ibid. The towns given them as a barrier imposed more on the English than when under the king of Spain, 421. The queen unreasonably made guarantee of the whole of it, 424. The treaty itself, 430. The two separate articles, 441. 443. Articles of the counterproject struck out or altered by the Dutch, 445. The sentiments of prince Eugene and count Zinzendorf relating to it, 420. 450-454. Representations of the English merchants at Bruges relating to it, 454. See Townshend.

Barebone (Dr). His scheme for building, ix. 393.

Barton (Mrs). Niece to sir Isaac Newton. Account of her, xiii. 342.

Bathurst (earl). His letter to Dr. Swift, alluding to a proposal for providing for the Irish poor, xii. 331. His speech about the pension bill greatly applauded, 340. Rallies Dr. Swift humorously upon his writings, as borrowed or stolen, 348; and satirically the writers of the last and present age, 349. More in the same strain, upon the doctor's way of living, recommending temperance and frugality to him, 393. His remark on corporations, physicians, and lawyers, xiii. 45. Rallies Dr. Swift upon the course of employment he was fallen into, 47. His opinion of the state of England, 371. xii. 333. Conduct toward his tenants, xiii. 372. Reflections on the death of queen Caroline, ibid. Comparison of Mr. Pope, 373. His fine wood at Oakley described, 92. His friendly indignation on seeing an article in the newspapers of a gun being fired at Dr. Swift, 222; whence he takes occasion to expatiate on the extensiveness of our author's fame, ibid.

Battle of the Books, ii. 207. Not a plagiarism, i. 500.

Baucis and Philemon. A poem, vii. 47.

Beach (Thomas). Account of him, xiii. 180.

Beadles. Should not be allowed to keep alehouses, ix. 422.

Beasts. Their Confession to the Priest, viii. 148.

Beau. Character of one, xviii. 463.

Beaumont (Joseph). Some account of him, xiv. 193. xv. 65. Invented mathematical sleaing tables of great use in the linen manufactury, 198.

Beautiful Young Nymph going to Bed, viii. 99.

Beauty. A Receipt to form one, vii. 38. Verses on its Progress,

184.

Beggars. Dublin more infested with them since the poor-house there than before, ix. 415. The only objection to the pro

posal

posal of giving them badges answered, 416. Have generally
a vagabond spirit, that ought to be punished, 425.
Beggar's Opera. Its merits and success, v. 209. xii. 262. 274.
276. Disapproved of by sir Charles Wogan, xii. 436. 440.
Reasons why the second part should not be printed before it is
acted, xviii. 263. A sermon preached against it by Dr. Her-
ring, v. 214. xii. 283. Rehearsal of the second part of it
stopped, by order from the lord chamberlain, xii. 294.

Belief. Not an object of compulsion, x. 166.

Bellowers. Beadles so called in Ireland, ix. 425.

Bennet. (Miss Nelly). A celebrated beauty, her visit to France,
xii. 7. Song on her, xvii. 427.

Bentley. According to Mr. Boyle, not famous for civility, ii.
217, note.
A character of him, in the person of Scaliger, 240.
Berkeley (Charles, earl of). His epitaph, xviii. 421. Rough
draught of it, xi. 131. His letter to Dr. Swift, xviii. 249.
The dean (who had been formerly his chaplain) invited to attend
him in his last illness, at Berkeley Castle; but could not go,
xiv. 204. The earl died of a dropsy, 215. Character of his son,
xiv. 356.

Berkeley (James, earl of). Married lady Louisa Lenox the duke
of Richmond's daughter, xiv. 335, 336. 356.

Berkeley (Mr. Monck). Extracts from his Life of Swift, xix. 214.
Berkeley (Dr. George, bishop of Cloyne). An account of him,

and his plan for erecting a university at Bermudas, xii. 103.
125. The dean the first cause of his promotion, i. 124. XV.

420.

Bernage (Mr). Recommended by Swift to the duke of Argyll,
xiv. 352. Obtains a commission, xv. 25.

Bettefworth (Mr). Verses on him, viii. 161. The steps he
took to revenge himself on the dean, and the resolution of the
inhabitants of St. Patrick's to protect him, i. 418. xiii. 109.
114. Origin of the verses, viii. 375. 378. His Exultation on
hearing his name would be transmitted to Posterity in the Dean's
Works, xviii. 451.

Betty the Grisette. Verses to, viii. 62.

Bible. The excellence of the English translation of it, v. 76.
The arguments of objectors against it summarily answered, x.

181.

Bickerstaff (Isaac, Esq). His Predictions for the Year 1708, v.
10. Answer to his Predictions, 24. Accomplishment of the first
of his Predictions. 31. Mr. Partridge's Detection of them, 37-
Vindication of him, 47. His predictions actually burnt in
Portugal, by order of the Inquisition, 48. His origin, xviii.
209. Whence the dean first assumed the name, v. 10.
Bigamy, Will. Service done by him to the church, iii. 83. See
Cowper (lord chancellor).

Bindon (Mr). A celebrated painter and architect, xviii. 392.
Bingley lord). Beaten by mistake, coming out of lord Oxford's
house, xi. 396.

Birth. The advantages of it, iii. 118.

Birthday

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Birthday Song Directions for making one, viii. 13. Presents. Verses occasioned by, 147.

Bishopricks. The origin of their revenues, while vacant, being claimed by the crown, xvi. 12.

Bishops. Arguments against enlarging their Power in letting Leases, v. 267. How elected in the middle ages, xvi. 34. Those of Ossory and Killaloe empowered to solicit the affair of the first fruits, &c. in Ireland, xi. 82. Mr. Pulteney's remark on their political unity, xiii. 171. Wherein their office consists, ix. 244. Bill passed the Irish house of lords, empowering them to oblige the country clergy to build a house upon what part of the glebe they should command, 246. Another, relating to the division of parishes into as many parcels as the bishop should think fit, 247. Bishops sent from England, a great disadvantage and discouragement to the Irish, xii. 149. The worst solicitors in the world, except in their own concerns, and why, xi. 95. Two of them in Ireland received money for their labour in negotiating the remittal of the first fruits, who did nothing; while Swift, who effected it, could not receive thanks,

450. Bishops (and other ecclesiastical corporations). Prohibited from setting their land for a term above twenty-one years, v. 270. Bite. A new fashioned way of being witty, and the constant amusement at court, and among great people, xi. 12. Blackmore (sir Richard). His definition of avarice, xvii. 339. A proficient in the tow sublime, viii. 177. Verses to be placed under his picture, xvii. 465.

Blacksmiths. Their petition to the lord mayor and aldermen of
London against certain virtuosi, xvii. 297.

Blaney (lord). Dr. Swift's petition against him, i. 205.
Blessington (Wm. Stewart, earl of). xviii. 359.

Blount (Mrs. Martha). Verses on her birthday, xvii. 425.
Her constancy in friendship mentioned with honour by Mr.
Pope, xiii. 406.

Blunt (sir John). His account of the funds from 1707 to 1710, iv.

115.

Bohea tea. Bad for the head, xv. 41.
Bolingbroke. See St. John.

Bolton (archbishop of Cashell). His character, xiv. 242. When chancellor of St. Patrick's took every opportunity of opposing Swift, xi. 477, xii. 82; and when made a bishop left Swift embroiled for want of him, ibid. A maxim he learned from politicians, xiii. 179.

Bons Mots. X. 249. See Swiftiana.

Books. Like men, have only one way of coming into the world, but many of going out of it, ii. 54. The same book may as well be christened with different names as other infants of quality, 84. Mr. Dryden gave his a multiplicity of godfathers, 85. The most accomplished way of using them in this age, 148. The turn they give to our thoughts and way of reasoning, v. 103. A wrong method and ill choice of them makes women the

worse