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Addison, Joseph (1672-1719), 177, 178; Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682),419-423.

207-211.

Aldrich, Dr. (1647-1710), 303.
Alfred the Great (849-901), 11-13.
Anglesea, Marquis of, 62, 63.

Anson, George, Lord (1697-1762), 476-
478.

Arbuthnot, J. (1675-1735), 446.

Bruce, James (1730-1794), 479-483.
Bruce, Robert (1274-1329), 19-25.
Brunel, Sir M. I. (1769-1849), 524 et seq.
Brunel, I. K. (1806-1859), 536 et seq.
Bull, Dr. John (died 1622), 299-301.
Bunyan, John (1628-1688), 204, 205; 363.
Burke, Edmund (1730-1797), 102-106.

Arkwright, Sir Richard (1732-1792), 563- Burns, Robert (1759-1796), 192-194.

565.

Arne, Dr. (1710-1778), 309, 310.
Arnold, Dr. Samuel (1740-1802), 317-318.
Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Rochester

(1662-1732), 368, 369.

Babbage, Charles (1790-1871), 586-588.
Bacon, Francis, Lord Verulam (1561-

1626), 140-142; 224, 225.
Bacon, John (1740-1799), 289-291.
Bacon, Roger (1214-1294), 539-543-
Balfe (1808-1870), 321, 322.
Barrow, Dr. Isaac (1630-1677), 364, 365.
Barry, James (1741-1806), 264-267.
Barry, Spranger (1719-1777), 331, 332.
Battishill, Jonathan (1738-1801), 316,317.
Baxter, Richard (1615-1691), 362, 363.
Bayly, Bishop (died 1632), 355.

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616), 170, 171.
Becket, Thomas à (1117-1170), 125-129.
Bell, Henry (1767-1830), 581.
Bessemer, Henry, 588-593.
Betterton, Thomas (1635-1710), 323, 324.
Black, Dr. Joseph (1728-1790), 555-557.
Blair, Dr. Hugh (1718-1800), 380.
Blake, Robert (1599-1657), 73-75.
Blake, William (1757-1827), 267, 268.
Blow, Dr. John (died 1708), 302, 303.
Boulton, Matthew (1728-1809), 553-555.
Boyce, Dr. (1710-1779), 310, 311.
Brewster, Sir David (1781-1868), 584-586.
Brindley, James (1716-1772), 500-503.
Brougham (1779-1868), 122-124.

Butler, Joseph (1692-1752), 369, 370.
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680), 172-174.
Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824),
198-200.

Cabot, Sebastian, (1477-1557), 468-470.
Callcott, John Wall (1766-1821), 318, 319.
Campbell, Sir Colin.-See Clyde, Lord.
Canning, George (1770-1827), 121, 122.
Canute (995-1035), 13-15.

Carey, Henry (died 1743), 178, 179.
Carolan (close of 17th century), 305-308.
Caxton, William (1410-1491), 389-391.
Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847), 382-385.
Chantrey, Sir Francis(1781-1841), 294-296.
Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of (1708-
1778), 95-102.

Chaucer, Geoffrey (1328-1400), 160, 161.
Cibber, Colley (1671-1757), 324, 325.
Clarke, Dr. Adam (1762-1832), 381, 382.
Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846), 408-410.
Clive, Lord Robert (1725-1774), 43-47.
Clyde, Lord (1792-1863), 66-68.
Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1633), 140.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834),
239, 240.

Collins, William (1720-1756), 186-188.
Colston, Edward (1636-1721), 451.
Congreve, William (1669-1729), 176, 177.
Cook, Captain James (1728-1779), 478,

479.

Cooke, George Frederick (1756-1812),
332, 333.

Cooper, Astley Paston (1768-1841), 447,
448.

Cort, Henry, 572, 573.

Coverdale, Miles (1499-1580), 391-393.
Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667), 174.
Cowper, William (1731-1800), 189, 190.
Crabbe, George (1754-1832), 191, 192.
Croft, William (1677-1727), 308, 309.
Crompton, Samuel, 577-581.
Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1659), 91-94.
Cromwell, Thomas (died 1540), 135-137.
Crotch, Dr. William (1775-1847), 319-321.
Cullen, William (1712-1790), 435-437.
Curran, John Philpot (1750-1817), 156,
157.

Davy, Sir Humphrey (1778-1829), 582.
Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814), 311-313.
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870), 223.
Drake, Sir Francis (1546-1596), 71, 72;
474, 475.

Dryden, John (1631-1701), 174, 175.
Duncan, Adam, Lord Viscount (1731-
1804), 79-81.

Edward III. (1312-1377), 25-27.
Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376),
35-38.

Elliot, General (1718-1790), 49-53.
Elliston, Robert William (1774-1831),
337-338.

Erskine, Thomas (1748-1823), 151-155.

Ferguson, James (1710-1776), 551, 552.
Fielding, Henry (1707-1754), 211-213.
Flamstead, John (1646-1719), 548, 549.
Flaxman, John (1755-1826), 291-294.
Fletcher, John (1579-1625), 170, 171.
Foote, Samuel (1721-1777), 332.

Fox, Charles James (1749-1806), 107-109.
Frobisher, Sir Martin (1536-1594), 470-

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Hale, Sir Matthew (1609-1676), 144-146.
Hampden, John (1594-1642), 83-91.
Hargreaves, James (died 1778), 563.
Harrison, John (1693-1776), 549, 550.
Harvey (born 1578), 414-419.
Havelock, Sir Henry (1795-1857), 66, 67.
Hawke, Edward (1705-1781), 77.
Hawkins, Sir John (1520-1595). 71.
Henry v. (1388-1422), 27-30.
Henry, Matthew (1662-1714), 365-368.
Herbert, George (1593-1632), 356.
Herschel, Sir William (1738-1822), 573-

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Jones, Inigo (1572-1652), 282-284.
Jones, Sir William (1746-1794), 237, 238.
Jonson, Ben (1573-1637), 166-170.

Kean, Edmund (1788-1833), 338-343-
Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823), 333,
334.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723), 244,
245.

Knox, John (1505-1572), 348-351.

Lamb, Charles (1775-1834), 222, 223.
Latimer, Hugh (1490-1554). 345-347-
Lawes, Henry (1600-1662), 301, 302.
Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830), 272-
275.

Ledyard, John (1751-1788), 483-484-
Lee, William (died 1610), 543, 544.
Leighton, Archbishop (1613-1684), 357-
362.

Lely, Sir Peter (1617-1680), 243, 244.
Linacre, Thomas (1460-1524), 412-414.
Livingstone, David (1815-1873), 486-450.
Lombe, John (died about 1720), 455, 456.

Mackintosh, Sir James (1765-1832), 158,

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Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of | Shakspeare, William (1564-1616), 162-

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Opie, John (1761-1807), 268-270.

Paley, William (1743-1805), 380, 381.
Park, Mungo (1771-1805), 484-486.
Paterson, William (born 1655), 453-455.
Peel, Sir Robert (1750-1788), 123, 124.
Penn, William (1644-1718), 398-401.
Pitt, William (1759-1806), 115-121.
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), 181-184.
Porson, Richard (1759-1808), 238.
Pott, Percival (1713-1788), 446, 447.
Pounds, John (died 1839), 410, 411.
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804), 557-560.
Purcell, Henry (1658-1695), 303-305.

Radcliffe (1650-1714), 425-432.
Raleigh, Sir Walter (1552-1618), 72, 73.
Ramsay, Allan (1685-1758), 180, 181.
Rennie, John (1761-1821), 506-509.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723-1792), 252-
256.

Richard Cœur de Lion (1157-1199), 18,

19.

Richardson, Samuel (1689–1761), 211.
Rodney, George Brydges (1718-1792),

75-77.

Romilly, Sir Samuel (1757-1818), 157, 158.
Rooke, Sir George (1650-1709), 49, 50; 75.
Rothschild, Nathan Mayer (1777-1836),
461-463.

Rudyerd, John, 497, 498.

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201-203.

Smeaton, John (1724-1792), 495-500.
Smith, Adam (1723-1790), 235-237.
Smith, Captain John (1579-1631),475,476.
Smollett, Tobias (1721-1771), 218, 219.
South, Dr. Robert (1633-1716), 365, 366.
Spenser, Edmund (1553-1598), 161, 162.
Steele, Sir Richard (1671-1729), 206, 207.
Stephenson, George (1781-1848), 511-516.
Stephenson, Robert (1803-1859), 516-518.
Stevenson, Alan, 518 et seq.

Stevenson, Robert (1772-1850), 509-511.
Stone, Edmund (died 1768), 234, 235.
Surrey, Thomas Howard, Earl of (1516-
1546), 39-41.

Sutton, Thomas (1531-1611), 393-398.
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745), 205, 206.
Sydenham, Thomas (born 1624), 423-425.

Tallis, Thomas (died 1585), 297, 298.
Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667), 362.
Telford, Thomas (1757-1834), 503-506.
Thomson, James (1700-1748), 186.
Thornhill, Sir James (1676-1734),245,246.
Tillotson, John (1630-1694), 363, 364.
Turner, William (1769-1840), 275-278.
Wallace, William (died 1305), 31-35-
Waller, Edmund (1605-1687), 171.
Warwick, Earl of (died 1471), 38, 39.
Watt, James (1736-1819), 565-572.
Watts, Dr. Isaac (1674-1748), 179, 180.
Webster, John, 170.

Wedgwood, Josiah (1730-1795), 561-563.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of
(1769-1852), 55-62.

Wesley, Charles (1708-1788), 374.
Wesley, John (1703-1791), 369-374.
West, Benjamin (1738-1820), 258-263.
Whitefield, George (1714-1770), 375-380.
Wickliffe, John de (1324-1384), 344, 345.
Wilberforce, Wm. (1759-1833), 406-408.
William the Conqueror (1027-1087), 15-18.
William of Wykeham (born 1324), 279-

282.

Winstanley, Henry (died 1703), 496, 497.
Wishart (burned 1546), 347, 348.
Wolfe, James (1726-1759), 47-49.
Wolsey, Cardinal (1471-1530), 131-135.
Wood, Sir Andrew (15th century), 69-71.
Worcester, Marquis of (1601-1667), 544,
545-

Rupert, Prince Rupert (1619-1682), 546, Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), 194-

547.

Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), 221, 222.
Selden, John (1584-1654), 142, 143.

197.

Wren, Sir Christopher (1632-1723), 284-
288.

Wycherley, William (1640-1715), 175, 176,

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Abdalrahman, Caliph, his confession, | Arne, Dr., his musical career, 309, 310

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Aldrich, Dr., as a musician, 303-
Alençon, Duke of, killed at the Battle of
Agincourt, 30.

Alfred the Great in adversity, II; visits
the Danish camp, 11; defeats the
Danes at the ndan, 12; relieves Ro-
chester, 12; his studies, 13; his laws,
13.

Amelia, by Fielding, 212.

America, Lord Chatham on the conquest
of, 98, 99.

American taxation, Burke on, 103, 104.
Analogy, The, of Joseph Butler, 369, 370.
Anglesea, Marquis of, at Waterloo, 62,
63.

Anson, Lord, his circumnavigation of
the globe, 476-478.

Apollo, West's criticism of the statue of
the, 260.

Apostle of the North. See Gilpin,
Bernard.

Arbuthnot, Dr., as a physician, 446.
Arcadia, The, of Sir Philip Sidney, 202.
Arithmetical machines invented by Sir
Samuel Morland, 547, 548.
Arkwright, Richard, and his spinning
machine, 563.

Armada, Spanish, defeat of the, 72, 73.

Arnold, Dr., his career as a musical
composer, 317, 318.

Artists, Great Triumphs of Great, 242-
278.

Atterbury, Bishop, his sermons and
oratory, 368, 369; anecdote of, 369.
Austrian among you? Is there an, 97, 98.

Babbage, Charles, his calculating
machine, 586; his published works,
588.

Bacon, John, his career as a sculptor,
289-291.

Bacon, Lord, his progress to Westmin-
ster Hall, 140, 141; Mr. Hepworth
Dixon on, 141, 142; other writers on,
142; as a philosopher, 224, 225.
Bacon, Roger, a student at Oxford, 539:
goes to Paris, 540; returns to Eng-
land, 540; his studies, 540; impri-
soned, 540 et seq.; his skill in astronomy
and chemistry, 542; invents gunpow-
der, 542; as an alchemist, 542; vulgar
opinion of, 542, 543.

Baillie, Captain, Lord Erskine's first
client, 151 et seq.

Balfe, the composer, the late Mr. Chor-
ley on, 321, 322.

Bank of England, the, 454, 455.
Bankers, Great Triumphs of Great, 449-
463.

Bannockburn, Battle of, 20-25.
Barclay and Co., the rise of the banking
house of, 459, 460.

Barlow, Mr., and the Tower Subway,
534-

Barnet, Battle of, 39.
Barrow, Dr., his long sermons, 364, 365:
criticism on, 365.

Barry, James, his first important work,

264; comes to London, 266; decorates

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