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Jome Obfcurities, 398. His Charge on the Punfters at the Uni-
verfities

Shakefpear faulty, 312. But not to be cenfur'd,

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313, 360

Sheers Sir Harry, joyns Softness and Nonfenfe very prettily 370, 415
Shore Jane, Verses on her

151
Similes in Paffion condemn'd, 297. By Dion. Halicarn. 301. By
the Tatler, 304. The Errors of English Poets in it, 298. Helps
for them, ibid. Out of the Tatier, 304. Treated of 302
Simplicity agrees with the Sublime
123, 146, 150

416

208

Sinking, the Art of it, by P----e, and ́S----t,
Sifigambis, a fine Obfervation on her Death
Softning in Difcourfes necessary, 226. In Pliny, 265. In Dry-
den, 270, 289. In a French Poet, 280. Directed by Lon-
ginus
Spanish Authors bombaft, 228, 229. Obfcure, 381. And very
filly

Spectator cenfur'd as a Critick

288

339
295, 296

Spencer compar'd with Taffo, 82. His Stanza condemn'd, 85. A
beautiful Thought of his

Spinola F. his Eulogy on Lewis XIV.

95

107

Sprat Dr. Bishop of Rochester, his Panegyrick on Cromwel, 112.
Errors in his Poetry, 301, 302. Again, 308. Imitates Af-
fectation, 309. Verfes on Cowley, 17. On a River where
his Miftrefs was drowned

Stanza Rhime condemn'd

412

85

Stepney Mr. bis Verses on King William's Queen Mary, 96. On
Queen Ann

Strada the Hiftorian, fcandalously faulty
Stuarts Reigns, their Character
Sublime in Scripture, 122, 123.
How it becomes Bombaft, 225.

119

176, 334
169

Agrees with simplicity, 123.
Requires Care, 240. Examples

260, 262

Subtlety of Thought defin'd, [231] Condemn'd, 316. An English
Hiftory full of it, 320. What it is, 321. To what compar'd

Sulpitius's Letter to Cicero on his Daughter's Death
Suza, Countess of, Verfes under her Picture

Swan the Punfter challenges Purcel

324

87

182, 183

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St clubs with P-e to the Art of Sinking, 416. His Lilliput,
Profundity, Tale of a Tub and Buffoonry

T.

417, 418,

Acitus, bis Saying of Otho's Death, 123. Pliny's Advice

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to bim, 137. Character of his Hiftory, 175, 176. His
Speech for Galgacus, 235. Subtlety bis great Fault, 321. What
Hopes we may have of the new Tranflation, ibid. His fubtili-
zing, 322, 348. The Caufe of his Obfcurity
Taking Poets and Plays, their great Merit

400, 402

297

Tamerlane,

Tamerlane, good Passages in that Tragedy
167, 270
Tallo's Defcription of Argantes, 81. Compar'd with Spencer, 82.
Ill turn'd by Fairfax, 83. Fine Thought of Rinaldo, 85. of
Godfrey, ibid. of Soldans Ambassadors and Godfrey, 86.
Borrows from Quintus Curtius, ibid. A Theft of his, 87, 88,
400, 401. Refines on Virgil, 90. Fine Thoughts, 92. Com-
par'd with Milton, ibid. A noble Thought, 243. Injur'd by
Fairfax, 280. Affected, 285. Full of Points, 300. Cenfur'd,
307, 336. By Dryden
Tafte defin'd

Taylor the Water-Poet's Diftich on a Poet and a King
Temple of Praife, Mr. Weedon's Project for erecting it
Tertullian's Nonfenfe in his Treatife De Carne Christi

338

397 to 399

215

403

Tefti on Lopez de Vega, 138. A good Allegory of his spoilt, 287

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Theophile, a vicious Allegory of his

340, 342

165, 166

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311

Thoughts True and Falfe, the Difference betwixt them, 5, &c.

Subtle and Ingenious defin'd

Thoughts antient and modern alike

Thoughts, the Sameness of them in feveral Authors
Thoughts noble, 104, & feq. 110, 111. ibid.
When vicious

12, 407

87, 88, 314

139, 314
Defin’d, 129.
125, 243
Concife and
208, &c. 325
Sublime, Dr. Bur-
Low to be banished,
ibid.

Thoughts frong, 123, 124, 125, 126, 259, 260.
myfterious, 178, 179. Natural,
Thoughts ambiguous, 402. Maim'd, 403.
net above the Antients, 92. Fine, 97.
122. Sublime

What Cicero fays of

Thoughts fine and agreeable, 129, & feq.
them, 129. Defin'd, 130, 132. In Milton, 135. Pretty,
130. What makes them agreeable, 141. Pretty, 137, 285.
Made falfe by Dryden, 281. By Dr. Sprat Bishop of Rochester,
308. Agreeable, how affected, 225. Delicate, how fubtle,
225. How vicious, 314. The Nicety of them, ibid. Great
and agreeable in Dryden, 270. Flat and Bombaft, 271. Af-
fected, lively Inftances of it
284, 285
Thoughts falfe by being too agreeable, 276. And over-ftrain'd, ib.
277. & feq. When moft vicious, 297. Pointed moft unnatural,
299. False, 328. A great Occafion of false Thoughts, 343.
Ought to be plain, clear, and intelligible

Thucydides, his greatest Fault in Stile

Tigris River, Verfes on it by a French Poet
Tombs, Juvenal and Aufonius upon them

357, &c.

399

401

267

Trajan, Pliny's Panegyrick on him, 157, 158, 159, 160, 173.
Martial's

Trivulci and the Earl of Northumberland compar'd

200

143

Truth,

Truth, the first Quality in Thinking, 5, &c. The fame tho

mix'd with Falfhood

Turner, Sir Edward, a Remark on his Speech to the King

V

V.

Alerius Maximus, his Saying of Artemifa

Vandyke, Waller's Verfes on him

Vega, Lopez de, Bombaft

81.

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370

265

282

228, 294

234

Velleius Paterculus, What he fays on the Death of a General,
SI. Another Saying, 99. On Pompey's Death
Virgil, What Horace fays of him, 129. Mangled by Dryden
23, 153, 154, 211, 383, 394, 395

87

Vitalis, Junius, a Plagiary
Voiture, His way of Softening Hyperboles, 24. His Letter to
Madam Saintot, ibid. To Cardinal de la Vallette on an En-
tertainment, 24, 25. Pretty Thoughts of his, 130. Finer
than Martial, ibid. His Letter to the Count d'Avaux, 132.
Copies Catullus, 140. His Lesson about Health and Gayety,
130, 131. Rallies Balzac, 245. Commended, 247. Cenfures
Pliny, 316. Every Thing bury'd with him, 327. Taken
from Martial, 328. Cenfur'd by Boileau, 327. Prais'd by
him, ibid. His Father a Vintner as well as Prior's Uncle,
194, 195. But he was no Bottleman, ibid. Verses on the
194
Talk of his Marriage with a Purveyor's Daughter
Voiture's Letters to the Duke of Enguien, 161, 196, 198. To
the Count d'Avaux, 198, 199. To the Dutchess of Longue-
ville on the Death of her Father
Urban VIII. Pope, Allegorical Verses on him, 286. Greek Ver-
fes on one tranflated out of Greek

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W.

216

268

7Aller, Mr. his Defcription of a Whale, 24. His Panegy-
rick on Oliver, III, 112, 201. Mfplac'd on the Hearse
of Charles II. 201. Noble Thoughts, ibid. On K. William,
113. His Excufe for praifing Cromwel, 144. His Verfes on
Henrietta Maria, and to King James II's Queen, 183. A
vicious Allegory of his, 310. Verfes upon Eyes, 340, 341:
Cenfur'd for Subtlety and Refinement, ibid. Verfes to his Mi-
[226, 228]
ftrefs
Walsh, Mr. What he fays of Egotifms, 127. Pretty Thoughts of
his, 133. Fine Raillery, ibid. Verfes to his Miftrefs [226]
Warren, Mr. his Saying of Dr. Burnet's Theory cenfur'd 374,

404

Weedon, Mr. his Project for a Temple of Praife in Lincoln's-Inn
Square

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William, King, Mr. Prior's Verfes on him, 83, 97, 164, 190.
Mr. Rowe's, 169. Mr. Addifon's, 101, 113, 155, 190,

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293.

Mr. Prior's agains
Saying of his, 125.
Compar'd with Lewis

293. Lee's, 113. Waller's, ibid.
114. And again, 230. A very fine
Mr. Congreve's Verfes on him, 255.
XIV. 294. His Speeches commended
Wit of the English, Italians, and French compar'd
Women, French, not handsom

Wreck, Verfes on one tranflated out of Greek

Y.

178

164

350

268

"Alden's Verfes on Watfon's Ephemeris, 25. On the Globe

YAlden

Z.

Odiac, King of Spain compar'd to it by a Prieft
Zoilus turn'd into Zachary Grey

411, 412

377

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