Pindar, Peter, 219, 311, 396.

Pitt, William, 177 n., 298.

Plato, 211, 253, 392.

Plotinus, 211, 392.

Plutarch, 11, 140, 352.

"Poems on the Naming of Places," 290.

Poetry, epic and dramatic poetry distinguished, 43;
verse its obvious distinction, 118, 268-9;
poetry of art and nature, 119;
poetry defined, 251 ff., 268-9;
tragic poetry, 256-61;
poetic diction, 261-2;
poetry and civilization, 262-3;
poetry and painting, 263-5;
poetry and rhythm, 265-8 n.;
poetry and eloquence, 271 n.

Poole, Tom, 291, 295, 413.

Pope, Alexander, xlii, xlv, lvii, lxiii, lxxii, 32, 107, 109, 110,
118-32;
his poetic limitations, 118;
the poet of artificial life, 119-122;
his correctness, 126-7;
his satire, 128-30;
his compliments, 129-30;
his letters, 132;
136, 141, 200, 224, 245, 260, 268, 298, 303, 308, 321-3, 342, 357,
361, 362, 364, 373-4, 414.

Poussin, Gaspar, 296, 413.

Poussin, Nicolas, 26, 201, 357.

Priestley, Joseph, xii, xv, xxiii, 210, 390.

Proclus, 211, 392.

Puck, 45,
compared with Ariel, 85-6, 365.

Quarterly Review, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, xxxv, lxvi.

Rabelais, F., 48, 212, 330, 425.

Racine, J., 330, 425.

Radcliffe, Anne, 337, 383, 427.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 1, 350.

Rambler, The, 145-6, 342, 378, 397.

"Rape of the Lock," l, 122-4.

Raphael, 212, 264, 298 n., 329, 389, 416, 425.

"Rasselas," 149, 378.

"Religious Musings," 211.

Rembrandt, 202, 263, 329, 388, 389.

"Remorse," 214, 299, 396.

"Return from Parnassus," 17.

Reynolds, Mrs., 304, 321, 323, 416.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 275, 308, 325, 329, 418.

Richard II, 43, 365.

Richard III, compared with Macbeth, 68-70, 365.

Richardson, S., xiii, xlii, lvii, 157, 158, 165-70, 270, 298, 303, 324,
342, 381, 415.

"Rivals, The," 164.

Roberts, William, 244, 404.

Robertson, J. M., lxxiii n.

"Robinson Crusoe," li, 201, 268-9.

"Roderick Random," 162-4.

Rogers, Samuel, xxxvi, xxxvii.

"Romeo and Juliet," liv, 51, 84-5, 310, 363, 368.

Ronsard, Pierre, 12, 353.

"Rosamond Gray," 154, 226, 401.

Rousseau, J. J., xii, xiii, xvi, xxiv, xliv n., 212, 311, 330, 339-40,
428.

Rowley, William, 2, 350.

Rubens, Peter Paul, 30, 329, 357.

Sainte-Beuve, C. A., xl, lxx.

St. Evremont, Ch., 330, 401, 425.

St. Pierre, B.