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 ch