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d and Corah from Hastings, iii. 137. Covets Rohilcund, 139. Helped in conquering it by British troops, 141. Sulivan, Mr., chairman of the India Company, his character, ii. 732. His relation to Clive, 736. Sumner, Charles R., translator of Milton's Treatise on Christian Doctrine, i. 83. Sunderland, Earl of, ii. 238. Surajah Dowlah, Viceroy of Bengal, his character, ii. 702. The monster of the Black Hole, 703, 704. Defeated by Clive at Plassey, 714. His flight and death, 716, 720. Investigation by the House of Commons into the circumstances of his deposition, 754. Sweden, a member of the Triple Alliance, ii. 533. Swift, Jonathan, his position at Sir William Temple's, ii. 586. His wit compared to Addison's, iii. 445. Dreads Addison's wit, 451. Becomes his friend, 465. Sydney, Algernon, reproaches the sheriffs on the scaffold, ii. 350. Sydney, Sir Philip, ii. 93. Syllogistic process, analysis of, by Aristotle, ii. 478. Tacitus, greatest Latin historian, i. 261. Excellence of his characterization, 262. Talleyrand, his fine perception of character, ii. 507. Tasso, his Secchia Rapita characterized, i. 6. Temple, Lord, First Lord of the Admiralty in the Duke of Devonshire's administration, ii. 268. His parallel between Byng's behavior at Minorca and the king's behavior at Oudenarde, 270. Head of a Whig faction, iii. 599. Resigns with Pitt, 616. Reputation for underhand work, 627. Persuades Pitt not to succeed Grenville, 650. Temple, Sir William, review of Courtenay's Memoirs of, ii. 498-599. His character as a statesman, 500-508. His family, 508, 509. His early life, 510. His courtship of Dorothy Osborne, 511-513. Historical interest of his love-letters, 513, 516. His marriage, 518. His residence in Ireland, 518. His feelings toward Ireland, 521. Attaches himself to Arlington, 523, 525. His embassy to Munster, 526. Appointed resident at the Court of Brussels, 526. Danger of his position, 528. His interview with De Witt, 529. His fame at home and abroad, 536. His recall and farewell of De Witt, 538. His cold reception and dismissal, 539. Style and character of his compositions, 541. Charged to conclude a separate peace with the Dutch, 547, 550. Offered the Secretaryship of State, 548, 550.
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