o low a kind_ to
rank under the head of topography and history." Thus the design of
Oldys, in forming this elaborate collection, is condemned by trying
it by the limited object of the topographer's view. This catalogue
remains a desideratum, were it printed entire as collected by Oldys,
not merely for the topography of the metropolis, but for its
relation to its manners, domestic annals, events, and persons
connected with its history.

INDEX.

ABELARD, ranks among the heretics, i. 145; book condemned as his
written by another, ib.; absolution granted to, 146; wrote and
_sung_ finely, 147; raises the school of the Paraclete, ib.

ABRAM-MEN, ii. 312, and note, ib.

ABRIDGERS, objections to, and recommendations of, i. 397; Bayle's
advice to, 398; now slightly regarded, 399; instructions to, quoted
from the Book of Maccabees, ib.

ABSENCE of mind, anecdotes of, i. 206.

ABSOLUTE monarchy, search for precedents to maintain, iii. 510,
note.

ABSTRACTION of mind, instances of, amongst great men, ii. 59-60;
sonnet on, by Metastasio, 61.

ACADEMY, the French, some account of, i. 413-417; visit of Christina
Queen of Sweden to, 414; of Literature, designed in the reign of
Queen Anne, ii. 407; abortive attempts to establish various, ib.;
disadvantages of, ib.; arguments of the advocates for, ib.; should
be designed by individuals, 408; French origin of, 408-410; origin
of the Royal Society, 410-412; ridiculous titles of Italian, 479;
some account of the Arcadian, and its service to literature, 482;
derivation of its title, ib.; of the Colombaria, 483; indications
of, in England, 484; early rise of among the Italians, 485;
establishment of the "Academy," 486; suppressed, and its members
persecuted, ib.; of the "Oziosi," 488; suppression of many, at
Florence and Sienna, ib.; considerations of the reason of the
Italian fantastical titles of, &c., 489.

ACAJOU and Zirphile, a whimsical fairy tale, ii. 308-311.

ACCADEMIA of Bologna originated with Lodovico Caracci, ii. 399.

ACCIDENT, instances of the pursuits of great men directed by, i. 85.

ACEPHALI, iii. 193, and note, ib.

ACHES, formerly a dissyllable; examples from Swift, Hudibras, and
Shakespeare; John Kemble's use of the word, i. 81, note.

ACROSTICS, i. 295-296.

ACTORS, tragic, i. 248; who have died martyrs to their tr