the name of Shakespeare,
ii. 238, note; of Sir Walter Raleigh, iii. 111.

OSMAN, Sultan, promotes his gardener, ii. 10.

OXFORD, Edward Vere, Earl of, his secret history, ii. 243-245.

PALACES built by ministers, iii. 186-192.

PALINGENESIS.--See REGENERATION.

PALMER, the actor, his death, i. 249.

PAMPHLETS, sketch of Myles Davis's history of, i. 343; origin and
rise of, 344; one pretended to have been composed by Jesus Christ,
ib.; Alexander Pope denounced as a plotter in a, 345; etymologies of
the word, 345-347.

PANTOMIME, French verses in praise of, and translation of, ii. 116;
Cervantes and Bayle's delight in, 116, 117; harlequin, 119; of the
lower Italians in their gestures, ib.; treatises on, 121;
transmitted from the Romans, 123; improvement of, by Ruzzante, 124;
the history of a people traced in, 125; description of the various
characters in Italian, 126.

PANTOMIMI, tragic actors usually mute, ii. 120; Seneca's taste for,
ib.; their influence over the Roman people, 121.

PANTOMIMICAL Characters. See PANTOMIME; Massinger and Moliere
indebted to, ii. 138; remarks on Shakspeare's "Pantaloon," 139.

PAPER, among the ancients, ii. 27, 28; introduction into England,
29; various sorts of modern, ib.

PARACELSUS, his receipt for making a fairy, iii. 286, 287.

PARADISE LOST, prose and verse versions of, i. 305.

PARISIAN Massacre, apology for, iii. 255-260, 352.

PARK, Mungo, his book interpolated and altered by his editor, Bryan
Edwards, ii. 453.

PARKER, Bishop of Oxford, iii. 279, note.

PARODIES, anecdote relating to, ii. 453; resembles mimicry, 454; not
made in derision, ib.; practised by the ancients, 455; ancient, of
Homer, ib.; modern, 456; dramatic, anecdotes of modern, 458-460;
legitimate use of, ib.

PARPAILLOTS, or Parpirolles, iii. 82.

PARTICULAR Providence, various opinions on, ii. 428-431; the
granting a free-conduct to Luther, by Charles V., possibly one, 432.

PASQUIN and Marforio, account of, i. 208.

PASQUINADES, origin of, and instances of several, i. 208.

PATRONS, their treatment of authors, i. 82; anecdotes regarding, 83,
84; opinion of Dr. Johnson upon, 83.

PAULUS JOVIUS, description of the country-house and collections of
statues, books, and portraits belonging to, i. 45; description of
the villa built by, iii. 397.

PAZZI, Cavaliero,