remarks upon, ii. 138-140; see SCENARIO.

PLOTT, Dr., his project of a tour, iii. 292.

PLUNDER, etymology of, iii. 87, and note.

POETS, Plato's description of the feelings of, in the Phaedon, i.
433; opinions of various learned men on the works of, 433; remarks
on the habits of, 434, 435; behaviour of Frederic King of Prussia
(father of the Great Frederic) to, 436; different conduct of other
kings towards, 437; honours paid to, in the early stage of poetry,
ib.; anecdote of Margaret of Scotland and Alain the poet, 438;
opinions of the pious on the works of, ib.; too frequently merely
poets, 439; hints to young, 440; to veteran, ib.; mistresses of,
441; change their opinions of their productions, ib.; antiquity of
the custom of crowning, 454; abolished in the reign of Theodosius,
ib.; regal, 457; condemned, ii. 303-308; laureat, see LAUREATS.

POETICAL GARLAND, i. 247.

POETICAL imitations and similarities, ii. 92-113.

POINT-DEVICE, etymology of, iii. 188, and note.

POLAND, history of the election of the Duke of Anjou as King of,
iii. 346-363.

POLICHINELLO.--See PUNCH.

POLITIAN, Angelo, a polished Italian writer of the 15th century, i.
457; his dedicatory epistle, prefixed to his epistles, 458.

POLITICAL Nicknames, iii. 80-90.

POLITICAL Reports, false maxim on the efficacy of, ii. 438;
ancient instances, ib.; of the battle of Lutzen, 439; on the battle
of the Boyne, ib.; other anecdotes, modern and ancient, of the
effect of, 440-443.

POLITICAL Religionism, illustrations of its effects, iii. 238-244.

POLITICAL Prognostics.--See PREDICTIONS. Dugdale hastened his
labours in anticipation of the disorders of the Rebellion, iii. 261.

POLITICAL Parallels, iii. 267.

POLYDORE VERGIL, a destroyer of MSS., ii. 445.

POMPONIUS LAETUS, in the 15th century raised altars to Romulus, ii.
485; chief of the "Academy" at Rome, 486.

POPE, his manuscripts, ii. 110; passage from, with the various
alterations, 111, 112; Dr. Johnson's memorandum of hints for the
life of, 381; anecdote of, iii. 397.

POPE, project of the, for placing a cardinal on the throne of
England, ii. 505; favoured by Henry IV., ib.

POPES, their early humility and subsequent arrogance, ii. 83;
Celestine kicks off the crown of the Emperor Henry the Sixth, ib.;
their infallibility first asserted, ib.; protest of