for his learning, by the king of Pruffia, 1735, 468. Died 1740, 471. Bashfulness, fometimes the effect of ftudious retirement, vii. 106. 114. Barretti, tranflation of fome lines at the end of his Eafy Phrafeology, Bavaria, Ele&or of, invefted with the imperial dignity, iv. 555. Died Baxter, Mr. Richard, incitement he often urged to the prefent exercise Bayes, that character defigned for Dryden, ii. 342. That character Beaumont, defcribed in the affembly of bards, xi. 168. Beautiful, review of the Philofophical Enquiry into the Origin of Beggars, the best method of reducing the number, x. 269. As nu- Bebn. Afra, rejected from the affembly of bards, xi. 173. Bellaria, her character, vii. 293. Bellarmine, Card. writes in defence of Paul V. against the Venetians, Bemain (a prince of Africa), account of him, ix. 391. Is driven Benferade, Monf, tranflation of his lines, a fon lit, xi. 379. Betterton, a picture of him painted by Pope, iv. 20. Defcribed in Bible Bible, the veneration always paid to facred hiftory, ii, 55. Biography impediments in the way of, iii. 76. By what means it is rendered difgullful and ufelefs, v. 385. A fpecies of writing entertaining and inftructive, 386. Moft eagerly read of any kind of writing. viii. 339. More ufeful than hiftory, 339. Every man the beft writer of his own ftory, 340. Difficulties in writing the life of another, 341. Few authors write their own lives, whilft ftatesmen, generals, &c. frequently do, 405. The neceffity of adhering to truth in, xi. 198. Biographia Britannica, many untruths in that publication in the life of Dr. E Young, iv. 253. 269. Birch, Thomas, Eg Bigxor, xi. 397. Blackmore, Sir Richard, charged by Dryden with ftealing the plan of Prince Arthur from him. ii. 357- Libels Dryden in his Satire upon Wit, 370. His life, iii, 172. Born at Corfham, in Wiltshire, 172. Educated at Westminster, and entered at Oxford, 1668, 172. Made Doctor of Phyfick, at Padua, 172. For a fhort time a schoolmaster, 172. Fellow of the College of Physicians, Apr. 12, 1687, 173. Refided at Sadler's Hall, Cheapfice, 173. Wrote for fame, or th engage poetry in the cause of virtue, 173. Published his Prince Arthur, 1695, 174. Made Phyfician in Ordinary to K. William, and knighted, 175. His paraphrafe of Job, 1709, 176. His Satire on Wit, the fame year, 176. Creation, a philofophical poem, 1712, 178. His account of wit, 182. Obfervations on the Tale of a Tub, 183. Extract from his Effay on the Spleen, 184. Cenfor of the College of Phyficians, 1716, 185. His New Verfion of Pfalms, 1721, 186. His Alfred, 1723, 186. Becomes defpifed as a poet, and neglected as a phyfician, 186. Wrote many books on phyfick, 187. His cenfure of Hippocrates's Aphorifms, 187. His opinion of learning, 188. Died Oct. 8, 1729. His character, and as an author, 189. Extract from his Prince Arthur, 191, Blank Verfe, characterized, iv. 291. Blake, Robert, Admiral, his life, iv. 358. Son of a merchant, and born at Bridgewater, 1598, 358. Entered at Oxford, 1615, where he continued to 1623, 358. On being refufed a fellowship of Wadham College, retires to the country, 359. Chofen Member for Bridgewater, by the Puritan party, 1640, 359. Declares for the Parliament, and raises a troop of dragoons, 359 Governor of Taunton, 1645, which he defends against Lord Goring, 360. Commiffioner of the Navy, 1648-9, 360. Sent in purfuit of Prince Rupert, whom he drives into the Tagus. 360. Takes feventeen and burns three Portuguese fhips, 361. Takes a French man of war, valued at one million, 361. Drives Prince Rupert into Carthagena, 362. Attacks the Prince in the harbour of Malaga, 362. Takes a French man of war in the Mediterranean, 362. His conduct in the war with Holland, 1652, 363. His opinion that it is not the bufi nefs of a feaman to mind state affairs, 370. Sent with a fleet into the Mediterranean, 1654, 372. Forces Algiers to fubmission, 1656, 373. Obliges Tunis and Tripoli to fubmit to him, 373. Obliges the Governor of Malaga to give up a priest who had beat fome failors for paying no refpect to a proceffion of the holt, 373Destroys Ff4 Deftroys the plate fleet of Spain, 1656, 375. Died at fea, and bu- Blackwell, Thomas, review of his Memoirs of the Court of Augustas, Black Friars Bridge, confiderations on the plans offered for the con- Blount, Martha, fome account of her acquaintance with Pope, iv. 85. Boetius, Hector (First Prefident of the King's College, Aberdeen), account about 21. 7 Boileau, his opinion of epick poetry, ii. 356. His fentiments on the power of diction, vii. 164. Bolingbroke, Lord, fuppofed to have declared his opinions to Mr. Hooke, though he concealed them from Pope, iv. 70. Pope leaves his MS. papers to him, 87. Burns 15co copies of the Patriot King, printed by Pope, without his knowledge, 88. Employs Mallett to traduce the memory of Pope, and Warburton defends it, 88. Leaves his works to Mallett, 284. Bombafine, Mrs. her character, v. 74. Books, the ftudy of them not fufficient to conftitute literary eminence, vii. 86. Obfervations on the multiplication of, viii. 343. Compilations in general ufelefs, 343. Multiplication of books distracts choice, and difappoints enquiry, 376. Of travels, moft generally read of any, and in general disappoint their reader, 386. How they tend to the civilization of mankind, ix. 150. The various motives to reading, 152. Bookfellers, their treatment of authors complained of, viii. 222. Boyle, Robert, philofophy much improved by his difcoveries, vi. 225. Brazil, account of the Indians on that coast, iv. 423. Brevity, on what occafions it is neceffary and useful in an author, v. 5. Bridges, confiderations on the ftrength of arches for bridges, x. 290. Brifol and London, delineated by Savage, iii. 356. Britain, Great. See Great-Britain. Brodeus, Græcorum epigrammatum verfiones metricæ, xi. 407. Brogues, thofe made ufe of in the ifles of Sky, defcribed, x. 373. Broom, Betty, hiftory of her life, viii. 100. Educated in a charity fchool, 10c. Objected to as a fervant, because she could read and work, 101. Goes to London, and an account of the various places fhe engaged in there, 102. 113. Five hundred pounds left her by her mistress, with which she refolves to retire into the country, and teach poor girls to read and write, 116. Broome, William. born in Cheshire, iii. 414. Educated upon the foundation at Eton, and fent to St. John's College, 414. In conjunction with Ozell and Oldisworth, tranflates the Iliad, 415. Aflifts Pope in the notes to the Iliad, 415. Some pieces of his poetry in Pope's Mifcellanies, 415. Affifts Pope in the tranflation of the Odyffey, 415. Affitted Pope in the notes to the Iliad, iv. 26. And in the tranflation of the Odyffey, 48. Wrote all the notes to the Odyffey, 49. Wrote the notes to Pope's Odyffey, 129. Browne, Edward, M. D. his life, iv. 603. Son of Sir T. Browne, born at Norwich, 1642, 603. Educated at Norwich, first entered at Cambridge, and removed to Oxford, 603. Travelled through Germany, Germany, Auftria, Hungary, and Theffaly, 1668 and 1669, 603 Browne, Sir Thomas, his life, iv. 581. Defcended from a family in 612. Browny (the fairy), account of, x. 448. Brun, Le, faying of Prior to the king of France on the paintings of, Buccarelli, the propriety of his attack of Fort Egmont confidered, x. 73. Buckingham, Edmund, Duke of, Pope's epitaph on him, with the Vi- Buckingham, John Sheffield, Duke of, characterizes Dryden under the |