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Louvois, French Minister of War, ii. 231.
Advises the devastation of the Palati-
nate, 494. His jealousy of Lauzun, 527,
iii. 259. His advice to James II., ii.
540. Provides means for the siege of
Mons, iii. 379. His death, 533. His
talents as War Minister; adverse to
the plan of invading England, 534.
His plot for the assassination of Wil-
liam, 584.

Love, honourable and chivalrous, unknown

to the Greeks, vii. 621. The passion
as delineated in the Roman poets, 621.
What is implied in the modern sense
of the word love, 621. Change under-
gone in the nature of the passion of
love in the middle ages, 622.
"Love for Love," Congreve's, vi. 518.
Its moral, 535.

"Love in a Wood," when acted, vi. 504.
Lovelace, John, Lord, ii. 265. Rises for
William, 266. Made prisoner, 266.
Liberated by the people of Gloucester;
marches to Oxford, 293. His threat to
the Lords, 379.

Low Church party, ii. 434-456.
Lowick, Edward, his share in the assassina-

tion plot, iv. 211. Executed, 232.
Lowndes, William, his mistaken views of
the currency, iv. 194. Locke's refuta-
tion of, 195.

Lowther, Sir John. See Lonsdale, Earl of.
Loyola, his energy, vi. 468, 479.

Lucas, Charles, character of his Irish
patriotism, iii. 455.

Lucas, Lord, appointed Lieutenant of the
Tower, ii. 310.

Ludlow, Edmund, refuses to take part in

the Whig plots, i. 416. His Swiss re-
tirement, iii. 199. Returns to London,
200. Proclamation for his apprehen-
sion, 201. His flight; his tomb at
Vevay, 201.

Lumley, Richard, Lord, i. 462. Pursues
Monmouth, 479. Joins the revolu-
tionary conspiracy, ii. 196 Signs the
invitation to the Prince of Orange, 197.
Seizes Newcastle for William, 292.
Lundy, Robert, appointed Governor of
Londonderry by Mountjoy, ii. 513.
Professes his adherence to the Govern-
ment of William and Mary, 524. Re-
pulsed by Hamilton at Strabane, 543.
His treachery, 545, 546. His flight,
547. Sent to the Tower, 574.
Lunt, turns informer against Lancashire
Jacobites, iv. 107. His evidence at
Manchester, 111.

Luther, his declaration against the an-

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cient philosophy, vi. 211. Sketch of
the contest which began with his
preaching against the Indulgences, and
terminated with the treaty of West-
phalia, 464-481.

Luttrell, Colonel Henry, ii. 557. His
intrigues at Limerick, iii. 424. De-
puted to St. Germains, 425. Opens a
correspondence with the English, 442.
Deserts James; assassinated, 450.
Luttrell, Colonel Simon, ii. 557. Ejects
the Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin,
571. Governor of Dublin for James,
iii. 283. A member of the deputation
from Limerick to St. Germains, 425.
Remains faithful to James, 450.

Luttrell, Narcissus, his diary, ii. 400

note.

Luxemburg, seized by Lewis XIV., i. 217.
Luxemburg, Francis Henry, Duke of, gains
the battle of Fleurus, iii. 278. Commands
at the siege of Mons, 379. His cam-
paign against William III. in Flanders
417. Covers the siege of Namur, 573
His personal peculiarities, 577. Receives
information of the Allies' plans, 578
Surprised by William at Steinkirk, 580.
Retrieves the day, 582. Advises Lewis
XIV. to give battle, iv. 18. Threatens
Liege, 19. Gains the battle of Landen,
21-23. His inactivity after the battle,
25. His campaign of 1694, 106. His
death, 123.

Lycurgus, his mistaken principles of legis-

lation, vii. 692. His system of domestic
slavery, 77.

Lyme Regis, Monmouth lands at, i. 446.
Lyons, cruelties of the Jacobins at, vii.

161. Barère's proposal to utterly an-
nihilate it, 164.

Lysander, depressed by the constitution
of Lycurgus, vii. 690.

Lysias, anecdote by Plutarch of his speech
for the Athenian tribunals, vi. 327.
Lyttelton, Lord, vi. 77.

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At the battle of Killiecrankie, 87. His
quarrel with a Lowland gentleman, 335.
At the conference at Glenorchy, 513.
Takes the oaths to William III.'s
Government, 516. Examined by the
Glencoe Commissioners, iv. 150.
Macdonald, Colin of Keppoch, iii. 61.
Threatens Inverness, 62. Joins Dun-
dee, 63. Examined by the Glencoe
Commissioners, iv. 150.

Macdonald of Sleat, iii. 65. Retires from
the Highland army, 98.
Macdonalds, their ancient ascendency in
the Highlands, iii. 54. Their claim to
be Lords of the Isles, 59. Their feud
with the citizens of Inverness, 61.
Macflecnoe of Dryden, character of the,
v. 120.

Machiavelli, his Works, by Périer, v. 46.

As
His

General odiousness of his name and
works, 46, 47. Suffered for public
liberty, 47. His elevated sentiments
and just views, 47. Held in high esti-
mation by his contemporaries, 48. State
of moral feeling in Italy in his time,
50. His character as a man, 63. As
a poet, 64. As a dramatist, 65.
a statesman, 62, 69, 76, 78, 80.
Prince, 75. Excellence of his precepts,
76. His candour, 78. Comparison
between him and Montesquieu, 78. His
style, 79. His levity, 80. His his-
torical works, 80. Lived to witness the
last struggle for Florentine liberty, 81.
His work and character misrepresented,
82. His remains unhonoured till long
after his death, 82. Monument erected
to his memory by an English nobleman,
82. Character of his history, 145.
Mackay, General Andrew, ii. 254. His
skirmish with the Irish troops at Win-
canton, ii. 277. Sent by William III.
to Scotland, iii. 29. His campaign
in the Highlands, 67. His plan for a
fortress at Inverlochy, 68. Suspends
operations, 75. Marches northwards,
84. Arrives at Killiecrankie, 86. De-
feated by Dundee, 88. His retreat, 90,
91. Reorganises his force, 95. Defeats
the Highlanders at St. Johnston's, 96.
Thwarted by the Scotch administration,
98. Supported by William, 98. Builds
Fort William, 335. Serves under Ginkell
in Ireland, 428. Forces the passage of
the Shannon at Athlone, 433. Turns
the Irish flank at Aghrim, 438. At the
battle of Steinkirk, 581. His fall, 582.
Mackenzie, Mr., his dismissal insisted on
by Grenville, vii. 252.
Mackenzie, Henry, his ridicule of the
Nabob class, vi. 442.
Mackenzie, Sir George, Lord Advocate, i.
616. Dismissed, 616. Hated by the

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Covenanters, iii. 24. His speech in the
Scotch Convention against the deposi-
tion of James II., 31.

Mackintosh, Sir James, his collection of
Newsletters and other documents, i.
305 and note, 344 note. His opinion
on the Roman Catholic question, ii. 61.
Review of his History of the Revolution
in England, vi. 76-134. Comparison
with Fox's History of James II., 76.
Character of his oratory, 79. His con-
versational powers, 80. His qualities
as a historian, 81. His vindication

from the imputations of the editor, 84,
88-95. Change in his opinions pro-
duced by the French Revolution, 84.
His moderation, 87, 88. His historical
justice, 94. Remembrance of him at
Holland House, 542.
Mackintoshes (the), iii. 60.

Maclachlan, Margaret, murder of, i. 391.
Maclean, Colonel, agent in England for
Warren Hastings, vi. 572, 580.
Macleans (the), iii. 56, 66.
Macnaghtens (the), iii. 56, 65.
Macpherson, his forgery of Fingal, vii.
350. Threatens Dr. Johnson, 350.
Madras, description of it, vi. 384.
capitulation to the French, 386. Re-
stored to the English, 387.

Its

Madrid, bread riots in, iv. 470. Capture
of, by the English army, in 1705, v. 668.
Magdalene College, Cambridge, MSS. at,

i. 239 note. See Pepysian Library.
Magdalene College, Oxford, ii. 99. Its
loyalty, 100. Its wealth; vacancy of
the Presidency, 101. The Fellows cited
before the High Commission, 103. In-
terview of the Fellows with James II.,
107. Penn's negotiations with, 108,
109 and note, 110 and note. Special
commissioners sent to, 111. Bishop
Parker installed President, 112. The
Fellows ejected, 114, vii. 55. Turned
into a Popish seminary, ii. 115. Con-
cessions of James in regard to, 241.
Announced restoration of the Fellows,
243. Addison's connection with it, 56.
Mahommed Reza Khan, his character,
vi. 555. Selected by Clive, 557. His
capture, confinement at Calcutta, and
release, 557, 559.

Mahon, Lord, review of his History of the
War of the Succession in Spain, v. 638,
684. His qualities as a historian, 638,
640. His explanation of the financial
condition of Spain, 645. His opinions
on the Partition Treaty, 648, 650. His
representations of Cardinal Porto Car-
rero, 658. His opinion of the peace
on the conclusion of the War of the
Spanish Succession, 677. His censure
of Harley, 677; and view of the re-

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semblance of the Tories of the present
day to the Whigs of the Revolution,
677, 678.

Mahrattas, sketch of their history, vi. 390,

583. Expedition against them, 584.
Maine, Duke of, a natural son of Lewis
XIV., iv. 156. His cowardice, 160.
Maintenon, Madame de, saves Trêves
from destruction, ii. 495. Uses her
influence with Lewis XIV. to recognise
James III., iv. 540. Her boast as to
religion in her time, vi. 500.

Malaga, naval battle near, in 1704, v.
662.

Malcolm, Sir John, review of his Life of

Lord Clive, vi. 381-453. Value of his
work, 382. His partiality for Clive, 410.
His defence of Clive's conduct towards
Omichund, 418.

Malkin, Sir Benjamin Heath, epitaph on,
viii. 590.

Mallet, David, patronage of, by Bute, vii.
231.

Maloney, an Irish bishop, i. 642 note.
Malthus, Mr., attacked by Mr. Sadler, v.
420.

Man, the contemplation of, the noblest

earthly object of man, vii. 614.
Manchester, Charles Montague, Earl of,
joins the rising for the Prince of
Orange in the North, ii. 276. Sent
ambassador to Paris, iv. 466. Sends
news to William III. of the proclama-
tion of James III., 545. Recalled from
Paris, 546. His patronage of Addison,
vii. 64, 72.

Manchester, Countess of, vii. 64.
Manchester, i. 266. Special commission
at, in 1694, iv. 110. Acquittal of the
prisoners, 111.

Mandeville, his metaphysical powers,
v. 5.

Mandragola (the), of Machiavelli, v. 64.
Manheim, destroyed by the French, ii.
495.

Manilla, capitulation of, vii. 225.
Manley, John, his speech against the at-
tainder of Fenwick, iv. 277.
Mannerism of Johnson, v. 536.
Mansfield, Lord, vii. 227. His character

and talents, vi. 56. His rejection of
the overtures of Newcastle, 64. His
elevation, 64. Character of his speeches,
vii. 265. His friendship for Hastings,
vii, 616.

Manso, Milton's Epistle to, v. 8.
Mansuete, Father, ii. 47.
Manufactures and commerce of Italy in
the fourteenth century, v. 52, 53.
Manufacturing system (the), Southey's
opinion upon, v. 338. Its effect on the
health, 340.
Manufacturing and agricultural labourers,

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comparison of their condition, v. 340,
342.
Manufactories, wages in, i. 326. Ballads
regarding, 326 note. Children's labour
in, 327.

Marat, his bust substituted for the statues
of the martyrs of Christianity, vi. 486.
His murmurs against Barère, vii. 152.
His death, 153 note.

Marcet, Mrs., her Dialogues on Political
Economy, v. 4.

Marcellus, the counterfeit oration for,
vii. 284.

March, Lord, a persecutor of Wilkes, vii.
244.

Marie Antoinette, Queen, Barère's account
of the death of, vii. 129. Brought be-
fore the Revolutionary Tribunal on the
motion of Barère, 155. Her execution,
155.

Marino, San, visited by Addison, vii. 69.
Marlborough, mound at, i. 227 note.
The Duke of Somerset's house at, iii.
329.

Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of;
his rise and character, i. 358, v. 221.
Ambassador extraordinary to France,
i. 360. His operations against Mon-
mouth, 462. At the battle of Sedge-
moor, 474. His pity for the convicted
rebels, 504. Sits on the trial of Lord
Delamere, 552. His communications
with Dykvelt; his motives for deserting
James II., ii. 74. His letters to Wil-
liam III., 78, 222. Conspires against
James, 267. Attends James, 270.
His desertion, 279. Commands the
English brigade under Waldeck; re-
pulses the French at Walcourt, iii.
147. Complaints of his avarice, 148.
His relations with the Princess Anne,
241. Supports the Abjuration Bill,
252. One of the Council of Nine,
269. Advises the sending reinforce-
ments to Ireland, 318. His expedi-
tion to Ireland, 330. His dispute with
the Duke of Wurtemberg; takes Cork,
331. Takes Kinsale, 331. His re-
ception by William on his return,
332. Hated by the Jacobites; his ties
to William, 412. Seeks an interview
with Colonel Sackville; his pretended
repentance for his desertion of James
II., 412. His treasonable betrayal of
secrets, 413. His promises to James,
414. Receives a written pardon from
James, 415. Accompanies William to
the Continent, 415. His correspond-
ence with James, 416. His plot for
the restoration of James, 489.
culates on the army's jealousy of fo-
reigners, 491. Distrusted and betrayed
by the Jacobites, 492, 493. Disgraced,

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494. Various reports of the cause of
his disgrace, 494. His signature forged
by Robert Young, 556. Sent to the
Tower, 559. Released; public feeling
in favour of, 561. Robbed by highway-
men, 593. Excites discontent against
the Dutch, 601. His opposition to Go-
vernment, 629. His communications
with Middleton, iv. 9. Supports the
Bill for regulating State Trials, 75.
Betrays the intended expedition to
Brest, 99, 100 and note. His motives,
102. Offers his services to William,
and is rejected, 103. Change in his
views caused by the death of Mary, 141.
Promotes the reconciliation of the
Princess Anne with William, 143.
Implicated in Fenwick's confession, 260.
His demeanour, 262. His speech in
the House of Lords, 288. William III.'s
reconciliation with, 417, 418. His mo-
tives for fidelity, 418. His support of
the Court, 457. Uses his influence in
favour of Burnet when attacked in the
House of Commons, 517. His share
in passing the Resumption Bill, 535.
His baseness, v. 228. His conversion
to Whiggism, 676. His acquaintance
with the Duchess of Cleveland, and
commencement of his splendid fortune,
vi. 506. Notice of Addison's poem in
his honour, vii. 78.
Marlborough and Godolphin, their policy,
vii. 73.

Marlborough, Sarah, Lady, ii. 75. Her

influence over her husband, 76. Her
friendship with the Princess Anne, 77.
Her influence over the Princess, iii. 240.
Her wilfulness, 241. Her love of gain,
242. Forms a princess's party, 244.
Attends the Princess Anne to Kensing-
ton, 496. Her friendship with Con-
greve, vi. 530. Her inscription on his
monument, 531. Her death, 53.
Marsh, Bishop, his opposition to Calvin-
istic doctrine, vi. 368.
Marsiglia, battle of, iv. 318.
Marston Moor, battle of, i. 93.
Martinique, capture of, vii. 225.

Martin's illustrations of the Pilgrim's

Progress, and of Paradise Lost, v. 445,
446.

Martyn, Henry, lines to, viii. 543,
Marvel, Andrew, vii. 60.

Mary, Queen, her plea for fanaticism, v.
608.

Mary of Modena, Queen, her rapacity, i.
508. Obtains an assignment of rebel
prisoners, 508. Rapacity of her maids
of honour, 509. Her jealousy of Cath-
arine Sedley, 577. Her dislike of Ro-
chester, 579. Suspected to have been
bribed by Tyrconnel, 642. Her preg-

nancy, ii. 120.

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Birth of her son, 160

Her flight; her reception by Lewis
XIV., 345. Her letters to her corre-
spondents in London betrayed to William
III., iii. 264. Her letter to Montgomery,
344. Gives birth to a daughter, 539.
Question respecting her jointure, iv.
318, 319 note. The payment of her
jointure made conditional on the remo-
val of James II. from St. Germains,
397. Her interview with Madame de
Maintenon, 540.

Her

Mary, Princess (afterwards Queen), edu-
cated a Protestant, i. 165. Marries
William of Orange, 178. Specimen of
her careless use of the English language,
308 note. Her relations with her hus-
band, ii. 10. Which are cleared up by
Burnet, 15. Her attachment to her
husband, 16. Her disapproval of the
Declaration of Indulgence, 59. Sub-
scribes for the ejected Fellows of Mag-
dalene College, 115. Concurs in her
husband's enterprise, 198. Her wrongs
at the hands of her father, 198.
husband's ascendency over her, 359.
Detained in Holland, 377. Her letter
to Danby, 380. Declared Queen; ar-
rives in England, 389. Her demeanour
and its motives, 390. Proclaimed Queen,
399. Her popularity and amiable qua-
lities, 438, 439. Sets the fashion of
taste in china, 442. Her coronation,
490. Proclaimed in Scotland, iii. 31.
Accepts the crown of Scotland, 35.
Orders the arrest of suspected persons,
274. Her anxiety during the Irish
campaign, 305. Receives tidings of
William's wound, and subsequently of
his victory at the Boyne, 306. Her so-
licitude for her father's safety; reviews
the volunteer cavalry at Hounslow, 311.
Her interview with the Princess Anne
on Marlborough's treason, 494. De-
mands the dismissal of Lady Marl-
borough, 496. Incurs blame for her
treatment of her sister, 497. Her con-
duct to suspected officers of the navy,
546. Receives a loyal address from
them, 547. Her measures for the relief
of the wounded in the battle of La
Hogue, 552, 553. Her reply to the
merchants' address on the loss of the
Smyrna fleet, iv. 29. Attacked by the
small-pox, 116. Her death, 118. Ge-
neral sorrow, and exultation of the ex-
treme Jacobites, 118. Her funeral, 119.
Greenwich Hospital established in
honour of her, 121. Effect of her death
in Holland; in France, 122. A lock of
her hair found on William III. after his
death, 556.
Marylebone, i. 274.

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Masque, the Italian, v. 12.
Massachusets, charter of, question regard.
ing, i. 214.

Massey, John, a Roman Catholic, made
Dean of Christchurch, Oxford, i. 589.
Massillon, his character of William III., ii.
21 note.
Massinger, allusion to his Virgin Martyr,
v. 45.
His fondness for the Roman
Catholic Church, 607. Indelicate writ-
ing in his dramas, vi. 493.
Mathematics, comparative estimate of, by
Plato and by Bacon, vi. 213, 215.
Matthieson, John, his "Dying Testimony,"
iii. 350 note.

Maumont, Lieut. General, ii. 527, 544.
Directs the siege of Londonderry; killed.
552.

Maurice, Prince of Orange, i. 170.
Maximilian of Bavaria, vi. 474.
Maxims, general, their uselessness, v. 76.
Maxwell, Thomas, iii. 424. Defends the

ford of the Shannon at Athlone, 430.
Taken prisoner, 433.
Maynard, Sir John, his great age, and
eminence as a lawyer, i. 540. Waits on
William Prince of Orange at St. James's,
ii. 334. Appointed Commissioner of
the Great Seal, 415. His speech on the
conversion of the Convention into a Par-
liament, 422.

Maynooth, Mr. Gladstone's objections to

the vote of money for, vi. 370. Speech
on the Maynooth College Bill, viii. 302.
Mayor, Lord, of London, his state, i. 277.
Mazarin, Duchess of, i. 335.
Mecca, vi. 455.

Medals, Addison's Treatise on, vii. 58, 72.
Medici, Lorenzo de. See Lorenzo de Me-
dici.

His

Medicine, science of, its progress in Eng-
land in the 17th century, i. 320. Com-
parative estimate of the science of, by
Plato and by Bacon, vi. 217, 219. Pe-
trarch's invectives on, vii. 631.
Meer Cossim, his talents, vi. 431.
deposition and revenge, 431.
Meer Jaffier, his conspiracy, vi. 413. His
conduct during the battle of Plassey,
415. His pecuniary transactions with
Clive, 421. His proceedings on being
threatened by the Great Mogul, 424.
His fears of the English, and intrigues
with the Dutch, 425, 426. Deposed
and reseated by the English, 431. His
death, 433. His large bequest to Lord
Clive, 439.

Megrigny, French engineer officer in Na-
mur, iv. 159.
Melancthon, v. 591.

Melbourne, Lord, speech on the motion as
to want of confidence in the ministry of,
viii. 160.

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Melfort, John Drummond, Lord, i. 609.
His apostacy to Popery, 609. His un-
popularity, ii. 379. Attends James II.
to Ireland, 528. His unpopularity, 540.
Advises James to go to Ulster, 541.
His indignation at the conduct of Rosen,
578. His letters to Dundee and Bal-

carras, iii. 63. Dismissed by James
II., 134. His letter to Mary of Mo-
dena, 304. Made a Knight of the
Garter at St. Germains, 540. Tho
author of James's Declaration, 541.
His advice respecting the second De-
claration, iv. 10.

Melgar, Count of, a Spanish Minister, iv.

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Memoirs of Sir W. Temple, review of, vi.
246-325. Wanting in selection and
compression, 246.

Memoirs of the Life of Warren Hastings,
review of, vi. 543-712.

Memoirs, popularity of, as compared with
that of history, v. 154, 156.
"Mémorial Antibritannique" (the), of
Barère, vii. 192.

Memory, comparative views of the impor-
tance of, by Plato and by Bacon, vi.
217.

Menander, the lost comedies of, vii. 90.
Mendoza, Hurtado de, v. 642.

Mentz, recovered from the French by the
Duke of Lorraine, iii. 146.
Mercenaries, employment of, in Italy, v.
57. Its political consequences, 57. And
moral effects, 58.

Meres, Sir Thomas, i. 398.

Metaphors, Dante's, vii. 612.

Metaphysical accuracy incompatible with
successful poetry, v. 17.

Metcalfe, Sir Charles, his ability and dis-
interestedness, vi. 453. Epitaph on,
viii. 593.

Methodists, their early object, vi. 467.
Mew, Peter, Bishop of Winchester, i. 469.
Lends his horses for the artillery at
Sedgemoor, 475. Prevented by illness
from attending the meeting of bishops,
ii. 149. Visitor of Magdalene College,
241. Prepares to restore the Fellows of
Magdalene; summoned to London, 243.
Appointed a member of the Ecclesiasti-
cal Commission, iii. 173. Officiates at
the consecration of Tillotson, 393.
Mexico, exactions of the Spanish viceroys

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