Albion and Albanus, an opera, vii, 209 remarks on, ib. 211 verses in ridicule of, ib. 213 prologue to, ib. 228 frontispiece to, ib. 231 epilogue to, ib. 268 Albumazar, character of, x, 416 prologue to, ib. 416' Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music, an ode, xi, 183 Alexandrine, uncommon one of Tom Brown, ix, 415 Alexis, a pastoral, xiii, 374 All for Love, or, the World Well Lost, a tragedy, v, 285 remarks on, ib. 287 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 296 preface to, ib. 306 prologue to, ib. 321 epilogue to, ib. 411 original performers in, ib. 294 character of, i, 238 Allen, Sir Thomas, enterprise of, ix, 177 Dryden's worst play, ib. 4 remarks on, ib. 3 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 5 prologue to, ib. 10 epilogue to, ib. 87 American colonies, a refuge for the disaffected, x, 394 Amours (Ovid's) translations from, xii, 257 Amphitryon, or the two Sosias, a comedy, viii, 1 remarks on, ib. 3 letter and verses on, ib. 5 epistle dedicatory to, ib, 7 epilogue to, ib. 106 Amyntas, a pastoral elegy, xi, 139 Anabaptists, account of, x, 145 Anachronism of Virgil defended, xiv, 176 Ancient political satire of Reynard the fox, x, 155 Ancient armour, rivetted after put on, xi, 363 Ancients, excelled by the English in dramatic writing, xv, ceremonies observed by, on escape from ship- Andronicus, Livius, first author of a play in Roman repub- account of, ib. 54 Anecdote traditionary of Ben Jonson, i, 18 James I. ib. 13 Anecdote of Robert Keies, i, 23 Dryden's brothers and sisters, ib. 25 Southerne, ib. 237 Jacob Tonson, ib. 389 Dryden, ib. 390 Dryden and Jacob Tonson, ib. 391 Heliodorus, vi. 126 Andrew Naugeria, ib. 370 a Scottish judge, ix, 20 the Earl of Shaftesbury, ib. 265 Charles II., ib. 413 the Loyal Brother, x, 370 Angelo, Michael, character of, ib. 489 Animadversions, Dryden's, on Milbourne, i, 403 Annus Mirabilis, the year of wonders, 1666, an historical Dryden's first poem of consequence, ib. 83 dedication of, ib. 89 notes on, ib. 158 aecount of, in a letter to Sir Robert Howard, ib. 9 Answer of Samuel Pepys to a letter of Dryden's, xviii, 156 Dryden's Medal, extracts from, ix, 452 the Medal, ib. 255 Apology for heroic poetry, and poetic licence, v, 105 to Dryden's works, xviii, 183 No. I. Dryden's degree of master of arts, ib. 185 No. III. Dryden's agreement with Jacob Tonson No. IV. Mr Russel's bill for Dryden's funerals, Description of Dryden's funeral, ib. 195 No. VI. Monument in the church at Tichmarsh, No. VII. Extract from an epistolary poem to No. IX. Verses occasioned by reading Dryden's No. X. Ode on the death of Dryden, by Alexan- Application of the Hind and the Panther censured, x, 90 defended, ib. 91 the fable of the Swallows, ib. 253 Appointment of Dryden to the office of poet-laureat, and fasts and thanksgivings belongs only to the Apprentices duty in ancient times, vi, 382 Archbishop Sancroft, account of, ix, 301 Spottiswoode, account of, xvii, 159 Argument of the fable of the Flower and the Leaf, xi, 354 and Athanasius, controversy between, ib. 15 Aristotle's division of the integral parts of a play, xv, 312 Armour, ancient, rivetted after put on, xi, 363 Armstrong, Sir Thomas, account of, xv, 204 stabs Mr Scroop, x, 327 Art of Love, Ovid's, translations from, xii, 229 Painting, by C. A. Du Fresnoy, translation of xvii, Arthur, or the British Worthy, viii, 107 Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery, a comedy, iv, 343 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 348 prologue to, ib. 356 epilogue to, ib. 447 Associating club, account of, vii, 154 Association for the defence of Queen Elizabeth ix, 422 Aston, account of, xv, 204 Astrea Redux, a poem, ix, 25 remarks on, ib. 27 Astrea Redux, notes on, ix. 41 Astrological observations of John Silvester, extract from, X, 421. Astrology, Dryden's belief in, xviii, 207 Athanasius and Arius, controversy between, x, 15 Attack on Dryden, xi, 237 Shakespeare, by Ben Jonson, xv, 344 upon Blackmore and Collier, in the prologue and Attacks, poetical, against Dryden, specimen of, ib. 350 Attempt, Shaftesbury's, to alter the succession, ix, 268 remarks on, ib. 169 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 174 prologue to, ib. 188 epilogue to, ib. 282 Authority of Dryden in Will's Coffee-house, i, 371 Author's apology for heroic poetry, and poetic licence, v, 105 Aylesbury, Earl of, account of, xv, 207 B. Bacon, Friar, anecdote of, vol. vii, 10 Ballad of College, the Protestant joiner, vii, 5 The Brawny Bishop's Complaint, x, 270 Bancroft, John, account of, ib. 412 Banishment of Ovid, causes of, xii, 5-7 Bathurst, Ralph, account of, x, 330 Character of Latin compositions of, x, 332 Battle, a poem, extract from, ix, 398 of four days, ix, 168-174 of Landen, behaviour of the Duke of Ormond at, xi. 202 of Senneph, ib. 233 Baucis and Philemon xii, 109 Beaufort, Duke of, account of, ix, 390 noble house-keeping of, ib. 391 Beaumont and Fletcher, character of, xv, 352 |