Critical and Historical Essays Volume 5 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: annexation to the British domi- nions, IV. 291. "Benefits of the Death of Christ," IV. 12I. Benevolences, Oliver St. John's op- position to, and Bacon's support of, III. 49. Bengal, its resources, III. 33; et seq. Bentham, his language on the French revolution, II. 285. Bentham and Dumont, II. 184. Bentinck, Lord William, hia me- mory cherished by the Hindoos, IV. 90. Bentivoglio, Cardinal, on the state of religion in England in the 16th century, II. 103. Bentlcy, Richard, his quarrel with Boyle, and remarks on Temple's Essay on the Letters of Phalaris, III. 245; his edition of Milton, III. 248; his notes on Horace, III. 248; his reconciliation with Boyle and Atterbury, III. 249. Berar, occupied by the Bonslas, IV. 267. Berwick, Duke of, held the Allies in check, 1I.145; his retreat before Galway, II. 154. Bickerstaff, Isaae, astrologer, V. 117. Biographia Britannica, refutation of a calumny on Addison in, V. 156. Biography, tenure by which a writer ofis bound to his subject, III. 24I. Bishops, claims of those of the Church of England to apostolical succession, III. 298?306. Black Hole of Calcutta described, IV. 36, 87; retribution of the English for its horrors, IV. 38, 39. 44?47. Blackmore, Sir Richard, his attain- ments in the ancient languages, V. 77. Blackstone, II. 348. Blasphemous publications, policy of Government in respect to, I. 245. Blenheim, battle of, V. 97; Addison employed to write a poem in its honour, V. 99. Blois, Addison's retirement to, V. 85. "Bloomsbury gang," the denomi- nation of the Bedfords, V. 171. Bodley, Sir Thomas, founder of the Bodleian library, III. 49. 90. Bohemia, influence of...