Chapter LIV: Book I: xiv, 231, notes on, ib. 262

II. ib. 264
III. ib. 296, note on, ib. 322
IV. ib. 324 ib. 353
V. ib. 355
VI. ib. 388, notes on, ib. 424
VII. ib. 429 ib. 461
VIII. xv, 1 xv, 29
IX. ib. 30 ib. 62
X. ib. 64 ib. 102
XI. ib. 105
XII. ib. 143, notes on, ib. 183
Postscript to, xv, 187

Agathias, epigram of, xvii, 76

Age of Queen Elizabeth, false wit one character of, i, 7
share of John Lillie in determining the taste of, ib. 7
James I. prevalence of false taste in, i, 9
play of words in, ib. 10

Age, golden, xii, 66
silver, ib. 67
brazen, ib. 68
iron, ib. 68

Agreement of Dryden with Jacob Tonson concerning the Fables, xviii, 191

Ajax and Ulysses, speeches of, xii, 181
death of, ib. 198

Albemarle, Duke of, gallant actions of, ix, 168-171
account of, ib. 394

Albion and Albanus, an opera, vii, 209
remarks on, ib. 211
verses in ridicule of, ib. 213
preface to, ib. 216
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

Almanzor and Almahide, a tragedy, Part I. iv, 1

Amaryllis, or third idyllium of Theocritus, xii, 287

Amboyna, or the cruelties of the Dutch to the English merchants, a
tragedy, v, 1
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
prologue to, ib. 12
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
British custom, xviii, 120

Ancients, excelled by the English in dramatic writing, xv, 396
ceremonies observed by, on escape from shipwreck, ix, 34, 44

Andronicus, Livius, first author of a play in Roman republic, xiii, 54
account of, ib. 54

Anecdote traditionary of Ben Jonson, i, 13
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
Gilbert Burnet, ib. 371
Charles II., ib. 413
Nell Gwynn, ib. 426
Peter Fabel, vii, 10
Friar Bacon, ib. 10
the Loyal Brother, x, 370
John Hales, xv, 351

Angelo, Michael, character of, ib. 489

Animadversions, Dryden’s, on Melbourne, i, 403

Animosity to Dryden of Elkanah Settle, rise of, xv, 398

Annals or commentaries, what, xvii, 56

Annus Mirabilis, the year of wonders, 1666, an historical poem, ix, 81
Dryden’s first poem of consequence, ib. 83
remarks on, ib. 83
dedication of, ib. 89
notes on, ib. 158
account of, in a letter to Sir Robert Howard, ib. 92
character of, i, 61

Answer of Samuel Pepys to a letter of Dryden’s, xviii, 156
to the preface of the Great Favourite, or the Duke of Lenna, ii, 265
Dryden’s Medal, extracts from, ix, 452
Rymer’s remarks, heads of, xv, 385
the Duchess of York’s paper, xvii, 194
Absalom and Achitophel, i, 253
the Medal, ib. 255

Apology for heroic poetry, and poetic licence, v, 105

Apostle of the Indies, St Francis Xavier, life of, xvi, 1

Appeal to honour and justice, extract from, x, 387

Appendix to the Fables, containing the original tales of Chaucer,
modernized by Dryden, xii, i-xci.
to Dryden’s works, xviii, 183
No. I. Dryden’s degree of master of arts, ib. 185
No. II. Dryden’s patent as poet-laureat, and historiographer-royal,
ib. 187
No. III. Dryden’s agreement with Jacob Tonson concerning the Fables,
ib. 191
No. IV. Mr Russel’s bill for Dryden’s funerals, ib. 194
Description of Dryden’s funeral, ib. 195
No. V. Mrs Thomas’s letters concerning Dryden’s death and funeral,
ib. 200
No. VI. Monument in the church at Tichmarsh, ib. 215
No. VII. Extract from an epistolary poem to Dryden, occasioned by
the death of the Earl of Abingdon, by William Pitts, ib. 218
No. VIII. Extracts from poems attacking Dryden for his silence upon
the death of Queen Mary, ib. 222
No. IX. Verses occasioned by reading Dryden’s Fables, by Mr Hughes,
ib. 227
No. X. Ode on the death of Dryden, by Alexander Oldys, ib. 234

Application of the Hind and the Panther censured, x, 90
defended, ib. 91
justified, ib. 197, 240
the fable of the Swallows, ib. 253

Appointment of Dryden to the office or poet-laureat, and
historiographer-royal, i, 115
fasts and thanksgivings belongs only to the king, ix, 388

Apprentices duty in ancient times, vi, 382
loyal, dinner, ix, 396

Archbishop Sancroft, account of, ix, 301
Spottiswoode, account of, xvii, 159

Argument of the fable of the Flower and the Leaf, xi, 354

Arius, doctrine of, x, 146
and Athanasius, controversy between, ib. 15

Aristotle’s division of the integral parts of a play, xv, 312

Arlington, Earl of, account of, ix, 395

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, 279, 339
remarks on, ib. 281
observations on, ib. 392
when translated, i, 405
Poetry, xv. 227
remarks on, ib. 229