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Chapter LIX: Part II: ib. 354

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Threnodia Augustalis, x, 79
the Hind and Panther, Part I. ib. 139
II. ib. 185
III. ib. 240
Britannia Rediviva, ib. 302
Mac-Flecknoe, a satire, ib. 441
the satires of Persius, xiii, 217, 227, 239, 248, 262, 274
Æneis of Virgil, xiv, 262, 322, 353, 424, 461, xv, 29, 62, 102, 183
and observations on Empress of Morocco, preface to, xv, 401, 405
postscript to, ib. 409
upon Dryden’s poems, extract of, i, 154

Notices of Dryden’s family, ib. 462

Nottingham, Earl of, account of, ix, 400

O.

Oates, Titus, account of, vol. ix, 282
pensioned by King William, viii, 464
North’s description of, ix, 355
fate of, ib. 356

Obscurity of Persius, xiii, 72

Observations on Du Fresnoy’s Art of Painting, xvii, 392

Obsolete language of Spenser, xiii, 19

Oblivion, act of, ix, 50

Odes, Songs, and Lyrical Pieces, xi, 161-191
on the death of Charles II., titles of some of, x, 59

Ode on the death of Mr Purcell, xi, 148
remarks on, ib. 145
in honour of St Cecilia’s day, ib. 183
set to music by Handel, i, 410
circumstances concerning composition of, i, 408
on the death of Dryden, xviii, 234

Œdipe of Corneille, character of, vi, 119

Œdipus, a tragedy, ib. 115
remarks on, ib. 117
preface to, ib. 124
prologue to, ib. 128
epilogue to, ib. 222
Tyrannus, of Sophocles, character of, ib. 117
Coloneus, character of, ib. 117

Ogleby, account of, x, 452

Old Testament, critical history of, x, 32

Oldham, John, account of, xi, 98
extract from the works of, ib. 100
elegy to the memory of, ib. 99

Oldys, Alexander, ode of, on the death of Dryden, xviii, 234

Opera of the State of Innocence, v, 89
Albion and Albanius, vii, 209
King Arthur, viii, 107

Opinion of Sir John Denham on verbal translation, xii, 14

Opinions of Freethinkers, x, 143

Order for the reformation of the stage, xviii, 152

Origin and nature of satire, xiii, 37
of dramatic performances among the Romans, xiii, 51
of mysteries or religious plays, xv, 247

Original prologue to Circe, x, 333
Tales of Chaucer, modernized by Dryden, xii, i-xci
prose works of Dryden, xv, 281

Originality of Shadwell, x, 418

Ormond, Duke of, account of, ix, 294, xi, 195
dedication to, ib. 195, xvii, 5
behaviour of, at the battle of Landen, xi, 202
Duchess of, dedication to, xi, 245

Orpheus Britannicus, dedication of, ib. 146

Orrery, Earl of, account of, ii, 113
dedication to, ib. 113

Osburne, Sir Thomas, vide Danby, Earl of

Ossory, Earl of, account of, ix, 299

Otho, character of, ib. 43

Ovid, account of, xii, 4
causes of the banishment of, ib. 5, 7
character of works of, ib. 8
epistles of, ib. 11

Ovid and Chaucer, parallel between, xi, 214

Ovid’s epistles, translations from, xii, 1-41
preface to, ib. 3
Epistle xi. Canace to Macareus, ib. 21
xvii. Helen to Paris, ib. 26
vii. Dido to Æneas, ib. 35
Metamorphoses, translations from, xii, 43-227
dedication to, ib. 47
remarks on, ib. 45
first book of, xii, 63
Golden Age, ib. 66
Silver Age, ib. 67
Brazen Age, ib. 68
Iron Age, ib. 68
Giant’s war, ib. 69
twelfth book of, ib. 156
Art of Love, translations from, xii, 229
Amours, translations from, ib. 257, 259

Oxford, University of, decree of, concerning non-resistance, x, 241
prologues spoken to, ib. 328, 358, 378, 385
epilogues spoken to, ib. 330, 360, 381
Parliament, King’s speech to versified, ix, 309

P.

Pacurius, the satirist, character of, xiii, 58

Pages, the sons of gentlemen, viii, 338

Painter, advice to a young, xvii, 377, 468

Painters of the two last ages, judgment of C.A. Du Fresnoy on, xvii, 489

Painting, Art of, xvii, 279, 339
and poetry, parallel of, ib. 286
invention necessary to, ib. 313
what is beautiful in, ib. 343
invention the first part of, ib. 347, 410
design the second part of, xvii, 349, 420
colouring the third part of, ib. 361, 450
passions to be expressed in, ib. 359

Palæmon, a pastoral, xiii, 378

Palæmon and Arcite, or the Knight’s tale, xi, 241
remarks on, ib. 243

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