Chapter XXIX: Part 29

Tories, their popularity and ascendency in 1710, ii. 175.
Tories of 1830 and Whigs of Queen Anne's time compared, 178, 179.
Description of them during the sixty years following the Revolution,
186.
Of Walpole's time, 238, 243.
Mistaken reliance of James II. upon, 340.
Their principles and conduct after the Revolution, 354.
Contempt into which they had fallen (1754), 698.
Clive unseated by their vote, 699.
Compared with the Whigs, iii. 592.
How regarded under the early Georges, 594.
Admitted to some positions under the Pitt-Newcastle coalition, 602.

Torture, the application of, by Bacon, in Peacham's case, ii. 404-408.
Its use forbidden by Elizabeth, 407.
Mr. Jardine's work on the use of it, 408.

Toulouse, Count of, compelled by Peterborough to raise the siege of
Barcelona, ii. 165, 166.

Towns, concentration in, important in mediaeval Italy, i. 144.

Townshend, Lord, his quarrel with Walpole and retirement from public
life, ii. 240.

Tragedy, how much it has lost from a false notion of what is due to
its dignity, ii. 514.

Treason, High, law passed at the Revolution respecting trials for,
ii. 351.

Triple Alliance, circumstances which led to it, ii. 527-531.
Its speedy conclusion and importance, 533-537.
Dr. Lingard's remarks on it, 533, 534.
Its abandonment by the English government, 540.
Reverence for it in Parliament, 546.

Tudor sovereigns, their government popular though despotic, ii. 76.
Dependent on the public favor, 80.
Parallel between the Tudors and the Caesars not applicable, 81.
Corruption not necessary to them, 209.

Turgot, M., ii. 121.

United Provinces, Temple's account of, a masterpiece, ii. 541.

United States, its growth in population considered, i. 636.

Utilitarians, their admiration for James Mill, i. 381.
Of little consequence, 422.
Their great principle, 449.
Their unfounded professions, 460.
Their argument for universal suffrage, 486.

Utility, the key of the Baconian doctrine, ii. 445.

Utrecht, Treaty of, exasperation of parties on account of, ii. 181.
Dangers that were to be apprehended from, 182.
State of Europe at the time, 182.
Defence of, 184-186.

Vane, Sir Harry, ii. 33.

Vansittart, Mr., his governorship of India, iii. 121.

Vendome, Louis, Duke of, takes the command of the Bourbon forces in
Spain (1710), ii. 173, 174.

Verres, extensive bribery at the trial of, ii. 431.

Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith's, error in regard to its date of
publication, i. 698.

Vices, effect of public sanction on, i. 162.

Vigo, capture of the Spanish galleons at, in 1702, ii. 157.

Villani, John, his account of Florence in the fourteenth century,
i. 148.

Villa-Viciosa, battle of (1710), ii. 175.

Virgil, idolized by Dante, i. 20.

Voltaire, compared to Byron, i. 596.
Horace Walpole's opinion of, ii. 198.
His partiality to England, 758.
Meditated a history of the conquest of Bengal, 758.
Acquaintance with Frederic the Great, iii. 254.
Ambassador to Prussia, 268.
His characteristics, 283.
Goes to Berlin, 285.
Quarrels with Frederic, 289.
Dismissed with indignities, 291.
Communication with Frederic renewed, 309.
His wit compared to Addison's, 445.

Waldegrave, Lord, made First Lord of the Treasury by George II.;
his attempt to form an administration, ii. 275.

Wales, Frederick, Prince of, joins the opposition to Walpole, ii. 244.
His marriage, 246.
Makes Pitt his groom of the bedchamber, 251.
His death, 257.

Wales, Princess dowager of, her influence on George III., iii. 606.

Waller, Edmund, his conduct in the House of Commons, ii. 329.

Walpole, Sir Horace, review of Lord Dover's edition of his Letters
to Sir Horace Mann, ii. 187-231.
Eccentricity of his character, 188, 189.
His politics, 190-192.
His affectation of philosophy, 192.
His unwillingness to be considered a man of letters, 193.
His love of the French language, 195.
Character of his works. 198-200.
His sketch of Lord Carteret, 225, 226.

Walpole, Sir Robert, cared little for literature, i. 719, 722.
His retaliation on the Tories for their treatment of him, ii. 182.
The "glory of the Whigs," 207.
His character, 207 _et seq._
The charge against him of corrupting the Parliament, 211.
His dominant passion, 212, 214.
His conduct in regard to the Spanish war, 213, 214.
Formidable character of the opposition to him, 215, 243.
Outcry for his impeachment, 217.
His last struggle, 218.
His conduct in reference to the South Sea bubble, 237.
His conduct toward his colleagues, 239-242.
Finds it necessary to resign, 252.
Bill of indemnity for witnesses brought against him, 253.

Walsingham, Earl of (16th century), ii. 93.

War, Art of, Machiavelli's, i. 175.

War, adaptability of a people to, i. 151.
In Greece, 152.
In the Middle Ages, 153.
With mercenary troops, 154.

War of the Spanish Succession, Lord Mahon's, review of, ii. 128-186.
_See_ Spain.

Warburton, Bishop, his views on the ends of government, ii. 605.
His social contract a fiction, 659.
His opinion as to the religion to be taught by government, 664.

Way of the World, Congreve's, iii. 94.

Wedderburne, Alexander, his able defence of Lord Clive, ii. 756, 757.
Urges Clive to furnish Voltaire with the materials for his meditated
history of the conquest of Bengal, 758.

Weldon, Sir A., his story of the meanness of Bacon, ii. 420.

Wellesley, Marquess, his eminence as a statesman, ii. 555.

Wendover, its recovery of the elective franchise, ii. 15.

Wentworth, Thomas. See Strafford.

Wesley, John, Southey's Life of, i. 500.
His dislike to the doctrine of predestination, ii. 653.

Whately, Richard, Archbishop of Dublin, his work on logic, ii. 481.

Wheler, Mr., appointed Governor-General in India, iii. 160.
Obliged to be content with a seat in the Council, 163.

Whigs, their unpopularity and loss of power in 1710, ii. 176, 177.
Their position in Walpole's time, 242-244.
Their violence in 1679, 325.
The king's revenge on them, 327, 328.
Revival of their strength. 329.
Their conduct at the Revolution, 343.
After that event, 352.
Doctrines and literature patronized by them during the seventy years
they were in power, 353, 354.
Mr. Courtenay's remark on those of the 17th century, 499.
Compared with the Tories, iii. 592.
Power of, injured by the fall of Walpole, 594.
Their power under the Pitt-Newcastle coalition, 599.
Influential members of the party, 600.
Their animosity excited by Bute, 624.

Whig and Tory, inversion of the meaning of, ii. 177.

Whitgift, master of Trinity College, Cambridge, his character,
ii. 372.
His Calvinistic doctrines, 653.

Wilberforce, William, describes Pitt's speech against Hastings,
iii. 219.

Wilkes, John, compared to Mirabeau, ii. 125, 126.
Attacks the princess dowager in print, iii. 626.
Persecuted by Grenville's government, 639, 642.
Flees to France, 643.
Trouble over his election from Middlesex, 678.

Wilkie's Epigoniad, compared with Fenelon's Telemachus, ii. 116.

William III., only one to derive glory from the Revolution, i. 366.
Perfidy of statesmen under, 368.
His feeling in reference to the Spanish Succession, ii. 140.
Unpopularity of his person and measures, 150.
Suffered under a complication of diseases, 151.
His death, 152.
Compact with the Convention, 343.
His habit of consulting Temple, 588.

Williams, Dean of Westminster, his services to Buckingham, and counsel
to him and the king, ii. 423, 424, 427.

Williams, Sir Charles, his lampoons, ii. 195.

Williams, Sir William, Solicitor-General, his character as a lawyer
and his view of the duty of counsel in conducting prosecutions,
ii. 394.

Wimbledon Church, Lord Burleigh hears mass at, ii. 67.

Windham, William, his opinion of Sheridan's speech against Hastings,
iii. 220.
His argument for retaining Francis in the impeachment against
Hastings, 222.
His appearance at the trial, 226.
His adherence to Burke, 233.

Witt, John de, power with which he governed Holland, ii. 525.
His interview with Temple, 529.
His manners, 533.
His confidence in Temple and deception by Charles's court, 538, 539.
His violent death, 542.

Wolfe, General, Pitt's panegyric upon, ii. 249.
His conquest of Quebec, and death, 276.
Monument voted to him, 277.

Wordsworth, William, his independence, i. 595.
A high priest of nature, 597.
Quoted, ii. 235.

Writing, grand canon of, ii. 129.

Wycherley, William, birth and education, iii. 63, 64.
Early plays, 65.
Connection with the Duchess of Cleveland, 66.
Naval adventures, 69.
Marries Lady Drogheda, 70.
Imprisoned for debt, 71.
Poetical work, 73.
Friendship with Pope, 74.
Death, 76.
Character and ability, 77.
Compared to Congreve, 77, 100.

Xenophon, his rank as an historian, i. 250.
Compared to Herodotus, 251.

Yonge, Sir William, ii. 242.

York, Duke of (afterwards James II.), ii. 552.
Anxiety excited by his sudden return from Holland, 580.
Detestation of, 580.
Revival of the question of his exclusion, 582. _See_ James II.

York House, the London residence of Bacon and of his father,
ii. 420, 442.

Young, Edward, pensioned by Walpole, i. 722.

Zohak, King, Persian fable of, ii. 640.

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