date of his death, iii. 164.
Mason, Rev. William, inventor of a | May, Dr. Samuel, reference to, ii. 280.
musical instrument called a
"zumpe" or "celestinette," iii. 267.
his derivation of "zumpe," iii. 267.
Dr. Brown and Gray the guests of,
Gray criticises an Epitaph written at
the Archbishop's request, iii. 274-
275, 278.
remonstrated with upon withdrawal
of the Epitaph, iii. 276.
reference to another Epitaph that
moved Dr. Wharton to tears, iii. 276.
Cambridge society anxious to see
him, iii. 296-297.
with Stonehewer at Queen Street in
London, iii. 317.
informed of Gray's appointment as
Professor of Modern Languages,
iii. 322-323.
rectory of Oddington in his gift, iii.
reported to be married, iii. 331.
complaint of his circulation of Gray's
lines on Lord Holland's seat, iii. 334.
Gray cannot visit him from Old Park
owing to difficulty of road to
York, iii. 348.
Gray tells him of his travels in the
western counties, iii. 381.
passes the winter in Curzon Street,
iii. 404.
references to, ii. 251, 260, 261, 262,
283, 285; iii. 1, 15, 50, 63, 65, 97,
131, 149, 150, 282, 296, 297, 303.
see also Caractacus.
Materialism, discourse on, ii. 373-375.
Mathematics, Gray's aversion to, ii. 5.
Mathias, T. J., first publishes the Essay
on Norman Architecture, i. 294.
observations on English metre, i. 324.
his 4tc edition of Gray forms the
basis of Mr. Morris's Graiana, iv.
Mattei, Colomba, her success as a
singer, ii. SO.
Maty, Matthew, M.D., librarian of
British Museum, iii. 6.
Maurus, Rhabanus, Archbishop of
Mentz in 847, his Glossary of the
Bible, i. 363.
May, Ode on, Gray praises Richard
West's, ii. 112.
May 29th, Latin poem on the, i. 166.
May, N., quarrels with Dr. Long, ii.
interests himself on behalf of C.
Smart, ii. 178.
May, Dr. Samuel, Fellow of Pembroke,
ii. 288.
May, Thomas, precedes Gray as a
dramatiser of Agrippina, ii. 106.
Maynard, Lord, his seat near Dunmow,
iii. 139.
patron of Richard Forrester, iii. 139.
Mead, Dr. Richard, his corpulence, ii.
117.
Méchant, Le, comedy by Gresset, ii. 183.
Villemain's praise of, ii. 183.
Gray recommends it, ii. 184.
Mediocrity, Gresset's Ode on, ii. 184.
Melara, a favourite of Benedict XIV.,
ii. 93.
Melbourne, first Lord, a son of Sir
Matthew Lamb, ii. 346.
Melmoth, William, author of Sir Thos.
Fitzosborne's Letters, ii. 222.
Melpomene, an Ode, Gray enquires who
wrote it, ii. 338.
Gray thanks Mason for the history of,
ii. 338.
Melton, Archbishop of York, built the
Minster nave, iii. 147.
Memoires, Duclos's, ii. 291.
de la Porte, ii. 291.
de Madame Staël, ii. 291.
Memoirs, Ludlow's, ii 128.
Memoirs of a celebrated Literary and
Political Character, ii. 293.
Memory, half a word written
near the spot worth a cartload of
recollection, ii. 380.
Merope, by Aaron Hill, acted on behalf
of C. Smart, ii. 391.
Merveille, Arnauld de, his metre, i. 334.
Message-cards, paper in Museum on, by
H. Walpole, ii. 143.
Metaphysics, Gray's dislike of, ii. 5.
Methodism, Pembroke College owes
its preservation from fire to, iii. 301.
Methodist singing-man, reference to a,
iii. 297.
Metre, observations on English, i. 323-
409; editorial note, i. 324.
use of the Anglo-Saxon prefixes, i.
use of final syllable of verbs, i. 326-
327.
termination of "an" or "eon" omit-
ted after settlement of Danes, i. 327.
insertion or omission of mitial or
final letters intended to perfect
the measure, i. 327.
use of the Cæsure, i. 329-330, 332, 333.
example from Milton, i. 332.
example from Lord Surrey, i. 333.
Ryme Dogrell, i. 330, 339.
examples from Fabian, i. 330.
Metre Alexandrines, i. 331, 357.
the decasyllabic measure, i. 333.
example from Wyatt, i. 334.
example from Surrey, i. 334.
example from Spenser, i. 341.
heroic measure of the Italian, i. 334.
Riding Rhyme, i. 335, 336, 339.
example from Chaucer, i. 335.
example from Spenser, i. 339.
attempt to introduce the hexameter,
sapphic, etc., in the reign of Eliza-
beth, i. 341.
Measures of Verse, i. 343-360.
Rime Plate of the French, i. 343.
Versi Sciolti of the Italians, i. 343.
Ottava Rima of the Italians, i. 347.
Terzetti, or Terza Rima, its invention,
i. 348.
Sonnet, its invention, i. 349.
Sestine, i. 350.
Canzoni of the Italians, i. 351.
Octosyllabic, i. 353.
of the Vision of Pierce Plowman, i,
Metre of Lydgate's time uniform to
the ear, if not to the eye, i. 393.
Michell, Mr., an acquaintance of Dr.
Wharton, i. 262.
Middleton, Mr., his residence near
Burnley, i. 280.
Middleton, Dr. Conyers, his Cicero,
ii. 128.
his work on the Roman Senate, ii.
163, 175.
presented with a sinecure by Sir J.
Frederick, ii. 163.
his Inquiry into the Miraculous Power
of the Church, ii. 163.
his income, ii. 164.
Gray laments his death, and the loss of
an old acquaintance, ii. 199; iii. 151.
his writings analysed by Mr. Leslie
Stephen, ii. 199.
Thomas Asheton writes against, ii.
210.
opposes Dr. Waterland's Doctrine of
the Trinity, ii. 215, 216.
his Miscellaneous Works, ii. 215.
his influence on the Essay on the
Philosophy of Lord Bolingbroke, i.
Midridate, Prince, reference to, ii. 227.
Milbourne, Mr., Fellow of Pembroke,
ii. 288.
Mildmay, Sir Anthony, his portrait in
Emanuel College, i. 310.
Mildmay, Sir Walter, founder of
Emanuel, his portrait in that Col
lege, i. 310.
Minden, French storm, ii. 402.
victory at, iii. 8.
Mingotti, famous singer, ii. 282, 305;
iii. 20, 21.
Ministry, probable change of, iii. 153.
their narrow majorities, iii. 168.
altogether by the ears, so are the
Opposition, iii. 181.
subversion of, on its last legs, iii.
204.
position of, in Dec. 1767, iii. 293, 294.
Minorca, reference to its loss by
Admiral Byng, ii. 284.
Miraculous Powers in the Church, Free
Inquiry into the, by Dr. C. Mid-
dleton, ii. 164.
Miraculous Powers, Warburton on, ii.
128.
Mirepoix, Madame de, daughter of
Prince Craon, ii. 85.
Mirror of Magistrates, a supplement to
The Fall of Princes, i. 409.
Mitford relates the cause of R. West's
death, ii. 113.
Mob Grammar, The.
Gray, i. 142.
worth £400 a year, iii. 326.
Money, its effect, ii. 155.
Mongon, Abbe de, Memoires of, ii. 200.
Monosyllables, their prevalent use in
rhyme, i. 396.
Montagu, Duke of, his preservation of
Kirkstall, i. 281.
Montagu, Frederick, Gray in town with,
ii. 284.
Gray sends him a copy of The Odes,
ii. 320.
proposed visit with Gray to Cam-
bridge, iii. 104.
obtains the Residentiary of York for
Mason, iii. 82.
appointed an executor to Sir William
Williams, iii. 104.
Montagu, Frederick, induces Gray to
write an Epitaph on Sir William
Williams, i. 128; iii. 109.
Montagu, Frederick, of Paplewick.
Did he write Melpomene? ii. 338.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, public
opinion of her poems, ii. 222.
story of her fictitious gift to Com-
modore Barnet, iii. 91, 100.
story related by Lord Camelford
to her parsimony, iii. 99-100.
her Dialogues of the Dead, iii. 42.
Montagu, Wortley, his death, iii. 90.
his wealth and testamentary be-
quests, iii. 90-91, 99.
Montesquieu's L'Esprit des Lois, its
effect on Gray, i. 113; ii. 191, 193,
his Voix du Sage et du Peuple, ii.
229.
Monthly Review, matter relative to G.
Colman, Mason, and Gray, ii. 57.
Moore, Edward, his comedy of Gil
Blas, ii. 213.
Moorfields, penny literature sold on
the rails of, ii. 258.
Mora, Madame de, at Miss Chudleigh's
ball, iii. 62.
Moral and Political Dialogues, by Hurd,
ii. 325.
Morceau, first part of Gray's Bard, ii.
266.
Mordaunt, Sir John, to take part in a
secret military expedition, ii. 320.
his part in the attack on Rochefort,
ii. 342.
Morley, his proposed marriage, ii. 165.
Morrice, Gil, or Child Maurice, the old
ballad of, ii. 316.
Morris, Mr. John, description of his
fine collection of Graiana from the
Dawson-Turner and Dillon collec-
tions. iv. 339-343.
Morris, Lewis, on ancient British
poetry, i. 382.
Mortimer, Edmond de, i. 42.
Morton, Dr. Charles, of British Museum,
reference to, and note on, iii. 117.
Muffs worn by the countrymen in
France (1739), ii. 19.
Mugherino tree, reference to a, ii. 126.
Müller, J. S., engraver of the initial
letters in Gray's Elegy, ii. 234.
Murdin's, William, Collection of Eliza-
bethan State Papers, ii. 396.
Murray, Mr. John, possessor of the
MS. of Gray's Journal in France, i.
xvii., 236.
Murray, William, Solicitor-General, and
Lord Balmerino, ii. 142.
Musgrave, J., his verses on the death
of Frederick, Prince of Wales, ii.
Music, Mason's Essays on Church, ii. 242.
Music, MS., enumeration of the valu-
able collection made by Gray in
Italy, and sold at Mitford's sale,
iii. 164.
Musical composition, English language
not adapted to, iii. 158.
Expression, Avison's Essay on, iii.
242.
glasses, see Glasses, water, iii. 125.
NARES, Archdeacon, his opinion of
Lady Hervey, iii. 62.
Natural history, Gray's keen observa-
tions in, iii. 383.
Needham, Mr., tutor to Lord Gormans-
town, his discovery and interpreta-
tion of an ancient inscription, iii. 85.
Netley Abbey, references to and de-
scription of, ii. 266; iii. 177-178,
180.
Nevelois, Jean li, his poem of La Vie
d'Alexandre, i. 357.
Neville, F., his verses on the death of
Frederick, Prince of Wales, ii. 119.
Neville, Thomas, of Jesus College,
Gray shows him the Bard, ii. 314.
biographical note on, ii. 314.
Gray sends him a copy of The Odes,
ii. 320.
he and the old musicians do not
appreciate Carlo Bach, iii. 164.
New Bath Guide, by C. Anstey, iii. 240,
Newcastle, Gray and Dr. Wharton visit,
iii. 281.
Newcastle, Duke of, his journal going
to Hanover, one of the lost pieces
of Gray, i. 142.
installation as Chancellor of Cam-
bridge University, ii. 195.
laying a foundation-stone at Cam-
bridge, and Gray's desire to avoid
him, ii. 259.
probable interest on behalf of Mr.
Addison, ii. 288.
called by Gray the fizzling Duke, and
by Dr. Warner Hubble-bubble, ii.
368.
probable visit to Cambridge to open
a new library, ii. 368.
Gray does not stay to receive him at
Cambridge, ii. 370.
his remark to Bishop Yonge, ii. 371.
effect of his sister's death upon the,
ii. 402,
Newcastle, Duke of, attends divine ser-
vice since the death of his sister,
Lady Castlecomer, iii. 3.
his fear of spirits, iii. 3.
Lord Holland's character of, iii. 42.
Gray calls Cambridge "old Fobus's
owl's nest," iii. 45.
reference to, as Fobus, ii. 353; iii. 50,
63, 76, 105.
talks of resigning, iii. 76.
references to, ii. 193, 204.
Newcombe, Dr. John, Master of St.
John's College and Dean of
Rochester, his death and bio-
graphical note, iii. 189.
Gray sends him a copy of The Odes,
ii. 320.
Miss Kirke and Richard Beadon his
executors, iii. 189.
New Legation, by Dr. Warburton, ii.
369.
Newmarket, tapestry of the marriage
of Henry VI. in the Red Lion Inn
at, iii. 307.
Gray and the King of Denmark at,
iii. 330.
Duke of Cumberland at, iii. 66.
Newnham, Lord, in ill health, iii. 224;
see also Nuneham.
Newspapers in London of 1761, iii. 123.
Newton appointed Bishop of Bristol
and residentiary of St. Paul's, iii.
105.
offered the Archbishopric of Armagh,
iii. 201.
Niccolina (opera singer), her justness
of ear, vivacity and variety of ges-
ture, iii. 157.
her victory over a prejudiced audi-
ence, iii, 157.
Nicholls, Dr., expelled from Cambridge
for stealing books, iii. 245.
Nicholls's, Rev. Norton, verses on birds
composed in his hearing, i. 139.
thanks Gray for Mason's hospitality
at York, iii. 191.
illness and recovery of his mother,
iii. 238.
at Studley, iii. 240.
Gray's letter of sympathy on loss of
his uncle, Governor Floyer, iii. 248.
his probable succession of Dr. Rid-
lington, iii. 254.
advice as to obtaining occupation,
and his interim acceptance of a
curacy, iii. 254.
presented by his uncles to the
rectories of Sound and Bradwell,
Suffolk, iii. 260.
rents a seat at Blundeston, iii. 260.
Nicholls, Rev. Norton, Gray congratu
lates him on his rectory, iii. 284.
Gray advises him as the mediator
between Lord Lisburne and Mr.
Temple, iii. 287-289, 332-333.
Gray's opinion of the dispute, iii.
302-303.
offered a travelling companionship
by Mr. Barrett, iii. 324.
invitation and acceptance to visit
Cambridge, iii. 330, 337, 382-383.
congratulated by Gray on having a
garden, ii. 342.
agrees to visit Wales with Gray in
the summer of 1770, iii. 363.
invited by Gray to go a tour in mid-
land counties, iii. 375.
accompanies Gray thither, iii. 380.
Gray advises him of the French
classics, iii. 389.
intention to visit Bonstetten in
Switzerland, iii. 394.
urged to curb Bonstetten by his
counsel, iii. 401.
Gray asks for minute details of his
travels, iii. 406.
his MS. Recollections of Gray, in the
possession of Mr. John Morris, iv.
343.
Mr. John Morris possesses Gray's
MS. letters to, iv. 340.
Niflheimr, the hell of Gothic nations,
i. 61.
Niphausen mentions that the King of
Prussia will issue an account of
his campaign, ii. 372.
Noble, Mr., reference to, ii. 294.
Nonius, Marcellus, his couplet on a
dimple, ii. 113.
Noontide, an Ode (Ode on the Spring),
i. 3.
Norden, Frederick Ludvig, his Voyage
d'Egypte et de Nubie, ii. 194; iii. 1.
tutor to Count Daniskiold, ii. 194.
Norfolk, History of, reference to Blome-
field's, ii. 377.
Norman architecture, see Architecture.
Norris, Thomas, soprano, took part in
the Installation Ode, iii, 343.
Northamptonshire, crops later than
in Buckinghamshire, ii. 258.
Northington, Earl of (Lord Chancellor),
gives a sinecure to Mason, iii. 139.
Norton, Sir Fletcher, Solicitor-General,
political opponents shrink under
his brazen hand, iii. 172.
anecdote of his parsimony, iii. 176.
Notredame, Jean de, reference to his
Lives of the Provençal Poets, i.
Nourse, Peter, of St. John's College, | Onley, Charles, agrees to become tutor
Gray sends him a copy of The Odes,
ii. 320.
Nova Acta Eruditorum, reference to, ii.
294.
November 5th, Latin poem on, i. 167.
Nugent, Robert Craggs, Earl, his
elegiac verse, ii. 180.
his Ode to Pulteney, ii. 220.
Nuneham, Lord, Gray's opinion of, ii.
sent by Stonehewer to Gray, ii. 310.
his appearance and conversation, ii.
310.
reference to, ii. 328.
Nunziata, Zoto del, painter, i. 320.
Obscurity and Oblivion, two Odes in
ridicule of Gray and Mason, iii. 41,
Occleve, his portrait of Chaucer, i.
305-306.
Ode in the Greek manner, see Progress
of Poetry, i. 28.
Ode (to his embryo muse), i. 205-207.
editorial note on, 205.
Odes, the Pindaric (The Fatal Sisters
and The Descent of Odin), reason
for the notes to, iii. 289-290.
Odes, printed by Walpole and pub-
lished by Dodsley, ii. 319, 321, 322.
public opinion on, ii. 323-326.
admired by Garrick and Warburton,
ii. 325.
Gray received forty guineas for, ii.
330.
slow sale of, iii. 53.
meant to be vocal to the intelligent
alone, iii. 148.
Odikle, Gray's nickname for The Bard,
i. 40.
Odin, The Descent of, an Ode, i. 59.
editorial note on, i. 60.
Ogden, Dr., his quarrel at the Com-
mons, iii. 63.
his estimation of the Rev. Mr. Lud-
lam, iii. 144.
to young Ponsonby, iii. 67.
Onslow, Mr. (the Speaker's son), Groom
of the Bedchamber, ii. 290.
Opera house, popularity in 1761, iii. 80.
success maintained by a few par-
ticular voices rather than by
genuine love for Italian music, iii.
Orthography of the text, i. xvi.
Osborn, reference to, iii. 69.
Ossian, Poems of, see Erse and Mac-
Pherson.
Otfrid of Weisenburgh, his paraphrase
of the Gospels in rhyme, i. 363.
quotation from, i. 363.
Ottava Rima Measure, its introduc-
tion, i. 347.
Ottoboni, Cardinal Pietro, death of, ii.
63.
Owen, The Triumphs of, a fragment, i. 67.
Owl. Gray keeps one, and compares
it to himself, ii. 369.
PAGANINI, Signora, her appearance in
burlettas, iii. 77.
Gray delighted with her excellence,
iii. 81.
Painted glass, see Glass.
Painters, Gray's Essay to Walpole on his
Lives of the, i. 303-321.
MS. of the Essay possessed by Mr.
Morris, iv. 340.
Painting and sculpture; hard to say
why they have made no advance
in England, iii. 158.
Paintings, Gray's table of subjects,
suitable for the style of various old
masters, iii. 194-197.
Palgrave, Rev. William, at Scar-
borough, ii. 378.
Fellow of Pembroke College, and
rector of Palgrave and Thrande-
ston, ii. 379.
Gray writes him a facetious letter
enquiring about his Scotch tour,
ii. 379.
entertains Rev. J. Brown, iii. 38.
his MS. diaries, iii. 70.
at Geneva, and travelling through
Switzerland, iii. 174.
Gray gives him detailed advice of the
places he should visit in France
and Italy, iii. 193-196.
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