Stonehewer, Richard, references to, ii. | 144, 181, 188, 230, 264, 268, 273, 307, 373, 390, 395; iii. 37, 150, 173, 176. Story, A Long, i. 81.
editorial note on, i. 82.
occasion of its being written, ii. 228. not intended for publication, suffered to appear because Mr. Bentley's designs were not intelligible with- out it, iii. 268, 308.
Strathmore, John, ninth Earl of, his personal appearance, ii. 263. returns to College with his brother, ii. 307.
his coming of age, and biographical note, ii. 369.
his seat of Hetton, iii. 208. going abroad, iii. 21.
proposed voyage to Genoa, iii. 28. ill at Turin, iii. 98.
takes Gray to Scotland, iii. 208. his agricultural operations around Glamis, iii. 212.
approaching marriage, iii. 245. to be married in London, iii. 258. interesting condition of Lady Strath- more, iii. 268.
reference to, ii. 261; iii. 276. Strawberry Hill, bowl with Gray's lines on Walpole's cat at, i. 10. Stricklands, their family seat of Siserge, ii. 269.
chapel in Kendal church, ii. 269. Stuart, Mary, and her son, Robertson's History of, ii. 396.
Stuart, James ("Athenian Stuart "),
his work among the Antiquities of Athens, ii. 283.
Gray subscribes to his Attica, ii. 360; to his Antiquities of Athens, and desires a copy for Pembroke Hall, iii. 149-150.
successful architect, iii. 149. proposed to be consulted for Mrs.
Mason's monument, iii. 266. approves of Mason's sketch, iii. 272. Stuart, Mr., his duel with the Duke of Bolton, iii. 34.
Stuart of Cambridge, reference to,ii. 159. Studley, residence of Dr. Wharton, visited by Gray, ii. 240.
Stukeley, Dr., frequents the reading-
room of the British Museum, iii. 2. note on, iii. 2.
talks nonsense and coffee-house news at the Museum, iii. 5. Sturbridge fair, ii. 15.
Sturgeon, Roger, Fellow of Caius, ii.311. Suard, Madame, an acquaintance of Voltaire's, iii. 173.
Suarez, Countess of, entertains Gray at Florence, ii. 53.
Suffolk, Lord, his seat at Levens, i. 270.
Sully, Duke de, Gray's opinion of his Memoirs and character, ii. 281. Summers, Mr., recommended by Gray to Dr. Wharton for his skill in planting, iii. 292. Superstition, Gray's love of popular, iii. 222.
History of Witches and a History of Second Sight given by Beattie to Gray, iii. 222.
Surrey, Lord, his use of the Cæsura, i. 333.
his verse, i. 334. Swift on Money, ii. 155.
Swift's application of Herodotus's passage on feathers, ii. 240. Swift's history of the Tory administra- tion, ii. 360.
Swinburne, Lady, reference to, ii. 246. Swithin's Alley, fatal fire in, iii. 22. Switzerland,
Arve, river, banks of; at Geneva, ii. 38. description of, ii. 40. Geneva, its peasantry contrasted with those of Savoy, i. 245. Geneva, description of, ii. 37, 38. lake of, ii. 38-39.
its trout, i. 246; ii. 39. Gray obliged to forego his proposed visit to, iii. 403, 405. Syon Hill, Brentford, residence of Lord Holdernesse, iii. 15.
TACITUS, Gray's admiration of, ii. 104- 105.
whenever translated into English should be done freely, ii. 111. Davanzati's Italian translation of, ii. 111.
Tadcaster, beauty of country south of, ii. 247.
Talbot, Earl, Lord High Steward at coronation of George III., iii. 116. and barons of the Cinque Ports, iii.
and Alderman Beckford, iii. 116. his treatment while suppressing a riot, iii. 339.
Talbot, Thomas, Gray sends him a copy of The Odes, ii. 320.
his part in Rev. William Robertson's marriage, iii. 62.
reference to, ii. 379; iii. 176, 179. Tale of Sir Thopas, reference to the, i. 338.
Taliessin, chief of the bards, i. 49, 361. | Theodulus, his treatise De Contemptu prophecy that Welch should regain the sovereignty of Britain ful- filled, i. 48.
Tanner, Bishop, his article on Chaucer in Bibliotheca, i. 306.
Taroc, a game played in Turin, ii. 44. Tasso, translations from the Gerus of, i. 148, 151.
Taste, more difficult to restore than to introduce good taste to a nation, iii. 158. Tavistock, Francis, Marquis of, comes to Cambridge, ii. 309, 311. Taylor, Dr., attends Mrs. Charles York, ii. 401.
his opinion of a portrait in St. John's College, i. 311.
Taylor, J., Tracts by, ii. 119. Temple, Lancelot, see Dr. Armstrong. Temple, Lord, Head of the Admiralty, ii. 292.
Newcastle and Bute's opposition in council, cause of his resignation, iii. 123.
disinherits his brother, iii. 123. Temple, Mr., allusion to, iii. 241.
Rev. N. Nicholls mediates on his behalf with Lord Lisburne, iii. 287-289, 332-333.
Gray's opinion of the disagreement, iii. 302-303.
Gray would wish by all means to oblige him, iii. 336.
and Lord Lisburne, his distress of circumstances, iii. 402. Gray suggests application for chap- lainship of Leghorn on behalf of, iii. 402.
reference to, iii. 401. Temple of Tragedy, Gray busy in writ- ing the, iii. 187.
Templeman, Dr. Peter, keeper of the
British Museum reading-room, iii. 1. biographical note on, iii. 1.
translator of Norden's Travels in Egypt, ii. 194.
Tenducci, Ferdinando, reference to, ii.
Tent, Ode on a, William Whitehead's, ii. 220.
Tenter-grounds, description of, i. 268. Terrick, Bishop of London, reference to, iii. 202.
Thanet, Earl of, his castle at Skipton, i. 279.
Theatres, common, subject to outrage- ous riots, iii. 157. Theirre, Madame de, reference to, ii.128.
Thibaut, King of Navarre, i. 347. Thomas, Dr. John, Bishop of Lincoln,
translated to Salisbury, iii. 105, 114. Thomas, Dr., Master of Christ's College, rumoured to be Bishop of Carlisle, iii. 335, 337.
Thomas, Miss, singer, sung in the Installation Ode, iii. 343. Thompson, a friend of Gray's, ii. 63. Thomson, the poet, his fine description of a spirit, iii. 48.
Thorney, visited by Gray, iii. 366. Thrale, Mr., the brewer, reference to, i. 316.
Thrale, Mrs., calls Gray a merciless critic, iii. 399. Thurcaston, the living of the Rev. Mr. Hurd, ii. 326.
Thurlow's Papers, ii. 128. Thurot, hovering off Scotland, iii. 23. Thynne, Sir John, employed John of Padua at Longleat, i. 307. Tickell, Mr. Thomas, his poem on the peace of Utrecht, ii. 219.
his ballad of Colin and Lucy, ii. 219. Tolomei, Claudio, Bishop of Corsola, i. 342.
Tophet (an epigram), i. 139.
editorial note on, i. 139, Torrigiano, i. 319.
Tory Administration, Swift's History of the, in the press, ii. 360. Tour of the Lakes, Gilpin's, i. 279. Tour of the western counties, Gray's, iii. 379-381.
Townsend, Charles, William White- head's verses to, ii. 220. accepts office, but not what he as- pired to, ii. 292.
refused post of Secretary of State and a peerage, iii. 238. reference to his death, 282. Townsend, General, his relations with Wolfe before Quebec, iii. 25. adventure with an Indian boy, iii. 25. Tractatus, universi juris, published by Zilettus, ii. 368.
Traigneau, Professor, ii. 122. Translations, i. 143-160.
editorial note on, i. 144. Travelling, difficulty of, between Old Park and York, iii. 348. Travelling, On the Abuse of, by G. West, ii. 90.
Trebia, battle of, Elegiacs suggested by, i. 177.
Trevigi, Girolamo da, his style of draw- ing, i. 319.
Trevor, Dr. Richard, Bishop of St. | Union, The, a Scotch collection of David's and of Durham, ii. 241. poems containing Gray's Elegy, i. Trevor, Mr. (Hambden), designs some 227. wall-paper, iii. 121.
Trial of Scotch Lords, ii. 139. Trinity College, Cambridge, VIII. its benefactor, i. 95. Trip to Cambridge, or the grateful Fair, a comedy by Smart, ii. 162. Trissino, his invention of Blank Deca-
syllabic verse without Rhyme or Italian Heroic Measure, i. 343. Tristram Shandy, popularity of Sterne's, iii. 36.
much humour in, iii. 53. Triumphs of Owen, The, a fragment, i. 67.
editorial note on, i. 68. Trollope, Mr., referred to by Gray, ii.
117, 118, 121, 123, 138, 161, 164. at Dev'reux Court, ii. 159. Tucker, Dean of Gloucester, Warbur-
ton's remark to, ii. 327. Tudors, History of the, Hume's, ii. 396. Tully ad Familiares, Epistles of, by Rev. J. Ross, ii. 193.
Turner, Dr. Shallet, of Peterhouse, his declining health, iii. 21.
his death, iii. 136. Turnpike Riots at Leeds, ii. 240. Tuthill, Henry, Dr. T. Wharton's in- fluence solicited on his behalf, ii. 145.
biographical note, ii. 178.
elected a Fellow of Pembroke, ii. 188. Gray anticipates his success as a Tutor, ii. 197.
indebted to Dr. Keene's interest for his fellowship, ii. 201.
votes for Mr. Spencer at Pembroke College, ii. 228.
references to, ii. 138, 161, 197, 230, 264, 308.
Twitcher, Jemmy; or The Cambridge Courtship, i. 131.
editorial note on, i. 131.
Two Odes, a satire against Mason and Gray, iii. 53.
Tyre, Cardinal Archbishop of, ii. 62. Tyrrell, reference to young, iii. 208. Tyson, Mr., of Bene't College, his drawing for Tophet, i. 139.
UBALDINI, Ubaldino, verses by, i. 368. Union of poetry, music, and the dance with painting and architecture, might bestow the sublimest plea- sure, iii. 155.
causes to hinder, iii. 156.
Utrecht, T. Tickell's poem on the peace of, ii. 219.
VAGA, Perin del, reference to the painter, i. 321.
Valence or Valentia, Mary de, Countess of Pembroke, foundress of Pem- broke College, i. 95; ii. 280. Valet, The Lying, farce by Garrick, ii. 213.
Valkyriur, description of the, i. 55. Vane, Harry, Impromptu on, i. 140. journies to the north, ii. 238. reference to, ii. 178.
Vane, Rev. Mr., the younger, circum- stances of his ordination, ii. 231. ordained by the Archbishop of York, ii. 232.
Vanrobais, Madame, her famous manu- facture of cloth at Abbeville, iii. 358.
Vauxhall preferred to Ranelagh Gar- dens, ii. 125.
Vavasor, Mr., his residence of Weston, i. 280.
Velleron, Marquis de Cambis, The Pope's Lieutenant-General
Verneuil, Marqse. de, Henri IV.'s pro- posal to marry the, ii. 281. Verrio, Antonio, his paintings at Chats- worth, iii. 135.
Verse, Table of the measures of, with authorities and the order of the Rhymes, i. 343.
Vertue, George, his MSS. purchased by Walpole, i. 305.
his engravings of Chaucer, i. 306. known by Burroughs, Master of Caius, i. 307.
discovers John of Padua to be the architect of Somerset House, i. 307.
Ververt, by Gresset, ii. 184.
Verzenay, famous for red wine, i. 239. Vicissitude, Ode on the pleasure arising from, i. 123.
editorial note on, i. 123. Victory, popular superstition in Lyd- gate's time of decisive, i. 389. Villeneuve, Huon de, quotation from the verse of, i. 337. Villevielle, Marquis de, visits Gray, iii. 372, 374.
Villiers, Lord, his interest for Lord Nuneham, ii. 309, 311.
Vine, The, Mr. Chute's residence, iii.
Virgidemiarium, Bishop Hall's, Gray's opinion of, ii. 233.
Viry, Comte de, marriage of his son to Miss Speed, iii. 83.
value of his estate, iii. 83. Minister at Turin, iii. 236. Viry, Countess de, see Miss Speed. Vivares, Landscape painter, visits Mal- tham, i. 278.
Voix du Sage et du Peuple, reference to, ii. 229.
Voltaire, Crébillon's Catalina and, ii. 193.
Gray's opinion of, iii. 173, 192. gains restitution from the Parlia- ment and Court of France for the family of Calas, iii. 173.
his Philosophic Dictionary, iii. 187. his Lewis XIV., ii. 204. History of Crusades believed to be by, ii. 229.
his satire on Rousseau called Guerre de Geneve, iii. 271.
his Poeme sur la Desastre de Lisbon, ii. 285.
"He must have a very good stomach that can digest," iii. 378.
WAKEFIELD'S Life of Gray, reference to, ii. 124.
Waldegrave, Lord, Gray dines with himn in Paris, ii. 21.
marries Miss Maria Walpole-a hand- some couple, ii. 396.
Wales, Frederick Prince of, verses on the death of, ii. 119.
Walker, Dr. Richard, Fellow and Vice- Master of Trinity, his death, note on, iii. 188.
Wall-papers, reference to, iii. 110, 118- 119, 120-121.
Walpole, Sir Edward, marriage of his natural daughter Maria, ii. 396. Walpole, Horace, Earl of Orford, friend and schoolfellow of Gray, ii. 6. Inspector-General of Exports and Imports, ii. 13.
resigns and becomes Usher of the Exchequer, ii. 13.
travels with Gray through France, ii. 17.
resolves at wish of Sir Robert Wal- pole to visit Italy, ii. 39.
his spaniel "Tory" carried off by a wolf, ii. 40.
visits the Court of Turin, ii. 44. entertained by Prince Craon at Florence, ii. 52.
Walpole, Horace, entertained by Coun- tess Suarez, ii. 53.
his epistle to Mr. Ashton, ii. 90, 221, 225.
cause of Gray's quarrel with, ii. 124. Gray's reconciliation with, ii. 207. Gray visits him at Stoke, ii. 207. Gray visits him in Arlington Street, ii. 139.
his disposition towards Gray, ii. 143. takes a residence at Windsor, ii. 143. paper on Message Cards by, ii. 143. Advertisement on Good Breeding, ii. 143.
presents the Marquis Rinuccini, ii. 145.
Gray condoles with him on the loss of his cat and encloses the Ode, ii. 165.
MS. of the Ode on the death of Wal- pole's cat, i. 10.
elected a F.R.S., ii. 166. sends Gray a copy of Spence's Poly- metis, ii. 172.
Gray's Elegy in a churchyard sent for his criticism, ii. 210.
requested to ask Dodsley to print the Elegy, ii. 210.
Gray's Elegy first published by, with a preface, i. 72; ii. 211.
Gray sends a copy of Mason's Elfrida,
his fable of The Entail, ii. 214. Gray's advice upon the proposed Memoirs, ii. 215.
Epistle to Mr. Eckardt, the painter, ii. 221.
Gray's facetious enquiry concerning the Memoirs, ii. 226.
opinion of Gray's Long Story shown by his reply to Mrs. French, ii. 228. preserves the fragment of The Char-
acters of the Christ-Cross-Row, i. 210. letter in which Gray introduced them, i. 212.
requested not to preface the Poems with Gray's vignette, ii. 235. his opinion of Mr. Stonehewer, ii.
his Gothic residence, ii. 253. ill of a fever in London, ii. 272. asked to obtain the influence of Mr. Fraser and Duke of Bedford on be- half of Dr. Brown, ii. 289. prints Gray's Odes at his Twicken- ham Press, ii. 319, 322.
prints Gray's Bard for Dodsley, ii. 320.
his opinion of Mason's Caractacus, ii.
Walpole, Horace, prints Lord Whit-
worth's Account of Russia at Straw- berry Hill, ii. 373.
description of a new bed-chamber at Strawberry Hill, iii. 11.
nearness of his residence to Houns- low, iii. 15.
slight description of his Mosaic window, iii. 17.
consulted by Gray on the Erse frag- ments, iii. 45, 127.
his Anecdotes of Painting, its engrav- ings, iii. 125.
Gray's review of The Lives of the Painters, i. 304.
advice upon an editorship offered him by the Court, iii. 126. visits Gray at Cambridge, iii. 150. his new gallery all Gothicism, gold and crimson, iii. 150. purchased in Suffolk a waggon-load of old moveables, iii. 151. sends Gray a copy of the Castle of Otranto, and a pamphlet concern- ing libels, etc., iii. 191.
his career in Paris, 1765, his health in a deplorable state, iii. 236. sends Gray the Historic Doubts, iii. 303.
Gray's criticism of it, iii. 304-307, 134. Gray describes the London and Glas- gow editions of his Poems, iii. 308. referred to an ancient MS. in Benet Library, iii. 311.
criticised by Guthrie in the Critical Review, iii. 313.
his noted copy of Gray's Six Poems inserted in the Graiana of Mr. Mor- ris, iv. 340.
references to, i. 311; iii. 192, 225, 226, 227, 255, Walpole, Lord, of Wolterton, reference to, ii. 287.
Walpole, Sir Robert, Earl of Orford,
his seat of Houghton Hall, ii. 11. directs his son Horace to go to Italy, ii. 39.
Parliamentary inquiry into his con- duct, ii. 134.
Walpole, Lady, death of, ii. 9. Wanstead, reference to a house of Gray's at, ii. 263.
Want, the mother of inferior Art, i. 119.
Warburton, William, Bishop of Glou- cester, anecdote of, i. 127.
his Reflections on the Miraculous Powers, ii. 128.
defence of Pope, ii. 131. admires Gray's Odes, ii. 325.
Warburton, William, his knowledge of Druidical and Celtic belief, ii. 351. his New Legation, ii. 369.
his remarks on the Deans of Glou- cester and Bristol, ii. 327. his criticism of Gray's Odes, ii. 341. and Hurd's criticism of Caractacus called that of Prior Park, ii. 393. breaks his arm in Prior Park, iii. 145.
his sermon to the Court against illi- terate preferment, iii. 202. attacked by Dr. Louth, iii. 224. reference to, iii. 117, 129. Wardlaw, Lady, her ballal of Hardi- canute, iii. 45.
Warton Crag, near Lancaster, i. 270. Warton, Joseph, reference to his poem of the Enthusiast, ii. 121. his Poems, ii. 159.
receives MS. of Gray's Amatory Lines from Mr. Leman, i. 137. Warton, Thomas, Gray's esteem of his talents, and upon request sends him a Design for a History of Eng- lish Poetry, iii. 365.
his qualifications as the Historian of English Poetry, i. 53.
Warwick, description of, and its castle, ii. 256-257.
church, Earls of Warwick buried in, ii. 257.
Water-glasses, see Glasses. Waterland, Dr. Daniel, reference to, ii. 169.
his Scripture Vindicated, ii. 215. Water Nymph, Mason's Ode to a, ii.
Watson, Mr., public tutor of Lord Richard Cavendish, iii. 331. Weather record-
July-August, 1759, iii. 13. September-November, 1759, iii. 18. April-June 3, 1760, iii. 54-55. January 1761, iii. 92.
February-April, 1763, iii. 153-154. January-March, 1766, iii. 368-369. November 3-December 14, 1767, iii. 293.
January-April 1770, iii. 368. Weddell, William, of Newby, reference to, iii. 197.
with Rev. Norton Nicholls, iii. 240. reference to, iii. 266.
at York, iii. 284.
Welsh fragments, i. 129-130. editorial note on, i. 129. language, remarks on, i. 381.
Wemyss, Earl of, his second son takes
the name of Charteris, i. 275.
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