Erse Poems, Gray obtains from Scot- | Exhibition of pictures for the first land, and reviews a third speci- inen, iii. 47-48.
said to be translated by Macpherson, but Gray is much exercised as to their authenticity, iii. 51-52. publication of, iii. 56-57. David Hume's opinion as to their genuineness, cites persons who be- lieve in their antiquity, iii. 59, 65. subscription on foot to enable Mac- pherson to recover further frag- ments, iii. 59, 65.
Gray more puzzled than ever about their antiquity, iii. 61. second edition published, iii, 65, 69. admires nothing but "Fingal," iii. 84. Hurd writing against, iii. 129.
Gray's scepticism apparently re- moved, iii. 148.
Erskine, Sir Henry, surveyor of roads, iii. 72.
unsuccessfully endeavours to obtain an appointment for Gray, iii. 72, 136.
his marriage, iii. 104. Escalopier, Peter L', Theologia Vettm. Gallorum by, ii. 294.
Esher, Cardinal Wolsey's villa at, ii. 253. Essex, Lady, death of the gay, ii. 401. dies in childbirth, iii. 3. Essex, Lord, attempted suicide of Lady M. Capel, his sister, ii. 274. Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times, by Rev. J. Brown, its popularity, ii. 310.
Estrées, Mad. d', and Henri IV., ii. 281. Eton College, fever among the boys of, ii. 340.
Eton College, Ode on the distant prospect of, i. 15-21.
editorial note on, i. 16. Etough, Rev. Henry, i. 139. Etrées, Marshal d', sends his surgeons to attend the Duke of Cumberland,
ii. 321. Ettrick, Mrs., sister to Dr. Wharton, references to, iii. 199, 200, 245, 320, 404.
Eusden, Rev. Laurence, poet laureate, ii. 345.
Evans, Dr., Gray's opinion of, ii. 220. Evelyn's work on Forest Trees; quota-
tion from relative to locality of the Elm, ii. 247.
Evil, The Origin of, by Soame Jenyns, ii. 310.
Dr. Johnson reviews it, ii. 310. settled Mr. Dodsley's conscience, ii. 310.
Eyres, Mr., reference to, iii. 319.
FABIAN, Alderman, extract from the Prologue to his Chronicle, i. 330. Fairfax, Thomas, Lord, monument of, in Ottley Church, i. 280. Fall of Princes, see Lydgate. Farinelli (Carlo Broschi), sopranist, ii. 22, 57; iii. 80.
Farnham, Lord, insulted by an Irish mob, iii. 26.
Fashion of the country, the custom and dress of the previous genera- tion of the town, i. 404.
Fatal Sisters, The, an ode, i. 51-58. editorial note on, i. 52. paraphrase of " Darradar Liod," i. 52. Fauchet, President, reference to his Catalogue of Poets, i. 364.
his opinion that the rhyme of the Franks was largely borrowed by other nations, i. 368. Favonius, see West, Richard. Fawkes, Mr., his residence at, i. 280. Fellow-Commoners of Cambridge, their
riotous conduct, ii. 164. Female sex, satire on, its gradual ex- tinction, i. 405.
Fen country visited by Gray, ii. 367. Fénel, Abbé, his Religion and Opinions of the Gauls, ii. 362-363. Ferdinand, Prince, preparing for a battle in Westphalia, ii. 402. his victory at Minden, ii. 7, 8. his conduct in Germany, iii. 27. his reward for Minden, iii. 27. treatment of Lord George Sackville, iii. 28.
Ferguson, Adam, his Essay on the His- tory of Civil Society, Gray's opinion of it, iii. 279.
Ferrers, Lord, his trial, iii. 35. Mason and Stonehewer present, iii.
burning of his cell during his trial, iii. 35.
Field, Mr., friend of Dr. Wharton and of Gray, iii. 49.
Gray obtains some soap from him as a remedy for gout, etc., ii. 277. Fielding, Henry, Gray's opinion of Joseph Andrews, ii. 107.
and a paper on Message Cards, ii. 143. Finch, E., appointed surveyor of roads, iii. 72.
Fine Arts, see Paintings.
Fischer's concert, and Gugnani, iii. 317.
Fisher, Bishop, supposed portrait in St. John's College of, i. 311. Fitzherbert, Thos., his second son dies from amputation of his leg, iii. 272. Fitzmaurice, Lord William, his rapid
military promotion, iii. 76. Fitz-Osborne's, Sir Thomas, Letters on various Subjects, by William Mel- moth, iii. 222.
Fitzroy, Mr., reference to, iii. 76. Flaubert, his temperament akin to Gray's, ii. 8.
Fleece, The, by John Dyer, ii. 345. Fleming, Sir Michael, his seat of Ri- dale-hall, i. 266.
Floods, great, in the country (1770), iii. 387.
Florence, A Farewell to, i. 181. Floyer, Governor, death of, iii. 249. Floyer, Miss (cousin to Rev. Norton
Nicholls), reference to, iii. 317. "Fobus," see Duke of Newcastle, refer- ences to, ii. 353, 370, 371; iii. 45, 50, 63, 76, 105. Folcacchio de Folcacchieri, early Italian poet, i. 352,
Foljambe, Francis F. H., note on, iii.
has given Gray a specimen of natural history, which is a "jewell of a pismire," iii. 383.
his disappearance, iii. 384. Folk-lore, vision seen in Caithness on de-
feat of Sigurd, Earl of Orkney, i. 54. Fontenelle, Gray's opinion of his man- ner of style, iii. 166.
Ford, Miss, a performer on musical glasses, iii. 124.
Foreigners, natural aversion to, iii. 156. Forrester, Rev. Richard, Fellow of Pembroke, ii. 288.
death of his sister, ii. 318.
vacates his fellowship and goes to Ashwell, Herts, ii. 346.
his patron, Lord Maynard, promotes him from Easton, iii. 140.
mortal foe of his brother "Poulter," iii. 140.
reference to, iii. 63.
Forster, Mrs. (née Pattinson, Gray's
cousin), returns from India, ii. 201. to accommodate some of Gray's lum- ber, ii. 385.
Gray has kissed her at Dr. Wharton's instance, and forgot old quarrels, iii. 322.
Fortescue, Miss Lucy, afterwards Lady Lyttelton, ii. 180.
Fothergill, Dr., reference to, ii. 252, 259. Fotheringay visited by Gray, ii. 366.
Foulis, Glasgow publisher of Gray's Poems, iii. 285-287.
Gray's appreciation of him as a pub- lisher, iii. 290, 325.
offers to present Gray with his Homer or the Greek Historians, iii. 346. new edition of Milton to which Gray wishes to subscribe, iii. 346. visited by Gray in Glasgow, iv. 343. Gray admired his academy of paint- ing, iv. 343.
Fountayne, Dean, reference to, iii. 82, 108.
Fox, Mr., unhappily criticises The Bard, ii. 328, 331.
Framlingham rectory in the gift of Pem- broke College, iii. 328. Frampton, Thomas, Fellow of St. John's, candidate for the Master- ship of St. John's with support of the Earl of Sandwich, iii. 190. note on, iii. 190. France, Abrégé Chronologique de l'Hist. de, by President Henault, ii. 201. on the brink of a general bankruptcy, iii. 341.
people of the provinces starving on
the highways, iii. 384.
Etat de la, Gray commends it, ii. 128. Gray's Journal in, i. ix. 237-246. Gray gives detailed advice to the Rev.
Mr. Palgrave as to the places he should visit in, iii. 193. Account of Gray's journey through, ii. 16-35.
references by Gray to towns, etc., in :-
Abbeville, its description, ii. 18. Abbey of Carthusians, Dijon, ii. 31. Abbey of Cistercians, Dijon, ii. 32. Annecy, the residence of the exiled Bishop of Geneva, i. 245. Ballet de la Paix, description of, ii. 21-22.
Beaune and Nuys, fertility of the country round, i. 242. Burgundy, description of the coun- try, ii. 31.
united to crown of France, ii. 32. Calais, description of, ii. 16. Cenis, Mount, description of, ii. 41-42, 46, 59.
Châlons-sur-Marne, i. 239. Chartreuse, Monastery of the Grande, its picturesque situa- tion on a mountain near Echel- les, i. 244.
reference to, ii, 36-37.
ascent of the mountain, ii. 35-36, 45, 58.
France, references by Gray to towns, | France, references by Gray to towns,
Dijon, road approaching, i. 240. a beautiful city, i. 241; ii. 31-32,
Abbey of St. Benigne, i. 241. Chartreuse, The, their chapel and its tombs, i. 242.
Church of the Bernardines, i. 241. Church of the Cordeliers, i. 241. Church of St. Michael, i. 241. Palais des Etats, i. 241; ii. 35. du Roi, i. 241. Parc, The, i. 242. Place, The, i. 241.
Inns, French, description of, in 1739, ii. 17.
Joinville, its fine appearance from the road, i. 240. Langres, description, i. 240. Langres, the Bishop of, a Duke and Peer of France, i. 240. the Cathedral of St. Mammet, i. 240.
Lugdunum (the modern Lyons),
Lyons, description of, ii. 33-35. view to be obtained of, i. 243. its situation at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône, i. 243. Mount Fourvière, near Lyons, antiquities on, ii. 34. Nuys and Beaune, fertility of the
country round, i. 242. Paris visited by Gray, ii. 20-24. Paris, burlesque account of, ii. 56-57.
Parisian costume, ii. 57. Rheims, description of, i. 237; ii. 28-30.
Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, i. 237; ii. 28.
Church of St. Nicaise, i. 237.
Church of St. Pierre-aux-Dames,
Sillery, house of the Marquis de Puisieux at, i. 239.
Versailles, description of, ii. 24-25. Vitry le François, description of, i. 240.
Franck or Francken, Jerome, Flemish painter, Dr. Wharton purchases a picture probably by, ii. 384. Francklyn, Thomas, of Trinity College, ii. 311.
Franklin, Mrs. Joyce, her portrait in Emanuel College, i. 310. Franklin, Professor, supposed writer of an article, in The Critical Review, on Gray's Two Odes, ii. 327, 331. Fraser, H. Walpole asked to influ- ence him on behalf of Dr. Brown, ii. 289.
Gray enquires if he has recovered, ii. 300.
Gray tells Mason he will send a copy of The Odes for, . 322. reference to, iii. 41. his industry, iii. 224. Fraser, Sir William, owner of Mason's copy of the Elegy, i. 72. Frasini, an opera singer, ii. 284. Frederick the Great of Prussia, his Memoirs of the House of Branden- burg, ii. 229.
Gray's opinion of, ii. 290.
and the King of Poland, ii. 291. writes to George II. explaining his difficulties (first year of seven years' war), ii. 320.
Gray's opinion centred in, ii. 339. his contest with Austria, and capture of Silesia, ii. 350.
his account of the campaign, ii. 372. reduced to the defence of his Marquis- ate, ii. 376.
victory over the Russians at Zorn- dorf, ii. 378.
defeat by the Austrians at Hoch- kirchen, ji. 385.
Frederick, Prince of Wales, his Charms of Sylvia, iii. 73.
Free-thinking, its altered form, ii. 375. French clergy, Lettres by General Fleury on the, ii. 230.
influence on English poetry, i. 33. Encyclopedie, Gray purchases the great, ii. 323; criticism of its articles, ii. 331; iii. 235; termina- tion of, in 17 vols., iii. 235. French, Mrs., her opinion of Gray's Long Story, and H. Walpole's reply, ii. 228.
Frenchmen, their atheism, iii. 226. Freret, Mons., his Dissertation on the| Religion and Opinions of the Gauls, ii. 363.
Frickius, Albertus, ii. 294. Frickius, Joannes Georgius, his Com- mentatio de Druidis, ii. 293. Frisby's in Jermyn Street, Gray's
occasional place of lodging, ii. 251. Froissart, a favourite author of Gray, iii. 24.
his history, iii. 392, 393.
the Herodotus of a barbarous age, iii. 389.
Fruits, ripening of, at Stoke during 1755, iii. 96.
Fuentes, Condé de, reference to, iii. 40,
Fuentes, Madame de, and her twelve ladies, iii. 62.
GALUPPI, Baldassaro, his operas, ii. 133.
Gardening, Landscape, the only proof of our original talent in matters of pleasure, iii. 160.
not forty years old, iii. 160. nothing like it before in Europe,
although Chinese excel, iii. 160. the only honour our country has in matters of taste, iii. 166.
Italy or France unable to compre- hend it, iii. 166.
Gardens, Gray's, are in the window,
like those of a lodger in Petticoat Lane or Camomile Street, iii. 343. Garrick, David, his popularity, ii. 133. his farce of The Lying Valet, ii. 213. William Whitehead's verses to, ii. 220. Epilogue to Athelstan, ii. 261.
his verses in praise of Gray's Odes, ii. 325.
opinion of Gray's Odes, ii. 330, 341. his dispute with Arthur Murphy, ii.
and Mason, Gray endeavours to allay their quarrel, ii. 376.
his farce of The Guardian acted on behalf of Smart, ii. 391; taken from Pupille of Fagan, ii. 391. Mr. and Mrs., visit Lady Cobham at Stoke, ii. 323, 324, 376. Gaskarth, Joseph, treasurer and Fellow of Pembroke College, reference to, ii. 283, 288.
Gray sends him a copy of The Odes, ii. 320.
quarrels with Sir M. Lamb, ii. 346. at Aston with Mason, iii. 9.
Gaskarths, their mansion of Hill-top, i. 253.
Gaskyn, Mr., reference to, ii. 295. Gauls, Religion of the Ancient, referred to, ii. 294.
Religion and Opinions of the, Disserta- tion on, by Fénel and Freret, ii. 362, 363.
Gaurus, Fragment of a Latin Poem on the, i. 179-181.
Gaussem, Jeanne Catherine (La Gaus-
sin), actress at the Comédie Fran- çais, note on, ii. 23. Gautier de Châtillon, a poem of Flanders, i. 357.
Gay, John, the Duchess of Queensberry his patroness and protector, ii. 372. Gentleman's Magazine, Impromptu on
Lord Holland's house, published in, i. 135.
Geoffrey Plantagenet, his part in the construction of York Minster, iii.
George II., his deportment, ii. 154. and Lord Holdernesse, ii. 321.
account of his sudden death, iii. 69. his testamentary bequests, iii. 70-71. George III., his probable marriage, iii. 70.
his reproof to the Court Chaplains, iii. 75.
refuses to expend money on the gene. ral elections, iii. 76. illness of his Queen, iii. 86.
his favourable impression, iii. 89. description of his Queen, iii. 105-106. Gray expects to see the coronation procession, iii. 106.
marriage of, iii. 111.
account of his coronation and the banquet in Westminster Hall, iii. 110-116.
paid £9000 for hire of jewellery at coronation, iii. 113.
and his Queen ate like farmers, iii. 115.
said to esteem and understand the fine arts, iii. 158.
Ghirlandaio, Ridolpho, painter, refer- ence to, i. 320.
Gibbon, his praise of Education and Government, i. 113.
Gibbons, Grinling, his work at Chats- worth, ii. 135.
Gibside, a seal of Lord Strathmore, iii. 277.
Gil Blas, Edward Moore's comedy of, ii. 213.
Gilmour, Sir Arthur, his conduct in a riot, iii. 339.
Gilpin, his Observations on the River | Gormogons, note on the, ii. 166. Wye iii. 380. Gisborne, Dr., President of the College of Physicians, biographical note, iii. 67.
Gotti, Cardinal Vincenzo Luigi, note relative to, ii. 93.
his neglect of the offer of Conservator of Hunter's Museum, iii. 67. Gray sends a production of Mason's to, iii. 246-247.
references to, iii. 150, 334. Glasgow edition of Gray's poems; Gray agrees to Dr. Beattie's proposal of publishing a, iii. 285-287. Gray's praise of it, iii. 325.
its success, sold off in a short time, iii. 346.
Glasgow press, beauty of its type, iii. 165.
Glass, green, not classical, iii. 17.
organist, reference to the death of a, iii. 22.
painted, manufactured at York, iii. 17; exhibits at Society of Arts, iii. 102; made also at Worcester, and sold by weight, iii. 17; failure of the factory there, iii. 102; Gray's advice for procuring, iii. 102-103. Glasses, water, Delaval's skill on, iii. 31, 124.
Gould, T. V., Fellow of New Hall, reference to, iii. 179.
Gout, prescription for the, ii. 267. Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, Chancellor of Cambridge University, i. 92. Installation Ode, i. 92. his descent, i. 96.
Mr. Stonehewer and Mr. Bradshaw, Secretaries to, ii. 241.
Mr. Stonehewer, tutor to, ii. 277. Gray thanks him for the Professor- ship of Modern History, iii. 318. Gray's praise of, iii. 342. Installation as Chancellor of Uni- versity, iii. 343-4.
Gray bound in gratitude to write his Installation Ode, iii. 346. Graham, Rev. Mr., the horticulturist, Gray visits him at Netherby, iv. 342. Graham, Sir Bellingham, dines with Gray, i. 275.
Granby, Marquis of, injured whilst
with the troops in Hanover, ii. 378. Grand Magazine of Magazines, Gray's Elegy published by the, i. 72. Grandval, Racot de, comedian, ii. 23. reference to various players on, iii. Grantley, Lord, see Sir F. Norton, ii.
description of, iii. 124.
delights Gray, iii. 125.
Gray knows Mason will be weary of him, because he cannot play them, iii. 147.
Gloucester music-meeting, reference to, iii. 343.
Gloucester Street, Gray enquires of
Dr. Wharton if he can stay for a week in, ii. 366. Glover, Richard ("Leonidas"), his youngest son elopes with Mr. Day- rolles' daughter, ii. 354. biographical note, ii. 134. Gluck, a German player on water- glasses, iii. 124.
Glynn, Dr., Gray's Cambridge physician, iii. 296.
"God - willing," Archbishop Potter's proviso, ii. 240.
Golding, Mr., reference to his death, i.
Gondolfo, Castel, a house of the Pope's, ii. 78.
Goodman's Fields, Garrick at, ii. 133. Gordon, Lady Catherine (Mrs. Char- teris), i. 275.
Gordon, Mr., interested in Smart, iii.
Gray, Mrs. Dorothy (the poet's mother), Gray consoles her on the death of his aunt, Mrs. Antrobus, ii. 208.
her illness, ii. 233.
death of, ii. 237, 250.
Gray's deep affection for, iii. 239. transcript of her epitaph from the
MS. in pencil of Gray, iv. 339. Gray, Lord, his belief that he was re- lated to the poet, iii: 280.
Gray desires a copy of the Glasgow edition of the poems to be sent to, iii. 290.
Gray, Sir James, may be appointed to Spain, iii. 256.
Greathead. Mr., his residence near Warwick, ii. 258.
Greaves, William, his Pamphlet on Libels, Warrants, etc., iii. 192. Greece, its early influence on English poetry, i. 33.
Greek inscription for a Wood, by Gray, ii. 115.
religion, the foundation of the Ro- man, ii. 173.
Green, John, Master of Ben'et, Gray sends him a copy of The Odes, ii. 820.
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