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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.

time, ii. 65.

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.

35.

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.

335.

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,

etc., in :-

Dijon, road approaching, i. 240.
a beautiful city, i. 241; ii. 31-32,

35.

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),

ii. 33.

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,

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etc., in :-

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.

his poetry, iii. 36.

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,

71.

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.

364.

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.

145.

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.

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.

212.

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.

163.

176.

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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