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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,

i. 237.

Church of St. Remi, i. 237.

its ramparts and ancient trium-
phal arches, i. 238.
its society, ii. 29.

residents known to Gray, i. 239.
Rheims to Dijon, description of
road, ii. 31.

St. Denis, its monuments and
treasures, ii. 20.

Saône, fine view from Mount
Tornus of the river, i. 242.
Savoy contrasted with Geneva,
i. 245.

Savoy, description of the vale of
the, i. 245.

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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, ii. 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, ii. 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,

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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.

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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.

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.

Gotti, Cardinal Vincenzo Luigi, note
relative to, ii. 93.

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.
320.

Green, John, requests Dr. Balguy to | HABIT, definition of what we call, ii.
preach a commencement sermon,
ii. 368.

Green, Matthew, Gray's opinion of his
poetry, ii. 219.
note on, ii. 219.

extract from his Queen's Hermitage,
ii. 223, 224.

Green, Dr. Thomas, Dean of Salisbury,
ii. 317.

Greene, Dr. John, Bishop of Lincoln,

reference to, iii. 56, 97, 105.
Greenwood, George, of Chastleton,
Gloucester, portrait of Chaucer in
the possession of, i. 306.
Grenville, G., Paymaster-General, ii.

292.

disinherited by his brother Lord
Temple, iii. 123.

his candid refutation of the charges
brought against the present min-
isters, iii. 256.

Gresset, Jean Baptiste Louis, his Epitre
à ma Saur gave Gray the idea for
The Ode on Vicissitude, i. 123.
his writings and their influence on
Gray, ii. 182.

comedy of Le Méchant, ii. 183.
his works enumerated, ii. 184.
tragedy of Edouard III., ii. 186.
Le Lutrin Vivant, ii. 186.
Grey, Walter, Archbishop of York, his
part in the building of York min-
ster, iii. 145.
Grey, Dr. Zachary, reference to, iii.

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374.

Hadden, Ephraim, reference to as a
vendor of rope-ladders, ii. 277.
Hadley, Dr. J., of Queen's College, ii.
320.

Gray sends him a copy of The Odes,
ii. 320.

Halfpenny, William, his popularity and
Useful Architecture, iii. 110.
Halicarnassus, Dio, his knowledge of
the Roman mythology, ii. 173.
Halifax, Lord, appoints Eusden poet
laureate, ii. 345.

his boyish days, ii. 115.
Hallifax, Dr., Bishop of Gloucester,
note on, iii. 254.

references to, iii. 208, 259, 331, 359.
Hall, Dr., Bishop of Exeter, portrait in
Emanuel College, i. 310.

Hall, Joseph, Bishop of Norwich,
Gray's opinion of his Satyres, ii.
233.

Virgidemiarium written at Cam-
bridge, ii. 233.

Hall, William, of King's Walden, his
daughter Elizabeth marries Mr.
Bonfoy, ii. 378.

Hamilton, Mr., Gray recommends Dr.
Wharton to visit at Cobham the
house of, ii. 254.

his skill in laying out pleasure-
grounds, ii. 254.

Hampton, Gray stays with the Cob-
hams at, ii. 369.

Hardicanute, poem by Lady Wardlaw,
iii. 45; second part by Mr. Pinker-
ton, iii. 46.

Hardwicke, Philip, second Lord, his
election as Seneschal of Cambridge
University, i. 131.

reference to, iii. 6.

probably will support the Whigs, iii.
76.
author of the King's Speech, iii.

123.

his recovery from illness and election
as High Steward of Cambridge, iii.
168, 200.

probability of his becoming Secretary
of State, iii. 238.

Hardwick Hall, description of the
Duke of Devonshire's seat at, iii.
136.

Harmonica, see glasses, water.
Harpe, Jean François de la, his works
not to be had in England, note on,
iii. 295.

Harris, Samuel, Professor of Modern
History, iii. 136.

Hartlepool, Gray visits. Its waters

and other attractions, iii. 206, 207.
sturdiness of its inhabitants, iii. 207.
Harvest, progress of, in 1759, iii. 12.
Hasel or Hassle, Mr., his residence of
Delmaine, i. 251.

Hatfield, death of Richard West at, i. 2.
church, burial-place of West, ii. 113.
Hatton family, their house at Stoke, i.
83.

Hatton, Sir Christopher, i. 83.
Hauberk, The, definition of, i. 41.
Haveus, Theodore, of Cleves, architect,
his portrait at Caius College, i. 309.
Havre-de-Grace, bombardment by

Admiral Rodney, ii. 402.
Hawke, Admiral Sir Edward, his un-
successful expedition to Roche-
fort, i. 342.

his great victory, iii. 22, 23.
Hawley, General, his defeat at Falkirk,
ii. 129.

Hayes, Dr., Gray's medical adviser, ii.
267.

attends Mrs. Rogers, ii. 382.
Hayes, Mr., reference to, ii. 165.
Hayter, Thomas, Bishop of Norwich,
translated to London, ii. 105.
death of, ii. 125.

Health, J. Armstrong's poem on, ii. 121.
Hearse-day, appearance of the hearse,

iii. 339.

Heberden, Dr., reference to, i. 252, 280.
attends Mrs. Charles York, i. 401.
marries Miss Wollaston, iii. 29.
reference to, and his good dinners,
iii. 66.

his son entered as a pensioner of St.
John's College, iii. 385.
Hecuba, Rev. Dr. Delap's tragedy of,
ii. 309.

Heere, Lucas de, his arrival in England,
i. 314.

Helias of Barham, Canon of Salisbury,
i. 316.

Heloise, Nouvelle, Gray's opinion of the
6 vols. of, iii. 79, 83.
Hénault, Charles Jean François, Presi-
dent, Histoire de France, ii. 158.
Abrégé Chronologique de l'Hist. de
France, ii. 201.

Henley, Rev. John (Orator Henley),
allusion to, ii. 15.

Henri IV. of France, effect of his mar-
riage proposals, ii. 281.
character of his court, ii. 281.
Henry VI., founder of King's College,
Cambridge, i. 95.

Henry VIII., benefactor of Trinity Col-
lege, Cambridge, i. 95.

Hens, Supper of, by Francis I., ii.

114.

Herbert of Cherbury, Life of Lord, 200
copies printed at Strawberry Hill,
iii. 173.

Hervey, Ashton, fable in Dodsley's
Miscellaneous Poems, ii. 222.
Hervey, Frederick, Bishop of Cloyne,

Gray laments the loss of his ac-
quaintance, iii. 77.

eats raspberry-puffs with Gray in
Cranbourn Alley, iii. 270.

at Durham, his popularity with the
ladies, iii. 278.

Hervey, Lord, and Dr. Middleton, dis-
pute as to the Roman Senate, ii.
175.

his admiration of animals, ii. 221.
Hervey, Lady, visited by Madame de
Fuentes, iii. 62.

the "Mary Lepell" of Pope, iii. 62.
Heskin, J., verses on the death of
Frederick, Prince of Wales, ii. 119.
Hexham, Gray and Dr. Wharton visit,
iii. 281.

Hickes, Dr., reference to his Anglo-
Saxon Grammar, i. 362.

reference to his Grammar Franco-
Theotische, i. 363, 364.

his statement that the Franco-Theo-
tische and the Anglo-Saxon were
originally the same language, i.
364.

Hill, Aaron, his play of Merope acted
on behalf of Smart, ii. 391.
Hill, Dr. John (the inspector),_ _ap-
pointed Master Gardener at Ken-
sington, iii. 89.

Hill-top, the mansion of the Gaskarths,
i. 253.

Himers family, i. 262.

Hinchinbroke, seat of Lord Sandwich,
iii. 322.

Hinchliffe, Dr., likely to succeed Smith
of Trinity, iii. 303, and

Dr. Marriot, reference to, iii. 331.
History of English poetry, contem-
plated by Gray, i. 53.

History of Hell, A, facetious verses by

Gray believed to be lost, i. 142.
Hoadley, Chancellor, Master of St.
Cross, iii. 178.

Hodges, his contribution to Dodsley's
Collection of Poems, ii. 364.
Hoel, The Death of, an ode, i. 129.
Hogarth's satire on Farinelli, ii. 22.
caricature of Simon Lord Lovat, ii.
146.

his print on The Mystery of Masonry,
etc., ii. 166.

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