  Gabrielli, the singer, 256 Galileo, 305 Galway, Lord, commander of the allies in Spain in 170 109 119 ; defeated by the Bourbons at Almanza, 124 Game, (a) Roman, 4 ; noie; (a) Greek, 30 ; note. Ganges, the chief highway of Eastern commerce, 229 Garden of Eden, pictures of, in oil Bibles, 343 ; painting of, by a gifted master, 343 Garrick, David, a pupil of Johnson, 179 ; their relations to each other, 189 190 203 398 ; his power of amusing children, 255 ; his friendship lor Crisp, 261 202 ; his advice as to Crisp's tragedy of Virginia, 202 ; his power of imitation, 300 ; quotation from Fielding illustrative of the effect of his acting, 332 Garth, his epilogue to Cato, 392 ; his verses upon the controversy in regard to the Letters of Phalaris, 118 Gay, sent for by Addison on his death-bed to ask his forgiveness, 418 Generalization, superiority in, of modern to ancient historians, 410 414 Geneva, Addison's visit to, 350 Genius, creative, a rude state of society favorable to, 57 325 ; requires discipline to enable it to perfect anything. 334 335 Genoa, its decay owing to Catholicism, 330 Addison's admiration of, 345 Gensonnd, his ability, 452 ; his impeachment, 409 ; his defence, 473 ; his death, 474 "Gentleman Dancing-Master," its production on the stage, 375 ; its best scenes suggested by Calderon, 385 "Gentleman's Magazine" (the), 182 184 Geologist, Bishop Watson's comparison of, 425 Geometry, comparative estimate of, by Plato and by Bacon, 450 George I., his accession, 136 George II., political state of the nation in his time. 533 ; his resentment against Chatham for his opposition to the payment of Hanoverian troops, 220 ; compelled to admit him to office, 221 ; his efforts for the protection of Hanover, 230 ; his relations towards his ministers, 241 244 ; reconciled to Chatham's possession of power, 14 ; his death, 14 ; his character, 16 George III., his accession the commencement of a new historic era, 532 ; cause of the discontents in the early part of his reign, 534 ; his partiality to Clive, 292 ; bright prospects at his accession, 58 1 ; his interview with Miss Burney, 277 ; his opinions of Voltaire, Rousseau, and Shakespeare, 277 278 ; his partisanship for Hastings, 291 ; his illness, and the view taken of it in the palace, 291 292 ; the history of the first ten years of his reign but imperfectly known, 1 ; his characteristics, 16 17 ; his favor to Lord Bute, 19 ; his notions of government, 21 ; slighted for Chatham at the Lord Mayor's dinner, 31 ; receives the resignation of Bute, and appoints George Grenville his successor, 54 ; his treatment by Grenville, 59 ; increase of his aversion to his ministers, 62 63 ; his illness, 06; disputes between him and his ministry on the regency question, 66 ; inclined to enforce the American Stamp Act by the sword, 76 ; the faction of the "King's friends," 79 89 ; his unwilling consent to the repeal of the Stamp Act, 82 ; dismisses Rockingham, and appoints Chatham, 88 ; his character and late popularity, 263 265 ; his insanity and the question of the regency, 265 267 ; his opposition to Catholic emancipation, 281 282 ; his opposition to Fox, 291 293 Georgies (the), Addison's translation of a portion of, 332 333 Germany, the literature of, little known in England sixty or seventy years ago, 340 341 Germany and Switzerland, Addison's ramble in, 351 Ghizni, peculiarity of the campaign of, 29 Ghosts, Johnson's belief in, 410 Gibbon, his alleged conversion to Mahommedanism, 375 ; his success as a historian, 252 ; his presence at Westminster Hall at the trial of Hastings, 126 ; unlearned his native English during his exile, 314 260 Gibraltar, capture of, by Sir George Booke, 110 Gittard, Lady, sister of Sir William Temple, 35 39 101 ; her death, 113 Gifford, Byron's admiration of, 352 Girondists, BarÈre's share in their destruction, 434 435 468 469 474 ; description of their party and principles, 452 454 ; at first in the majority, 455 ; their intentions towards the king, 455 456 ; their contest with the Mountain, 458 459 460 ; their trial, 473 ; and death, 474 475 ; their character, 474 Gladstone, W. E., review of "The State in its Relations with the Church," 110 ; quality of his mind, 111 120 ; grounds on which he rests his case for the defence of the Church, 122 ; his doctrine that the duties of government are paternal, 125 ; specimen of his arguments, 127 129 ; his argument that the profession of a national religion is imperative, 120 131 135 ; inconsequence of his reasoning, 138 ; to: 148 Gleig, Kev. review of his Life of Warren Hastings, 114 Godfrey, Sir E., 297 Godolphin, Lord, his conversion to Whiggism, 130 ; engages Addison to write a poem on the battle of Illenheim, 355 Godolphin and Marlborough, their policy soon after the accession of Queen Anne, 353 GoËzman, his bribery as a member of the parliament of Lewis by Betmarchais, 430 431 Goldsmith, Oliver, Life of, 151 171 ; his birth and parentage, 151 ; his school days, 152 153 ; enters Trinity College, Dublin, 153 ; his university life, 154 ; his autograph upon a pane of glass, 154 ; note; his recklessness and instability, 154 155 ; his travels, 155 ; his carelessness of the truth, 150 ; his life in London, 156 157 ; his residence, 157 ; note; his hack writings, 157 158 ; his style, 158 ; becomes known to literary men, 158 ; one of the original members of The Club, 159 Johnson's friendship for him, 159 170 ; his "Vicar of Wakefield," 159 161 ; his "Traveller." 160 ; his comedies. 161 163 ; his "Deserted Village," 162 163 ; his histories, 164 ; his amusing blunders, 164 ; his literary merits, 165, 170 ; his social position, 165 ; his inferiority in conversation, 165 166, 393 ; his "Retaliation," 170 ; his character, 167 168 407 ; his prodigality, 168 ; his sickness and death, 169 ; his burial and cenotaph in Westminster Abbey, 169 170 ; his biographers, 171 Goordas, son of Nuneomar, his appointment as treasurer of the household, 24 Gorhamlery, the country residence of Lord Bacon, 409 Government, doctrines of Southey on the duties and ends of, stated and examined, 157 168 ; its eon-duet in relation to infidel publications, 170 ; various forms of, 413 414 ; changes in its form sometimes not felt till long alter, 86 ; the science of, experimental and progressive, 132 272 273 ; examination of Mr. Gladstone's treatise on the Philosophy of, 116 176 ; its proper functions, 362 ; different forms of, 108 111 ; their advantages, 179 181 Mr. Hill's Essay on, reviewed, 5 51 Grace Abounding, Runyan's, 259 Grafton, Duke of, Secretary of State under Lord Rockingham, 74 ; first Lord of the Treasury under Chatham, 91 ; joined the Bedfords, 100 Granby, Marquis of, his character, 261 Grand Alliance (the), against the Bourbons, 103 Grand Remonstrance, debate on, and passing of it, 475 Granville, Lord. See Carteret, Lord. Gray, his want of appreciation of Johnson, 261 ; his Latin verses, 342 ; his unsuccessful application for a professorship, 41 ; his injudicious plagiarisms from Dante, 72 ; note. "Great Commoner." the designation of Lord Chatham, 250 10 Greece, its history compared with that of Italy, 281 ; its degradation and rise in modern times, 334 ; instances of the corruption of judges in the ancient commonwealths of, 420 ; its literature, 547 340 349 352 ; history of, by Mitford, reviewed, 172 201 ; historians of, modern, their characteristics, 174 177 ; civil convulsions in, contrasted with those in Rome, 189 190 Greek Drama, its origin, 216 ; compared with the English plays of the age of Elizabeth, 338 Greeks, difference between them and the Romans, 237 ; in their treatment of woman. 83 84 ; their social condition compared with that of the Italians of the middle ages, 312 ; their position and character in the 12th century, 300 ; their exclusiveness, 411 412 Gregory XI., his austerity and zeal, 324 Grenvilles (the), 11 Richard Lord Temple at their head, 11 Grenville, George, his character, 27 23 ; intrusted with the lead in the Commons under the Bute administration, 33 ; his support of the proposed tax on cider, 51 ; his nickname of "Gentle Shepherd," 51 ; appointed prime minister, 54 ; his opinions, 54 55 ; character of his public acts, 55 50 ; his treatment of the king, 59 ; his deprivation of Henry Conway of his regiment, 62 ; proposed the imposition of stamp duties on the North American colonies, 05; his embarrassment on the question of a regency; his triumph over the king, 70 ; superseded by Lord Rockingham and his friends, 74 ; popular demonstration against him on the repeal of the Stamp Act, 83 ; deserted by the Bedfords, 109 ; his pamphlet against the Rocking-hams, 102 ; his reconciliation with Chatham, 103 ; his death, 104 Greville, Eulke, patron of Dr. Burney, his character, 251 Grey, Lady Jane, her high classical acquirements, 349 "Grievances," popular, on occasion of Walpole's fall, 181 Grub Street, 405 Guadaloupe, of, 244 Guardian (the), its birth, 389 390 ; its discontinuance, 390 Guelfs (the), their success greatly promoted by the ecclesiastical power, 273 Guicciardini, 2 Guiciwar, its interpretation, 59 Guise, Henry, Duke of, his conduct on the day of the barricades at Paris, 372 ; his resemblance to Essex. 372 Gunpowder, its inventor and the date of its discovery unknown, 444 Gustavus Adolphus, 338 Gypsies (the), 380
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