i. 296

Serle's Coffee-House, i. 218

Servan, Joseph, ii. _315_, 332, _368_

Severy, Wilhelm de, ii. 162, 163, 165, 172, 176, 199, 206, 242, 287, 303, 316, 336, 358, 366, 369

Severy, Madame de, ii. 43, 178, 222, 335, 369

Sévigné, Madame de, i. 260

Shakespeare, Voltaire protests against French translation of, i. 294; Boydell's edition of, ii. 276

Sharrock, Captain Robert, i. 26

Sheffield, Lady (Miss Abigail Way), i. _85_, _139_; Gibbon's letters to, i. 241, 262, 301, 363, 386, 392; ii. 5, 11, 26, 65, 77, 115, 166, 168, 169, 335; her death, ii. 377

Sheffield, Lord (J. B. Holroyd), subjects of Gibbon's letters to:-- Borromcan Islands, i. 57; amusements at Turin, i. 58; Gibbon's snuff-box, _ibid._; Milan, i. 60; the Neckers, i. 81, 282, 305, 312; ii. 236, 251, 291, 345; Sheffield's marriage, i. 85; Gibbon's father's illness and death, i. 86, 115, 117; "Farmer Gibbon," i. 138; Denmark Revolution i. 144, 146, 149; "Datch," i. 145; the Pantheon, i. 146, 215; Parliament and the Thirty-nine Articles, i. 147; Royal Marriage Bill, i. 151; Dr. Nowell's sermon, _ibid._; a sprained ankle, i. 161; Beriton, i. 164, 167, 196, 247, 344; ii. 6, 182 _et seq._, 222, 227; Lenborough, i. 165, 186, 205-207, 269, 296, 332, 335; ii. 64, 81, 83, 96, 112, 124; the New River Share, i. 167, 168, 335, 344; ii. 190; Lord North's somnolence, i. 173; ii. 24; the E. I. Co., i. 184, 186; ii. 85; Hume: W. Robertson, i. 190; Deyverdun, i. 191, 255; ii. 74-157 _passim_, 176, 178, 191, 194; Lord Holland and Fox's debts, i. 198; British Coffee-House, i. 201; Boston Port Bill, i. 206, 208; Mrs. Horneck, i. 207; Sujah Dowlah, i. 209; war with Spain, i. 212, 344; Boodle's masquerade at Pantheon, i. 215; Godfrey Clarke's illness, i. 223, 227, 239; Lord Sheffield and Sussex, i. 225, 232; Romanzow and Pouschkin, i. 227; offer of a seat, i. 229; Sheffield's withdrawal, i. 233; Gibbon M.P. for Liskeard, i. 234; Clive's death, i. 238; debate on Address, i. 240; troubles with America (_see_ America); de Luna's book, i. 243; _Decline and Fall_, i. 263, 264, 277, 285, 361; ii. 151, 187; Spain and Barbary, i. 265; proposed hire of Russian mercenaries, i. 270; Sayer's arrest, i. 272; Hon. John Damer, i. 287; Howe's proclamation, i. 291; La Fayette in Paris, i. 305; Lord Pigot, i. 308, 362; Madame du Deffand, i. 312; Paris and the Parisians, i. 313, 317; Duke of Richmond, i. 317; Princesse de Beauvau, i. 319; Gibbon's gout, i. 321, 322; ii. 163-165, 215, 221, 233; Saratoga, i. 324; France and America, i. 333; the French fleet, i. 337, 338, 343, 347, 363; Admiral Keppel, i. 339; Tickell's _Anticipation_, i. 348; troubles in India, i. 349, 350, 357; Palliser and Keppel, i. 356; Militia Bill, i. 366; Macartney captured by French, i. 369; rumours of Civil War, i. 375; the Sussex protest, _ibid._; Burke's Establishment Bill, i. 376; Rodney and the Spanish fleet, i. 376; the Sussex Dragoons, i. 384; ii. 23; Gibbon M.P. for Lymington, i. 387; the Coventry sheriffs, i. 393; Mrs. Abington, ii. 4; ships to warn West Indian fleet, ii. 5; list of new ministry (1782). ii. 19; Hyder Ali, ii. 19, 26; Lord Howe and Gibraltar, ii. 19, 20, 25; Lord Loughborough's marriage, ii. 24; Fox and American Independence, ii. 25; Lord Sheffield's Coventry speech, ii. 32; Gibbon's Lausanne scheme, ii. 56 _et seq._; the custody of Gibbon's books, ii. 60, 62, 63, 149; an odd peace, ii. 67; the Triumvirate from Dover to Boulogne, ii. 72; Sheffield's _Observations on the Commerce of the American States_, ii. 73, 82, 148; Gibbon at Lausanne, ii. 74-157, 176-252, 255, 277-380 _passim_; Abbé Raynal, ii. 75, 82; Lady E. Foster, ii. 81; Fox and his India Bills, ii. 86; Gibbon's opinion of North, ii. 87; Miss Hester Gibbon, "the Northamptonshire Saint," ii. 91, 185, 187, 190, 193; Loughborough's kindness, ii. 91; Miss Frith's scissors, ii. 91, 97; Coalition Cabinet, ii. 92; "prudence and patriotism," ii. 93; Gibbon's hopes of compensation, ii. 101; "Fox's Martyrs," ii. 102; a free-spoken counsellor, ii. 103; ways and means, ii. 104, 110, 113, 127, 138, 146, 182-258 _passim_, 280, 281, 290, 300, 312, 360; Mrs. Fraser, ii. 105; society at Lausanne, ii. 111, 124, 135; Pitt's popularity on Continent, ii. 127; Sheffield's _Observations, etc., on Ireland_, ii. 128; Gibbon's reported death, ii. 132; Achilles Pitt and Hector Fox, ii. 136; Joseph II. and Frederick II., ii. 137; Aunt Kitty's death, ii. 144; Lord Auckland, ii. 148; Madame de Crousaz, ii. 154; the conscious shame of the French, ii. 162; Sheridan's speech, ii. 172; twelve hours' talk with Fox, ii. 180; George III.'s illness and recovery, ii. 181, 191; Hugonin's death and dishonesty, ii. 183-185; Gibbon's madeira, ii. 190, 211, 214, 223, 282, 327; de Montagny and the Swiss transaction, ii. 195, 202; the Severys, ii. 199, 206; Sir S. Porten's death, ii. 201; low spirits, ii. 202; the French Revolution, ii. 204, 209; French exiles at Lausanne, ii. 210, 222; Gibbon's loneliness, ii. 215; Reynolds' portrait of Sheffield, ii. 216; happy though unmarried, ii. 220; Aunt Hester's death, ii. 222; the Newhaven property, ii. 235, 242; Burke's _French Revolution_, ii. 237; Gibbon's hospitality at Lausanne, ii. 242; Louis XVI., ii. 255, 360; the Sheffields' visit to Lausanne, ii. 277; improvements in house and garden, ii. 278; peace or war, ii. 279; the St. Domingo insurrection, ii. 280; Madame de Staël and her father, ii. 292; march of the Marseillais, ii. 293; the "Friends of the People," ii. 295; Austrian Croats and Gallic cannibals, ii. 296; fate of the Gibbonian collection, ii. 301; Brunswick's march on Paris, ii. 311; Madame de Lamballe's murder, ii. 312; French invasion of Savoy, ii. 315; Geneva threatened, ii. 317, 322; preparations for flight, ii. 319; fears of siege removed, ii. 326; Mr. Nichols, ii. 328; treaty with France delayed, ii. 331, 345; the Gallic dogs, ii. 333; Montesquieu and the Neckers, ii. 345; Brunswick's retreat, ii. 346; Barthélemy, ii. 355; Geneva Revolution, ii. 355, 370; Fox deeply tinged with democracy, ii. 356; Gibbon's proposed return to England, ii. 357, 371, 379; plan of work, ii. 359; de Severy's death, ii. 369; Lady Sheffield's death, ii. 377; siege of Mayence, ii. 382; Lord Hervey's Memorial, ii. 388; the Althorpe library, ii. 392; Gibbon's serious illness, ii. 393-395; at Eden Farm, ii. 398. His letters to Gibbon, ii. 217, 224, 232, 238, 239, 243, 245, 253, 254, 256-258, 268, 272, 274, 275, 283, 294, 295, 302, 304, 319, 328, 343, 348, 350, 361, 367, 368, 373, 376, 382, 395; his pamphlets mentioned: _Observations on the Commerce of the American States_, ii. 72, 82, 148; -- _on the Manufactures, Trade, and Present State of Ireland_,