ii. 68;

the story of Essex's ring, i. 276; Tessier's acting, i. _278_; Mrs. Damer, i. 287; introduces Gibbon to Madame du Deffand, i. 312; American privateers, i. _317_; Lord North and America, i. _329_; Admiral Keppel, i. _340_, _343_; on Gibbon's _Vindication_, i. _355_; his quarrel with Gibbon, i. _396_; Lady Miller, ii. _2_; combined French and Spanish fleets, ii. _5_; Lady E. Foster, ii. _15_; on Rodney's defeat of Comte de Grasse, ii. _16_; Fox's library, ii. _68_; Sheridan, ii. _172_; peace with Spain, ii. _226_; Necker's fall, ii. _236_; Gibbon's admiration for Burke, ii. _237_; _Essay on Modern Gardening_, ii. 375

*Walpole, Sir Edward, i. 146

*Walsingham, Lord, i. 387

*Warburton, General, i. 65

Ward, Colonel, i. 258

Ward, Dr., i. 8

*Waring, Walter, i. 375

Warkworth, Lord, i. 82

*Warren, Admiral Sir Peter, i. 90

Warren, Miss (Countess of Abingdon), i. 90

Warren, Sir George, i. 301

Warton, his picture of Gibbon, i. 364

Warville, de. _See_ Brissot, J. Pierre

*Washington, Fort, taken by British i. 298

Washington, George, i. 279, 286, _298_, 300, 303, _323_

Watson, Dr. Richard (Bishop of Llandaff), criticizes _Decline and Fall_, i. 289, 291, 295

Watteville, M. de, ii. 316

Way, Miss Abigail. _See_ Sheffield, Lady

Way, Benjamin, i. _139_, 157, _243_

Way, Mrs. Benjamin, i. 259

*Way, Gregory Lewis, i. 139; ii. 64

Way, Lewis, i. _85_, 139

Way, Richard, i. 173, 186, 187, 200, 201, 205, 207, 211, 213;