Part II. ib. 354

Threnodia Augustalis, x, 79 the Hind and Panther, Part I. ib. 139 II. ib. 185 III. ib. 240 Britannia Rediviva, ib. 302 Mac-Flecknoe, a satire, ib. 441 the satires of Persius, xiii, 217, 227, 239, 248, 262, 274 Æneis of Virgil, xiv, 262, 322, 353, 424, 461, xv, 29, 62, 102, 183 and observations on Empress of Morocco, preface to, xv, 401, 405 postscript to, ib. 409 upon Dryden’s poems, extract of, i, 154

Notices of Dryden’s family, ib. 462

Nottingham, Earl of, account of, ix, 400

O.

Oates, Titus, account of, vol. ix, 282 pensioned by King William, viii, 464 North’s description of, ix, 355 fate of, ib. 356

Obscurity of Persius, xiii, 72

Observations on Du Fresnoy’s Art of Painting, xvii, 392

Obsolete language of Spenser, xiii, 19

Oblivion, act of, ix, 50

Odes, Songs, and Lyrical Pieces, xi, 161-191 on the death of Charles II., titles of some of, x, 59

Ode on the death of Mr Purcell, xi, 148 remarks on, ib. 145 in honour of St Cecilia’s day, ib. 183 set to music by Handel, i, 410 circumstances concerning composition of, i, 408 on the death of Dryden, xviii, 234

Œdipe of Corneille, character of, vi, 119

Œdipus, a tragedy, ib. 115 remarks on, ib. 117 preface to, ib. 124 prologue to, ib. 128 epilogue to, ib. 222 Tyrannus, of Sophocles, character of, ib. 117 Coloneus, character of, ib. 117

Ogleby, account of, x, 452

Old Testament, critical history of, x, 32

Oldham, John, account of, xi, 98 extract from the works of, ib. 100 elegy to the memory of, ib. 99

Oldys, Alexander, ode of, on the death of Dryden, xviii, 234

Opera of the State of Innocence, v, 89 Albion and Albanius, vii, 209 King Arthur, viii, 107

Opinion of Sir John Denham on verbal translation, xii, 14

Opinions of Freethinkers, x, 143

Order for the reformation of the stage, xviii, 152

Origin and nature of satire, xiii, 37 of dramatic performances among the Romans, xiii, 51 of mysteries or religious plays, xv, 247

Original prologue to Circe, x, 333 Tales of Chaucer, modernized by Dryden, xii, i-xci prose works of Dryden, xv, 281

Originality of Shadwell, x, 418

Ormond, Duke of, account of, ix, 294, xi, 195 dedication to, ib. 195, xvii, 5 behaviour of, at the battle of Landen, xi, 202 Duchess of, dedication to, xi, 245

Orpheus Britannicus, dedication of, ib. 146

Orrery, Earl of, account of, ii, 113 dedication to, ib. 113

Osburne, Sir Thomas, vide Danby, Earl of

Ossory, Earl of, account of, ix, 299

Otho, character of, ib. 43

Ovid, account of, xii, 4 causes of the banishment of, ib. 5, 7 character of works of, ib. 8 epistles of, ib. 11

Ovid and Chaucer, parallel between, xi, 214

Ovid’s epistles, translations from, xii, 1-41 preface to, ib. 3 Epistle xi. Canace to Macareus, ib. 21 xvii. Helen to Paris, ib. 26 vii. Dido to Æneas, ib. 35 Metamorphoses, translations from, xii, 43-227 dedication to, ib. 47 remarks on, ib. 45 first book of, xii, 63 Golden Age, ib. 66 Silver Age, ib. 67 Brazen Age, ib. 68 Iron Age, ib. 68 Giant’s war, ib. 69 twelfth book of, ib. 156 Art of Love, translations from, xii, 229 Amours, translations from, ib. 257, 259

Oxford, University of, decree of, concerning non-resistance, x, 241 prologues spoken to, ib. 328, 358, 378, 385 epilogues spoken to, ib. 330, 360, 381 Parliament, King’s speech to versified, ix, 309

P.

Pacurius, the satirist, character of, xiii, 58

Pages, the sons of gentlemen, viii, 338

Painter, advice to a young, xvii, 377, 468

Painters of the two last ages, judgment of C.A. Du Fresnoy on, xvii, 489

Painting, Art of, xvii, 279, 339 and poetry, parallel of, ib. 286 invention necessary to, ib. 313 what is beautiful in, ib. 343 invention the first part of, ib. 347, 410 design the second part of, xvii, 349, 420 colouring the third part of, ib. 361, 450 passions to be expressed in, ib. 359

Palæmon, a pastoral, xiii, 378

Palæmon and Arcite, or the Knight’s tale, xi, 241 remarks on, ib. 243