quarrels, 436
peculiarities of his character, 437
his sect, 438
his real opinions, 439
his "Leviathan", 440-448
feared and suspected by both parties, _n._ 442
no atheist, _n._ 445
his continual disputations, 448-450
his terror of death, 451
the real solution of his fears, 452
his disciples in literature, _n._ 455
his pride, 456
his mode of composition, _n._ 459
his contented poverty, and consistent conduct, _ib._
characteristics of his writings, 461
his passion for mathematics, 464
leads to a quarrel with Dr. Wallis, 465-473

HOME and his tragedy of "Douglas", 79

HOWEL, nearly lost his life by excessive study, 74

HUME, his literary life mortified with disappointments, 202
wished to change his name and his country, 204
his letter to Des Maiseaux requesting his opinion of his
philosophy, 202

HURD, Bishop, biographical note on, 253
imitates Warburton's style, _n._ 269

_Icon Libellorum._ See _Athenae Britannicae_.

JOHNSON, Dr., his aversion to Milton's politics, 425

JONES, Inigo, ridiculed by Ben Jonson, _n._ 477

JONSON, Ben, his quarrel with Decker, 475
his conversation with Drummond of Hawthornden, 475, 535
his general conviviality, _n._ 475
his play "The Poetaster", 476-481
his powerful satire on Decker, 482-487
his bitter allusions to his enemies, 487-488

KENNET'S, Bishop, Register and Chronicle, 87

KENRICK, Dr., a caustic critic, treats our great authors with the
most amusing arrogance, 141
an epigram on himself, by himself, _n._ 142

KING, Dr., his payments as an author, 332
biographical notice of, _n._ 358
ridicules the Transactions of the Royal Society, 358, 361
aids in attacking Bentley, 384
his satirical Index to Bentley's Characteristics, _n._ 386

LAWSON, Dame, a noted female Puritan, _n._ 519, 525

LEE, Nat., his love of praise, 213

LELAND, the antiquary, an accomplished scholar, 172
his "Strena," or New Year's Gift to Henry VIII.; an account of his
studies, and his magnificent projects, 174
doubts that his labours will reach posterity, 175
he values "the furniture" of his mind, _ib._
his bust striking from its physiognomy, 177
the ruins of his mind discovered in his library, _ib._
the inscription on his tomb probably had been composed by himself,
before his insanity,