Part 45

Aix, island of, captured, ii. 276.

Aix-la-Chapelle, treaty of, iii. 270.

Akenside, his Epistle to Curio, ii. 222.

Albigensian Crusade, iii. 9-11.

Alexander the Great, compared with Clive, ii. 760.

Alfieri, Vittorio, first to appreciate Dante, i. 6. Influenced by the school of Plutarch, 256. Comparable to Cowper, 591.

Alphabetical writing, the greatest of human inventions, ii. 460. Comparative views of its value by Plato and Bacon, 460, 461.

Anabaptists, their origin, ii. 72.

Anacharsis, reputed contriver of the potter's wheel, ii. 447.

Anaverdy Khan, governor of the Carnatic, ii. 685.

Angria, his fortress of Gheriah, reduced by Clive, ii. 700.

Anne, Queen, her political and religious inclinations as Queen, ii. 176. Changes in her government in 1710, 177. Relative estimation by the Whigs and the Tories of her reign, 178-186.

Annus Mirabilis, Dryden's, i. 215.

Anytus, first briber of Athenian judges, ii. 431.

Apostolical succession, claimed by Mr. Gladstone for the Church of England, ii. 645.

Aquinas, Thomas, ii. 482.

Archimedes, his slight estimate of his inventions, ii. 457.

Archytas, rebuked by Plato, ii. 457.

Arcot; Nabob of, his relations with England, ii. 685-692. His claims recognized by the English, 687.

Argyle, Duke of, secedes from Walpole's administration, ii. 241.

Ariosto, rises above Petrarch's influence, i. 5.

Aristotle, his unrivalled excellence in analysis and combination, i. 40. Value of his general propositions, 41. His enlightened and profound criticism, 41. His authority impaired by the Reformation, ii. 454.

Arithmetic, comparative estimate of, by Plato and by Bacon, ii. 456.

Arlington, Henry Bennet, Lord, his character, ii. 523. His coldness for the Triple Alliance, 530. His impeachment, 546.

Arragon and Castile, their old institutions favorable to public liberty, ii. 137.

Arrian, authenticity his only merit as an historian, i. 251.

Art, rise of, in Italy, i. 148. Need of skill for perfection in, 200.

Art of War, Machiavelli's, i. 175.