Part 57

Historical reading, its effect, i. 279.

History, Johnson's view of, i. 243. Chiefly a matter of perspective, 245. Neglect of narrative, 276. Only value of, 277. Ideal form of, explained, 281. A compound of poetry and philosophy, 285. Difficulties of dividing them, 286.

Hobbes, Thomas, influence of, ii. 421.

Holland, governed with almost regal power by John de Witt, ii. 525. Its apprehensions of the designs of France, 528. Its defensive alliance with England and Sweden, 532.

Holland, first Lord. See Fox, Henry.

Holland, Henry Fox, third Lord, essay on, iii. 101-113. Compared to his grandfather and uncle, 107. Ability in debate, 109. Liberality, 110. His hospitality, 111.

Hollis, Denzil, imprisoned by Charles I., ii. 18. Impeached, 45.

Holwell, Mr., his presence of mind in the Black Hole, ii. 704. Cruelty of the Nabob to, 705.

Homer, Quintilian's criticisms on, i. 42.

Horace, compares poems to certain paintings, i. 49.

Hosein, son of Ali, festival in memory of, ii. 690. Legend of his death, 691.

Hospitals, objects of, ii. 660.

Hume, David, an advocate rather than an historian, i. 273. On the violence of parties before the Revolution, ii. 350.

Hungarians, their incursions into Lombardy, ii. 680.

Hungary, rises to support Maria Theresa, iii. 265.

Hunt. Leigh, his Comic Dramatists of the Restoration reviewed, iii. 47-100. Too lenient toward their immorality, 51.

Huntington, William, ii. 750.

Hutchinson, Mrs., ii. 518.

Hyder Ali, character of, iii. 175. Invades India, 176. Driven back by Coote, 178.

Imhoff, Baron, meets Hastings, iii. 124. Agrees to divorce his wife, 126.

Imhoff, Baroness, her attachment to Warren Hastings, iii. 125. Marries him, 163. See Hastings, Mrs. Warren.

Impey, Sir Elijah, a schoolmate of Hastings, iii. 118. Sent to India as Chief Justice, 148. Sentences Nuncomar, 153. His conduct reprehensible, 156. Attempts to enforce the English law in India, 168. Bought off by Hastings, 172. His conduct in the plundering of the Begums of Oude, 193. Recalled to England, 194.

India, foundation of the British Empire in, ii. 277, 280. Early conduct of the English in, iii. 122. Their government in, 127. Regulating act for, 144. English law not suited to, 168. Advantages to the conquerors of the double governments in, 181.

Induction, reasoning by, not invented by Bacon, ii. 475. Utility of its analysis greatly overrated by Bacon, 476. Example of its leading to absurdity, 479.

Ireland, rebellion in, in 1640, ii. 41. Essex's administration in, 386, 387. Its condition under Cromwell's government, 519-521. Its state contrasted with that of Scotland, 639. Its union with England compared with the Persian fable of King Zohak, 640.

Italian writers, criticisms on the principal, i. 1-39. Dante, 1-22. Petrarch, 23-39.

Italy, her condition after the fall of Rome, i. 144. Freedom maintained during the Middle Ages, 145. Magnitude of her commerce, 147. Progress of learning in, 148. Art attains its zenith in, under Lorenzo the Magnificent, 150. Decline of martial vigor, 151. Use of mercenary soldiers in, 154. Peculiar system of fashionable morality produced in, 156. Character of her statesmen, 160. Corruption of her politics, 168. Feeling in, against the League of Cambray, 171. Effect of the Reformation in, iii. 15.

Italy, Narrative of Travels in, Addison's, iii. 430.