Part 61

Mexico, exactions of Spanish viceroys in, ii. 733.

Michell, Sir Francis, ii. 414, 424.

Middleton, Dr., remarks on his Life of Cicero, ii. 360, 361.

Mill, James, his Essay on Government, i. 381-422. Style of reasoning, 384. His objection to aristocratical government, 387. To monarchy, 388. Contradicted by history, 390. His fallacious reasoning with regard to combinations of government, 396. On representative governments, 403. Error in his theory, 405. His idea with regard to suffrage qualifications, 408. Failure to gauge human nature correctly, 414. His art a trick of legerdermain, 417, 418. Westminster Reviewer's defence of, refuted, 423-459. His inconsistency, 464. His merits as an historian, ii. 306, 307. Defects of his history of British India, 671. His unfairness towards Clive's character, 708.

Milton, John, compared with Dante, i. 13, 99. His Essay on the Doctrines of Christianity recovered, 83. Style and doctrines, 84. His poetry his chief claim to recognition, 86. His age unfavorable to his work, 86. Excellence of his Latin verse, 91. Suggestion the characteristic of his verse, 93. L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, 94. Samson Agonistes, 94. Admiration for Euripides, 96. Comus, 97. Paradise Lost, 99. His use of the supernatural, 104. Character displayed in his poetry, 108. His sonnets, 109. His public conduct, 110. His support of public liberty approved, 121. His defence of the regicides justified, 123. His support of Cromwell creditable, 125. His character a combination of the good elements of contemporary parties, 133, 134. Prose writings, 137. Blindness may have helped his work, 213. His correctness considered, 584. Admired by Byron, 595.

Minden, battle of, ii. 279.

Minorca, captured by the French, ii. 266.

Mirabeau, Dumont's Recollections of, ii. 95-127. His use of nicknames, 125. Compared with Wilkes, 125. With Chatham, 126.

Missionary, story of a, i. 622.

Mitford, Mr., his History of Greece criticised, i. 56-82. His characteristics as an historian, 57. His narration better than his predecessors', 60. His skepticism and political bias, 61. Partial to Lacedæmon, 64. And Lycurgus, 67. Prejudiced against Athens, 70. Inaccuracy with regard to Demosthenes, 73. With regard to Æschines, 75. His neglect of the peaceful pursuits of the Greeks, 77. His faults, 274.

Molwitz, battle of, iii. 263.

Mompesson, Sir Giles, conduct of Bacon in regard to his patent, ii. 414, 415. Abandoned to the vengeance of the Commons, 424.

Monarchy, the English, in the 16th century, ii. 75, 80.

Monjuich, fortress of, captured by Peterborough, ii. 163, 164.

Monopolies, during the latter part of Elizabeth's reign, ii. 382. Multiplied under James, 414. Connived at by Bacon, 414, 415.

Monson, Mr., made Councillor in India, iii. 144. Opposes Hastings, 148. Dies, 160.

Montagu, Basil, review of his edition of Lord Bacon's works, ii. 357-497. Character of his work, 357-363. His explanation of Lord Burleigh's conduct towards Bacon, 375. His views and arguments in defence of Bacon's conduct towards Essex, 390-395. His excuses for Bacon's use of torture, and his tampering with the judges, 405-408. His reflections on Bacon's admonition to Buckingham, 416. His complaints against James for not interposing to save Bacon, and for advising him to plead guilty, 427. His defence of Bacon, 429-440.

Montesquieu, his Spirit of Laws, compared to Machiavelli's Prince, i. 180. Horace Walpole's opinion of, ii. 198.

Montgomery, Robert, his poems reviewed, i. 546-568. Passed off on the public as a great poet, 547. His plagiarism and bad grammar, 556 et seq. His descriptions, 560. His personification, 563. His unjustified popularity, 566. His Satan, 566, 567.

Montreal, captured by the British, ii. 277.

Moore, Thomas, his Life of Lord Byron, i. 569-607. Lalla Rookh, ii. 489.

More, Sir Thomas, as a character in Southey's Colloquies, i. 506. His feeling for the doctrine of transubstantiation, iii. 7.

Mourning Bride, Congreve's, iii. 83.

Munny Begum, given charge of the infant Nabob, iii. 134.

Munro, Sir Thomas, ii. 761.

Munster, Bishop of, ii. 525.

Murray, Solicitor-General (1750), his character, ii. 258. Professional ambition, 261. Refuses Newcastle's overtures, 267.

Nabobs, class of Englishmen so called, ii. 745-748.