Part 62

Napoleon, compared with Philip II. of Spain, ii. 131. Anecdote of, 269. His Old Guard compared with Clive's garrison at Arcot, 689. His early proof of talents for war, 760.

Nares, Rev. Dr., review of his Burleigh and his Times, ii. 63-94.

Nelson, Southey's Life of, i. 499.

Newcastle, Duke of, his relation to Walpole, ii. 217, 218. His character, 229, 230. His appointment as head of the administration, 260. His negotiations with Fox, 261, 262. Attacked in Parliament by Chatham, 263. His intrigues, 267. His resignation of office, 268. Sent for by the king on Chatham's dismissal, 270. Leader of the Whig aristocracy, 272. Motives for his coalition with Chatham, 273. His perfidy toward the king, 274. His jealousy of Fox, 274. His strong government with Chatham, 275. Forms a coalition with Chatham, iii. 596. His power, 597. Displaced by Bute, 620.

Newdigate, Sir Roger, his rule for prize poems, i. 585.

Newton, John, his connection with the slave trade, ii. 432. His belief in predestination, 653.

Niagara, conquest of, ii. 276.

Nimeguen, treaty of, ii. 549. Its hollowness and unsatisfactoriness, 550.

Nizam al Mulk, Viceroy of the Deccan, his death, ii. 684.

North, Lord, makes Hastings Governor-General of India, iii. 144. Tries to remove him, 160.

Novum Organum, Lord Bacon's, quoted from, i. 447. Use of quotation defended, 469. Admiration excited by it before it was published, ii. 403. And afterwards, 421. Contrast between its doctrine and the ancient philosophy, 447, 455, 470. Its first book the greatest performance of Bacon, 494.

Nov, Attorney-General to Charles I., ii. 26.

Nugent, Lord, review of his Memorials of John Hampden, his Party and his Times; ii. 1-62.

Nuncomar, candidate for minister of Bengal, his character, iii. 129. Disliked by Hastings, 133. Used as a tool, 135. Accuses Hastings before the Council, 150. Seized on charge of felony, and convicted, 153. His execution, 155.

Oates, Titus, his plot, ii. 321-326.

Ochino, Bernardo, sermons by, ii. 369.

Ode to the Virgin, Petrarch's, i. 32.

Old Bachelor, Congreve's, iii. 81.

Oligarchy, has proved universally pernicious, i. 64.

Omichund, his position in India, ii. 709. His treachery toward Clive, 711-717.

Omnipresence of the Deity, Montgomery's, criticised, i. 556.

Orange, William, Prince of, ii. 537. The only hope of his country, 542. His success against the French 543. His marriage with the Lady Mary, 550. See William III.

Orators, On the Athenian, i. 40-55.

Oratory, excellence to which it attained at Athens, i. 45. Circumstances favorable to that result, 46. Principles upon which it is to be estimated, 49. Causes of the difference between English and Athenian orators, 50. History of, at Athens, 51. Speeches of the ancients, as transmitted to us by Thucydides, 52. Period during which it flourished most at Athens, 52. Coincidence between the progress of the art of war and that of oratory, 54.

Orme, his work on India, ii. 671.

Orsini, Princess, ii. 154, 155, 169.

Osborne, Sir Peter, and Sir William Temple, ii. 511.

Ossian, poems of, utterly condemned, i. 20.