Part 70

Townshend, Lord, his quarrel with Walpole and retirement from public life, ii. 240.

Tragedy, how much it has lost from a false notion of what is due to its dignity, ii. 514.

Treason, High, law passed at the Revolution respecting trials for, ii. 351.

Triple Alliance, circumstances which led to it, ii. 527-531. Its speedy conclusion and importance, 533-537. Dr. Lingard's remarks on it, 533, 534. Its abandonment by the English government, 540. Reverence for it in Parliament, 546.

Tudor sovereigns, their government popular though despotic, ii. 76. Dependent on the public favor, 80. Parallel between the Tudors and the Cæsars not applicable, 81. Corruption not necessary to them, 209.

Turgot, M., ii. 121.

United Provinces, Temple's account of, a masterpiece, ii. 541.

United States, its growth in population considered, i. 636.

Utilitarians, their admiration for James Mill, i. 381. Of little consequence, 422. Their great principle, 449. Their unfounded professions, 460. Their argument for universal suffrage, 486.

Utility, the key of the Baconian doctrine, ii. 445.

Utrecht, Treaty of, exasperation of parties on account of, ii. 181. Dangers that were to be apprehended from, 182. State of Europe at the time, 182. Defence of, 184-186.

Vane, Sir Harry, ii. 33.

Vansittart, Mr., his governorship of India, iii. 121.

Vendôme, Louis, Duke of, takes the command of the Bourbon forces in Spain (1710), ii. 173, 174.

Verres, extensive bribery at the trial of, ii. 431.

Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith's, error in regard to its date of publication, i. 698.

Vices, effect of public sanction on, i. 162.

Vigo, capture of the Spanish galleons at, in 1702, ii. 157.

Villani, John, his account of Florence in the fourteenth century, i. 148.

Villa-Viciosa, battle of (1710), ii. 175.

Virgil, idolized by Dante, i. 20.

Voltaire, compared to Byron, i. 596. Horace Walpole's opinion of, ii. 198. His partiality to England, 758. Meditated a history of the conquest of Bengal, 758. Acquaintance with Frederic the Great, iii. 254. Ambassador to Prussia, 268. His characteristics, 283. Goes to Berlin, 285. Quarrels with Frederic, 289. Dismissed with indignities, 291. Communication with Frederic renewed, 309. His wit compared to Addison's, 445.

Waldegrave, Lord, made First Lord of the Treasury by George II.; his attempt to form an administration, ii. 275.

Wales, Frederick, Prince of, joins the opposition to Walpole, ii. 244. His marriage, 246. Makes Pitt his groom of the bedchamber, 251. His death, 257.

Wales, Princess dowager of, her influence on George III., iii. 606.

Waller, Edmund, his conduct in the House of Commons, ii. 329.

Walpole, Sir Horace, review of Lord Dover's edition of his Letters to Sir Horace Mann, ii. 187-231. Eccentricity of his character, 188, 189. His politics, 190-192. His affectation of philosophy, 192. His unwillingness to be considered a man of letters, 193. His love of the French language, 195. Character of his works. 198-200. His sketch of Lord Carteret, 225, 226.

Walpole, Sir Robert, cared little for literature, i. 719, 722. His retaliation on the Tories for their treatment of him, ii. 182. The "glory of the Whigs," 207. His character, 207 et seq. The charge against him of corrupting the Parliament, 211. His dominant passion, 212, 214. His conduct in regard to the Spanish war, 213, 214. Formidable character of the opposition to him, 215, 243. Outcry for his impeachment, 217. His last struggle, 218. His conduct in reference to the South Sea bubble, 237. His conduct toward his colleagues, 239-242. Finds it necessary to resign, 252. Bill of indemnity for witnesses brought against him, 253.