Part 36

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, his part in the Club.

Rich: desire of the poor majority to plunder the rich minority. Effects which a general spoliation would produce.

Richardson, Samuel, his opinion of the Rambler. His kindness to Johnson.

Robespierre, his power over the lives of his fellow-citizens. His character. Regaled by Barere at a tavern on the day of the Queen's death. Atrocious decree of the Convention proposed by him. Becomes one of the Committee of Public Safety. Purpose of his celebrated fiendish decree. Barere's panegyric on Robespierre. Barere's motion to put Robespierre and his accomplices to death. Robespierre's execution. His character.

Rockingham, Charles Marquis of, at the head of the Whig opposition. His adherents in the House of Commons. Becomes Prime Minister. His death.

Roland, Madame, her courage and force of thought. Her execution.

Roland, the Girondist, his wife. His fate.

Roman Tale, Fragments of a.

Romans, domestic habits of the. Character of the poetry of the Romans. Their regard for the language and literature of Greece. Their disregard of the sacred books of the Hebrews. Their exclusive spirit. The Roman empire of the time of Diocletian compared with the Chinese empire. Effect of the victory of Christianity over paganism. Purification of the Roman world by the invasion of the Barbarians.

Rousseau, his egotism and its success.

Royal Society of Literature, on the.

Rumford, Count, his proposition for feeding soldiers cheaply.

Russell, Lord William, his last saying.

Sacheverell, prosecution of.

Sadler, Mr, review of his work on the Law of Population. His style. And spirit. His attack on Mr Malthus. His distinctions without a difference. The great discovery by which he has vindicated the ways of Providence. His refutation refuted. The motto on his title-page. His statements examined and refuted.

Safety, Committee of Public, formation of the, in Paris. Names of the persons composing the. Character of the men composing the Committee. Its crimes and blunders. Robespierre's fiendish motion.

Sallust, his merits as a historian. His conspiracy of Catiline.

Satire of Juvenal and Dryden.

Savage, Richard, his career.

Schoolmen, Lord Bacon's description of the logomachies of the, of his time.

Scott, Sir Walter, his use of the rejected fragments of history.

Sermon in a Churchyard.

Shakspeare, William, language he gives to his superhuman beings. His euphuism. His dramas miracles of art. His exquisite imagery. Publication of Johnson's edition of the works of. Character of the work.

Shelburne, William, Earl of, in the Whig opposition. Placed by the King at the head of the Treasury.

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, his repartee to Pitt.

Sidney, Sir Philip, his dying thanksgiving.

Sieyes, the Abbe, M. Dumont's sketch of the character of.

Similitudes, Dante's.