Swift, dean fome fpecimens of his genius as a biographical writer, and the melancholy effects of prejudice and party zeal, which could corrupt the heart and vitiate the underftanding of this able writer, i. 256-bis ftrong partiality to the English language, as it was in queen Elizabeth's reign, very apparent in thefe characters, which were publifhed after his, death, and are in fome refpects different from thofe publifhed in his lifetime, 257-fome remarkable anecdotes of him (which did not tranfpire to the public knowledge till the year 1759), relating firft to the motto, non rapui, fed recepi," "I did not fteal, but I received," which king William chofe for his ftate coach in Ireland, ii. 325, 326his dullness in general at a repartee, 326, 327-his curious tranflation of 3 motto on dr. Delany's coach, and of a motto on the coach of lord Sin Ireland, 327--an humorous entertainment given by him to the fcholars of Trinity College, Dublin, 327 a very ftriking proof of his illnature and ill-manners, at a dinner where he was invited, 328 the laft lines of poetry he ever made, alluding to a magazine for arms and powder, for the fecurity of the city of Dublin, 328 an extract from "The Cafe of Authors, by Profeffion or Trade," lating to the dean, v. 176-a lift of refolutions when he came to be old, taken from the two laft pofthumous volumes of his works, viii. 22 Swift, the noted felon-fome account of, viii. [80, 81] re Swifs, the-a review of the happy union, of the thirteen governments, or cantons, into which this people are di'vided, and their great wifdom, in being fo little actuated by the fpirit of conqueft, that fince the firm and compleat eftablishment of their general confederacy, they have fcarcely ever had occafion to employ their arms against a foreign enemy, and have had no. hoftile, commotions among themfelves, that were not very foon happily terminated, xxii. 13-excellent difcipline and martial exercifes among their youth, and the excellency of this inftitution, 14 -eminent for the content and happinefs which prevails among them, ib. -one general defect in their criminal jurifprudence pointed out, ib. TABRYative of the extraordinary ad- ventures and diftreffes which were Talbot, mifs Catherine, the much- Talbot, the honourable fir Gilbert, ( th him (though a commoner) with the' Tartars, the origin, manners, and extent of his territories, his powerful army, the great veneration and refpect his fubjects have for him, and his conftant attention to the interefts of his people, 28, 29-his manner of receiving the deputy governor of Siberia, and his defeat of the Chinese in feveral actions, 29, 30-the kind of houfes they live in, 30 Tartars, the, of Baraba, or the Barabintzy are a mixture of different Tartar tribes, their religion à mixture of the Mahometan and of the Kalmuck religion, their principal employment is hunting, and the advantages they derive from it, x. 30, 31— the nature of their country, their hofpitality, and their drefs defcribed, 31-their great fuperftition and veneration for conjurors, 31, 32 Tartars, the; denominated the Tongufy -an account of à peculiar species of hares among them, x. 32-definition of their name, with an account of their language, manners, and dress, and the ravage which the small-pox has made among them, x. 33, 34their manner of hunting, their fuperftitious veneration for the fun and moon, and the fimilarity between them and the natives of Canada, 34, 35 customs of, ii. 268-274 Tartars, the, called the Kalmucks-a defcription of their horse market, the drefs of their men and women, their wealth,, which confifts in their flocks, their averfion to labour, their moral and religious notions, x. 23-25 Tartars, the, called the Tzerimish and Tzoowafh their language quite different from the Mahometan Tartars in thefe parts; their great veneration for a bull; their descent unknown; their fondnefs for agriculture; their inoffenfive manners, and fingular mode of dress adopted by the women, x. 25, 26 Tartars, the, about Aftracan-their peculiar fondnefs for wearing rings in their nofes, and the different value of thefe rings, according to the different rank of the people who wore them, x. 26-fome account of a wonderful fhrub or plant, called in the Ruffian language Tartarfkey Barafhka, i. e. Tartarian lamb, faid to grow in thefe parts, 27 Tartars, the, denominated the Koffat- Tartars of Kafan-their hofpitality and fhy Orda, and Kara Kalpacks or drefs, the innocence of their manBlack-caps their religion Maho-ners, their probity, and their truth, metanifm, their life paftoral, their military exploits, their continual war with their neighbours, and inability to ftand against regular troops, X. 27, 28 Tartars, the, at or near Tobolfki, the Tartars, called the Buraty, or Bratfkytheir great refemblance to the Kalmucks in their language, drefs, and manner of life, x. 35 were formerly fubject to a prince of the Mongalls, but now live very quietly under the Ruffian government, 36-a defcription of their fhaman or conjuror, 36, 37-the very extraordinary method of making tea among them, and their great fondness for smoaking tobacco, 37, 38 xiii. 16-18 Tatlo Torquato-memoirs of his illuf- lithed in his eighteenth year, 18he finished his poem of "Jerufalem "Delivered," in the thirtieth year of his age, which was tranflated into Latin, French, Spanish, and even the Oriental languages, almoft as foon as it appeared; but it was Taffo's unhappy fate, to become wretched from the moment he gained the fummit of reputation; as is proved by his various troubles, imprifonrient, banifhment, and wandering in divers countries; which produced a melancholy that had very fingular effects, 19-. 23-an account of his poem entituled, "Jerufalem Conquered," the honours he received at Rome, where he was to have been publickly and folemnly crowned with laurel in the Capitol, by the pope himfelf, but prevented by his ficknefs and death, which he fubmitted to with great patience, and equanimity of temper, 23 26-a defcription of his person and manners, taken from an account of him, prefixed to a new tranflation of the Jerufalem Delivered, by mr. Hoole, 26 Tennifon, the right reverend dr. lord archbishop of Canterbury-a biographical account of him, xi. [173] Terrai, the abbé-diftinguifhed by a his talents, and induftry, in parlia`mentary bufinefs, which foon recommended him to the favour of the court, which appointed him rapporteur, or a legal informer to the court of all the parliamentary tranfactions, XX. 40 appointed comptroller-general of the finances, in which office he was guilty of many depredations on the public, ruined the affairs of the Eaft-India Company, feized on the monies depofited in courts of juftice, and purfued fuch measures as contributed towards caufing a dearth in France; and tho' defervedly hated by the fubjects of France, and his own vaffals, preferved the favour of his royal mafter, by humouring the king's inclination for building, and indulging the rapacioufnefs of the family of the royal miftrefs, Theobalds, the feat of the celebrated lord Burleigh (the lord high-treasurer of England), defcribed, as characteriftic of the palaces built in the reign of queen Elizabeth, i. 264, 265 Theodore, king of Corfica, baron Niewhoff, grandee of Spain, baron of England, peer of France, baron of the holy empire, and prince of the papal throne (all which titles he affumed) -memoirs of his firft arrival in Corfica, his gracious reception among the inhabitants, and his coronation as their king, iii. 25, 26-various conjectures formed in different courts concerning him, and the alarm which the Genoefe took, at the honours conferred upon him, and the falfe reports they raised against him, 26an account of his fhort reign, the murmurs and diffatisfaction which prevailed against him, with his final departure from that island, and the external marks of refpect fhewn him on that occafion, 27-his future variety of adventures, and death in the king's bench prifon in England, 27-a monument erected 'to his memory, in the church-yard of St. Anne's Weftminfter, 28 Thibet, the kingdom of--firft difcovered in the twelfth century, but not properly explored till lately, xxi. 3% -called by the people of Bengal, Boutan; its fituation and extent defcribed, 32, 33--the aftonishment expreffed by the natives at the appearance of theEnglish army amongst them, and the manner in which they differed from all the natives of the East Indies with whom the English were before acquainted, 33-the affiduity of governor Haftings (on his becoming first acquainted with this people) to make this difcovery promote the intereft of the English nation, and tend to the advancement of natural knowledge, and his appointment of mr. Bogle in a public character for this purpose, 33, 34mr. Bogle's divifion of this country into two different parts, with a defcription of the fame, and their climate, 34, 351 -the per fons, drefs, and diet of the Thibetians, 35, 36-the nature of their religious and political conftitutions, which are moft intimately blended together, with fome curious particu Jars relating to the Delai Lama, 36, 37 an enquiry into the opinion that their religion is a corrupted chrifti anity. anity, 37-the nature of polygamy tolerated here, only in the plurality of hufbands, 37-their fingular manner of beftowing their dead, ib. 38their great veneration for the cow, and the waters of the Ganges, 38-a defcription of the city Lahaffa, their capital, and the articles of their trade and commerce, 39-41-tranflation of an original letter which the Tayfhoo Lama wrote to mr. Haftings by the envoy whom he fent to folicit a peace for the Deb Rajah, 42, 43 Thomas, mrs. (the celebrated Corinna) -fome biographical particulars of her birth and family, x. 52-her difappointments and diftreffes, 5355 her flattering hopes and expectations, from the promises the received from fome of the firft nobility in the kingdom (who met at her house for the great purpose of planning the Revolution), the mortifying disappointments, and cruel returns the met with, her death, and character of her as an authorefs; with fome account of her unfortunate and only daughter, 55-58 Thomfon, mr. James-an account of the refpect fhewed to his memory by his prefent majefty, in promoting a fubfcription for printing his works; the profits of which were to be applied to erecting a monument to his memory, and for the relief of fome of his near relations in diftrefs; with a defcription of the monument erected in 1762, and the inscription, iv. [160] and v. [85] Thoresby, mr.fome proofs of his great and valuable collections of antique and curious coins and medals, vii. [58] Thurot, monfieur-a particular account of his failing from Dunkirk, his expedition to Ireland, capture of Car-. rickfergus, behaviour off Islay, defeat by the captains of the Eolus, Pallas, and Brilliant, his death, and the capture of his squadron, iii. [5557] and [79-84]-memoirs of his birth at Boulogne, in France; and the fortunate circumftance which happened at his chriftening, iii. 28early engaged in the trade of fmug gling, 29-his adventures in England, and the frequent voyages he made between England and France from 1748 to 1752, 30, 31-imprisoned at Dunkirk for his notorious fmuggling, but was afterwards released, when the project took place for in vading England, and it was thought he might be rendered ferviceable upon that occafion, and his favour in France till he was appointed to the command of the expedition to Ireland, gr Tibet-the obfcurity and inconfiftency of all the accounts given by the Roman catholic miffionaries of the religion profeffed in this country, xxiii. 59 the religious tenets of the Nef torians who vifited thefe regions in former times, are obliterated and ab forbed in the theological opinions of Lama; with an enquiry into the origin of thefe opinions, whether it be Indian or Egyptian, and an account of the celebrated Prefter John, 60-63 Tindall, mr. the martyr- -an account of the time when his tranflation of the New Teftament was finished, iii. [100]-his imprisonment, and fufferings in 1536, for the teftimony he bore in the fupport of true religion, and his abhorrence of fuperftition, [100, 101] Tinker, captain, of the Argo-fome remarkable proofs of his fortitude and heroifm, fo truly characteristick of the fpirit of the English navy, iii. [71, 72]-and ix. [78] Toft, Mary, the famous rabbit-woman -an account of her death, in January 1763, vi. [54] Tottleben, general count-the various viciffitudes of fortune he experienced, the difgrace he fuffered in the year 1761 for misconduct in his military` department, and fuppofed treachery to his country, the humble petition he prefented to her prefent Imperial maj. befeeching her to reftore him to her favour, and his appointment to a military command against the Turks in 1769, iii. [43]iv. [32, 33]-vi. ! [98] and xii. [28, 29] and [119] Townshend, the honourable colonel Roger was diftinguifhed by his fteady bravery, his promifing genius, and his agreeable manners, which made his death, in 1759, much lamented, ii. 3.1-the fimilarity between him and lord vifcount Howe, both in their virtues and in the circumftances of their fate; both were dear to the troops, and both having loft their lives on an expedition against Ticonderoga; the one in 1758, the other in 1759, 1.73-ii. 31-the infcription upon his monument in Weftmin-. fter Abbey, erected by his mother the lady vifcountess Townshend, v. [109] Townshend, Townshend, the honourable brigadiergeneral George, afterwards lord vifcount-his great firmnefs of mind, refolution, and fuperior military vir tues on receiving the command of the army at the fuccefsful and glorious conqueft of Quebec, after the death of general Wolfe, ii, 40, 41 Townfend, mr. alderman-fome particular proofs of his public fpirit, and political fentiments refpecting the Middlefex election, as appears from the particulars of the proceedings in the great caufe between him and the collector of the land-tax, in the year 1772, XV. [174, 175]' Townfhend, the right hon. Charles his political character, as defcribed by mr. Edmund Burke, in his fpeech on American taxation, in the house of commons, April 19th 1774, xviii. 20 -22 Tradefcant, fir John-was (according to Anthony Wood) a Fleming, or a Dutchman, travelled into most parts of Europe, and into Barbary, and was a great collector of plants and feeds, and most of thofe curiofities of every fort which are now depofited in the Afhmolean Mufeum at Oxford, xvi. 81-diftinguished by the notice of king Charles I. his queen, and many other perfons of the firft diftination, for his knowledge in natural history, and for his introduction of foreign plants into his garden at Lambeth, 81,82-n account of his very fingu lar monument, emblematical of him as a very celebrated naturalift, 82the remarkable epitaph which was intended for, but never placed upon his monument, 82, 83-a lift of the portraits of him and his family, now in the Afhmolean Mufeum, 83 Trelawney, fir William, baronet, go-vernor of Jamaica-the public teftimonies in proof of his virtuous and admirable uniformity, and confiftency of character, and the inflexible integrity of his conduct, in the adminiftration of his government in that ifland, which made his death univerfally lamented, and obtained for him the highest honours that could be paid by the affembly and council of Jamaica, in the refolution they came to, that his excellency's funeral should be conducted with the greateft magnificence, and at the public expence, xvi. [221]--the respectful addrefs which was prefented by the council of Jamaica to lady Trelawney, on the death of their univerfally lamented governor, [222] Trevor, the honourable and right rev. Richard, D. D. lord bishop of Durham-an account of his perfonal accomplishments, literary attainments, great candour and benevolence, exalted conceptions of the doctrines and defign of chriftianity, exemplified in his writings and in his life, by dr. Rotheram, rector of Houghton le Spring in the diocefe of Durham, with an account of the legacies he left to feveral public charities, xiv. 67-70. and [116] Trigg, the reverend mr. vicar of Horlie, near Riegate, Surrey-feveral memorable and laudable inftances of his grateful refpect for the place where he received his education, both in his life-time and at his death, vi. [111, 112] and x. [143] Trublet, the abbé, author of fome admirable effays—a ftate of a f fhort correfpondence between monfieur de Voltaire and the abbé, on the latter fending him his fpeech which he made at his admiffion into the French Academy, iv. 31-33 Tulip madness, the, which prevailed in Holland during the years 1634, 1635, 1636, and 1637, when the Dutch of all ranks, from the greatest to the meaneft, neglected all manner of bufinefs and manufacture, and fold their utenfils, &c. to engage in the tulip-trade, viii. 50, 51 Tull, Jethro, efq.-diftinguished by his great knowledge and improvements in agriculture, and a remarkable inftance of the fuperior merit of the horfe-hoeing hufbandry, introduced into England by him about the year 1740, iv. 132, 133-memoirs of his birth and defcent from an ancient family in Oxfordshire, where he enjoyed a competent paternal eftate, vii. 27his liberal univerfity education, and application to the ftudy of the law; his travels, and diligent obfervation of the foil, culture, and vegetable productions natural to the several European countries he paffed through, and the ftate of agriculture in them, with his fuccefsful experiments in the art of husbandry, founded on the foregoing obfervations, 27-29 his vegetable fyftem approved and confirmed by the exprefs experiments of |