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INDEX [[M-Z]]
Each index item listed below is followed by a series of letters and numbers that indicate the article to which reference is being made. The letters stand for the section of the Brevities in which the item is found and within that section the articles are numbered consecutively. Pin stands for Pinakidia, M for Marginalia, SP for Supplementary Pinakidia, LST for Literary Small Talk, CS for A Chapter of Suggestions, FS for Fifty Suggestions, and SM for Supplementary Marginalia.
M——: see Mathews, Cornelius
Macaulay, Thomas: cited, M 61, M 181, M 221; as critic, M 92, FS 33, SM l; his essays as source, M 125, M 141, M 163, M 288; essay on Bacon cited, CS 11; imitated by critics, FS 50
Macbeth: Enslen's optical projection in banquet scene, Pin 7
Machiavelli, N.: Castruccio comment, Pin Intro; cited, M 46
Macknight, J.: Harmony of the Four Gospels cited, M 14
McPherson, J.: “Ossian” cited, Pin 74, M 132
Macrobius: Saturnalia as source, Pin 43; Saturnalia cited, Pin 58, M 53
magazines: in England, dates of three given, M 88; in America, discussed for terseness, M 143, M 182
Magdalen Asylums: cited, M 14
“Maiden Hunting for her Fawn” (Marvell): quoted, SM 9
Malherbe: epigram upon picture of Saint Catherine, Pin 111
Malibran, M. F.: her success and early death, M 85
Malone, Edmond: his edition of Boswell's Johnson as source, Pin 30, Pin 95; his Hamlet edition as source, M 265, FS 9 man: reason in natural state, M 10; truthful nature of, M 31, as citizen of the universe, M 254
Man About Town (Webbe): excessive mannerism, M 67
Manasseh, Rabbi: The Hopes of Israel discussed, Pin 23
Mancur, J. H.: his tedious novel Palais Royal, M 129
La Manure de Bien Penser (Bouhours): cited, Pin 103, M 46 (see Bouhours)
mannerist: Southey's word applied to style, M 79, SM 2
Mantuanus: “De honesto amore” quoted, Pin 95, M 90
Marana, J. P.: Turkish Spy much copied, Pin 3, M 72
marginal note: nature discussed, M Intro
Marino, G. B.: his poem inspired Milton, SP 3
Marmontel: Encyclopidie on Italian comedy, Pin 34
Martin Faber (Simms): mentioned, M 113, M 173
Martorelli, Giacopo: his denial of ancient window glass disproved, SP 10
Marvell, Andrew: critique of his poem, SM 9
masks: in new comedy of Greece, Pin 118
masoretical punctuation: Jewish, Pin 73, Pin 169
mass mania: as in Abdera, M 3, M 165
Masson, M.: his novel decried, M 58
Materials for Thinking (Burden): mentioned, Pin Intro
Mathews, Anne: her book as a source, M 109
Mathews, Cornelius: derided, M 269, M 270, M 278, M 281, M 286, FS 18, FS 31, FS 40, FS 46
Mathias, T. J.: Pursuits of Literature plagiarized, M 100
St. Matthew: reference, M 109, M 143
meditation: effect on reverie, FS 3
Meker (or Mekerchus): his Latin work as source; also cited, M 146, M 264
Melancthon, P.: on Batrachomyomachia, Pin 131; his name really Hertz Schwartz, SP 25
Melanges (Suard): mentioned, Pin Intro
Meleager: death of, M 284
Mimoires de littirature (Sallengre): mentioned, Pin Intro; as source, Pin 134
“Mems”: see H. B. Wallace
Menage: epitaph on Sannazarius, Pin 87; his wit discussed, M 150a
Menander: compared with Aristophanes, Pin 121; in the Bible, SP 40
Mónard: lines on death quoted, Pin 45
Mennes, Sir John: Poems quoted, Pin 94
Mercier, S.: his L An 2440 cited for metempsychosis, Pin 89, M 59
Merlin, Countess of: her Memoirs of Malibran cited, M 85
“Mesmeric Revelation” (Poe): cited, M 130, M 200
mesmerism: in a convincing Poe tale, M 130; discussed skeptically, M 180; mentioned for reverie, CS 3
metaphors or similes: as germ ideas in writing, SM 16
metaphysics: etymology of, Pin 157, M 38; discussed, M 38
Metastasio: name really Trapaso, SP 25
meter: imitation of classical, M 84; English efforts, M 133; article on, by Bristed, M 191
Metternich: cited, M 60
Meyer, Leopold de (or von): mocked as “spasmodist,” M 271
Michelangelo: reference to Hawthorne borrowing, M 79
“Midnight Mass” (Longfellow): plagiarized from Tennyson, M 138
Mill, John Stuart: mentioned, M Intro; as logician, M 63, M 124
Milton: his Adam inspired by Andreini's Adam, Pin 35; a Pope borrowing, Pin 36, M 139A; his use of Spenser, Pin 67; Paradise Lost cited, Pin 76; Pin 92, M 139A, SP 3, SP 20, SP 34; a T. Gray borrowing, Pin 92, M 139A; Samson Agonistes as source, Pin 138; Gomus quoted, M 41; Comus in Longfellow's poem, M 138; as possible source of a phrase, M 197
mind: relation to skull size, Pin 115; center of sensation, FS 7
Mirabeau, Honore: cited, M 250, FS 8
Mirror, (N. Y.): as source, M 3
Miserrimus (Reynolds): cited, M 113, M 205
Misopogon (Emperor Julian): commented on, SP 30
mob: shift in their credulity, M 108; their thoughtless action, M 232 ; M 226
Moi of Medea (Corneille): cited, Pin 5
Moliere: cited, Pin 31
money: American worship of, M 228
money, Hebrew: cited, Pin 162, Pin 168
money-pouches: long ones in style, FS 15
Money (Bulwer): mentioned, M 221
Montagu, Lady Mary: cited, M 109
Montaigne: on writing as stimulus to thought, M 150, M 277
Montesini: on South American Jews, Pin 23
Montesquieu: Persian Letters similar to Turkish Spy, Pin 3, M 72; mentioned, M Intro
Montfleury, Z. J.: “died” from Racine's play, M 135
Montgomery, J.: quoted on Eastern Tales, Pin 27; Lectures as source, Pin 27, Pin 73, Pin 74, Pin 75, Pin 76, Pin 77, M 132, M 133, SP 18; on Ossian, Pin 74, M 132; Lectures on Literature worthless, M 19; his Wanderer is contemptible, M 83
Montgomery, Robert: epics of, M 2; linked with James Montgomery, M 19, M 83; quoted, SP 24
Monthly Magazine: as source, M 96
Monthly Recorder: cited, M 88
Monthly Register: its ludicrous praise of a novel, M 83; plagiarism quoted, M 100
Moore, Thomas: ornaments a prose tale, M 42; his short poems mentioned, M 202; prosaic style, M 218; Lalla Rookh as source, FS 6; as a fanciful poet, FS 41, SM 4; an undervalued writer, SM 17
morality: literary, M 217, FS 19; no path to worldly success, M 235
Morals (Aristotle): comment, Pin 157
More, Dr. Henry: quoted, M 180
Morgan, Lady: Italy as source, M 170
Morning Post (London): disbelieves truth of “Mesmeric Revelation,” M 200
Morris, George P.: best writer of songs, M 202
Mort de Gesar (Voltaire): quoted, Pin 124, M 120
Morte dArthur (Tennyson): cited, M 44
Moses: account of Deluge, Pin 60; his reference to God, M 55
motto, U. S.: reference to Pythagoras’ definition of beauty, M 127
Mozart, W. A.: humble anecdote given, M 271
Muller, J. G. A.: cited, M 71
Murchison, Roger: mentioned, M Intro
Murray, L.: as rule-giver to poets, FS 33
music: its effect, M 8; its indefinitiveness praised, M 44, M 202; origin and nature of term, M 239; as story teller, CS 10; philosophy of, rarely understood, M 16
“My Thoughts” (Cranch): quoted, M 175
Mysteries of Paris (Sue): powerful, ingenious, and artless, M 176
Mystery of St. Dents: cited, Pin 66
Mythology (Jacob Bryant): cited, Pin 70 (see Bryant for “source” use)
names: suggested for America, M 184
Napoleon: mentioned, Pin Intro
nationality: needed in American letters, SM 1
Natural History of Enthusiasm (Taylor): comment, M 161
natural state of man: rationality, M 10
Neal, John: literary foibles, M 197, M 216
New Monthly: question of plagiarism, M 198
New Testament: see also Bible; language not pure Greek, SP 11; as source, SP 40
“New World”: concept in literature, Pin 12
Newnham, W. N.: Human Magnetism, faulty logic, good conclusions, M 180
newspaper editors: their constitutions, FS 13
Newton: Optics as source, M 169; cited on progress, CS 11; mentioned, SM 19
Niagara (Lord): comment, M 169
Night and Morning (Bulwer): mere plot, CS 6, cited, SM 20
Noctes Atticae (Aulus Gellius): first periodical moral essay, Pin 44
Norman Leslie (Fay): inferior to “Jim Crow,” SP 16a
North American Review: alluded to, M 182; leads a literary cabal, M 206, M 211; review of Taylor, M 212; as reviewer of Poe, M 290
North, Christopher: see John Wilson
Norton, Caroline: laudable reference, M 104
Nouvelle Hiloise (Rousseau): quoted, FS 28
Novalis: quoted, M 164
novels: discussed vs. tale, SM 15
Nubes (Aristophanes): with several rhymes, Pin 100
obscurity: cited by Quintilian, Pin 114
Occidente, Maria del: see Brooks
“Ode to Adversity” (Gray): quoted, Pin 92
Odiorne, Thomas: Progress of Refinement and relation to poetry, Pin 2
odors: not parallel to other senses, M 48
Odyssey: division into books, Pin 18; similarity to Iliad, Pin 42
“Oenone” (Tennyson): mentioned, M 44
Old Curiosity Shop (Dickens): characters discussed, SM 14
“Old Wine to Drink”: question of authorship, M 158
Olympian Ode (Pindar): Anaxagoras in commentary, Pin 72
opera: derided for chorus and mass scenes, M 284
Optics (Newton): quoted, M 169, CS 11
oratory: now superior to ancient Greek, M 112
Oriental literature: reference, M 1
originality: envied by the dully conventional, M 119
Osborn, Laughton: Vision of Rubeta discussed, M 133; his powerful Confessions, M 205, M 217; C. E. White's pseudonym, M 215
Osgood, Frances: poems of “grace,” M 209
Ossian (McPherson): cited, Pin 74, M 132
“Opics”: cited, M 139A; his defense of Longfellow, M 198
Ovid: cited, Pin 30; a borrowing from Lucretius, Pin 165, M 139A
Paine, Thomas: Age of Reason cited, M 24
painting: of Adam in Vatican, M 105; advancement of, M 131; portraiture, M 280
Palais Royal (Mancur): comment, M 128
Palestine: home of citric attrogs, Pin 81
Paley, Wm.: Moral Philosophy as source, Pin 26
Pandects: Roman legal code, SP 17
Papyrius Paetus: Cicero's letter quoted, Pin 32
Paradise Lost: inspired by Andreini, Pin 35; accused of treason, Pin 37; quoted, Pin 76, Pin 92; in a new version and translated from the French, SP 20
Paris: inscription on gates, Pin 145
Park Theatre: cited, SM 22
Parker, Matthew: his hymns a source, Pin 171
Parnasse Reformi (Gueret): quoted, M 135
Parrhasius, curtain of: reference, M 243
Pasquin: epigram on Paul III quoted, Pin 91
Passeri, G.: quoted for soul's flight, Pin 115, M 57
St. Patrick: reference to biography, Pin 65; Irish snake, FS 12
Patru, M.: Plaidoyers quoted, Pin 159
St. Paul: three-part composition of man, Pin 84
Paul III: Pasquin epigram, Pin 91
Paulding, James: his Westward Ho! titled from Jonson's Eastward Hoe!, SP 21; compared to Bulwer, SM 4; Life of Washington praised, SM 13
Paulus, Heinrich: his Memorabilien cited, M 71
Peacock, T. L.: his poem musical, M 97
Pelham (Bulwer): inferior to Scott's novels, SM 4
penance: atonement for sin, M 157
Pentamerone: cited, Pin 56
Percival, J. G.: his hexameters, M 133
Peregrinus Proteus (Wieland): quoted, M 229, SM 19
perfectionists: always restless, M 70
Periplus (Hanno): reference to the lakes, M 117
Persian Letters (Montesquieu): similar to The Turkish Spy, Pin 3, M 72
Petrarch: Brossano's tombstone epitaph quoted, Pin 78; Boileau's view of him, Pin 90; his work analyzed, SM 10
Peutinger, Konrad: editor of long Roman military maps, M 129
Phèdre (Racine): cited, Pin 5
Philolaus: on comets, Pin 12
philology: illustrated through weeping willow, M 47
philosophers: new sect loves old things, FS 28
philosophy: anciently divides soul and spirit, Pin 84; never really true, M 242
“Philosophy of Point” (Poe): mentioned, M 197
Phlegyas: quoted, M 9
phrenology: cited on Dickens, M 20
physiology: similar effects of sound and sight on body, M 32
piano keys: could yield varied tales, CS 10
Pickwick Abroad (Reynolds): cited, M 113
Pièces intéressantes (La Place): mentioned, Pin Intro
Pierce Plowman's Vision: on its alliteration, SP 18
Pigal: statue of Louis XV, Pin 79, M 148
Pinckney, Edward (for Pinkney): his “Health” plagiarized, M 208
Pindar: his odes mentioned, M 147; cited, M 265, SM 10
Pindar, Peter: Wolcot as a free metrist, LST 2
Pindaric verses: their effect on rhymes, M 147
Pisistratus: collector of Iliad, Pin 144
Pius VI: his 1783 obelisk, Pin 147
plagiarism: L. Sterne and C. Colton, Pin Intro, M 46; from Boileau, Pin 97, M 92, M 139A; Satyre Menippee and Hudibrm, Pin 116, M 64; analysis of Longfellow's “Midnight Mass,” M 35, M 138; in Bulwer's Pompeii unacknowledged, M 49; in a Hawthorne tale, M 79; from European Magazine, M 89; by Monthly Register from T. J. Mathias, M 100; not applicable to compilations, M 168; often self-repetition, M 198; by R. W. Dodson of Hemans’ lines, M 204; by George Hill from Pinkney, M 208; of T. B. Read froM Lowell, M 210; from Poe by W. W. Lord, M 214; why detestable, SM 11
Plaidoyers (M. Patru): quoted, Pin 159
Plato: the Genesis creation account in Symposium, Pin 19; Symposium as source, Pin 19, SP 31; on idle talk, M Intro; music for improved taste, M 239
Pliny: as source, M 243, M 280, M 284
plot: needs preplanning, CS 6; constructions only perfect when God's, M 18
Plutarch: Apophthegms mentioned, Pin Intro; his erroneous opinions of Aristophanes and Menander, Pin 121; not always clear, M 13; cited, M 46, M 153
Poe, E. A.: “Raven” cited for medial rhyme, M 147; his Bf scorn of Saul noted in verses, M 219
poetic license: never justified, M 218
poetic sentiment: leads to imitation, M 160; needed tojudge poetry, M 166; older British poetry, SM 3
poetry: sound and sense principle, Pin 117, M 65; alliteration in Milton, M 41; Moore's prosaic style, M 42; rejects inversions, M 104; best part of Damsel of Darien (Simms), M 106; imitation in, M 160; rhythm in, M 175; needs mathematical analysis, M 179; BJ criticism of Coxe evaluated in squib, M 219; Bulwer's discussed, M 221; fanciful poet criticized, M 248 poetry, French: quoted on caesura, Pin 160
poetry, German: reference, Pin 152, Pin 153, M 152
poetry, Greek: hexameters contrasted with those in English, M 191
poetry, older British: its quaint charm, SM 3
poets: alert to injustice, FS 22; as a genus irritabile, FS 22
poets’ magazine: their “perpetual chant,” M 275
Poets and Poetry (Griswold): adverse comment, M 158
Politian: his poem to A. Scala, Pin 140; translated “Pandects” (Roman Law) into Greek, SP 17
“political squibs”: as nonsensical verses, LST 2
politics: Voltaire quoted on English parties, M 159; illustrate changing opinion, M 241
polytheism: Greek writers on, M 53
Pompeiana (Gels): similar to Pompeii (Bulwer), M 49
Pontneuf: songs cited, Pin 22
Pope, Alexander: a borrowing from Milton, Pin 36, M 139A; quoted, Pin 88, M 237, M 250; Epistle to Arbuthnot borrowed froM Dryden, Pin 96, M 139A; cited, M 42, M 255; Dunciad mentioned, M 50; as source, M 150e, M 225d; cited by Voltaire, M 159; his prosodic advice and practice, M 191; Cowper's style, M 218; Wakefield edition notes cited, SP 43; Rape of Lock as a source, FS 24
Popes: several cited, Pin 8, Pin 134
Popular Record of Science (London): reprinted “Mesmeric Revelation” and “Valdemar,” M 200
Porphyry: on Greek deities, Pin 57, M 53
Les Premiers Traits de L‘Erudition Universelle: see Bielfeld
Presbyterian Eloquence (Scott): quoted, M 145
Prescott, Wm.: respected by other historians, FS 33
Private Life of the Romans (Arnay): Bulwer's debt, M 49
progress: of the arts, M 131; reform scorned, M 262
Progress of Refinement (Odiorne): the best alliteration, Pin 2
Proserpina: cited, Pin 57, M 53
prosody: Thomas Moore's ornamental poetic style, M 42
Protestants: cited, Pin 142
Protogenes: cited, M 280
Proverbs (Bible): cited, M 36
Psalms: W. Slatyer version quoted, Pin 146; 1564 Parker edition quoted, Pin 171; quoted and paraphrased, Pin 172
Psalter of Solomon: origin, Pin 47
psychology: effect of sound and color, M 32
Ptolemy: reference to Almagest, M 82
Publilius Syrus: as source, Pin 132
Puckle, James: his Gray Cap quoted, M 23, M 149, FS 9; Gray Cap as source, M 153, M 154, M 266, FS 18
Puckler-Muskau: Tour as source, M 15a
Pue, Hugh: his Grammar poor in quality and as model, SM 18
Pulci: on the “new world,” Pin 12
pun: best when intolerable, M Intro; on two types of “state,” M 87; quoted, M 235, M 253; the weak point of Hood, M 291
punctuation: needs a reasoned treatise, M 197
Pursuits of Literature (Mathias): preface quoted, M 100
Pusey, E.: uproar over, M 3
Pythagoras: his definition of beauty, M 127
Rabelais: Gargantua cited, FS 1
Racine: PhMre cited, Pin 5; BerMice quoted, Pin 123
Ramaseana: a strange truth, M 39
Rambaud de Vachieras: cited, Pin 14
Randolph, John (of Roanoke): quoted by Brougham, M 37
Ranke: History of the Popes cited by Macaulay, CS 11
“Ranz des Vaches”: comment, SP 38
Raphael: source of Gray's “Bard,” Pin 93
“Rationale of Verse” (Poe): cited on meter, M 191
Raumer, F. von: a source, Pin 7; cited, Pin 7, M 54
Read, T. B.: cited and quoted, M 210
reading: speed methods predicted, M 27; effect on public, M 56
real estate: defined for humor, M 136 realism: in literature and art, no merit in disagreeable details, M 43; rare in America, M 280
reality: legal definition for property, M 136
reasoning: faulty type explained, M 87, M 124
Reciprocal Influence of Body and Mind (Newnham): discussed, M 180
Recueil des Bonnes Pensees: on error, Pin Intro
Rees's Cyclopaedia: as source, M 87, M 171b
reform: cited, M 229, M 262; derided, M 267
regeneration: 19th century need for, M 225
Reminiscences of Coleridge (Cottle): discussed, FS 9
Remmius: Carmen de Ponderibus discussed, M 22
revolution: its spirit in England, FS 25
Revue des Deux Mondes: on Poe, M 211
Revue Française: on Poe, M 211
Reynard the Fox: fable cited, M 278
Reynolds, F. M.: cited for Miserrimus, M 113, M 205
Rhea: cited (from Porphyry), Pin 57, M 53
Rhododaphne (Peacock): quoted, M 97
“Rhodope”: a parallel of “Cinderella,” Pin 56
rhyme: based on human sense of equality, M 147
Rhymes of Travel (Taylor): review, M 212
Richardson, Samuel: Clarissa Harlowe cited, M 177
Richelieu: cited, Pin 106; book dedication to him changed to Christ, Pin 109; Benserade's epitaph, Pin 128
Richelieu (Bulwer): comment, M 221
Richelieu (James): a weak historical novel, SM 5
Richmann, G. W.: Russian scientist cited, M 93
Rienzi (Bulwer): mentioned, SM 10
“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (Coleridge): quoted, M 193
“Robin Hood”: could become a fine epic, SP 9
Robins, Joshua: cited, M 62
Robinson Crusoe (Defoe): captivating versimilitude, SM 21
Rochefoucault (or Rochefoucauld): mentioned, Pin Intro
Rollenhagen: Froschmauseler cited for “Cinderella,” Pin 56
Roman Law: found in four parts, full of platitudes and pedantry, SP 17
romance-writers: should construct novels carefully, M 268
Romans: reference, M 228
Rome (Gillespie): a respectable book, M 162
Rousseau, J. J.: La Nouvelle Helozse mentioned, FS 28
Ruins of Athens (Hill): a poem taken from Pinkney, M 208
Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons (Duncan): its philosophy outdated, M 21
Saint-Evremond: quoted on ultimate justice, Pin 82
Saint John, Henry: mentioned, M 46
Saint Pierre, Abbe de: cited on words, Pin 28
Sallengre, A. H.: Memoires de liteerature mentioned, Pin Intro; as source, Pin 134
Sallo, Denis de: Journal des S(avans cited, Pin 125
Sallust: definition of a King uncurbed, Pin 143, M 60; his genius and Aruntius’ imitation, M 188
Sand, George: see Dudevant
Sannazarius: epitaph quoted, Pin 87
Sannio: a buffoon, Pin 122
Santeuil: model for memorial verses, Pin 145
Sardanapalus: called Tenos Concoleros by Greeks, SP 2
Sartor Resartus (Carlyle): cited, M 135, M 165, M 188, SM 19
Satan: in Paradise Lost, Pin 37
satire through letters: old form, M 72
Satyre Menippee: like Hudibras, Pin 116, M 64
Saul (Coxe): execrable verse play, M 219
Scala, Alessandra: Politian's verse tribute, Pin 140
scansion: rhythm in Longfellow's “Proem”
Scaramouch: cited, Pin 31
Scarron, Paul: epistle to Sarrazin, tri-syllabic, SP 23
Schlegel, A. W.: Dramatic Lectures as source Pin 5, Pin 101, Pin 118, Pin 119, Pin 120, Pin 121, Pin 122, Pin 123, Pin 124, M 120, M 131, M 137, SP 1, SP 7; mentioned, M 209; on odd stage directions, SP 7; ranked, M 181
Schlegel, F. A.: on origin of commedia dell‘arte, Pin 122; analytic style, FS 33
Schlegel, Frederick and Augustus: ranked below Macaulay, M 181
scholiast: on Pindar, Pin 72
Schottky: Serbian fables of “Cinderella,” Pin 56
Schwarmerei: possibly meant, M Intro; term for critical style, M 249
scientific literature: examples given of verses, M 22
Scotch: as the “Paradisial” tongue, M 142
“Scotch School” (Bristed): quoted, M 191
Scott, Walter: Monastery mentioned, M 165b; cited, M 221; Walladmor, an imitation of Scott, SP 27; better than Bulwer's novels, SM 4; his Waverley inventively historical, SM 5
Scott, Walter (clergyman): quotation from Presbyterian Eloquence, M 145
Scylla: from “Scol” (destruction), Pin 80
Selden, John: Historical Discourse as source, Pin 99; on Henry VIII, Pin 99
self, sense of: in crises, CS 1
Selkirk, Alexander: his true story inspired Defoe, SM 21
Semiramis: ambiguity of dates of epoch, Pin 62
Seneca: plagiarized by Corneille and Racine, Pin 5; on Homer and Appian, Pin 18; nine tragedies use Greek subjects, Pin 101, M 131; a false attribution, Pin 132, M 90; reference, M 46, M 188
sensibility: love of beauty and horror of deformity, FS 23
“Sensitive Plant” (Shelley): mentioned, M 213
Sentimental journey (Sterne): quoted, M 145, M 211
Septuagint: word for “darkness,” Pin 17; quoted, M 5
Sermon on a Future State (Austin): comment, M 68
Servius: on Virgil, Pin 58, M 53
Severianus: cited, M 25
Sheba: queen and kingdom cited, Pin 49
shekel: inscribed, Pin 168
Shelley, P. B.: compared to Montgomery, M 2; discussed, M 213
Shenstone: inscription to his memory, M 81
Sheridan, R. B.: on Annals of Tacitus, Pin 50; his impromptus would conquer Athenians, M 112; as a source, FS 32
Sidney, Sir Philip: his hexameters absurd, Pin 75, M 133
Silius Italicus: quoted on assassination, Pin 104
Simms, W. G.: poor style in his Damsel of Darien, M 74; cited, M 113, M 212; Areytos and Poe's poetry, M 173e; quoted, M 173
Siren: from word “to sing,” Pin 80
slanderers: biblical translation, Pin 54
Slatyer, Wm.: Hymns as source, Pin 146; Psalms quoted, Pin 146
Smith, Adam: Wealth of Nations as source, SP 15
Smith, H.: Zillah as source, Pin 83; comment on his essays, M 5; encountered on train, M 5; compared to Bulwer, SM 4
Smith, Thomas: defines a gentleman, M 69
Smollett, Tobias: quoted, M 111
Socrates: in Lyttelton dialogue, Pin 85; cited, M 79; article on, SP 31
solar system: its duration not really in Bible, M 21
Solomon: as author of Iliad, Pin 148, M 62
“Song of a Tree-Spirit” (Barrett): quoted, M 222
“Song of Solomon”: the only sacred book without deity, Pin 52
song-writing: aims at utter freedom, not imitation, M 202
Sophocles: as an echo of Aeschylus, M 131; cited, M 284
Sorrows of Werther (Goethe): German and English language responses, M 174
Soucier, Pere: on Oriental coins, Pin 162
soul: immortality of, Pin 1; final destiny related to sleep, M 126
sound and sense: in poetry, Pin 117, M 65
Southern Literary Messenger: mentioned, Pin Intro
Southey, Robert: The Doctor discussed, SM 2
Souza, Jose: fine edition of the Lusiads, SP 44
Sparks, Jared: left a need for Paulding's Washington, SM 13
“Specimens on British Critics”: Wilson's article insults Lowell, SM 1
Spenser, Edmund: echoed by Milton, Pin 67; quoted, FS 43
spondees: paucity of in English, Pin 75, M 133
Sprague, Charles: cited as limited poet, M 104, M 290
stage effects: optical, in Macbeth, Pin 7, M 54
Stanley: see Wallace
Statius, Publius: his verses on the Via Domitiana, SP 13
Stephens, J. L.: journey through Idumea, M 115
Sterne, Laurence: false attribution of Koran, Pin Intro, M 46; his (sic) Koran derivative, M 46; cited on reviewers, M 145; Letter from France mentioned, M 211; imitated in Doctor, SM 2
Strabo: on Tower of Belus, Pin 141; his skepticism, M 155
Street, A. B.: as descriptive poet, M 167, FS 38
style: and concision, M 29; of Brougham scorned, M 37; prosaic, M 42; of Gould and Howitt analyzed, M 66; of Bulwer discussed, M 117; of Gibbon assailed, LST 5-8; when logical, can lead to false conclusions, CS 11
Suard, J. B. A.: Melanges mentioned, Pin Intro
Sue, Eugene: on Mysteries of Paris and the debt to Poe, M 176; of unstable, sensational tone, M 181; mentioned, M 221
suffering: divine aspect of punishment, M 157
Suidas: letter from Dionysius to Apollophanes, Pin 59
Sullivan, J. T. S.: as conversationalist, M 192
Sulpicius: literary robbery by Tasso, Pin 105, M 138
sun: reference to its size, M 38, M 193; cited for Decuppis, FS 36
superior virtue: leads to madhouse or prison, M 247
Swammerdam, Jan: Biblia naturae translated into English, SP 28
Swedenborgians: gullible about Poe's tale, M 130
Swift, J.: source of Cary's essay style, M 158; comment on “Lilliputian Ode,” SP 23
Switzerland: cited for folk tune, Pin 29, SP 38
sympathy: use of by authors, SM 22
Table Talk (Coleridge): not gossip but discourse, M 109
Tacitus: cited, Pin 50, M Intro, SP 42; discussed, Pin 161
Taglioni, Maria: cited, M 85, FS 27
tale: artistic qualities discussed, SM 15
Talleyrand: quoted on Bible, FS 28
Tasso, Torquato: discussed, Pin 21; his epic uses Lucan and Sulpicius, Pin 105, M 138
Taylor, Bayard: Rhymes of Travel unjustly attacked, M 212; noble poet but too rhetorical, M 290
Taylor, Isaac: spirit of his book like Bush's Anastasia, M 161
Taylor, Jeremy: cited, M Intro
Tempest: Trinculo cited, M 273
Temple, Sir Wm.: cited, M Intro
Tennyson, Alfred: perhaps the greatest poet, M 44; “Death of the Old Year” in Longfellow's poem, M 138; cited, M 145; his style and Shelley's influence, M 213; quaint and imaginative, FS 30; compared with E. Barrett, FS 35
Terence: imitated Menander, M 131
Tertullian: paradox quoted, M 151, M 245; quoted with a pun, M 261
theater: optical effects on stage, Pin 7, M 54
theme: necessity of originality in, M 104; artistic fashioning of, M 164
Theophrastus: botanical works, Pin 12
Thiodolf (Fouqué): a cold but successful novel, M 181
thought-cycles: man's opinion and child's coincide, M 155
Three Impostors (Pierre ties Vignes): and ironic circumstances, Pin 8, SP 37
Tickell, Thomas: a borrowing from Boileau, Pin 92, Pin 97, M 139A
Tieck, Ludwig: gives a Shakespeare line humorously, M 78
Timon (i.e. Cormenin): quoted, M 279
Timothy (Bible): cited, Pin 54
Titus (Bible): cited, Pin 54
“To Flush, My Dog” (Barrett): quoted, M 222
Tooke, John: cited, M Intro, SM 18
Torquato Tasso (Goldoni): quoted, SP 32
Torres, Tomas de las: preface to “Amatory Poems” quoted, FS 19
Touchard-Fosse, G., ed.: Chroniques pittoresques as primary source, FS 2
Towne, C. H.: his translation of Mysteries of Pants faulty, M 176
Townshend, C.: his book of great value, M 180
transcendentalists: cited, M 249, FS 26
translation: of Sue's novel analyzed, M 176
travel: book on, M 128; Johnson quoted, M 288
Trelawny, Captain: an original writer, SM 4
Trublet, N. C. J.: cited on merits in books, M 187
True Estimate of Human Life (Young): discussed, Pin 130
truisms: their value, M 39
truth: men's written records usually lie, M 31; needed but unattempted is a book My Heart Laid Bare, M 194
Tucker, Beverley: George Balcombe cited, M 206, SM 25
Tucker, Josiah: cited, M 3
Turkish Spy (Marana): similar to other works, Pin 3, M 72
Turpin, Dick: criminal in Ainsworth's Rockwood, Pin Intro
Twelve Tables: as source, FS 9
Twelve Tables, Law of: cited, Pin 25
Tye, C.: Acts of Apostles put in rhyme, Pin 150
Tyler, John: cited, M 257
typographical error: in Mathews’ book, M 270
Ulysses: cited regarding Homer, Pin 148
Undine (Fouqué): theme is anti-second-marriage, M 98; compared to Libussa, M 181; compared to Curiosity Shop, SM 14
Union Magazine: cited, M 290
United States: Pythagoras’ motto on beauty, M 127; need of proper name, M 184
Universal Erudition: see Bielfeld
Usher, Archbishop: on Semiramis, Pin 62; ms. of St. Patrick's “Life,” Pin 65
utilitarians (Mill and Bentham): imprecise thinkers, M 63
Vachieras, R.: his poem in five tongues, Pin 14
“Valdemar Case” (Poe): discussed, M 200
Van Buren, Martin: derided, M 241
Varro: three historical epochs, Pin 139
Vathek (Beckford): critics cited, Pin 158; main character cited, M 251
vaudeville: French verse form, exemplified, Pin 154
Vaughan, Henry: his “Rainbow” a model for Campbell's, SP 24
Velschii Ruzname Naurus: cited, M 1
Venius, Otto: cited as artist, SP 19
Venus: bearded in Servius’ commentary on Aeneid, Pin 58, M 53; metaphor for Byron's Mary, SM 12
Vignes, Pierre des: The Three Impostors discussed, Pin 8, SP 37
Virgil: quoted, Pin 13, Pin 41, Pin 98, M 90; cited, Pin 42; Aeneid and Servius’ concept of Venus, Pin 58, M 53
“Vision of Mirza” (Addison): mentioned, M 215
Volney: Ruins quoted and discussed, M 51
Voltaire: Essai sur lei Moeurs as source, Pin 8. SP 37; quoted on stage conventions, Pin 118; mentioned for Greek comedy, Pin 121; Mort de C9sar quoted, Pin 124; his verbal tricks, M 9; works judged, M 86; his error about the Capitol, M 120; his Brutus is anachronistic, M 137; on party faction in England, M 159; cited, M 181; Zadig as source, M 283;ignorant of antiquity, to Gibbon's mind, LST 6
Von Raumer: cited on stage effects, Pin 7, M 54
Vondel: comment on Deliverance of the Children of Israel, Pin 68
Voyage to Cochin-China (Barrow): as source, M 103
Waif, “Proem” to (Longfellow): imagery, M 134; its conclusion analyzed, M 140
Walhalla (Valhalla): deities and editors, FS 13
Wallace, H. B. (“Landor”): “Sweepings from a Drawer” as source, M 10, FS 20; Stanley as source, M 35, M 127, M 136, M 138, M 144, M 145, M 160c, M 209, M 211, M 239, M 250, M 251, M 253, M 257, M 258, M 259, M 261, M 262, M 271, M 272, M 280, M 286, CS 7, FS I b, FS 21, FS 25; Mems as source, M 223, M 224, M 225, M 226, M 228, M 229, M 230, M 232, M 235, M 238, M 242, M 250, FS 39
Wallace, Wm.: a neglected poetic genius, M 290
Walladmor: imitation of Scott's novels, SP 27
Walpole, Horace: excellent in conversation, M 109; on grace in writing, M 209, M 259
Walsh, R.: Sketches as source, M 244, M 246, M 274, FS 29, FS 30
Wanderer of Switzerland (Montgomery): discussed, M 83
Ward, R. P.: Tremaine quotation as a source, M 221
Warton, Thomas: his notes to “Eloisa” as source, Pin 36
Washington, George: in Paulding's Life, SM 13
Waters, John: pen name of Henry Cary, M 158
Webbe, Cornelius: humorist following Lamb, M 67
Webster, N.: Dictionary commented on, FS 48
Weekly Inspector: as source, M Intro, M 23, M 81, M 100, M 102, M 103; cited for new word, M 102
weeping (epithet): its correct derivation, M 47
Welby, Amelia: critique of her poetry, quoted, M 104
White, C. E. (i.e. Osborn): his sophisticated Alla Ad-Deep, M 215 (see Osborn)
Wieland, C. M.: cited on superhuman striving, M 229; Peregrinus Proteus on man as noble, SM 19
wife: a good thing, M 36
Willis, Nathaniel: as conversationalist, M 192
Wilmer, Lambert: writer of filth, M 58
Wilson, John: cited as critic, SM 1, SM 7
Wirt, Wm.: British Spy and similarity to Turkish Spy, Pin 3, M 72
wit: as idol (Baconian), M 47, M 196
Witchcraft (Mathews): a derided play, M 278, FS 40
witty person: his need to originate, SM 6
Wollaston, W. H.: his finely drawn wires, M 132
women: criticized as writers, M 23; as blue-stockings, M 283, FS 1; American, of materialistic souls, FS 15
“Woodman Spare That Tree” (Morris): comment, M 202
words: fix thought distinctly, M 63, M 150; as murderous tools, M 135
Wordsworth, Wm.: reference, M 165; didactic, M 213
writers: minor ones infest our literature, M 11; women criticized, M 23; and the goosequill pen, M 256
writing: beginning of books, M 33; grace in, M 209, M 259; construction of tales, M 273; and thinking, M 277; theory of, CS 6; composition of novels, SM 15
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