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 Bellarmine, cardinal, writes in defence of Paul the fifth, against the Venetians, vi. 266.

Bemoin, (a prince of Africa,) account of him, v. 233. is driven from his kingdom, visits Portugal, and becomes a christian, 224. on his return to regain his kingdom, through the assistance of the Portuguese, is stabbed by the Portuguese commander, 225.

Beneficence, mutual, the great end of society, ii. 268. the extent and proportion of it to be adjusted by the rules of justice, ii. 308.

Ben Hannase Rabbi Abraham, his account of the power of the magnet in the detection of incontinence, iii. 424.

Benserade, mons. translation of his lines à son lit, i. 144.

Bentley, Dr. his saying on Pope's translation of Homer, viii. 336.

Bernardi, John, account of him, viii. 351. died in Newgate in 1736, ibid.

Betterton, a picture of him painted by Pope, viii. 249.

Bible, the veneration always paid to sacred history, vii. 42.

Biography, impediments in the way of, vii. 444. by what means it is rendered disgustful and useless, ii. 288. a species of writing entertaining and instructive, 289. most eagerly read of any kind of writing, iv. 398. more useful than history, 399. every man the best writer of his own story, 400. difficulties in writing the life of another, ibid. few authors write their own lives, whilst statesmen, generals, etc. frequently do, 446.

Biographia Britannica, many untruths in that publication in the life of Dr. E. Young, viii. 453.

Birch, Thomas, [Greek: Eis Birchion], i. 170. review of his history of the royal society, vi. 76.

Blackfriars' bridge, considerations on the plans offered for the construction of, v. 303.

Blackmore, sir Richard, charged by Dryden with stealing the plan of prince Arthur from him, vii. 285. libels Dryden in his satire upon wit, 296. his life, viii. 36. born at Corsham, in Wiltshire, ibid. educated at Westminster, and entered at Oxford, 1668, ibid. made doctor of physick at Padua, ibid. for a short time a schoolmaster, ibid. fellow of the college of physicians, April 12, 1687, 37. resided at Sadlers' hall, Cheapside, ibid. wrote for fame, or to engage poetry in the cause of virtue, ibid. published his prince Arthur, 1695, ibid. made physician in ordinary to king William, and knighted, 38. his paraphrase of Job, 1700, 39. his satire on wit, the same year, ibid. Creation, a philosophical poem, 1712, 41. his account of wit, 44. observations on the Tale of a Tub, 45. extract from his essay on the spleen, 46. censor of the college of physicians, 1716, ibid. his new version of psalms, 1721, 47. his Alfred, 1723, ibid. becomes despised as a poet, and neglected as a physician, ibid. wrote many books on physick, ibid. his censure of Hippocrates's aphorisms, 48. his opinion of learning, ibid. died October 8th, 1729, 49. his character, and as an author, ibid. extract from his Prince Arthur, 51.

Blackwell, Thomas, review of his memoirs of the court of Augustus, vi. 9.

Blake, Robert, admiral, his life, vi. 293. son of a merchant, and born at Bridgewater, 1598, ibid. entered at Oxford, 1615, where he continued to 1623, ibid. on being refused a fellowship of Wadham college, retires to the country, ibid. chosen member for Bridgewater, by the puritan party, 1640, 294. declares for the parliament, and raises a troop of dragoons, ibid. governor of Taunton, 1645, which he defends against lord Goring, ibid. commissioner of the navy, 1648-9, 295. sent in pursuit of prince Rupert, whom he drives into the Tagus, ibid. takes seventeen and burns three Portuguese ships, ibid. takes a French man of war, valued at one million, 296. drives prince Rupert into Carthagena, ibid. attacks the prince in the harbour of Malaga, ibid. takes a French man of war in the Mediterranean, ibid. his conduct in the war with Holland, 1652, 297. his opinion that it is not the business of a seaman to mind state affairs, 303. sent with a fleet into the Mediterranean, 1654, 304. forces Algiers to submission, 1656, ibid. obliges Tunis and Tripoli to submit to him, 305. obliges the governor of Malaga to give up a priest who had beat some sailors for paying no respect to a procession of the host, ibid. destroys the Plata fleet of Spain, 1656, 306. died at*