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 and novelty in books designed for, 232. considerations on the education of the children of the poor, vi. 28.

Egmont Port. See Falkland islands.

Elgin, account of, ix. 19.

Eloquence, that false sort which only confuses the reader, ridiculed, iv. 256.

Elphinston, James, letter to, on the death of his mother, i. 311.

Elwood the quaker, some account of, vii. 99.

Eminent men, least eminent at home, iv. 299.

Embalming, on the practice of, i. 305.

Emigration, state of, from the Hebrides, considered, ix. 92.

Eminence, a proof of it in having many enemies as well as friends, ii. 44.

Employment, the necessity of, iv. 364.

Enemies, the duty and charity of relieving them, vi. 148.

England, supposed by Milton to be too cold a climate for flights of imagination, vii. 103.

English, remarkably barren of historical genius, iii. 82. the little proficiency made by them in civil wisdom, vi. 155. on the bravery of their common soldiers, 149. arises very much from the dissolution of dependence which obliges every man to regard his own character, 151.

English Dictionary, plan of that work addressed to the earl of Chesterfield, v. 1. difficulties in fixing the plan, 4. preface to the English Dictionary, 23. writer of dictionaries characterized, ibid. advertisement to the fourth edition, 52. preface to the octavo edition, 53.

English language, the progress of, iv. 336. richer than commonly supposed, 417. contains sufficient information in every branch of science, 418.

Ennius, his epitaph written by himself, v. 265.

Envy, its malignant influence described, iii. 356. will often sacrifice truth and friendship to weak temptations, 357.

Epaminondas, his death a proper subject for a picture, iv. 284.

Epick poetry, what it is, vii. 125. requisites in a writer of, 126. Boileau's opinion of, 284.

Epictetus, his salutary instructions for preserving the mind from the elevation of vanity, and the dejection of grief, ii. 9. his excellent sentiments on the advantage of being influenced by the fears of poverty and death, 83. his epitaph, v. 266. epigramma, i. 190.

Epigram—de sacerdote furem consolante epigramma, viii. 19.

Episcopacy, Mr. Waller's speech against it, vii. 184.

Epistolary writing, its difficulty and excellence, iii. 220. it ought to bear a strict conformity to nature, and the various purposes designed by it, 222, 223.

Epitaphs, i. 150. essay on, v. 259. inquiry into what the perfection of consists, 260. intended to perpetuate examples of virtue, ibid. the name alone sufficient for eminent men, 261. all allusions to heathen mythology absurd, 262. impropriety of addressing the passenger in, 263. first rule in writing, not to omit the name, 264. regard for truth to be observed, 265. private virtue the best subject for, ibid.

Erasmus, his diligent and unwearied improvement of time applauded, iii. 14.

Eriphile, her excessive peevishness censured, iii. 32.

Errol, earl of, invites Dr. Johnson to his seat at Slanes castle, ix. 15.

Errour, the aversion of most persons to be convinced of it, ii. 152, 153. their attempts to justify it generally the effect of obstinacy or pride, ibid.

Etymology, difficulties in settling it, v. 11.

Essays, the extensiveness and variety of this kind of writing, iii. 358. the advantages and inconveniencies of it, ibid.

Essence of things, less regarded than their external and accidental appendages, iii. 265.

Eubulus, his character, ii. 127-136.

Evening, an ode to Stella, i. 125.

Events, some of the most considerable often produced by casual and slender causes, iii. 168.