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 Evil, thoughts on the origin of, iv. 411. the cause of all good, 412. review of a Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of, vi. 47. the folly of lamenting evils which may never happen, i. 257.

Eumathes, his free censure of the errours of modern education, iii. 125-129. his judicious conduct in the tuition of a young nobleman, 400. his narrative of the low insidious arts by which his good designs were obstructed and defeated, 402. the mean adventures of his pupil related, 405.

Eumenes, his character, ii. 303.

Euphelia, an account of her rural amusements, ii. 206, 225.

Euphemia, her character, ii. 60.

Euphues, his character, ii. 121.

Euripides, parody of a translation from the Medea, i. 140.

Eutropius, his account of the indecent and insulting conduct of Tripherus, ii. 466.

Excellence, the desire of it laudable, 315. practical and ideal, widely different, iii. 30.

Exercise, its necessity to the health and vigour of the body, ii. 399.

Existence, every stage and period of it should be distinguished by some improvement, iii. 238.

Expectation, the torment of it greatest in the early seasons of life, 27. the practice of disappointing the expectations of others inconsistent with true friendship, 178. this instance of wrong conduct exemplified in the case of Liberalis, 273, 274. our expectations often visionary and disappointing, 410, 411.

Expeditions and voyages in search of new countries, abstract account of, vi. 180.

External appearances frequently delusive, iii. 410.

Extravagance, some instances of it related, iii. 392.

Failings, the detection of them too generally received with disgust, ii. 118.

Falkland, lord, tries the Sortes Virgilianæ, vii. 6.

Falkland Islands, thoughts on the late transactions respecting them, 1771, vi. 179.

Fall of Fiers, account of, ix. 29.

False Alarm, 1770, vi. 155.

Falsehood, its guilt widely extended, ii. 454. often imitates truth, 455. the influence of it on the passions, 457. the artifices of it exploded, iii. 381.

Falstaff, sir John, prince Henry's tender reflections on his death, ii. 341.

Fame, the love of it when irregular and dangerous, ii. 237. when laudable, ibid. the only recompense mortals can bestow on virtue, 239. the ill economy of it the effect of stupidity, 268. the acquisition and loss of it considered, iii. 103. that of authors casual, precarious, and short-lived, 195, 196. of a short duration when it is not properly founded, 233. the ascent to it obstructed by envy and competition, 279. that of authors very precarious, iv. 323.

Famine, how different countries are affected by it, ix. 135.

Farmer, English, the honour due to, v. 314.

Fate, the practice of seeking it in books, vii. 6.

Fear, the distresses of it obviated and alleviated by the contemplation of death, ii. 85. superstitious, censured and exploded, 282. in what cases it characterizes a coward, iii. 100. not intended to overbear reason, but to assist it, ibid. the pernicious effects of an irrational indulgence of it, 136.

Fenton, Elijah, his life, viii. 54. born near Newcastle, in Staffordshire, ibid. educated at Cambridge, ibid. refused to take the oaths, 55. secretary to Charles earl of Orrery, and tutor to his son, ibid. schoolmaster at Sevenoaks in Kent, ibid. writes in praise of queen Anne, and extols the duke of Marlborough, ibid. undertakes to instruct secretary Craggs, 56. assists Pope in translating the Odyssey, ibid. gains near one thousand pounds by his tragedy of Mariamne, ibid. died at lady Trumbal's in 1730, 58. his character, ibid. account of his works, ibid. Pope's letter to Mr. Broome on the death of Fenton, 60. assisted Pope in the translation of the Odyssey, 230. Pope's epitaph on him, 358.

Ferocula, her ungoverned passions described and censured, iii. 36.