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 *man, iv. 258. necessaries of life plentiful as iron, superfluities scarce as gold, ibid.

Goldsmith, Oliver, character of as a writer, vii. 398. epitaph on, i. 152.

Good company, mischiefs of, iv. 305. different definitions of, ibid.

Good Hope, Cape of, first discovered by the Portuguese, 1487, v. 228.

Good nature and affability, the extensive influence of these amiable qualities, iii. 169.

Goodnatured Man, prologue to, i. 116.

Goodness, the effect of evil, iv. 413. female, too easily vanquished, ii. 333.

Good sort of woman, characterized, iv. 442.

Gordon, sir Alexander, ix. 10.

Government, the difficulty of preventing oppressions, i. 215.

Gower's, lord, letter in favour of Dr. Johnson, i. xvi.

Granville, Greenville, or Grenville, George, his life, viii. 72. born about 1667, ibid. educated at Cambridge, ibid. true to the king and church, 73. letter to his father, requesting leave to enter into the service of James the second, ibid. lived retired during the reign of William the third, 74. member of parliament in the reign of queen Anne, 76. secretary at war, 1710, ibid. created lord Lansdown, 1711, ibid. comptroller of the household and privy counsellor, 1712, ibid. treasurer of the household, 1713, ibid. at the accession of George the first lost his places, and soon after sent to the tower, but released, ibid. writes in defence of general Monk and sir R. Grenville, 77. published a splendid edition of his works, 1732, ibid. died January 30, 1735, ibid. his character, 78. his works characterized, ibid.

Gratitude, the effects of resentment more certain than, viii. 139.

Gray, Thomas, his life, viii. 476. son of a scrivener of London, born 1716, ibid. educated at Eton, and entered at Peterhouse, Cambridge, ibid. travels through France into Italy with Mr. Horace Walpole, ibid. they quarrel at Florence, and finish their travels separately, ibid. retires to Cambridge, where he becomes bachelor of civil law, 477. loses his friend Mr. West, ibid. applies seriously to poetry, 1742, ibid. intended to excel in Latin poetry, ibid. removes to Pembroke hall, ibid. several of his pieces published with Bentley's designs, 1753, 478. refuses the place of poet laureate, 479. asks for the place of professor of modern history, but is refused, ibid. takes a journey into Scotland, 1765, ibid. is appointed professor of history, ibid. visits Westmorland and Cumberland, 1769, ibid. died 1771, 480. his character by the Rev. Mr. Temple, ibid. additions by Mr. Mason, 481. his account of lord Shaftesbury, ibid. his works characterized, 482.

Great Britain, observations on the affairs of, 1756, vi. 113. introduction to the political state of, 1756, 123. the present system took its rise in the reign of Elizabeth, ibid. state of, at the death of Elizabeth, 126. state of, under James the first, ibid. state of, under Charles the first, 128. state of, under Cromwell, 130. state of, under Charles the second, 132. state of, under James the second, 135. state of, under William and Mary, ibid. state of, under Anne, 137.

Greatness, disquisition upon, i. 255.

Greek began to be studied in England about 1530, vi. 504.

Greenville, George. See Granville.

Gregory, Mr. convicted with Savage of the murder of James Sinclair, viii. 118.

Greogach, or the old man with the long beard, account of, ix. 104.

Grey, Dr. observations on his notes on Shakespeare, v. 142.

Grief, immoderate, assuaged by the contemplation of our latter end, ii. 85. on the transient impressions of, 264. of short duration in the decline of life, i. 206. time the best remedy for, 276.

Grissipol, in Col, account of, ix. 119.

Guardian, account of that periodical publication, vii. 436.

Guardian, (Cowley's comedy of), first published without the consent of the author, vii. 3. altered to Cutter of Coleman-street, 11. character of that comedy, ibid.

Guardians, their duty in preventing the improper marriage of their wards, viii. 244.