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 *vii. 1. assisted Buckingham in writing the Rehearsal, 272. his life, 388. born at Tallaton, Devonshire, 1636, ibid. became commoner at Oxford, 1651, ibid. takes orders, and made chaplain to the duke of Buckingham, whom he is said to have assisted in writing the Rehearsal, ibid. a favourite of Wilkins, and one of the first fellows of the Royal Society, ibid. writes the history of the Royal Society, 389. made bishop of Rochester, 1648, ibid. writes the history of the Rye-house Plot, ibid. made commissioner of ecclesiastical affairs, ibid. stood neuter respecting the Declaration, ibid. withdraws from the commission, 390. in a conference whether the Crown was vacant, spoke in favour of his old master, ibid. a plan laid to charge him and others with a plot to restore king James, ibid. the bishop seized, and confined for some time, 391. in the cause of Sacheverell appeared among the friends of the church, ibid. died May 20, 1713, ibid. anecdotes of him and Burnet, in the pulpit, ibid. list of his works, 392.

Spring, an ode, i. 118. the pleasures of that season displayed, ii. 21.

Sprightly, Robin, his observations on watering-places, and of a select set at one of them, iv. 379. his farther account of company at the Wells, 395.

Stafford, lord, character of, by sir John Denham, vii. 63.

Stag, account of those in the islands of Sky, ix. 79. verses on the head of a stag, vii. 208.

Stage, the origin of tragedy and comedy, v. 110. advantages of the mingled drama, 111. tragedy, comedy, and history, distinguished, 112. objections to the want of unity of time and place removed, 118. the laws of dramatic action stated, iii. 240. the complaint concerning the dramatick art being long exhausted, iv. 157. thoughts on the appearance of new actors, 221. new actors compared to new monarchs, 222. the cruelty of combinations for or against young actors, 223. tragedies in rhyme introduced soon after the Restoration, vii. 249. a controversy between Dryden and sir R. Howard on dramatick ryhme, 250. not attended with much profit in the time of Dryden, 271. Southern the first who had two nights and Rowe three nights of a new play, ibid. a flattering dedication to a play a principal part of the profit of an author, ibid. Dryden wrote prologues for two guineas each, and afterwards raised them to three guineas, ibid. said, by Malone, to have charged more, 272. Dryden's observations on Rymer's remarks on the tragedies of the last age, 350. Dennis's reasons for paying no regard to the opinion of an audience, vii. 457. account of the dispute between Collier and the poets, viii. 27. vindication of the licensers of, in the case of Brooke's Gustavus Vasa, v. 329.

Stagecoach, characters in a stagecoach, iv. 62.

Standish, Mrs. her character, ii. 57.

Startle, Will, his story, iv. 381.

Steady, Tom, his story, iv. 380.

Steele, sir R. sold the comedy of the Drummer for fifty guineas, vii. 437. his controversy with Addison on the Peerage Bill, 443. patronises Savage, viii. 104. story of writing a pamphlet, ibid. story of his being served by bailiffs in livery, 105. proposes marrying one of his natural daughters to Savage, 106. discards Savage, ibid. the early friendship between him and Addison, vii. 419. borrows one hundred pounds of Addison, which he reclaims by an execution, 420.

Stella, odes to, i. 125, 126, 127, 128. Stella, Mrs. Johnson, invited by Swift into Ireland, viii. 196. removes to Dublin, and marries Swift, 208. dies January 28, 1728. her end supposed to have been hastened by the neglect of Swift, 214.

Stepney, George, his life, vii. 226. descended from the family at Pendegrast, Pembrokeshire; born at Westminster, 1663, ibid. educated at Westminster, and removed to Cambridge, ibid. engaged in many foreign employments, ibid. died in 1707, and buried in Westminster abbey, ibid. his epitaph, ibid. character of his works, 227.

Stoicks, their erroneous system concerning evil, ii. 1*6.

Stonehenge, conjectures on, i. 391.

Strand, characterized, i. 1.