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 Weather, causes why an Englishman's conversation is first on the weather, iv. 182. a more noble topick than generally supposed, 183. influences the temper, ibid. the folly of submitting to such influence, ibid.

West, Gilbert, his life, viii. 396. educated at Eton and Oxford, ibid. designed for the church, but obtains a commission in the army, ibid. resigns his commission, and appointed clerk extraordinary of the privy council, under lord Townshend, 1729, ibid. settles at Wickham, in Kent, ibid. publishes his Observations on the Resurrection, 1747, ibid. created LL.D. at Oxford, 1748, 397. frequently visited by Lyttelton and Pitt, ibid. clerk of the privy council and treasurer of Chelsea hospital, ibid. died 1756, 398. his works characterized, ibid.

Wharton, lord, his vile character, vii. 426.

Whatever is, is right, true sense of that assertion of Mr. Pope, v. 205.

Whirler, Jack, his history, iv. 204.

Whisperer, his character, iii. 186.

Whitefoot, his character of sir Thomas Browne, vi. 494.

Whitehead, Paul, summoned before the lords for his poem called Manners, viii. 297.

Wife, an idle one described, iv. 194. cautions in choosing one, 440.

Wilkes, John, considerations on his being rejected by the house of commons as representative for Middlesex, vi. 156.

Wilks, Mr. the actor, instances of his generosity, viii. 107. occasionally allows a benefit to Savage, 109.

Wills, the necessity of making them, exemplified in the story of Sophia Heedful, iv. 435.

William the third, king, supplied copious materials for prose and verse, viii. 3.

Williams, Zachariah, his attempt to ascertain the longitude, v. 295.

Williams, Anna, proposals for printing her essays, v. 354.

Winbury, miss, Pope's unfortunate lady, viii. 327. said to have been in love with Pope, ibid.

Winter, an ode, i. 121. winter's walk, 122. the season of seriousness and terrour, ii. 376. and of retirement and study, 377. the horrours of it in the polar countries, iii. 367.

Winter's Tale, observations on Shakespeare's comedy of the, v. 161.

Wishes, vain, the folly of indulging them, ii. 346.

Wit, its original, ii. 109. wherein it differeth from learning, ibid. the mutual advantages of their being united, 112. the folly of affecting that character, 127. the means necessary to the production of a person eminent for the character of a wit, iii. 480. has its changes and fashions, vii. 14. Pope's description erroneous, 15. properly characterized, ibid. exuberance of, condemned, 31. sir R. Blackmore's account of, viii. 44.

Wits, in the time of Charles the second characterized, i. 23. affected, the meanness of their character, iii. 171, 318. seldom rewarded by their superiours, vii. 174.

Witchcraft, history of, v. 55.

Withers, gen. Hen. Pope's epitaph on him, viii. 357.

Wolsey, the rise and fall of, i. 14.

Women, lord Bacon's severe reflection on beautiful, ii. 186. infelicities peculiar to, 190. the want of attention to their inquiries censured, iii. 102. their deplorable case in the beginning of a war, by losing their gallants, iv. 164. recommended to follow the soldiers to camp, ibid. capable to become soldiers, 165. an army of, might have been defeated, as Braddock, without seeing the enemy, surrendered Minorca, without a breach, and looked at Rochefort, ibid. a good sort of one characterized, 440. the danger they are in when they lay aside their religion, iv. 3. the fortitude of, described, i. 71.

Wonder, an instance of the desire of man to propagate a, vii. 2.

Wood's halfpence, their history, viii. 210.

Word to the wise, prologue to, i. 117.

World, Milton supposed it to be in its decay, vii. 103. this opinion was refuted by Dr. Hakewill, ibid.

World displayed, a collection of voyages, introduction to, v. 210.