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the garret from the Temple-exchange]
waiter, ib; reception by his brother,
ib; quits London in a few days, ib;
sails for Jamaica, and returns after
thirty-four years' absence, ib, 192 n;
additional news of, II. 353-354; his
share in the "trade's" munificence to
Goldsmith's relatives, 352. See AP-
PENDIX, A, vol. II.

Goldsmith, John, of Ballyoughter, 1. 8;
Goldsmith boards with him while at
school at Elphin, ib; his opinion of his
nephew, ib, n.

Goldsmith, Dean of Cloyne, visit to Mr.
Contarine, 1. 33; his opinion of young
Oliver, ib; recommends his studying
the medical profession, ib; the hint his
only contribution, ib.

Goldsmith family, births and history, I.
6, 7; family Bible, 6 n; their opinion of
themselves, 12; the last of them, II.

355.

Good-Natured Man, Johnson promises a
prologue, n. 21; intended for Covent-
garden, 24; first placed in Garrick's
hands, ib; difficulties as to its represen-
tation, ib; suggestions of alteration
made by Garrick, 26; not accepted by
the author, ib; analysis of the charac-
ters, 26-29; Garrick's objections to the
character of Lofty, 29; submitted to the
arbitration of Whitehead, the laureat,
30; withdrawn from Garrick, and given
to Colman, 33; read by Burke, 68 n;
Johnson attends rehearsal, 72; the
Literary Club present the first night,
73; squabbles of actors respecting
parts, ib; cast of the characters, ib, 74;
Shuter's exertions in the part of
Croaker, 73; ill-reception of the bailiff
scene, 74; adverse chances of success,
ib; decided by the inimitable humour
of Shuter in scene of "incendiary let-
ter," ib; opinion of Gibbon's friend,
Deyverdun, 76 n; increased success on
removal of the bailiff-scene, 77; pub-
lished by Griffin, ib; arrives im-
mediately at a second edition, 77; the
bailiff-scene eventually restored, ib;|
played fifth night by command of their
Majesties, 78; selected by Shuter for
his benefit, ib.

Goody Two Shoes, authorship of, 1. 262,
ib, 263 n.

Gouget, President, Origin of Laws, Arts,
and Sciences, I. 129; reviewed by Gold-
smith, ib.

Grafton Ministry, the, II. 50; a triumph of
royalty, ib; its character and con-

stitution, ib; deserted by the Chatham
party, ib; assailed by Burke, 150; by
Junius, ib; by Chatham, ib; falls, ib.
Graham, Rev. Mr., story of the incident
in She Stoops to Conquer, vouched to
him by Jack Fitzsimmons, I. 15 n; by
Sir Thomas Featherston, 16; speech at
public meeting in Ballymahon, ib, n.
Graham, George, one of the masters of
Eton, II. 61; author of the masque of
Telemachus, ib; his insolence to Gold-
smith, ib.

Grainger, Dr. James, contributor to the
Monthly Review, 1. 68; author of the
Sugar-Cane, 90; meets Goldsmith at
Temple-exchange coffee-house, ib; char-
acter of him by Goldsmith, Johnson,
and Percy, ib, n; connection with the
Grand Magazine, 99; Bishop Percy's af-
fection for him, ib, n; his ballad of
Bryan and Pereene, ib, n; his return
from the West Indies, 269; brings out
his poem of the Sugar-Cane, ib; com-
plains of Goldsmith's non-correspond-
ence, ib; robbed near London, ib, n;
an epitaph connected with, ib, 270.
Grand Magazine of Universal Intelligence
established, 1. 99; supported by Grain-
ger, Percy, &c., ib; doubts as to Gold-
smith's contribution, ib; Bryan and
Pereene first published in, ib, n.

Granger, Rev. James, author of the Bio-
graphical History, 1. 280; puzzled by a
line in the Traveller, ib; his corre-
spondence with Davies, 11. 172; his
character, 216 n; odd mention of Gold-
smith in his book, ib.

Grattan, Henry, introduction to Gold-
smith, II. 191; Goldsmith's attachment
to him, ib.

Gray, the poet, his war against mathe-
matics, 1. 22; his Master Tommy Lu-
cretius, 83; his liking and disliking for
Voltaire, 83, 84 n; reasons of Walpole's
attachment to him, 84; his Odes printed
by Walpole at Strawberry-hill, 85; in-
difference to popular influences, 84;
light in which he regarded the genius
of others, 85; learned idleness, ib; re-
viewed and praised by Goldsmith, 86,
87; his opinion of Sterne's Tristram
Shandy, and Sermons, 195 n; praises
Green's Spleen, and Johnson's London,
220, 221 n; account of Kit Smart when
fellow of Pembroke College, 258 n; de-
light in the musical-glasses, 317 n;
opinion of Pitt's accepting a peerage,
II. 12 n; the charm of his letters, 66 n;
tampered with by Mason, ib, n; lines

on the redbreast and woodlark, 94 n;|
his treatment by Lord Bute, 95 n; ob-
tains the professorship of Modern His-
tory, 95, 96; opinion of Boswell's book
about Corsica, 96 n; calls Johnson
Ursa Major, 108; his remark on Gar-
rick's jubilee, 121; pleasant anecdote
of him, ib, 122 n; his dulness in con-
versation, 146; dines at Walpole's with
Hogarth, ib, n; his last summer, 151;
last letter to Walpole, b, n; his deli-
cate criticism, b; criticism on the De-
serted Village, 152; affecting remark on
his mother, 170; laughs at Walpole's
belief in Rowley's Poems, 190; depre-
ciation of Harris's Hermes, 278 n.
Grecian Coffee-house, favourite resort of
the Irish and Lancashire Templars, II.
193.

Green, Rev. Mr., rector of Kilkenny

West, 1. 6; uncle to Charles Gold-
smith's wife, ib.

Green, author of the Spleen, 1. 220, 221 n;
Gray's opinion of it, ib.
Green-arbour-court, place of Goldsmith's
residence, 1. 113; described, ib; visited
by Washington Irving, ib; mentioned
by Ward and Strype and Macaulay,

114 n.

Greene, Rev. Mr., his assistance in the
early education of Goldsmith, I. 18 n.
Grenville, George, his ministry, I. 292;
known by the name of the Blooms-
bury Gang, ib; his impolitic conduct
rouses the American Colonies to in-

surrection, ib; passes the Stamp Act,
ib; first outbreak of the king's malady,
293; the clash and confusion of parties,
ib; reasons of the king's dislike, ib;
his downfall, 295; uses of literature to
him, II. 16; taunts Charles Townshend,
47; left in the lurch, 50.

Griffin, Mr. Gerald, author of the tragedy
of Gisippus, 1. 153 n; comes to London
without a friend and with one tragedy,
ib, n; composes Gisippus on fragments of
paper in coffee-houses, ib; writes re-
jected comedies and farces, ib; want
of common necessaries, ib; becomes
booksellers' hack, b; enters a con-
vent in his thirty-fifth year, 154 n;
burns all his compositions but Gisippus,
ib; acted after his death, at Drury-lane,|
by Mr. Macready, ib. See APPENDIX D,
vol. 1. 335, 336.

tory, 115; publishes the Deserted Village,

151.

Griffiths, Ralph, bookseller, proprietor of
the Monthly Review, 1. 64; meets Gold-
smith at Dr. Milner's table, ib; at-
tracted by his remarks, ib; engages
him as a reviewer, ib; feud between
him and Smollett, 73 n; he and his
wife tamper with Goldsmith's com-
positions, 72, 88; quarrel with Gold-
smith, 88; becomes security to a tailor
for a suit of clothes for him, 115; de-
mands payment, 118; calls Goldsmith
a sharper and a villain, ib; Goldsmith's
letters to him, ib; publishes an in-
famous book, 119 n; obtains degree of
Doctor from an American university,
119; success in life, ib; contracts with
Goldsmith for Life of Voltaire, 120; his
"sign," 133; attacks Goldsmith's En-
quiry, 137; apologises, 190; attacks the
Essays, 285 n; attacks Goldsmith's Life
of Bolingbroke, II. 172 n; attacks She
Stoops to Conquer, 266 n.

Griffiths, Mrs., Mr. De Quincey's sketch
of, I. 71, 72 n; tampers with Gold-
smith's compositions, 72, 88; letter to
Grub-street, Goldsmith enters, 1. 68;
her, 110, 132.

what Walpole and Hume thought of its
quarrels, 139; great activity in, 147; its
leading ornaments, 148; Johnson there,
ib; his definition of, ib; its debasement
of literature, 316 n.
Guicciardini's History of Italy, 1. 130; re-
viewed by Goldsmith, ib.
Gun, the Misses, milliners, their generous
feeling towards Goldsmith, II. 315.
Gwyn, Mrs. (Jessamy Bride), 11. 112-114;
meets Hazlitt in Northcote's painting-
room, 113; character by Burke, 112 n:
defence of Goldsmith, 166; account of
his visits to Barton, 220, 221 n. Se6
HORNECK.

H.

HAMILTON, Duke of, Goldsmith's employ-
ment in his family, 1. 35.
Hamilton, Archibald, bookseller, estab-
lishes the Critical Review, 1. 61; ap-
plied to by Goldsmith after quitting
Griffiths, 109; engages him for the
Critical Review, ib; makes a fortune out
of Smollett's History, 110; not very
liberal in his payments, b; conscious
of Goldsmith's value, ib.

Griffin, Mr., publishes the comedy of the
Good-Natured Man, II. 77; engagement
with Goldsmith to write Natural His-Hamilton, Mr. Gerard, anecdote of John-

son's oratory, I. 216, 217 n; his conduct
to Burke, 237, 238.
Handsome Housemaid, the, Foote's attack
upon the sentimental school, II. 259.
Hanway, Jonas, 1. 80; Johnson's dictum
concerning him, ib; his character, ib;
originates the Marine and Magdalen
Societies, 81; introduces the umbrella,
ib; crusade against tea, 82; writes
Journey from Portsmouth, ib; reviewed
by Johnson in Literary Magazine, ib;
by Goldsmith in Monthly Review, ib.
Harding, the poet, his prosopopoeia of the
Deserted Village, II. 160 n.

Harness, Rev. William, on Goldsmith's
abridgments, II. 216 n.

Harris (author of Hermes) describes Mrs.
Yates' benefit, II. 33 n.

Hastings, Warren, impeachment of, II.
208 n; active part taken by Burke in,
ib; the hostilities and scandals so pro-
voked, ib.

Haunch of Venison, its origin, II. 176;
written for the amusement of Lord
Clare, ib; variations in the editions,
177; criticisms and characters, ib, 178;
pillories Parson Scott, 179.
Havard, Mr., author of Regulus, 1. 76.
Hawes, Dr., attendant on Goldsmith in
his last illness, II. 326; narrative of its
circumstances, ib; his tribute to Gold-
smith, 327 n; his last visit, 328; man-
ages the funeral, 331; kindness to
Maurice, ib, n.

Hawkesworth, Jack, the essayist, an imi-
tator of Johnson, I. 281.
Hawkins, Sir John, opinion on the
foundation of sizarships, I. 17 n; anec-
dote of Goldsmith and Roubiliac, 200 n;
contradicted, ib; member of Ivy-lane
and Literary Clubs, 232; reasons for
his objection to Goldsmith's election,
235; a literary attorney, ib; dabbles in
music at the Madrigal Club, ib; out of
place in the Literary Club, ib; borne
with for the sake of Johnson's old as-
sociations, ib; falls into a large fortune
through his wife, ib; withdraws from
the law, ib; becomes a Middlesex
magistrate, ib; chairman of sessions,
ib; knighted, ib; writes a history of
music, ib; epitaph and epigram on him,
ib; pedantry of his disposition, ib;
denounces sentimental writers, ib; par-
ticular antipathy to Goldsmith, 236;
declines to partake supper on score of
expense, ib, declared by Johnson to
be an unclubable" man, ib; gross
rudeness to Burke, 237; causes his
Oliver Goldsmith's Life and Times. II.

secession from the club, ib; style of his
language and conversation, ib, n;
blunders as
to Goldsmith's arrest,

274 n; amazement at the Traveller,
279; praises the poem of Edwin and
Angelina, 286; meets Goldsmith at
levee of the Earl of Northumberland,
288; thinks him an idiot for his inde-
pendence, 289; ignoble charge against
Burke, 294; intercedes for Garrick's
admission to the Literary Club, 298;
wonder at Mr. Burke's success, 310;
accuses Goldsmith of envying John-
son, II. 61; unauthorised repetitions of
ill-natured sayings, 61 n; anecdotes of
Goldsmith's rudeness, 141.

Hawkins, Rev. Mr., Works, I. 130; re-
viewed by Goldsmith, ib; Answer by
Hawkins, ib; re-reviewed, ib, 131; pro-
fessor of poetry at Oxford, ib, n; author
of the Thimble, the Siege of Aleppo, ib;
offers his tragedy to Garrick, ib; re-
fused by him, ib; professes to write in
imitation of Shakespeare, ib; corre-
spondence with Garrick, ib.

Hawkins, Lætitia Matilda (Memoirs), de-
fence of her father, character of the
Burkes, 1. 237-239; sketch of Bennet
Langton, 243 n; recollections of Gold-
smith's kindness to children, II. 39; her
scandalous anecdotes, 116, 117; descrip-
tion of Walpole, 190 n.
Haydon, the painter, anecdotes of Mrs.
Gwatkin, Johnson, and Goldsmith, II.
202 n.
Hazlitt, William, on Steele's pretensions
as a comic writer, II. 70; interview
with the "Jessamy Bride" in North-
cote's painting-room, 113; admiration
of Northcote's talk, 141, 142 n.
Heber, Mr., his original copy of Edwin
and Angelina, I. 287, 288; variations be-
tween it and the copy in the novel, ib.
Henriade, Voltaire's, Goldsmith contracts
to write Life to be prefixed, I. 120.
Herder, Johann Gottfried, critic, I. 321;
reads Vicar of Wakefield to Goethe, ib.
Hickey, Mr., a friend of Goldsmith's, II.
169; niched in Retaliation, ib; raillery
indulged at Goldsmith's expense, ib.
Hiffernan, Paul, a protégé of Goldsmith's,
II. 101; his character and habits, ib,
102; writes theatrical critiques, 102;
pensioned by Garrick, ib.

Higgins, Captain, introduced into the
Haunch of Venison, II. 177; probably
accompanied Goldsmith to chastise
Kenrick, 272 n.

Highlands, Goldsmith's trip to, I. 36;

25

alleged unpublished incident concern-
ing, ib, n, 37 n.

Hill, Aaron, author of Merope, 1. 76.
History of Italy, by Guicciardini, I. 130;
reviewed by Goldsmith, ib.
Hoadly, Dr., John, younger brother of
the author of the Suspicious Husband,
II. 77; his opinion of Goldsmith's
"low" humour, ib; anecdote of Beck-
ford, 143 ; his lost farce, ib; attack on
Goldsmith, 275 n.

Hodson, Daniel, Esq., of St. John's, Ros-
common, father-in-law of Catherine
Goldsmith, 1. 16; indignation at the
match, ib; reproaches CharlesGoldsmith,
ib; obtains a legal engagement for mar-
riage portion, ib; influence on Gold-
smith's prospects, ib.

Hodson, Mr. Daniel, of St. John's, Ros-
common, I. 16; privately marries Ca-
therine Goldsmith, ib; pupil of Henry, I
her brother, b; parental indignation at
the marriage, ib; Goldsmith's letter to
him, 92, 93; endeavours to collect a
subscription for Goldsmith's travels
abroad, ib.

Hodson, Oliver Goldsmith, son of Gold-
smith's brother-in-law, returns to Lon-
don, II. 131; his occupation in the in-
terval, ib; lives as a pensioner on his
uncle, ib; curious adventure with a lot-
tery ticket, ib; practises occasionally
as an apothecary in Newman-street,
ib; succeeds to his patrimonial estate,
ib.

Hodson, Mrs., Narrative contributed to
the Percy Memoir, I. 8 n; on the dis-
position of her brother, 9 n; anecdote
to Reynolds of Goldsmith's most ex-
quisite meal," 24.

66

Hogan, Mr., restoration of Lissoy, n. 159,
160 ; gets up the allusions of the De-
serted Village for the pleasure of pil-
grims, ib.

Hogarth, sketching Garrick, 1. 222; en-
couraging a coward to fight, 228;
Barry's first interview with him, ib;
visit to Goldsmith at Islington, 229;
causes of the friendship between Gold-
smith and Hogarth, 228, 229; advice to
Mrs. Thrale, 229 n; paints portrait of
Goldsmith, 229; and of his landlady,
ib; generous motives for doing so, ib,
230; difficulties of his temper, 231; op-
position between him and Reynolds,
ib; the school he studied from, ib;
opinions on art, b; quarrel with
Churchill, 276; his plate suggests Clan-
destine Marriage, 11. 4; his portrait of

Goldsmith, 7; at dinner with Wal-
pole, 146 n.

Holberg, Baron de, his career, 1.42; ob-
scure origin, ib; arrives at distinction,
ib; passion for travel and information,
ib, 43; influence of his character upon
the fortunes of Goldsmith, 44, 45.

Home, Rev. John, author of the tragedy
of Douglas, 1. 74; refused at Drury-
lane, ib; endorsed by the Scottish ca-
pital, ib; pronounced to be superior to
Shakespeare, 75; David Hume's opinion
of his genius, ib; its author ejected by
the presbytery, b; acted at Covent-
garden, ib; its success, ib; jealousy of
Garrick, ib; reviewed by Goldsmith,
76; his Agis produced, 164; cried over
by Gray, ib; his pension, 212; his Fatal
Discovery, 11. 101; brought out by Gar-
rick at Drury-lane, ib; the author's
name suppressed, ib.

Hone, his Every-day Book, assertion that
Goldsmith wrote the Deserted Village in
the tower of Canonbury-house, П. 46 n.
Honner, Mr., fellow-student with Gold-
smith in Edinburgh, 1. 38; introduces
him to his tailor, ib; name unknown,
38 n.

Horneck, Charles, his unfortunate mar-
riage, II. 325 n.

Horneck, the Misses, their family and
connections, II. 111, 112; their intimacy
with Goldsmith, 112; the fascination
exercised over him by the "Jessamy
Bride," ib; they invite Goldsmith to
dinner at Dr. Baker's, 113; the reply to
the invitation in verse, ib; their visit
with Goldsmith to France, 165; ad-
ventures at Lisle, 166; at Paris, 168;
at Versailles, 169; "Little Comedy"
becomes Mrs. Bunbury, 219; present at
the rehearsals of She Stoops to Conquer,
262; the "Jessamy Bride" insulted by
Kenrick, 272; her brother, or Captain
Higgins, accompanies Goldsmith to
chastise him, ib, n; their brother's un.
fortunate marriage, 325 n; Goldsmith's
coffin opened at the sisters' request to
obtain a lock of his hair, 330, 331. See
GWYN.

Hospital mate, Goldsmith resolves to be
one, I. 115; examined and rejected,

116.

Hudson, Mr. G. F., descendant of Gold-
smith's brother-in-law Hodson, I.
131 n.

Hughes, Rev. Patrick, master of Edge-
worthstown school, 1. 14; his special
kindness to Goldsmith, ib.

J.

JACK's Tavern, Soho, tête-à-tête suppers
of Johnson and Goldsmith, 11. 251.
Jacob, Mr., chemist, on Fish-street-hill,
I. 55; employs Goldsmith out of com-
passion as an assistant, ib; supplies
further assistance, 56.

Jeffreys, Mr., translates Vida's Game of
Chess, II. 182; submits it for the opinion
of Pope, ib; comparison between his
translation and that of Goldsmith,
ib, n.

Hume, David, opinion of the tragedy of
Douglas, 1. 75; favourable effect of the
persecution of the General Assembly
on the sale of his History, ib; brings
the Tudor volumes of his History to
London, 77; opinion of Burke's Treatise
on the Sublime, 78; impatience at
Smollett's History, 80; view of litera-
ture in England and France, 139; Gold-
smith promises him fame, 158; secre-
tary to the embassy at Paris, 302; his
immense popularity there, ib; descrip-
tion of him in Madame d'Epinay's let-
ters, 303 n; his feeling towards Rous-
seau, ib n; offers him a home in Eng-Jemima and Louisa, type of the fashion-
land, b; becomes under-secretary to
Marshal Conway, II. 15; his detestation
of the English world of letters, 18, 19;
declines an introduction to Percy, 18;
attacked by his protégé Rousseau, 19;
caricatured in company with Rous-
seau, ib, n; letter to the Countess
Boufflers, respecting Lord Chatham,
49; his charge against ministers for
indifference to literature, 55; his pen-
sion increased, 94; impression of the
character of Boswell, 96 n; a believer
in the authenticity of Ossian, 191; re-
cantation of his error, ib.

I.

IMITATION Of Johnson, Goldsmith charged
with, 1. 281, 304; a real example of, II.
172.

Inchbald, Mrs., her opinion of the char-
acters in the Good-Natured Man, 11. 29,
76 n.

Inny river, I. 5; scene of Goldsmith's
early sports and pleasures, 27.
Introduction of Languages, by Anselm
Bayly, I. 116; reviewed by Goldsmith,
ib.
Ireland, Goldsmith's affection for, 1. 28;
copyright not then extended to, 98;
effects on the bookselling trade, ib;
Goldsmith hopes to defeat piracy by
early transmission of copies, ib; speci-
men of patronage in Irish Church,
289 n.

Irving, Washington, his pilgrimage to
Green-arbour-court, 1. 113; describes it
in his Tales of a Traveller, ib, 114; his too
confident assumption as to Goldsmith
and the "Jessamy Bride," II. 112 n.
Islington, its appearance in Goldsmith's
time, 1. 224; his club in the lower road,
II. 46; his room in Canonbury tower,
ib, n.

able novel of Goldsmith's day, 1. 131;
Goldsmith's account of it, ib, 132.
Jenkinson, Charles (first Lord Liver-
pool), lord of the Treasury, II. 50;
member of the king's private junto, 51;
started in his career as writer in the
Monthly Review, ib; rats from Whiggism
to Toryism, ib; becomes private secre-
tary to Lord Bute, ib; his private char-
acter and principles, ib.

Jephson, Horace Walpole's opinion of,
II. 255, 264 n.

Jerrold, Douglas, his comedy of the King
of Bath, 1. 209 n; suggested by Gold-
smith's Life of Beau Nash, ib.

Johnson, Samuel, on the effects of the
pursuit of literature on literary men,
I. 1; character of Goldsmith, 3, 4, 7;
opinion as to foundation of sizarships,
17 n; his character at Oxford, 19; re-
commended by bookseller Wilcox to
buy a porter's knot, 65; sterling inde-
pendence of his nature, 66, 68, 148,
204; Dictionary finished, 68; writes
paragraphs for the London Chronicle, ib;
contributes to the Universal Review, 69;
opinion of Scotch claret, 75 n; on the
tragedy of Douglas, 76; his opinion of
interlopers in literature, bishops,
judges, and physicians, 113 n; on
vigorous men, 117; objections to his
own style, 136 n; reply on the failure
of Irene, 144; night-wanderings with
Savage, 148; repays bookseller Os-
borne's insults, 149 n; letter to Lord
Chesterfield, ib; letter to Thomas War-
ton, on the near completion of his
Dictionary, ib, n; his moderate notions
of expenditure, 150; Dr. Burney's visit
to him in Gough-square, ib; removes
to a poorer lodging, ib; contributes to
the Idler, 151; begins to be recognised
as intellectual chief, ib; pays the ex-
penses of his mother's funeral with the

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