Order for Merit, instituted in Prussia, vi. 443.
Orthography, difficulties in settling it, v. 7.
Ortogrul of Basra, his history, iv. 437.
resolves to gain riches by silent profit and persevering industry, 438.
does not find happiness in riches, 439.
Ossian, Dr. Johnson's opinion of the authenticity of the poems of, ix. 114.
Ostig in Sky, account of, ix. 73.
Ostriches, the Indian method of taking them, vi. 345.
Othello, observations on Shakespeare's play of, v. 178.
Otway, Thomas, life of, vii. 173.
son of Humphrey Otway, rector of Woolbeding, born at Trottin in Sussex, March 3, 1651, ibid.
educated at Winchester school, and fellow commoner of Christ Church, 1669, ibid.
commences player, in which he fails, ibid.
writes the tragedy of Alcibiades, 1675, 174.
translates Titus and Berenice, and the Cheats of Scapin, 1677, ibid.
writes Friendship in Fashion in 1678, ibid.
enters into the army as cornet, but soon quits it, ibid.
his Don Carlos said to have been acted for thirty nights successively, 175.
his Orphan, exhibited 1680, ibid.
History and Fall of Caius Marius, in the same year, ibid.
the Soldier's Fortune, published 1683, ibid.
Venice Preserved, published 1685, ibid.
died April 14, 1685, 176.
Overbury, sir Thomas, account of Savage's tragedy, viii. 110.
Ovid, the epistle of Sappho to Phaon, translated by Pope, viii. 236.
Ozell, Mr. with Oldisworth and Broome, translated the Iliad, viii. 229.
Page, judge, his speech to the jury on the trial of Savage. viii. 117.
Savage revenges the insolence and partiality by a satire on the judge, 123.
story of his sending to Pope respecting the filling up a blank with his name, viii. 342.
Painting, positions respecting miniature and cupola painting, vii. 238.
the parallel of, with poetry, iv. 249.
the fondness of the English to their own portraits, 281.
advantages of historical pictures, 282.
actions not momentary cannot be properly represented in a picture, 283.
proper and improper subjects considered, ibid.
to be a connoisseur rather than a critick, recommended, 374.
on imitating nature, 383.
different schools not to be united, ibid.
observations on the Dutch and Italian styles, ibid.
observations on the style of Michael Angelo, 384.
more enthusiasm recommended to painters, 385.
attending to accidental discriminations, is to deviate from the line of beauty, 395.
Pamphlets, history of their origin and progress, v. 190.
Papilius, his account of the ingredients necessary to form a wit, iii. 170.
Paradise Lost, designed by Milton, vii. 91.
sketch of the original plan, ibid.
the uncertainty from whence he took the plan, 100.
written only between the autumnal and vernal equinoxes, 102.
chiefly composed in the night and the mornings, 104.
a complete copy first seen 1665, 105.
obtains a license, and sells the copy for five pounds, and five pounds more at the sale of thirteen hundred copies of each of the three first editions, 106.
first edition 1667,
second 1674,
third 1678, ibid.
characterized, 125.
Paradise Regained, characterized, 139.
Parallels, on illustrating things by, iv. 249.
Parents, observations on the bad behaviour of, iv. 273.
exemplified in the story of Perdita, 174.
Parliament of England, the right of punishing its own members asserted, vi. 155.
a man attainted of felony cannot sit in parliament, 156.
proceedings on the expulsion of Mr. Wilkes considered. See False Alarm.
Parnell, Thomas, his life by Goldsmith, vii. 398.
descended from a Cheshire family, born at Dublin 1679. ibid.
educated at Dublin university, ibid.
archdeacon of Clogher 1705, ibid.
married Anne Minchin, ibid.
joins the tories in the latter end of queen Anne's reign, ibid.
becomes too fond of the bottle, 399.
died July 1717, in his way to Ireland, ibid.
character of his works, 400.
wrote the life of Homer prefixed to Pope's translation of the
Iliad, viii. 254.
his poems published by Pope in 1721, 271.
Passeratii, Jo, poema ad Erricum Memmium, vii. 162.
Passion, the ruling, theory of, viii. 293.
