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Ashburnham (lord). Married to lady Mary Butler, xiv. 237. Her death, with a short character of her, xv. 357.
Ashe (rev. Dillon). A hard drinker, xv. 17.
Ashe (St. George, bishop of Clogher). Specimen of his puns, xv. 402. His seat at the council-board preserved to him by Swift, xiv. 328.
Assemblies, publick. Their infirmities, follies, and vices, ii. 340.
Astrology. The abuse of it in this kingdom, v. 10. Partridge's apology for his own practice of it, 34.
Athanasian creed. On what occasion composed, x. 21.
Athenians. The rise and consequences of their dissensions, ii. 302. Not always too obstinate to correct an ill step, 306. Polybius's character of them, 311.
Atterbury (bishop). His character, v. 159. His conduct toward the earl of Oxford, xi. 408. Gives Dr. Swift his advice and opinion, for his conduct in the dispute between him and his chapter, 438. xix. 23. Rise and progress of his intimacy with Swift, xix. 14. Instance of his probity, and the occasion of his ruin, 19.
Attorney general. His opinion respecting writs of errour in a criminal case, xii. 470.
Attraction. The doctrine of, not founded on nature, vi. 239.
Augustus (king of Poland.) Dethroned by the king of Sweden, reassumes the crown, iii. 406. When he appeared mean, xvi. 333.
D'Aumont (duke). His house burned to the ground, with the various speculations thereupon, xv. 371. 373. Thought to have been done through malice, 373. 374.
Austria (house of). See Spain.
Authors. Should consult their genius rather than interest, if they cannot reconcile them, xii. 384. Composing godly books no recommendation to them in England, xiii. 3. The admired ones of the last age, viii. 266, 267.
Authors (modern). How far they have eclipsed the ancients, ii. 130. Illustrate the beauty of their own writings, when they would correct the ill nature of critical, or inform the ignorance of courteous readers, 134. They and their booksellers the two only satisfied parties in England, 179. To what the world is indebted for the number of them, 180. The different disposition of them in France and in England, xvii. 383. Curll's instructions to a porter, to find those employed by him, xvii. 332. Those employed by the whigs represent the sentiments of their party unfairly, iii. 199. An author should for a time suppress his works, according to the advice of Horace, viii. 243. A rule to discover the author of any book, v. 27.
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