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posal of giving them badges answered, 416. Have generally a vagabond spirit, that ought to be punished, 425.

Beggar's Opera. Its merits and success, v. 209. xii. 262. 274. 276. Disapproved of by sir Charles Wogan, xii. 436. 440. Reasons why the second part should not be printed before it is acted, xviii. 263. A sermon preached against it by Dr. Herring, v. 214. xii. 283. Rehearsal of the second part of it stopped, by order from the lord chamberlain, xii. 294.

Belief. Not an object of compulsion, x. 166.

Bellowers. Beadles so called in Ireland, ix. 425.

Bennet. (Miss Nelly). A celebrated beauty, her visit to France, xii. 7. Song on her, xvii. 427.

Bentley. According to Mr. Boyle, not famous for civility, ii. 217, note. A character of him, in the person of Scaliger, 240.

Berkeley (Charles, earl of). His epitaph, xviii. 421. Rough draught of it, xi. 131. His letter to Dr. Swift, xviii. 249. The dean (who had been formerly his chaplain) invited to attend him in his last illness, at Berkeley Castle; but could not go, xiv. 204. The earl died of a dropsy, 215. Character of his son, xiv. 356.

Berkeley (James, earl of). Married lady Louisa Lenox the duke of Richmond's daughter, xiv. 335, 336. 356.

Berkeley (Mr. Monck). Extracts from his Life of Swift, xix. 214.

Berkeley (Dr. George, bishop of Cloyne). An account of him, and his plan for erecting a university at Bermudas, xii. 103. 125. The dean the first cause of his promotion, i. 124. xv. 420.

Bernage (Mr). Recommended by Swift to the duke of Argyll, xiv. 352. Obtains a commission, xv. 25.

Bettesworth (Mr). Verses on him, viii. 161. The steps he took to revenge himself on the dean, and the resolution of the inhabitants of St. Patrick's to protect him, i. 418. xiii. 109. 114. Origin of the verses, viii. 375. 378. His Exultation on hearing his name would be transmitted to Posterity in the Dean's Works, xviii. 451.

Betty the Grisette. Verses to, viii. 62.

Bible. The excellence of the English translation of it, v. 76. The arguments of objectors against it summarily answered, x. 181.

Bickerstaff (Isaac, Esq). His Predictions for the Year 1708, v. 10. Answer to his Predictions, 24. Accomplishment of the first of his Predictions. 31. Mr. Partridge's Detection of them, 37. Vindication of him, 47. His predictions actually burnt in Portugal, by order of the Inquisition, 48. His origin, xviii. 209. Whence the dean first assumed the name, v. 10.

Bigamy, Will. Service done by him to the church, iii. 83. See Cowper (lord chancellor).

Bindon (Mr). A celebrated painter and architect, xviii. 392.

Bingley (lord). Beaten by mistake, coming out of lord Oxford's house, xi. 396.

Birth. The advantages of it, iii. 118.

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