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grants, iv. 155, 156. Made a speech in the house of lords against the dean, vii. 94. Some account of, and reflections on his conduct, xi. 205. xv. 207.

Nuttall (a parishioner of Dr. Swift's). By the assistance of our author, recovered a hundred pounds from a roguish lawyer, xv. 229.

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Oakly-wood. See Bathurst.

Oaths. Of swearing by God's wounds, by whom introduced, viii. 256. Are the children of fashion, ibid. A lord and a footman swear with different dignity, 258. The religion of an oath, x. 52.

Obedience to Government. No duty more easy to practise, x. 92.

Observator and Review, xviii. 30. 31. Though contemptible in themselves, yet capable of doing much mischief among the vulgar, iii. 18.

Occasional Writer^[1] (in The Craftsman). A humorous letter to him in 1727, suggesting hints for his future conduct, x. 296. That writer with the assistance of truth, an overmatch for all the hirelings of the ministry, 299.

October Club. Advice to the Members of it, iii. 251. Finely written but did not sell, xv. 249. The rise and fall of the club, iv. 301. xi. 129. xiv. 358. The principles of it, ibid. xi. 147. xiv. 358.

Odo (bishop of Bayeux). A prelate of incurable ambition, xvi. 10. Envious and discontented at Lanfranc's being a greater favourite than himself, formed a conspiracy to depose William Rufus, ibid. Being taken prisoner, is forced by the king to abjure England, and sent into Normandy, 11.

Old Age. Subject to many calamities, wisely inflicted by God, xii. 271. Why dignity and station, or riches, are in some sort necessary to it, x. 245. Resolutions when I come to be old, xvi. 326.

Oldmixon, a party writer for hire, base acts of his, xvii. 336. Author of the Medley, xviii. 33. 34.

Oligarchy, ii. 295. iii. 195.

O Neal (sir Phelim). The head of a tumultuous rabble, v. 336.

Operas. In 1735, occasioned great debates, xiii. 199.

Opinions. The mischiefs occasioned by a difference in them, vi. 288. All power founded upon opinion, according to the politicians, v. 338. None maintained with so much obstinacy as those in religion, 339. Difference of opinion in publick matters imputed to disaffection, ix. 258.

1. His Letters are printed in lord Bolingbroke's works. In vol. XII. of this collection, p. 229, it appears that his lordship had seen the copy of Swift's letter, before it was sent to the press. N.