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Higgins (Francis). Presented as a sower of sedition in Ireland, xi. 117. 189. 191. Anecdote of him, xv. 198.
Hill (general). His secret expedition against Canada, why it failed, though well-concerted, iii. 355. A regiment designed for him by the queen, but the duke of Marlborough undutifully refused to consent to it, iv. 283. xviii. 69. His present to Swift, of a snuffbox, with an explanation of the device on it, i. 77. xi. 220. Sent, with six regiments, to take possession of Dunkirk, iv. 208.
History. Why so few writers of it in the English tongue of any distinction, v. 81. The times which afford most matter for it are, generally speaking, those in which a man would least choose to live, 349. Modern, vi. 230. Minute circumstances of extraordinary tacts most pleasing parts of it, xviii. 5.
History of the Four last Years of Queen Anne, iv. 1. Account of it, 2; and of its publication, 3, 5. The dean mentions it as a free-written, but faithful, record, iv. 16. 328. Speaks of it as his grand business, xv. 390. The lords Oxford and Bolingbroke could not agree about its publication, iv. 15. The dean's reasons for writing it, 16. The materials whence it was formed, 17. xvi. 220. Dr. Swift asserts, that he never received any reward from the minister; and that he was so far from being biassed, that he had preserved several of the opposite party in employments, iv. 17. Dr. King's opinion of this history, xiii. 391.
Hoadly (Dr. Benjamin, successively bishop of Bangor, Hereford, Salisbury, and Winchester). A champion for resistance, but never charged with meddling out of his function, iii. 287. Has an ill name from our author, xii. 69. But lived to see the nation become his converts; and sons have blushed, to think their fathers were his foes. See the annals of cooler times. Dr. Swift speaks of him very slightingly, xiv. 200. The excuse made by the court, for not translating him to Durham, xiii. 13.
Hobbes. His grand mistake, in confounding the executive with the legislative power, ii. 368. Proves that every creature lives naturally in a state of war, viii. 175. To what he ascribed the corruption of the political principles of the English youth, iii. 282. v. 311. ix. 231. His definition of magnanimity, iv. 316.
Hoffman (a formal German resident). Prescribes good manners at the English court, x. 218.
Hogs. Scheme for ploughing the ground with them, vi. 208.
Holland. Why it can much sooner recover itself after a war than England, iii. 9. No religion there; and its government the worst constituted in the world to last, xvi. 229.
Holt (lord chief justice). From what motive Dr. Radcliffe took particular care to recover his wife, xii. 310.
Homer. Humorous animadversions on his gross errours and various defects, in comparison of the moderns, ii. 131. Description of that immortal bard, v. 171. vi. 227.
Honour. Why purchased at a cheaper rate by satire than by any
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