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for a seat in the Irish parliament, 432. Politely wishes to be in the number of Swift's friends, xiii. 431.
M.
McAulay (Mr). Recommended by Swift, for Mr. Lyttelton's and Pope's interests, to obtain a seat in the Irish parliament, xiii. 430. 432. Author of a useful treatise on Tillage, 374. Farther particulars of him, xviii. 375, 376.
McCarthy. Set his own house on fire, and obtained a brief for it, xvi. 268.
McCartney (lieutenant general). Second to lord Mohun, in the duel with duke Hamilton, and was supposed to have murdered the duke, xv. 335. A letter printed in his name, vindicating himself from the murder of duke Hamilton, xv. 418.
Macer. A poetical simile, xvii. 420.
Macky. See Davis.
Madness. The greatest actions have proceeded from it, ii. 161. 168. Its different effects upon mankind, 162-177. Every species of it proceeds from a redundancy, 173. How produced, xvii. 329. The symptoms of it in a people, iii. 94. Enlarges the good or evil dispositions of the mind, ix. 227. In what the difference, in respect of speech, consists, betwixt a madman and one in his wits, xvi. 320. Talking to one's self esteemed a sign of it, xi. 32. Mankind has an inexhaustible source of invention in the way of it, xii. 174. Many made really mad by ill usage, xiii. 6. Dr. Swift used to describe persons in that situation with a striking liveliness and horrour, xiii. 449.
Mahomet (the great). An instance of his inflexibility, xvi. 31.
Main (Mr. Charles). His character, xiv. 223.
Majority. When indolent, often gotten the better of by a minority, x. 204. Mistakes often arise through too great confidence in computing, iv. 42.
Maittaire (Mr. Michael). In what sense a benefactor to the publick, v. 249.
Malcolm (king of Scotland). Invades England in the absence of William Rufus, xvi. 13. William, failing to repel his inroads, enters into a treaty with him, 14. Provoked by the haughtiness of William, invades and ravages Northumberland, 16. Slain, with his eldest son, and his queen dies of grief, 17.
Mallet (David). Lord Bolingbroke bequeathed his writings to him, xix. 160. Lord Hyde's letter to him on the subject, 162. His answer, 165.
Man. The number of his virtues how much inferiour to that of
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