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INDEX.

The Roman numerals denote the volume; the Arabic figures, the page.
The letter n marks a reference to the notes.

A.

ADAIR, Mr. serjeant, appears for the city printers, i 348
ADDINGTON, Mr., (now viscount Sidmouth) moves the House
of Commons respecting Mr. John Horne
Tooke, ii 258

AMERICA, the war with, its commencement, i 431

the doctrines in opposition to that contest, as
stated by Mr. Horne, 432

battle of Lexington, 435

APREECE, Sir Thomas, becomes acquainted with Mr. Horne
at Montpelier, i 75

ARABIN, general, his portrait placed at Wimbledon, ii 325
ASHBURTON, lord, anecdotes of, i 31

writes a letter against lord Mansfield, 447

a letter on language, addressed to him by Mr.
Horne Tooke, ii 7

the most learned lawyer at the English bar, 9

B.

BARLOW, Mr., anecdotes of, ii 330

BARONS, the English, oppose the introduction of the civil law,

ii 17

BARRISTERS, their political opinions, ii 401

BEADON, Dr., supports Mr. Horne at Cambridge, i 321
BECKFORD, alderman, his famous reply to the king, when
lord mayor, suggested by Mr. Horne, i 157
dies and obtains a statue, ibid.

account of, ii 278

BINGLEY, his case, ii 168

BOSVILLE, Mr., anecdotes of, ii 308

BROWN, Mr. Timothy, a visitor at Wimbledon, i 306
BUCCLEUGH, late duke of, becomes acquainted with Mr.
Horne, i 75

BURDETT, Sir Francis, is introduced to Mr. Tooke, ii 233
their intimacy, 306

is declared one of Mr. Tooke's heirs, 404

BURKE, right hon. Edmund, his character, i 433

BUTE, earl of, his character, i 50

C.

CAMDEN, lord, writes a pamphlet against lord Mansfield, i 47
CHATHAM, lord, account of, i 46

CHURCHILL, Charles, character of, i 353

CLERGY, acted as lawyers before the reformation, ii 17
CLINE, Mr., greatly respected by Mr. Tooke, ii 327
COMMONS, House of, its contest with the city printers, i 343
CONSTITUTIONAL Society, takes part against the war with
America, i 435

its revenues, i 144

CONVERSATIONS at Wimbledon, ii 335

CORRESPONDING Society, history of, ii 82
CROSBY, Brass, lord mayor, account of, i 338
CROWE, Mr., a lover of horticulture, ii 332

D.

DAVY, Sir Humphry, is introduced to Mr. Tooke, ii 327
DE GREY, chief justice, declares certainty to be uncertain,

ii 10

DUNNING, Mr., (afterwards lord Ashburton) account of, i 31
a letter to, from Mr. Horne, ii 7

E.

ERSKINE, Mr., (now lord) account of, ii 305

EXCHEQUER, an anomaly in the law of evidence admitted
there, ii 403

EYRE, sir James, one of Mr. Horne Tooke's opponents,

ii n. 7

presides as judge at his trial, 126

F.

Fox, Charles, his verses at Eton, i 15

declares against the American war, 433

is opposed for Westminster, by Mr. Horne Tooke, ii 50
character of, in early life, 79

address to the electors of Westminster, 168

his generous conduct to Mr. H. Tooke, 248
FRANCIS, Dr., account of, i 356

sir Philip, K. B. ib.

G.

GARRICK, Mr., is threatened by Mr. Wilkes, i n. 256

GEDDES, Dr., anecdotes of, ii 319

GEORGE II. the latter part of his reign happy and prosperous,

i 44

III. the commencement of his reign popular, i 45

GLYNN, Mr. serjeant, recommended as knight of the shire for
Middlesex, by Mr. Horne, i 103

defends Mr. Horne, on an accusation for publishing
a libel, 138

becomes a member of the "Bill of Rights" society, 163
account of, 278

GRANTLEY, lord, (the first) his spirited conduct while attorney-

general, i 445

lord, (the present) his character while a com-

moner, i 143

H.

HARDY, Mr., his introduction to Mr. Tooke, ii 82

HARTES, the Miss, account of, ii 162 do 28. /// 120 $62

HASTINGS, Mr., his trial, i 79

HOGARTH, account of, i 358

HORNE, John, father of John Horne Tooke, some account of, i 6

his family, 6 et seq.

was an officer in the train bands, 10

becomes poulterer to the prince of Wales, 13

HORNE, John, (the subject of these memoirs) born in Newport
street, i 6

is sent to Soho Square Academy, 13
removes to Westminster school, 14
is afterwards sent to Eton, ib.
character while a boy, 16

Joses the sight of his right eye, 17
elopes from a school, in Kent, 18
anecdote concerning his birth, 21
is sent to Cambridge, 22

becomes an usher at a boarding school, 23
his opinions concerning education, 25

a great advocate for learning, 27

enters into orders as deacon, at the earnest recom-
mendation of his father, 28

is attached to the study of the law, 29

becomes a member of the society of the Inner Tem-
ple, 30

associates with Mr. Dunning and Mr. Kenyon, 31, 32
is ordained a priest, 33

obtains the chapelry of New Brentford, 34

visits France, 35

is promised preferment in the church, 36

his character as a clergyman, 37

his hatred to popery, 38

becomes kind and attentive to the sick, 39

turns politician, 41

is a great admirer of the earl of Chatham, 57

becomes a political writer, ib.

account of his first pamphlet, 59

travels into Italy, 67

becomes acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan, 68

sees and converses with Mr. Wilkes at Paris, 69

visits Voltaire and Sterne, 71

his letter to Wilkes from Montpelier, 76

dispute and reconciliation with the patriot, 83

becomes a popular divine, 85

assists Mr. Wilkes in the Middlesex election, 92

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