List of Authors
Adamnan, Abbot (c. 625-704), 25.
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719), 399-407.
Ælfric (c. 955-1020), 33.
Ailred (c. 1109-1166), 36.
Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805-1882), 610.
Alcuin (735-804), 26.
Aldhelm, Bp. (c. 640—709), 25.
Alexander, Sir William, Earl of Stirling (c. 1567-1640), 441.
Alfred, King (849-901), 26-8.
Andrewes, Lancelot (1555-1626), 282.
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735), 420.
Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888), 586-90.
Ascham, Roger (1515-1568), 175, 176.
Asser, Bp. (fl. c. 900), 27.
Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732), 420.
Austen, Jane (1775-1817), 536-40.
Ayton, Sir Robert (1570-1638), 441.
Aytoun, William Edmonstoune, (1813-1865), 206.
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626), 265, 270-8.
Baillie, Lady Grizel (1665-1746), 445.
Bale, John (1495-1563) 158, 159.
Bannatyne, George (1545-1608), 445.
Barbour, John (c. 1316-1396), 130-2.
Barclay, Alexander (c. 1475-1552), 152.
Barnfield, Richard (1574-1627), 289.
Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677), 317.
Baxter, Richard (1615-1691), 317.
Beattie, James (1735-1803), 447.
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616), 242-7.
Beaumont, Sir John (1582-1628), 300-1.
Beckford, William (1759-1844), 530.
Beddoes, Thomas Lovell (1803-1849), 607.
Bede (673-735), 23-26, 42, 43.
Behn, Mrs. Aphra (1640-1689), 361, 458.
Bentley, Richard (1662-1742), 420.
Berkeley, George (1685-1753), 420, 421.
Berners, Lord (1467-1533), 122.
Besant, Sir Walter (1836-1901), 642.
Black, William (1841-1898), 642.
Blackwood, William (1776-1834), 548.
Blair, Robert (1699-1746), 432.
Borrow, George (1803-1881), 632.
Boswell, James (1740-1795), 460, 471.
Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1850), 499.
Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1837- ), 635.
Brome, Richard (fl. c. 1623-1652),.
Brontë, Anne (1820-1849), 623.
Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855), 623-5.
Brontë, Emily (1818-1848), 623-5.
Broome, William (1689-1745), 384.
Brougham, Henry, Lord Brougham (1778-1868), 547.
Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810), 536.
Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682), 306-9.
Browne, William (c. 1591-1643), 301, 302.
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861), 596, 597.
Browning, Robert (1812-1889), 573-6.
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), 562.
Bunyan, John (1628-1688), 322-324.
Burke, Edmund (1729-1797), 478-82.
Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715), 442.
Burnett, James, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799), 447.
Burney, Charles (1726-1814), 531.
Burney, Frances (1752-1840), 530-2.
Burns, Robert (1759-1796), 447-450.
Burton, Robert (1577-1640), 303-5.
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680), 355-7.
Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824), 519-25.
Cædmon (fl. c. 670), 16-18.
Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844), 606.
Campion, Thomas (fl. 1581-1619), 290.
Canning, George (1770-1827), 548.
Capgrave, John (1393-1464), 122.
Carew, Richard (1555-1620), 281.
Carew, Thomas (c. 1598-1639), 335, 336.
Carlyle, Alexander (1722-1805), 444.
Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881), 648-51.
Cartwright, William (1611-1643), 264, 339.
Caxton, William (c. 1422-1491), 47, 124, 125.
Chambers, Robert (1802-1871), 611.
Chapman, George (c. 1559-1634), 247-50, 281.
Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770), 434-6.
Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1340-1400), 78-98, 117, 118.
Chillingworth, William (1602-1644), 137.
Churchill, Charles (1731-1764), 451.
Churchyard, Thomas (c. 1520-1604), 166.
Cibber, Colley (1671-1757), 365, 385, 399.
Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of (1607-1674), 325-7.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834), 498-502.
Collins, Wilkie (1824-1889), 633.
Collins, William (1721-1759), 426, 427.
Colman, George (1762-1836), 492.
Congreve, William (1670-1729), 363-5.
Constable, Henry (c. 1560-1613), 289.
Cooper, Anthony Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury (1671-1713), 420, 443.
Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851), 544, 545.
Corbet, Richard (1582-1635), 300.
Cotton, Charles (1630-1687), 343.
Coverdale, Miles (1488-1568), 174.
Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667), 341, 342.
Cowper, William (1731-1800), 436-40.
Crabbe, George (1754-1832), 452-7.
Cranmer, Thomas (1489-1556) 174.
Crashaw, Richard (c. 1613-1649), 59, 328, 329.
Creighton, Mandell (1843-1901), 654.
Cross, Mary Ann: “George Eliot” (1819-1880), 637, 638.
Cudworth, Ralph (1617-1688), 317, 419.
Cynewulf (fl. c. 750), 18, 19.
Dalrymple, Sir David, Lord Hailes (1726-1792), 447.
Daniel, Samuel (1562-1619), 283, 294-6.
D’Arblay, Madame, see Frances Burney.
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882), 661, 662.
Davenant, Sir William (1606-1668), 264, 340, 341, 359.
Davies, Sir John (1569-1626), 296, 297.
Day, Thomas (1748-1789), 534.
De Foe, Daniel (1661-1731), 415-9.
Dekker, Thomas (c. 1570-1641), 235, 251, 253.
De la Ramée, Louise (1840-1908), 634.
Denham, Sir John (1615-1669) 342.
De Quincey, Thomas (1785-1859), 557-9.
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870), 612-6.
Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881), 610.
Donne, John (1573-1631), 282, 283, 284-8.
Douglas, Gawain (c. 1473-1522), 143, 144.
Drayton, Michael (1563-1631), 283, 291-3.
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden (1585-1649), 239, 441.
Dryden, John (1631-1700), 359, 360, 361, 373-80.
Dunbar, William (c. 1460-1520), 138-40.
D’Urfey, Thomas (1653-1723), 483.
Dyer, John (c. 1700-1758), 432.
Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849), 534-6.
Edwards, Jonathan (1629-1712), 561.
Edwards, Richard (c.1523-1566), 162.
Eliot, George, see Mary Ann Cross.
Elliot, Jean (1727-1805), 445.
Elyot, Sir Thomas (c. 1499-1546), 173, 174.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882), 579-82.
Etherege, Sir George (c. 1635-1691), 358, 361.
Evelyn, John (1620-1706), 327.
Fairfax, Edward (fl. c. 1600), 281.
Farquhar, George (1678-1707), 368, 369.
Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730), 384.
Ferguson, Rev. Adam (1723-1816), 446.
Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774), 446, 449.
Ferrier, Susan (1782-1854), 609.
Fielding, Henry (1707-1754), 461-7.
FitzGerald, Edward (1809-1883), 594-5.
Fitzneale, Richard (fl. 1169-1198), 38.
Fletcher, Giles (c. 1549-1611), 297.
Fletcher, John (1579-1625), 242-7.
Fletcher, Phineas (c. 1582-1650), 283, 297-300.
Florence of Worcester (d. 1118), 36.
Florio, John (c. 1553-1625), 281.
Forbes, Bishop Robert (1708-1775), 645.
Ford, John (fl. c.. 1613-1633), 261-3.
Fordun, John (d. c. 1384), 133.
Forster, John (1812-1876), 574.
Fox, George (1624-1690), 325.
Francis, Sir Philip (1740-1818), 496.
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), 561.
Freeman, E. A. (1823-1892), 653-4.
Freneau, Philip (1752-1832), 560-562.
Froude, James Anthony (1818-1894), 651-3.
Froude, Richard Hurrell (1803-1836), 652.
Fuller, Thomas (1608-1661), 317-8.
Galt, John (1779-1839), 455, 609.
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson (1829-1902), 312, 647, 653.
Gascoigne, George (c. 1525-1577), 162, 167-9.
Gaskell, Elizabeth (1810-1865), 641.
Gay, John (1685-1732), 388-390.
Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1100-1155), 36, 42-7.
Gerald of Wales (c. 1147-1217), 38, 39.
Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794), 490-4.
Gildas (c. 516-570), 23, 43.
Giraldus Cambrensis, see Gerald of Wales.
Glanvill, Joseph (1636-1680), 317, 372, 419.
Godric, St. (c. 1065-1170), 34.
Golding, Arthur (c. 1536-1605), 166, 281.
Goldsmith, Oliver (1728-1774), 474-8.
Googe, Barnabe (1540-1594), 166.
Gosson, Stephen (1554-1624), 180, 201.
Gower, John (c. 1325-1408), 106-9.
Gray, Thomas (1716-1771), 428-430.
Green, J. R. (1837-1883), 654.
Green, Matthew (1696-1737), 432.
Greene, Robert (c. 1560-1592), 194, 198-200.
Griffin, B. (fl. 1596), 289.
Grimald, Nicholas (1519-1562), 166.
Grote, George (1794-1871), 659.
Gwynne, Talbot (fl. c. 1862-1865), 641.
Habington, William (1605-1654), 339.
Hales, John (1584-1656), 317.
Hall, Joseph (1574-1656), 282, 310.
Hallam, Henry (1777-1859), 643-5.
Hamilton, William, of Bangour (1704-1754), 445.
Hamilton, William, of Gilbertfield (c. 1665-1751), 445.
Harington, Sir John (1561-1612), 281.
Harry, Blind (fl. c. 1480-1492), 140-2.
Harvey, Gabriel (c. 1545-1630), 176, 184.
Hawes, Stephen (c. 1475-1523), 113, 114.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864), 625-8.
Haywood, Eliza (c. 1693-1756), 458.
Hazlitt, William (1778-1830), 555-7.
Henley, W. E. (1849-1903), 641.
Henry of Huntingdon (fl. 1125-1154), 38.
Henry son, Robert (fl. c. 1462), 135-8.
Herbert, Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648), 305, 306.
Herbert, George (1593-1633), 330, 331.
Herrick, Robert (1591-1674), 334, 335.
Heywood, John (c. 1497-1580), 157, 158.
Heywood, Thomas (fl. c. 1596-1650), 256, 257.
Higden, Ranulf (d. 1364), 118.
Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679), 318-21.
Hogg, James (1770-1835), 612.
Holland, Philemon (1552-1637), 281.
Holland, Sir Richard (fl. c. 1450), 142.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), 628, 629.
Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696-1782), 446.
Home, John (1722-1808), 381, 427, 446.
Hood, Thomas (1799-1845), 607.
Hook, Theodore (1788-1841), 613.
Hooker, Richard (c. 1553-1600), 265, 266-70.
Horner, Francis (1778-1817), 547.
Howard, Henry, Earl of Surrey (c. 1517-1547), 163, 165, 166.
Howell, James (1594-1666), 327.
Huchown (fl. 1342-1377), 75.
Hume, David (1711-1776), 488-490.
Hunt, James Henry Leigh (1784-1859), 553-5.
Hutcheson, Francis (1694-1746), 444.
Huxley, T. H. (1825-1895), 661, 662.
Irving, Washington (1783-1859), 546, 547.
James I of Scotland (1394-1437), 133-
James, G. P. R. (1799-1860), 610.
Jeffrey, Francis (1773-1850), 547.
Jocelin de Brakelond (fl. 1173-1202), 38.
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784), 381, 471-4.
Jonson, Ben (<c. 1573-1637), 233-41.
“Junius” (fl. 1768-1773), 496.
Keats, John (1795-1821), 525-7.
Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875), 629-31.
Kingsley, Henry (1830-1876), 631.
Kirke, Edward (1553-1613), 184.
Knox, John (c. 1505-1572), 146.
Kyd, Thomas (c. 1558-1594), 208, 209.
Lamb, Charles (1775-1834), 550-3.
Landor, Walter Savage (1775-1864), 527-9.
Langland, William (c. 1332-1400), 99-106.
Lawrence, G. A. (1827-1876), 634.
Layamon (fl. c. 1200-1220), 48-51.
Lecky, W. E. H. (1838-1903), 662-4.
Leighton, Robert (1611-1684), 442.
Leslie of Ross, Bishop (1527-1596), 148.
Lever, Charles (1806-1872), 610, 611.
Lingard, John (1772-1851), 643.
Locke, John (1632-1704), 419.
Lockhart, George, of Carnwath
Lockhart, John Gibson (1794-1854), 548, 549, 612.
Lodge, Thomas (c. 1558-1625), 200, 201, 202.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882), 565-8.
Lovelace, Richard (1618-1658), 336, 337.
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891), 582-6.
Lydgate, John (c. 1370-1446), 110-11, 169.
Lyly, John (c. 1554-1606), 177, 178, 195, 196.
Lyndsay, Sir David (1490-1555), 144-6.
Lytton, Edward George Bulwer (1803-1873), 611.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859), 645-8.
Mackenzie, Sir George (1636-1691), 184, 442-3.
Macpherson, James (1736-1796), 483.
Malory, Sir Thomas (c. 1400-1471), 42, 61, 124-8.
Mandeville, Sir John (fl. c. 1322-1357), 118-20.
Map, Walter (c. 1137-1200), 39-40.
Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593) 204-8.
Marryat, Capt. Frederick (1792-1848), 612.
Marston, John (c. 1575-1634), 235, 250, 251.
Marvell, Andrew (1621-1678), 345-7.
Massinger, Philip (1583-1640), 243, 259-61.
Mather, Cotton (1663-1728), 561.
Mayne, Jasper (1604-1672), 264.
Meredith, George (1828-1909), 595, 596, 634-6.
Meres, Francis (1565-1647), 220, 222, 233.
Middleton, Thomas (c. 1570-1627), 253-5.
Mill, James (1773-1836), 659.
Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873), 659.
Milman, Henry Hart (1791-1868), 659.
Milton, John (1608-1674), 309-312, 347-55.
Minot, Laurence (c. 1300-1352), 59, 142.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762), 495.
Montgomery, Alexander (c. 1556-1610), 440.
Montgomery, Robert (1807-1855), 424.
Moore, Thomas (1779-1852), 606, 607.
More, Henry (1614-1687), 317, 372.
More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535), 173.
Morris, William (1834-1896), 42, 599-601.
Nairne, Carolina, Lady (1766-1845), 446.
Napier, Sir William (1785-1860), 658.
Nash, Thomas (1567-1601), 203, 204.
Nennius (c. 800), 23, 43.
Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890), 631, 652, 659-662.
Nicholas of Guildford (fl. 1250), 54.
Nicolls, Thomas (fl. 1550), 280.
North, Christopher, see John Wilson.
North, Roger (1653-1733), 327.
North, Sir Thomas (c. 1535-1601), 229, 281.
Occleve, Thomas (c. 1368-1450), 111-13.
Oliphant, May Margaret Wilson, (1828-1897), 633.
Ormin (c. 1200), 52.
Otway, Thomas (1652-1685), 359, 369-71.
Ouida, see De la Ramée.
Overbury, Sir Thomas (1581-1613), 279, 280.
Painter, William (c. 1540-1594), 281.
Palgrave, Sir Francis (1788-1861), 643.
Parnell, Thomas (1679-1718), 392.
Pater, Walter Horatio (1839-1894), 592, 593.
Payn, James (1830-1898), 634.
Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866), 632.
Pecock, Reginald (c. 1395-1460), 120-2.
Peele, George (c. 1558-1598), 193, 196-8.
Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703), 327.
Percy, Thomas (1729-1811), 150, 483.
Phaer, Thomas (c. 1510-1560), 166, 281.
Philips, Ambrose (1675-1749), 390-1.
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849), 576-9.
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), 382-6.
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802-1839), 608.
Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859), 654-7.
Prior, Matthew (1664-1721), 386-8.
Prynne, William (1600-1669) 262, 263.
Radcliff, Ann (1764-1822), 485, 522, 532-4.
Raleigh, Sir Walter (c. 1552-1618), 265, 278-9.
Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758), 445.
Randolph, Thomas (1605-1635), 264.
Reade, Charles (1814-1884), 641-2.
Reeve, Clara (1729-1807), 530.
Reynolds, John Hamilton (1796-1852), 525.
Rich, Barnaby (c. 1540-1620), 201, 280.
Richard, Prior of Hexham (fl. 1138-1154), 36.
Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761), 458-61.
Ritson, Joseph (1752-1803), 483.
Robert of Gloucester (fl. c. 1260-1300), 41, 56.
Robertson, William (1721-1793), 490.
Robynson, Ralph (fl. c. 1551), 173.
Rogers, Samuel (1763-1855), 606.
Rolle, Richard (c. 1290-1349), 58.
Rossetti, Christina (1830-1894), 597, 598.
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882), 598, 599.
Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718), 381.
Rowley, William (c. 1585-1642), 253, 255.
Ruskin, John (1819-1900), 590-2.
Sackville, Thomas (1536-1608), 161, 162, 169-71.
St. John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751), 420.
Savile, Sir Henry (1549-1622), 281.
Scott, Alexander (c. 1525-1584), 440.
Scott, John (1783-1821), 548.
Scott, Michael (1789-1835), 612.
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), 62, 149, 150, 151, 424, 502-6, 540-4.
Sedley, Sir Charles (c. 1639-1701), 361.
Shadwell, Thomas (1642-1692), 361.
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), 212-33.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822), 516-9.
Shenstone, William (1714-1763), 433.
Sherburne, Sir Edward (1618-1702), 343.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816), 494, 455.
Shirley, James (1596-1666), 263, 264.
Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-1586), 178-83.
Simeon of Durham (fl. 1130), 36.
Skelton, John (c. 1460-1529), 151.
Smith, Horace (1779-1849), 548.
Smith, Captain John (1580-1631), 560.
Smith, Sydney (1771-1845), 547.
Smith, William (fl. 1596), 289.
Smollett, Tobias (1721-1771), 467-70.
South, Robert (1634-1716), 317.
Southerne, Thomas (1660-1746), 380, 381.
Southey, Robert (1774-1843), 513-6.
Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903), 662.
Spenser, Edmund (c. 1552-1599), 184-92, 266.
Stanley, Thomas (1625-1678), 343.
Stanyhurst, Richard (1547-1618), 281.
Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729), 394-9.
Sterne, Laurence (1713-1768), 485-8.
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894), 638-41.
Still, John (1543-1608), 160, 161.
Strachey, William (fl. 1609-1618), 560.
Stubbs, William (1825-1901), 644, 654.
Suckling, Sir John (1609-1642), 264, 338, 339.
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745), 407-15.
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909), 602-6.
Symonds, John Addington (1840-1893), 592, 593.
Talfourd, Sir T. N. (1795-1854), 574.
Tautphœus, Baroness (1807-1893), 641.
Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667), 312-7.
Temple, Sir William (1628-1699), 409, 430.
Tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892), 42, 568-73.
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863), 616-22.
Thomas of Ercildoune (d. c. 1299), 62-4.
Thomson, James (1700-1748), 381, 424-6.
Tickell, Thomas (1686-1740), 391-3.
Tourneur, Cyril (c. 1575-1626), 259.
Trevisa, John (c. 1326-1412), 118.
Trollope, Anthony (1815-1882), 636, 637.
Turner, Sharon (1768-1847), 643.
Tusser, Thomas (c. 1524-1580), 166.
Udall, Nicholas (1505-1556), 159, 160.
Urquhart, Sir Thomas (1611-1660), 140, 441.
Ussher, James (1581-1656), 282.
Vanbrugh, Sir John (1666-1726), 365-8.
Vaughan, Henry (1622-1695), 331-3.
Villiers, George, second Duke of Buckingham (1627-1688), 358, 359.
Wace (fl. 1170), 46.
Waller, Edmund (1606-1687), 343-5.
Walpole, Horace (1717-1797), 482-5.
Walton, Izaac (1593-1683), 321, 322.
Wardlaw, Elizabeth, Lady (1677-1727), 445.
Warton, Joseph (1722-1800), 431, 432.
Warton, Thomas (c. 1688-1745), 431.
Warton, Thomas (1728-1790), 431, 483.
Watson, Thomas (c. 1557-1592), 289.
Webster, John (c. 1580-1625), 257-9.
Whetstone, George (c. 1544-1587), 166.
Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892), 563-5.
Whyte-Melville, George John (1821-1878), 633, 634.
Wilkie, Prof. William (1721-1772), 490.
William of Malmesbury (c. 1095-1143), 36, 37.
William of Newburgh (1136-1198), 38.
Willoughby, Henry (c. 1574-1596), 289.
Wilson, John (1785-1854), 548, 558, 644.
Wither, George (1588-1667), 302.
Wodrow, Robert (1679-1734), 443, 561.
Wood, Mrs. Henry (1814-1887), 35.
Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), 507-13.
Wyatt, Sir Thomas (1503-1542), 163-5.
Wycherley, William (c. 1640-1716), 362, 363.
Wyclif, John (c. 1329-1384), 115-7.
Wyntoun, Andrew (fl. c. 1413), 132.
Young, Edward (1683-1765), 381, 422-4.