INDEX
Ashmole, Ellas (1617-92), antiquary:
H W a contemporary of, ii. 456
Ashton, T h o m a s (1715-75), divine; H W ' s correspondent:
H W ' s 'Epistle to . . .,' reprinted by Bell,
iii. 35
Asia:
Catherine II and, iii. 146
climate of, i. 241, ii. 97, 212
England's government worthy of, ii. 97, 212
Asia, ship:
arrival of, with American news, i. 394
'Asmodeo.' See Le Sage, Alain-Rene, Diable
boiteux, Le
Aspasia (fl. 440 B.C.), mistress of Pericles:
Montagu, Mrs Elizabeth, called, iii. 70
Ass; asses:
jawbone of, ii. 304
milk of, as medicine, ii. 254
Assassination:
grows contagious, iii. 169
French profess, iii. 158, 161, 164, 177
Assemblee nationale, French. See National Assembly
Assembly: assemblies:
Amherst, Lady, has, ii. 215
at S H , ii. 61-2
Gloucester, D. and Ds of, go to, in evenings,
ii. 582
Strafford, Lady, gives, iii. 257
Assignats:
'decried paper,' iii. 183
Association for Preserving Liberty and Property:
H W approves of, iii. 172
Asthma:
occurrences of, i. 245
Astley, Anne (fl. 1775-1832), m .
Agnew;
Mrs Delany's 'own woman':
inspects house at Windsor, ii. 497
Astley, John (ca 1767-1821), 'young Astley';
equestrian performer:
H W sees acrobatics of, ii. 418
Astley, Philip (ca 1742-1814), equestrian performer:
equestrian feats of, ii. 317
monkey of, 'General Jackoo,' ii. 515
training abilities of, ii. 418
Aston, Henry Hervey (d. 1798), army officer:
Keppel, Mrs, entertains, ii. 482
Aston, Mary (1743-1805), m . (1766) Sir Walter Blount, 6th Bt:
(?)proposed marriage of, i. 65
Astrakhan lamb. See under L a m b
Astronomy:
H W has no head for, ii. 569
H W has taken to, ii. 364
H W ' s reflections on, ii. 360-1, 364-6, 474-5,
477. 569-70
H W talked nonsense on, ii. 477
h u m a n events no longer explained by, ii.
404-5
Orford's letters on, iii. 85
277
See also under Herschel, Sir William
Atahuallpa (ca 1502-33), Peruvian king:
H W can cipher like, ii. 263
Atalantis, The New. See under Manley, Mary
de la Riviere
'Athanais.' See under Lee, Nathaniel, Theodosius . . .
Atheism:
French avowal of, iii. 142, 176, 177
Athens:
ladies of, never kept their words, ii. 328
Propylaeum of, i. 126
scarce bigger than Brentford, ii. 479
Atholl, D. of. See Murray, John (1729-74)
Atholl, Dukes of:
M a n , Isle of, formerly owned by, ii. 390
Athos, Mount:
storms reach, i. 364
Atkins, Penelope (ca 1725-95). m . (1746)
George Pitt, cr. (1776) B n Rivers:
H W receives letter of M m e de Sevigne from,
iii. 81
son's letter from, iii. 121
to leave Lyons and return to England, iii.
121
Atkinson, Richard (1738-85), M . P.; contractor:
r u m contract of, ii. 269
Atlantis. See under Manley, Mary de la Riviere
Atlas:
Hercules replaces, ii. 364
Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732), B p of Rochester 1713-23:
Epistolary Correspondence disparaged by
H W , ii. 416
epitaph by, on Cadogan, ii. 112
Attorney-General. See Macdonald, Sir Archibald (1747-1826); Thurlow, Edward (1731—
1806)
Attorney-General, Irish. See Tisdal, Philip
Aubigne, Francoise d' (1635-1719), Marquise
de Maintenon, 1678; m . 1 (1652) Paul Scarron; m . 2. (1685) Louis XIV:
Delany, Mrs, the English counterpart of,
ii. 497-8
H W has letter of, iii. 82
H W occupies seat of, at St Cyr chapel, iii. 82
Louis XIV's marriage to, ii. 514
Orleans, Duchesse d', censures, iii. 16
portrait of, at S H , ii. 472
Auckland, Bn. See Eden, William
Auction; auctions:
Bateman's, H W ' s melancholy reflections on,
i. 241
Christie's, i. 289
Hindley's house to be sold by, ii. 105, 180,
183
Hogarth's, i. 114
Holland House, H W did not attend, i. 27980
Joseph II's, at Brussels, ii. 486-7
Mariette's, i. 281-3
Orford's horses sold by, i. 134