W.

Wake, Kydd, confined five years in a solitary cell, II. 435 note.
Wakefield, George, father of Gilbert, his education, I. 12.
becomes curate of St. Mary's, Nottingham, 13.

is inducted to the rectory of St. Nicolas, 14.
presented to the rectory of Claypole, 17.

to the vicarage of Kingston and chapelry of Rich-

mond, 18, 34.

overlooked by the king, 19.

beloved by his parishioners, 20.

epitaph to his memory, il.

his talent for poetry, 21.

Wakefield, Gilbert, his motives for writing his life, I. 1, 5, 7.
when and where born, 11.

23, 99.

honourable ancestry of his grandmother, ib.
family of his mother, 12.

account of his father. See the preceding article.
gravity of his disposition and early love of learning,

begins Latin in the free-school at Nottingham un-
der an indolent and churlish master, 24.

exchanges Nottingham school for Wilford, 30,
accompanies his father to Richmond, and begins
Greek under another ignorant master, 35.

is transferred to the more auspicious tuition of Mr.
Wooddeson, 41.

is admitted to a scholarship in Jesus college, Cam-
bridge, 61.

dislikes the lectures on algebra and logic, 82, 111.
is enamoured of the classics, 83.

Wakefield, his great love of amusement and exercise, 87, 405,

525.

tion, 88.

alienating effect of the frankness of his disposi-

is a candidate for prize-medals, 91, 104, 116, 240.
begins the study of Hebrew, 100.

takes his bachelor's degree, 102.
obtains a fellowship, 112.
commences author, 115.

is ordained a deacon, 120.

dislikes the requisition of subscription, but is in-
duced by sophistry to a temporary acquiescence, 121.
is admitted a member of the Hyson Club, 132.
moralizes on the elevation of his friends and his

own indigent situation, 138, 169.

advertises for a curacy, 141.

settles at Stockport, 159.

becomes acquainted with bishop Porteus, 162.

solicits the office of undermaster in Brewood

school, and finally rejects it from motives of conscience,
175, 371, 375.

goes as a curate to Liverpool, 178.

resolves to quit the church, 185.

marries, 187.

takes his name from the boards of his college, 201.
removes to Warrington as classical tutor of an aca-
demy there, 211.

begins his theological career as an author, 232.
rapidity with which he composed, 234, II. 448, 462.
variety of languages acquired by him, I. 236.
his acquaintance with Howard, 244.

removes to Bramcote, and attempts to procure pu-
pils, 247.

publishes his Enquiry into the Opinions of the early
Christian Writers, 249, 499.

Wakefield, causes to which he attributes the cool reception of
his works, 252, 290.

failing in procuring pupils at Richmond, returns to
Nottingham, 257, 507, 513.

relinquishes his theological and resumes with ar-
dour his classical studies, 266.

is elected a member of the Literary and Philosophi-
cal Society of Manchester, 269.

begins to succeed in his office of tuition, 270.

his studies interrupted by severe illness, 277, 549.
publishes an edition of Gray, and the Georgics of
Virgil, 278, 528 to 542.

bis Four Marks of Antichrist, 288.

his Remarks on the internal Evidence of the Chris-
tian Religion, 291.

first part of his Silva Critica, 292.

amuses himself with translating the Odes of Horace,
296, II. 61.

neglects no opportunity of attending capital punish-
ments, why, 309.

publishes an Address to the Inhabitants of Notting-
ham on the Test Laws, 318.

&c. 327.

castigates the author of An Apology for the Liturgy,

publishes a pamplet in vindication of the claims of
the dissenters, 332.

is chosen classical tutor of a dissenting college at
Hackney, 333.

instance of the great liberality of his mind, 335.
is dissatisfied with his tutorship, from the defects
of the institution, 337.

339 note.

testimony of the grateful attachment of his pupils,

second part of his Silva Critica, 853.

his Translation of the New Testament, 355.

Wakefield, publishes a pamphlet on Religious Worship, 356.
attends a debate in the house of commons, 357.
third, fourth, and fifth parts of his Silva Critica,

II. 6, 8, 11.

publishes his first political pamphlet, 13.

writes an answer to Paine's Age of Reason, but
reprobates the prosecution of that work, 20, 28, 40.

publishes another political pamphlet, 47.

his editions of Horace and Virgil, 50, 51.
his selection of Greek Tragedies, 53.
his projected edition of Pope's works, 54.
his Observations on Pope, 59.
his Poetical Translations, 61.

his edition of Bion and Moschus, 62.
replies to a pamplet of Burke's, 70.
his Pope's Homer, 81.

his Lucretius, 96.

his Answer to Bryant, 101.

his Answer to Wilberforce, 109.

his Reply to Bishop Watson's Address, 116.
liberality of his conduct on the prosecution of the

publisher of his Reply, 125.

account of his own prosecution, 129.

is committed to the King's Bench, 147.

sentenced to two years confinement in Dorchester

gaol, 154.

subscription raised for him by his friends, 156.
arrives at Dorchester, 163.

his family not permitted to reside with him, 170.
employment of his time in his imprisonment, 174,
189, 213, 225, 237, 240.

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humanity of his conduct to the prisoners, 176, 179,
180 note, 242, 247.

conduct of his gaoler to him, 200.

death of his mother, 219.

Wakefield, death of his youngest child, 252.

454.

prepares for his removal from prison, 259.
in his way to London visits Mr. Fox, 283.
commences a course of Lectures on Virgil, 284.
account of his indisposition and death, 287, 289.
sketches of his character, 297, 314 note, 327, 437,

his funeral, 326.

epitaph to his memory, 464.

List of his works, 465.

Wakefield, rev. Thomas, I. 474, 502, II. 464.

Walker, rev. George, encomium of his talents and virtue,

I. 227.

War, depraved effect of, on manufacturers, II. 14 note.

has no alliance with Christianity, 110 note, 400.

the friend of, the true man of sin, 402.

Warburton, character of his Divine Legation, I. 406.
Warren, rev. Dr. accused of publishing as his own some ser-
mons of Dr. Ashton's, I. 70.

Warner, rev. Dr. sentiment of respecting the penalty of death,
II. 278 note.

Warrington academy, I. 214.

559.

cause of its downfal, 216, 475, 481,491,

the ruins of, 495.

account of its tutors, 217 to 229.
college at Manchester instituted upon

Warton, Joseph, his edition of Pope stops the publication of a
projected one by Wakefield, II.58.

liberal spirit of as a critic and schoolmaster com-
mended, 441.

Warton, Thomas, paper in the idler written by, I. 146 note.
Watson, bishop, letter from to Wakefield, who had dedicated
a work to him, I. 249 note, 509.

patronises his Translation of the New Testament, 356.