will accompany my being blind, the good God prepare me!"] Index _Absalom and Achitophel_, 227, 255. Adam, the brothers, call themselves "Adelphi," 3; obtain a lease of the Durham House property, 75-76; they effect a marvellous transformation, 76-79; opposed by the City, they obtain an Act of Parliament for embanking the river, 79; interesting letter on the subject, 79-84; Granville Sharp's strictures, 84; the brothers in financial difficulties, 85; they obtain another Act of Parliament, 85; the Adelphi Lottery, 86-90; history of the brothers, 90-98; Robert Adam, 90-97; James Adam, 97-98; John Adam, 98; William Adam, 98. Adam, the brothers, call themselves "Adelphi," 3. Adam, James, 90, 92, 97. Adam, John, 98. Adam, Robert, 90-97. Adam, William, 98. Adam, William (father of the brothers), 91. Addison, Joseph, 30. Adelphi, origin of the name, 3; the brothers Adam obtain the lease of the property, 75-76; transformation of the property, 76-79; fruitless opposition of the City, 79-84; the Adelphi Lottery, 86-90; Scots workmen succeeded by Irish, 98. Adelphi Chapel, the, 211-212. Adelphi Hotel (Osborn's), 180-181, 183-185. Adelphi Arches, 187-191. Aggas' Map of London, 8. Aickin (actor), 148. Akenside, Mark, 269. Albans, Duchess of (Harriot Mellon), 200, 202-204, 213-214. Albans, Duke of, 75-76, 202. Albemarle, Duchess of ("Nan" Clarges), 63-71. Albemarle, Duke of, 255. Albert, Prince Consort, 118. Aldborough, Lord, 103. Alexandra, Queen, 212. Armstrong, Dr, 210, 212. Arts, Society of, in the Adelphi, 100-122; description of the paintings in, 108-118. Ashburton, Baron, 147. _Atheist, the, or the Soldier's Fortune_, 29. Aubrey, the antiquary, 17, 220. Avenue Theatre, 272. Bacon, Francis, 219-221. Baddeley, Robert, 148. _Ballade upon a Wedding_, 253-254. Bannister, John, 174. Baron-Wilson, Mrs, 208. Barré, Isaac, 147. Barrington, Lord, 181. Barry, James, 101-118. Bassompiere, François de, 223-224. Bathurst, Lady, 159. Batteville, Baron de, 229. Beaconsfield, Earl of, 181. Beauclerk, Lady Diana, 153, 155. Beauclerk, Topham, 150-153, 158. Becket, Andrew, 169-171. _Beggar's Opera, The_, 247. Bek, Anthony, Bishop of Durham, 3-4. Bek, Anthony, the second, 3-4. Bek, Walter, Bishop of Lincoln, 4. Belty, G.F., 167. Bensley, W., 148. Blanchard, E.L., 216-217. Blanchard, William, 216. Boleyn, Anne, 11-12. Boleyn, Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire, 11. Boscawen, Mrs, 154-155. Boswell, James, 103, 121, 152-160. Boyle, Roger, 253. Brackley, Viscount, 19. Brandon, Charles, 219. Brereton, Owen S., 111. Brereton, William, 148. Brett, Sir Robert, 251. Brisden, John, 41. Britain's Burse (the New Exchange, which see). Broghill, Lord, 253.