Ode on the death of Mr Purcell, xi, 148 remarks on, ib. 145 in honour of St Cecilia’s day, ib. 183 set to music by Handel, i, 410 circumstances concerning composition of, i, 408 on the death of Dryden, xviii, 234 Œdipe of Corneille, character of, vi, 119 Œdipus, a tragedy, ib. 115 remarks on, ib. 117 preface to, ib. 124 prologue to, ib. 128 epilogue to, ib. 222 Tyrannus, of Sophocles, character of, ib. 117 Coloneus, character of, ib. 117 Ogleby, account of, x, 452 Old Testament, critical history of, x, 32 Oldham, John, account of, xi, 98 extract from the works of, ib. 100 elegy to the memory of, ib. 99 Oldys, Alexander, ode of, on the death of Dryden, xviii, 234 Opera of the State of Innocence, v, 89 Albion and Albanius, vii, 209 King Arthur, viii, 107 Opinion of Sir John Denham on verbal translation, xii, 14 Opinions of Freethinkers, x, 143 Order for the reformation of the stage, xviii, 152 Origin and nature of satire, xiii, 37 of dramatic performances among the Romans, xiii, 51 of mysteries or religious plays, xv, 247 Original prologue to Circe, x, 333 Tales of Chaucer, modernized by Dryden, xii, i-xci prose works of Dryden, xv, 281 Originality of Shadwell, x, 418 Ormond, Duke of, account of, ix, 294, xi, 195 dedication to, ib. 195, xvii, 5 behaviour of, at the battle of Landen, xi, 202 Duchess of, dedication to, xi, 245 Orpheus Britannicus, dedication of, ib. 146 Orrery, Earl of, account of, ii, 113 dedication to, ib. 113 Osburne, Sir Thomas, vide Danby, Earl of Ossory, Earl of, account of, ix, 299 Otho, character of, ib. 43 Ovid, account of, xii, 4 causes of the banishment of, ib. 5, 7 character of works of, ib. 8 epistles of, ib. 11 Ovid and Chaucer, parallel between, xi, 214 Ovid’s epistles, translations from, xii, 1-41 preface to, ib. 3 Epistle xi. Canace to Macareus, ib. 21 xvii. Helen to Paris, ib. 26 vii. Dido to Æneas, ib. 35 Metamorphoses, translations from, xii, 43-227 dedication to, ib. 47 remarks on, ib. 45 first book of, xii, 63 Golden Age, ib. 66 Silver Age, ib. 67 Brazen Age, ib. 68 Iron Age, ib. 68 Giant’s war, ib. 69 twelfth book of, ib. 156 Art of Love, translations from, xii, 229 Amours, translations from, ib. 257, 259 Oxford, University of, decree of, concerning non-resistance, x, 241 prologues spoken to, ib. 328, 358, 378, 385 epilogues spoken to, ib. 330, 360, 381 Parliament, King’s speech to versified, ix, 309 P. Pacurius, the satirist, character of, xiii, 58 Pages, the sons of gentlemen, viii, 338 Painter, advice to a young, xvii, 377, 468 Painters of the two last ages, judgment of C.A. Du Fresnoy on, xvii, 489