Smollett’s account of the birth of the son of James II. x, 305 Society, Dryden’s connections in after the Revolution, i, 369 Socinius, Lelius, doctrine of, x, 46 Soliloquy of a royal exile, xv, 280 Song, written for the Pilgrim, viii, 449 remarks on, ib. 446 Songs, Odes, and Lyrical Pieces, xi, 161-191 the Fair Stranger, xi, 163 for St Cecilia’s day, ib. 167 the Tears of Amynta, ib. 171, xi, 173 The Lady’s, ib. 175, xi, 176, 177 to a fair Young Lady, ib. 181 Sophocles, Œdipus Tyrannus and Coloneus of, character of, vi, 117, 124 Sophonisba, prologue to, x, 350 Southerne, poetical epistle to, xi, 50 remarks on, ib. 47 account of, ib. 48 verses of to Congreve, xi, 61 anecdote of, i, 237 commencement of Dryden’s friendship with, i, 294 character of, i, 372 Spanheim’s dissertations, extract from, xiii, 47 Spanish Friar, or the Double Discovery, vi, 365 remarks on, ib. 367 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 373 prologue to, ib. 382 epilogue to, ib. 485 prohibited by James II. ib. 371 represented by Queen Mary by her order, ib. 371 account of, representation of, ib. 371 character of, i, 227 relations of Dryden when it was composed, i, 233 Specimen of Milbourne’s translation of Virgil, i, 400 poetical attacks upon Dryden, i, 350 of translation of the History of the League, xvii, 77 remarks on, ib. 79 Speech, King’s, to Oxford Parliament, versified, ix, 309 Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses, xii, 181 Speght’s edition of Chaucer, xi, 220 Spenser, character of, xiii, 18 obsolete language of, ib. 19 Sports of the Chace, King James I. much attached to, viii, 451 Spottiswoode, Archbishop, account of, xvii, 159 Spragge, Sir Edward, account of, ix, 178 gallant action of, xi, 24 Sprat’s verses to the memory of Cromwell, ix, 5 Stage, regular scenery first introduced on, x, 323 moveable scenes introduced on, i, 79 scenes of death improper on, xv, 332 laws of, observed more exactly by the French than by the English, xv, 336 order for the reformation of, xviii, 152 indelicacy of, in the age of Dryden, i, 417 Stanzas, heroic, to the memory of Oliver Cromwell, ix, 8 of four verses in alternate rhyme, defended, ib. 94 Stapylton, Sir Robert, account of, xiii, 93 Star visible at the birth of Charles II. ix, 51 State of Innocence and Fall of Man, an opera, v, 89 remarks on, ib. 91 epistle dedicatory to, ib. 95 verses on, ib. 103 preface to, ib. 105 State of Learning in England, on the accession of James I. i, 5 Dryden’s connexions in society after the Revolution, i, 369 State Tracts, extract from, x, 185 Statius, Harte’s vindication of, xiv, 130 Steward, Elmes, letter of Dryden to, xviii, 143 Mrs Elizabeth, account of, ib. 141 letters of Dryden to, xviii, 141, 144, 146, 147, 149, 150, 153, 161, 169, 171, 174, 178, 180