Volume Iv Part 29 (2/2)

Pausanias, his insanity.

Pauson, the Athenian painter.

Peers, question of the sterility of the, as a cla.s.s.

Peiraeus, disreputable character of.

People's Charter, the, Speech on.

Pericles, his eloquence.

Petion, the Girondist.

Saint Just's speech on his guilt.

His unfortunate end.

Petrarch, influence of his poems on the literature of Italy.

Criticism on the works of.

Celebrity as a writer.

Causes of this.

Extraordinary sensation caused by his amatory verses.

Causes co-operating to spread his renown.

His coronation at Rome.

His poetical powers.

His genius.

Paucity of his thoughts.

His energy when speaking of the wrongs and degradation of Italy.

His poems on religious subjects.

Prevailing defect of his best compositions.

Remarks on his Latin writings.

Phalaris of Agrigentari, the spurious letters of.

Sir W. Temple's opinion of them.

Their worthlessness shown by Bentley.

Phillips, John, his monument refused admission into Westminster Abbey.

Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan's history of the.

Its fame.

Attempts to improve and imitate it.

Pilnitz, League of, effect of the.

Piozzi, Mrs.

Pisistratus, his eloquence.

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