Gratification) of passion i. 58. 59. 65. 66. 183. _&c._ 203. 358. iii. 98.
Gratitude) exerted upon the children of the benefactor i. 187. Punishment of ingratitude ii. 25. Gratitude considered with respect to dignity and meanness ii. 33.
Grief) magnifies its cause i. 190. occasions a false reckoning of time i. 211. is infectious i. 220. when immoderate is silent ii. 204.
Habit) ch. 14. ii. 81. distinguished from custom ii. 82.
Harmony) or concord in objects of sight i. 156. Distinguished from melody ii. 358. Note.
Hatred) signifies more commonly affection than passion i. 146.
Hearing) in hearing we feel no impression iii. 380.
Henriade) censured iii. 178. 236. 243. 249.
Hexameter) Virgils hexameters extremely melodious; those of Horace not always so ii. 357. Structure of an hexameter line ii. 364. Rules for its structure ii. 367. Musical pauses in an hexameter line ii. 368. Wherein its melody consists ii. 380.
Hippolytus) of Euripides censured ii. 197. iii. 286. 288.
History) histories of conquerors and heroes singularly agreeable. Why? i. 72. 285. By what means does history raise our passions i. 115. 118. It rejects poetical images iii. 170.
Homer) defective in order and connection i. 35. His language finely suited to his subject iii. 194. His repetitions defended iii. 204. His poems in a great measure dramatic iii. 220. censured iii. 246.
Horace) defective in connection i. 35. His hexameters not always melodious ii. 358. Their defects pointed out ii. 380.
Horror) objects of horror ought to be banished from poetry and painting iii. 213.
Humour) defined ii. 44. Humour in writing distinguished from humour in character ii. 44.
Iambic verse) its modulation faint ii. 358.
Idea) succession of ideas i. 381. Idea of memory defined iii. 382. cannot be innate iii. 382. Note. No general ideas iii. 383. Note. Idea of an object of sight more distinct than of any other object iii. 384. Ideas distinguished into three kinds iii. 386. Idea of imagination not so pleasant as an idea of memory iii. 393.
Identity) of passions and emotions i. 141.
Imagination) not always at rest even in sleep i. 337. Effect in gardening of giving play to it iii. 318. Its power of fabricating images iii. 385.
Imitation) we naturally imitate virtuous actions i. 220. not those that are vicious i. 221. None of the fine arts imitate nature except painting and sculpture ii. 234. The agreeableness of imitation overbalances the disagreeableness of the subject iii. 208. Distant and faint imitations displease iii. 309.