BRADEURY AND DENT, PRINTERS, OXFORD ARMS PASSAGE, WARWICK LANF.

CONTENTS.

VOLUME II.

CHAPTER I.

Reflections upon the Reign of Queen Anne.-Her Accession

to the Throne.-Debasement of Religion.-Political Changes.

-Triumph of Toryism.-Intemperance of Churchmen.-De

Foe's Account of the Opening of the Reign. The Queen's

Zeal for the Church.-Its Effect upon the Clergy.-Revival

of May-poles.-De Foe's Account of the Excesses of the

Times. Violence of Churchmen repressed by the Queen.-

Discontent thereupon.-Some of the Ministers desert the

High Party.-Bad Spirit of the Commons.-War Declared.

-Unsuccessful Expedition to Cadiz.-De Foe's Poem upon

the Spanish Descent.-Dissolution of Parliament.-Meeting

of a new one.-Insult to the Memory of King William.—

Satirized by Mr. Walsh.-Revival of the Royal Touch.-

Origin of the Usage.-Anecdotes of its Practice in former

Reigns.-De Foe's Solution of the Spell

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CHAPTER II.

Thirtieth of January Preachers.-Satirized by De Foe in his

"New Test of the Church of England's Loyalty."—Account

of his Work.-Animadverted upon by Leslie and Drake.—

Rise of the Distinction between High and Low Church.---

Sacheverell's violent Politics.-Strictures upon them by De

Foe.-And Dennis.-Leslie's New Association.- His Case

of the Regale and the Pontificate.-And Scheme for an

Union with the Gallican Church.-De Foe's Remarks upon

it.-Proceedings of the Commons against the Dissenters

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CHAPTER III.

Controversy concerning Occasional Conformity.-Origin of the

Practice. De Foe addresses a Pamphlet upon the Subject

to Mr. Howe.-Its temperate Character.-Mr. Howe's

Reply. Remarks upon the Controversy.-De Foe returns to

it in a Second Pamphlet.-His respect for his Antagonist.-

Vindicates his own Character. And corrects Mr. Howe's

Mis-statement of his Principles.-And Motives.—Declara-

tion of his Sincerity.-Mr. Howe's Letter to a Person of

Honour.-Pamphlets against the Dissenters.-The Queen's

Speech to her Parliament.-Flattering Reply of the Com-

mons.-Introduction of the Bill to prevent Occasional Con-

formity. Passes the Commons.-Spirit that pervaded the

Public.-De Foe's Reflections upon the Measure.-De-

feated by the Lords' Amendments.-Preaching of the

Clergy. De Foe's Account of the Origin of the Bill.-

And of the Effect of Intolerance. He publishes

Enquiry into Occasional Conformity."--Represents the Hard-

ships of the Dissenters.-Satirizes their Opponents

CHAPTER IV.

"An

De Foe publishes his "Shortest Way with the Dissenters.”-

Occasion of his Writing it.-Account of the Work.-Its

favourable reception by the High Party.-And Effect upon

the Nation.-Temper of High Churchmen. Misunderstood

by the Dissenters. He upbraids them for their Ill-usage.-

His motives for writing in the Language of Irony.-Its

Effects upon his Fortunes. He is discovered to be the

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Author. Complains of the dullness of his Enemies.-Is

threatened with Vengeance.-Conceals himself for a time.-

Proclamation for his Apprehension.-His Work complained

of in the House of Commons.-Ordered to be burnt.—

an Explanation of his

Surrenders himself.-Publishes

Pamphlet. He feels hurt at the Conduct of the Dissenters.

-Brought to Trial at the Old Bailey.-Severely Treated by

the Attorney-General.-De Foe's Reflections upon his Con-

duct. Throws himself upon the Mercy of the Queen.-

Which he afterwards regrets.-Betrayed by his own Counsel.

-His severe Sentence.-Tutchin's Reflections upon it.-

He stands in the Pillory.-Which is a Season of Triumph

to him. His Resolution of Mind.-Pope's ungenerous

Treatment of him. Reprehended by Cibber.- De Foe

publishes "A Hymn to the Pillory."-Cibber's Remarks

upon it.-Lampoons against him.-Ruin of his Circum-

stances.-Tampered with by the Ministers. His Virtue in

Adversity.-Notice of some Replies to the "Shortest Way." 49

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CHAPTER V.

De Foe's Occupations in Newgate. He publishes "A Poem

on Reformation of Manners."-In which he attacks the Vices

of the Age. His Defence of the Work.-The Impartiality

of his Censures.-He exposes the Knavery of Projectors.

And reprobates the-Traffic in Slaves. He publishes another

Poem, called "More Reformation."-Defends himself from

Reproaches. His Rebuke to the Dissenting Clergy.-He

publishes "The Shortest Way to Peace and Union.”—Pirated

Edition of his Works.-Cibber's Account of it.-De Foe

publishes a Genuine Collection.-Its Contents.-Descrip-

tion of his Portrait.-His Apology for the Undertaking.

-King William's Affection for the Church of England, an

Ironical Satire by De Foe.-Dunton's Satire upon King

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Samuel Wesley writes against the Private Academies of the

Dissenters. Exposure of his Ingratitude.-Answered by

Palmer. Wesley replies.-Remarks upon the Subject.-

De Foe replies to him, in his " More Short Ways.”—Mr.

Palmer publishes a Second Pamphlet upon the subject.

Misrepresentations of Party Writers.-Wesley closes the

Controversy with another Pamphlet.-Notice of Mr. Palmer.

-Calves'-Head Club.-Made an Occasion to abuse the

Dissenters.-Account of it by Leslie.-And Sacheverell.

-Brought forward by the Editors of Clarendon.-Old-

mixon's Remarks.-Dissenters Vindicated from

pation in it. By Mr. Shute.-By Thomas Bradbury.—And

by De Foe. Politics of the Dissenters defended.—Publica-

tions upon the Calves'-Head Club.-Ward's Account of its

Origin and Proceedings. -Remarks upon the Abuse of the

Thirtieth of January.-Publication of Lord Clarendon's

History. De Foe's Account of it

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CHAPTER VII.

Controversy upon Occasional Conformity continued. Mr.

James Owen publishes "Moderation, a Virtue." Replied

to by De Foe, in "The Sincerity of the Dissenters Vindi-

cated."—Also, in "Occasional Conformity a most Unjusti-

fiable Practice."-And, in "Moderation truly stated."-

Mr. Owen publishes a Defence of his Work.-Which is

replied to by Mr. Grascome.-Merits of De Foe as a Con-

troversialist.-The Occasional Bill revived in Parliament.-

The Ministers grow lukewarm upon it.-De Foe publishes

his "
Challenge of Peace to the whole Nation."-The Bill

passes the Commons.-Thrown out by the Lords.-Mortifi-

cation of the Tories.-Displeasure at the Bishops.-Anec-