W

Walmoden, Amalie, Countess of Yarmouth, 102

Walpole, Sir Robert, Earl of Oxford:

in allegory, 9 ;

and Craftsman , No. 75 , 16 ;

and Doctrine of Innuendo Discuss'd , 9 ;

and Pope, 97 , 98 , 107 , 108 ;

and Swift, 67 , 71 , 74

War of the Spanish Succession, and Swift, 57 , 63

Wasserman, Earl, 92 -93

Waterhouse, Ellis, 36 n.4

"Waverley, Edward," in Waverley , 127 , 136 , 137 , 139

Weinbrot, Howard, 98 n.11

"Wentworth," in Persuasion , 113 , 116 , 126 , 138 , 141 , 143 , 144 -45

Wharton, Philip, Duke of, 97

Wharton, Thomas, 1st Earl of:

and Swift, 59 , 60 , 62 -63

Whiggery, 139

Whigs:

Pope's views, 96 , 108 ;

Swift's views, 51 -63, 78 , 80

Whitshed, William, and Swift, 14 , 77 , 80 n.26

"Wickham," in Pride and Prejudice , 115 , 123 , 124 , 133 , 138

Wilkes, John, 3

William III, King of England, 15 ;

and Dryden, 39 , 46 , 49 ;

and Pope, 101 , 103 ;

and Swift, 53 , 54

Williams, Aubrey, 18 n.42

"Willoughby," in Sense and Sensibility , 112 , 115 , 119 , 134 , 137

Wit:

Dryden on, 7 ;

in Pope, 84 ;

of readers, 16

Wolseley, Robert, 17

Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas, 9 , 14

Wood, William, 66 -82 passim

"Woodhouse, Emma," in Emma , 115 , 117 , 118 , 121 , 124 , 127 , 128 , 138 , 144

"Woodhouse, Mr.," in Emma , 128

Wordsworth, William, 112 ;

"Solitary Reaper," 7

Wycherley, William:

Country Wife , 17 ;

Plain Dealer , 17