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. _passim_), 2, 4, 5, not to be discerned from his writings alone, 218. as summed up by Mozley, Newman and others, 190-200, by Newman, 330, by Oakeley, 299 _et seq._ celibate views of, 66. charm, as felt by his intimates, 219, 222. contrasted (with Keble and Newman) as to class of mind, with Rose, Palmer and Perceval, 334. critical faculties of, inhibitive in his state of health, of original work, 155. Dean Burgon on, 154. his dread of the effects of society on himself, 129. elliptical genius of, a parallel to, 182. epithets applied to, by Miss H. Newman and others, 199 _note_, 243, 405. exaggerated way of speech, and writing, its drawbacks, 214-6, 244-5, his defence of his way of talking, 323, his strong expressions, explained by his Editors, 387; Wiseman on, 341; his style, and its “irony,” 398. great personal influence, 357. habit of belying his own motives, an instance, 103-4. the integrant strain in his character, 226. “Irony” of, 349-50, 398. “kindness and sweetness,” general testimony to, 198-9. lack of insight into others’ minds, 246 & _see_ 105. lack of learning, 105, Dean Hook on his “learning,” 120 _note_. the leading spirit with Keble and Newman, 227, his survival in the latter, 228. his literary style, 252, and “little language,” its effect on the readers of the ‘Remains,’ 214-6; effects of his style on Newman’s, 215, reasons for its severity, 218 _et seq._ love of boats and boating, 28. love for nature, 63. melancholy of, 252-3. mental characteristics noted by Rogers, 319. his mother on his character as a youth, 6, 221, 266. not “doctrinally speculative,” 292-3. his open and confiding nature, 5. open-mindedness as a traveller, 105. the poet and fascinator _par excellence_ of the Froude family, his noble literary sacrifice, 219, true value of his work, 220. points in him appealing specially to Roman Catholics, 228-9. his private Prayers, 272. possibility of his having become a separatist, 224-5. rashness of, 120, 154. his religious attitude, 212, 251, and austerity, 305, 350, 403 _et seq._, its effect on his life, 217, and on his literary style, 219. resemblance of to Hamlet, 252, 324, to Henry Martyn, 241, 408, and to Pascal, 240. his self-discipline, 12 _et seq._, 241, 255, 267, 311, 341, 346-9, 403. his alleged spiritual progeny and their tendency towards “Rome,” 226. his state of mental flux, indicated by Churton, 281. his stern watch over the “little fox” of the tongue, 217. his Toryism, 260, 361, 392. traces of his ignorance of R. C. system shewn in the ‘Remains,’ 288. his unceremonious ways with men and things, impersonal character of, 216-7. events of his life, in order of date, birth of, and baptism, 4, early education, and portrait of by Brockedon 5 & _note_, Eton life of, 6; Oxford life of, begins, 9; his delicate health, _ib._; his friendship with Keble, 10; reads with him at Southrop, 21; beginning of their correspondence, (_v._ Letters _infra_), 12, 23; his double Second Class at Oxford, etc., 24, 35-6; his tuition of his brother “Bob,” 25; his Greek and other studies, 27, 32, 41; criticisms on the ‘Christian Year’ (_q.v._), 29, 31; his joke on his own name, 32, 36; his pleasure in Miss Elizabeth Smith’s writings, 33-4; the beginning of his friendship with Newman, 35; his Fellowship, 35, 356-7; his Tutorship, 48, its finale, 162; the fight of the Tutors of whom he is one, 36-7; tour in Cumberland, 43; reading of “good books,” 44; verses by, written in 1827., 45-6; (_see_ Breviary); anxiety over “Bob,” 49, grief at his death, 51; action as to the Provostship, 50; his injunctions as to a possible disagreement between Keble and Newman, 55-6; he designs Churton’s memorial, 56; beginning of his intimate correspondence with Newman, (_see_ letters _infra_), 57; prepares for ordination, visits the Speddings, 58, 60, goes to Glendalough, 59-60; his sermon on Knowledge, preached at S. Mary’s, Oxford, 61-2; end of his Lectures at Oxford, 62, 323; consequences, in the Oxford Movement, 63; suggested work with Newman at Littlemore, 63, and elsewhere, falls through, 68, literary plans and studies, parochial work at Denbury, 69, beginning of his chronic illness, 71-3, 74, 75, schemes of, for a Quarterly, 73; plans of his father for a foreign tour for, 74; his post as Junior Treasurer of Oriel, 74, 198, sketch of by Miss Giberne nominally made at this date (1832.), 75; the Mediterranean tour decided on, Newman invited to join, 77, the departure and progress of his journey, 78 _et seq._ 393, effect on his views, 396, events at Rome, 94, meeting with Severn, 96, the visit to Wiseman, (_q.v._), 101, 103, health of R. H. F., 102, pleasure of in France and the French, 104, some poems of his period, 106-12; interest taken by, in W. Froude’s work, 112; at the Hadleigh Conference, 117, his indiscreet name for it, 154; a touch of mysticism, 121; his vocation, 122-3; his connection with the Tracts, 124-6; his departure for Barbados, 1833., 127, his post and life there, 131 _et seq._, goes on a Visitation, 134 _et seq._; no benefit to his health, 143, 162; returns to England no better, 173, his appearance on arrival home, 174; illness and death of his sister Phillis, at Dartington, 176-7; the stone altar and other improvements by, at Dartington, 178-9, his last days and their

## activities, 179, 185-97, Newman’s last visit to, 184-5;

unwise method of treatment pursued with, 193; disposal of the Fellowship dues, 161, 195, 339; his death, 197, 335, effect of the news of, at Oxford, 198, comments on of various friends, 198-200; the collection of his papers and their publication as his ‘Remains,’ _see that head_; lack of contemporary notices of his death, 202; centenary wreath placed on his grave, 1903., 202. letters and correspondence of, ease and sympathy of his style in, 243. to Christie, on his meeting with Wiseman and on the dictates of the Council of Trent, 100-3, 104; on marriage, 160; on Newman’s illness in Sicily, 117. to Archdeacon Froude, from Barbados, 134, 140, 147. to William Froude, from Rome, 99 _et seq._; from France, 104; on his scientific work, 112; from Barbados, 138. to Rev. Edward Hawkins, 50. to Keble, sent and unsent, on his mental life, 12 _et seq._; general topics, 22, 24, 25, 28; on the ‘Christian Year,’ 29, 30, on a book by Miss Elizabeth Smith, 33, 34; on some of his college acquaintances, 40; on his scruples, etc., 42, 44; on penance, 47; on his life at Oxford, 48; on New Year’s day 1828., 49; after “Bob” Froude’s death, 52; general, 54; on Newman as a “heretic,” 55; again on the ‘Christian Year,’ and on his Cumberland and other journeys, 58; on his lectures at Oxford, 61; on his health, 75; on his Mediterranean tour, 79, from Rome, 94, from Naples, 333, with poems, 106, 107; on the shining bushes at Dartington, 120; from Barbados, 131, _do._ on the Visitation journey, 136, on the Bishop of Barbados, 142, on his health, 143, general, 153; on the phrase “the Church teaches,” 170; after his return, on the same, 191. to and from Newman, _see under that head_. to Rogers, from Barbados, 15. to Rev. R. I. Wilberforce from Barbados, 167-9. publication of extracts from the letters suggested by Williams, 205. in relation to the Oxford Movement, _see_