mies, expofes the perfon who has obliged him, and, in fhort, fticks at nothing that may establish his character of a wit. It is no wonder therefore he fucceeds in it better than the man of humanity, as a perfon who makes use of indirect me thods, is more likely to grow rich than the fair trader.

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ACTION the felicity of the foul, Number 116. Affliction and forrow, not always expreffed by tears, N. 95. True affliction labours to be invifible, ibid.

Age, the unnatural mifunderstanding between age and youth, N. 153. The authority of an aged. virtuous perfon preferable to the pleafures of youth, ibid.

Albacinda, her character, N. 144.

Alexander, his artifice in his Indian expedition, N. 127. His answer to thofe who asked him if he would not be a competitor for the prize in the Olympic-games, 157.

Amaryllis, her character, N. 144.

Ambition, the occafion of factions, N. 125. Animals, the different make of every fpecies, N. 120. The inftinct of brutes, ibid. exemplified in feveral inftances, ibid. God himself the foul of brutes, 121. The variety of arms with which they are provided by nature, ibid.

Amusements of life, when innocent, neceffary and allowable, N. 93.

Apparitions, the creation of weak minds, N. 110. Arable, (Mrs.) the great heirefs, the Spectator's fellow-traveller, N. 132.

Ariftotle, his account of the world, N. 166.
Ariftus and Afpafia, an happy couple, N. 128.
Artift, wherein he has the advantage of an author,
N. 166.

Affociation of honeft men propofed by the Spectator, N. 126.

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Author,

Author, In what at manner one author is a mole to another, N. 124. Wherein an author has the advantage of an artift, 166. The care an author ought to take of what he writes, ibid. A ftory of an atheistical author, ibid.

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BAREFACE, his fuccefs with the ladies, and the reafon for it, N. 156.

Bear-Garden, the Spectator's method for the im⚫provement of it, N. 141.

Beauties, whether male or female, very untractable, N. 87. and fantastical, 144. impertinent and difagreeable, ibid. The efficacy of beauty, ibid. Board-wages, the ill effects of it, N. 88.

Bodily exercifes, of ancient encouragement, N. 161. Books reduced to their quinteffence, N. 124. The legacies of great geniuses, 166.

Burnet, (Dr.) fome paffages in his theory of the earth confidered, Ñ. 143, and 146. N.

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ESAR (Julius) his reproof to an ill reader,
N. 147

Cambray (the Bishop of) his education of a daughfer recommended, N. 95.

Cant, from whence faid to be derived, N. 147. Care, what ought to be a man's chief care, N. 122. Carneades, the philofopher, his definition of beauty, N. 144.

Caffius, the proof he gave of his temper in his childhood, N. 157.

Caftle-builders, who, and their follies expofed, N. 167.

Cenfure, a tax, by whom paid to the publick, and for what, N. 101.

Chaplain, the character of Sir Roger de Coverley's, N. 106.

Chastity, the great point of honour in women, N. 99. Cheerfulness of temper, how to be obtained and preferved, N. 143.

Children,

Children, wrong measures taken in the education
of the British children, N. 157.

Children in the Wood, a ballad, wherein to be
commended, N. 85.

Churchyard, the country Change on Sunday, N.112.
Common-prayer, fome confiderations on the read
ing of it, N. 147. The excellency of it, ibid.
Compaffion, the exercife of it would tend to leffen
the calamities of life, N. 169.

Compliments in ordinary difcourfe cenfured, N. 103.
Exchange of compliments, 155·

Conde (Prince of) his face like that of an eagle,
N. 86.

Gennecte (Thomas) a monk in the 14th century, a
zealous preacher against the womens commodes
in thofe days, N. 98.

Contentment, the utmost good we can hope for in
this life, N. 163.

Converfation, ufually ftuffed with too many com-
pliments, N. 103. What properly to be under-
ftood by the word Converfation, 143.
Gottilus, his great equanimity, N. 143.

Coverley (Sir Roger de) he is fomething of an hu-
mourist, N. 105. His choice of a chaplain, ibid.
His management of his family, 107. His account
of his ancestors, 109. Is forced to have every
room in his houfe exorcifed by his chaplain, 110.
A great benefactor to his church in Worcestershire,
112. in which he fuffers no one to fleep but him-
felf, ibid. He gives the Spectator an account of
his amours, and character of his widow, 113,
118. The trophies of his feveral exploits in the
country, 115. A great fox-hunter, 116. An
inftance of his good-nature, ibid. His averfion
to confidents, 118. The manner of his recep-
tion at the affizes, 122. where he whispers the
judge in the car, ibid. His adventure when a
fchoolboy, 125. A man for the landed inte-

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reft, 126. His adventure with fome gipfies, 130.
Rarely fports near his own feat, 131.

Country, the charms of it, N. 118. Country gen-
tleman and his wife, neighbours to Sir Roger,
their different tempers defcribed, 128. Country
Sunday, the ufe of it, 112. Country wake de
fcribed, 161.03.

Courage recommends a man to the female fex more
than any other quality, N. 99. One of the chief
topics in books of chivalry, ibid. Falfe courage,
ibid. Mechanic courage, what, 152.
Cowley, his magnanimity, N. 114.

Coxcombs, generally the womens favourites, N. 128.

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EATH, the contemplation of it affords a de-
light mixed with terror and forrow, N. 133.
Intended for our relief, ibid. Deaths of emi-
nent perfons the most improving paffages in hif-
tory, ibid.

Debt, the ill ftate of fuch as run in debt, N. 82.
Decency, nearly related to virtue, N. 104.

Demurrers, what fort of women fo to be called,
N. 89.

Devotion, the great advantage of it, N. 93. The
most natural relief in our afflictions, 163.
Dick Craftin challengeth Tom Tulip, N. 91.
Difappointments in love, the most difficult to be
conquered of any other, N. 163.

Diffenters, their canting way of reading, N. 147.
Diffimulation, the perpetual inconvenience of it,
1. N. 103.

Duelling, a difcourfe against it, N. 84. Pharamond's
edict against it. 97.

Duration, the idea of it how obtained according to
Mr. Locke, N. 94. Different beings may enter-
tain different notions of the fame parts of dura-
tion, ibid.

Education,