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121

FARDINGALE, the use of it allowed for a time......
Fashion, by whom accounted the only liberal science. 166
Female concert, the music of it described.....
Fidget, lady, a general visitant, the occasion of her
madness....

157

174

Flageolet, an instrument in the female concert, how
esteemed by that sex...

157

Flattery, an instance of the ill consequence of flatter-

ing women....

139

Flavia, a coquette, her interview with Myrtillo, the

ogler, at the play...........

145

.............

Flea, skeleton of one....

119

Flute has extraordinary effects in a female concert..... 157
with what other instrument matched...

Folio, Tom, a broker in learning, account of him and

.....

his criticism on a passage in Virgil....

his visit...

letter from him.......

Footman free from avarice

dier...

Fortitude, remarkable instance of it in a Roman sol-

.....

when most conspicuous......

Fortune, Bickerstaff's address to her.......

-emblem of her at the lottery office.........
way to be above her.........

Fraud, an officer in the temple of Avarice........

157

158

158

160

124

177

176

170

170

170

123

Freethinkers, distinction between ancient and modern 135
Friendship, a necessary ingredient in the marriage-

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Funerals, behaviour at them discovers the state of the

mind.........

Future-state, Platonic notions concerning the happiness
and torments thereof, described by Homer, Vir-
gil, and the author of Telemachus........152, 154, 156
Futurity, benefits arising from the prospect of it......... 156

GASCON, adventure of one with a widow, of whose fa-
vours he had boasted.

Ghosts, of Anticlea, Ulysses's mother

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Gotham petition

Grandeur, wherein it truly consists....

Green-house, a magnificent one described........

criticisms on its plan..........

Grief, the benefit of it....

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Gyges, his invisible ring allegorically applied............ 138

HAMMOND, John, recovered his watch.

124

Handkerchief, religious, much worn in England
Hannibal, the Carthaginian, his speech upon being
called out of Italy

187

187

115

153

157

.......

Sir, his death, funeral, character, and escut-
cheon....

Harpsichord, the excellency of its music applied to

discourse...

with what instrument joined...

Hart, the player, an observation of his on the players. 138
Hautboy, in a female concert....

matched with the harpsichord.........

History, the usefulness and variety of it.........
Homer's description of a future state.....

157

157

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Horace's excellencies considered under different views 173
Hornpipe, Lancashire, its part in a female concert...... 157
with what instrument matched. 157

Husband, an ill one a private tyrant, and the greatest
affliction that can happen to a woman............................. 149
sullen one as bad as a foolish one..............
what makes an ill one...

149

150

Hymen, the god of marriage, a guard at the temple of

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Jealousy, her garments, complexion, and office.......... 120

Jesuits, account of their discipline......

168

Imperceptibles, natural history of them..................................... 119

Impudence compared with absurdity...

168

Incumbent distinguished from a landlord.......

169

Indian kings, their return to the civilities of their land-
lord

171

Insipids, who to be accounted of that order...

166

Juno, her method to regain Jupiter's affection........

147

KETTLE DRUM, an instrument in a female concert

how matched........

Kings, wicked, how punished in a future state.
Kit, an instrument in a female concert.......
how matched.......

Landlord distinguished from an incumbent....

LAMB, a modern diet.......

rosity......

Langham, doctor, the astrologer, his peculiar gene-

Letter from an upholsterer to Bickerstaff..

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174

160

Cicero to Terentia.......

159

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Levity, her post in the temple of Hymen...

Libels, panegyrics may be turned into them

Liberty, its region described.......

Life, human, how to be considered....

Lightning, in operas, of what it must be made......

true perfume, where sold.........

Long, major, advertises his wine vaults...

Lottery, a bass viol to be disposed of by way of.......... 166

reflections thereon.

120

177

161

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Lute, the part it bears in a concert or conversation.
with what instrument matched.......

153

157

Lydia, the character of a finished coquette..

MACHIAVEL, an office suited to him in a vision.........
author of a mischievous sect.......

Madmen, an edifice intended for their reception and

who, and whither sent by the Romans........ 125

cure

Madness, the first symptoms thereof...

174

Maids of honour, their allowance of beef for breakfast

in queen Elizabeth's time......

148

Marlborough, John, duke of, his merit.

137

126

123

186

125

Marriage, an account of it from experience......

table of...

unhappy, from what proceeding.

No.

150

157

188

Marrowbone and cleaver, modern musical instruments 153
Masquerade, a lady in danger of her life from being

opera......

Modely, Tom, head of the order of insipids.

Monarchy, the genius thereof described...

Montpelier, compared to Anticyra.........

left out of one.......

146

Matchlock, major, a member of the Trumpet club in

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Mirtillo, the ogler, has an interview with Flavia at the

145

166

his knowledge of the fashion.

Mopsa, her good fortune in the lottery prognosticated 124

166

161

125

Mourning, a proper dress for a beautiful lady..

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Nicolini, signior, his excellencies on the stage.

115

Northern parts fruitful in bagpipes........

153

Notch, Sir Jeffery, a member of the Trumpet club..... 132

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Orator, in a night-gown and laced cap
Ox roasted whole, who first practised it

186

148

Parsimony, a favourite in the temple of Avarice.

resuscitation.

PANEGYRIC may be turned into a libel....

Partridge, a letter from him, intimating some hints of

Pasquin, account of him to prevent mistakes

177

123

118

130

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Passing-bell, who to be accounted such in conversation 153

158

158

Pedantry in learning compared to hypocrisy in religion 165

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Penkethman the comedian compared with Bullock.... 188
Persecution an attendant on tyranny...

Petticoat, its cause tried.

161

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135

Philosophers, minute, an account of some.......
Philosophy, not inconsistent with courts and riches.... 170
the business, use, and excellency of it...... 170
wherein consists its greatest eminence.... 170
184

Picture, ancient one of a wedding described........

walking one at an auction described............. 167

Plato, his notion of the human soul.........
Platonists, their opinions........

Players must forget they are before an audience

parallels between them.

why they should be esteemed.....

Plenty, a goddess in the region of liberty.

his letters to his wife...

154

154

138

....182, 188

182

161

Pliny, his compliment and advice to Trajan.....

130

149

Pluto, his palace and throne described....

156

Politicians, city, reproved......

155

Pope, his modesty overcome in relation to the Neapoli-
tan horse

129

sick of the tooth-ach

129

Postman, the extraordinary talent of the author of that

paper.........
Powell, jun. disputes between him and Mr. Bickerstaff 115
why he locked up the legs of his company 143

Present of wine to Mr. Bickerstaff..

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the cause and consequences thereof.................
the chief introduction to madness

127

127

Prim, Penelope, the clear-starcher, her petition......... 118
Prize-fighting, and other bear-garden diversions, a re-

proach to the English nation...
134
Protestants superior in numbers to the papists............ 155
Prudence in women the same as wisdom in men........ 172
Prudes distinguished from coquettes
126

- what part they bear in a female concert.......... 157
Public spirit, a great instance of it in Regulus............ 183
Puppets, Mr. Powell's, whence taken..

115

Purgatory believed by the Platonists........................ 154
Puzzlepost, Ned, how improved in writing..

142

QUALITY, the weaknesses of persons of..................

180

Quixot, Don, the first symptoms of his madness......... 178

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