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Heathen philofopher, N. 159.

Heirs and elder brothers frequently spoiled in their edu cation, N. 123.

Hiftorian in converfation, who, N. 136.

Honeycomb (Will) his knowledge of mankind, N. 105. His letter to the Spectator, 131. His notion of a man of wit, 151. His boafts, ibid. His artifice, 156. Honour, wherein commendable, N. 99. And when to be exploded, ibid.

Hunting, the use of it, N. 116.

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I.

Chneumon, a great deftroyer of crocodiles eggs, N. 126.

Idols: coffee-house idols, 87.

Immortality of the foul, arguments in proof of it,

N. 111.

Impertinents, feveral forts of them defcribed, N. 148, and 168.

Indigo, the merchant, a man of prodigious intelligence, N. 136.

Indifpofition; a man under any, whether real or imaginary, ought not to be admitted into company, N. 143. Indolence, what, N. 100.

Inftinct, the power of it in brutes, N. 120.
Irrefolution, from whence arifing, N. 151.

Iras's fear of poverty, and effects of it, N. 114.

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K.

Ennet, (Dr.) his account of the country wakes,
N. 161.

Knowledge, the purfuits of it long, but not tedious, N. 94. The only means to extend life beyond its natural dimenfions, ibid.

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L.

Abour; bodily labour of two kinds, N. 115.

Laertes, his character in diftinction from that of Irus, N. 114.

Lancashire witches, a comedy, cenfured, N. 141. Language the English, much adulterated during the war, N. 165.

Leontine and Eudoxus, their great friendship and advantages, N. 123.

Letters

Letters to the Spectaton; from Rofalinda, with a defire to
be admitted into the ugly club, N. 87; from T. T.
complaining of the idols in coffee-houfes, ibid. from
Philo-Britannicus on the corruption of fervants, 88;
from Sam Hopewell, 89; from Leonora, reminding
the Spectator of the catalogue, 92; from B. D. con-
cerning real forrow, 95; from Annabella, recom
mending the Bishop of Cambray's education of a
daughter, ibid. from Tom Trufty, a fervant, contain-
ing an account of his life and fervices, 96; from the
mafter of the fan-exercise, 102; from--against the
equestrian order of ladies, 104; from Will Wimble to
Sir Roger de Coverley, with a jack, 108; to the Spec-
tator from--complaining of the new petticoat, 127;
from a lawyer on the circuit, with an account of the
progrefs of the fashions in the country, 129; from
Will Honeycomb, 131; from George Trufty, thanking
the Spectator for the great benefit he has received from
his works, 134; from William Wifeacre, who defires
his daughter may learn the exercife of the fan, ibid.
from a profefs'd liar, 136; from Ralph Valet, the
faithful fervant of a perverfe mafter, 137; from Pati-
ence Giddy, the next thing to a lady's woman, ibid.
from Lydia Novell, complaining of her lover's con-
duct, 140; from R. D. concerning the corrupt taste
of the age, and the reafons of it, ibid. from Betty
Santer about a wager, ibid. from Parthenope, who is
angry with the Spectator for meddling with the ladies
petticoats, ibid. from
upon drinking, ibid.

from Rachel Bafto, concerning female gamefters, ibid.
from Parthenia, ibid. from
containing a

reflection on a comedy called The Lancashire Witches,
141; from Andromache, complaining of the falfe no-
tion of gallantry in love, with fome letters from her
husband to her, 142; from
concerning wa-
gerers, 145; from complaining of impertinents
in coffee-houses, ibid. from
complaining of
an old bachelor, ibid. from
concerning the
skirts in mens coats, ibid. from on the reading
the Common-Prayer, 147; from the Spectator to a
dancing out-law, 148; from the fame to a dumb vifi-
tant, ibid, to the Spectator from Silvia a widow, de-

firing his advice in the choice of a husband, 149; the Spectator's answer, ibid. to the Spectator, from Simon Honeycomb, giving an account of his modefty, impudence and marriage, 154; from an idol that keeps a coffee-houfe, 155; from a beautiful milliner, complaining of her customers, ibid. from reproof to the Spectator, 158; from the ladies vifitants, ibid. from

with a

concerning complaining of

the behaviour of perfons in church, ibid. from a woman's man, ibid. from

with a description of

a country wake, 161; from Leonora, who had just loft her lover, 163; from a young officer to his father, 165; to the Spectator from a caftle-builder, 167; from concerning the tyranny of school-mafters, 168; from T. S. a fchool-boy at Richmond, ibid. from concerning impertinents, ibid. from Isaac Hedgeditch, a poacher, ibid.

Lewis of France, compared with the Czar of Muscovy,.

N.

139.

Lie given, a great violation of the point of honour,.

N. 99.

Life; in what manner our lives are spent, according to Seneca, N. 93. Life is not real but when chearful, 143. In what manner to be regulated, ibid. How to have a right enjoyment of it, ibid. A furvey of it in a vifion, 159.

Love, a paffion never well cured, N. 118. Natural love in brutes more intenfe than in reafonable creatures, 120. The gallantry of it on a very ill foot, 142. Love has nothing to do with ftate, 149.

M.

Acbeth, the incantations in that play vindicated,

M N. 141.

Mahometans, a cuftom among them, N. 85.

Males among the birds have only voices, N. 128.
Man, variable in his temper, N. 162.

Marlborough (John Duke of) took the French lines without bloodshed, N. 139.

Marriage-life, always a vexatious or happy condition, N. 149.

Mafter, a good one, a prince in his family, N. 107. A complaint against fome ill mafters, 137.

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Merah,

Merab, her character, N. 144.
Mirzah, the vifions of, N. 159.

Mode: a standing mode or drefs recommended, N. 129.
Modefty in men no ways acceptable to ladies, N. 154.
Mourning the figns of true mourning generally misun-
derstood, N. 95.

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Igranilla, a party lady, forced to patch on the wrong fide, N. 81.

Nutmeg of delight, one of the Perfian Emperor's titles,

N. 160.

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Bfcurity, the only defence against reproach, N. 101.
Oeconomy, wherein compared to good-breeding,

N. 114.

Omniamante, her character, N. 144.

P.

Amphilio, a good mafter, N. 137.

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Parties: an inftance of the malice of parties, N. 125. The difmal effects of a furious party-fpirit, ibid. It corrupts both our morals and judgment, ibid. And reigns more in the country than town, 126. Party patches, 81. Party fcribblers reproved, 125.

Paffions of the fan, a treatise for the use of the author's fcholars, N. 102.

Pedants, who fo to be reputed, N. 105. The book pedant the moft fupportable, ibid.

Pericles, his advice to the women, N. 81.

Perfians, their inftitution of their youth, N. 99.

Petticoat, a complaint against the hoop-petticoat, N. 127. Several conjectures upon it, ibid. Compared to an Egyptian temple, ibid.

Pharamond, fome account of him and his favourite, N. 84. His edict against duels, 97.

Phocion, his behaviour at his death, N. 133.

Phyfiognomy, every man in fome degree mafter of that art, N. 86.

Place and precedency more contested among women of an inferior rank than ladies of quality, N. 119. Plato, his notion of the foul, N. 90. Wherein, according to him and his followers, the punishment of a voluptuous man confists, ibid,

Pleasure

Pleasure, when our chief purfuit, disappoints itself, N. 151. The deceitfulness of pleasure, ibid.

Pontignan (Monfieur) his adventure with two women,

N. 90.

Pofterity, its privilege, N. 101.

Poverty, the inconveniencies and mortifications ufually attending it, N. 150.

Prejudice, the prevalency of it, N. 101.
Procraftination, from whence proceeding, N. 151.
Providence, demonftrative arguments for it, N. 120.
Punishments in schools difapproved, N. 157.

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R.

EASON, not to be found in brutes, N. 120.
Riding, a healthy exercife, N. 115.

Rival mother, the first part of her hiftory, N. 91.

Roman and Sabine ladies, their example recommended to the British, N. 81.

Rofalinda, a famous whig partizan, her misfortune, N. 81.

S.

Chool-mafter, the ignorance and undiscerning of the generality of them, 15, and.

Scipio, his judgment of Marius when a boy, N. 157. Sentry, his account of a foldier's life, N. 152. Servants, the general corruption of their manners, N. 88. Affume their masters title, ibid. Some good among the many bad ones, 96. Influenced by the example of their fuperiors, ibid. and 107. The great merit of fome fervants in all ages, 107. The hard condition of many fervants, 137.

Shakespeare, wherein inimitable, N. 141.

Sincerity, the great want of it in converfation, N. 103. Sloven, a character affected by fome, and for what reafon, N. 150. The folly and antiquity of it, ibid. Snuff-box, the exercise of it, where taught, N. 138. Secrates, his behaviour at his execution, N. 133. His fpeech to his judges, 146.

Soldiers, when men of fenfe, of an agreeable converfation, N. 152.

Sorrow, the outward figns of it very fallacious, N. 95. Soul, the immortality of it evidenced from feveral proofs,

N. 111.

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