ABIGAILS (male) in fashion among Ladies, No. 55. Abfence in converfation, a remarkable instance of i in Will Honeycomb, No. 77. The occafion of this abfence, ibid. and means to conquer it. ibid. The character of an abfent man, out of Bruyere, ibid.
Acroftic, a piece of falfe wit divided into fimple and compound, No 60.
Act of deformity for the use of the Ugly Club, No. 17. Advertisements: of an Italian chirurgeon, No. 22. From St. James's Coffee-house, 24. From a teacher of bids to speak, 36. From a fine flesh-painter, 41. Advice: no order too confiderable to be advised, No. 34. Affectation a greater enemy to a fine face than the small-
pox, No. 33. it deforms beauty, and turns wit into ab- furdity, 38. Its original, ibid. found in the wife man as well as the coxcomb, ib The way to get clear of it, ib. Age rendered ridiculous, No. 6. how contemned by the Athenians, and respected by the Spartans, ibid.
Alexander the Great, wry-necked, No. 32. Ambition never fatisfied, No. 27.
Americans, their opinion of fouls, No. 56. exemplified in a vifion of one of their countrymen, ibid. Ample (Lady) her uneasiness, and the reason of it, No. 32. Anagram, what, and when first produced, No. 60. Andromache, a great fox-hunter, No. 57.
April (the first of) the merriest day in the year, No. 47. Aretine made all the Princes of Europe his tributaries, No. 23.
Arietta, her character, No. 11. her fable of the Lion and the Man, in anfwer to the story of the Ephefian Ma- tron, ibid. her ftory of Inkle and Yarico, ibid. Ariftotle: his observation upon the Iambic verse, No. 31. upon tragedies, 40, 42.
Arfinoe, the first musical opera on the English stage, No. 18. Avarice, the original of it, No. 55. Operates with luxury, ib. at war with luxury, ib. its officers and adherents, ib. comes to an agreement with luxury, ib. Audiences at present void of common fenfe, No. 13. Aurelia, her character, No. 15.
Author: the neceffity of his readers being acquainted with his fize, complexion, and temper, in order to read his works with pleasure, No. 1. His opinion of his own performances, 4. The expedient made use of by those that write for the stage, 51.
BACON (Sir Francis) his comparison of a book well written, No. 10. His observation upon envy, 19.
Bags
Bags of money: a sudden transformation of them into
Baptift Lully, his prudent management, No. 29. Bawdry never written but where there is a dearth of invention, No. 51.
Beaver, the haberdasher, a great politician, No. 49. Beauties, when plagiaries, No. 4. The true fecret how to improve beauty, 33. Then the most charming when heightened by virtue, ibid.
Bell (Mr.) hts ingenious device, No. 28. Bell-Savage, its etymology, ibid. Birds, a cage-full for the Opera, No. 5. Biters, their business, No. 47.
Blackmore (Sir Richard) his observation, No. 6. Blanks of fociety, who, No. 10.
Blank verfe proper for tragedy, No. 39.
Bohours (M.) a great critic among the French, No. 62. Boutz-Rimez, what, No. 60.
Breeding: fine breeding diftinguished from good, No 66. British Ladies diftinguithed from the Picts, No. 41. Brunetta and Phillis, their adventures, No. 80.
Bruyere, (M.) his character of an abfent man, No. 77. Bullock and Norris, differently habited, prove great helps
Butts defcribed, No. 47. The qualification of a butt, ib.
CÆSAR (Julius) his behaviour to Catullus, who had put him into a lampoon, No. 23.
Caligula, his wifh, No. 16.
Camilla, a true woman in one particular, No. 15. Carbuncle (Dr.) his dye, what, N. 52.
Cenfor of small wares, an officer to be appointed,
Charles I. a famous picture of that prince, No. 58.
Chevy-Chace, the Spectator's examen of it, No. 70,
Chronogram, a piece of false wit, No. 60. Cicero, a punfter, No. 61. The entertainment found in his philofophic writings, ibid.
Clarinda, an idol, in what manner worshipped, No. 73. Cleanthe, her story, No. 15. Clergyman, one of the Spectator's club, No. 2. Clergy, a threefold divifion of them, No. 21. Clubs: Nocturnal Affemblies so called, No. 9. Several names of clubs, and their originals, ibid. &c. Rules prescribed to be obferved in the Two-penny Club, ibid. An account of the Ugly Club, 17. The Sighing Club,
30. The Fringe-glove Club, ibid. The Amorous Club, ibid. The Hebdomadal Club: fome account of the members of that club, 43; and of the Everlasting Club, 72. The club of Ugly Faces, 78. The diffi- culties met with in erecting that club, ibid. Commerce, the extent and advantage of it, No. 69. Confciousiness, when called affectation, No. 38. Convertation most straitened in large afsemblies, No. 68. Coquettes, the present numerous race, to what owing,
Coverley (Sir Roger de) a member of the Spectator's club; his character, No. 2. His opinion of men of fine parts, No. 6.
Courtiers habit, when hieroglyphical, No. 64. Cowley abounds in mixt wit, No. 62.
Crab, of King's College, in Cambridge, Chaplain to the Club of Ugly Faces, No. 78.
Credit, a beautiful Virgin, her fituation and equipage, No. 3.
A great valetudinarian, ibid.
Crofs (Mifs) wanted near half a ton of being as hand- fome as Madam Van Brifkot, a great beauty in the Low Countries, No. 32.
DANCING: a discourse on it, defended, No. 67.
Death, the time and manner of our death not known to
Deformity no cause of shame, No. 17. Delight and furprize, properties essential to wit, No. 62. Dignitaries of the law, who, No. 21.
Divorce, what esteemed a just pretenfion for one, No. 41) Donne (Dr.) his defcription of his mistress, No. 41. Dryden, his definition of wit cenfured, No 62. Dull fellows, who, No. 43. Their enquiries are not for inforination but exercise, ibid. Naturally turn their heads to politics or poetry, ibid.
Dutch more polite than the English in their buildings and monuments of their dead, No. 26.
Dyer, the news-writer, an Ariftotle in politics, No. 43.
ENVY, the ill state of an envious man, No. 19. His relief, ibid. The way to obtain his favour, ibid.
Ephefian Matron, the story of her, No. 11. Epictetus, his obfervation upon the female fex, No. 53. Epigram on Hecatiffa, No. 52
Epitaphs: the extravagance of fome, and molesty of others, No. 26. An epitaph writ en by Ben Jonfon, 33. Equipages, the splendor of them in France, No. 15. A great temptation to the female fex, ibid.
Etherege (Sir George) author of a comedy, called She Would if She Could, reproved, No. 51.
Eubulus, his character, No. 49. Eucrote, the favourite of Pharamond, No. 76.
Eudofia, her behaviour, No. 79.
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