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Contentment the utmost good we can hope for in this life, No. 163.

Conversation, usually stuffed with two many compliments, No. 103. What properly to be understood by the word conversation, 143.

Cottilus, his great equanimity, 143.

Coverley, (Sir Roger de) he is something of an humourist, No. 106. 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 house exorcised by his chaplain, 110. a great benefactor to his church in Worcestershire, 122. in which he suffers no one to sleep but himself, ibid. He gives the Spectator an account of his amours, and character of his widow, 113, 118. The trophies of his several exploits in the country, 115. a great fox hunter, 116. an instance of his good-nature, ibid. his aversion to confidents, 118. the manner of his reception at the assizes, 122. where he whispers the judge in the ear, ibid. his adventure when a school-boy, 125. a man for the landed interest, 126. his adventure with some gipsies, 130. rarely sports near his own seat, 131. Country, the charms of it, No. 118. Country gentleman and his wife, neighbours to Sir Roger, their different tempers described, 128. Country Sunday, the use of it, 112. Country wake described 161.

Courage recommends a man to the female sex more than any other quality, No. 99. One of the chief topics in books of chivalry, ioid. False courage, ibid. Mechanic courage, what, No. 152.

Cowley, his magnanimity, No. 114.

Coxcombs, generally the womens favourites, No. 128.

DEATH, the contemplation of it affords a delight mixt with terror and sorrow, No. 133. Intended for our relief, ibid. Deaths of emine persons the most improving passages in history, ibid.

Debt: the ill state of such as run in debt, No. 82.
Decency, nearly, related to virtue, No. 104.

Demurrers, what sort of women so to be called, No. 89. Devotion the great advantage of it, No. 93. The most natural relief in our afflictions, No. 163.

Dick Crastin challengeth Tom Tulip, No. 91. Disappointments in love, the most difficult to be conquered of any other, No. 163.

Dissenters, their canting way of reading, No. 147. Dissimulation, the erpetual inconvenience of it, No. 103 Duelling, a discourse against it, No. 48. Pharamond's edict against it, 97.

Duration, the idea of it how obtained according to Mi Locke, No. 94. Different beings may entertain different notions of the same parts of duration, ibid.

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EDUCATION: an ill method observed in the educa ting our youth, No 157.

Eminent men, the tax paid by them to the public, No.

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Englishmen, the peculiar blessing of being born one, No. 135. The Spectator's speculations upon the English tongue, ibid. English not naturally talkative, ibid. and 148. The English Tongue much adultera ted 165.

Epaminondas, his honourable death, No. 133.

Ephraim, the Quaker, the Spectator's fellow-traveller in a stage-coach, No. 132. His reproof to a recruiting officer in the same coach, ibid. and advice to him at their parting, ibid.

Equanimity, without it we can have no true taste of life, No. 143.

Equestrian order of ladies, No. 104. Its origin, ibid.
Errors and prepossessions difficult to be avoided, No. 117.
Eternity, a prospect of it, No. 159.

Eucrate his conference with Pharamond, No. 84.
Eucratia, her character, No. 144.

Eudosia, her character, No. 144.

Eudoxus and Leontine, their friendship, and education of their children, No 123.

Exercise, the great benefit and necessity of bodily exercise, No. 116.

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FALSEHOOD in man, a recommendation to the fair sex, No. 156.

Families, the ill measures taken by great families in the education of their younger sons, No. 108.

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Fan, the exercise of it, No. 102.

Fashion, men of fashion, who, No. 151.

Faustina the empress, her notions of a pretty gentleman,
No. 128.

Female virtues, which the most shining, No. 81.

1 Flavia, her mother's rival, No. 9

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Flutter of the fan, the variety of motions in it, No. 102. Freeport, (Sir Andrew) his moderation in point of politics, No. 126.

Frugality, the support of generosity, No. 107.

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GAMING, the folly of it, No. 93.

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Genius, what properly a great one, No. 160.

Gentry of England, generally speaking, in debt, No. 82.
Geography of a jest settled, No. 138.

Gigglers in church reproved, No. 158..

Gipsies: an adventure between Sir Roger, the Spectator, and some gipsies, No. 130.

Glaphyra, her story out of Josephus, No. 110.

Glory, the love of it, No. 139. In what the perfection of it consists, ibid.

Good-breeding, the great revolution that has happened in that article, No. 119.

Good-humour, the necessity of, No 100.

Good-nature more agreeable in conversation than wit, No. 169. The necessity of it, ibid. Good-nature børn with us, ibid.

Grandmother; Sir Roger de Coverley's great, great,
great grand-mother's receipt for an hasty pudding and
a white-pot, No. 109.

Great men, the tax paid by them to the public, No. 101.
Not truly known till some years after their deaths, ibid.

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HANDSOME people generally fantastical, No. 144,
The Spectator's list of some handsome ladies, ibid.
Harry Terset and his lady, their way of living, No. 100.
Hate: why a man ought not to hate even his enemies,
No. 125.

Head-dress, the most variable thing in nature, No. 98.
Extravagantly high in the 14th century, ibid. With
what success attacked by a monk of that age ibid.
Heathen philosopher, No, 150.

VOL. II.

Heirs

Heirs and elder brothers frequently spoiled in their edu cation, No. 123.

Historian in conversation, who, No. 136.

Honeycomb (Will) his knowledge of mankind, No. 105. his letter to the Spectator, 131. his notion of a man of wit, 151. his boasts, ibid. his artifice, 156.

Honor, wherein commendable, No. 99. and when to be exploded, ibid.

Hunting, the use of it, No. 116.

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ICHNEUMON, a great destroyer of crocodiles eggs,

No. 126.

Idols: coffee-house idols, No. 87.

Immortality of the soul, arguments in proof of it, No.

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Impertinents, several sorts of them described, No. 148. and 168.

Indigo, the merchant, a man of prodigious intelligence, No. 136.

Indisposition: a man under any, whether real or imaginary, ought not to be admitted into company, No. 143. Indolence, what, No. 100.

Instinct, the power of it in brutes, No. 120.
Irresolution, from whence arising, No. 151.
Irus' fear of poverty, and effects of it, No. 114.

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KENNET, (Dr) his account of the country wakes.

No. 161,

Knowledge, the pursuits of it long, but not tedious, No. 94. The only means to extend life beyond its natural dimensions, ibid.

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LABOUR: bodily labour of two kinds, No. 115.

Laertes, his character in distinction from that of Irus, No. 114.

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Lancashire Witches, a comedy censured, No. 141. Language, the English, much adulterated during the war, No. 165.

Leontine and Eudoxes, their great friendship and adventures, No. 123.

Letters to the Spectator; from Rosalinda, with a desire to be admitted into the Ugly Cub, No. 87, from T. T.

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complaining of the Idols in Coffee-houses, ibid. from
Philo Britannicus on the corruption of servants, 88.
from Sam. Hopewell, 89. from Leonora, reminding
the Spectator of the catalogue, 92. from B. D. concern-
ing real sorrow, 95. From Annabella, recommending
the Bishop of Cambray's Education of a Daughter,
ibid. from Tom Trusty a servant, containing an account
of his life, and services, 96. from the master of the fan-
exercise, 102. from-------against the equestrian order
of ladies, 104. from Will Wimble to Sir Roger de Co-
verley, with a jack, 108. to the Spectator from------
complaining of the new petticoat, 127. from a lawyer
on the circuit, with an account of the progress of the.
fashions in the country, 129. from Will Honeycomb,
131. from George Trusty, thanking the Spectator for
the great benefit he has received from his works, 134-
from William Wiseacre, who desires his daughter may
learn the exercise of the fan, ibid. from a professed liar,
136. from Ralph Valet, the faithful servant of a per-
verse master, 137. from Patience Giddy, the next
thing to a lady's woman, ibid. from Lydia Novell, com-
plaining of her lover's conduct, 140. from R. L. con---
cerning the corrupt taste of the age, and the reasons of
it, ibid. from Betty Saunter about a wager, ibid. from
Parthenope, who is angry with the Spectator for nied-
ling with the ladies petticoats, ibid. from--------upon
drinking, ibid. from Rachael Basto concerning female
gamesters, ibid. from Parthenia, ibid. from--
taining a reflection on a comedy called The Lancashire
Witches, 141. from Andromache, complaining of the
false notion of gallantry in love, with some letters from
her husband to her, 142. from------concerning wager-
ers, 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 of the common pray-
er, 147. from the Spectator to a dancing out-law, 148.
from the same to a dumb visitant, ibid. to the Specta-
tor from Sylvia a widow, desiring 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 modesty, impudence, and rage, 154.

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