on the transmigration of souls,
121; on the conversation of
the town, 170; narrates some
of his love affairs to the club,
210; cited on female valetudi-
narians in chastity, vi. 3; adven-
ture in the Temple cloister with
Sir Roger, 67; translation of an
epigram, vii. 81; writes two
papers for the Spectator, 119, 177;
marriage, 274; dedication of the
eighth volume to him, viii. v.
Honour, chief point of, among men
and women, ii. 89; as described
in works of chivalry, 90
Hope, essays on, vi. 363; vii. 298
Horace, i. 202, 217, 230, 231, 322;
ii. 23 and note, 142 and note, 389;
iii. 9, 206, 247, 257, 275 note;
iv. 7, 78 note, 146 and note, 168
and note; vii. 96; viii. 11, 255
Hot Cockles, game of, iii. 366 and
Hounds, the care taken in matching
the voices of a pack, ii. 165 and
note, 166
Howard, Hon. Edward, his 'British
Princes,' i. 224 and note
Huartes, Juan de, his Examen de
Ingenios, iv. 288 and note
Hudibras. See Butler.
Hughes, John, i. intro. xlv, 169 and
note, 274 and note, 345 and note;
ii. III note; iii. 246 and note,
264, 295 note, 298 note, 304 and
note, 328 note; iv. 254 note, 282
note, 312 note, 342 note; v. 291;
vi. 47 note; vii. 313, 319 note,
323 note, 394 and note
Human nature, its universal simi-
larity, i. 363; gradual loss of
simplicity through good breeding,
iii. 196; different aspects, 294;
observation of, vi. 57; effect of
custom on, 240; level of, vii.
308; man as a reasonable and
sociable being, viii. 139; effect
of the doctrines of the ancient
philosophers on, 326
Hummums, or baths, of Covent
Garden, v. 148 note
Humour. See Wit and Humour
Hunt, Mrs. Arabella, vi. 223 and
Huygens, or Huygenius, Christian,
Dutch philosopher, viii. 42 and
Hyde Park, ii. 36, 53
Hymns by Addison, vi. 274; vii.
77, 188; a French hymn, 190
Hypocrisy, essay on, vi. 20
IAMBIC verse the most proper for
tragedy, i. 200
Idiots attached to retinue of German
princes, i. 243
Idols, vain women so called de-
scribed, i. 381; their worship,
Ovid's Art of Love' cited as
containing the proper forms, ibid.;
Chaucer's description of an idol's
humour, 382; Clarinda a modern
idol, 382; an instance of the
mechanical religion of idols, 415;
other references, ii. 29; coffee-
house idols, 31; letters from a
coffee-house idol, 351; vii. 297
Illegitimacy, iii. 166
Ill-nature mistaken for religious zeal,
Imagination, Addison's essays on
the pleasures of, vi. 73, 76, 81,
87, 91, 97, 102, 107, 112, 116,
120;
contents of the papers,
Immortality of the soul, arguments
in support of, ii. 141
Imperfections, men glorying in, vi.
373
Impertinence. See Impudence
Impudence the impertinence of
starers, i. 103; English, Scots,
and Irish impudence defined, 106;
a reformed starer and a peeper,
276; the peeper to be considered
a Pict (q.v.), 277; social im-
pertinences, ii. 318; whisperers,
laughers, and other impertinent
sets, 418; ladies annoyed when
travelling unprotected, 242, iii.
352, vii. 290; impudent wits, vi.
226
Ince, Richard, vii. 407 and note
Inconstancy makes a man appear
contemptible, ii. 386
Independents, congregation of, iv.
348 note
Indians (North American), visit of
Iroquois chiefs to England, i. 256
et seq.
Indiscretion more hurtful than ill-
nature, i. 122
Indolence, essay on, iv. 342; letter
on the same, 366; diary of a
lady's daily life, v. 6
Infinitude, speculations on, viii. 150,
299
Infirmary for persons out of humour,
vi. 139, 160, 210
Inkle and Yarico, story of, i. 59 and
Innocence, not quality, an exemp-
tion from reproof, i. 176; inno-
cence combined with folly to be
deprecated, iii. 365
Innuendoes in books, their recom-
mendatory value, viii. 50, 53
Inquisition on maids and bachelors,
iv. 361 et seq.
Instinct in animals, Addison's essays
on, ii. 184, 188
Intentions, good and evil, Addison's
essay on, iii. 214
Italy, the florid and wordy style of
modern Italian writers, i. 30
JACOB'S Pillow, v. 49
James Street, Covent Garden, iv.
74, vi. 279
Jealousy, Addison's essays on, iii.
1, 8; Celinda's letter on the same,
47; a husband's jealousy, vii.
260
Jests, Oxford and Cambridge, viii.
31 and note
Jesuits, satire on, vii. 349
Jews, the, vii. 102; viii. 231
Jezebel, iii. 30
Jilts, iii. 90, vi. 29; male, iv. 185,
Job, Book of, quoted, iii. 45
Jockey, The Experienced or Com-
pleat Horseman, ii. 55 note
John a Nokes and John a Stiles,
petition of, viii. 97
Johnson, Benjamin, actor, i. 185
note; ii. 286 and note; v. 272 and
note
Jones, Inigo, his piazzas in Covent
Garden, i. 74 note
Jonson, Ben, i. 52 and note, 144
and note, 172 note, 173, 210 note,
251 note, 378; v. 11; vii. 175,
262
Josephus, story of Glaphyra, daughter
of King Archilaus, ii. 139; story
of Herod and Mariamne, iii. 12
Journal of a citizen's daily life, iv.
348; and of a fashionable lady's,
v. 6
Judgments, the impossibility for one
man to rightly judge another's
worth, iv. 28; the Supreme Being
the only perfect judge, 31; judg-
ments interpreted from misfor-
tunes, vii. 45; aptness to be
blinded by prejudice and inclina-
tion, viii. 36
Juvenal, i. 166, 283; ii. 85, 328;
iii. 185, 200; iv. 118 note
KEEN, Edward, v. 144
Kempenfelt, Colonel Magnus, the
supposed original of Capt. Sentry,
i. 13 note
Kennet, Dr., his 'Parochial Anti-
quities' quoted, ii. 385 and note
Kensington Gardens, vii. 18
Kent, Elizabeth, Countess of, ii. 56
and note
King Lear, Shakespeare's tragedy,
spoilt by reforming, i. 206
King Street, Covent Garden, iv.
128, 129; vi. 279
Kissing: kissing dances, i. 350; as
salutation, iv. 107
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, i. 171; vii.
404 note, 406
Knoque or Knock fort, the taking
of, vii. 230 and note
Knotting (for fringes), fashion of,
vii. 304 and note
Knowledge, essay on the conserva-
tion of, v. 308
LA BRUYÈRE, his character of
Menalque, i. 403; its identifica-
tion, 403 note
Labour, the advantages of, ii. 159
Lacedemonians, the, i. 36, 348; ii.
5; iii. 95, 188
Lady's library, catalogue of books
for, i. 413, ii. 55 et seq., 72, 283;
described, 189
Lætitia and Daphne, story of, i. 167,
Lambarde, his 'Perambulation of
Kent' quoted, iii. 21 note
Lampoons written by people who
cannot spell, i. 85; evils arising
from witty and spirited lampoons,
118; famous lampooners and
their victims' behaviour to them,
119; the lampooner to be con-
demned by every honest man,
182; history of, vi. 264
Lanterloo or Langteraloo, game of,
iii. 367 and note
Lapland love-songs translated, v.
250; vi. 53
Lasus, Greek poet, i. 304 note
Latimer, martyr, vi. 333
Laughter, Hobbes's hypothesis of,
examined, i. 243; criticised, 271;
Addison's essay on laughter and
ridicule, iii. 384
Lawrence, tenor singer, i. 160 and
Lawyers, an analysis of the pro-
fession, their division into the
litigious and peaceable, i. 108;
Martial's description of the liti-
gious species, ibid.; the peaceable
kind described, ibid.; their ordi-
nary conversation spoiled by their
habit of argument, 136; cant in
their pleadings, vii. 383
Le Compte, Father, Jesuit mis-
sionary, iii. 102 and note
Leadenhall Street, iv. 189
Learned, History of the Works of
the, vi. 297 and note
Learned world, precedence in,vii. 269
Learning and talents not to be ad-
mitted merit in themselves with-
out considering their application,
i. 35; iii. 15
Lee, Nathaniel, English poet, i.
202 and note, 206 and note, 208
and note; ii. 57 and note; vi.
202; viii. 19 and note
Legislation, remarks on, iv. 181
Leonora, a society lady, identified
with a Miss Shepherd, i. 188 note;
her library, 189; her history, 192;
description of her country-seat,
ibid.; concerning the catalogue of
books for a lady's library, ii. 54;
narration of her disappointment,
391
Leopold I., Emperor, v. 179 note
Leslie, Charles, the conjurer, ii. 56
L'Estrange, Sir Roger, his 'Fables
of Æsop,' i. 122 and note; cited,
ii. 257 and note
Leti, Gregorio, his 'Life of Sextus
V.,' i. 121; his boast, viii. 316
and note
Levee, a great man's, described, iii.
118
Liberty and government, essay on,
iv. 180
Libraries, description of that of
Leonora, a lady of fashion, i.
189-91 and note; books sug-
gested for a lady's library, i. 413,
ii. 55 et seq., 72, 283; the same
described, 189
Licensing Act (press), vi. 231 note
Life living by method, i. 137;
uncertain duration, 138; com-
plaints against its shortness
contrasted with desire to get
through every period of it, ii.
59; its proper employments and
diversions, 60, 64; compared
by Augustus to the stage, iv.
347; extract from the journal of
a citizen's life, 348; the tran-
sient and the eternal life of man
contrasted, viii. 86
Ligon, Richard, his 'History of
Barbados,' i. 59 and note
Lillie, Charles, his 'Letters sent to
the Spectator,' i. 88 and note, 213
note, 422 note; iii. 24 note, 163
note; iv. 38, 311; v. 8 note, 129,
295 and note, 331 note; vi. 313
note; vii. 146 note; viii. 267 note
Lily, William, his Latin grammar
cited, iii. 252 and note; iv. 67
and note, 273
Limborch, Philippe de, iii. 216 and
note
Linus, poet, vi. 363
Lion on the stage, i. 67, 72; iv. 330
Lipogrammatists or letter-droppers,
i. 304 and note
Lipsius, Justus, i. 52 and note
Literature, influence of, i. 33; tricks
and trifles of, 309; decays with
declining empire, 312; popular
taste in, 363, viii. 135; Gothic
style in, i. 390; the necessity of
papers of a general character, ii.
206; conciseness in English style,
254; power and lastingness, 407;
fine taste in writing, vi. 62;
bookish men as husbands, vii. 43
Little Britain, i. 7; iii. 77
Littleton, Judge, i. II and note
Littré, ii. 229
Livy, iii. 24 and note
Locke, John, his 'Essay concerning
Human Understanding,' i. 320;
ii. 65, 137, 191 and note; iv. 201,
322; v. 283, 348; vii. 221 and
note, 278, 292; viii. 98
London an emporium for the whole
earth, i. 358; observations on the
people of different hours of the
day and night in London, vi. 277
London Bridge, v. 327
London and Wise, nursery - gar-
deners, i. 32 and note; vii. 18 and
Longings of women, v. 24
Longinus, i. II and note, 298 and
note, 318; iii. 263, 293; iv. 9, 139
and note, 377 and note; vii. 76
and note; viii. 232
Lorrain, Paul, Ordinary of Newgate,
v. 98 and note, 116
Lotteries, iii. 108, 237 and note, 354
Louis XIV., ii. 273; iii. 55 et seq.
Loungers, the, of Cambridge, i. 279
Love, its phenomena, societies of
lovers, i. 152; James's love-letter
to Elizabeth, 173; extended court-
ships, ii. 39; story by Chevalier
Pontignan, 46 and note; stories
of Honoria and Flavia, 52 et seq.;
Platonic, ii. 52, vi. 28; faults in
which are easily cured, iii. 122;
absence of lovers, 347, 368; re-
flected by the eyes, iv. I et seq.;
on love and marriage, 47 et
seq.; coquettes' bill of mortality,
v. 300; modesty and delicacy in,
vi. 26; courtship of Gloriana, an
instance of interested addresses,
132; observations of the Love
Casuist, viii. 156, 200, 210, 249,
280, 287; importunate lovers,
173
Love Casuist, the, viii. 156, 200, 210,
249, 280, 287
Lover's Leap described, iii. 261,
280; letters to the Spectator on
it, 282 et seq.; history of those
who took the leap, 309 et seq.
Lowndes, William, vi. 294 and note
Lucas, Margaret, ii. 89 and note
Lucian cited, i. 347 and note; iv.
Lucretius, i. 322; ii. 139
Ludgate, debtors' prison, ii. 6 and
Lully, or Lulli, John Baptist, musi-
cian, i. 150 and note
Luxury, considered in conjunction
with avarice, i. 283; Persius
quoted, 283, and Sallust, 285;
allegory of Luxury and Avarice,
286
MACAULAY, ii. 232 note
Mahomedans, ii. 20
Mahomet, ii. 66; iii. 108; viii. 135
Maintenon, Madame de, i. 89 and
Mall, the, vi. 200; vii. 107; viii. 3
Mallebranche, Monsieur, ii. 66
Mancini, Francesco, his opera of
'Hydaspes,' i. 67 and note
Mandelslo, Johann Albrecht von,
his Travels,' vi. 151 note
Manilius, character of, vi. 344
Manners, society for the reformation
of, i. 42
Markets, London, vi. 278 and note
Marlborough, John, Duke of, ii.
278 and note; iv. vi et seq. and
note; v. 112 note; vi. v note
Marraton, an Indian visionary, i.
289
Marriage, 'henpecked' men, iii. 36;
mercenary habit of men in the
choice of wives, 146; a tyrannical
wife, 211, 229; a regretted mar-
riage, 327; Lydia's railing and
Mary's defence, iv. 11; Addi-
son's essay on, 47; some remarks
on the subject, 85; the inequa-
lity of fortune in, 133; on the
attitude of married couples to
each other in public, 245; a
would-be censor of marriages,
293; the Inquisition on Maids
and Bachelors, 361; the misfor-
tunes of a young lady privately |
married, v. 1; the courtship of
Gloriana an instance of interested
addresses, vi. 132; methods of a
fashionable match-maker, 197;
advice on, and the outcome of
it, vii. 8; the relations between
husband and wife, 27, 42, 61, 79,
249; describing a Cotquean, 44;
pleasures of married life, 124;
love after marriage, 153, viii. 210,
219; choice in, 233; a husband's
jealousy, 260; evils of bachelor-
hood, 265; a widow's experiences
with six husbands, viii. 74;
qualifications necessary for the
marriage state, 219; the bacon
flitch of Whichenovre, 221,
Martial, i. 268, 332, 357, 364; ii.
26, 154; vi. 237; vii. 81
Martyn, Henry, the original of Cot-
tilus, ii. 297 and note; iii. 55 and
note, 150 note, 304 note
Masquerades, the midnight mask
denounced, i. 43; adventure at a
masquerade, 45; letter from the
undertaker, 75; history of mas-
querades, ibid. note
Material world, essay on the, vii.
218
Mather, Charles, toyman, viii. 63
Maundrell, Henry, his Journey
from Aleppo to Jerusalem,' iv.
265 note, 266 note
May, the love fit of, v. 244; vi. I;
vii. 58
Maypole, allusion to, v. 245
Mazarin, Cardinal, his treatment of
Quillett who lampooned him, i.
120 and note
Mede, Joseph, Clavis Apocalyptica,
ii. 55 note
Memorials, of occupants of the infir-
mary established for those out of
humour, vi. 161 et seq.; of those
expecting recompense for party
services, viii. 303
Menage, Gilles, French scholar, i.
313 and note; v. 244
Ménager, Monsieur, French pleni-
potentiary at Utrecht, vii. 38 and
Menippus, cynic philosopher of
Gadara, v. 363 and note
Mercer, Joseph, editor of Aristæ-
netus, i. 319 note
Merry temperaments, viii. 181
'Messiah,' Pope's, v. 304
Metaphors, absurdities of, viii. 170
Methuen, Mr. (Sir Vane), vii. v note
Merchants, their services to the
commonwealth, i. 362
Mercurialis, Hieronymus, his treatise
of exercises, ii. 163
Method, in business, iv. 159; in
writing, vii. 12; in conversation,
13
Michelangelo, iii. 290
Miege, Guy, author, vii. 272 and
Milton, i. 67, 172, 322; ii. 42 and
note; iii. 22 and note, 329, 388
and note; iv. 55, 78, 107, 136,
167, 200, 208, 228, 261, 333, 367;
v. 20, 26, 63, 99, 161, 193, 212,
227, 247, 261, 372; vi. 3, 104
note, 106, 141, 324, 371; viii. 309
Miller, Sergeant James, his combat
with Timothy Buck, vi. 190 et
Misfortunes, uncharitable interpre-
tations of, vii. 45
Misson, his travels in England
quoted, v. 245 note
Mobile, a term for the mob, viii.
261 and note
Mode, what it should be built upon,
i. 36
Modesty, Capt. Sentry on false
modesty, i. 14; modesty the chief
ornament of women, 35; Addi-
son's essay on, iii. 300; displayed
in Prince Eugene, v. 109 and
note; essay on modesty and as-
surance, 283; vi. 24; essay on
true and false modesty, vi. 299;
on modesty in professional life,
vii. 50
Mohocks, v. 5 and note, 12 and
note, et seq., 59, 145
Mole, the, observations upon its
habits, ii. 192, 193
Molière, i. 363; ii. 23 and note, 89
Moll White, a supposed witch, ii.
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