(in which indeed the rakes and bullies have a < great advantage over others), make a difcourse of any tolerable length, without That is; and if he be a very grave man indeed, without That is to fay? And how inftructive as well as entertaining are thofe ufual expreffions, in the mouths of great men, fuch things as That, and the like of That.

I am not againft reforming the corruption of fpeech you mention, and own there are proper feafons for the introduction of other words befides • That; but I fcorn as much to fupply the place of a Who or a Which at every turn, as they are unequal always to fill mine; and I expect good language ⚫ and civil treatment, and hope to receive it for the future: That that I fhall only add is, that I am,

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• Yours,

• THAT.'

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BIGAILS (male) in fashion among the Ladies,

Abfence in converfation, a remarkable inftance of it
in Will Honeycomb, N. 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, N. 60.

Act of deformity for the ufe of the Ugly Club, N. 17.
Advertisement of an Italian chirurgeon, N. 22.

From
St. James's coffee-houfe, 24. From a Gentlewoman
that teaches birds to speak, 36. From another that
is a fine flesh-painter, 41.
Advice; no order of perfons too confiderable to be
advised, N. 34.

Affectation, a greater enemy to a fine face than the
fmall-pox, N. 33. it deforms beauty, and turns wit
into abfurdity, 38. The original of it, ibid. found
in the wife man as well as the coxcomb, ibid. The
way to get clear of it, ibid.

Age, rendered ridiculous, N. 6. How contemned by
the Athenians, and refpected by the Spartans, ibid.
Alexander the Great, wry-necked, N. 32.

Ambition never fatisfied, N 27.

Americans, their opinion of fouls, N. 56. exemplified
in a vifion of one of their countrymen, ibid.
Ample, (Lady) her uneafinefs, and the reafon of it,

N. 32.

Anagram, what, and when first produced, N. 60.
Andromache, a great for hunter, N. 57.

April, the first of) the merrieit day in the year, N.

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Aretine,

Aretine made all the Princes of Europe his tributaries,

N. 23.

Arietta, her character, N. 11. her fable of the lion and
the man, in answer to the ftory of the Epheftan Ma
tron, ibid. her story of Inkle and Tarico, ibid.
Ariftotle, his obfervation upon lambie verfe, N. 31,
upon tragedies, 40, 42.

Arfinoe, the first mufical opera on the English ftage,

N. 18.

Avarice, the original of it, N. 55. Operates with
luxury, ibid. at war with luxury, ibid. its officers and
adherents, ibid. comes to an agreement with luxu-
ry, ibid.

Audiences at prefent void of common fenfe, N. 13.
Aurelia, her character, N. 15%

Author, the neceflity of his readers being acquainted
with his fize, complexion, and temper, in order to
read his works. with pleafure, N. L. his opinion of his
own performances, 4. The expedient made use of
by thofe that write to the ftage, 51.

BACON, (Sir Francis) his comparison of a book well
written, N. 10. his observation upon envy, 19.
Bags of money, a fudden transformation of them into
ticks and paper, N. 3

Baptift Lully, his prudent management, N. 29.
Bawdry, never writ but where there is a dearth of in-
vention, N. 51.

Beaver, the haberdasher, a great politician, N. 49.
Beauties, when plagiaries, N. 4. The true fecret how
to improve beauty, 3 then the most charming
when heightened by virtue, ibid.

Bell, (Mr.) his ingenious device, N. 28..
Bell Sauvage, its etymology, N. 28.

Birds, a cage-full for the opera, N. 5.

Biters, their bufinefs, N. 47.

Blackmore, (Sir Richard) his obfervation, N. 6.
Blanks of fociety, who, N. 10.

Blank verfe proper for tragedy, N. 39.

Bobours

Bohours, 'Monfieur) a great critic among the French,,
N. 62.

Bouts-Rimez, what, N. 6o.

Breeding, fine breeding, distinguished from good, N..

66.

British Ladies diftinguished from the Pics. N. 41.
Brunetta and Phillis, their adventures, N. 80.

Bruyere, (Monfieur) his character of an absent man,
N. 77.

Builock and Norris; differently habited prove great.
helps to a filly play, N. 44.

Butts defcribed, N. 47. the qualification of a butt,
ibid.

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CESAR, (JULTUS) his behaviour to Catullus, who had
put him into a lampoon, N. 23.

Caligula, his wish, N. 16.

Camilla, a true woman in one particular, N. 15.
Carbuncle, (Dr.) his dye, what. N. 52.

Cenfor of fmall wares, an officer to be erected, N.
16.

Charles I a famous picture of that prince, N. 58..
Chevy Chafe, the Spectator's examen of it, N. 70, 74.
Chronogram, a piece of falfe wit, N. 60.

Cicero, a punster, N. 61. The entertainment found in
his philofophic writings, ibid.

Clarinda, an idol, in what manner worthipped, N. 73.-
Cleanthe, her ftory, N. 15,

Clergyman, one of the Spectator's club, N. 2..
Clergy, a three-fold divifion of them, N-21:
Clubs, nocturnal affemblies so called, N

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 difficulties met with in erecting that
club, ibid.

Commerce, the extent and advantage of it, N. 69.

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Consciousness, ·