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A.

BIGAILS, (male) in Fashion among the Ladies,
Ν. 45.

Absence in Conversation, a remarkable Instance of it in Will. Honeycomb, N. 77. The Occasion of this Abfence, ibid. and Means to conquer it, ibid. The Character of an absent Man, out of Bruyere, ibid. Acrostick, a Piece of false Wit, divided into Simple and Compound, N. 60.

Act of Deformity, for the use of the Ugly Club, N. 17. Advertisements, of an Italian Chirurgeon, N. 22. From St. James's Coffee-house, 24. From a Gentlewoman that teaches Birds to speak, 36. From another that is a fine Flesh-Painter, 41.

Advice; no Order of Persons too confiderable to be advised, N. 34.

Affectation, a greater Enemy to a fine Face than the Small-Pox, N. 33. it deforms Beauty, and turns Wit into Absurdity, 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,

Age, rendered ridiculous, N.6; how contemned by the
Athenians, and respected by the Spartans, ibid.

Alexander the Great, wry-neck'd, N. 32.
Ambition never satisfied, N. 27.

Americans, their Opinion of Souls, N. 56; exemplifyed
in a Vifion of one of their Country-men, ibid.
Ample, (Lady) her Uneasiness, and the Reason of it,
Ν. 32.

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

April (the first of) the merriest Day in the Year, N.47.
Aretine made all the Princes of Europe his Tributaries,
Ν. 23.

Arietta, her Character, N. 11; her Fable of the Lion
and the Man, in answer to the Story of the Ephesian
Matron, ibid. her Story of Incle and Yarico, ibid.
Aristotle, his Observation upon the Iambick Verse, N. 39.
Upon Tragedies, N. 40, 4.2.

Arsinoe, the first musical Opera on the English Stage,
Ν. 18.

Avarice, the Original of it, N. 55. Operates with Lux-
ury, ibid; at War with Luxury, ibid; its Officers and
Adherents, ibid; comes to an Agreement with Luxury,
ibid.

Audiences at present void of Common Sense, N. 13.
Aurelia, her Character, N. 15.

Author, the Neceffity of his Readers being acquainted
with his Size, Complexion, and Temper, in Order
to read his Works with Pleasure, N. 1. his Opinion
of his own Performances, 4. The Expedient made
ufe of by those who write to the Stage, 51.

B

B.

ACON, (Sir Francis) his Comparison of a Book
well written, N. 10; his Observation upon En-

vy, 19.

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Bags of Money, a sudden Transformation of them into

Sticks and Paper, N. 3,

Baptist Lully, his prudent Management, N. 29.
Bawdry, never writ but where there is a Dearth of In-
vention, N. 51.

Beaver,

Beaver, the Haberdasher, a great Politician, N. 49.
Beauties, when Plagiaries, N. 4. The true Secret how
to improve Beauty, 33; then the most charming
when heighten'd 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 Business, N. 47.

Blackmore, (Sir Richard) his Observation, N. 6.
Blanks of Society, who, N. 10.

Blank Verse proper for Tragedy, N. 39.

Bouhours, (Monfieur) a great Critick among the French,

Ν. 62.

Bouts-Rimez, what, N. 60.

Breeding, fine Breeding distinguished from good, N.66.
British Ladies diftinguished from the Picts, N. 41.
Brunetta and Phillis, their Adventures, N. ৪০.

Bruyere, (Monfieur) his Character of an absent Man,
Ν. 77.

Bullock and Norris, differently habited, prove great Helps

to a filly Play, Ν. 44.

44.

Butts described, N. 47; the Qualifications of a Butt,

ibid.

C

C.

ÆSAR (Julius) 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 small Wares, an Office to be erected, N. 16.
Charles I. a famous Picture of that Prince, N. 58.
Chevy-Chase, the Spectator's Examen of it, N. 70, 74.
Chronogram, a Piece of false Wit, N.60.

Cicero, a Punster, N. 61. The Entertainment found in

his Philofophical Writings, ibid.

Clarinda, an Idol, in what manner worshipped, Ν. 73.
Cleanthe, her Story, N. 15.
Clergy-man, one of the Spectator's Club, N. 2.
Clergy, a threefold Division of them, N. 21.

Clubs, Nocturnal Assemblies so called, N. 9. Several

Names of Clubs, and their Originals, ibid. &c. Rules

prescribed

prescribed to be Observed in the Two-penny Club, ibid. An Account of the Ugly Club, 17. The Sighing Club, 30. The FringeGlove Club, ibid. The Amorous Club, ibid. The Hebdomadal Club: Some Account of the Members of that Club, 43; and of the Everlafting 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. Confciousness, when called Affectation, N. 38. Conversation most straitned in numerous Assemblies, Ν. 68.

Coquets, the present numerous Race, to what owing,

Ν. 66.

Coverley (Sir Roger de) a Member of the Spectator's Club, his Character, N. 2; his Opinion of Men of fine Parts, 6.

Courtiers Habit, on what Occafions Hieroglyphical, Ν. 64.

Cowley abounds in mixt Wit, N. 62.

Crab, of King's College in Cambridge, Chaplain to the Club of Ugly Faces, N. 78.

Credit, a beautiful Virgin, her Situation and Equipage, N. 3. a great Valetudinarian, ibid.

Cross (Miss) wanted near half a Tun of being as handsome as Madam Van Brisket, a great Beauty in the Low-Countries, N. 32.

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Death, the time and manner of our Death not

known to us, N. 7.

Deformity, no Cause of Shame, N. 17.

Delight and Surprize, Properties effential to Wit, N. 62. Dignitaries of the Law, who, N. 21.

Divorce, what esteemed to be a just Pretension to one,

Ν. 41.

Donne (Dr.) his Description of his Mistress, N. 41.
Dryden, his Definition of Wit censured, N. 62.

Dull Fellows, who, N. 43; their Enquiries are not for

Information but Exercise, ibid. Naturally turn their Heads to Politicks or Poetry, ibid.

Dutch

Dutch more Polite than the English in their Buildings, and
Monuments of their Dead, N. 26.

Dyer, the News Writer, an Aristotle in Politicks, N. 43.

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Ε.

E The ill State of an envious Man, N. 19;

his Relief, ibid. The way to obtain his Favour,
ibid.

Ephesian Matron, the Story of her, N. 11.
Epictetus, his Observation upon the Female Sex, N. 53.
Epigram on Hecatissa, N. 52.

Epitaphs, the Extravagance of some, and Modesty of
others, N. 26. An Epitaph written by Ben. Johnson, 33.
Equipages, the Splendour of them in France, N. 15; a
great Temptation to the Female Sex, ibid.
Etheridge (Sir George) Author of a Comedy, called, She
wou'd if she cou'd, reproved, N. 51.

Eubulus, his Character, N. 49.
Eucrate, the Favourite of Pharamond, N. 76.

Eudofia, her Behaviour, N.79.

F

F.

ABLE of the Lyon and the Man, N. 11. Of the
Children and Frogs, 23. Of Jupiter and the Coun-

tryman, 25.

Falfhood, (the Goddess of) N. 63.
False Wit, the Region of it, N. 25.
Falstaff (Sir John) a famous Butt, N. 47.

Fame, generally coveted, N. 73.

Fashion, the Force of it, N. 64.

Fear of Death often Mortal, N. 25.

Fine Gentleman, a Character frequently misapplied by
the Fair Sex, Ν. 75.

Flutter, (Sir Fopling) a Comedy; some Remarks upon it,
Ν. 65.

Fools, great Plenty of them the first Day of April, N. 47.
Freeport, (Sir Andrew) a Member of the Spectator's Club,

Ν. 2.

French Poets, wherein to be imitated by the English, N.
45.

Friendship, the great Benefit of it, N. 68. The Me-
dicine of Life, ibid. The Qualifications of a good
Friend, ibid.

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