fin which indeed the rakes and bullies have a great advantage over others) make a difcourfe of any tolerable length, without That is; and if he ⚫ be a very grave man indeed, without That is to Jay? 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 against reforming the corruptions 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 A1 ΤΗΕ sheltmelor INDE X. A BIGAILS (male) in fafliion 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. Acroftick, a piece of falfe wit, divided into fimple 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 coffeehouse, 24. From a Gentlewoman that teaches birds to fpeak, 36. From another that is a fine flesh-painter, 41. Advice; no order of perfons too confiderable to be advifed, N. 34. Affectation, a greater enemy to a fine face than the finall-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. Americans, their opinion of fouls, N. 56. exemplified in a vifion of one of their countrymen, ibid. Ample (Lady) her uncafinefs, and the reafon of it, N. 32. Anagram, Anagram, what, and when firft produced, N. 60. April, (the firft of) dhe merrieft day in the year, Aretine made all the Princes of Europe his tributa- Arietta, her character, N. 11. hor fable of the Ariftotle, his obfervation upon the lambick verfe, Arfine, the first mufical opera on the Engli Avarice, the original of it, N. 55. Operates with Audiences at prefent void of common fenfe, N. 13. Author, the neceffity of his readers being acquaint- B BACON, (Sir Francis) his comparison of a book well written, N. 10. his obfervation upon Bags of money, a fudden transformation of them Baptift Lully, his prudent management, N. 29. Bawdry, never writ but where there is a dearth of Beaver, the haberdafher, a great politician, N. 49. Hh 2 charm Bell, Bell, (Mr.) his ingenious device, N. 28. Blackmore, (Sir Richard) his obfervation, N. 6. Blank verfe proper for tragedy, N. 39. Bohours, (Monfieur) a great critick among the Bouts-Rimez, what, N. 60. Breeding, fine breeding distinguished from good, British Ladies diftinguifhed from the Pits, N. 41. Bullock and Norris, differently habited, prove great Butts defcribed, N. 47. the qualification of a butt, Efar (Julius) his behaviour to Catullus, whe Caligula, his wifh, N. 16. Camilla, a true woman in one particular, N. 15. Cenfor of fmall wares, an officer to be erected, Charles I, a famous picture of that prince, N. 58. ral ral names of clubs, and their originals, ibid. &c. Commerce, the extent and advantage of it, N, 69. Coquettes, the prefent numerous race, to what Gaverley (Sir Roger de) a member of the Spectator's Courtiers habit, on what occafions hieroglyphical, Cauley abounds in mixt wit, N. 62. Crab, of King's College in Cambridge, Chaplain to Credit, a beautiful virgin, her fituation and equi- Cross (Mifs) wanted near half a tun of being as D DAncing, a difconffe on it, defended, N. 67. Death, the time and manner of our death not Deformity, no caufe of fame, N. 17. Delight and furprise, properties effential to wit, Dignitaries of the law, who, N. 21. Divorce, what efteemed to be a just pretenfion to Donne (Dr.) his defcription of his miftrefs, N. 41. Hb 3 Dryden, |