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Hammond, Dr. H., story of, 216.

Handel, 352.

Haymarket theatre, 256.
Head-dresses, paper on, 260.

Health, paper on the undue care of,
238.

Hen, instinct of the, 435, 437.
Heraclitus, saying of, 463.

Herbert, George, 322.

Hermit, repartee by a, 217.
Herod the Great, 411.

Herodotus, quoted, 170; story of
Cleobis and Biton, 200.
Hilpa, a love story, 421.
Hogue, Cape La, battle of, 63.
Homer, passim; his design in writing
the Iliad, 379.

Honeycomb, Will, 8, 13, 15, 69, 74,
106, 251, 255, 275, 287, 307, 452;
his character, 8, 457; his past life,
16; his letters, 51, 69; his mar-
riage, 70.

Honour, paper on the love of, 175.
Horace, 336; quoted, 371; his Art of
Poetry, 392.

Hoyden, account of a, 254.

Hudibras, 270, 287, 326, 330, 346,

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Lacedemonians, the, 173.
Lampoons, censure of, 130.
Languages, remarks on, 271.
Laughter, remarks on, 344.
Lawyers, 236, 356.
League, the, 42.

Lecompte, Father, 170.

Lee, E., his tragedies, 365, 366.
Leonora, her library, 245; history of,
247.
L'Estrange, Sir Roger, quoted, 132;

his phonetic way of writing, 270.
Letters; from Will Wimble, 22; from
Will Honeycomb, 51, 69; from Sir
Roger's butler, 66; from Sir A.
Freeport, 72; from R. G., 83; from
an Irish gentleman, 83; about a
whistling match, 90; from Philo-
Spec., 106; from the clergyman,
165; from an angry father, 168;
on the diffidence of actors, 178;
from Charles Lillie, 235; from a
Valetudinarian, 238; about sign
boards, 242; about a rope-dancer,
244; from Leonora, 248; from a
lawyer on circuit, 266; from Ralph
Crotchet on the London cries, 275;
from Josiah Fribble, Esq., 278;
from Sir John Enville, 282; from

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INDEX.

Tim. Watchwell, 285; on whims
and practical jokes, 288; about
scandal and scandal-mongers, 299;
from a young lady on knotting,
305; on catspaws, or shoeing-
horns,' 306; from the ambassador of
Bantam, 309; describing the battle
of Blenheim, 390; from Esculapius,
441; from Athenais, 442; from
Davyth ap Shenkyn, 442; about
transmigrations, 453; from a young
lady asking advice, 458.
Libellous writing censured, 133.
Liberty, fruits of, 121.

Library, a lady's, papers on, 245-250.
Lions (on the stage), 355, 356.
Lipogrammatists, the, 324.
Lipsius, 232.

Little Britain, 4.

Livy, 348.

Lloyd's coffeehouse. See Coffeehouse.
Locke, quoted, 25, 144, 438.
Logic Lane, 445.

London, cries of, 275; difference be-

tween court and city, 291.
London Prentice, the, 357.
Longinus, 393.

Louis XIV, report of his death, 292;

his support of M. Mesnager, 303;
his ratio ultima,' 445.
Love for Love, Congreve's play of, 169.
Lover's Leap, the, 441.
Lowndes, Mr., 300.
Lucian, 346.

Lucretius, his belief in apparitions, 28;
336.

Lully, Sig. Baptist, 362.

M.

Macbeth, tragedy of, 252.

Mahometans, charity of, to animals, 453.
Malebranche, quoted, 144.
Mall, the, 108.
Mariamne, story of, 411.
Marraton, a tale, 395.
Marriage, paper on, 450.
Marriage-hater Match'd, The, play of,
70.

Martial, quoted, 139, 241, 336, 378.
Matthews, John, 28.

Mazarin, Cardinal, his generosity, 131.

Ménage, quoted, 330.
Menippus, 413.

Mesnager, Monsieur, 303.
Method, benefits of, 459.

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Military terms, imported from France,
388.
Mirth, 188.

Milton, passim; quoted, 346.
Mirzah, vision of, 401.
Modesty, paper on, 178.
Mogul, the Great, 115.
Mohocks, the, 59.

Mole, natural history of the, 438.
Molière, story of, 378; his Misan-
thrope, 432.

Moll White, 34, 35; her death, 53.
Monks, English, their chronicles, 199.
Monmouth, Duke of, 8.

Montaigne's Essays, 459.

Morality, of supreme obligation, 195.
More, Sir Thomas, his noble behaviour,
187.

More, Dr. Henry, quoted, 438.
Mottos, the Spectator's use of, 91;
Latin mottos popular, 93.
Muly Moloc, story of, 187.
Music, English, 360, 362; French, 362.

N.

Namur, taking of, 273, 291.
Newberry, Mr., 325.
Newcastle, 268.

Newton, Sir Isaac, saying of, 210.
Nicolini, Signor, 351, 354-356, 373.
Nonjurors, 232, 293.

Norfolk Street, 59.

Norris, the actor, 371.

O.

Oates, Dr. Titus; story of a female
admirer of, 255.

Edipus, play of, quoted, 366.
Ogling, 83.

Old Bachelor, Congreve's play, 69.
Opera, the, 351; decorations of, ib;
sparrows for, ib; history of the Ita-
lian, 357; English, 360.
Otway, T., quoted, 33; his tragedies,
365, 367.

Ovid, quoted, 326, 449; 336.
Oxford, 445.

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Pericles, his advice to women, 259.
Periwig, a monstrous, 267, 322.
Periodical writing, its difficulties, 85;
useful in popularizing knowledge
and wisdom, 86.
Persecution, 197, 446.
Persius, 415.

Petronius, his constancy, 186; 393.
Phalaris, Letters of, quoted, 185.
Phædra and Hippolytus, play of, 359,
365.

Philip of Macedon, 446.
Physicians, 237.

Pied Piper, the, 354.

Pin money, 55; papers on, 278-284.
Pindaric writers, 323.
Pippin-woman, the, 449.
Pittacus, saying of, 215.

Plato, quoted, 55, 281; his dialogue
on prayer, 171; 317, 360.

Platonic speculation, 223.
Pliny, quoted, 376.

Plutarch, quoted, 40, 192, 203, 308,
463.

Poetry, popular, 378.

Politeness, false, 310.

Polybius, quoted, 119.

Pope, Alexander, his Essay, 392;
quoted, 393.

Pope, the, 303.
Powell, the actor, 366.

Prayer, paper on, 171; taught per-
fectly by Christ, 174.

Preachers, Italian, 295.

Prester John, 465.

Pretender, the, III, 113.
Procession, the pope's, 54, 96.

Frofessions, the learned, paper on, 235.
Pronunciation, remarks on, 269.
Publius Syrus, quoted, 212.
Puns, 331; definition of, 333.

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Raphael, 295.

Rebus, the, 324.

Rechteren, Count, 303, 304.

Recitative music, 360.

Rehearsal, the, Buckingham's play,
quoted, 113.

Religion, English bashfulness regard-
ing, 193; in Roman Catholic
countries, ib.; considered in con-
nexion with morality, 194.

Rich, Mr., 353.

Ridicule, remarks on, 345.

Rinaldo and Armida, an opera, 352,

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St. Paul's Church, 427.
Salisbury, 266.

Sallust, 348.

INDEX.

Sanctorius, his wonderful invention,

239.

Sarasin, Monsieur, 330.
Saunderson, Bishop, 21.

Scales and Weights, a vision, 416.
Scandal, 300; effect heightened by
mystery, 31I.
Scanderbeg, 52.
Scotists, 445.

Sebastian, king of Portugal, 187.
Ségrais, Monsieur, 338.
Sempronia, her toilette, 251.
Seneca, 89; quoted, 140, 181, 212,
459.

Sentry, Capt., 7, 14, 59, 60, 61, 74,

106; his character, 7, 67.
Shadwell, T., quoted, 317.
Shakespeare, his love of puns, 332;
quoted, 361; his King Lear, 365,
375; his Hamlet, 368, 373; his
greatness, 377.

Shalum, the patient wooer, 423.
Shame, paper on True and False, 192.
Sherlock, Dr., his discourse on Death,
184.

Shovel, Sir Cloudsly, 57.

Sibyls, prophecies of the, 467.
Sidney, Sir Philip, quoted, 379, 383.
Sign posts, paper on, 241.

Signatory letters, 93.

Simonides, story of, 204.

Sixtus V, story of, 131.

Smiglesians, 445.

Smyrna, the. See Coffeehouse.

Social order, necessary in this world,
178.

Socrates, behaviour of, 131, 167, 171,

281, 447; firmness in death, 186;
his mode of arguing, 444.
Soho Square, residence of Sir Roger, 5.
Sophocles, his Electra, 370.
South, Dr., 20; quoted, 377.
Southern, T., play of his quoted, 302.
Spectator, the, its great success, 77;
its aims, 78; good for female read-
ing, 79; difficulties in conducting it,
85; its readers classified, 88; gives
a varied entertainment, 89; its

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mottos, 91; signatory letters, 93;
increasing demand for, 95; refrains
from politics and personalities, ib.;
penny stamp imposed on, 98; dou-
bles its price, 99, 419; its enemies
and detractors, 100; large editions
disposed of, 102; replies to criti-
cisms, 104.

Spectator, the, introduced to the
public, 3; his experience of London
lodgings, 9; his principles in con-
ducting the paper, 15; he is enter-
tained at Sir Roger's country house,
18-50; the country people suspect
him, 50; he visits Westminster
Abbey, 55; the Play, 59; accom-
panies Sir Roger to Vauxhall Gar-
dens, 62, 71; loses his rough notes,
81; becomes talkative, 107; no
party man, 109; at the Bank of
England, III; frequents the Ex-
change, 115; sets his face against
scandal, 234; incident in a coffee-
house, 313; his experience in court-
ship, 450.

Spenser, Edmund, 336.
Sport, 31, 36, 49.

Spring Gardens, 62, 64.
Squire's. See Coffeehouse.

Squires, country, frequently worthless
and idle, 39.

Stage, the, 142; papers relating to,
351-377; opera introduced, 357;
butchery upon, 369; properties of,
375.
Staines, 266.

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Tacitus, 348.

Tasso, 353.

T.

Taste, paper on, 347; definition of,
348; the English taste Gothic, 350.
Tate, Nahum, epigram by, 103.
Templar, the, 5, 13, 16, 68, 106; his
character, 5.

Temple, Sir W., quoted, 237.
Temple-stairs, the, 62.
Terence, quoted, 153.
Tertullian, on dreams, 464.
Theatre, Sir Roger at the, 59.
Themistocles, 286.
Theocritus, quoted, 441.

Theodosius and Constantia, a tale,
406.

Tillotson, Archbishop, 21; quoted,
225, 308.

Time, right use of, 140; notion of,
145.
Tobacco, 57.

Tories, 419, 428.
Touchy, Tom, 37, 53.

Trade, a desirable calling for idle
younger sons, 24; its benefits, 117;
recommended, 238.

Tragedy, Eglish, 364, 365; rules of
the French, 369, 371.
Tragi-comedy, a monstrous invention,
365.

Tragic artifices, 367.

Transmigration of souls, 452.

Trueby, the widow, her water, 56.
Trunk-maker, the, 372; his correct
judgment, 373.

Turkish Tales, story from, 145,

U.

Utrecht, quarrel at, 303.

V.

Valerius Flaccus, 380.
Vauxhall, 63.

Venice Preserved, play of, 367.
Virgil, passim, his poems quoted, 382-
387; his friends and enemies, 391.

Visions;-of Public Credit, 112; of the
encounter of True and False Wit,
339; of Mirzah, 401; of the Scales
and Weights, 416.

W.

Waller, Edmund, quoted, 89, 336,
346.

Wanton Wife of Bath, ballad, 449.
Westminster Abbey, 55, 56, 58.
Whifflers, 307.

Whigs, 314, 419, 428.

Whistling-match, account of, 90.
Whittington and his cat, 353.
Whole Duty of Man, the, 315.
Widows, 287.

Widow, the. See Coverley.
William III., 322.

Will's Coffeehouse. See Coffeehouse.
Wimble, Will, 21-24, 36, 45, 50, 53,
54, 58, 264.

Wit, papers on, 319-344; Locke's
account of, 334; defined by Dryden,
337; False Wit, the Egg, the Wings,
&c. 321; Punning, 331; Mixed
Wit, 336.

Witchcraft, 33; scarce a village in
England without a witch, 35; the
Spectator thought a white witch, 50.
Witches' Prayer, the, 333.
Women, party spirit in, 255; their

patches, 256; their proper province,
259; head-dresses of, 260; their
extravagance in dress, 296; their
natural eloquence, 447; mobility of
their tongues, 449; qualities that
make good wives, 451.

X.

Xenophanes, saying of, 193.
Xenophon, quoted, 167.

Y.

Yaratilda, 397.

Z.

Zeal, paper on, 161; Zealots for
atheism, 163.

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