Aristippus, his saying of content, 574.

Aristotle, his observation upon the Iambic verse, 31. Upon
tragedies, 40, 42. His account of the world, 166. The in-
ventor of syllogism, 239. His definition of an entire action
of epic poetry, 267. His sense of the greatness of the action
in a poem; his method of examining an epic poem, 273.
An observation of that critic's, ib. One of the best logi-
cians in the world, 291. His division of a poem, 297. Ano-
ther of his observations, ib. His observation on the fable of
an epic poem, 315.

Aristus and Aspasia, an unhappy couple, 128.

Arsinoë, the first musical opera on the English stage, 18.
Art, the design of it, 541. Of Criticism, the Spectator's ac-
count of that poem, 253. (Works of) defective to enter-
tain the imagination, 414. Receive great advantage from
their likeness to those of nature, ib.

Artillery, the invention, and first use of it, to whom ascribed
by Milton, 333.

Artist, wherein he has the advantage of an author, 166,
St. Asaph (the bishop of) his preface to his sermons, 384.
Association of honest men proposed by the Spectator, 126.
Assurance, what, 373.

Atheism, an enemy to cheerfulness of mind, 381. Two un-
answerable arguments against it, 389. In what manner
atheists ought to be treated, ib.

Atheists great zealots, 185. And bigots, ib. Their opinions
downright nonsense, ib.

Atticus, disinterested and prudent conduct in his friendships,
385.

Avarice, the original of it, 55. Operates with luxury, ib. At
war with luxury, ib. Its officers and adherents, ib. Comes
to an agreement with luxury, ib.

Audience, the gross of an audience of whom composed, 502.
The vicious taste of our English audiences, ib.

Audiences at present void of common sense, 13, 290.

August and July (months of) described, 425.

Augustas, his request to his friends at his death, 317. His
saying of mourning for the dead, 575. His reproof to the
Roman bachelors, 528.

Aurelia, her character, 15.

Author, the necessity of his readers being acquainted with his
size, complexion and temper, in order to read his works
with pleasure, 1. His opinion of his own performances 4.
The expedient made use of by those that write for the
stage, 51. In what manner one author is a mole to another,
124. Wherein an author has the advantage of an artist,
166. The care an author ought to take of what he writes,
ib. A story of an atheistical author, ib.

Authors for what most to be admired, 355. Their preceden
cy settled according to the bulk of their works, 529.

BABEL, (Tower of) 415.

Bacon, (sir Francis) prescribes his reader a poem or prospect,
as conducive to health, 411. What he says of the pleasures
of taste, 447. His extraordinary learning and parts, 554.
His comparison of a book well written, 10. His observation
upon envy, 19.

Bacon flitch, at Whichenovre in Staffordshire, who are enti-
tled to it, 607. Several demands for it, 608.

Bags of money, a sudden transformation of them into sticks
and paper, 3.

Bamboo (Benjamin) the philosophical use he resolves to
make of a shrew of a wife, 482.

Bankruptcy, the misery of it, 428, 456.

Bantam, ambassador of, his letter to his master about the
English, 557.

Baptist Lully, his prudent management, 29.

Bareface, his success with the ladies, and the reason for it,
156.

Bar-oratory in England, reflections on it, '407.

Basilius Valentinus, and his son, their story, 426.

Bawdy-houses, frequented by wise men, not out of wanton-
ness but stratagem, 190.

Bawdry, never writ but where there is a dearth of inven
tion, 51.

Baxter, what a blessing he had, 598. His last words, 455;
more last words, ib.

Bayle (Mr.) what he says of libels, 451.

Beards in former ages a type of wisdom, 331. Instances of
the homage heretofore paid to beards, ib. At what time
the beard flourished most in this nation, ib. The ill conse-
quence of introducing the use of it amongst us at present,
ib. A description of Hudibras's beard, ib.

Bear-Garden, the Spectator's method for the improvement
of it, 141. A combat there, 436. The cheats of it, 449.
Beaver the haberdasher, a great politician, 49.

Beau's head, the dissection of one, 275.

Beauty in a virtuous woman makes her more virtuous, 302.
Heightened by motion, 406. Of objects, what understood
by it, 412. Nothing makes its way more directly to the
soul, ib. Every species of sensible creatures has different
notions of it, ib. A second kind of it, ib. The force of it,
510.

Beauties when plagiaries, 4. The true secret how to im-
prove beauty, 33. Then the most charming when height-
ened by virtue, ib. Whether male or female, very un

tractable, 87. And fantastical, 144. Impertinent and
disagreeable, ib. The efficacy of beauty, ib.

Beggars, sir Andrew Freeport's opinion of them, 232. The
grievance of them, 430.

Beings, the scale of beings considered by the Spectator, 519.
Bell, (Mr.) his ingenious device, 28.

Bell-Savage, its etymology, 28.

Belvidera, a critique on a song upon her, 470.
Belus, Jupiter, temple of, 415.

Benevolence, treated of, 601.

Beneficence, the pleasures of it, 588. A discourse on it, 601.
Bicknell, (Mrs.) for what commended by the Spectator, 370.
Bill proposed by a country gentleman to be brought into the
house for the better preserving of the female game, 326.
Bills of mortality, the use of them, 289.

Bion, his saying of a greedy search after happiness, 574.
Birds how affected by colours, 412. A cage full for the
opera, 5.

Biters, their business, 47.

Biting, a kind of mongrel wit described and exploded by the
Spectator, 504.

Biton and Clitobus, their story related, and applied by the
Spectator, 483.

Blackmore, (sir Richard) his observations, 6.

Blank, his letter to the Spectator about his family, 563.

Blanks of society, who, 10.

Blank verse proper for tragedy, 39.

Blast, (lady) her character, 457.

Bluemantle, (lady) an account of her, 427.

Board-wages, the ill effects of it, 88.

Boccalini, his animadversions upon critics, 201. His fable of

the grashopper applied by the Spectator, 355.

Bodily exercises, ancient encouragement of, 161.

Body (human) the work of a transcendently wise and power-
ful Being, 543.

L

Bohours, (monsieur) a great critic among the French, 62.
Boileau censured, and for what, 209...

Bonosus, the drunken Briton, a saying of him after he had
hanged himself, 569.

Books reduced to their quintessence, 124. The legacies of
great geniuses, 166.

Bouts Rimez, what, 60.

Breeding, fine breeding distinguished from good, 66.

Bribery the most prevailing way of making one's court, 394.

British ladies distinguished from the Picts, 41.

Bruyere, (monsieur) his character of an absent man, 77.
Brunette and Phillis, their adventures, 80.

Buck, (Timothy) his answer to James Miller's challenge, 436.
Buffoonery censured, 442.

Bullock and Norris, differently habited, prove great helps to
a silly play, 44.

Burnet, (Dr.) some passages in his Theory of the Earth
considered, 143, and 146.

Burlesque authors the delight of ordinary readers, 616, and
625. Humour, 616.

Busy world, 624.

Business, (men of) their error in similitudes, 421. Of learning
fittest for it, 469.

Bussy d'Amboise, a story of him, 467.

Butts: the adventure of a butt on the water, 175. Described,
47. The qualification of a butt, id.

CACOETHES, or itch of writing, an epidemical distemper,

582.

Cælia, her character, 404.

Cæsar, (Julius) his behaviour to Catullus, who had put him
into a lampoon, 23. A frequent saying of his, 256. Lost
his life by neglecting a Roman augur's caution, 395. His
Commentaries, the new edition of it, an honor to the En-
glish press, 367. His activity and perseverance, 374. His
reproof to an ill reader, 147.

Calamities, the merit of suffering patiently under them, 312.
Not to be distinguished from blessings, 483. Whimsical
ones, 558.

Caligula, his wish, 16.

Calisthenes, his character, 422.

Calumny, the great offence of it, 594. Rules against it by
the fathers of la Trappe, ib. The ill effects of it, 451.
Cambray, (the bishop of) his education of a daughter recom-
mended, 95.

Camilla's letter to the Spectator from Venice, 443. How
applauded there, ib. A true woman in one particular, 15.
Camillus, his deportment to his son, 263.

Campbell, (Mr.) the dumb fortune-teller, an extraordinary
person, 474.

Candour, the consequence and benefit of it, 382.

Canidia, an antiquated beauty described, 263.

Cant, from whence said to be derived, 147.

Capacities of children not duly regarded in their education,

307.

Caprice often acts in the place of reason, 191.

Carbuncle, (Dr.) his dye, what, 52.

Care: what ought to be a man's chief care, 122.

Carneades, the philosopher, his definition of beauty, 144.
Cartesian, how he would account for the ideas formed by the
fancy, from a single circumstance of the memory, 417.
Cases in love answered, 614.

Casimer Liszinski, an atheist in Poland, the manner of his
punishment, 389.

Cassius, the proof he gave of his temper in his childhood, 157,
Castle-builders, who, and their follies exposed, 167.

Castilian. The story of a Castilian husband and his wife, 198.
Cat, a great contributor to harmony, 361.

Catiline, Tully's character of him, 386.

Cat-call, a dissertation upon that instrument, 361.

Cato, the respect paid him at the Roman theatre, 446. An
instance of his probity, 557. The grounds for his belief of
the immortality of the soul, 537.

Cave of Trophonius, several people put into it to be mended,
599.

Celibacy, the great evil of the nation, 528.

Censor of small wares, an officer to be erected, 16.

Censor of Marriages, 308.

Censure, a tax, by whom paid to the public, and for what, 101.
Censure and applause should not mislead us, 610.

Chamont's saying of Monimia's misfortunes, 395.

Chancery court, why erected, 504.

Chaplain, the character of sir Roger de Coverley's, 106.

Charity, the great want of it among Christians, 516.

Charity-schools, great instances of a public spirit, 294. To be
encouraged, 430.

Charles the Great, his behaviour to his secretary, who had
debauched his daughter, 181.

Charles I. a famous picture of that prince, 58.

Charles II. his gaieties, 462.

Charms, none can supply the place of virtue, 395.

Chastity, the great point of honour in women, 99. How prized
by the Heathens, 579.

Chastity of renown, what, 480.

Cheerfulness of temper, how to be obtained and preserved,

143.

Cheerfulness, wherein preferable to mirth, 381.

When

worse than folly or madness, ib. The many advantages of
a cheerful temper, 387.

Cherubims, what the Rabbins say they are, 600.
Chevy Chase, the Spectator's examen of it, 70, 74.
Children, their duty to their parents, 426. Ill education of
them fatal, 431. A multitude of them one of the blessings
of the married state, 500. Wrong measures taken in the
education of the British children, 157. The unnaturalness
in mothers of making them suck a stranger's milk, 246.
Children in the Wood, a ballad, wherein to be commended, 85.
Chinese, the punishment among them for parricide, 189.
Laugh at our gardens, and why, 414.
Chit-chat club's letter to the Spectator, 560.
Cloe, the ideot, 466.