Hammond, Dr. H., story of, 216.
Haymarket theatre, 256. Head-dresses, paper on, 260.
Health, paper on the undue care of,
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,
387, 445, 449.
Huguenot refugees, 445. Human life, allegory of, 403.
Hunting, 31, 32.
Hush, Peter, 300. Huygens, quoted, 208.
Hydaspes, opera of, 354, 355. Hypocrisy, 194.
Ichneumon, the, 44.
Immortality, arguments for, 147. Inconstancy, 150.
Independents, gloomy piety of, 201. Indian kings, 395, 427; diary of one of them, 427. Indians, 398. Infidelity, 167.
Ingratitude, filial, 170.
Instinct, papers on, 433-440; myste- rious nature of, 436.
Italian writers, florid style of, 353.
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
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 Æsculapius, 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, M., 300. Lucian, 346.
Lucretius, his belief in apparitions, 28; 336.
Lully, Sig. Baptist, 362.
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,
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.
Military terms, imported from France, 388.
Milton, passim; quoted, 346. Mirth, 188.
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.
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.
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.
Petronius, his constancy, 186; 393.
Phædra and Hippolytus, play of, 359, 365.
Phalaris, Letters of, quoted, 185. 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, 111, 113. Procession, the pope's, 54, 96. Professions, the learned, paper on, 235. Pronunciation, remarks on, 269. Publius Syrus, quoted, 212. Puns, 331; definition of, 333.
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,
354. Ring, the, 83.
Rochester, Lord, 5.
Rome, Church of, 408.
Rose Coffeehouse. See Coffeehouse. Rosicrucians, 213.
Rowe, N., his tragedies, 365. Royal Exchange, the, 115, 313. Royal Society, the, 96, 439. Rycaut, Sir Paul, quoted, 453. Rymer, T., his play of Edgar, 375.
St. Anne's Lane, anecdote about, 40. St. Asaph, Bishop of, 20.
St. James' Coffeehouse. See Coffee- house.
St. Paul's Church, 427. Salisbury, 266. Sallust, 348.
Sanctorius, his wonderful invention,
Sarasin, Monsieur, 330. Saunderson, Bishop, 21.
Scales and Weights, a vision, 416.
Scandal, 300; effect heightened by mystery, 311, 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. Sir Martin Mar-all, 352. 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
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, ICO; 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, 40.
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. Stammerers, 289. Stamp duty, 98.
Statius, the Roman poet, 380. Steele, Richard, 21, 65.
Steenkirk, the (a kind of ruffle), 268. Steenkirk, battle of, 60. Story-tellers, 290.
Suetonius, his history, 120. Sultan of Egypt, story of, 145. Superstitions, popular, 123; remedy against, 126.
Swan, Mr., a famous punster, 332. Swearing, 290.
Sydenham, Dr., 32, 239.
Sylvester, J., translator of Dubartas 322.
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, English, 364, 365; rules of the French, 369, 371. Tragi-comedy, a monstrous invention, 355.
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.
Utrecht, quarrel at, 303.
Valerius Flaccus, 380. Vauxhall, 63.
Venice Preserved, play of, 367. Virgil, passim, his poems quoted, 382- 387; his friends and enemies. 391.
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. Widow, the. See Coverley. Widows, 287.
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, 25); head-dresses of, 260; their extravagance in dress, 296; their natural eloquence, 447; mobility of their tongues, 449; qualities that make good wives, 451.
Xenophanes, saying of, 193. Xenophon, quoted, 167.
Zeal, paper on, 161; Zealots for athesim, 163.
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