ancients, Ad. xxv. 127. 133. his Spectator, No. 93. recommended, Wor. xxviii. 108. did not excel in conversation, Win. xliii. 75. his style vindicated, Mic. xlv. 36. Address, difficulty of, Ram.
Adelisa and Leander, story of, Ob. xl. 113.
Admiration, a pleasing motion of the mind, Sp. xii. 413. a delight- ful passion, ix. 237. short-lived, x. 256. turned into contempt, xi. 340. passion for it, vii. 73. and ignorance, their operation, Ram. xx. 75.
Adrian, Emperor, his dying words, Sp. xiv. 532.
Advantages, many not to be en- joyed, Ram. xxii. 178.
Adventurer, achievements pro- jected, Ad. xxiii. 1. design of, xxv. 139. general plan, 140. some re- marks on No. 127, Mic. xlv. 10. Adversity, no evil, Sp. ix. 237. an alleviation, Tat. v. 233. salutary instruction, Ram, xxi. 150.
Advertisements, a good miscel- lany, Tat. v. 224. specimens, 228. 245. for wives, great modesty of, Wor. xxvii. 80. of a society of ser- vants, xxix. 179. art of advertising, Id. xxxiii. 40. criticism on, Mir. xxxv. 80.
Advice to young people, Tat. iii. 104. not to be given by every body, i. 25. no order too inconsi- derable to be advised, Sp. vi. 34. how to be given to a faulty friend, xii. 385. received with reluctance, xiii. 512. not asked for information, Tat. i. 25. seldom asked till after resolution, Sp. xiii. 475. often dis- regarded, Ram. xx. 87. when most offensive, xxi. 155. difficulty of giving, xix. 40. officious, Ad. xxiv. 74. advice, history of, Loun. xxxvii.
Esculapius, in love with Hebe, Tat. ii. 44. receipt for love, 47. metaphorically defunct, 46.
Esop, a fable applied on the re- ceipt of a letter, Tat. iii. 115. Esop-fables, improper for young children, Win. xliii. 51.
Affability, influence of, Ram. xxi. 141.
Affectation described, Sp. xiii. 460. its origin, vi. 38. ways of shewing it, xiv. 515. in the wise man and the coxcomb, vi. 38. mis- fortune of, xii. 404. enemy to a fine face, vi. 35. deforms beauty and wit, 38. a gentleman cured, 48. of vice outlives the practice, xi. 318. of vice censured, Tat. ii. 77. vanity of indulging, Ram. xix. 20. absur- dity of, xxii. 179. the source of folly, Wor. xxviii. 120.
Affection, distinguished from es- teem, Tat. iv. 206. what kind purest, Sp. xii. 449. paternal de- scribed, ib. Tat. iii. 95.
Affections, how governed, Tat. ii. 54.
Afflatus, character of, Oll. xli. 1. Affliction, not always expressed by tears, Sp. vii. 95. best way to alleviate, viii. 163, 164. xiii. 501. imaginary, insupportable, Tat. iv. 146. not always as judgments, Sp. xiii. 483. consolation under, Ram. xix. 17. 52. mercy of, Ad. xxiv. 76.
Africanus, manner of purchasing annuities, Tat, i. 36.
Age, when agreeable, Tat. ii. 45. most eligible, Sp. viii. 153. if healthy, happy, Guar. xvi. 25. preferable to vicious youth, Sp. viii. 153. comfortable, reward of a well- spent youth, Sp. x. 260. xi. 336. vice to render it ridiculous, vi. 6. indecent, Tat. ii. 46. unnatural mis- understanding between age and youth, Sp. viii. 153. dwells upon past times, Guar. xvi. 5. authority assumed by some on account of, Sp. xi. 336. calamities incident to, Mir. xxxv. 90. virtues, and failings of, Loun. xxxvii. 72. premature old, Win. xliii. 79.
Age, glory of the present, Tat. iii. 130. better than any other, Wor. xxvii. 75. xxix. 197. on the past and present, Ob. xl. 81, 82. 91. attainments of the present, Oll. xli. 41. golden fiction of, Mic. xlv. 13.
Aglaus, his story, Sp. xv. 610.
Agreeable, art of being, Sp. xii. 386. who to be accounted, x. 280. character of an agreeable man, xii. 386. woman, vi. 21.
Airs, the penman, his vanity, Guar. xvi. 1.
Alabaster, Dr. his sermon, Sp. ix. 221.
Alacrity, source of pleasure, Ram. xx. 74.
Albacinda, too beautiful and witty, Sp. viii. 144.
Albemarle, earl, governor of Tournay, Tat. ii. 49.
Albam Græcum, prescribed to a sick dog, Tat. iii. 121.
Alchymist, remarks on that co- medy, Tat. i. 14.
Alcibiades the Athenian, his cha- racter, Guar. xvii. 81.
Alcinous, his gardens, Guar. xviii. 173.
Aldobrandini, picture in the pa- lace of, Sp. viii. 184.
Alehouse-keeper, on the Hamp- stead-road, Guar. xviii. 144.
Alexander the Great, compared with Cæsar, Tat. i. 6. his character, Sp. vi. 32. Tat. iv. 191. 209. a memorable saying of, Tat. iii. 92. a competitor in the Olympic games, Sp. vii. 127. his complaint to Aris- totle, ii. 379. imitating Achilles in cruelty, Sp. ii. 337. a letter from to Aristotle, Guar. xvii. 111. pa- rallel between and a highwayman, Ad. xxiv. 47.
Alexander the Great, the tragedy of, Tat. iv. 191. an opera, Sp. vi. 14.
Alexander Truncheon, foreman in the court of honour, Tat. v. 252. Alexandrian library, its inscrip- tion, Wor. xxviii. 108.
Alfred, letter from on glory, Mic. xlv. 15.
Alicant, capitulated, Tat. i. 10. taken, 21.
Aliger, character of, Ram. xxii.
Allegories, profitable to the mind, Tat. iv. 146. light to a discourse,
Sp. x. 421. directions for using, Guar. xviii. 152. how received by the public, Sp. xiii. 501. of Virtue and Pleasure making court to Her- cules, Tat. iii. 97. Avarice and Luxury, Sp. vi. 55. application of in Homer, Tat. iv. 146. on criti- cism, Ram. xix. 3. Prosperity and Adversity, Wor. xxvii. 84. a laby- rinth in Apollo's garden, xxviii. 121. Allen, Mr. founder of Dulwich- college, Tat. i. 20.
Alliteration, remarks on, Con. xxxi. 83.
Allusion, greatest art of an au- thor, Sp. xii. 421.
Alma Mater, afflicted with the Neophobia, Win. xliv. 131.
Almamoulin, dying speech of his father, Ram. xxi. 120.
Almanack, Oxford, Tat. ii. 39. a treatise of practical astronomy, Wor. xxviii. 140. new one for per- sons of quality, Con. xxxii. 99.
Almet and the Stranger, an east- ern tale, Ad. xxv. 114.
Almerin and Shelimah, a tale, Ad. xxv. 103, 104.
Alms, wages of idleness, Sp. ix. 232.
Alnaraschin, story of, Guar. xviii.
Amanda, the happy wife of Flo- rio, Tat. ii. 49. rewarded for her virtue, Sp. xi. 375. seduction, Wor. xxvi. 52. consequences of her his- tory, xxvii. 53.
Amaryllis, improved by good breeding, Sp. viii. 144.
Amasis, law of, dream concern- ing, Loun. xxxvi. 47.
Amazons, their commonwealth, &c. Sp. xii. 433, 434. bravery of, revived, Id. xxxiii. 87.
Ambassador, definition of, Id. xxxiii, 30.
Ambition, various kinds, Sp. xv. 570. why implanted in the soul of man, x. 255. viii. 186. every man subject to it, ix. 219. 224. middle age most addicted to it, Tat. iii. 120. the true object of laudable, Sp. x. 257. xv. 613. Tat. v. 251. men of parts actuated by it, Sp. vii. 73. by what measured, Sp.viii. 188. vain and unprofitable, vi. 27. viii. 180. x. 256. no true happiness iu, Tat. iv. 202. the occasion of fac- tions, Sp. vii. 125. hurtful to princes and people, ix. 200. refuge, when disappointed, Tat. iv. 202. natu- ral to youth, Ram. xix. 15. vanity of it in the lower stations, xx. 66. modern, Ad. xxv. 98. folly and madness of, Wor. xxix. 174. brilliant talents not conducive to success in, Loun. xxxvi. 39.
Americans, their opinion of departed souls, Sp. vi. 56. used painting instead of writing, xii. 416.
Amicus' reflections on prostitutes, Ram. xxi. 107.
Aminadab the Quaker's admoni- tion, Tat. iv. 190.
Aminta of Tasso compared with Pastor Fido, Guar. xvi. 28.
Amity, dangerous between sexes, Sp. xii. 400.
Amoret, the jilt, reclaimed by Philander, Sp. xii. 401.
Amorous club, Sp. vi. 30. Amurath, an eastern story, Ad.
Amusement, allowable, when, Sp. vii. 93. useful, Ram. xx. 89. the principal design of a public paper, Wor. xxvii. 104. to be taxed, Con. xxxii. 110.
Ana, certain French books, Win. xlii. 20.
Anacreon, on painting his mis- tress, Guar. xviii. 168.
Anacharsis, the Corinthian, ing of, Sp. xv. 569.
Anatomy, thoughts on, Sp. xiv. 543. cruelty of, Id. xxxiii. 17. Anaximander, on singing, Guar. xviii. 135.
Ancestors, ought to excite virtu- ous actions, Guar. xviii. 136. Ancestry, to be venerated, Sp. xv. 612.
Ancients, crying them up reprov- ed, Guar. xvi. 25. all good not bor- rowed from, 12. where they excel, Sp. vi. 61. ix. 249. distinguished by Strada, Guar. xvii. 119. their hours of mirth, Sp. xi. 358. in what arts they excel, Ad.xxv.127.in what the moderns excel, 135. boast- ing of the, Wor. xxvi. 2. superiority in dinners, 20. unacquainted with the cure of the evil, 24. ignorant of the manufacture of thunder and light- ning, xxvii. 83. imperfect ideas of honour, xxviii. 113. and modern times compared, Loun. xxxvi. 19. witty saying of, Ob. xxxix. 52.
Androcles and the lion, Guar. xviii. 139.
Angelo, Michael, censured, Tat. iv. 156.
Angels, what ideas they may en- tertain of mankind, Sp. xv. 610. fal- len, their employments, Sp.ix. 237.
Anger defined, Guar. xviii. 129. angry man described, Sp. xii. 438. a tragical instance of, Tat. iv. 172. a dangerous passion, Ram. xix. 11. Wor. xxix. 196. remarks on, Ob. xl. 110.
Angling, observations on, Win. xlii. 36.
Animals, their different structure, Sp. vii. 120. gratitude owing to, Guar, xvii. 61. cruelty towards them, Tat. iii. 133. Guar. xvii. 62. animal comedians, Ad. xxiii. 19. instances of cruelty to, Wor. 5. 37. xxix. 190. trial of, a vision, Con. xxx. 12. fondness for, xxxi. 89. mis- placed attention to, Oll. xli. 6.
Annabella's letter on the conver- sation of men and women, Sp. vi. 53.
Anne Boleyne's last letter to Henry the Eighth, Sp. x. 307. tra- gedy, Guar. xvi. 19.
Anne, queen, her government, Tat. iii. 90. 130.
Annihilation described by Milton and Dryden, Tat. i. 6. the most ab- ject of wishes, Sp. ix. 210. by whom desired, Guar. xvii. 89. how terrible, Wor. xxvii. 73.
Anningait and Ajut, story of, Ram. xxii. 186, 187.
Annuities, how purchased, Tat.
Antiochus, love for his mother- in-law, Sp. ix. 220. Antipathies considered, Sp. xiv. 538. xv. 609.
Antiquaries, club of, Ram. xix.17. Anti-starers, Sp. vi. 20. Antoine, amour with Clarinda, Wor. xxvii. 79.
Ants, history of, Guar. xviii. 153. 156, 157. 160.
Anxieties, evil and vanity of, Sp. xv. 615. universal, Ram. xxi. 128. Apathy, remarks on, Mic. xlv. 2. Apelles, Wor. xxvii. 55. his paintings, Ob. xxxix. 99. story of, Mic. xlv. 18.
Apes, some women so called, Sp.
Apollo, god of verse and physic, Tat. v. 240. his throne, Sp. xiii. 514. the temple of, ix. 223. descrip- tion of his temple, Wor. xxviii. 121. Apologies, false, fatal effects of, Ad. xxiv. 54-56.
Apothecaries, great orators, Tat. v. 240. employments, Sp. ix. 195. in Romeo and Juliet, Guar. xvi. 21. their motto, Win. xlii. 19.
Apparitions, the creation of weak minds, Sp. vii. 110. stories of, dan- gerous, vi. 12. Plato's opinion of,
Appearances, respect paid to, Sp. xi. 360. not to be trusted, vii. 86, 87. xiii. 464.
Appetites, how to be governed, Tat. iv. 205. violent in all creatures, Sp. vii. 126. soon excited, ix. 208. encumbrances of old age, x. 260.
Applause, popular, Sp. xii. 442. vain and contemptible, viii. 188. should not mislead us, xv. 610.
Application, desultory, injurious, Ram. xxi. 132. active and diligent enforced, 134. Con. xxxi. 90.
Apollodorus, fragment of, Sp. ix.
Apprentice, a farce, Wor. xxix.
April described, Sp. xii. 425. the first of, vi. 47. alterations of the style, Wor. xxvi. 10.
Arabella, verses on, Sp. xii. 443. Arabian Tales, qualities of, Ad. xxiii. 20.
Arable, Mrs. a fellow-traveller with the Spectator, Sp. viii. 132. Aranchne, bad temper of, Wor. xxviii. 126.
Aranda, Countess D', displeased with Gratian, Sp. xi. 379.
Araspas and Panthea, their story, Sp. xiv. 564.
Arcadian, character of, Guar. xvi. 23, story, 32.
Archery, improper for ladies, Win. xlii. 36.
Architecture, properties of, Sp. xii. 415. ancient and modern, Ad. xxv. 127. improved by a mixture of the Gothic, Wor. xxvii. 59. on the progress, Oll. xli. 42.
Aretine, his tributaries, Sp.vi. 23. Arguments, rules for, Sp. ix. 197.
Argutio, character of, Ram. xix.
Argyle, duke of, Tat. ii. 46. Arietta, character of, Sp. vi. 11. Aristas and Aspasia, Sp. vii. 128. Aristæus, master of himself, Tat. iv. 167.
Aristenætus, his letters,Sp.ix.238. Aristippus on contentment, Sp. xv. 574.
Aristotle, the best logician, Sp. x. 291. inventor of syllogisms, ix. 239. account of the world, viii. 166. me- thod of examining epic poetry, x.
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