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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.

xix. 1.

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.

94.

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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.

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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.

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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.

201.

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.

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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.

xxiii. 20-22.

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.

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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.

ix. 244.

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,

vii. 90.

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.

203.

Apprentice, a farce, Wor. xxix.

159,

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.

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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.

267. 273. 291. 297. xi. 315. obser-

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