Boetius, translated by Chaucer,
Id. xxxiii. 69.

Boileau, censured, Sp. ix. 209. of
the sublime, Guar. xvii. 117. on dic-
tion, Ram. xxii. 168. absence of
mind, Ad. xxiv. 87. his satires, xxv.
133. remarks upon French operas,
Wor. xxvii. 98.

Bolingbroke, lord, absurdity of,
Con. xxx. 12.

Bombardiers, who such,Tat.iii.88.
Bonnet's inquiries concerning
Christianity, Ob. xxxix. 60.

Bonosus, a drunken Briton, Sp.
xv. 569.

Books, how to be valued, Tat. ii.
80, proper use of, Sp. vi. 37. their
quintessence, vii. 124. the legacies
of great geniuses, viii. 166. a choice
collection of, Guar. xvii. 60. not
sufficient to literary eminence, Ram.
xxi. 154. food of the mind, Wor.
xxvii. 64. physic of the mind, 70.
a meditation among, xxviii. 140. for
a polite circulating library, Con. xxx.
24. fell into neglect, Mir. xxxiv. 59.
multiplied, 85. inglorious fate of,
Oll. xli. 4. new, superior to old,
Win. xlii. 1. religious, prejudices
against, xliii. 46. great increase of,
65. on writing some modern, in
Latin, xliv. 94.

Booksellers, complaint against
Plagius, Tat.v. 269. patrons of learn-
ing, Wor. xxvi. 20.

Bosoms, naked, a great grievance,
Guar. xvii. 116. the pope's order
against, 118. 121.

Bossu, character of, Ad. xxiv. 49.
Boufflers, marshal, a letter from
him to the French king, Tat. ii. 77.
Bouhours, a penetrating French
critic, Sp. vii. 62.

Boul, Mr. his auction of pictures,
Sp. ix. 226.

Bourignon, Madame de, her ex-
traordinary talents, Tat. iii. 126.

Bouts-rimez, what, Sp. vi. 60.
Bow, long, the English obliged to
exercise it, Sp. x. 261.
Boxing-match, account of, Con.
xxx. 30.

Boyer, A. description of a battle,
Mir. xxxv. 107.

Boyle, Mr. his virtue, Guar.
xviii. 175. his life, Sp. xiv. 554. ve-
neration for the name of God, 531.
Robert, philosophy, Ram. xx. 106.
expedients for promoting manufac-
tures, xxii. 201.

Boys, their delights cheap and
innocent, Guar. xvii. 62. impro-
priety of bringing up dull, to the
church, Win. xliii. 76.

Bozaldab, an eastern story, Ad.
xxiv. 76.

Bracegirdle, Mrs. an excellent
player, Tat. i. 1.

39.

Bracelet, the letter on, Id. xxxiii.

Bracton, Mr. the correction of
scolds, Sp. xiii. 479.

Brag-table, an asylum against
the passions, Wor. xxvi. 48.
Brains, spirit of, Tat. iii. 94.
Breeches-maker's lady, her boast,
Wor. xxvi. 41.

Breeding often mistaken, Tat. v.
215. fine, Sp. vii. 66. great revolu-
tion in, 119.

Brevity, when necessary, Ram.
xix. 1.

Bribery, a successful way of ar-
guing, Sp. ix. 239. the most pre-
vailing way, xii. 394. none in li-
quors, Guar. xviii. 160. reflections
on bribery with coals, Tat. ii. 73.
an essay and poem on, i. 42. a soli-
citor in the temple of avarice, iii.

123.

Bride, disappointment of an old
one, Wor. xxvi. 33.
Bride-cake, a vision, Con. xxxii.

95.

Bridget Howd'ye, advertisement
concerning, Tat. v. 245.
Brief, Richard, letter from, Oll.
xli. 19.

Brisk, Sir Liberal, saved from
sharpers, Tat. ii. 73.

Britain, fruitful in religions, Tat.
v. 259.

British ladies distinguished from
Picts, Sp. vi. 41.

Brittle, lady, a mad virtuoso, Ad.
XXV. 109.

Bromiels, Mr. advice to, Wor.
xxvii. 64.

Brother, account of a younger,
Mir. xxxv. 69.

Brown, Tom, method of writing,
Sp. xv. 576.

Brown, Sir T. his style imitated
by Johnson, Win. xlii. 22.

Browne, Simon, lunacy of, Ad.
xxiv. 88.

Bruce, lord, duel with Sir E. Sack-
ville, Guar. xviii. 129. 133.

Bruce, Michael, anecdotes of,
Mir. xxxiv. 36.

49.

Brumoy, character of, Ad. xxiv.

Brunetta and Phillis, adventures
of, Sp. vii. 80.

Brunette, colonel, Tat. i. 24.
Brussel's postscript, remarks on,
Tat. ii. 46.

Brutes, cruelty towards, Tat. iii.
134.

Bruyere, satire on the French,
Tat. ii, 57. character of an absent
man, Sp. vii. 77. characters of, Ad.
xxiv. 49. reply to, xxv. 128. cha-
racter of, Mir. xxxiv. 31. next to
Theophrastus, Win. xliv. 114.

Buchanan, some account of his
writings, Win. xliv. 105.

Budous, his intense study, Win.
xliii. 88.

Burton, Dr. J. extract from, Win.
xliii. 47.

Butler, Bp. on his style, Win.
xliv. 132.

Bublenia, angry about the tuck-
er, Tat. iii. 109.

Buck, Timothy's answer to James
Miller's challenge, Sp. xii. 436. cha-
racter of a buck, Ad. xxv. 100. hos-
pital for, Wor. xxvi. 23. exit of
one, Con. xxx. 28. their frolics,

xxxi. 54.

Buckingham, duke of, invented
glass, Sp. xiii. 509.

Buckley, Mr. a drawcansir, Tat.

i. 18.

Buffoonery censured, Sp. xii. 443.
Building, errors in, Guar. xvi. 6.
Bull-dog's engagement with the
Friseur, ld. xxxiii. 7.

Bullock and Penkethman, Tat.
iv. 188. to attend Mr. Bickerstaff's
funeral, i. 7. and Norris, the come-
dian, Sp. vi. 44.

Bumpers, necessity of, a damn-
able doctrine, Sp. xiii. 474.

Burial service very solemn, Guar.
xvi. 21.

Burlesque, two kinds, Sp. ix. 249.
burlesque authors, xv. 616. 625.
ancient and modern, Ad. xxv. 133.

Burlington, earl of, on the re-
building of St. Paul's, Wor. xxvi. 50.
Burns, Robert, account of, Loun.
xxxvii. 97.

Burnet, Dr. some passages of, Sp.
viii. 143. 146. fate of, Id. xxxiii. 65.
Burying-ground, on a new plau,
Con. xxxii. 151.

Business, learned men best qualifi-
ed for, Sp. xiii. 469. men of, errone-
ous in their similitudes, xii. 421. the
neglect of it foolish, Ram. xxii. 181.
182. brilliant talents not conducive
to, Loun. xxxvi. 39. defence of
literary pursuits in men of, xxxvii.

100.

Bussy,, D'Amboise taken notice
of at court, Sp. xiii. 467.

Bustle, lady, her life in the coun-
try, Ram. xix. 51. character of a
bustler, Id. xxxiii. 19. of idle-
ness, 48. misapplied activity, Loun.
xxxvii. 78.

Busy Body, character of that
comedy, Tat. i. 19.

Busy lady, Tat. v. 248. Mrs. her
character, Ram. xxi. 138.

Busy world, virtuous and vicious,
Sp. xv. 624.

But, used too frequently, Tat.
ii. 38.

Button, Daniel, complaint con-
cerning, Guar. xvii. 85. not elo-
quent, 84.

Butts, qualifications of, Sp. vi. 47.
adventure of a butt on the Thames,
viii. 175.

Cælicola, an angel, Tat. v. 211.
Cæsar, Julius, compared with
Alexander, Tat. i. 6. his activity
and perseverance, Sp. xi. 374. his
character in Sallust, viii. 169. Wal-
ler's opinion of, ix. 224. wherein to
be imitated, 231. his modesty, vii.
86. behaviour to Catullus, vi. 23.
reproof to an ill reader, viii. 147. a
frequent saying of his, x. 256. lost
his life by neglecting caution, xii.
395. an edition of his commentaries,
xi. 367. his literary character, Win.

xliii. 50. opposed to Scylla and
Augustus, Mic. xlv. 20.

Caius Gracchus regulated his
voice by a pitch pipe, Sp. ix. 228.
Calamities, distinguished from
blessings, Sp. xiii. 483. merit of
suffering patiently, xi. 312. dis-
tributed, xiv. 558. 559. the general
source of, Guar. xvi. 1.

Caligula, his nurse moistens her
nipples with blood, Sp. ix. 246.
monstrous wish, vi. 16. his attempts
to suppress the works of Homer,
Livy, and Virgil, Win. xlii. 67.

Calisthenes, his wit, Sp. xii. 422.
Callicoat, acquitted in the court
of honour, Tat. v. 259.

Calliope, a romantic poetess, Ob.
Xxxviii. 5-7.

Calumny, Sp. xv. 594. ill effects,
xii. 451. rules against, xv. 594.

Cambray, Archbishop of, his Te-
lemachus, Tat. iv. 156. his educa-
tion of a daughter recommended,
Sp. vii. 95. the cause of his dis-
grace, Guar. xvi. 48. on the exist-
ence of God, xvii. 69.

Cambrick, indicted in the court
of honour, Tat. v. 259.

Cambridge, mathematical studies
at, Con. xxxii. 107.

Camilla in Virgil, in the opera,
Tat. i, 20. a true woman, Sp. vi.
15. applauded at Venice, Sp. xii.
443. her affected disrelish of her
sex, Ram. xxi. 115.

Camillus, his behaviour to his
son, Sp. x. 263.

Camp, the best school, Sp. xiv.

566.

Campaign, a poem, Tat. ii. 43.
Campbell, the dumb fortune-tel-
ler, Sp. xiii. 474.

Cancrum, his merit, Tat. i. 24.
Candidus, misfortunes of, Ad.
xxiv. 62.

Candour, benefit of, Sp. xii. 382.

Cane, worn out of affectation,
Tat. ii. 77. petition to wear one, 80.
different, iii. 142. trials concern-
ing, Sp. vii. 103.

Canidia, an antiquated beauty,
Sp. x. 301.

Cant, of modern men of wit, Tat.
i. 2. the signification of, Sp. viii. 147.
Cantabrigius, his character, Wor.

xxvii. 92.

Cantilenus, low taste of, Ram.
xxii. 177.

Cantwell, a plagiarist, letter
from, Oll. xli. 3.

Capacities of children not duly
considered, Sp. x. 307.

Caprice often supplies reason,
Sp. viii. 191.

Caprioles, a decoration on the
heads of ladies, Con. xxxii. 112.
Captator, a legacy-hunter, Ram.
xxii. 197, 198.

Carazan, the avaricious, Ad. xxv.

132.

Carbuncle, Dr. his dye, Sp. vi.
52. a character, Wor. xxvii. 90.
Cardan, affliction of love, Guar.
xvi. 7.

Cards take place of poetry, Tat.
i. 1. folly of, Ram. xix. 15. fretting
at, Wor. xxvi. 7. inducement for
coming to town, xxvii. 104. ill con-
sequences of, xxix. 177. Sunday
the most convenient day for, 179.
allegorical meaning of, 167.

Care, what man has most, Sp. xv.
574. what the chief, vii. 122. not to
be got rid of, Wor. xxix. 174.

Care, Dorothy, complaint of,
Guar. xviii. 171.

Careless, Frank, opposed to Fop,

Tat. i. 14.

Careless Husband, a comedy,
Tat. iv. 182.

Caricatures, what, Sp. xiv. 537.
bad effects of the public exhibition
of, Win. xlii. 27.

Cartesian, ideas formed in the
fancy, Sp. xii. 417.

Cartoons at Hampton Court, Sp.
ix. 226. 244.

Case, Dr. got more than Dryden,
Tat. v. 240.

Cases in love answered, Sp. xv.
614.

Casimir Liszinski, an Atheist, his
punishment, Sp. xii. 389.

Cassius, Caius, his temper, Sp.
viii. 157.

Cassock, Arthur, his misery as
private tutor, Mic. xlv. 17.

Castabella, an eminent prude,
Tat. iii. 126.

Castilian husband and wife, their
story, Sp. ix. 198.

Castle-builder, who, Sp. viii. 167.
Cat, a great contributor to har-
mony, Sp. xi. 361. speculations on
old and young, xv. 626.

Catiline, Tully's character of,
Sp. xii. 386.

Cat-call, a dissertation on, Sp. xi.

361.

Cato, beauty in his character,
Tat. iii. 112. his probity, Sp. xiv.
557. respect paid him at the theatre,
xii. 446. arguments for the immor-
tality of the soul, xiv. 537. philo-
sophical rant, ix. 243. Sallust's re-
marks on, x. 255.

Cato, Junior, advice to Mr. Bick-
erstaff, Tat. iv. 195.

Cato, the tragedy, Guar. xvi. 33.
43. xvii. 59. beautiful similes in it,

64.

Catullus's lampoon on Julius
Cæsar, Sp. vi. 23.

Cave of Trophonius, Sp. xv. 598.
experiments tried there, 599.

Caustic, colonel, severe remarks,