Bickerstaff, Samuel, advice to his children, Tat. iv. 189.
Bicknell, Mrs. a comedian, Sp. xi. 370. Tat. i. 11. Guar. xvi. 50. acts the Country Wife, Tat. i. 3.
Bill for preserving female game, Sp. xi. 326. of mortality, Sp. x.
Billingsgate scold, Tat. iv. 204. Binicorn, Humphry, on horns, Guar. xviii. 124. Biographer, remarks on the office of, Mic. xlv. 39.
Biography, entertaining and in- structive, Ram. xx. 60. defects of, Ad. xxiii. 4. how best performed, Id. xxxiii. 84. teaches wisdom, Win. xlii. 22.
Bion, his saying concerning hap- piness, Sp. xv. 574. his Greek pas- torals, Guar. xvi. 29.
Birch, efficacy of, Wor.xxvi. 22. Birds, affected by colours, Sp. xii. 412. a cage full for the opera, vi. 5. proposals for their education, 36. observations on their affections, vii. 125. proposed to imitation, Guar. xviii. 125.
Birth, pride of, Tat. i. 11. the best proof of it in a lady's com- plexion, Wor. xxvi. 41. privileges of, xxvii. 81. varieties of, xxviii. 114.
Bladder and string, modern mu- sic, Tat. iv. 153.
Blank, some account of his fami- ly, Sp. xiv. 563.
Blank verse, most proper for tra- gedy, Sp. vi. 39.
Blanket, when that discipline is necessary, Guar. xvii. 72. Blanks, who are so in society, Sp. vi. 20.
Blast, lady, her character, Sp. xiii. 457.
Blessed, the, in a future state, Sp. xv. 626.
Blindness cured by Mr. Grant, Tat. ii. 55.
Blockheads admire one another, Tat. iv. 196. an affected one, Wor. xxviii. 120.
Blood, by what tainted, Guar. xviii. 137. the blood's gallery, Ad. xxv. 98. the character of a, 100. Wor. xxviii. 136. in petticoats, Con. xxxi. 52.
Blue-mantle, lady, turns malice into mirth, Sp. xii. 427.
Blunder, major, buys muskets without touch-holes, Tat. ii. 61. Blushing, the livery of guilt and innocence, Sp. xii. 390.
Board-wages, ill effect of, Sp. vii. 88.
Boarding-schools for young la-
Biters, laugh at mistakes of their dies, Wor. xxvi. 40. own, Sp. vi. 47.
Biting, a mungrel wit, Sp. vi. 47. xiii. 504.
Bisset, his good office, Tat. v. 271.
Biton and Cleobis, their story, Sp. xiii. 483.
Black-bird, elegy on, Ad.xxiii.57. Black-horse ordinary in Holborn, Tat. iii. 135.
Blackmore, Sir Richard, his poe- try, Sp. vi. 6. not inferior to poets of antiquity, Mic. xlv. 9.
Boatswain, Dampier's, contri- vance not to be eaten, Tat. ii. 62.
Boccalini's fable of a grasshopper, Sp. xi. 355. on critics, x. 291. dis- patches from Parnassus, xiii. 514.
Bodily exercises, encouraged by the Athenians, Sp. viii. 161.
Bodkin, Tim. on short swords, Guar. xviii. 145.
Body, human, the work of a wise and powerful being, Sp. xiv. 543. Boerhaave, on the execution of criminals, Ram. xxi. 114.
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.
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.
Bride, disappointment of an old one, Wor. xxvi. 33. Bride-cake, a vision, Con. xxxii.
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.
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,
Buckingham, duke of, invented glass, Sp. xiii. 509.
Buckley, Mr. a drawcansir, Tat.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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,
Catullus's lampoon on Julius Cæsar, Sp. vi. 23.
Cave of Trophonius, Sp. xv. 598. experiments tried there, 599.
Caustic, colonel, severe remarks,
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