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VOLUME THE FIRST.

ABIGAILS (male) in fashion among Ladies, No. 55.
Absence in conversation, a remarkable instance of it in Will
Honeycomb, No. 77. The occasion of this absence, ibid.
and means to conquer it, ibid. The character of an absent
man, out of Bruyere, ibid.

Acrostic, a piece of false wit divided into simple and com-
pound, No. 60.

Act of deformity for the use of the Ugly Club, No. 17.
Advertisements: of an Italian chirurgeon, No. 22. From St.
James's coffee-house, 24. From a teacher of birds to speak,
36. From a fine flesh painter, 41.

Advice: no order too considerable to be advised, No. 34.
Affectation a greater enemy to a fine face than the small-pox,
No. 33. it deforms beauty and turns wit into absurdity, 38.
Its original, ib. found in the wise man as well as the cox-
comb, ib. The way to get clear of it, ib.

Age rendered ridiculous, No 6. how contemned by the Athe-
nians, and respected by the Spartans, ibid.

Alexander the Great wry-nècked, No. 32.

Ambition never satisfied, No. 27.

Americans, their opinion of souls, No. 56. Exemplified in a
vision of one of their countrymen, ib.

Ample (Lady) her uneasiness, and the reason of it, No. 32.
Anagram, what, and when first produced, No. 60.
Andromache, a great fox-hunter, No. 57.

April (the first of) the merriest day in the year, No. 47.
Avetine made all the Princes of Europe his tributaries, No. 23.
Arietta, her character, No. 11. Her fable of the Lion and the
Man, in answer to the story of the Ephesian Matron, ibid.
Her story of Inkle and Yarico; ibid.

Aristotle: his observation upon the Iambic verse, No. 31.
Upon tragedies, 40, 42.

Arsinoe, the first musical opera on the English stage, No. 18.
Avarice, the original of it, No. 55. Operates with Luxury, ib.
At war with Luxury, ib. Its officers and adherents, ib.
Comes to an agreement with Luxury, ib.

Audiencies at present void of common sense, No. 13.
Aurelia, her character, No. 15.

Author: the necessity of his readers being acquainted with
his size, complexion, and temper, in order to read his works
with pleasure, No 1. His opinion of his own perfomances,
4. The expedient made use of by those that write for the
stage, 51.

B.

BACON (Sir Francis) his comparison of a book well writ-
ten, No. 10.
His observation upon envy, 19.
Bags of money: a sudden transformation of them into sticks
and paper, No. 3.

Baptist Lully, his prudent management, No. 29.

Bawdry never written but where there is a dearth of inven-
tion, No. 51.

Beaver, the haberdasher, a great politician, No. 49.

Beauties, when plagiaries, No. 4.

improve beauty, 33.

heightened by virtue, ibid.

The true secret how to

Then the most charming when

Bell (Mr.) his ingenious device, No. 28.

Bell-Savage, its etymology, ibid.

Birds, a cage-full for the Opera, No. 5.

Biters, their business, No. 47.

Blackmore (Sir Richard) his observation, No. 6.

Blanks of society, who, No. 10.

Blank verse proper for tragedy, No. 39.

Bohours (M.) a great critic among the French, No. 62.
Boutz-Rimez, what, No. 60.

Breeding: fine breeding distinguished from good, No. 66.
British Ladies distinguished from the Picts, No. 41.
Brunetta and Phillis, their adventures, No. 80.
Bruyerre, (M.) his character of an absent man, No. 77.
Bullock and Norris, differently habited, prove great helps to
a silly play, No. 44.

Butts described, No. 47. The qualifications of a Butt, ib.

C.

CÆSAR (Julius) his behaviour to Catullus, who had put him
into a lampoon, No. 23.

Caligula, his wish, No. 16.

Camilla, a true woman in one particular, No. 15.

Carbuncle (Dr.) his dye, what, No. 52.

Censor of small wares, an officer to be appointed, No. 16.
Charles I. a famous picture of that Prince, No. 58.

Chevy-Chace, the Spectator's examen of it, No. 70, 74.
Chronogram, a piece of false wit, No. 60.

Cicero, a punster, No. 61. The entertainment found in his
philosophic writings, ibid.

Clarinda, an idol, in what manner worshipped, No. 73.
Cleanthe, her story, No. 15.

Clergyman, one of the Spectator's club, No. 2.
Clergy, a threefold division of them, No. 21.

Clubs: Nocturnal Assemblies so called, No. 9-Several names
of clubs, and their originals, ibid. &c. Rules prescribed to
be observed in the Two-penny Club, ibid. An account of
the Ugly Club, 17-The Sighing Club, 30-The Fringe-
glove Club, ibid. The Amorous Club, ibid. The Hebdo-
madal Club: some account of the members of that club,
43; and of the Everlasting Club, 72-The Club of Ugly
Faces, 78-The difficulties met with in erecting that
club, ibid.

Commerce, the extent and advantage of it, No. 69.
Consciousness, when called affectation, No. 38.
Conversation most straightened in large assemblies, No. 68.
Coquettes, the present numerous race, to what owing, No. 66.
Coverly (Sir Roger de) a member of the Spectator's club; his
character, No. 2-His opinion of men of fine parts, No. 6.
Courtier's habit, when hieroglyphical, No. 64.

Cowley abounds in mixed wit, No. 62.

Crab, of King's College in Cambridge, Chaplain to the club
of Ugly Faces, No. 78.

Credit, a beautiful Virgin, her situation and equipage, No. 3.
-A great valetudinarian, ibid..

Cross (Miss) wanted near half a ton of being as handsome as
Madam Van Briskot, a great beauty in the Low Countries,
No. 32.

D.

DANCING: a discourse on it, defended, No. 67.
Death, the time and manner of our death not known to us,
No. 7.

Deformity no cause of shame, No. 17.

Delight and surprize, properties essential to wit, No. 62.
Dignitaries of the law, who, No. 21.

Divorce, what esteemed a just pretension for one, No. 41.
Donne (Dr.) his description of his mistress, No. 41.
Dryden, his definition of wit censured, No. 62.

Dull fellows, who, No. 43-Their enquiries are not for infor-
mation, but exercise, ibid. Naturally turn their heads to
politics or poetry, ibid.

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Dutch more polite than the English in their buildings and
monuments of their dead, No. 26.

Dyer, the news-writer, an Aristotle in politics, No. 43.

E.

ENVY, the ill state of an envious man, No. 19-His relief,

ibid-The way to obtain his favour, ibid.

Ephesian Matron, the story of her, No. 11.

Epictetus, his observation upon the female sex, No. 53.
Epigram on Hecatissa, No. 52.

Epitaphs: the extravagance of some, modesty of others, No.
26-An epitaph written by Ben Jonson, 33.

Equipages, the splendour of them in France, No. 15—A great
temptation to the female sex, ibid.

Etherege (Sir George) author of a comedy, called She Would
if She Could, reproved, No. 51.

Eubulus, his character, No. 49.

Eucrote, the favourite of Pharamond, No. 76,

Eudosia, her behaviour, No. 79.

F.

FABLE of the Lion and the Man, No. 11-Of the Childrea

and Frogs, 23-Of Jupiter and the Countryman, 25.

Falsehood (the Goddess of) No. 63.

False wit, the region of it, No. 25.

Falstaff (Sir John) a famous Butt, No. 47.

Fame, generally coveted, No. 73.
Fashion, the force of it, No. 64.
Fear of death often mortal, No 25.

Fine Gentleman, a character frequently misapplied by the
Fair Sex, No. 75.

Flutter (Sir Fopling) a comedy; remarks on it, No. 65.
Fools, great plenty of them the first day of April, No. 47.
Freeport (Sir Andrew) a member of the Spectator's club,
No. 2.

French poets, wherein to be imitated by the English, No. 45.
Friendship, the great benefit of it, No. 68. The medicine of
life, ibid. The qualifications of a good friend, ibid.

G.

GALLANTRY, wherein true gallantry ought to consist;
No. 7.

Gaper: the sign of the gaper frequent in Amsterdam, No. 47.
Ghosts warned out of the playhouse, No. 36-The appearance
of a ghost of great efficacy on an English theatre, 44.
Gospel Gossips described, No. 46.

Goths in poetry, who, No. 62.

H.

HANDKERCHIEF, the great machine for moving pity in a
tragedy, No. 44.

Happiness (true) an enemy to pomp and noise, No. 15.
Hard words ought not to be pronounced right by well-bred
ladies, No. 45.

Heroes in an English tragedy generally lovers, No. 40.
Hobbes (Mr.) his observation upon laughter, No. 47.
Honeycomb (Will) his character, No. 2-His discourse with
the Spectator in the playhouse, 4-His adventure with a
Pict, 41-Throws his watch into the Thames, 77.

Human nature, the same in all reasonable creatures, No. 70.
Honour to be described only by negatives, No. 35. The ge-
nealogy of true honour, ibid, and of false, ibid.