'Carrier should be given to Sir Andrew Freeport, 'in his Name.'
This Letter, notwithstanding the poor Butler's Manner of writing it, gave us such an Idea of our good old Friend, that upon the reading of it there was not a dry Eye in the Club. Sir Andrew opening the Book, found it to be a Collection of Acts of Parliament. There was in particular the Act of Uniformity, with some Passages in it marked by Sir Roger's own Hand. Sir Andrew found that they related to two or three Points, which he had disputed with Sir Roger the last time he appeared at the Club. Sir Andrew, who would have been merry at such an Incident on another Occasion, at the sight of the old Man's Hand-writing burst into Tears, and put the Book into his Pocket. Captain Sentry informs me, that the Knight has left Rings and Mourning for every one in the Club.
ABBEY, the ruins of the old, in Sir Roger's
place, 62, 63.
Addison, Joseph, the chief writer in The
Spectator, viii; the character of his
work, viii, ix; chronological table of
his life, xii; personated by the Spec-
tator, 14; his care not to draw por-
traits from life, 20; his important
share in the Coverley papers, 45; letter
to Wortley on his affairs, 123; makes a
study of Milton, 179; brings Sir Roger
to his end, 184.
Elian, 169.
Esculapius, the golden beard of, 171.
Æsop, 49.
Animals, habits of, as disclosing design,
Arable, Mrs. Betty, 142.
Arcadia, Pembroke's, 40.
Archelaus, father of Glaphyra, 66.
Aristotle, 22.
Artis Gymnasticæ, 86.
Astræa, 40.
Athens, scene at a play in, 33.
Baker's Chronicle, 41, 161, 163.
Barrow, Dr., 48; preaches at Coverley
Hall, 159.
Bastile, the prisoner in the, who picked
up pins, 87.
Beards, Sir Roger discourses on, 168;
Lucian on, 169; Ælian on, 169.
Beveridge, William, 48.
Biscuit, Edward; see Butler, Sir Roger's.
Blackmore, Sir Richard, 31.
Bodily exercise, 82-86.
Breeding, good, in country and city, 103,
104.
Buckley, Mr., publisher of The Specta-
tor, 19.
Budgell, Eustace, helps Addison, 44; as
an imitator of Addison, 92.
Burleigh, Lord, 165.
Butler, Sir Roger's, 46; writes to the
Spectator concerning his master's end,
185-188.
Cassandra, a French romance, 40.
Castriot, George, 158.
Cathedral, a, makes a city, 139.
Catholic League, The, 127.
Chaplain, Sir Roger's, 46, 47; his mode
of preparing sermons, 48; description
of Sir Roger as patron of the church,
70; remembered by Sir Roger in his
will, 185.
Charles II., 21, 27.
Child's coffee-house, 16.
Chimney-sweeper's note, the, 154.
Christmas at Coverley Hall, 160.
Church of England, 160.
Cicero, quoted, 142.
City, the English definition of a, 139.
Clelia, 41.
Cleopatra, a French romance, 40.
Clergy, position of the country, in Addi-
son's time and in Goldsmith's, 46.
Clergyman, the, of the club, character-
ized, 28; supports the Spectator's
cause, 36.
Closet of Rarities, A, quoted, 76.
Club, the Spectator, 19; a meeting of
the, 34-38.
Cocoa-tree coffee-house, the, 16.
Coffee-houses, 16.
Committee, The, a play, 172.
Coke, Sir Edward, 22.
Cooper's note, characteristics of the, 155.
Country life, a, in its relation to bodily
exercise, 82; manners in, 103.
Courant, The Daily, 19.
Coverley Economy, The, 77.
Coverley Ghost, The, 62-67.
Coverley Household, The, 49.
Coverley Hunt, The, 87-93.
Coverley Lineage, The, 58-62.
Coverley Poultry, The, 107-112.
Coverley, Sir Humphrey de, 61.
Coverley, Sir Roger de, as a central fig-
ure, ix; his descent and résidence,
19; connected with the dance of same
name, 20; characteristics of, 20, 21;
relation to his servants and neighbors,
22; hs views on men of fine parts,
29-33; his strictures on the Specta-
tor's writing, 35-37; writes to Leonora
through the Spectator, 38; describes
Leonora to the Spectator, 42, 43; at
his country house, 44; as a master,
45; relations with his butler, 46; and
his chaplain, 46, 47; relation of ser
vants to, 49; his views on subject of
cast-off clothes, 50; his development
of servants into tenants, 51; his treat-
ment of their descendants, 52; his
rescue from drowning, 52, 53; receives
a fish and letter from Will Wimble,
53, 54; his reception of Will Wimble,
55; shows portraits of his ancestors to
the Spectator, 58; tells of the haunted
character of his house, 65; his church-
manship, 68; his ways at church, 69;
his treatment of parish matters, 70;
his account of his love affair, 71-76;
his love of the chase, 84; how his
courtship affected it, 85; his exploits
as hunter and fisherman, 87; his con-
cern for the proper notes of his hounds,
88; his hunt, 89; his treatment of a
supposed witch, 95; discourses on the
widow and love-making, 98, 99; wishes
he could set her and Sir Andrew Free-
port at each other, 102; is merry with
the Spectator for his interest in poul-
try, 107; on good terms with every
one, 112; acquaints the Spectator with
the characters of his companions on
the road, 113; gives a judicious opinion
in a quarrel, 114; in the court, 114;
his reception by the gentlemen of the
county, 115; figures on a tavern sign,
116; gives the Spectator an account
of a young heir, 117; tells the story of
how he found his way to St. Anne's
Lane, 123, 124; his Tory prejudices,
131; reads Dyer's Letter aloud, 133;
recounts his experience with gypsies,
134; has his fortune told, 135; and
his pocket picked, 136; spares his own
fields in hunting, 138; defends the
Spectator, 140; has a controversy with
Sir Andrew, 147; much disturbed in
his sleep by the cries of London, 152;
comes to town to see Prince Eugene,
157; chides a beggar-man, 158; gives
the news from Coverley Hall, 159; in-
quires after Sir Andrew, 161; visits
Westminster Abbey, 162; lodges in
Norfolk Buildings, 168; discourses on
beards, 168; his fear of the Mohocks,
172; goes to the play with the Spec-
tator and Captain Sentry, 173; his
conduct there, 174, 175; falls to think-
ing again of the widow, 176; visits the
Spectator at his lodgings, 180; goes
with him on the Thames, 181; falls
into talk with the waterman, 181;
comments on London, 182; is chaffed
by other pleasure-seekers, 182; enjoys
Spring Garden, 183; is reminded of
the widow, 183; details respecting his
death, 184-188.
Cowley, Abraham, 80, 81, 82, 119.
"Crack," note on, 153.
Cunningham, Peter, quoted, 30.
Cyrus, The Grand, 40.
Dawson, Bully, 21.
Death of Sir Roger de Coverley, 184-188.
DeQuincey, Thomas, quoted, 13.
Design in nature, 108-112.
Diodorus Siculus, 130.
Distressed Mother, The, as seen by Sir
Roger, 174-176.
Dogs, the music of, 88.
Dress, fashions in, in city and country,
106.
Drury Lane Theatre, 16, 24.
Dryden, John, 16; quoted, 38, 92, 133,
140, 152, 157.
Dumb-bells, 85.
Dundrum, Sir David, paying attention
to the widow, 177.
D'Urfey, Thomas, 41.
Dyer's Letter, 133.
"Economy," note on, 17.
Economy, The Coverley, 77-82.
Edward the Confessor, 166.
Edward III., 166.
Elaphyra, the story of, 66.
Elizabeth, Queen, 167.
Ephraim, the Quaker, 142; his reproval
of the captain, 144; his care of the
travelling party, 145.
Essay, the, as treated by Addison and
Steele, viii.
"Esteemed," note on, 22.
Etherege, Sir George, 21.
Eudoxus, 118-123.
Eugene, Prince, 158.
Fielding's Joseph Andrews referred to,
Fleetwood, Dr. William, 48.
Florio and Leonilla, story of, 118-123.
Fonvive, M., 16.
"Freeman," note on, 153.
Freeport, Sir Andrew, characterized,
24, 25; on the Spectator's remarks
concerning dress and equipage, 35, 37;
reflections on the Coverley lineage, 61;
Sir Roger would like to see him meet
the widow in argument, 102; his Whig
prejudices, 131; defends the character
of merchants, 149-152; bets with Sir
Roger, 176; hears by letter of Sir
Roger's illness, 184; receives a parting
gift from the knight, 188; is affected
by his loss, 188.
Fuller, Francis, 85.
Game Act, 22.
Ghibellines, 127.
Ghost, The Coverley, 62-67.
Gray's Inn, 22.
Gray's Inn Walks, 158.
Greaves, John, 15.
Crotchet, Ralph, letter from, on the cries Grecian coffee-house, the, 16.
Cries of London, The, 152-157.
Culpepper's Midwifery, 41.
Gymnastic exercises, 85.
Gypsies, a troop of, met by Sir Roger
and the Spectator, 133; described by
Sir Roger, 134; try their arts on the
pair, 135; discourse on, 136.
"Habit," note on, 27.
Haymarket Theatre, 17.
Head-dress, fashions in, 107.
Hen, instinct in the, 110, 111.
Henri III. of France, 127.
Henry IV. of England, 167.
Henry V. of England, 167.
Hogue, La, 181.
Holiday, Susan, 100.
Holland merchant, story of a, 136.
Honeycomb, Will, characterized, 26, 27;
his strictures on the Spectator, 34, 37;
letter from, 141; makes poetry out of
the cries of London, 152; his adven-
tures, 176-180; brags of his gallantries,
177.
Horace, quoted, 13, 44, 58, 77, 117, 162,
171.
Howard, Sir Robert, 172.
"Humorist," note on, 26.
Hunting, Sir Roger's passion, for 84, 87;
as followed at Coverley, 89-91.
"Husband," note on, 51.
"Impudent," note on, 144.
Inns of Court, 22.
Irus, Laertes and, story of, 79, 80.
Iskander Bey, 158.
Old style and new style dates explained,
vii.
Johnson, Samuel, quoted, 24; referred Otway, Thomas, quoted, 94.
Jonathan's, 17.
Jonson, Ben, 26.
Josephus, a story out of, 66.
Juvenal, quoted, 19, 29, 34, 40, 82, 180.
King's evil, touching for, 167.
Knight's Head, The, 115.
Laertes and Irus, the story of, 79, 80.
La Ferte's Dances, 42.
Leonilla, Florio and, story of, 118-123.
Leonora, a friend of Sir Roger, 38; her
history and tastes, 42; her country
seat, 42, 43.
Leonora's Library, 38.
Leontine, 118-123.
Library, Leonora's, 38-44.
Lincoln's Inn, 22.
Lincoln's Inn Fields, 30.
Lineage, The Coverley, 58-62
Little Britain, 19.
Littleton, Sir Thomas, 22.
Livery, as a badge of service, 51, 52.
Paradise Lost, quoted, 179.
Party spirit, the mischief done by, 124;
its bitterness in England in the eigh-
teenth century, with a suggested ex-
planation, 125; its corruption of judg
ment, 126; illustrated in Italy and
France, 127; an association to sup-
press, 128, 129; more active in coun-
try than in town, 130; illustrated by
life at Sir Roger's, 131, 132.
Pascal, Blaise, quoted, 91.
Pepys's Diary, quoted, 27.
Phædrus, quoted, 49, 53.
Phillips, Ambrose, 171.
"Pleasant," note on, 46.
Plutarch, quoted, 125.
Point, speaking to the, 18.
Polite and Rustic Manners, 103-107.
Pope's Procession, 161.
Postman, The, 16.
Poultry, The Coverley, 107-112.
Publius Syrus, quoted, 112.
Pythagoras, quoted, 67.
Quaker, the, who was the Spectator's
travelling companion, 142-147.
Quevedo, Don, 169.
Quickset, Squire, 142.
Rochester, the Earl of, 21.
Rooks at prayer, 63.
Rose Tavern, The, 24.
Russell, Elizabeth, 165.
Russell Court, 23.
Sacheverell, Dr. Henry, 41.
St. Anne's Lane, 124.
St. Asaph, Bishop of, 48.
St. James's Coffee-house, 16.
Salem Village, 97.
Saracen's Head, 116.
Sargent, John O., quoted, 44, 117.
Saunderson, Bishop, 48.
Scarecrow, the beggar, 30.
Scrofula, touched for, 167.
Scudéri, Madame de, 40.
Selden's Table Talk, quoted, 116.
Seneca's Morals, 41.
Sentry, Captain, characterized, 25, 26;
nephew to Sir Roger, 25; joins in the
club talk, 36, 37; tries to set Sir
Roger and Sir Andrew even, 148; ac-
companies Sir Roger and the Specta-
tor to the play, 173; writes to the
Spectator of Sir Roger's death, 184;
takes possession of the Coverley es-
tate, 186; writes to the Spectator of
affairs at the hall, 186, 187.
Servants, attitude of Sir Roger's to him,
49-52.
Several," note on, 14.
Shakespeare, quoted, 89, 147.
Sherlock upon Death, 40.
Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, 165.
Sir Roger and Love-making, 97-102.
Sir Roger and Party Spirit, 123-128.
Sir Roger and Politics, 128-133.
Sir Roger and Sir Andrew, 147–152.
Sir Roger and the Gypsies, 133-137.
Sir Roger at Spring Garden, 180-183.
Sir Roger at the Play, 171-176.
Sir Roger comes to Town, 157-162.
Sir Roger in Westminster Abbey, 162-
168.
Sir Roger upon Beards, 168-171.
Smyth, Piazzi, 15.
Soho Square, 21.
South, Robert, 48.
Spectator, the, as a fictitious personage,
13; suggested by Addison's tempera-
ment, 14; visits Sir Roger's picture-
gallery, 52; encounters Will Wimble,
55; reflects on his weakness, 56, 57;
looks at the portraits of Sir Roger, 58-
62; walks among the ruins of an old
abbey, 62, 63; sees the materials for a
ghost, 64; goes to church with Sir
Roger, 69; hears Sir Roger's love-
story, 71-76; made complacent by his
life at Sir Roger's, 81; exercises with
dumb-bells, 85; used to fight with his
shadow, 86; goes to hunt with Sir
Roger, 89; is a looker-on, 90; encoun-
ters the Coverley Witch, 94; passes
much time among Sir Roger's poultry,
107; goes to county assizes with Sir
Roger, 113; his views on young heirs,
118; proposes an association to put
down party spirit, 128, 129; stares at
one of Will Wimble's stories, 132; en-
counters a troop of gypsies, 133; has
his fortune told, 135; tells a story of a
Holland merchant, 136; ends his visit
at Coverley, 138; the character won
by him, 139, 140; sets out for London,
142; receives a visit from Sir Roger,
157; goes with him to Westminster
Abbey, 165; with Captain Sentry es
corts Sir Roger to the play, 173; sets
out with Sir Roger for Spring Garden,
Spectator's Return to London, The, 142-
147.
SPECTATOR, THE, character of, vii; the
essay in, viii; Sir Roger de Coverley
in, ix; Morley's edition of, xi; as a
public censor, 34-38.
Spectator Club, The, 19.
Sprat, Dr. Thomas, 80.
Spring Garden, Sir Roger at, 180-183.
Spring Garden, beauties of, 182, 183.
Squire's, Sir Roger smokes a pipe at,
162.
Steele, Richard, writes in The Spectator,
viii; character of his work, viii, ix;
chronological table of his life, xii; his
relation to the characters he drew,
20; his Christian Hero, 41; his por-
trait of Thomas Gules, 54.
Sunday, a, in the country, 67.
Sunday at Sir Roger's, A, 67-71.
"Supplement," note on, 162.
Sydenham, Dr. Thomas, 85.
Sydney, William Connor, work by, x;
quoted, 103.
Tansy, what it is, 76.
Tatler, The, quoted, 54.
Taylor, Jeremy, 41.
Templar, The, of the Club, character-
ized, 22; upon the city as a subject
for satire, 35.
Temple, Inner and Middle, 22.
Temple, Sir William, 40.
Thackeray, William Makepeace, xi.
Thames, boats on the, 181, 182.
Theatre, hour for opening, 23.
Tillotson, Archbishop, 48.
Tories, fellow-subjects not to be regarded
as, 128.
Tory headquarters, 16; party, 17.
Tory party, represented by Sir Roger,
Touchy, Tom, as described by Sir Roger,
113; his dispute with Will Wimble
amicably settled, 114.
Travel in a coach, 143.
Travelling in England in eighteenth cen
tury, 103.
Trueby's, Widow, water, 163.
Tully for Cicero, 23.
Urwin, William, 16.
Vauxhall, 181.
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