............. Paternal, described.... Affections, how governed... Affliction, imaginary, often most insupportable. ing annuities... 47 Esop, a fable of his applied on the receipt of a letter 115 Afterwit, (Solomon) his observations on the town.... Indecent when not spent in virtue.. The glory of the present, in regard to England... Account of the tragedy of. Application of, in Homer..... Allen, (Mr.) founder of Dulwich college... Alost, attempt to surprise the garrison of... Taken... Allegories, as profitable to the mind, as hunting to the No. 11 Anticyra compared to Montpelier.... 59 Apothecaries, great orators... 66 66 Appetites, how to be governed 233 censured Anger, the ill consequences of... A tragical instance of surprise in anger........ 25 Middle age of man most addicted to.. 154 46 47 191, 209 6 92 252 10 21 146 Allegory of Virtue and Pleasure making court to 36 83 152 45 46 130 49 121 14 184 209 191 97 146 20 39 156 172 172 133 Anne, (queen) eulogiums on her government..... 90, 130 6 36 Anticyra, an island assigned by the Romans to mad- men.. Its product...... 195 Athenians, a remarkable instance of their public spirit 77 122 206 Atterbury, (dean) his eloquent manner of preaching. 66 99 54 120 Its region, temple, attendants, adherents, and of- Effect of a discourse on Avaro, a mean-spirited rich man.. Audience at a play, their general behaviour... 46 Author, his opinion of his own performance.......... 92 140 267 108 17 77 1, 4 186 120 ..... 47120 Bass viols applied to conversation.. Battle of Badajoz... Barrymore, (earl) made prisoner in Portugal.. Requested to act the widow at Mr. Bickerstaff's fu- No. Beans, why to be abstained from Bear, meaning of that word explained Bear-garden diversions condemned.. 125 240 240 205 46 Of critics.... Bawbles, by whom brought to perfection... 167 41 79 148 41 42 49 123 124 122, 201 241 33 A club of.. Balance, (merchant) the treatment of one who at- ...................... 136 Bankers, why they should take poems for bills....... 43 161 Barnes, (Mr. Joshua) his edition of Homer recom- 5 153 143 7 166 10 45 134 10 No. Beauty, how long it ought to be the care of the fair sex 61 Bedlam, project for erecting a new one, 195 Distribution of the apartments there........ 175 148 The breakfast of queen Elizabeth's maids of honour 148 148 Bellfry, (Mr.) an ignorant clown, his behaviour at lady 37 Belvidere, a woman of good sense without affectation 126 84 ..... 3, 5, 29 ..... A design to marry him...... Extraordinary cures performed by him at his lodg- ings... Disposes of his three nephews 34 Vindicated from injuring a person by satire...... 71, 74 124 his failure.... 9 Offers to his creditors... 157 How his race was improved 167 An adept in astronomy.... Of the society for the reformation of manners...... A benefactor to Grub-street Gives advice for his own sake. 3 Expects hush-money 96 Not in partnership with Lillie 59 ...... 91, 107, 117 948 His adventures in a journey to the land's end.... Bickerstaff, (Samuel) his advice to his son and daugh- eaten... Bodily wits... ter Bicknell, or Bignell, (Mrs.) a comedian, commended Billingsgate scold, behaviour of........................ 204 IM Bisset, (brigadier) his good office to Mr. Steele ac- 271 Black-horse ordinary in Holborn, an adventure there 135 153 Blindness cured by Mr. Grant, story of. 55 91 7 Bourignon, (madam de) foundress of the pietists, her 151 A notable expedient to prevent it at elections.. A solicitor in the temple of avarice.. Brisk, (sir Liberal) saved from sharpers........ Bullock and Penkethman, parallel between them.. To attend Mr. Bickerstaff's funeral... Busy Body, character of that comedy. Bo whom applied by the Indian kings 189 Bombardiers, who to be accounted such Books, how to be valued... 80 Booksellers, their complaint against parson Plagius.. 269 77 62 45 88 126 94 73 42 193 245 46 134 188 38 Cadogan, (major-general) at Brussels... Cælia, her unhappy marriage with Palamede........ Cælicola, wherein of the same use to his friends as an 171 honour..... Camilla, exit of the person who performed that cha- Cæsar, (Julius) compared with Alexander 259 Cambray, (archbishop of) account of his Telemachus 156 159 Chair, (elbow) for what purpose..... Chances, a comedy, character of............. Chaplains, a discourse concerning them Caught in a garret... Charles, the toyman, his great genius in canes and snuff-boxes... 142 58 Chastity, its value instanced in Scipio... Children, manner of nursing them................. A scheme to provide for them........ 148 Christmas Eve.... Church, indecent and irregular behaviour at, reproved 140 241 Thermometer, when invented 910 362 No. 1 76 199 Companions, what sort most desirable 211 Comma, (Mrs.) a subtle casuist Commendation of one's self, when necessary. ....... 20 43 24 77 80 142 2 2,34 25 155 938 247 Clarissa, love of her makes madmen.......... 4 61 Clement's (Thomas) proposal to provide for children. 261 62 Deficient.... 66, 69, 70, 71 71 Clerk of a church reproved.. The term explained.... Coaches, vanity of riding in them exposed.. Why they should be taxed, and ought to be called Coach-painting, a method to make it useful.................... 240 196 195 161 261 144 162 156 180 178 147 95 191 134 69 270 144 113 161 187 210 Company, its greatest perfection.... Repartees...... the sharpers. Its effects on a young gentleman Compared to prudes........ Required to hang out their signs............ How obtained in the city Critics described A people between the learned and the ignorant. How punished after death.. Story of a coquet widow. Corinna, her manner of life with Limberham 89 160 Modern entertainments and diversions in it.. 34 Very ceremonious...... Country life, the true pleasures of it and marriage-settlements...... Account of its members, and their proceedings, 234 The greatest plague of them 91 96 48 176 246 134 A great critic in fits at the opera Cruelty to animals Cunning, the greatest cunning of some people to appear so.... 123 146 149 114 48 157 120 34 171 171 V21 264 244 225 224 A contemptible quality.... Cupid, a lap-dog, dangerously ill... The effect of a bow from his mistress cers 246 264 57 107 120 12 61 126 107 157 126 49 199 191 121 1 5 34 34 DAMIA, a woman of distinction, a very pretty lady. 148 ner of preaching... Dassapa, (Tom) his potions,. Steele ... 22 35 85 49 58 66 256 271 No. David, (saint) his day, why observed by Mr.Bickerstaff 140 110 118 Dressed in lace, &c. contrary to the act.......... 118 118 43, 177 Difference between ancient and modern dedications 177 43 183 Delamira, account of her amours, and the virtues and Delicates, false, pernicious 52 Demosthenes, his speech to the Athenians..................... 205 Destinies, their speech and present to Jupiter... 200 148 Diet, difference between ancient and modern,.. Discourse, different talents in it Decius, the character of a lewd person.......... Reflections on her brother's writings Apology for the fair sex... Conduct in an amour The general subject of it......... Discretion, a guard to one of Hymen's gates ............ behaviour, and character..... Her discourse in love...... 10 33 Her marriage, and character of her husband....74, 79 143 Her happiness with Tranquilius 104 Distress, contemplation of, softens the mind, and Diversions, for the king of Denmark, at Dresden.... Doctor, dumb, at Kensington.. Dodwell, some account of his opinions 166 263 153 246 120 How used by different nations............ Dulwich College, founded by a player Dumb conjurer.... D'Urfy the lyric poet, account of his abilities. A panegyric of his... 120 62 His civilities to Mr. Bickerstaff at the theatre, 122, 1937 47 121 264 Donne, Dr. his saying of Guicciardini...... 143 117 Downes the prompter describes the state of the stage 193 205 His Plotting Sisters commended... ****** Writes state plays, and political dances........... 82 33 42 Dramatists, unskilful, remarks on them... Dream of the band of lovers.. Of Jupiter and the destinies 96 435 Head-dresses of the ladies.... 241 169 56 The vice of the country... 241 A warning to them Drysikenness, the ill effects of it... 205 What may be esteemed a sort of incest therein.... 252 His verses on empire applied 5 Duel, inquiry into the genealogy of that monster.. 26 Duelling and its terms explained.............................................25, 29 29 Stripped of its pretensions to credit and reputa- .25, 28 70 14 11 43 99 70 187 191 TR0 146 161 123 212 270 82 11 D'Urfy's dedication to his Modern Prophets EARL of Essex, character of that play......... Eastcourt, (Dick) Mr. Bickerstaff's apothecary.. Elliott's project of a lottery............... Elmira, character and manner of her life Regulations proposed.... Letter on the subject... Proposals for reforming the education of the female Often occasioned by avarice.. Epicene, an author, censured.. Epigram on marriage.. Epithets of Homer and Virgil compared.. sex... .63, 248 Elbow-chair, where, and for what purpose to be provided.. Elizabeth, (queen) the breakfast of her maids of ho 268 nour... 148 201 53 .66, 70 Eloquence described...... Elpenor, a warning to drunkards.. 152 Wherein its happiness may be supposed to consist 94 222 230 Engagements between them and the French. 15, 63, 64 Effects of it.... 227 227 63 40 6 30 47 7 Equipage, proper to be set off with a rent-roll.... Why enemies to Mr. Bickerstaff. Adventures of a fortune-hunter there. Epsom-Wells, character of that comedy.. Equanimity of temper, the greatest of human per fections... Extortion, office of, in the temple of Avarice.... 14 240 9 130 205 69 6 189 189 248 234 him....... Eustace, (Mr.) melancholy instance of passion...... Exercise of arms in London.. FAME, a universal passion..... The love of it dwells in heroic spirits... Plan of the chamber of.. Mountain and Temple of.............. Table of...... Familiarities, how distinguished.. 19 115 Esteem, distinguished from affection...... 206 How distinguished from credit.... 176 Eucrates, effects of the natural softness of his temper 176 191 Euphusius a man whose good nature is hurtful to ....... Ill consequence of flattering women.. Fencing, how learned by Mr. Bickerstaff Fidget, a general visitant, the occasion of her mad ness........ 54 A coquette, her interview with Myrtillo Fire-men described Fits, cured by a whisper.... Flagelet, an instrument in the female concert, how esteemed by that sect....... 176 76 172 239 123 145 Flatterers, true meaning of the word, few good ones. 208 157 Flavia, an imaginary mistress... 23 92 255 92 Galway, (Galloway) earl of, his bravery and conduct 87 What men of honour and wealth play against them, Family scene... ...... 74, 81 225 .95, 114 Fan, its motion discovers ladies' thoughts.. 52 Verses on a fan... ... 239 Fardingal, (lady) her advertisement .................. 245 The fardingal allowed for a time... Fashion, absurd when too strictly followed Favonius, the character of a good clergyman......72, 114 Feasts, considered 121 205 Felicia (England), happy in good ministers of state.. 52 69 139 ნი 212 145 206 No. 196 110 ....176 ... 177 170 170 202 229 21 125 207 11 Represented under the character of a pack of A character difficult to support with propriety.. Of the damned. Of heroes Of good princes Of tyrants .................. 9 7 106 45 157 157 184 154 Described by Homer, Virgil, and Fenelon, 150, 194, 156 Futurity, benefits arising from the prospects of it..... 156 Wherein its happiness may be supposed to consist. ...... 94, 154 Gimcrack, (sir Nicholas) a virtuoso, his will Glory, true, inseparable from merit....... Goatham petition...... 40 908 124 36 113 12 135 111 57 63 64 84 82 172 172 236 24 7 58 94 17 14 13 15 56 57 152 159 152 152, 154 154 154 156 216 221 214 ..... 177 .......... 205 14 61 5, 30 |