ABBEY DE LA TRAPPE, its rules

against scandal, viii. 168
Abduction of a child by gipsies, ii.
235

Abigails, male, for ladies, i. 233
Abilities, neglect to utilise to their
full extent, vii. 394
Abracadabra, iii. 253 and note
Abraham, traditions of trees he
planted, viii. 147
Abraxas, iii. 253 note

Absence of lovers, iii. 347, 368
Absence of mind, essential in mem-
bers of the Amorous Club, i. 155;
instance in Will Honeycomb,
400; cause and means of over-
coming it, 401; La Bruyère's
character of an absent-minded
man, 403; identification of the
same, 403 note; an instance in a
lover, ii. 293

Academy, English, needed for the
language, ii. 257
Academy, French, Richelieu's ob-
ject in founding, iv. 277
Academie Galante, ii. 46 note
Academy, political, iv. 276 et seq.
Academy of Painting, vii. 404 and
note

curious and

Accent in speech, i. 148
Accomplishments,
trifling, viii. 60
Accursius, Franciscus, his proverb,
iii. 370 and note
Acosta, Uriel, iii. 216 note
Acrobats, i. 157 and note
Acrostics, i. 299, 301, 311, 318, 330
Actions, rules for the direction of
one's, i. 22, 34; ii. 164, 369; iii.
204, 214; iv. 204; sources of, iv.
16; v. 375; vi. 23; viii. 140
Addison, Joseph, i. intro. vii-xli ;
ii. 3 note, 86 note, 89 note, 126

note, 205 note, 210 note; iii. 2
note, 9 note; iv. 7 note, II note,
17 note, 24 note, 36 note, 47 note,
127 note, 196 note, 315 note; v.
94 note, 122 note; vi. 40 note, 67
note, 73 note, 74 note, 80, 104
note, 129 note, 274 note; vii. 139
note, 210 note; viii. I note, 224
note

Adrian, Emperor, dying words of,
vii. 283

Adulteration of food and drink, a
remonstrance, v. 222

Advertisements in the Spectator:

opera of 'The Cruelty of Atreus,'
i. 79 note; Italian chirurgeon,
117; St. James's Coffee-House,
128; Pinkethman's 'Pantheon,'
159; a gentlewoman who teaches
birds to speak, 186; George
Powell's appearance in the 'Con-
quest of Mexico,' 209 and note;
a flesh painter, 214; collection of
Italian paintings, 352 note; from
the Three Chairs in the Piazza,
Covent Garden, 352 and note;
instruction in exercise of the
snuff-box, ii. 272; a chestnut
horse called 'Cæsar,' 365; Mr.
Sly, haberdasher, iii. 94 and note;
collection of paintings and draw-
ings, 279 and note; a painter,
280; the Bumper Tavern to be
opened by Estcourt, iv. 67 note;
a show at Charing Cross, iv. 102
note; Peter Motteux, 188; board-
ing-school for young gentle-
women, 332; an engraving by
Vertue, v. 205 note; Nicolini's
last performance in England, vi.
46 note; Steele's 'Multiplication
Table,' 85 note; Venetian razor
strops, 158 note; lady's riding

habit, 187 note; a young woman
on horseback in equestrian habit,
vii. 60; a missing letter, 184 note;
Bavarian Red Liquor, 361 note;
concerning the Spectator's letters,
viii. 6 note

Advice, the best means of convey-
ing it, vii. 181
Eneid. See Virgil
Eschylus, iv. 170; v. 204
Æsop, fables of, i. 92
Affability, essay on, iv. 143
Affectation, more terrible enemy to
fine faces than smallpox, i. 170;
deforms beauty and turns wit into
absurdity, 194; causes, cure,
effects, 195-98; letter to an af-
fected man, 198; the affectation
of indolence and of bustle, iv. 163
Affliction, rules for supporting more
needed than directions for happi-
ness, ii. 390; proper bearing of
affliction, iv. 317 et seq.
Age, ridiculed by Athenians, but
respected by Lacedemonians, i.
36; wishing oneself younger un-
worthy one of liberal education,
ii. 341; age and youth contrasted,
342; the overbearing habit of
old men censured, v. 84
Akenside, Mark, his 'Pleasures of
the Imagination, vi. 73 note
Alabaster, Dr. William, chaplain to
Earl of Essex, iii. 254 and note
Albertus Magnus, i. 288 and note
Alcæus, lyric poet, iii. 313
Alcibiades the Second, Plato's dia-
logue of, iii. 185

Aldermen, commonly ridiculed, i.
174; vi. 238

Alexander the Great, i. 156, 164;
v. 309

Allegories and Dreams in the Spec-
tator: Public Credit, i. 17; Gene-
alogy of Humour, 179; Luxury
and Avarice, 286; True and
False Wit, 329; Art, ii. 11; dis-
section of a beau's head and
a coquette's heart, iv. 119; the
affected beauty, 251; transfor-
mation of Fidelio into a looking-
glass, v. 367; the Seasons, vi.
142; Plants, 284; Error and
Popular Opinion, 307; the golden

scales, 324; River of Tears, vii.
129; Parnassus, 191; Heavenly
and Worldly Wisdom, 244; Hu-
man Misfortunes, or the Moun-
tain of Miseries, viii. 11, 15; the
Hearts, 136; Trophonius's Cave,
184; Human Life, 208
Almanza, battle of, i. 38 and note
Ambition, never satisfied, i. 137 et

seq.; proper use, iii. 18; ambi-
tion of princes, 150; ambition of
men to distinguish themselves,
iii. 241 et seq., 264 et seq.; neces-
sity for, iv. 16; low ambition of
eating for renown, v. 127; men
who grow eminent by trivial per-
formances, viii. 60; toils of ambi-
tion, 284

American Indians, their belief that
all creatures have souls, i. 288;
their tradition of a vision of the
under-world, 289

Amusements, useful, for men of
ease, viii. 120

Anacharsis, viii. 57 and note
Anacreon, vii. 378
Anagrams, i. 310

Anatomy of a beau's head and a
coquette's heart, iv. 118 et seq.;
speculative essay on, vii. 338
Andrewes, Lancelot, Bishop of Win-
chester, i. 316 and note

Anger, essay on, vi. 200; angry
husband, viii. 34

Anjou, Duke of, vi. 39
Anthems, remarks on, vi. 46
Antipater, vii. 377
Antipathies, viii. 229
Antiphanes, iv. 193, 194 note
Apelles, ii. 408; viii. 322
Apollo, temple of, on the promon-
tory of Leucate, iii. 309 et seq.
Apollodorus, iii. 68

Apothecaries, iii. 127; vii. 355
Appearances, character judged by,
iii. 181; a good face a letter of
recommendation, 251; appear-
ance in respect to dress, v. 213
Apuleius, v. 92

Arabian Nights Tales, iii. 125
Aranda, Louisa de Padilla, Countess
of, v. 309 and note

Architecture, as qualified to delight
the imagination, vi. 92

Art, remarks on, i. 151, 326; ii.

408; iii. 386; vi. 87, 337; vii. 329
Aspatia, ii. 227

Ass and hay, problem of, iii. 107
Ass race, iii. 20

Astrologers of Moorfields, iii. 118
and note

Atheists, iii. 84; v. 353; vii. 101
Athletics, village, ii. 382; among
the ancients, 384

Atticism, iii. 84; v. 353; vii. IOI
Audiences, theatre, vii. 136
Augustus, Roman emperor, iv. 346
Aurelia, a model woman, i. 82
Aurelius, Marcus, i. 306; ii. 226
Authors, must be known to their
readers, i. I; an author's opinion
of his fame, 21; license in writing
for the stage, 263; dearth of in-
vention the cause of bawdry in
poetry, 263; comparison of writers
of essays and those of more bulky
works, ii. 207; uses and place of
books, 407; longevity of books
compared with works of art,
408; bearing of reproach without
answering by satires and lampoons,
v. 184; fine taste in writing, vi.
63; art of writing, 120; cacoethes,
or itch of writing, viii. 117; neces-
sity of writing according to how
one thinks, 169; absurdities of
metaphors, 170; peculiarities of
authors concerning the number
of their books, viii. 316 et seq.

Avarice, contrasted with luxury, i.
283; their perpetual warfare illus-
trated by an allegory, 286; reflec-
tions on, viii. 284

BACON, Sir Francis, i. 53 and note,
99, 354; iii. 41; vi. 241; vii. 395
Baker, Sir Richard, iv. 93 and note
Ballads, Chevy Chase,' i. 364 and
note, 384; Two Children in the
Wood," ii. 21; Wanton Wife
of Bath,' iii. 378 and note
Balloon, the game of, i. 236 note
Balzac, v. 186

Bank of England, i. 16; ii. v note
Bankruptcy, dissertation on, vi. 289
Banks, John, playwriter, i. 251
Bantam, ambassador of, visits Eng-
land, viii. 8 and note

Baptista della Porta, his De Humana
Physiognomia, ii. 26 and note
Barbados, the, i. 59 and note, 416
note; v. 378 and note; vii. 94 and

note

Barber, John, Swift's publisher, viii.
267

Barbier, Mrs., operatic singer, iii.
299 note

Barnaby Bright, longest day of year,
viii. 281 and note

Barn Elms, favourite place for duels,
ii. 53 and note

Barnes, Joshua, Cambridge professor
of Greek, iii. 369 and note
Bartas, Du, Sylvester's translation
of, i. 302 and note

Basset, game of, v. 7 and note
Bastile, a prisoner's amusement

during close confinement, ii. 164
Bawds, denounced, iii. 104; iv. 74
Baxter, Richard, author of 'Saints'
Everlasting Rest,' ii. 21 and note;
vi. 232