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Steele

Addison

Earl of Hardwick

From a new-married Couple-from
a Prude

Steele

359 History of Will Honeycomb's Amours Budgell
360 On Propriety in genteel Dress
Steele

361 Letter on Cat-calls-History of them Addison

362 Letters in Commendation of Brook

and Hellier's Wine-from a Scholar

in Love

Steele

403

365 Dangerous Influence of the Month of

May

366 Inconsistencies in Love-Thoughts-

Translation of a Lapland Love-song

-on a Chambermaid's Perquisites Steele
367 Various Advantages of the Spectators
-Paper-Printing

368 Account of the Death of Madam de

Villacerfe

369 Criticism on Paradise Lost

370 On the Stage-Dancing recommended Steele
371 Humorous Way of sorting Companies

-for Mirth-for useful Purposes Addison
372 Letters in Commendation of Powell,
the Puppet-show Man-Club of Pa-
rish Clerks-Lawyer's Club

373 On Modesty and Assurance

374 On the proper Use of Time-Frag-
ments from Cæsar

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Steele
Budgell
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Hughes

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521 On the Uncertainty and Absurdity of
public Reports

522 Advice to Ladies on Marriage

523 Poetry too often mixed with Mythology

-Edict on that Subject

Visions of worldly and heavenly

Wisdom

Dunlop and Montgomery

525 Success of the Spectators-on Marriage
-Letter of Pliny to Hispulla

526 On Templars turning Hackney-coach-
men-Commission to Mr. John Sly Steele
527 Letter on a Jealous Husband

From a languishing Lover
528 Complaints of Rachel Well-a-day
against the young Men of the Age Steele
529 Rules of Precedency among Authors
and Actors

530 Account of the Marriage of Will Ho-
neycomb

531 On the Idea of the Supreme Being

532 The Author's Success in produc-

ing meritorious Writings-Adrian's

Verses

Verses to the Spectator

Letter from Mr. Sly on Hats

533 Letters on Parents forcing the Incli-
nations of their Children-On Rude-
ness and Impudence

534 Letters from a spoilt rich Beauty-Dap-

perwit's Question-from a Grocer in

Love-from an Idol-a Minute from

Mr. Sly

535 On vain Hopes of temporal Objects-
Story of Alnaschar

536 The Author's Interview with a Lady

-ber Letter on proper Employment

for Beaux-Character of a Shoeing-

Horn

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ceding Paper-The Whole Duty of

576 On Singularity; the Dread and Affec-

577 Letter from a Person supposed to be
crazed-Petition of John-a-nokes and
Tom-a-styles

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544 Letter from Captain Sentry on the
Character of Sir Roger de Coverley,
and on his own Situation

545 Letter from the Emperor of China to

the Pope-Note from Mr. Sly

546 On Dishonest Dealing-Cibber's He-

roic Daughter-Letter on a ge-
nerous Benefactor

547 Cures performed by the Spectator

583 Duty of being usefully employed-on

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593 On Dreams, how to be improved
594 On Calumny

595 On the Abuse of Metaphors

596 Distresses of a very amorous Gentleman
597 The Dreams of various Correspondents
598 On a merry and serious Cast of Temper Addison
599 The Cave of Trophonius, a Dream Unknown
600 Various Opinions of future Happiness Addison
601 On Benevolence-Causes which ob-

struct it

602 Advantages of an Air of Importance
in making Love

Grove

623 Account of the Custom of Enborne

Unknown 624 Division of Mankind into Classes-
Byrom
Pursuits of Avarice, Ambition, &c.
604 On a Desire of knowing future Events Unknown 625 Questions in Love solved by the Love
605 A difficult Case in Love resolved
Casuist
606 Embroidery recommended to the ladies
607 Qualities necessary to make Marriage
bappy-The Fitch of Bacon

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ORIGINAL DEDICATIONS.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

TO JOHN LORD SOMERS, BARON OF EVESHAM.

My Lord, ་

I SHOULD not act the part of an impartial Spectator, if I dedicated the following papers to one who is not of the most consummate and most acknowledged merit.

None but a person of a finished character can be a proper patron of a work which endeavours to cultivate and polish human life by promoting virtue and knowledge, and by recommending whatsoever may be either useful or ornamental to society.

I know that the homage I now pay you, is offering a kind of violence to one who is as solicitous to shun applause, as he is assiduous to deserve it. But, my lord, this is perhaps the only particular in which your prudence will be always disappointed.

While justice, candour, equanimity, a zeal for the good of your country, and the most persuasive eloquence in bringing over others to it, are valuable distinctions, you are not to expect that the public will so far comply with your inclinations, as to forbear celebrating such extraordinary qualities. It is in vain that you have endeavoured to conceal your share of merit in the many national services which you have effected. Do what you will, the present age will be talking of your virtues, though posterity alone will do them justice.

the interests of Europe in general; to which I must also add, a certain dignity in yourself, that (to say the least of it) has been always equal to those great honours which have been conferred upon you.

It is very well known how much the church owed to you in the most dangerous day it ever saw, that of the arraignment of its prelates;* and how far the civil power, in the late and present reign, has been indebted to your counsels and wisdom.

But to enumerate the great advantages which the public has received from your administration, would be a more proper work for a history, than for an address of this nature.

Your lordship appears as great in your private life, as in the most important offices which you have borne. I would, therefore, rather choose to speak of the pleasure you afford all who are admitted to your conversation, of your elegant taste in all the polite arts, of learning, of your great humanity and complacency of manners, and of the surprising influence which is peculiar to you, in making every one who converses with your lordship prefer you to himself, without thinking the less meanly of his own talents. But if I should take notice of all that might be observed in your lordship, I should have nothing new to say upon any other character of distinction. I ain,

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Other men pass through oppositions and contending interests in the ways of ambition; but your great abilities have been invited to power, and importuned to accept of advancement. Nor is it strange that this should happen to your lordship, who could bring into the service of your sovereign the arts and policies of ancient Greece and Rome; as well as the most exact knowledge peached in 1688. of our own constitution in particular, and of

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