The numeral letters denote the volume-the figures the number of the paper. Tat. Tatler, Sp. Spectator, Guar. Guardian, Ram. Rambler, Ad. Adventurer, Vor. World, Con. Connoisseur, Id. Idler, Mir. Mirror, Loun. Lounger, Ob. Observer, Oll. Olla Podrida, Win. Winter Evenings, Mic. Microcosm.
Acetus, his raillery unjustly ad- mired, Sp. xii. 422.
Acquaintance, character of, Ad. xxiii. 11.
Acrostics, history of, Sp. vi. 60. Act of deformity for the Ugly Club, Sp. vi. 17. acts, public, at Ox- ford, reasons against, Ġuar. xvii. 95. Actæon, his manner of life, Tat. ii. 59.
Action, felicity of the soul, Sp. vii. 119. two principles in man, xv. 588. a threefold division of hu- man, ix. 213. qualification of an orator, xiv. 541. Tat. ii. 66. iv. 168. excellence of graceful, Sp. x. 292. Tully's observations on, xiv. 541. neglected by clergymen, Tat. ii. 66. in an epic poem, Sp. x. 267. dra- matic, Ram. xxi. 156. necessary to body and mind, xx. 85. rhetorical, Wiu. xliii. 86.
Actions, no right judgment to be made of, Sp. viii. 174. x. 257. Activity, misapplied, Loun. xxxvii. 78.
Actor, absent, why styled so, Sp. xiv. 541.
Actors, their perfections, Tat. iv. 167. their talents, 182. censured for adding, iii. 89. proposal for an hospital for, Wor. xxix. 159. merit of, and advice to, Ob. xxxviii. 29.
Adam, his vision of souls, Guar. xviii. 138.
Adamites, a sect so called, Guar. xviii. 133.
Addison, his critical capacity, Ram. xx. 86. 93. his opinion of the
ancients, Ad. xxv. 127. 133. his Spectator, No. 93. recommended, Wor. xxviii. 108. did not excel in conversation, Win. xliii. 75. his style vindicated, Mic. xlv. 36. Address, difficulty of, Ram.
Adelisa and Leander, story of, Ob. xl. 113.
Admiration, a pleasing motion of the mind, Sp. xii. 413. a delight- ful passion, ix. 237. short-lived, x. 256. turned into contempt, xi. 340. passion for it, vii. 73. and ignorance, their operation, Ram. xx. 75. Adrian, Emperor, his dying words, Sp. xiv. 532.
Advantages, many not to be en- joyed, Ram. xxii. 178.
Adventurer, achievements pro- jected, Ad. xxiii. 1. design of, xxv. 139. general plan, 140. some re- marks on No. 127, Mic. xlv. 10. Adversity, no evil, Sp. ix. 237. an alleviation, Tat. v. 233. salutary instruction, Ram. xxi. 150.
Advertisements, a good miscel- lany, Tat. v. 224. specimens, 228. 245. for wives, great modesty of, Wor. xxvii. 80. of a society of ser- vants, xxix. 179. art of advertising, Id. xxxiii. 40. criticism on, Mir. xxxv. 80.
Advice to young people, Tat. iii. 104. not to be given by every body, i. 25. no order too inconsi- derable to be advised, Sp. vi. 34. how to be given to a faulty friend, xii. 385. received with reluctance, xiii. 512. not asked for information, Tat. i. 25. seldom asked till after resolution, Sp. xiii, 475. often dis- regarded, Ram. xx. 87. when most offensive, xxi. 155. difficulty of giving, xix. 40. officious, Ad. xxiv. 74. advice, history of, Loun. xxxvii. 94.
Adulterers, punished by the first Christians, Sp. xv. 579.
Æneas, his adventures in the empire of death, Tat. iv. 154. Eneid turned into rhyme, Sp. vi.
Eschylus, parallel between Shak- speare, Ob. xxxix. 69. history of,
Esculapius, in love with Hebe, Tat. ii. 44. receipt for love, 47.5 metaphorically defunct, 46.
Æsop, a fable applied on the re-e ceipt of a letter, Tat. iii. 115. Esop-fables, improper for young children, Win. xliii. 51.
Affability, influence of, Ram. d xxi. 141.
Affectation described, Sp. xiii. 460. its origin, vi. 38. ways of as shewing it, xiv. 515. in the wise man and the coxcomb, vi. 38. mis- fortune of, xii. 404. enemy to a fine face, vi. 35. deforms beauty and wit, 38. a gentleman cured, 48. of vice outlives the practice, xi. 318. of vice censured, Tat. ii. 77. vanity of indulging, Ram. xix. 20. absur dity of, xxii. 179. the source of folly, Wor. xxviii. 120.
Affection, distinguished from es- teem, Tat. iv. 206. what kind purest, Sp. xii. 449. paternal de- scribed, ib. Tat. iii. 95.
Affections, how governed, Tat. ii. 54. (RE
Afflatus, character of, Oll. xli. 1. Affliction, not always expressed by tears, Sp. vii. 95. best way to alleviate, viii. 163, 164. xiii. 501. imaginary, insupportable, Tat, iv. 146. not always as judgments, Sp. xiii. 483. consolation under, Rain. xix. 17. 52. inercy of, Ad. xxiv. 76.
Africanus, manner of purchasing annuities, Tat. i. 36.
Age, when agreeable, Tat. ii. 45. most eligible, Sp. viii. 153. if healthy, happy, Guar. xvi. 25. preferable to vicious youth, Sp. viii. 153. comfortable, reward of a well- -spent youth, Sp. x. 260. xi. 336. vice to render it ridiculous, vi. 6. indecent, Tat. ii. 46. unnatural mis- understanding between age and youth, Sp. viii. 153. dwells upon past times, Guar. xvi. 5. authority assumed by some on account af, Sp. xi. 336. calamities incident to, Mir. xxxv. 90. virtues, and failings of, Loun. xxxvii. 72. premature old, Win. xliii. 79.
Airs, the penman, his vanity, Guar. xvi. 1.
Alabaster, Dr. his sermon, Sp. ix. 221.
Alacrity, source of pleasure, Ram. xx. 74.
Albacinda, too beautiful and witty, Sp. viii. 144.
Albemarle, earl, governor of Tournay, Tat. ii. 49.
Album Græcum, prescribed to a sick dog, Tat. iii. 121.
Alchymist, remarks on that co- medy, Tat. i. 14.
Alcibiades the Athenian, his cha- racter, Guar. xvii. 81.
Alcinous, his gardens, Guar. xviii. 173.
Aldobrandini, picture in the pa- lace of, Sp. viii. 184.
Alehouse-keeper, on the Hamp- stead-road, Guar. xviii. 144.
Alexander the Great, compared with Cæsar, Tat. i. 6. his character, Sp. vi. 32. Tat. iv. 191. 209. a memorable saying of, Tat. iii. 92. a competitor in the Olympic games, Sp. vii. 127. his complaint to Aris- totle, ii. 579. imitating Achilles in cruelty, Sp. ii. 337. a letter from to Aristotle, Guar. xvii. 111. pa- rallel between and a highwayman, Ad. xxiv. 47.
Alexander the Great, the tragedy of, Tat. iv. 191. an opera, Sp. vi. 14. Alexander Truncheon, foreman in the court of honour, Tat. v. 252. Alexandrian library, its inscrip- tion, Wor. xxviii. 108. Alfred, letter from on glory, Mic. xlv. 15.
Alicant, capitulated, Tat. i. 10. taken, 21.
Aliger, character of, Ram. xxii.
Allegories, profitable to the mind, Tat. iv. 146. light to a discourse,
Sp. xH. 421. directions for using, Guar. xviii. 152. how received by the public, Sp. xiii. 501. of Virtue and Pleasure making court to Her cules, Tat. iii. 97. Avarice and Luxury, Sp. vi. 55. application of in Homer, Tat. iv. 146. on criti- cism, Ram. xix. 3. Prosperity and Adversity, Wor. xxvii. 84. a laby- rinth in Apollo's garden, xxviii. 121. Allen, Mr. founder of Dulwich- college, Tat. i. 20.
Alliteration, remarks on, Con. xxxi. 83.
Allusion, greatest art of an au- thor, Sp. xii. 421.
Alma Mater, afflicted with the Neophobia, Win. xliv. 131.
Almamoulin, dying speech of his father, Ram. xxi. 120.
Almanack, Oxford, Tat. ii. 39. a treatise of practical astronomy, Wor. xxviii. 140. new one for per- sons of quality, Con. xxxii. 99.
Almet and the Stranger, an east- ern tale, Ad. xxv. 114.
Almerin and Shelimah, a tale, Ad. xxv. 103, 104.
Alms, wages of idleness, Sp. ix. 232.
Alnaraschin, story of, Guar. xviii.
Aluaschar, story of, Sp. xiv. 535. Alonzo, Don, fatal jealousy, Guar. xvi. 37.
Alost, attempt to surprise, Tat. i.
Aphabet, petition of the letters, except E and O, Wor. xxix. 180. Alphonso, his story, from Lucan, Guar. xvii. 119.
Altar, a poem, in the shape of, Sp. vi. 58.
Alteration, the principle of an improver, Wor. xxvii. 76.
Altilia, coquetry of, Ram. xxii.
Amanda, the happy wife of Flo rio, Tat. ii. 49. rewarded for her hi virtue, Sp. xi. 375. seduction, Wor. xxvi. 52. consequences of her bis E tory, xxvii. 53.
Amaryllis, improved by good breeding, Sp. viii. 144.
Amasis, law of, dream concern ing, Loun. xxxvi. 47.
Amazons, their commonwealth, m &c. Sp. xii. 433, 434. bravery of, revived, Id. xxxiii. 87.
Ambassador, definition of, Id. xxxiii, 30.
Ambition, various kinds, Sp. xv. 570. why implanted in the soul of man, x. 255. viii. 186. every man subject to it, ix. 219. 224. middle age most addicted to it, Tat. iii. 120. the true object of laudable, Sp. x. 257. xv. 613. Tat. v. 251. men of parts actuated by it, Sp. vii. 73. by what measured, Sp. viii. 188. vain and unprofitable, vi. 27. viii. 180. x. 256. no true happiness in, Tat. iv. 202. the occasion of fac- tions, Sp. vii. 125. hurtful to princes and people, ix. 200. refuge, when disappointed, Tat. iv. 202. natu- ral to youth, Ram. xix. 15. vanity of it in the lower stations, xx. 66. modern, Ad. xxv. 98. folly and madness of, Wor. xxix. 174. brilliant talents not conducive to success in, Loun. xxxvi. 39.
Americans, their opinion of departed souls, Sp. vi. 56. used painting instead of writing, xii.
Amicus' reflections on prostitutes, Ram. xxi. 107.
Aminadab the Quaker's admoni- tion, Tat. iv. 190.
Aminta of Tasso compared with Pastor Fido, Guar. xvi. 28.
Amity, dangerous between sexes, Sp. xii. 400.
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