The Speech of Eve, in particular, is dreffed up in fuch a foft and natural Turn of Words and Sentiments, as cannot be fufficiently admired. I fhall close my Reflections upon this Book, with obferving the Mafterly Transition which the Poet makes to their Evening Worship in the following Lines. Thus at their fhady Lodge arriv'd, both flood, The God that made both Sky, Air, Earth, and Heav'n, MOST of the Modern Heroick Poets have imitated the Ancients in beginning a Speech without premifing, that the Perfon faid. thus or thus; but as it is easy to imitate the Ancients in the Omiffion of two or three Words, it requires Judgment to do it in fuch a manner as they shall not be miffed, and that the Speech may begin naturally without them. There is a fine Inftance of this Kind out of Homer, in the Twenty Third Chapter of Longinus. L THE THE NDE X. I N A A. Cademy for Politicks, No. 305. The Regulations of it, &c. ibid. Admiration, fhort-liv'd, N. 256. Age. A comfortable old Age, the Reward of a well-spent Youth. N. 260. Agreeable Man, who, N. 280. Ambition, never fatisfy'd, N. 256. The End of it, N. 255. The Effects of it in the Mind, N. 256. Subjects us to many Troubles, N. 257. The true Object of a laudable Ambition, ibid. Appetites the Incumbrances of old Age, N. 260. Ariftotle, his Definition of an intire Action of Epic Poetry, N. 267. His Senfe of the Greatness of the Action in a Poem; his Method of examining an Epic Poem, N. 273. An Obfervation of that Critick's, ibid. One of the beft Logicians in the World, N. 291. His Divifion of a Poem, N. 297. Another of his Obfervations, ibid. His Obfervation on the Fable of an Epic Poem, N. 315. Art of Criticism, the Spectator's Account of that Poem, N. 253. Audiences, at prefent void of common Senfe, N. 290. Auguftus, his Request to his Friends at his Death, N. 317. B. B Beauty in a virtuous Woman makes her more vir EAU's Head, the Diffection of one, N. 275. tuous, N. 302. Bills of Mortality, the ufe of them, N. 289. Boccalini, his Animadverfions upon Criticks, N. 291. Cafar, C. Efar, (Julius) a frequent Saying of his, N. 256. Calamities, the Merit of Suffering patiently under them, N. 312. Camillus, his Deportment to his Son, N. 263. Canidia, an antiquated Beauty, defcribed, N. 301. Capacities of Children not duly regarded in their Education, N. 307. Cenfor of Marriages, N. 308. Charity-Schools, great Inftances of a publick Spirit, N. 294. Clavius, proving uncapable of any other Studies, became a celebrated Mathematician, N. 307. Comparisons in Homer and Milton, defended by Monfieur Boileau against Monfieur Perrault, N. 303. Coquette's Heart diffected, N. 281. Coverley (Sir Roger de) his Return to Town, and Converfation with the Spectator in Gray's-Inn Walks, N. 269. His intended Generofity to his Widow, N. 295. Courtship, the pleasantest Part of a Man's Life, N. 261. Credit undone with a Whisper, N. 320. Criminal Love, fome Account of the State of it, N. 274. Critick, the Qualities requifite to a good one, N. 291. D. Eath, Deaths of eminent Perfons, the most improving Paffages in History, N. 289. Decency, nearly related to Virtue, N. 292. Decency of Behaviour, generally tranfgreffed, N. 292. Diftreft Mother, a new Tragedy, recommended by the E. Eating Drinking and Sleeping, with the generality of People, the three important Articles of Life, N. 317. Education, whether the Education at a publick School, or under a private Tutor, be to be preferred, N. 313. The Advantage of a publick Education, ibid. Elizabeth, Elizabeth, (Queen) her Medal on the Defeat of the Spa- Emilia, an excellent Woman, her Character, N. 302. Eyes; the prevailing Influence of the Eye inftanced in F F. Able of a Drop of Water, N. 293. Fame the Difficulty of obtaining and preferving it, Fop, what fort of Persons deserve that Character, N. 280. G. 'Ifts of Fortune, more valued than they ought to be, GN. 294 Government, what Form of it the most reafonable, N. Gracefullness of Action, the Excellency of it, N. 292. H H. Omer's Excellence in the Multitude and Variety of Honeycomb (Will) his great Infight into Gallantry, N. I. ANE (Mrs.) a great Pickthank, N. 271. Jefuits, their great Sagacity in difcovering the Talent of a young Student, N. 307. Indolence, an Enemy to Virtue, N. 316. Journal, Journal, a Week of a deceased Citizen's Journal prefented by Sir Andrew Freeport to the Spectator's Club, N. 317. The Ufe of fuch a Journal, ibid. Irus; the great Artifice of Irus, N. 264. K K. Nowledge, the main Sources of it, N. 287. L. Adylove (Bartholemew) his Petition to the Spectator, N. 334. Letters to the Spectator; from Mary Heartfree, defcribing the powerful Effects of the Eye, N. 252. From Barbara Crabtree, to know if the may not make use of a Cudgel on her Sot of a Hufband, ibid. from a Lawyer whofe Wife is a great Orator, ibid. from Lydia to Harriot, a Lady newly married, N. 254. Harriot's Anfwer, ibid. to the Spectator, from a Gentleman in Love with a Beauty without Fortune, ibid. from Ralph Crotchet, for a Theatre of Eafe to be erected, N. 258. from Mr. Clayton, &c. ibid. from Jack Afterday, an old Bachelor, who is grown dead to all other Pleasures but that of being worth 50000l. N. 260. from a Lover, with an inclofed Letter to his humourfom Miltrefs, ibid. from a Father difcourfing on the relative Duties betwixt Parents and their Children, N. 263. from a Mother to her undutiful Son, ibid. the Son's Anfwer, ibid. to the Spectator, from Richard d'Eftcourt, with one inclosed from Sir Roger de Coverley, N. 264. from James Eafy, who had his Nofe abused in the Pit, N. 268. from A. B. on the mercenary Views of Perfons when they marry, ibid. from Anthony Gape, who had the Misfortune to run his Note against a Poft, whilft he was ftaring at a Beauty, ibid. from- / about the new-fashioned Hoods, ibid. from one at Oxford in Love with Patetia, ibid. from Tom Trippit, on a Greek Quotation in a former Spectator, N. 271. from C. D. on Sir Roger's return to Town, ibid. from S. T. who has a Show in a Box of a Man, a Woman and a Horfe, ibid. from Cleanthes, complaining of Mrs. Jane, an old Maid, and a Pickthank, N. 272. from— with an inclosed Letter from a Bawd to a noble Lord, N. |