had married herself without her father's consent, 181; from
Alice Threadneedle, against wenching, 112; from
in the round-house, ib. from

concerning Nicholas.
Hart, the annual sleeper, 184; from Charles Yellow, a-
gainst jilts, 187; from a gentleman to a lady, to whom he
had formerly been a lover, and by whom he had been highly
commended, 188; from a father to his son, 189; to the
Spectator, from Rebecca Nettletop, a town-lady, 100; from
Eve Afterday, who desires to be kept by the Spectator, ib.
from a bawdy-house inhabitant, complaining of some of their
visitors, ib. from George Gosling, about a ticket in the lot-
tery, 191; a letter of consolation to a young gentleman who
has lately lost his father, ib. to the Spectator, from a hus-
band complaining of an heedless wife, 194; from
complaining of a fantastical friend, ib. from J. B. with ad-
vice to the Spectator, 196; from Biddy Loveless, who is
enamoured with two young gentlemen at once, ib. from
Statira to the Spectator, with one to Oroondates, 199; from
Susan Civil, a servant to another lady, desiring the Spec-
tator's remarks upon voluntary counsellors, 202; from Tho-
mas Smoky, servant to a passionate master, ih. from a bas-
tard, complaining of his condition as such, 203; from Be-
Jinda to the Sothades, 204; from J. D. to his coquette mis-
tress, ib. from a lady to a gentleman, confessing her love,
204; from angry Phillis to her lover, ib. from a lady to her
husband, an officer in Spain, ib. to the Spectator from Belinda,
complaining of a female seducer, 205; from a country cler-
gyman, against an affected singing of the psalms in church,
ib. from Robin Goodfellow, containing the correction of an
erratum in Sir William Temple's rule for drinking, ib. from
Mary Meanwell, about visiting, 208; from a shopkeeper,
with thanks to the Spectator, ib. from a lover, with an hue-
and-cry after his mistress's heart, ib.

Lewis of France, compared with the Czar of Muscovy, No. 139.
Levees of great men animadverted upon, No. 193.

Life, not real but when chearful, No. 143. In what manner to
be regulated, ib. A survey of it in a vision, 159.

Lottery, some discourse on it, No. 191.

Love, the gallantry of it on a very ill foot, No. 142. Love has
nothing to do with state, 149. The transport of a virtuous
love, 199.

Luxury, the luxury of our modern meals, No. 195,

Macbeth,

M

Macbeth, the incantations in that play vindicated, No. 141.
Males among the birds have only voices, No. 128.

Man, variable in his temper, No. 162. The mercenary practice
of men in their choice of wives, 196.

Maple, (Will) an impudent libertine, No. 203.

Marlborough, (John Duke of) took the French lines without
bloodshed, No. 139.

Marriage-life always a vexatious or happy condition, No. 149.
Master, a complaint against some ill masters, No. 137.

Merab, her character, No. 144.

Merchants, of great benefit to the public, No. 174.

Mirth in a man ought always to be accidental, 196.

Mirza, the visions of, No. 159.

Mode, a standing mode of dress recommended, No. 129.

Modesty in men no ways acceptable to ladies, No. 154. Modesty
and self-denial frequently attended with unexpected blessings,
206. Modesty the contrary of ambition, ib.

N

Nicholas Hart, the annual sleeper, No. 184.

Nutmeg of Delight, one of the Persian Emperor's titles, No. 160.

Obedience of children to their parents the basis of all government,

No. 189.

Omniamante, her character, No. 144.

Opportunities to be carefully avoided by the fair sex, No. 198.

P

Pamphilo, a good master, No. 137.

Parents naturally fond of their own children, No. 192.

Parties, an instance of the malice of parties. No. 125, The dis
mal effects of a furious party-spirit, ib. It corrupts both our
morals and judgment, ib. and reigns more in the country
than town, 126. Party scribblers reproved, 125.

People the only riches of a country, No. 200.

Petticoat, a complaint against the hoop-petticoat, No. 127. Se-
veral conjectures upon it, ib. Compared to an Egyptian tem-
ple, ib.

Philosophers

Philosophers, why longer lived than other men, No. 195.
Phocion, his behaviour at his death, No. 133. His notion of po-

pular applause, 188.

Physic, the substitute of exercise or temperance, No. 195.

Piety, an ornament to human nature, No. 201.

Plato, his account of Socrates's behaviour the morning he was to

die, No. 183.

Pleaders, few of them tolerable company, No. 197.

Pleasure, when our chief pursuit, disappoints itself, No. 151.
The deceitfulness of pleasure, ib. A marriage proposed be.
tween Pleasure and Pain, and concluded, 183.

Popular applause, the vanity of it, No. 188.

Poverty, the inconveniencies and mortifications usually attending

it, 150.

Pride, a man crazed with pride a mortifying sight, No. 201.
Procrastination, from whence proceeding, No. 151.

Procuress, her trade, No. 205.

Prodicus, the first inventor of fables, No. 183.

Punishments in schools disapproved, 157.

R

Readers divided by the Spectator into the mercurial and saturnine,
No. 179.

S

Salamanders, an order of ladies described, No. 198.

Satyrists best instruct us in the manners of their respective times,

No. 209.

Schoolmasters, the ignorance and want of discernment in the

ge-

nerality of them, No. 157, 168. Schoolmen, their ass-case,
191. How applied, ib.

Scipio, his judgment of Marius when a boy, No. 157.

Sentry, his account of a soldier's life, No. 152. His discourse
with a young wrangler in the law, No. 197.

Servants, the hard condition of many of them, No. 137.

Shakespear, wherein inimitable, No. 141.

Simonides, his satire on women, No. 209.

Sloven, a character affected by some, and for what reason, No. 150.

The folly and antiquity of it, ib.

Sly, the haberdasher, his advertisement to young tradesmen in the
last year of apprenticeship, No. 187.

Snuff-box

Snuff-box, the exercise of it, where taught, No. 138.
Socrates, his behaviour at his execution, No. 133. His speech to
his judges, 146. His notion of pleasure and pain, 183. The
effect of his temperance, 195. His instructions to his pupil
Alcibiades, in relation to prayer, 207.

Soldiers, when men of sense, of an agreeable conversation,
No. 152.

Spectator, goes to the assizes, No. 122. His adventure with a

crew of gipsies, 130. The several opinions of him in the
country, 131. His return to London, and fellow-travellers
in the stage-coach, 132. His soliloquy upon the sudden and
unexpected death of a friend, 133. His artifices to engage
his different readers, No. 179.

Spy, the mischief of one in a family, No. 202.

State, (future) the refreshments a virtuous person enjoys in pro
spect and contemplation of it, No. 186.

Story-tellers, their ridiculous punctuality, No. 183.

Strife, the spirit of it, No. 197.

Superiority to be founded only on merit and virtue, No. 202.
Superstition, an error arising from a mistaken devotion, No. 201.

T

Talents ought to be valued according as they are applied, No. 172.
Taste (corrupt) of the age, to what attributed, No. 140, 208.
Temperance, the best preservative of health, 195.

of temperance the best, ib.

Temple, (Sir William) his rule for drinking, No. 195.

Tom Touchy, a quarrelsome fellow, No. 122.

What kind

Trade, trading and landed interest ever jarring, No. 174.

V

Valetudinarians not to be admitted into company but on condi-
tions, No. 143.

Volumes, the advantage an author receives of publishing his works
in volumes rather than in single pieces, No. 124.
Uranius, his great composure of soul, No. 143.

W

Whistling-match described, No. 179.

Wife, how much preferable to a mistress, No. 199.

VOL. III.

E C

Wimble,

Wimble, (Will) thinks the Spectator a fanatic, No. 126. And
fears he has killed a man, 131.

Wine, not proper to be drank by every one that can swallow,
No. 140.
Woman's-man described, No. 156. His necessary qualifications, ib.
Women, more gay in their nature than men, No. 128. Not
pleased with modesty in' men, 154. Their ambition, 156.
Deluding women, their practices exposed, 182.

Y

Yawning, a Christmas gambol, No. 179.