him, and, in short, sticks at nothing that may establish his character of a wit.' It is no wonder therefore he succeeds in it better than the man of humanity, as a person who makes use of indirect methods is more likely to grow rich than the fair trader. ADDISON. L. INDEX. ACTION, the felicity of the soul.... Affliction and sorrow, not always expressed by tears.. The authority of an aged virtuous person prefera- Albacinda, her character.. Alexander, his artifice in his Indian expedition...... His answer to those who asked him if he would Amaryllis, her character..... Ambition, the occasion of factions.... Animals, the different make of every species.......................... No. 116 95 95 153 153 144 127 157 144 125 120 The instinct of brutes... 120 by nature.. 121 lowable traveller... Amusements of life, when innocent, necessary and al- Apparitions, the creation of weak minds. Arable (Mrs.) the great heiress, the Spectator's fellow- Aristotle, his account of the world... Aristus and Aspasia, a happy couple......... 128 Artist, wherein he has the advantage of an author....... 166 other....... 124 Wherein an author has the advantage of an artist 166 93 110 132 166 Author: the care an author ought to take of what he No. 166 A story of an atheistical author...... 166 BAREFACE, his success with the ladies, and the reason for it..... 156 Bear-Garden, the Spectator's method for the improve- ment of it.... 141 Beauties, whether male or female, very untractable.... 87 And fantastical.... 144 Impertinent and disagreeable 144 The efficacy of beauty. Board-wages, the ill effects of it...... Bodily exercises, of ancient encouragement...... Books reduced to their quintessence The legacies of great geniuses.. Burnet (Dr.) some passages in his Theory of the Earth considered......... CESAR (Julius) his reproof to an ill reader........ recommended.... Cant, from whence said to be derived.. 122 Care: what ought to be a man's chief care.... 144 88 16t 124 166 ....143, and 146 147 95 147 hood... 157 Castle-builders, who, and their follies exposed... 167 what.... 101 Chaplain, the character of Sir Roger de Coverley's..... 106 Children in the Wood, a ballad, wherein to be com- 85 Church-yard, the country change on Sunday 112 of it.... 147 The excellency of it 147 Compassion, the exercise of it would tend to lessen the calamities of life.... 169 Compliments in ordinary discourse censured... No. 103 155 Conde (prince of) his face like that of an eagle......... 86 Contentment, the utmost good we can hope for in this life.. 98 163 Conversation, usually stuffed with too many compli- 103 Cotillus, his great equanimity.. What properly to be understood by the word con- Coverley (Sir Roger de) he is something of an hu- mourist.... His choice of a chaplain...... 143 143 106 106 His management of his family. ....... 107 His account of his ancestors. 109 A great benefactor to his church in Worcester- Is forced to have every room in his house exor- 110 112 In which he suffers no one to sleep but himself... 112 The trophies of his several exploits in the coun- Country, the charms of it Country gentleman and his wife, neighbours to Sir Roger, their different tempers described.. Country Sunday, the use of it....... One of the chief topics in books of chivalry......... 99 Courage: false courage.. Mechanic courage, what Cowley, his magnanimity. Coxcombs, generally the women's favourites.. DEATH, the contemplation of it affords a delight mixed with terror and sorrow. 133 Intended for our relief.... 133 Deaths of eminent persons the most improving passages in history. 133 Debt, the ill state of such as run in debt Decency, nearly related to virtue.. 104 Demurrers, what sort of women so to be called. Devotion, the great advantage of it... The most natural relief in our afflictions. 163 Dick Crastin challenges Tom Tulip.. Disappointments in love, the most difficult to be con- quered of any other... Dissenters, their canting way of reading. Dissimulation, the perpetual inconvenience of it......... 103 99 152 114 97 Pharamond's edict against it. Duration, the idea of it how obtained, according to Different beings may entertain different notions EDUCATION: an ill method observed in the educating 157 Eminent men, the tax paid by them to the public..... 101 English not naturally talkative..... The English tongue much adulterated 135 135 and 148 165 Epaminondas, his honourable death.... 133 Ephraim, the quaker, the Spectator's fellow-traveller in a stage-coach.... 132 His reproof to a recruiting officer in the same 132 And advice to him at their parting... 132 Equanimity, without it we can have no true taste of life 143 Its origin..... 104 104 |