.......... STEELE. ADDISON. ... STEELE. 330. Letters on the Education of Youth STEELE. 331. Dissertation on Beards... ........................ BUDGELL. from three thrifty Ladies...................... STEELE. 335. Sir Roger de Coverley at the Theatre ADDISON. 336. On the unaccommodating Disposi- tion of old men-Impertinence of ................................................................... STEELE. 338. Letter complaining of a merry Pro- .................................. STEELE. 349. Consolation and Intrepidity in Death ADDISON, 350. Cruelty of a French Captain-Reflec- tions on Courage without Humanity STEELE. 351. Criticism on Paradise Lost............ ADDISON. 352. On early Wickedness-Extract from ........................................ BUDGELL. 354. Character of a Devotee-Impudent Behaviour of People in the Streets STEELE. 359. Historyof Will Honeycomb's Amours BUDGELL. 360. On Propriety in genteel Dress................. STEELE. 361. Letter on Cat-calls-History of them ADDISON. 363. Criticism on Paradise Lost............ ADDISON. a Prude 365. Dangerous Influence of the Month of May........... ..... BUDGELL. 366. Inconsistencies in Love-Thoughts de Villacerfe........... .......... STEele. mended..... 371. Humorous Way of sorting Companies STEELE. -for Mirth-for useful Purposes ADDISON. the Puppet-showman-Club of the Parish Clerks-Lawyers' Club .... STEELE. ments from Cæsar STEELE. 375. History of Amanda..... ......... HUGHES. Schoolmistress on Dancing... ...... POPE. 379. Duty of communicating knowledge 380. Letters, requesting Advice in a Case BUDGELL. STEELE. THE SPECTATOR. N° 311. TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 1711-12. Nec Veneris pharetris macer est, aut lampade fervet ; Juv. Sat. vi. 137. He sighs, adores, and courts her ev'ry hour: MR. SPECTATOR, 'I AM amazed that, among all the variety of characters with which you have enriched your specu... lations, you have never given us a picture of those audacious young fellows among us who commonly go by the name of the fortune-stealers. You must know, sir, I am one who live in a continual apprehension of this sort of people, that lie in wait, day and night, for our children, and may be considered as a kind of kidnappers within the law. I am the father of a young heiress, whom I begin to look upon as marriageable, and who has looked upon herself as such for above these six years. She is now in the eighteenth year of her age. The fortune-hunters have already cast their eyes upon Not her, and take care to plant themselves in her view |