Paradise Lost, quoted, 12, 416; pro-
posed criticism on, 97.
Party spirit, 40-46; among women,
255.
Pasquin, statue of, 131.
Patches, paper on, 256.
Pedants, and pedantry, reflections on,
17.
Pericles, his advice to women, 259.
Periwig, a monstrous, 267, 322.
Periodical writing, its difficulties, 85;
useful in popularizing knowledge
and wisdom, 86.
Persecution, 197, 446.
Persius, 415.
Petronius, his constancy, 186; 393.
Phalaris, Letters of, quoted, 185.
Phædra and Hippolytus, play of, 359,
365.
Philip of Macedon, 446.
Physicians, 237.
Pied Piper, the, 354.
Pin money, 55; papers on, 278-284.
Pindaric writers, 323.
Pippin-woman, the, 449.
Pittacus, saying of, 215.
Plato, quoted, 55, 281; his dialogue
on prayer, 171; 317, 360.
Platonic speculation, 223.
Pliny, quoted, 376.
Plutarch, quoted, 40, 192, 203, 308,
463.
Poetry, popular, 378.
Polybius, quoted, 119.
Pope, Alexander, his Essay, 392;
quoted, 393.
Pope, the, 303.
Powell, the actor, 366.
Prayer, paper on, 171; taught per-
fectly by Christ, 174.
Preachers, Italian, 295.
Prester John, 465.
Pretender, the, III, 113.
Procession, the pope's, 54, 96.
Professions, the learned, paper on, 235.
Pronunciation, remarks on, 269.
Publius Syrus, quoted, 212.
Puns, 331; definition of, 333.
St. Paul's Church, 427.
Salisbury, 266.
Sallust, 348.
Sanctorius, his wonderful invention,
Sarasin, Monsieur, 330.
Saunderson, Bishop, 21.
Scales and Weights, a vision, 416.
Scandal, 300; effect heightened by
mystery, 311.
Scanderbeg, 52.
Scotists, 445.
Sebastian, king of Portugal, 187.
Ségrais, Monsieur, 338.
Sempronia, her toilette, 251.
Seneca, 89; quoted, 140, 181, 212,
459.
Sentry, Capt., 7, 14, 59, 60, 61, 74,
106; his character, 7, 67.
Shadwell, T., quoted, 317.
Shakespeare, his love of puns, 332;
quoted, 361; his King Lear, 365,
375; his Hamlet, 368, 373; his
greatness, 377.
Shalum, the patient wooer, 423.
Shame, paper on True and False, 192.
Sherlock, Dr., his discourse on Death,
184.
Shovel, Sir Cloudsly, 57.
Sibyls, prophecies of the, 467.
Sidney, Sir Philip, quoted, 379, 383.
Sign posts, paper on, 241.
Signatory letters, 93.
Simonides, story of, 204.
Sixtus V, story of, 131.
Smiglesians, 445.
Smyrna, the.
See Coffeehouse.
Social order, necessary in this world,
178.
Socrates, behaviour of, 131, 167, 171,
281, 447; firmness in death, 186;
his mode of arguing, 444.
Soho Square, residence of Sir Roger, 5.
Sophocles, his Electra, 370.
South, Dr., 20; quoted, 377.
Southern, T., play of his quoted, 302.
Spectator, the, its great success, 77;
its aims, 78; good for female read-
ing, 79; difficulties in conducting it,
85; its readers classified, 88; gives
a varied entertainment, 89; its
mottos, 91; signatory letters, 93;
increasing demand for, 95; refrains
from politics and personalities, ib.;
penny stamp imposed on, 98; dou-
bles its price, 99, 419; its enemies
and detractors, 100; large editions
disposed of, 102; replies to criti-
cisms, 104.
Spectator, the, introduced to
public, 3; his experience of London
lodgings, 9; his principles in con-
ducting the paper, 15; he is enter-
tained at Sir Roger's country house,
18-50; the country people suspect
him, 50; he visits Westminster
Abbey, 55; the Play, 59; accom-
panies Sir Roger to Vauxhall Gar-
dens, 62, 71; loses his rough notes,
81; becomes talkative, 107; no
party man, 109; at the Bank of
England, III; frequents the Ex-
change, 115; sets his face against
scandal, 234; incident in a coffee-
house, 313; his experience in court-
ship, 450.
Spenser, Edmund, 336.
Sport, 31, 36, 49.
Spring Gardens, 62, 64.
Squire's. See Coffeehouse.
Squires, country, frequently worthless
and idle, 39.
Stage, the, 142; papers relating to,
351-377; opera introduced, 357;
butchery upon, 369; properties of,
375.
Staines, 266.
Stammerers, 289.
Stamp duty, 98.
Statius, the Roman poet, 380.
Steele, Richard, 21, 65.
Steenkirk, the (a kind of ruffle), 268.
Steenkirk, battle of, 60.
Story-tellers, 290.
Suetonius, his history, 120.
Sultan of Egypt, story of, 145.
Superstitions, popular, 123; remedy
against, 126.
Swan, Mr., a famous punster, 332.
Swearing, 290.
Sydenham, Dr., 32, 239.
Sylvester, J.,translator of DuBartas, 322.
Taste, paper on, 347; definition of,
the English taste Gothic, 350.
Tate, Nahum, epigram by, 103.
Templar, the, 5, 13, 16, 68, 106; his
character, 5.
Temple, Sir W., quoted, 237.
Temple-stairs, the, 62.
Terence, quoted, 153.
Tertullian, on dreams, 464.
Theatre, Sir Roger at the, 59.
Themistocles, 286.
Theocritus, quoted, 441.
Theodosius and Constantia, a tale,
406.
Tillotson, Archbishop, 21; quoted,
225, 308.
Time, right use of, 140; notion of,
145.
Tobacco, 57.
Tories, 419, 428.
Touchy, Tom, 37, 53.
Trade, a desirable calling for idle
younger sons, 24; its benefits, 117;
recommended, 238.
Tragedy, Eglish, 364, 365; rules of
the French, 369, 371.
Tragi-comedy, a monstrous invention,
365.
Tragic artifices, 367.
Transmigration of souls, 452.
Trueby, the widow, her water, 56.
Trunk-maker, the, 372; his correct
judgment, 373.
Turkish Tales, story from, 145.
Visions; of Public Credit, 112; of the
encounter of True and False Wit,
339; of Mirzah, 401; of the Scales
and Weights, 416.
Waller, Edmund, quoted, 89, 336,
346.
Wanton Wife of Bath, ballad, 449.
Westminster Abbey, 55, 56, 58.
Whifflers, 307.
Whigs, 314, 419, 428.
Whistling-match, account of, yo.
Whittington and his cat, 353.
Whole Duty of Man, the, 315.
Widows, 287.
Widow, the. See Coverley.
William III., 322.
Will's Coffeehouse. See Coffeehouse.
Wimble, Will, 21-24, 36, 45, 50, 53,
54, 58, 264.
Wit, papers on, 319-344; Locke's
account of, 334; defined by Dryden,
337; False Wit, the Egg, the Wings,
&c. 321; Punning, 331; Mixed
Wit, 336.
Witchcraft, 33; scarce a village in
England without a witch, 35; the
Spectator thought a white witch, 50.
Witches' Prayer, the, 333.
Women, party spirit in, 255; their
patches, 256; their proper province,
259; head-dresses of, 260; their
extravagance in dress, 296; their
natural eloquence, 447; mobility of
their tongues, 449; qualities that
make good wives, 451.
Xenophanes, saying of, 193.
Xenophon, quoted, 167.
Zeal, paper on, 161; Zealots for
atheism, 163.
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