Rutilius, his philofophic conduct when banished from

Rome, 284.

S

Sades, the beft hiftorian of the life of Petrarch, 90.
Saadi, the Perfian philofopher, account of his fayings,

149.

Satirift, no literary character more likely to acquire fame,
58.

Saturnius, the Roman tribune, his conduct, 283.
Schautenbach, his character described, 292.

Schaumbourg, the character of this extraordinary man,

73.

Schwitz, curious proceedings of the canton refpecting
General Redin, commander of the Swiss corps in
France, 110.

Scipio, his obfervations on leifure, 132.

Self-knowledge only to be gained in Solitude, 10, 232;
taught by the ftudy of philofophy, 224; Seneca's
opinion of its happy effect in death, 236, 290.
Seneca, his opinion of felf-knowledge, 236.
Senfuality, a defcription of its theatre, 166.

Shakespear, a quotation from his works, 78; his opinion
of the effects of fear, 97; his invocation to fleep,

277.

Sicknefs, eafieft endured in Solitude, 225, 237; its

utility in bringing the mind to a fenfe of its follies,
239.

Sleep, invocation to it, 277.

Social Peafures described, 220.

Spleen

Spleen is feldom felt in rural retirement, 33, 34.
Solitary Characters, frequently mifunderflood, 78.
Solitude defined, 1; its importance, 4; is peculiarly
beneficial in youth and age, 6.-Its influence on the
mind, 11; elevates to a noble independence, 11;
its advantages to authors, 24; engenders the love
of truth, 26; brings forth the finest fruits of ge-
nius, 28; fires the imagination, 29; teaches the
value of time, 30; deftroys diffipation, 35; re-
fines the tafte, 36; excites curiofity, 38; begets.
a love of letters, 44; renders the mind fuperior
to the viciffitudes and miferies of life, 49; encou-
rages a free disclosure of our opinions, 51; a love
of fame, 55; infpires an author, 59; diminishes
the paffions, 63; gives great ideas, 70; fimpli-
fies the manners, 88; and ftrengthens the power
of the understanding, 96;-Its influence on the
heart, 100; through the medium of the imagina-
tion, 102; by the effect of rural scenery, 105;
particularly about the Alps, 109, 120; by roman-
tic ideas, 126; by paftoral poetry, 129; by the
leifure it affords, 133; by its contraft with the
diffipation of the world, 135; by its fimple enjoy-
ments, 141, 150; and tranquillity, 153; by avoid-
ing the vicious manners of fociety, 156; by the
love of liberty it infpires, 160; and the fubduction
of inordinate defires, 164; by ftripping objects of
their falfe fplendor, 169; by moderating the selfish
paffions, 170; and rendering us contented, 175;
but particularly by rendering the heart fufcepti-

ble

ble of love, 177; this paffion in all its varieties.
defcribed, 179, 209;-Its general advantages, 210;
on our love of pleasure, 212; and fenfual enjoy-
ments, 214; on the fondness for public places, 218;
by rescuing us from irksome pursuits, 223; by in-
fpiring a taste for mental enjoyments, 227; by in-
ftructing us in the knowledge of ourselves, 232; by
foftening adversity, 235; foothing misfortune, 239;
and alleviating the pain of fickness, 241; by repref-
fing the ardency of imagination, 243; ripening and
preferving the tender and humane feelings, 249; in-
fpiring religious notions, 253; and rendering us
refigned, 260;-Its effect in promoting virtue,
264; by removing from the dangers that affail it,
266; by affording a quiet confcience, 271;
and
by teaching the true value of life, 275-Its ad-
vantages in exile, 279; inftances of feveral illuftri-
ous exiles, 281, 288;-Its advantages in old age,
and on the bed of death, 289; by bringing the mind
nearer to God, 294; by presenting a close view of
the grave, 299; by infpiring a religious difpofition,
300; creating a firm hope of redemption, 303;
through the merits of our Saviour, and by the profpect
of eternal happiness, 308.

Staal could never enjoy happiness at court, 154.

Stilpo, the philofopher of Megara, an anecdote respecting

him, 51.

Sublime, how it operates on the heart, 119.

Superftition fometimes produced by Solitude, 252.

Swifferland, character of its inhabitants, 109; the

afpect

afpect of nature there too fublime to be copied by the pencil of art, 116; inftances of its beauties, 118.

T

Taper, ftory of lighting one to St. Michael and the

Devil, 155.

Tafte, refined by Solitude, 36.

Tell, William, his patriotifm, 84; fhoots an apple from the head of his fon, 85.

Terror, how infpired, 107.

Themiftocles, his retort on the Athenians, 79.

Theocritus, a comment on his Idylls, 131. Thomfon, his lines on philofophic melancholy, 103. Time, the importance of it learned in Solitude, 30; never appears tedious when properly employed, 31; defcription of a young prince who underflood the true value of it, 31, 32; the neceffity of not permitting it to pafs ufelefsly away, 32; is never more mifpent than in declaiming against the want of it, 33; Horace's notion of employing time, 34; ought not to be employed fenfually, but morally, 35; Dr. Johnfon's opinion of the great advantages refulting from the proper use of it, 41; Petrarch's opinion of it, 42; well employed in reading works of merit, 43, 47; must be properly regulated in Solitude, 132; poetical defcription of the employment of it in Solitude, 133; the manner in which Dioclefian and Charles the Fifth employed their time, 66, 138.

Tiffot,

Tiffot, one of the dearest friends of Zimmerman, 147. Tomb, Emprefs of Germany vifits her tomb, and points out the futility of greatness to her children, 300.

Trenck, Baron, his employment in prison, 3.

Truth unfolds her charms in Solitude with fuperior fplendor, 26; Solitude the only means of discovering it, 63; the love of it beft preferved by Solitude, 89 discoverable amidst the diffipations of the

world, 232.

V

Vergennes, the Minister of France, employs De Luc to reclaim the refractory citizens of Geneva, 87. Vexation quieted by Solitude, 207.

Virgil, the merit of his works increased by the leifure which retirement afforded him, 53; the reafon of his writing the Georgics defcribed, 54; his illuftration of the violent effects of love, 188.

Virtue more eafily practised in retirement, 5, 21; the

effect of early habit, 7; its path described, 11; infpired by reading the works of Plato, 14; eafily inculcated by an affectionate mother into the mind of her children, 15; the reinforcements it brings in Solitude to fubdue the passions, 64; domeftic life moft friendly to virtue, 152; the fruits of Solitude, 231; whether easier to be followed in Solitude or in fociety, 264; the danger to which it is expofed in the world, 266.

Vifcomti,