Page 16, line 18, for 'Quoi' read' Et quo.'
,, 137, ", 22, for 'gnaviter, id quod' read 'gnaviter id, quod.' 178. The motto is from Catullus, Carm. xxxix. 16, not Martial, as stated in the original editions.
,, 199, note 1, for Providentiæ' readProvidentiâ.'
,, 204, line 22, for 'Cum recte tractant' read 'Quum recte tractent.' ,, 215, " II, for 'tarentino' read Tarentino.'
,, 221, delete note 1. Mr. Gregory Smith has pointed out that an Act was passed in 1711 for the importation of French wine (see Burnet's History of his own Time,' ii. 565, 566).
,, 225, line 15, for 'defideret' read 'desideret.'
,, 231, note 1, for '115' read 185.'
,, 237, line 9, for 'seminæ' read 'semina.'
23, for 'xix' read ‘xiv.'
7, for 1 Ep. ii.' read 2 Ep. i.' ,, 293,,, 26, for vii. 31' read 'vi. 252.' ,, 325, note 3, for 'penible a' read 'pénible à.' ,, 328, line 2, for 'Pisonis' read 'Pisones.'
,, 329, note 1, for Thy' read 'The.'
,, 358, line 14, delete the stop after 'Pontus.'
" 3, for 1 Ep. ii.' read 2 Ep. i.'
Page 15, line 3, for dolopumve' read 'Dolopumve.'
7, for 'facient' read 'faciant.'
4, for 'viii.' read' vii.'
Page 96, line 9, for 'liber' read 'Liber.'
,, 105, " 11, for frustra sudet' read' sudet multum.'
22, for 451' read' 415.'
27, for 'Syr' read 'SYR.'
12, for validis' read 'validas.'
20, for volupta' read' voluptas.'
21, for 1 Ep. ii.' read 2 Ep. i.'
2, for 'e' read ‘de.'
3, insert 2' before Ep.'
17, for vii.' read iii.'
3, for 33' read '83.'
25, for ducunt' read 'ducent.'
6, for nudat' read 'nudant.'
26, for 'tuæ' read 'tua.'
labiturque' read 'dabiturque.'
rhamnes' read Rhamnes."
3 Od. i.' read ' 1 Od. iii.'
25, for 'intenta' read intentata.'
12, for ulubris' read Ulubris.'
6, for docilis' read 'Dolichos.'
Page 5, delete note 1. The motto is from Ovid, Met. iv. 280.
" 134, note I, for 'Strida' read 'Stridor.'
,, 184, note, for venenata' read ' venenato.'
,,209, note 1, fortunes' read 'times.'
Page 178, line 21, for 'clxxxiii. 14' read 'xiv. 183.'
Page 2, line 9, Politicians,' the reading of the original and subsequent editions, seems to be a misprint for 'potations.'
36, note. Dr. Grosart kindly informs me that Harper's letter-book is now in his possession. The original of the letter in No. 480 has this postscript: I know the printing this letter would point me out to those I want confidence to speak to, and I hope it is not in your power to refuse making anybody happy.'
„, 205, line 22, for 'scene' read scheme' (a misprint in the
,, 224, note. Some particulars of Fransham will be found in the Dictionary of National Biography,' xx. 201, and in Wright's ‹ Life of Defoe.'
364, line 15, Bottoms' are balls of thread.
'bottoms of thread, close wound up.'
ABBEY DE LA TRAPPE, its rules
against scandal, viii. 168
Abduction of a child by gipsies, ii.
235
Abigails, male, for ladies, i. 233
Abilities, neglect to utilise to their
full extent, vii. 394
Abracadabra, iii. 253 and note
Abraham, traditions of trees he
planted, viii. 147
Abraxas, iii. 253 note
Absence of lovers, iii. 347, 368
Absence of mind, essential in mem-
bers of the Amorous Club, i. 155;
instance in Will Honeycomb,
400; cause and means of over-
coming it, 401; La Bruyère's
character of an absent-minded
man, 403; identification of the
same, 403 note; an instance in a
lover, ii. 293
Academy, English, needed for the
language, ii. 257
Academy, French, Richelieu's ob-
ject in founding, iv. 277
Academie Galante, ii. 46 note
Academy, political, iv. 276 et seq.
Academy of Painting, vii. 404 and
Accent in speech, i. 148
Accomplishments,
trifling, viii. 60
Accursius, Franciscus, his proverb,
iii. 370 and note
Acosta, Uriel, iii. 216 note
Acrobats, i. 157 and note
Acrostics, i. 299, 301, 311, 318, 330
Actions, rules for the direction of
one's, i. 22, 34; ii. 164, 369; iii.
204, 214; iv. 204; sources of, iv.
16; v. 375; vi. 23; viii. 140
Addison, Joseph, i. intro. vii-xli ;
ii. 3 note, 86 note, 89 note, 126
note, 205 note, 210 note; iii. 2
note, 9 note; iv. 7 note, II note,
17 note, 24 note, 36 note, 47 note,
127 note, 196 note, 315 note; v.
94 note, 122 note; vi. 40 note, 67
note, 73 note, 74 note, 80, 104
note, 129 note, 274 note; vii. 139
note, 210 note; viii. I note, 224
note
Adrian, Emperor, dying words of,
vii. 283
Adulteration of food and drink, a
remonstrance, v. 222
Advertisements in the Spectator:
opera of 'The Cruelty of Atreus,'
i. 79 note; Italian chirurgeon,
117; St. James's Coffee-House,
128; Pinkethman's 'Pantheon,'
159; a gentlewoman who teaches
birds to speak, 186; George
Powell's appearance in the 'Con-
quest of Mexico,' 209 and note;
a flesh painter, 214; collection of
Italian paintings, 352 note; from
the Three Chairs in the Piazza,
Covent Garden, 352 and note;
instruction in exercise of the
snuff box, ii. 272; a chestnut
horse called 'Cæsar,' 365; Mr.
Sly, haberdasher, iii. 94 and note;
collection of paintings and draw-
ings, 279 and note; a painter,
280; the Bumper Tavern to be
opened by Estcourt, iv. 67 note;
a show at Charing Cross, iv. 102
note; Peter Motteux, 188; board-
ing-school for young gentle-
women, 332; an engraving by
Vertue, v. 205 note; Nicolini's
last performance in England, vi.
46 note; Steele's 'Multiplication
Table,' 85 note; Venetian razor
strops, 158 note; lady's riding
habit, 187 note; a young woman
on horseback in equestrian habit,
vii. 60; a missing letter, 184 note;
Bavarian Red Liquor, 361 note;
concerning the Spectator's letters,
viii. 6 note
Advice, the best means of convey-
ing it, vii. 181
Eneid. See Virgil
Eschylus, iv. 170; v. 204
Æsop, fables of, i. 92
Affability, essay on, iv. 143
Affectation, more terrible enemy to
fine faces than smallpox, i. 170;
deforms beauty and turns wit into
absurdity, 194; causes, cure,
effects, 195-98; letter to an af-
fected man, 198; the affectation
of indolence and of bustle, iv. 163
Affliction, rules for supporting more
needed than directions for happi-
ness, ii. 390; proper bearing of
affliction, iv. 317 et seq.
Age, ridiculed by Athenians, but
respected by Lacedemonians, i.
36; wishing oneself younger un-
worthy one of liberal education,
ii. 341; age and youth contrasted,
342; the overbearing habit of
old men censured, v. 84
Akenside, Mark, his 'Pleasures of
the Imagination, vi. 73 note
Alabaster, Dr. William, chaplain to
Earl of Essex, iii. 254 and note
Albertus Magnus, i. 288 and note
Alcæus, lyric poet, iii. 313
Alcibiades the Second, Plato's dia-
logue of, iii. 185
Aldermen, commonly ridiculed, i.
174; vi. 238
Alexander the Great, i. 156, 164;
Allegories and Dreams in the Spec-
tator: Public Credit, i. 17; Gene-
alogy of Humour, 179; Luxury
and Avarice, 286; True and
False Wit, 329; Art, ii. 11; dis-
section of a beau's head and
a coquette's heart, iv. 119; the
affected beauty, 251; transfor-
mation of Fidelio into a looking-
glass, v. 367; the Seasons, vi.
142; Plants, 284; Error and
Popular Opinion, 307; the golden
scales, 324; River of Tears, vii.
129; Parnassus, 191; Heavenly
and Worldly Wisdom, 244; Hu-
man Misfortunes, or the Moun-
tain of Miseries, viii. 11, 15; the
Hearts, 136; Trophonius's Cave,
184; Human Life, 208
Almanza, battle of, i. 38 and note
Ambition, never satisfied, i. 137 et
seq.; proper use, iii. 18; ambi-
tion of princes, 150; ambition of
men to distinguish themselves,
iii. 241 et seq., 264 et seq.; neces-
sity for, iv. 16; low ambition of
eating for renown, v. 127; men
who grow eminent by trivial per-
formances, viii. 60; toils of ambi-
tion, 284
American Indians, their belief that
all creatures have souls, i. 288;
their tradition of a vision of the
under-world, 289
Amusements, useful, for men of
ease, viii. 120
Anacharsis, viii. 57 and note
Anacreon, vii. 378
Anagrams, i. 310
Anatomy of a beau's head and a
coquette's heart, iv. 118 et seq.;
speculative essay on, vii. 338
Andrewes, Lancelot, Bishop of Win-
chester, i. 316 and note
Anger, essay on, vi. 200; angry
husband, viii. 34
Anjou, Duke of, vi. 39
Anthems, remarks on, vi. 46
Antipater, vii. 377
Antipathies, viii. 229
Antiphanes, iv. 193, 194 note
Apelles, ii. 408; viii. 322
Apollo, temple of, on the promon-
tory of Leucate, iii. 309 et seq.
Apollodorus, iii. 68
Apothecaries, iii. 127; vii. 355
Appearances, character judged by,
iii. 181; a good face a letter of
recommendation, 251; appear-
ance in respect to dress, v. 213
Apuleius, v. 92
Arabian Nights Tales, iii. 125
Aranda, Louisa de Padilla, Countess
of, v. 309 and note
Architecture, as qualified to delight
the imagination, vi. 92
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