Sunday, pleasures of, in the country,
ii. 145; its civilising effect, ibid. Sunderland, Charles, Earl of, vi. v Superstition, some forms of it illus-
trated, i. 37; employed by fools to increase life's evils, 41; ghost stories, 64; based upon natural occurrences, ii. 136; spectres and apparitions invented to frighten, v. 145; ridiculous arts originated by a desire to look into futurity, vii. 149, viii. 206
Surprise in story-telling, vii. 314 Susanna, or Innocence Betrayed,' puppet play, i. 78
Swan, Mr., famous punster, i. 317 Swift, Dean, i. 245 note, 257 note, 419 note; ii. 18 note, 37 note, 96 note, 210 note, 255 and note, 262 note, 299 note; iii. 247 note; iv. 271 note; v. vi note, 12 note, 38 note, 110 note, 129, 176 note, 330 note; vi. 85 note, 129 note, 158 note, 204 note, 232 note, 366 note; viii. 267
Swingers described, vii. 91, 108 Swords, combat by, vi. 190 Sydenham, Dr. Thomas, his Metho- dus curandi Febres, i. 129 and note; cited, ii. 163 and note Sylvana, her conduct in the absence of Hortensius, v. 118 Sylvester, Joshua, his translation of
Du Bartas, i. 302 and note Sympathy, Addison's essay on, vi. 10
TACITUS, ii. 98; iii. 335 and note Tailors: a tailor as stage lion, i. 70; the tailor often contributes more to the success of a tragedy than the poet, 218 Talents, good talents not to be held honourable without considering their application, iii. 15, 380; the misapplication of talents, vi. 41 Talking aloud to one's self regarded as a sign of madness, viii. 95 Tansy, the dish described, ii. 154
Tasso, Torquato, Italian poet, i. 30;
iv. 37 note; v. 269 Taste, fine, essay on, vi. 62 Tate, Nahum, poet-laureate, vii. 74 and note
Tavern despots, vii. 162 Taverns, the Rose, i. 11 and note, 184; Bear, ii. 270; Cross Keys, ibid.; Cock and Bottle, iii. 77; Bumper, iv. 67, 68 note, 74; Half Moon, vii. 8
Tea taken at breakfast, i. 53 Temperance, in eating and drinking, iii. 126 et seq.
Tempers, merry and serious, viii. 181
Templar, the, member of Spectator
club, i. 10, 115, 174; vii. 327 Temple, Sir William, i. 109; iii. 129 and note
Temple, the, a custom of the Benchers, iii. 383 and note Terence, iii. 3 and note; vii. 134, 232
Terræ-filius, the, ii. 329 and note Tertullian, vii. 69 and note 'That,' reply to petition of 'Who' and 'Which,' i. 420
Theatres. See Stage; also Drury Lane, Covent Garden, Hay- market, &c.
Theocritus, i. 301 and note; iii. 281 Theognis, vi. 328
Thornhill, Mr., his duel with Sir Cholmondeley, ii. 18 note Thought in sickness, a, vii. 185 Thrift, remarks on, iv. 158; its advantages urged, vi. 255 et seq. Thucydides, ii. 5 and note Thunder, stage, i. 185 and note, 215, 225; viii. 159 and note Tickell, Thomas, i. intro. xlvi; iii. 261 note; vi. 67 and note; vii. 238 and note, 283, 285; viii. I note, 269 Tillotson,
Dr., his 'Sermons' quoted, v. 171; viii. 7 and note, 189 and note
Tilt Yard, the, ii. 132 Toasts, iv. 127 and note Tofts, Mrs. Katherine, singer, i.
112 and note; vi. 222 and note Toland, John, freethinker, iii. 317
Tonson, Jacob, the publisher, i. 7 note; ii. 55 note, 359 note; vii. 124 note
Torcy, Marquis de, iv. 276
Tothill Fields, frequented by duel- lists, ii. 18 note
Trade. See Commerce
Traders more exposed than other classes to inquisitiveness and slander, iii. 239
Tragedy, Addison's critical essays on, i. 199, 204; remarks on the tragedy of 'The Distrest Mother,' iv. 196, v. 94, 112; it is witnessed by the Spectator, Sir Roger, and Capt. Sentry, v. 79. See also Plays.
Tragi-comedy denounced, i. 207 and
Transmigration of souls, Addison's essay on, iii. 205; v. 123 Travel, travelled ladies' fashions introduced by, i. 233; foreign travel discussed, v. 237 Trees, planting of, a pleasing amuse- ment for country gentlemen, viii. 120; beauty and usefulness of, 146; veneration of the ancients for, ibid.
Trick-track, game of, v. 377 and
Trojans, a university party, oppo-
nents of the Greek party, iii. 340, 369
Trophonius's Cave, viii. 183, 184 Trueby, widow, her waters, v. 46 and note
'Trunk-maker in the upper gallery,' the, iii. 319
Truth in the allegory of True and False Wit,' i. 329; is the founder of the family of humour, 197; Tillotson quoted, v. 171; essay on truth and falsehood, 158; in- ability of most people to keep to it, vii. 228; a virtue in conversa- tion, viii. 6
Tryphiodorus, Greek grammarian, i. 304 and note Tully. See Cicero
Tyburn, ii. 335 and note; v. 116
UGLINESS and Ugly Clubs, i. 89 et seq., 161 et seq., 267 et seq., 406 et seq. Universe, reflections on, viii. 40 Utrecht, treaty of, vii. 38 and note
VAILLANT, French bookseller, vi. 204 and note
Valentinus, Basilius, alchemist, vi. 151 note, 147 Valets-de-chambre for ladies, i. 233 Valetudinarians, i. 128 Vanbrugh, Sir John, architect of Blenheim Palace, i. 307 and note Vanini, Lucilio, v. 356 and note Vauxhall or Foxhall, v. 325 and
Vega, Lope de, i. 304 note Vertot, Abbé, v. 156 and note Vertue, engraver, v. 205 note Villars, Abbé de, v. 311 note Vinegar Yard, Drury Lane, i. 278 and note
Viner, Sir Robert, a Lord Mayor of London, cited, vi. 321 and
Virgil, i. 31, 108, 134, 322, 326, 365; ii. 45, 46 note, 208 note; iii. 100, 167; iv. I note, 6, 80 et seq., 108, 138 et seq., 230 et seq., 303 note, 338; v. 69, 133, 161; vi. 43, 105, 323, 337; viii. 72, 147
Virtue, heroic, in common life, iii.
343; Addison's essay on the beauty of virtue, 357; virtue ac- companied by extreme simplicity to be deprecated, 365; exercise by the great, 380; virtue and beauty united in the character of Emilia, iv. 255
Visions of Mirzah, the, ii. 370 and note
Visiting, a fashion among coquettes of receiving visits in bed, i. 233
WALL, Dr. William, ii. 56 and note Waller, the poet, 45, 322; ii. 370
and note; iii. 53, 266, 333 and note, 388 and note; iv. 364 and note; vii. 251 and note Watts, Dr. Isaac, vi. 314 note; metrical psalm contributed by him, 316
Widow Club, viii. 23, 74 Widow-hunters, viii. 23 Widower, grief of a, vii. 224 Widows, custom of riding the black ram, viii. 252, 280
Wilks, Robert, player, iv. 85 and note; v. 271
William III., i. 302; vii. 204 et seq. Wimble, Will, account of his char-
acter, ii. 126 and note, 195, 218;
iv. 91 Wingate, Edmund, his 'Arithmetic,' ii. 56 and note Winstanley, Henry, his Water- Theatre, ii. 418 and note Wit and humour: wit and sense more esteemed than honesty and virtue, i. 33; wit and learning to be valued by their application, 35; Witty Club, 91; evil wrought by witty and spirited lampoons, 118; history of lampooning and satire, ibid.; behaviour of noble victims to their lampooners, 119; wits and their masks, 166 and note; true and false wit and humour, 178; Shadwell cited,
179; Cowley's definition of wit by negatives, ibid.; allegorical genealogy of True Humour, ibid.; and of False Humour, 180; characteristics of False Humour, 181; wit turned to deformity by affectation, 194; Hobbes's hypo- thesis of laughter, 242, 246; court fools, 243; Dutch sign of the Gaper, ibid.; vagrant wits, named in every country from good dishes, 244; April fools, 245; conver- sational butts,' 247; Falstaff quoted, ibid.; 'biters' and their methods, 245 and note; history of false wit examined, 279; nothing so much admired or so little un- derstood as wit, 298; Dryden quoted, 301; Herbert and Du Bartas cited, 302 and notes; poems in pictures, 302; universal desire to become wits, 304; lipogram- matists or letter-droppers, ibid.; the rebus, 305; echoes as linguists among the ancients, 307; echo- speech ridiculed in Hudibras, 308; false wit among the monks, 309; anagrams, 310; acrostics, 311; chronograms, 311; Bouts-rimés, 312; double rhymes, 314; pun. ning, 315; classical puns, 316; puns first separated from true wit by Quintilian and Longinus, 318; periodical revivals, ibid.; the
Witch's prayer,' ibid.; defini- tion of a pun, 319; Locke quoted, 320; definitions of true wit, 321; mixed wit, 322; Dryden's defini- tion of wit, 324 and note; Bon- hours cited, 325 and notes; alle- gory of true, mixed, and false wit, 328; use of wit in plays, 339; wit in connection with authors, ii. 280; wit of ill- natured and good-natured men compared, 423; some artifices and modes of false wits detailed, iii. 246; low wit of the streets, v. 183 and notes; whims and humorists brought together in company, 275; essay on raillery, vi. 127; sound judgment neces- sary to the wit, 128; various species of false wit employed in
conversation, vii. 144; ridicule most strong when concealed by gravity, viii. 257; burlesque dis- tinguished more by vivacity than wit, 258; strained and pompous humour illustrated, 260 Witchcraft, Addison's essay on, ii. 170; the character of a supposed witch, 172; executions for witch- craft, 174 note; on the stage, 286 'Wit's Commonwealth' of John Bodenham, iv. 273 and note Wolsey, Cardinal, viii. 27 Wood, Lieut.-Gen. Cornelius, ii. 341 and note
Woolston, Thomas, vi. 7 note Women, more powerful part of British nation, i. 25; trivial nature of their employments deplored, 55: smitten by everything showy and superficial, 80; English women more beautiful than those of other nations, ii. 5; satire of Simonides on women, ascribing their origin to the brutes, iii. 198; letters to the Spectator on the same, 208 et seq.; their gift of eloquence and rhetoric, 375, iv. 4; love of finery, 69; long- ings of, v. 24; influence on the manners of men, vi. 178; re- public of women, 180, 182; power of, vii. 173; sales of, 177 Women's men, characteristics of, ii.
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