× Muchantable opinions of each other. folly of-p. Pleaders, few of them tolerable company Pleasantry, in conversation, the faults it covers Pleasure, when our chief pursuit, disappoints itself The deceitfulness of Pleasure Pleasure and pain, a marriage proposed between them, and concluded. 553. Pliny, the necessary qualifications of a fine 267 The chief things to be considered in epic poem Several poems preserved for their similes 421 Poetesses, (English) wherein remarkable Poetry has the whole circle of nature for its pro 51 vince Poets, (English) reproved Their artifices Bad poets given to envy and detraction port of the French king's death Of Giles's Of Jenny Man s Of Will's Of the temple Of Fish-street nation . 417 418 Should mend Nature, and add to her beauties 418 How much they are at liberty in it. Polite imagination let into a great many pleasures the vulgar are not capable of x Politicians, the mischief they do Some at the Royal Exchange Politics of St. James's coffee-house, on the re Of Cheapside Of Garraway's 419 39, 40 44 253 314 Poll, a way of arguing Polycarpus, a man beloved by every body Pontignan, (Mons.) his adventure with two wo No. 197 462 462 151 151 183 484 525 483 58 His artifice to raise a clap Powell, (junior) his great skill in motions His performance referred to the opera of Rinaldo and Armida Power, despotic, an unanswerable argument against it 411 556 568 403 403 403 403 239 280 90 430 523 188 101 Psalm 114th translated Punch, out in the moral part 403 Punchinello frequented more than the church 403 Punishments in schools disapproved 403 Punning recommended by the practice of all 403 150 464 31 40 14 14 287 Practice and example, their prevalency on youth 337 A generous mind the most sensible of it 38, 467 551 to Achilles in Homer X × Fine illustrate of p. 3456x 391 The folly and extravagance of our prayers in general, make set forms necessary. Precipice, distant, why its prospect pleases Prediction, the many arts of it in use among the vulgar. 391 418 505 101 Prejudice, the prevalency of it A letter about it, as it respects parties in England 432 Prerogative, when and how asserted with ho nour Pride, a great enemy to a fine face 480 33 201 A man crazed with it, a mortifying sight A chief spring of action in most men Printing encouraged by politest nations in Europe Procrastination, from whence proceeding Prodicus, the first inventor of fables Projector, a short description of one Promises, (neglect of) through frivolous falsehood Pronunciation necessary to an orator Prospect, a beautiful one, delights the soul as much as a demonstration The definition of a pun Whose privilege A pun of thought By whom punning is affected Punsters, their talents ages In what age the pun chiefly flourished Wide ones pleasing to the fancy Prospect of peace, a poem on that subject com- 523 237 Prosperity, to what compared by Seneca 410 237 Prudence, the influence it has on our good or ill-fortune in the world Puss, speculations on an old and a young one Puzzle, (Tom) an eminent immethodical dispu QUACK bill. Doctors, the cheats of them His advice to his scholars about examining at night what they had done in the day Na 394 365 191 205 183 Question, a curious one started by a schoolman about the choice of present and future hap piness and misery Quidnunc, (Thos.) his letters to the Spectator 21 31 448 about news Quir, (Peter de) his letter to the Spectator about puns . Quixotte, (Don) patron of the Sighers' Club 448 541 19 411 411 412 412 293 461 399 441 tant Pyramids of Egypt Pythagoras, his precepts about the choice of a course of life . 447 14 14 157 61 61 61 61 396 454 504 504 626 444 444 An essay against quacks by Dr. Z. Pearce 572 Quakers, project of an act to marry them to the olive beauties · 476 415 586 396 340 34 219 625 575 625 396 30 passion Rebus, a kind of false wit among the ancients And our own countrymen A rebus at Blenheim-house condemned Recitative, (Italian) not agreeable to an English audience Recitative music in every language ought to be adapted to the accent of the language Recreation, the necessity of it Religion, the greatest incentive to good and worthy actions Considered A morose melancholy behaviour, which is observed in several precise professors of religion, reproved by the Spectator The true spirit of, composes and cheers the soul Renatus Valentinus, his father and grandfather, their story Rentfree, (Sabina) her letter about the green sickness INDEX. Richlieu, (Cardinal) his politics made France the terror of Europe No. 510 454 582 40 6 120 408 408 59 59 59 29 29 258 The usefulness of it Reproof, when justly deserved, how we ought The stability of it, if well founded Retirement, the pleasure of it where truly enjoyed 4 425 A dream of it Revelation, what light it gives to the joys of heaven 600 316 459 494 494 426 431 487 487 382 218 218 611 429 294 464 Riding, a healthy exercise Riding-dress of ladies, the extravagance of it 398 455 . Her hymn to Venus A fragment of Sappho's translated into three Satire, Whole Duty of Man,' turned into one • Satirists best instruct us in the manners of their Scaramouch an expedient of his at Paris · Scholar's egg, what so called Schoolmasters, the ignorance and want of discernment in the generality of them 157, 168, 313 Schoolmen their ass case 191 How applied 191 Scipio, his judgment of Marius when a boy 157 Scot, (Dr.) his christian life, its merits him The narrowness and danger of self love Semanthe, her character 5 280 Semiramis, her prodigious works and powers 283 Sempronia, a professed admirer of the French nation 233 The most offensive Seasons, a dream of them Self conceit, an inhabitant of the paradise of fools Self denial, the great foundation of civil virtue Self love transplanted, what 305 gars Riches corrupt men's morals 464 245 The different degrees of sense in the several different species of animals · Ridicule, the talent of ungenerous tempers 445 115 435 His account of a soldier's life His discourse with a young wrangler in the law 91 No The match maker Seneca, his saying of drunkenness Sense: some men of, more despicable than beg 552 69 620 400 449 491 633 198 409 28 259 460 25 344 223 223 223 229 568 451 473 209 426 451 460 223 609 58 270 447 463 445 582 425 460 248 129 588 404 415 45 437 569 6 519 2 152 197 He receives a letter from Ipswich, giving an account of an engagement between a |