1 1W ill-natured man, though but of equal parts, gives himfelf a larger field to expatiate in; he expofes thofe failings in human nature which the other would caft a veil over, laughs at vices which the other either excuses or conceals, gives utterance to reflections which the other ftifles, falls indifferently upon friends or enemies, expofes the perfon who has obliged him, and, in fhort, sticks at nothing that may establish his character of a wit. It is no wonder therefore he fucceeds in it better than the man of humanity, as a person who makes use of indirect methods is more likely to grow rich than the fair trader. L THE THE INDE X. A. ACTION the felicity of the foul, Number 116. Affliction and forrow, not always expreft by tears, N. 95. True affliction labours to be invisible, ibid. Age: the unnatural misunderstanding between age and youth, N. 153. The authority of an aged virtuous perfon preferable to the pleafures of youth, ibid. Albacinda, her character, N. 144. Alexander, his artifice in his Indian expedition, N. 127. His anfwer to thofe who asked him if he would not be a competitor for the prize in the Olympick games, 157. Amaryllis, her character, N. 144. Ambition, the occafion of factions, N. 125. Animals, the different make of every fpecies, N. 120. The inftin&t of brutes, ibid. exemplified in feveral inftances, ibid. God himself the foul of brutes, 121. The variety of arms with which they are provided by nature. ibid. A mufe Amufements of Life, when innocent, neceffary and allowable, N. 93. Apparitions, the creation of weak minds, N, 110. Arable, (Mrs.) the great heiress, the Spectator's fellow-travel- Ariftotle, his account of the world, N. 166. Ariftus and Afpafia, an unhappy couple, N. 128. Artift, wherein he has the advantage of an author, N. 166. B. BAREFACE, his fuccefs with the ladies, and the reafon for Bear-Garden, the Spectator's method for the improvement of Beauties, whether male or female, very untractable, N. 87. and Board-wages, the ill-effects of it, N. 88. Bodily exercifes, of ancient encouragement, N. 161. Books reduced to their quinteffence, N. 144. The legacies of Burnet, (Dr.) fome paffages in his theory of the earth consider, C. CESAR (Julius) his reproof to an ill reader, N. 147. Cant, from whence faid to be derived, N. 147. Cars: Care: what ought to be a man's chief care, N. 122. Caftle-builders, who, and their follies expofed, N. 167. Cenfure, a tax, by whom paid to the publick, and for what, N. ΙΟΙ. Chaplain, the character of Sir Roger de Coverley's, N. 106. Children, wrong measures taken in the education of the British Children in the Wood, a ballad, wherein to be commended, N. Church-yard, the country Change on Sunday, N. 112. Common-prayer, fome confiderations on the reading of it, N. Compaffion, the exercife of it would tend to leffen the calamities Compliments in ordinary difcourfe cenfured, N. 103. Ex Condé (Prince of) his face like that of an eagle, N. 86. Connecte (Thomas) a monk in the 14th century, a zealous Contentment, the utmost good we can hope for in this life, N. Conversation, usually stuffed with too many compliments, N. Cottilus, his great equanimity, N. 143. where where he whispers the judge in the ear, ibid. His adventure Country, the charms of it, N. 118. Country gentleman and Courage recommends a man to the female fex more than any what, 152. Cowley, his magnanimity, N. 144. Coxcombs, generally the women's favourites, N. 128. D. DEATH, the contemplation of it affords a delight mixed Debt, the ill ftate of fuch as run in debt, N. 82. Decency, nearly related to virtue, N. 104. Demurrers, what fort of women fo to be called, N. 89. Dick Craftin challengeth Tom Tulip, N. 91. Difappointments in love, the most difficult to be conquered of Diffenters, their canting way of reading, N. 147. Diffimulation, the perpetual inconvenience of it, N. 103. Duration, the idea of it how obtained according to Mr. Locke, EDUCA- |