Scotus, Duns, iii. 396.

Sedley, Sir Charles, v. 233. 6. 27-
Shadwell's "Lancashire Witches," ii. 322.
Shaftesbury, Lord, iii. 85.

Shepheard, Mifs, i. 205. ii. 62. 319. 320. 449.
Signs and Sign Posts, i. 156.

Simmonds, the engraver, i. 279. 280.
Simpson, profeffor, of Glasgow, vii. 284.
Sir, a title given to the clergy, iv. 112,
Sly, John, hatter, vii. 295.

Smallridge, Dr. ii. 359.

Smiglecius, Martin, iii. 396.

Smith, Edmund, alias Neal, v. 129.
Soho-Square, i. 8.

Somers, John, Lord, i. (1).

Sothades, definition of, iii, 201.

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Spaccio della Beftia triomfante," v. 396.
Spectator, The, Inspected," ii. 464.

SPECTATOR, published in volumes, iii. 332. v. 46. vii. 84.
viii. 389.

Sprat, bishop, ii. 177.

Stamp-duty firft impofed, vi. 261.
Stationers' Hall, v. 147.

Steele, Sir Richard, i. 27. 39. 127. 287. 288. ii. 11. 22.
142. 314. 321. 330. 444. iii. 29. 145. 247. 269. 298.
iv. 46. 77. 105. 324. 354. v. 21. 107. 124. 164. 218.
vi. 77. 80. 98. 112. 279. 331. vii. 203. 240. 288. 295.
viii, 20. 43. 279. 301. 329. 363.

Steenkirk, a fpecies of cravat, ii. 262. v. 91.
Stevens, George Alexander, iv. 136. viii. 162.
Stirling, W. Alexander, earl of, iv. 283.

Stocks-Market, vi. 361.

Strada Prolufiones," viii. 305.

Stratford, Mr. v. 200.

Stuart, James, the Pretender, i. 19.

Stubbs, Rev. Philip, ii. 356.

Sunderland, Earl of, vi. i.

-Lady, iv. 7.

Swift, Dean, i. 127. ii. 290. 484. iii. 322. iv. 84. v. 16.
121. 200. 353. vii. 194. viii. 44. 368.

f

Tickell, Thomas, ii. 202. iv. 50. v. 21. vi. 80. vii. 273.

328. 395. viii. 313.

Tillotson, Archbishop, ii. 119.

Tilt-yard, ii. 149.

Tofts, Mrs. vi. 251.

Toland, Mr. ii. 469. iii. 369.

Tomson, Mrs. iv. 359.

V.

Vaillant, Mr. bookseller, vi. 232.
Vandyck, Sir Anthony, vii. 468,
Vanini, Lucilio, v. 400.
Vauxhall, hiftory of, v. 366.

Verelsts, the painters, i. 279, 280.

Wagers, law of, vii, 264.

W.

Wagstaff, Dr. William, i. 402.
Wake, Colonel, iv. 371.

Walker, Dr. Thomas, vii. 81.

Warner, Richard, vii. 297.

Watts, Dr. Ifaac, vi. 356.

Weather papers, i. 78.

Weaver, Mr. v. 84. 87. vii. 58.

Wharton, Earl of, v. 1.

Whifton, William, vi. 10.

Widow's coffeehouse, ii. 37.

Wigs, origin and history of, iii. 337. v. 91. viii. 364.

William III. i. 180.

Winftanley's water theatre, ii, 478. vii. 256.

Witchcraft, trial for, 1711-12, V. 148.

Wits, John de, iii. 143.
Woffington, Mrs. i. 53.

Wood, Lieut.-General Cornelius, ii. 387.
Wortley, Hon. Edward, i. 413.
Wren, bishop, viii. 368.

Y.

Young, Dr. Edward, vii. 159.

I

THE

SPECTATOR.

N° 1. Thursday, March 1, 1710-11a.

Non fumum ex fulgore, fed ex fumo dare lucem
Cogitat, ut fpeciofa dehinc miracula promat.
HOR. Ars Poet. ver. 143.

One with a flash begins, and ends in smoke;
Another out of finoke brings glorious light,
And (without raifing expectation high)
Surprises us with dazzling miracles.

ROSCOMMON.

HAVE observed, that a reader feldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric difpofition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars, of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author. To gratify this curiofity, which is fo natural to a reader, I design this paper and

a The last paper of the genuine Tatler, N° 271, came out Jan. 2, 1710-11, fo that the Censorship of Great Britain had now been about two months, as Steele expreffes it, "in commiffion," i. e. in the ftate of the great feal of England. entrusted to a keeper, or commiffioners, when the chancellor is abfent from the kingdom on public business, as the bishop of Bristol was in Q. Anne's reign, or in the intervals between the death or refignation of one chancellor and the nomination of another.