Evening; upon which she threw his Periwig into the Fire. Well, said he, thou art a brave Termagant Jade; Do you know, Hussey, that fair Wig cost Forty Guineas?" Cf. Pepys's reflections on the cost of periwigs, then coming into fashion. (Globe edition, by index.) PAGE 245. Plain Spanish. Advertisements of Plain Spanish Snuff' are frequent in A. See also the preliminary announcement of the
PAGE 248. Motto. Virgil, Æn. vi. 545.
Gregorio Leti. 1630-1701. A full account is given in Bayle's Dictionary.
You lately recommended. Ante, p. 169.
May possibly ascribe. An intended parallel to the last paper of the original series (No. 555): but not carried out.
PAGE 250. The making of Grottos. Cf. Pope's description of his
Grotto at Twickenham (Elwin and Courthope, vi. 385), and his
verses on the same (¿ỏ. iv. 494). See also Spectator, vol. i. p. 136.
PAGE 251. Motto. Cicero, Orator, 34, 119.
This paper has been ascribed to Zachary Pearce, the editor of Longinus. Internal evidence favours the view. See note to No. 572.
PAGE 254. A Fragment of Longinus. See the first Fragment in
Pearce's Longinus (ed. 1762, p. 260).
PAGE 256. Motto. Xenophon,
ii. 5, 11, 27. · Longinus excuses Homer. § ix. (Pearce, ed. 1762, p. 48.) PAGE 258. Motto. Cicero, Somnium Scipionis, 6.
A late Spectator. No. 626, ante, p. 229. These papers have been ascribed to Henry Grove (see B. I.).
OF CONTEMPORARY PERSONS NAMED OR REFERRED
TO IN THE SPECTATOR.
[This Index includes the names of all contemporary persons referred to, or
directly intended, in the text of the Spectator. The more famous names in the
literary, social, and political history of the time which appear in the Essays are
entered for the sake of completeness, but are not described. Further information
regarding some of the persons described will be found in the Notes.]
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719).
Addison, Lancelot (1632-1703), Dean of Lichfield, father of Joseph
Addison, probably the 'learned Person' of No. 600.
Anne, Queen (1665-1714).
Anthony, Trusty.' See Aston, Anthony.
Ascham, Mrs. of Conington, Cambridgeshire, grandmother of Lady
Hatton, identified by some as the 'Emilia' of No. 302.
See note,
Aston, Anthony (fl. 1712-1731), actor and dramatist, perhaps
'Trusty Anthony' and 'The Man of the Bumper Tavern.' See
iv. 292.
Atterbury, Francis (1662-1732), Bishop of Rochester.
Baldwin, Mrs. See vii. 274.
Barnes, Joshua (1654-1712), Professor of Greek at Cambridge, who,
according to Bentley, 'knew as much Greek as a Greek cobbler."
His best literary attempt is Gerania, a whimsical voyage of the
Lilliput type. See Tatler, No. 143.
Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677), mathematician, preacher, and theologian.
He resigned his professorship at Cambridge in favour of his pupil
Isaac Newton.
Baxter, Richard (1615-1691), author of the Saints' Everlasting Rest.
Beasniffe, Francis, the supposed 'F.B.' of No. 443.
Behn, Mrs. Aphra (1640-1689), dramatist and novelist.
Bell, Mr., named in the Essay on Signboards (No. 28).
Bentley, Joanna ('Jug'), daughter of Richard Bentley, married, in 1728,
Denison Cumberland. She is the Phoebe' of Byrom's verses in
No. 603. Her son was Richard Cumberland, Goldsmith's 'Terence
of England,' author of the Observer and Anecdotes of Spanish
Bentley, Dr. Richard (1662-1742), scholar and critic.
Betterton, Thomas (1635?-1710), actor, 'the best in the world,'
according to Pepys, and especially renowned in his Shakespearean
rôles. The Tatler praises his rendering of Mark Antony, Hamlet,
Henry VIII., and Othello (Nos. 1, 71, 167, etc.). He adapted
seven dramas for the stage.
Beveridge, Dr. (1637-1708), Bishop of St. Asaph.
Bicknell, Mrs. (1695 ?-1723), actress, of Scottish descent, and sister
of Mrs. Younger, actress. Steele praises her in the Tatler as
well as in the Spectator (see note, v. 297).
Her chief parts
were, Miss Prue,' in Congreve's Love for Love, 'Lady Wrangle,'
in Cibber's Refusal, and Miss Hoyden,' in Vanbrugh's Relapse.
Bird, William, servant at the St. James's Coffee-house (No. 24).
Blackmore, Sir Richard (d. 1729), physician-in-ordinary to William
III., a voluminous writer in verse and prose. His Prince Arthur,
a heroic poem, appeared in 1695. His Satyr on Wit (1700) was
the occasion of a bitter Grub Street feud, in which Tom Brown,
Garth, Sedley, Steele, and even Dryden joined. His Nature of
Man appeared in 1711, and, in 1712, Creation, "a philosophical
poem," which the Spectator praised.
Bland, Dr. Henry, Headmaster and Provost of Eton, Dean of
Durham. See note, viii. 273.
Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711), French poet and critic.
Booth, Barton (1681-1733), actor, pupil of Dr. Busby.
intended for the Church, but began as actor in Dublin.
associated with Betterton at the New Haymarket (1705).
crowned his reputation in the 'Cato' of Addison's play (April
1713). He wrote a masque, The Death of Dido (1716).
Bouhours, Dominique (1628-1702), French littérateur, chiefly in-
teresting for his critical work, La manière de bien penser dans les
ouvrages d'esprit, Paris, 1687 (often reprinted).
Boul, Mr., auctioneer in Chandos-street. (No. 226).
Boyle, Henry, Lord Carleton (d. 1725), politician and holder of
several important Government offices. Vol. iii. is dedicated to
him. It was said that he prompted Addison to write his Blenheim.
Boyle, Hon. Robert (1627-1691), 14th child of the 'great' Earl of
Cork, physicist and chemist, member of the Royal Society. He
was also an Oriental student.
Brady, Dr. Nicholas (1659-1726), latterly incumbent of Richmond,
Surrey. He was the collaborator with Nahum Tate in the well-
known metrical version of the Psalms.
Brome, Dr., clergyman. See note, iv. 297-98.
Thomas Brook and John Hellier, the leading
wine-merchants of the day, whose advertisements are frequent in
the Spectator (A). See notes, iv. 299, v. 294, and viii. 276.
Brown, Thomas (' Tom') (1663-1704), miscellaneous writer and wit.
The most complete edition of his Works is the 4 vol. set of 1760.
Buck, Timothy. See vi. 143.
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