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China, emperor of, honours none till after death,
N. 96.

Chryso-magnet, or the load-stone which attracts
gold, described by Strada, N. 122.

Church, (christian) the divine order and œconomy
thereof compared to the fabric of St. Paul's,
N. 70.

the word misapplied, N. 80.

wherein the word wants explanation, ibid.
Clarina, a young lady unhappy by her beauty,

N. 85.

Classics, absolutely necessary to study them, N. 86.
Claudian (Strada's) N. 115. 119.

his court of Venus, N. 127.

Pluto's speech to Proserpine, from him,

N. 164.

Cleomenes, a tragedy, by Dryden, wherein faulty,
N. 110.

Clergymen, respect due to them, N. 3.

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the end they should propose to them-

selves, N. 13.

abused, N. 80.

considered as philosophers, N. 130.

Climate (British) very inconstant, N. 102.
Clown, character of an impudent one, N. 162,
Club, of little men, N. 91.

Short club, ibid.

Silent club, N. 120,

Tall club, N. 108.

Terrible club, N. 118.

Coaches, young men reproved for driving them,
N. 14.

- an intrigue carried on by means of one,
ibid.

Cock-fighting, a barbarous custom, N. 61.

Colbert, Monsieur, his conversation with the French

king concerning the great power of the Dutch,
N. 52.

Cold bath, recommended, N. 102.

Colleges, chiefly erected on religious considerations,
N. 62.

Comet, a remarkable one in 1680 described, N. 103.
Commandments, were made for the vulgar, N. 27.
Common fame, vision of, N. 67.

Complaisance, useful in conversation to make it
agreeable, N. 162.

Congreve, Mr. characters drawn by him, N. 85,

115.

Conscience, is to the soul what health is to the
body, N. 135.

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the efficacy and force of it in the hour
of death, ibid.

, a good one, the only relief against the
pain of calumny, ibid.

Conversation, one of the noblest privileges of rea-
son, N. 24.

rules for it, ibid.

Coquet, how she should paint herself, N. 140.
Countrymen, meeting abroad, their familiarity,
N. 126.

Country life, the charms and pleasures of it, N. 22.
why we are pleased with it, ibid.

Courtship, the extravagance of it described, N. 113.
Covetousness, precautions against it, N. 19.

the vice of, enters deeper into the soul

than any other, N. 19.

Cowards never forgive, N. 20.

Cowley, Mr. criticism on his songs, N. 16.
Coxcomb at the head of a family a melancholy thing,

N. 165.

Crabtree, Major, his sour sayings to the ladies, N. 26.
Crassus, an old lethargic valetudinarian, N. 102.
Creation, works of, the divine consideration of
them, N. 175.

Critics, false N. 12, 16.

110,

wherein they differ from cavillers, N.

the severity of one on the fireworks on the
Thames, N. 103.

the characters and marks of an ill one by
Mr. Congreve, N. 115.

Criticism on song-writing, N. 16.

N. 110.

on several plays of Dryden's and Lee's,

Cromwel Oliver, what Monsieur Paschal says of his
death, N. 136.

Cunning opposed to Wisdom, N. 152.

Cupid with eyes, N. 127.

Customs, barbarous in England, account of them,
N. 61.

Cyrus, his heroic chastity, ibid.

Cyr, Saint, account of that monastery founded by
Madam Maintenon, N. 48.

DEDALUS, his letter about flying, N. 112.

Damo, a daughter of Pythagoras, to whom he left
his writings, N. 165.

David, (king) the beauty of his lamentation for Jo-
nathan, N. 51.

a rabbinical story concerning him, N. 138,
Davigne, Messrs. father and grandfather of Madam
Maintenon, their story, N. 46.

Davis, Sir George, his adventure with a lion, N. 146.
Dead-men, only, have honours in China, N. 96.
Death, means to make the thoughts thereof the
sweetest enjoyment, N. 18.

an infirmity not to desire it, N. 20.
the hope of good men in it, N. 169.
compared to Proteus, N. 136.
abhorrence of it proceeds N. 169.
Dedications, the abuse of them, N. 4.

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Dedication of an author to himself, N. 4.
Defamation, the art of it discovered, N. 170.
Definition of words necessary, N. 80.

Denham, Sir John, his directions for translating,
N. 164.

Derham, Mr. his book of physico-theology com-
mended, N. 175.

Des Cartes, discovered the pineal gland in the brain,
N. 37.

Detraction, too easily given into by the ladies, N. 85.
Devotion, early hours of, the advantages of it, N. 65.
Dewlop, Dick, well made for a jester, N. 42.

Diaper, James, his letter recommending Tom's
coffee-house for politeness of conversation,
N. 92.

Diogenes, a severe saying of his to one that slandered
him, N. 135.

his opinion concerning the poor and rich,
N. 94.

Distress, a scene of it in the tragedy of Anne Bul-
len, N. 19.

imaginary, the greatest part of man's afflic

tion, N. 162.

Ditton and Whiston, their letter concerning the
longitude, N. 107.

Donne, Dr. a criticism on his songs, N. 16.
Dream, concerning reproof and reproach, N. 56,
of a window in Aurelia's breast, N. 106.
concerning death, N. 136.

of the future punishment of the idle, N. 158.

Dress, the greatest motive to love, N. 81.

not to be too much valued or despised, N. 10.
genius discovered therein, N. 149. Compared
to poetry, ibid.

Druids, held the doctrine of trasmigration of souls,
N. 18. Verses from Lucan on that subject,
ibid.

Drunkenness, a deforming foolish intemperance, N.56.
Dryden, John, moral verses from his translation of
Juvenal, N. 54.

a saying of his, recommending chas-

tity in men, N. 45.

faulty in his sentiments, N. 110.

Duels, the danger of dying in one, represented,
N. 20.

proceed from false honour, N. 133.
ought to be abolished, N. 129.

Dump, Goody, her letter complaining of a sullen
husband, N. 132.

Dunkirk, animadversions concerning demolishing
it, N. 128. 131.

D'Urfey, Thomas, the lyric poet, his merit, and
odes, N. 67. Compared with Pindar, ibid.
The world ungrateful to him, N. 29. His play
of the Plotting Sisters recommended, N. 82.
Dutch, their advantages over the French, N. 52.
not subject to the spleen, N. 131.

EAR-RING, Nicholas, Esq. his letter concerning a
scolding wife, N. 132.

Earth, its inhabitants ranged under two general
heads, N. 130.

Ease, loved by all men, N. 22.

in writing, what it is, N. 12, 15.

an instance of it in love verses, N. 15.
Eclogue, meaning of that word, N. 28.
Education, various errors therein, N. 94.
Eliza, the character of a good mother, N. 150.
Enemies, love of them not constitutional, N. 20.
English, famous for oddities, N. 55.

Epic poem, rules concerning it, N. 12.

receipt to make one, N. 78.

Epictetus, his saying concerning censure, N. 135,

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