habit of signior Nicolini, to try the merits of this HONEST NESTOR, I am yours, INCOGNITO.' 'PR'YTHEE, stop your lion's mouth a little on the chapter of masquerading. I have pursued a dear creature several of these gay nights through three or four as odd changes as any in Ovid's Metamorphoses, and she has promised, at the next in a habit of a gypsy, to tell me finally my fortune. Be dumb till then, and afterwards say what you please. • Your humble servant, TIM FROLIC'.' y The last No. of the Guardian, No. 175, is dated Oct. 1, 1713; and the first No. of the Englishman is dated Oct. 6, 1715, which verifies the note at the close of the preceding paper. See Additions to Pope's Works,' cr. 8vo. Baldwin, vol. ii. p. 84. and 85. · INDEX ΤΟ THE SECOND VOLUME. The Figures in this Index refer to the Numbers of the Guardian. ACTIVE men, compared with speculative, 130. Acts, public at Oxford, two great reasons against them, 95. Adamite, a sect so called, 134. Alcinous, his gardens described, from Homer, 173. Allegories, directions for using them, 152. Alonzo, don, a fatal instance of the effects of jealousy, 123. Anacreon, his instructions to a painter for painting his mis- Anaximander, a saying of his, on being laughed at for sing- Ancestors, their examples should excite to great and virtuous Ancestry, how far to be venerated, ibid. renders the good only illustrious, 123. ridiculous for a man to value himself upon it, 137. Ancients, Strada, distinguished among the, 119. Androcles, story of him and the lion, 139. Anger, defined, 129. Annihilation, by whom desired, 89. Ants, natural history of them, 153, 156, 157. Aristotle, condemned censure, 135. Art, those most capable of it, always fond of nature, 173. Athalia (of Racine) part of it sublime, 117. Athenais, a Grecian virgin, married to the emperor Theodo- Attraction of bodies applied to minds, 126. Augustus Cæsar, Virgil's praises of him, 138. BARSISA, Santon, his story from the Turkish Tales, 148. Beauty, inconveniences attending it, 85. at war with Fortitude, 152. imperfect, described by Prior, 85. Benevolence, its seeds implanted in the human soul, 126. Bias, his way of silencing Calumny, 135. Binicorn, (Humphrey) his proposal for printing a dissertation Birds, their examples proposed to imitation, 125. ibid. observations on their conjugal and parental affections, Blood, by what tainted, 137. Bodkin, Timothy, his letter concerning short swords, 145. the Pope's order against them, ibid. Boyle, commended for founding his Lecture, 175. Bruce, lord, his challenge to, and duel with sir Edward Bubnelia, angry about the tucker, 109. Button, Daniel, his letter in praise of his own coffee-house, 85. twisting, not eloquent, 84. CALUMNY, nothing so hard for a generous mind to get over, 135. how silenced by philosophers, ibid. Care, Dorothy, complains of men's open bosoms, 171. a signal proof of the divinity of the Christian reli- intended by Nestor Ironside, esq. 166. schools recommended, 105. China, emperor of, honours none till after death, 96. Clarina, a young lady unhappy by her beauty, 85. his court of Venus, 127. Pluto's speech to Proserpine, from him, 164. Clown, character of an impudent one, 162. Short club, ibid. Silent club, 121. Terrible club, 143. Cold bath, recommended, 102. Comet, a remarkable one in 1680 described, 103. Congreve, characters drawn by him, 85. 115. Conscience, is to the soul what health is to the body, 135. ibid. a good one, the only relief against the pain of calumny, ibid. Coquet, how she should paint herself, 140. Countrymen, meeting abroad, their familiarity, 126. Coxcomb, at the head of a family a melancholy thing, 165. Creation, works of, the divine consideration of them, 175. 103. the severity of one on the fire-works on the Thames, the character and marks of an ill one, by Mr. Con- Criticism on several plays of Dryden's and Lee's, 110. 136. Cunning opposed to wisdom, 152. Cupid, with eyes, 127. DEDALUS, his letter about flying, 112. Damo, a daughter of Pythagoras, to whom he left his writ- David (king), a rabbinical story concerning him, 138. Death, the hope of good men in it, 169. what only can speak life in the midst of it, 135. Defamation, the art of it discovered, 170. Denham, sir John, his directions for translating, 164. 175. Detraction, too easily given into by the ladies, 85. Diaper, James, his letter recommending Tom's coffee-house Diogenes, a severe saying of his to one that slandered him, 135. his opinion concerning the poor and rich, 94. 107. Don Sebastian, by Dryden, wherein that tragedy is faulty, 110. Dream of a window in Aurelia's breast, 106. concerning death, 136. of the future punishment of the idle, 158. Dryden, John, faulty in his sentiments, 110. Duels, proceed from false honour, 133. ought to be abolished, 129. Dump, Goody, her letter complaining of a sullen husband, 132. Dunkirk, animadversions concerning demolishing it, 128. 131. Dutch, not subject to the spleen, 131. EARRING, Nicholas, esq. his letter concerning a scolding Earth, its inhabitants ranged under two general heads, 130. Eliza, the character of a good mother, 150. Epictetus, his saying concerning censure, 135. her innocence to be imitated, not her nakedness, 100. |