Afturias, prince of, acknowledged heir to the crown of Spain, 27. Avaro, a mean spirited rich man, described, 151. Aurengezebe, an Indian ftock-jobber, his hiftory, and indecent manner of spending old age, 272, 273. B. Bajados, account of a battle there, 101. Bankers, why they fhould take poems for bills, 256. Barrymore, Earl of, made prifoner at the battle of Bajados, 102. Barry, Mrs. an excellent player, 4. Defired to act the widow at Mr. Bickerstaff's funeral, 39. Bath, commotions among the good company there, 93, 94, &c. Battle of Bajados, 101. Bays, his expedient to procure applaufe at the playhouse, 36. Beadleftaff, his teftimony of a reformation and puppetfhew at Oxford, 267. Bear, meaning of that word explained, 225. Bear-garden, of great antiquity, 186. Beauty, the force and efficacy of it, 88, 89. Every temper to be softened by it, 57. Belfry, Mr. an ignorant clown, his behaviour at Lady Dainty's, 221. Bernard, Mr. a French banker, confequences of his failure, 16—26—177. His offer to his creditors, 56. Betterton, Mr. a celebrated player, account of his benefit play, 4. Bickerstaff, Ifaac, his genealogy, 66. An adept in aftronomical fpeculations, 11. Gives advice for his own fake, 31. Expects hush money, 156. Did not compound with the milliners and toymen, 184. His will, 38. Extraordinary cures performed by him at his lodgings, 203. Difpofes of his three nephews, 179, 180. Bicknell, or Bignell, Mrs. a comedian, commended, 13. Acts the Country Wife, ibid. - Billet, deux concerning a rival, 174. Birth, to be proud of it, the greatest of vanities, 66. Bracegirdle, Mrs. an excellent player, 4. Bribery, a treatise thereon, 249. A poem on that fubject, 250. Brunette, Colonel, a very pretty fellow, 141. Bruffels poftfcript, remarks on that poem, 275, 276. Buckley, Mr. a drawcanfir, 108. Bullock and Penkethman, the comedians, to attend Mr. Bickerstaff's funeral, 63. Bufy Body, character of that comedy, 112. But, that particle ufed too frequently, 229. C. ADOGAN, Major-general, arrives at Bruffels, 5. Cafar, Julius, compared with Alexander, 36. Camilla, account of the person who performed that character in the opera, 118. Campaign, by Addison, character of that poem, 259. Cancrum, his merit, 143. Cant, of modern men of wit, 71. Cards take the place of poetry, 4. Careless, Frank, oppofed to Fop Nice, 85. Challenge, the ftyle of it, 149. Children, manner of nurfing them, 88, 89. Chloe, love of her makes coxcombs, 19. Circumfpection water, Bickerstaff's, wonderful effects of it, 7-203. Citizens diftinguished from cits, 152. Clariffa, love of her makes madmen, 19. Clidamira, a woman of diftinction, a pretty lady, 205. Comment on ftone-walls, 103. Companions, what fort moft defirable, 270, 27!. Compaffion, often the weakest part about us, 248. Confcience defcribed, 288, 289. Contention between two Ladies for the title of Very pretty, 205. Conver Converfation, mutual good-will the quinteffence of converfation, 271. The most neceffary talent therein, 121. Repartees, 189. Copenhagen, poetically defcribed by Ambrofe Philips, 74: Coquettry, what, 162. Coquettes, a mischievous fect, ibid. Corinna, a kept mistress, her manner of life with Limberham, 292. Country Wife, remarks on that comedy, 12, 13. Country, ignorant of Mr. Bickerflaff's writings, 188. Criticks, of all mortals the fillieft, 175. Opposed to wits, 174. A great critic falls into a fit at the opera, 20. Cuftom, the cause of duels, 172. Cynthio falls in love, 3. The effects of a bow from his miftrefs, 25. Dictating on the paffion of love, 129. His adventure at the play-houfe, 130. His refolution and letter to his mistress thereon, 210. Czar of Muscovy, account of his victory over the Swedes, 45. D. AMIA, a woman of distinction, a very pretty D Lady, 205. Dancing difplays beauty, 204. Dafapa, Tom, his potions, 289. Dawks, honeft Icabod, the news-letter-writer, an account of him, 108.. Decius, the character of a lewd person, 266. Dedications, the abufe of them, 255. A play dedicated to a city-knight, ibid. Denmark, King of, runs for a prize at Dresden, 202. Account of his tour, 10-26-34—43—46—127. Diftaff, Jenny, Mr. Bickerstaff's half-fifter, her discourse on love; the command and power of women, 56. Her reflections on her brother's writings,. 197. Her conduct in an amour, 199. Diverfions for the King of Denmark at Drefden, 202. Divito (or Chriftopher Rich, Efq;) fale of his goods,. celeftial and terreftrial, 253, 254. Dogs, account of the lofs of a Lady's lap-dog, 284. Dryden, Dryden, his verfes on empire applied, 116. Duelling and its terms explained, 148. Cuftom the fource of it, 172. Stripped of its pretenfions to credit and reputation, 221. How ufed by different nations, 167. Dialogue thereon, 233. Dulwich college founded by Allen the player, 119. Dumb fortune-teller, fome account of him, 85. Durfey, Mr. the Lyric poet, account of his great abilities, 65. Writes ftate plays and political dances, ibid. Dedication to his modern prophets, 255. Durfley, Lord, fea-engagement between him and the French, 93. E. E Eafe in writing, what it is, 51. ARL of Effex, character of that play, 84. Emblem of the Parrot and Dove, a poem, 163. Engagement at fea between the English and French, 93. Epigram on marriage, 243. Epithets of Homer and Virgil compared, 31. Epfom, diverfions there, 216. Adventures of a fortunehunter there, 278, 279. Epfom-wells, a comedy by Shadwell, account of it, 41. Efquire, the appellation of it notoriously abused, 109. Exercife of arms in the city of London, with remarks thereon, 245, 246. Extafy described by Dryden, 50. F F. ELICIA, the Ifland of, happy in good minifters Fits, a lady cured of them by a whifper, 135, 136. Florio, a gentleman fitted for converfation, 270. Fools, how they differ from madmen, 241. Foot Foot-race by damfels at Epfom, 216. -113-223. Free ftate, reprefented in a dance, 65. Free-thinkers, who call themselves fo, 70. French King, Lewis XIV. Anfwer of his subjects to his Frontlet, an awful beauty, characterized, 144.. G G. ALWAY, Earl of, his bravery and conduct in Por- Gamefters, their mifery and alternate ftate described, Gatty, Mrs. foremost in the rank of toafts, 144. Genii, their good offices to men, 285. Gentleman, what meant by that term, 121. Good-breeding, what, 180. Good-natured old man the best companion, ibid. Guardeloop, the French taylor, account of his wedding, H H. AMLET, his directions to players, 211. Hamman, difputes between papists and proteftants Hanover, Elector of, remonftrance of his minifter to the Holt, Lord Chief Juftice, his integrity defcribed in the Homer indifcreet in his epithets, 31. His Iliad in a jour. nal, 32. Honeft fellows as companions defcribed, 269. Hunters, |