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that nature. Some shift them off with a jest or smart repartee: as Theocritus being asked in the bagnio to lend his napkins, by two persons, whereof one was a stranger to him, and t'other a notorious felon; he made answer: You, sir, I know not well enough, and you I know too well.-Plutarch.

MCXXVII.

The prince that pardons

The first affront offer'd to majesty,
Invites a second, rendering that power,
Subjects should tremble at, contemptible.
Ingratitude is a monster,

To be strangled in the birth; not to be cherished.

MCXXVIII.

Massinger.

Security diminishes the passions; the mind, when left to itself, immediately languishes; and, in order to preserve its ardour, must be every moment supported by a new flow of passion. For the same reason despair, though contrary to security, has a like influence.-Hume.

MCXXIX.

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.-Johnson.

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Ancestry, 457

Beauty, 136, 264, 387, 653, 885,

1001

Birth, 163, 775

Blindness, (Milton's,) 240, 613,

832

Books, 11, 89, 298, 763, 771, 911,
1020, 1021, 1074
Botany, 925
Brain, the, 73

Candour, 483, 852, 1050
Care, 824, 929, 968, 1047
Caution, 255, 289, 778, 809
Character, 271, 672,698
Charity, 3, 33, 782, 945, 1032,

1049

Cheatery, 108,

Cheerfulness, 109, 268
Chess, game of, 228

Anger, 94, 168, 181, 382, 471, 596, Civilization, 933

745

Clergy, 411

Anticipation, 889

Colonies, 368

Applause, 729, 734

Company, 210, 224, 334, 541, 627

Art, 12

Comparison, 79

Attorney, 791

Comas, 757, 786

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Avarice, 49, 196, 479,485,526, 527, | Conceit, 519, 946

Authors, 114, 359, 542, 779, 793, Conscience, 220, 258, 593, 867

Backgammon, 649

Bankers, run upon in, 120, 621

Bashfulness, 618

Baptism, 256

Bathos, the, 972

Contemplation, 733

Content, 458, 536, 1016

Controversy, 482, 942, 1010, 1017,
1024, 1034, 1077

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Constancy, 538

Conversation, 378, 591, 595, 695, | Ennui, 1089

772, 776, 837, 1006

Corruption, 176, 221, 424, 452,
882, 1061

Counsellor, unworthy, 250

Counsel, 345, 947

Epicurism, 861

Epilogue to "As You Like It,"

592

Equality, 281

Equanimity, 295

Country Life, 85, 211, 232, 450, Envy, 40, 253, 321, 551

553, 585

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Daughter, advice to, 800

Epitaph on a Lady, 664

by Milton, 687

Eternity, 635

Etymology, 905

Eve's Dream, 747

Every Day Accomplishments,

652

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Death, 195, 412, 572, 648, 839, Fairies, 587, 706

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Echo, 792

Faith, 126

Fame, 6, 130, 133, 140, 462, 555,
604, 661, 686, 696, 697, 715, 728,
794, 807, 816, 830, 865, 919, 958
Fan, sta zas on, 269

Fanaticism, 83, 283, 433, 937
Fashion, 203, 543, 546
Fate, 277, 337, 722
Fear, 388

Fellow, the term, 878

Flattery, 209, 290, 309, 326, 351,
360, 372, 875, 891, 935

Flecknoe, the wit, 651
Folly, 191, 366

Fools, 548

Fortune, 116, 246, 565, 843, 1023
1097

French, character of, 883

language, 504

women, 294

Freethinkers, 637, 863

Friendship, 28, 37, 82, 132, 173,
189, 238, 254, 270, 285, 305, 356,
397, 398, 423, 429, 667, 669, 855,
926, 954, 959, 982, 1022, 1096

Education, 173, 286, 965, 993, Frugality, 93

1057

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Grattude, 611

Grave, the, 275

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Jealousy, 311, 344, 558, 1012
Jesting, 125

Judgment, 887, 1094

Greatness, 98, 355, 495, 662, 1068, Justice, 144, 362, 477, 622, 1114

1078

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pleasure of, 802, Loquacity, 279, 610

Immodesty, 175

Impartiality, 437
Impudence, 978

Inconstancy, 74, 106, 273, 365,
835, 908, 981

Independence, 877
Indiscretion, 470
Industry, 293, 408, 721

Inexperience, 259, 511, 654, 735

Love, 10, 15, 18, 23, 25, 30, 35, 46,
56, 70, 138, 231, 296, 329, 331,
339, 364, 370, 373, 401, 439, 468,
497, 520, 531, 532, 550, 571, 576,
583, 603, 606, 631, 674, 716, 736,
753, 760, 783, 803, 841, 859, 869,
890, 898, 914, 932, 948, 963, 992,
996, 1005, 1031, 1040
Luxury, 212, 612, 975, 1038, 1107
Lying, 301, 943, 953, 962

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