WE have another View of our firft Parents in their Evening Difcourfes, which is full of pleafing Images and Sentiments fuitable to their Condition and Characters. The Speech of Eve, in particular, is dreffed up in fuch a foft and natural Turn of Words and Sentiments, as cannot be fufficiently admired. I fhall clofe my Reflexions upon this Book, with obferving the Masterly Tranfition which the Poet makes to their Evening Worship in the following Lines. Thus at their fhady Lodge arriv'd, both flood, The God that made both Sky, Air, Earth and Hear'n, MOST of the Modern Heroick Poets have imitated the Ancients in beginning a Speech without premifing, that the Perfon faid thus or thus; but as it is easy to imitate the Ancients in the Omiffion of two or three Words, it requires Judgment to do it in fuch a manner as they fhall not be miffed, and that the Speech may begin naturally without them. There is a fine Inftance of this Kind out of Homer, in the Twenty Third Chapter of Longinus. L THE INDE X. A. Cademy for Politicks, N° 305. The Regulations of it, &c. ibid. Admiration, fhort-lived, N. 256. Age. A comfortable old Age, the Reward of a well-spent Youth, N. 260. Agreeable Man, who, N. 286. Ambition, never fatisfy'd, N. 256. The End of it, N. 255. The Effects of it in the Mind, N. 256. Subjects us to many Troubles, N. 257. The true Object of a laudable Ambition, ibid. Appetites the Incumbrances of old Age, N. 260. Ariftotle, his Definition of an intire Action of Epic Poetry, N. 267. His Sense of the Greatness of the Action in a Poem; his Method of examining an Epic Poem, N. 273. An Observation of that Critick's, ibid. One of the best Logicians in the World, N. 291. His Divifion of a Poem, N. 297. Another of his Obfervations, ibid. His Obfervation on the Fable of an Epic Poem, N. 315. Art of Criticism, the Spectator's Account of that Poem, N. 253. Audiences, at present void of common Senfe, N. 290. Auguftus, his Requeft to his Friends at his Death, N. 317. B. BEAU's Head, the Diffection of one, N. 275. Beauty in a virtuous Woman makes her more virtuous, N. 302. Bills of Mortality, the ufe of them, N. 289. Boccalini, his Animadverfions upon Criticks, N. 291. Gafar C C. Efar, (Julius) a frequent Saying of his, N. 256. Calamities, the Merit of Suffering patiently under them, N. 312. Camillus, his Deportment to his Son, N. 263. Canidia, an antiquated Beauty, defcribed, N. 301. Capacities of Children not duly regarded in their Education, N. 307. Cenfor of Marriages, N. 308. Charity-Schools, great Inftances of a publick Spirit, Clavius, proving uncapable of any other Studies, be- Coverley (Sir Roger de) his Return to Town, and Conver- Criminal Love, fome Account of the State of it, N. 274. Critick, the Qualities requifite to a good one, N. 291. Ꭰ Eath, Deaths of eminent Perfons, the most improving Paffages in Hiftory, N. 289. Decency, nearly related to Virtue, N. 292. Decency of Behaviour, generally tranfgreffed, N. 292. Diftreft Mother, a new Tragedy, recommended by the E. Ating, Drinking and Sleeping, with the generality of People, the three important Articles of Life, N. 317. Education; whether the Education at a publick School, or under a private Tutor, be to be preferred, N. 313. The Advantage of a publick Education, ibid. Elizabeth (Queen) her Medal on the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, N. 293. Emilia, an excellent Woman, her Character, N. 302. Envy; the Abhorrence of Envy, a certain Note of a great Mind, N. 253. Eyes; the prevailing Influence of the Eye inftanced in feveral Particulars, N. 252. F. Able, of a Drop of Water, N. 293. Fame, the Difficulty of obtaining and preferving it, N. 255. The Inconveniencies attending the Defire of it, ibid. Fop, what fort of Persons deferve that Character, N. 280. Fortune often unjustly complained of, N. 282. To be controuled by nothing but infinite Wisdom, N. 293. Fortune-Stealers, who they are that fet up for fuch, N. 311. Diftinguifh'd from Fortune-Hunters, ibid. Fribblers, who, N. 288. G. GIfts of Fortune, more valued than they ought to be, 294. Government, what Form of it the most reasonable, N. 287. Gracefulness of Action, the Excellency of it, N. 292. Greeks and Romans, the different Methods obferved by them in the Education of their Children, N. 313. H. Omer's Excellence in the Multitude and Variety of into Burlesque, N. 279. Honeycomb (Will) his great Infight into Gallantry, N. 265. I. Idlenefs, a great Diftemper, N. 316. as a 272. Jefuits, their great Sagacity in difcovering the Talent of a young Student, N. 307. Indolence, an Enemy to Virtue, N. 316. Journal, a Week of a deceased Citizen's Journal prefented by Sir Andrew Freeport to the Spectator's Club, N. 317. The Ufe of fuch a Journal, ibid. Irus; the great Artifice of Irus, N. 264. Know K. Knowledge, the main Sources of it, N. 287. L. I Adylove (Bartholomew) his Petition to the Spectator, N. 334. Letters to the Spectator; from Mary Heartfree, defcribing the powerful Effects of the Eye, N. 252. from Barbara Crabtree, to know if the may not make use of a Cudgel on her Sot of a Husband, ibid. from a Lawyer whofe Wife is a great Orator, ibid. from Lydia to Harriot, a Lady newly married, N. 254. Harriot's Anfwer, ibid. to the Spectator, from a Gentleman in Love with a Beauty without Fortune, ibid. from Ralph Crotchet, for a Theatre of Eafe to be erected, N. 258. from Mr. Clayton, &c. ibid. from Fack Afterday, an old Batchelor, who is grown dead to all other Pleasures but that of being worth 50000 . N. 260. from a Lover, with an inclofed Letter to his humourfom Miftrefs, ibid. from a Father difcourfing on the relative Duties betwixt Parents and their Children, N. 263. from a Mother to her undutiful Son, ibid, the Son's Answer, ibid. to the Spectator, from Richard Efcourt, with one inclofed from Sir Roger de Coverley, N. 264. from James Eafy, who had his Nofe abused in the Pit, N. 268. from A. B. on the mercenary Views of Perfons when they marry, ibid. from Anthony Gape, who had the Misfortune to run his Nofe against a Poft, whilft he was ftaring at a Beauty, ibid. fromabout the new fafhioned Hoods, ibid. from one at Oxford in Love with Patetia, ibid. from Tom Trippit, on a Greek Quotation in a former Spectator, N. 271. from C. D. on Sir Roger's return to Town, ibid. from S. T. who has a Show in a Box of a Man, a Woman, and a Horfe, ibid. from Cleanthes, complaining of Mrs. Jane, an old Maid, and a Pickthank, N. 272. from - with an inclosed Letter from a Bawd to a noble Lord, N. 274. from Frank Courtly, reproving the Spectator for fome Freedoms he had taken, N. 276. from Celia incensed at a Gentleman, who had named the Words lufty Fellow in her prefence, ibid. from Pucella, kept by an old Batchelor, ibid. from Hezekiah Broadbrim, accu |