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INDEX.

ABBEY, the ruins of the old, in Sir Roger's
place, 62, 63.
Addison, Joseph, the chief writer in The
Spectator, viii; the character of his
work, viii, ix; chronological table of
his life, xii; personated by the Spec-
tator, 14; his care not to draw por-
traits from life, 20; his important
share in the Coverley papers, 45; letter
to Wortley on his affairs, 123; makes a
study of Milton, 179; brings Sir Roger
to his end, 184.
Ælian, 169.

Esculapius, the golden beard of, 171.
Æsop, 49.

Animals, habits of, as disclosing design,
108-112.

Arable, Mrs. Betty, 142.
Arcadia, Pembroke's, 40.

Archelaus, father of Glaphyra, 66.
Aristotle, 22.

Artis Gymnasticæ, 86.
Astræa, 40.

Athens, scene at a play in, 33.

Baker's Chronicle, 41, 161, 163.

Barrow, Dr., 48; preaches at Coverley
Hall, 159.

Bastile, the prisoner in the, who picked
up pins, 87.

Beards, Sir Roger discourses on, 168;
Lucian on, 169; Ælian on, 169.
Beveridge, William, 48.

Biscuit, Edward; see Butler, Sir Roger's.
Blackmore, Sir Richard, 31.
Bodily exercise, 82-86.

Breeding, good, in country and city, 103,
104.

Buckley, Mr., publisher of The Specta-
tor, 19.

Budgell, Eustace, helps Addison, 44; as
an imitator of Addison, 92.
Burleigh, Lord, 165.
Busby, Dr., 165.

Butler, Sir Roger's, 46; writes to the
Spectator concerning his master's end,
185-188.

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Cassandra, a French romance,
Castriot, George, 158.
Cathedral, a, makes a city, 139.
Catholic League, The, 127.
Chaplain, Sir Roger's, 46, 47; his mode
of preparing sermons, 48; description
of Sir Roger as patron of the church,
70; remembered by Sir Roger in his
will, 185.

Charles II., 21, 27.
Child's coffee-house, 16.
Chimney-sweeper's note, the, 154.
Christmas at Coverley Hall, 160.
Church of England, 160.
Cicero, quoted, 142.

City, the English definition of a, 139.
Clelia, 41.

Cleopatra, a French romance, 40.
Clergy, position of the country, in Addi-
son's time and in Goldsmith's, 46.
Clergyman, the, of the club, character-
ized, 28; supports the Spectator's
cause, 36.

Closet of Rarities, A, quoted, 76.
Club, the Spectator, 19; a meeting of
the, 34-38.

Cocoa-tree coffee-house, the, 16.
Coffee-houses, 16.

Committee, The, a play, 172.
Coke, Sir Edward, 22.

Cooper's note, characteristics of the, 155.
Country life, a, in its relation to bodily
exercise, 82; manners in, 103.
Courant, The Daily, 19.
Coverley Economy, The, 77.
Coverley Ghost, The, 62-67.
Coverley Household, The, 49.
Coverley Hunt, The, 87-93.
Coverley Lineage, The, 58-62.
Coverley Poultry, The, 107-112.
Coverley, Sir Humphrey de, 61.
Coverley, Sir Roger de, as a central fig-
ure, ix; his descent and residence,
19; connected with the dance of same
name, 20; characteristics of, 20, 21;
relation to his servants and neighbors,
22; hs views on men of fine parts,
29-33; his strictures on the Specta-
tor's writing, 35-37; writes to Leonora
through the Spectator, 38; describes
Leonora to the Spectator, 42, 43; at
his country house, 44; as a master,
45; relations with his butler, 46; and
his chaplain, 46, 47; relation of ser-

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vants to, 49; his views on subject of
cast-off clothes, 50; his development
of servants into tenants, 51; his treat-
ment of their descendants, 52; his
rescue from drowning, 52, 53; receives
a fish and letter from Will Wimble,
53, 54; his reception of Will Wimble,
55; shows portraits of his ancestors to
the Spectator, 58; tells of the haunted
character of his house, 65; his church-
manship, 68; his ways at church, 69;
his treatment of parish matters, 70;
his account of his love affair, 71-76;
his love of the chase, 84; how his
courtship affected it, 85; his exploits
as hunter and fisherman, 87; his con-
cern for the proper notes of his hounds,
88; his hunt, 89; his treatment of a
supposed witch, 95; discourses on the
widow and love-making, 98, 99; wishes
he could set her and Sir Andrew Free-
port at each other, 102; is merry with
the Spectator for his interest in poul-
try, 107; on good terms with every
one, 112; acquaints the Spectator with
the characters of his companions on
the road, 113; gives a judicious opinion
in a quarrel, 114; in the court, 114;
his reception by the gentlemen of the
county, 115; figures on a tavern sign,
116; gives the Spectator an account
of a young heir, 117; tells the story of
how he found his way to St. Anne's
Lane, 123, 124; his Tory prejudices,
131; reads Dyer's Letter aloud, 133;
recounts his experience with gypsies,
134; has his fortune told, 135; and
his pocket picked, 136; spares his own
fields in hunting, 138; defends the
Spectator, 140; has a controversy with
Sir Andrew, 147; much disturbed in
his sleep by the cries of London, 152;
comes to town to see Prince Eugene,
157; chides a beggar-man, 158; gives
the news from Coverley Hall, 159; in-
quires after Sir Andrew, 161; visits
Westminster Abbey, 162; lodges in
Norfolk Buildings, 168; discourses on
beards, 168; his fear of the Mohocks,
172; goes to the play with the Spec-
tator and Captain Sentry, 173; his
conduct there, 174, 175; falls to think-
ing again of the widow, 176; visits the
Spectator at his lodgings, 180; goes
with him on the Thames, 181; falls
into talk with the waterman, 181;
comments on London, 182; is chaffed
by other pleasure-seekers, 182; enjoys
Spring Garden, 183; is reminded of
the widow, 183; details respecting his
death, 184-188.

Cowley, Abraham, 80, 81, 82, 119.
"Crack," note on, 153.

Cries of London, The, 152-157.

Fleetwood, Dr. William, 48.
Florio and Leonilla, story of, 118-123.
Fonvive, M., 16.

"Freeman," note on, 153.
Freeport, Sir Andrew, characterized,
24, 25; on the Spectator's remarks
concerning dress and equipage, 35, 37;
reflections on the Coverley lineage, 61;
Sir Roger would like to see him meet
the widow in argument, 102; his Whig
prejudices, 131; defends the character
of merchants, 149-152; bets with Sir
Roger, 176; hears by letter of Sir
Roger's illness, 184; receives a parting
gift from the knight, 188; is affected
by his loss, 188.
Fuller, Francis, 85.

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Game Act, 22.
Ghibellines, 127.

Ghost, The Coverley, 62-67.
Gray's Inn, 22.

Gray's Inn Walks, 158.
Greaves, John, 15.

Crotchet, Ralph, letter from, on the cries Grecian coffee-house, the, 16.

of London, 153-157.

Guelphs, 127.

Gymnastic exercises, 85.
Gypsies, a troop of, met by Sir Roger
and the Spectator, 133; described by
Sir Roger, 134; try their arts on the
pair, 135; discourse on, 136.

"Habit," note on, 27.
Haymarket Theatre, 17.
Head-dress, fashions in, 107.
Hen, instinct in the, 110, 111.
Henri III. of France, 127.
Henry IV. of England, 167.
Henry V. of England, 167.
Hogue, La, 181.
Holiday, Susan, 100.

Holland merchant, story of a, 136.
Honeycomb, Will, characterized, 26, 27;
his strictures on the Spectator, 34, 37;
letter from, 141; makes poetry out of
the cries of London, 152; his adven-
tures, 176-180; brags of his gallantries,
177.

Horace, quoted, 13, 44, 58, 77, 117, 162,
171.

Howard, Sir Robert, 172.

"Humorist," note on, 26.

Love-making, Sir Roger and, 97-102.
Lovers, overheard by Sir Roger and the
Spectator, 99, 100.

Lucian, 169.

Lucretius on apparitions, 65, 66.
Lyon's Inn, 178.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington, quoted,
14.

Malbranche, Father, 40.

Marlborough, Duke of, 158.
Martial, quoted, 77.

"Mask," note on, 183.

Matthews, John, reprimanded in church,
69.

Medicina Gymnastica, 85.
Memoirs of P. P. quoted, 131.
Men of Fine Parts, Sir Roger on, 29-33.
Merchant, the character of the, de-
fended, 149-152.

Milk, the note in which it is cried, 154.
Milton, treated by Addison, 179; quoted,
179.
Mirabel, Tom, 27.
Mohocks, the, 172.

Monmouth, Duke of, 27.

Hunting, Sir Roger's passion, for 84, 87; Morley, Henry, editor of The Spectator,

as followed at Coverley, 89-91.

"Husband," note on, 51.

"Impudent," note on, 144.
Inns of Court, 22.

Irus, Laertes and, story of, 79, 80.
Iskander Bey, 158.

Jacob's Pillar, 166.

Jesuits, 140.

xi; quoted, 88.

Morocco, King of, 165.

New Inn, 23.

Newton, Sir Isaac, 40.

Novel, rise of the, out of the essay, viii.
"Novel, The," note on, 118.

Old style and new style dates explained,
vii.

Johnson, Samuel, quoted, 24; referred Otway, Thomas, quoted, 94.

to, 167.

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Ovid, quoted, 157.

Paradise Lost, quoted, 179.

Party spirit, the mischief done by, 124;
its bitterness in England in the eigh-
teenth century, with a suggested ex-
planation, 125; its corruption of judg-
ment, 126; illustrated in Italy and
France, 127; an association to sup-
press, 128, 129; more active in coun-
try than in town, 130; illustrated by
life at Sir Roger's, 131, 132.
Pascal, Blaise, quoted, 91.
Pepys's Diary, quoted, 27.
Phædrus, quoted, 49, 53.
Phillips, Ambrose, 171.
"Pleasant," note on, 46.
Plutarch, quoted, 125.
Point, speaking to the, 18.

Polite and Rustic Manners, 103-107.

Pope's Procession, 161.

Postman, The, 16.

Poultry, The.Coverley, 107-112.

Publius Syrus, quoted, 112.

Pythagoras, quoted, 67.

Quaker, the, who was the Spectator's

travelling companion, 142-147.

Quevedo, Don, 169.

Quickset, Squire, 142.

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Spectator, the, as a fictitious personage,
13; suggested by Addison's tempera-
ment, 14; visits Sir Roger's picture-
gallery, 52; encounters Will Wimble,
55; reflects on his weakness, 56, 57;
looks at the portraits of Sir Roger, 58-
62; walks among the ruins of an old
abbey, 62, 63; sees the materials for a
ghost, 64; goes to church with Sir
Roger, 69; hears Sir Roger's love-
story, 71-76; made complacent by his
life at Sir Roger's, 81; exercises with
dumb-bells, 85; used to fight with his
shadow, 86; goes to hunt with Sir
Roger, 89; is a looker-on, 90; encoun-
ters the Coverley Witch, 94; passes
much time among Sir Roger's poultry, Urwin, William, 16.

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Whig politicians, 16, 17.

Whigs, fellow-subjects not to be re-
garded as, 128.

White, Moll, 95, 96, 139, 141; dies, 159.
Widow, Sir Roger's perverse, 21; her
treatment of the knight, 71-76; her
accomplishments, 74, 75; her perverse-
ness in its effect on Sir Roger's hunt-
ing, 85; grove sacred to, 98; likened
to Kate Willow, 101; Tom Touchy
once went to law with her, 113; again
disturbs Sir Roger's peace of mind,
176; her association with nightingales,
183; sends a kind message to Sir

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Wimble, Will, characterized, 22-24, 53;
his letter to Sir Roger, 54; his char-
acteristics, 55, 56; a type of younger
sons, 57; politeness of, 105; travels
with the Spectator and Sir Roger, 113,
114; tells stories which make the
Spectator stare, 132; fears the Spec-
tator may have killed a man, 139; still
busy over nothings, 159.
"Wit," note on, 23.
Witch, The Coverley, 93-97.
Witch, a white, 139.
Witchcraft, 93; the Spectator's cautious
belief in, 94; in Salem Village, 97.
Worcester, battle of, 62.

Zoilus, his beard, 169.

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