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.
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-
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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