in all ages, Sp. ix. 360; not to be trusted, vi. 86,
87, x. 464

Appetites, which most violent in all creatures, Sp.
vi. 123; sooner moved than the passions, vii. 208;
the encumbrances of old age, viii. 260; how to be
governed, Tat. iv. 205

Applause, popular, pleasures attending it, Sp. x.
442; vain and contemptible, vii. 188; why it
should not mislead us, xii. 610

Application, desultory, injurious to our improvement
in knowledge and virtue, Ram. xvii. 132; active
and diligent, enforced by the shortness and un-
certainty of life, xviii. 134, Con. xxvi. 90
Apprentice, a farce so called, recommended, Wor.
xxiv. 159

April, month of, described, Sp. x. 425; the first of,
the merriest day in the year in England, v. 47;
how likely to be injured by the alteration of the
style, Wor. xxii. 10; April-fool day, wit of, Look.
xxxv. 10

Arabella, verses on her singing, Sp. x. 443
Arabian Tales, qualities of Ad. xix. 20
Arable, Mrs., the great heiress, a fellow-traveller
with the Spectator in a stage-coach, Sp. vi. 132
Arachne, an instance of bad temper, Wor. xxiii. 126
Aranda, countess D', why displeased with Gratian,
Sp. ix. 379

Araspas and Panthea, their story from Xenophon,
Sp. xii. 564

Arcadian, true character of one, Guar. xiii. 23; story
of one, 32. See Pastoral

Archery, modern, Look. xxxvii. 83

Architecture, the attributes and properties of, Sp. x.
415; ancient and modern compared, Ad. xxi. 127;
how improved by the mixture of the Gothic and
the Chinese, Wor. xx. 59

Aretine made all the princes of Europe his tributa-
ries, Sp. v. 23

Arguments, rules for the management of them, Sp.
vii. 197, viii. 239; the most prevailing argument,
239; in what manner carried on by states and
commonwealths, ib.

Argumentum Baculinum, explained, Sp. viii. 239
Argus, his qualifications and employment under
Juno, Sp. viii. 250

Argutio, character of, Ram. xvi. 27

Argyle, duke of, his character, Tat. ii. 46

Arietta, the character of an agreeable lady, Sp. v.
11; her answer to the story of the Ephesian ma-
tron, ib.

Aristas and Aspasia, a happy couple, Sp. vi. 128
Aristæus, the character of a man who has the mas-
tery of himself, Tat. iii. 167

Aristenætus, account of his letters, Sp. viii. 238
Aristippus, his saying on contentment, Sp. xii. 574
Aristotle, one of the best logicians, Sp. viii. 291;
the inventor of syllogisms, viii. 239; contemned
censure, Guard. xv. 135; his account of the world,
Sp. vii. 166; his method of examining epic poetry,
viii. 267. 273. 291. 297, ix. 315; observations
on iambic verse, v. 39; remarks on tragedy, 40,
42, Ram. xviii. 139; definition and chronology of
the first comedy, Ob. xxxiv. 135

Aristophanes, character of, Ad. xxi. 133, Ob. xxxiv.
137-140

Arithmetic, political, Sp. vii. 200

Arm, the orator's weapon, Sp. xi. 541

Arms, an exercise of them at London, Tat. ii. 41
Army, in what respects the best school, Sp. xii. 566;
a computation of the loss sustained by an army in
a campaign, vii. 180; proposal for a female, Id.
xxvii. 5

Arria, wife of Pætus, manner of her death, Tat. ii.
72
Art, the general design of it, Sp. xi. 541; those
most capable of art are always fond of nature,
Guar. xv. 173; should conform to taste, Sp. v.
29; works of, too imperfect to entertain the ima-
gination, Sp. x. 414; their greatest advantage
arises from their resemblance to nature, ib.; affi-
nity of arts to manners, Wor. xxiii. 78; progress
of, Id. xxvii. 63

Art of Criticism, a poem, Sp. viii. 253

Arthur, king, the first who sat down to a whole
roasted ox, Tat. iii. 148

Artificers, capital, a petition from them, Guar. xiv.
64

Artillery, the invention and first use of it, to whom
ascribed by Milton, Sp. ix. 333

Artillery Company of London, an exercise of arms
performed by, Tat. i. 41

Artist, wherein he has the advantage of an author,
Sp. vii. 166; ancient artists, how nobly rewarded,
and modern ones neglected, Wor. xxiii. 119; his
advantages over nature, Mir. xxviii. 24; what ad-
vantages over the spectator, 48

Asaph, bishop of, preface to his sermons, Sp. ix. 384
Asiatic, rich, influence of the neighbourhood of,
Loun. xxx. 17

Aspasia, a most excellent woman, Tat. i. 42, Sp. vi.
128, Guar. xiii. 2, 4; the first of the beauteous
order of Love, Tat. ii. 49

Asphialtes Lake, a discourse thereon, Guar. xiv. 60
Ass, the schoolmen's case concerning that animal
applied, Sp. vii. 191. 196. 201; story of the green
ass, Look. xxxvii. 66

Assizes, country, described, Sp. vi. 122

Assenter, letter on the rudeness of, Mir. xxviii. 35
Assentator, see Flatterer.

Associates, rules for the choice of, Ram. xviii. 160
Association of honest men proposed, Sp. vi. 126,
see Club; association for perserving liberty and
property, letters to, Look. xxxvi. 35-38

Assurance, modest, what, and how attained, Sp. ix.
373; not always connected with abilities, Ram.
xviii. 159

Astræa, an unfortunate wife, Tat. iv. 241
Astronomer, impertinence of, Ram. xvii. 126
Astronomy, the study of that science recommended,
Guar. xiv. 70

Asturias, prince of, acknowledged heir to the crown
of Spain, Tat. i. 5

Atalantis, author of the, to whom a-kin, Guar. xiv.
107

Athaliah of Racine, part of it sublime, Guar. xiv.
117

Athanatus, his reflections on the near prospect of
death, Ram. xvi. 54

Atheism, an enemy to cheerfulness of mind, Sp. ix.
381; unanswerable arguments against it, x. 389;
prejudice towards it no impartiality, viii. 237;
more grievous than religion, vi. 93

Atheists, great zealots and bigots, Sp. vii. 185; their
opinions monstrous and irrational, ib.; not fine
gentlemen, vi. 75; in what manner to be treated,
x. 389; behaviour of one in sickness, vii. 166,
another, Guar. xiii. 39; an atheist in a storm, Sp.
xi. 483; Tat. iii. 111; terrible exit of one, Con.
XXV. 28; history of, 61

Athenais, married to Theodosius, Guar. xv. 155
Athens, abstract of the history of, Ob. xxxiv. 114, &c.
Athenians, a remarkable instance of their public spi-
rit and virtue, Tat. iii. 122; passion for novelty
and theatrical entertainments, Wor. xxiii. 117;
vision, Ob. xxxiii. 100, 101

Attention, the true posture of, Sp. xi. 521

Atterbury, dean, his eloquent manner of preaching,
Tat. ii. 66

Atticus, his disinterested and prudent conduct in
friendship, Sp. x. 385; a great genius, though
not a sloven, vii. 150

Attorneys solve difficulties by increasing them, Tat.
ii. 99

Attraction of bodies applied to minds, Guar. xv. 126
Avarice, the origin of it, Sp. v. 55; an abject pas-
sion, vii. 224: what age of man most devoted to
it, Tat. iii. 120; troubles attending it, Sp. xii.
624; its region, temple, attendants, adherents,
and offices described, v. 55, Tat. iii. 123; effect
of a discourse on it, 124

Avaro, a mean spirited rich man, Tat. i. 25
Auction-hunter, character of, Id. xxvii. 35
Audience at a play, of whom composed, Sp. xi. 502;
their general behaviour, Tat. iii. 122, iv. 201;
void of common sense, Sp. v. 13, viii. 290; the
vicious taste of an English audience censured;
xi. 502

August, month of, described, Sp. x. 425

Augustus Cæsar, his reproof to bachelors, Sp. xi.
528; a saying of his concerning mourning for the
dead, xii. 585; Virgil's praises of him, Guar.
xv. 138; his request to his friends at death. Sp.
ix. 317

Aurantius, his unjust treatment of Liberalis, Ram.
xviii. 163

Aurelia, the character of a happy wife, Sp. v. 15;
a lady unhappy by her beauty, Guar. xiv. 85; a
view through the window in her breast, 106
Aurengezebe, an Indian stock-jobber, his history,
and indecent manner of spending old age, Tat. ii.

46

Aurengezebe, a tragedy, wherein faulty, Guar. xiv.
110, Ram. xvii. 125