Crowding, the love of it, the ruling passion of a woman, Wor. xxiii. 66
Cuckold, saying of one to a lady in the park, Wor xxii. 9; character of, vindicated, 57
Cuckoldom should not be reproached, Sp. vii. 203; abused on the stage, 446
Cullyism exposed, Sp. xi. 486
Culverin, Colonel, character of, Wor. xxiii. 90 Cumberland's notion of rectitude, Id. xxvii. 36 Cunning opposed to wisdom, Guar. xv. 152; the ac- complishment of whom, Sp. vii. 225; the great- est cunning of some people to appear so, Tat. iv. 191; a contemptible quality, ib.; origin of, an allegory, Ad. xix. 31; nature of, Id. xxvii. 92 Cupid with eyes, Guar. xv. 127; a lap-dog, dan- gerously ill, Tat. iii. 121
Cupidus, his observations on the folly of visionary opulence, Ram. xvii. 73
Curate of York, his history, Wor. xxii. 31 Curiosity, one of the strongest and most lasting of our appetites, Sp. viii. 237; absurd, an instance of it, x. 439; of powerful operation, Ram. xvii. 103. 118; the folly of its influence, 103; to be indulged with caution, 82; the first and last passion in great and generous minds, xviii. 150; necessary to entertainment and knowledge, Ad. xix. 17; the great destroyer of female honour, Wor. xxiv. 154
Cursing and swearing, essay on, Con. xxvi. 108 Custom, a second nature, Sp. x. 437; the effect of it, and how to make a good use of it, ib.; has a mechanical effect on the body, xi. 474; cannot make every thing pleasing, x. 455; the cause of duels, Tat. i. 29; barbarous customs in England, Guar. xiv. 61; definition of by a late noble author, Wor. xxiii. 112; its prevalence in lan- guage, xxiv. 166
Cynæas, Pyrrhus' chief minister, his handsome re- proof of that prince, Sp. vii. 180
Cynthio, falls in love, Tat. i. 1; the effect of a bow from his mistress, 5; dictating on the passion of love, 22; his resolution, and letter to his mis- tress, 35; his death, monument, and epitaph, ii. 85
Cynthio and Flavia break off their amour very whimsically, Sp. x. 399
Cyrus, his chastity, Guar. xiii. 45; how he tried a young lord's virtue, Sp. xii. 564
Cyr, Saint, account of that monastery, Guar. xiii. 48 Czar of Muscovy, account of his victory, Tat. ii. 49; his generosity and hospitality to the Swedish officers, 58; compared with Louis XIV., Sp. vi. 139; a great projector, Ad. xxi. 99. See Peter.
Dacinthus, the character of a pleasant fellow, Sp. x. 462
Dædalus, his letter about flying, Guar. xiv. 112 Dainty, Mrs. Mary, her letter from the country in- firmary, Sp. x. 429
Dalrymple, Sir Hugh, letter from, Look. xxxv. 32 Damia, a woman of distinction, a very pretty lady, Tat. i. 34
Damo, a daughter of Pythagoras, to whom he left his writings, Guar. xv. 165
Damon and Strephon, their amour with Gloriana, Sp. x. 423
Dampers, sect of, described, Ob. xxxii. 2. xxxiii. 97; club of, ib.
Dancers, good, have always good understandings, Sp. x. 466
Dancing, what, Sp. vi. 66; defended, 67; a neces-
sary accomplishment, ix. 334. 376; encouraged by the Lacedæmonians, vi. 67; the advantages of it, x. 466; the disadvantage it lies under, to what owing, ix. 334; displays beauty, x. 466, Tat. i. 34; useful on the stage, Sp. ix. 370; faulty on the stage, x. 466; kissing dances censured, vi. 67; recitative, what, 66, see Rope-Dancing; charity balls, Look. xxxvi. 41
Dancing-master, account of one who danced by book, Tat. ii. 88; proper business of dancing-masters, Sp. vi. 67; dancing-master and his scholar, an anecdote, Ob. xxxii. 3
Dancing-shoes to be carried in a stage-coach gratis, Tat. iii. 180
Dangers past, why reflection on them pleases, Sp. x. 418; insensibility of, when mistaken for cou- rage, Ad. xxi. 106
Daniel the historian, extract from, on taxes, Tat. iii. 148
Daniel, Mr. Bickerstaff's merry companion, his manner of preaching, Tat. ii. 66
Dante, anecdote of, Ad. xx. 87
Daphne, her chance-medley, Sp. v. 33.
Dapper, parson, his way of preaching, Tat. ii. 66; Tim., head of a species, 85
Dapperwit, Tom, his opinion of matrimony, Sp. xi. 482; recommended to succeed Will. Honeycomb in the Spectator's club, 530
Darkness, Egyptian, described, Sp. xii. 615 Dassapa, Tom, his potions, Tat. ii. 48
Dathan, a Jew, tried in the Court of Honour, Tat. iv. 256
Daubigné, Messrs., father and grandfather of Mad. Maintenon, their story, Guar. xiii. 46
Davenport, Major-general, his good offices to Mr. Steele, Tat. iv. 271
David, king, a rabbinical story concerning him, Guar. xv. 138; the beauty of his lamentation for Jonathan, xiii. 51
David, Saint, his day, why observed by Mr. Bicker- staff, Tat. iii. 140
Davis, Sir George, his adventure with a lion, Guar. xv. 146; major, his duel with Ralph Pumpkin, Wor. xxiii. 68
Dawbridgecourt, Sir Eustace, his marriage and pe- nance, Wor. xxiv. 160
Dawks, honest Icabod, the news-writer, Tat. i. 18. iii. 178; Sp. x. 457
Day, the several times of it in different parts of the town, Sp. x. 454; dreams, vii. 167
Dead men only have honour in China, Guar. xiv. 96; who to be so accounted, Tat. iii. 96; 111, 118, 174; heard and adjudged, 110; dressed in lace, &c. contrary to the act, 118; a dead man re- suscitated, ib. See Partridge.
Deaf, dumb, and blind, the advantage of being so, Wor. xxii. 1; deafness necessary to a hearer, 56 Death, the time and manner thereof, unknown, Sp. v. 7; the contemplation of, affords delight, mix- ed with terror and sorrow, vi. 133; the benefit of it, ix. 349; intended for our relief, vi. 133, vii. 153; how to make the thoughts of, sweet, Guar. xiii. 18; the hope of good men in it, xv. 169; what only can speak life in the midst of death, 135; of eminent persons, the most improving part of history, Sp. vi. 133, viii. 289; the fear of it often mortal, v. 25; why not much feared in camps, vii. 152; compared to Proteus, Guar. xv. 136; whence the abhorrence of it proceeds, 169; an infirmity not to desire it, xiii. 20; instruction arising from the near view of it, Ram. xvi. 54; due contemplation of it a proper method of sup-
pressing fear, 17; the immediate effect of, awful and important, xvii. 78; impressions made by it too generally transient, ib.; the remembrance of a great incentive to virtue, ib.; the contempt of it, to what owing, Wor. xxiii. 73; those most averse to it who have the least enjoyment of life, ib.; on the death of a friend, Id. xxvii. 41; on the fear of, Mir. xxix. 87; visit to the house of a deceased friend, Ob. xxxii. 48; death of Antitheus, the disbeliever, ib. ; notion of a humourist that it may be avoided at will, xxxiii. 59
Debauchee, old, life of, Ad. xx. 86
Debt, thoughts on imprisonment for, Id. xxvii. 22,
Decency, nearly allied to virtue, Sp. viii. 104, x. 292, see Cleanliness: delicacy of behaviour, gene- rally transgressed, ib.
Decius, the character of a lewd person, Tat. ii. 45 Declaimers, coffee-house, two sorts, Sp. xi. 521. See Coffee-house.
Decorum, how expressed by the Greeks, Wor. xxiv. 189
Dedications, the absurdity of them in general, Sp.
vii. 188; the abuse of them, Guar. xiii. 4, Tat. ii. 43, iii. 177; an author's dedication to himself, Guar. xiii. 4; difference between ancient and mo- dern dedications, Tat. iii. 177; a play dedicated to a city knight, ii. 43; meanness and mischief of indiscriminate dedications, Ram. xviii. 136; a new model of, Con. xxvi. 122
Defamation, whence it arises, Sp. x. 427; the sign of a bad heart, ib.; the art of it discovered, Guar. xv. 170; both sexes equally inclined to it, Sp. ix. 348; defamatory papers, a reproach to a govern- ment, x. 451; against the dead, unaccountable, Wor. xxiv. 173; history of a defamer, Ob xxxiii.
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