Destinies, their speech and present to Jupiter, Tat.
iii. 146
Detraction too general in conversation, Sp. ix. 348;
how to behave under it, 355; various motives to
it, and ways of pursuing it, viii. 256; too easily
given into by the ladies, Guar. xiv. 85, see Defa-
mation; happiness derived from it, Wor. xxiii. 128
Detractors, various species of, Ram. xviii. 144
Devil let loose by the repeal of the Witch Act, Wor.
xxii. 54; story of the Devil and a drunkard, Look.
xxxvi. 58
Devotee described, Sp. ix. 354. See Victory.
Devotion, distinguishes man from brutes more than
reason, Sp. vii. 201; the necessity of it in educa-
tion, ib.; the pleasure and dignity of it, by Dr.
South, Tat. iv. 211; the great advantage of it, Sp.
vi. 93; the most natural relief in affliction, vii.
163; Socrates' model of devotion, 207; notions
of the more refined Heathens concerning it, ib.;
the noblest buildings owing to it, x. 415; often
leads us into errors, vii. 201; why out of coun-
tenance, x. 458; early, the advantages of it, Guar.
xiv. 65
Devotionists, some have great memories, Sp x. 460
Dewlip, Dick, well made for a jester, Guar. xiii. 42
Diagoras, the atheist, his behaviour in a storm, Sp.
xi. 483. See Atheist.
Dialogue, ancient and modern compared, Wor. xxiii.
94
Dial-plate for absent lovers, Sp. viii. 241
Diana, her sacrifices condemned, Sp. x. 453
Diana Forecast, letter from, Tat. iv. 200
Diaper, James, his letter from Mr. Oliver Purville,
Guar. xiv. 95
Diary, ladies', letter on, Con. xxvi. 107
Dicaculus, his affectation of the character of a wit,
Ram. xviii. 174
Dying, the folly of it, and how to prevent it, Wor.
xxii. 23 See Death.
E and O, a pernicious game, Wor. xxiv. 180
Earl of Essex, charater of that play, Tat. i. 14
Ear-ring, Nicholas's letter on a scolding wife, Guar.
Ears of persons of quality how formed, Wor. xxii. 46
Earth, why covered with green, Sp. x. 387; why
called a mother, viii. 246; its inhabitants ranged
under two general heads, Guar. xv. 130
Earthquake pills, Tat. iv. 240
Ease to be aimed at, not happiness, Sp. vii. 196;
loved by all men, Guar. xiii. 22; in writing, what,
Tat. i. 9, Guar. xiii. 12. 15; instance of it in love
verses, 15
Eastcourt, Dick, a comedian of pleasant memory, his
character and extraordinary talents, Sp. ix. 358.
370, xi. 468; Mr. Bickerstaff's apothecary, Tat.
iii. 130; a letter of invitation from him, Sp. viii.
264; reflections on his death; xi. 468
East Enborne, custom of that manor for widows, Sp.
xii. 614. 623
Eaters, great, sacrifice sense to appetite, Tat. iv. 205
Eating, drinking, and sleeping, important articles
with some people, Sp. ix. 317, see Gluttony; how
improveable by the encouragement of learning, Wor.
xxii. 20; different tastes in eating, Con. xxv. 19;
eating club, 26. 87
Eboracensis, a good governor so called, Tat. ii. 69
Echo, a piece of false wit, Sp. v. 59; government of,
Look. xxxv. 3.
Eclogue, meaning of the word, Guar. xiii. 29
Edinburgh, fashionable peculiarities in, Mir. xxix.
84; improvement of, 94; arrival at, Loun. xxxi.
54; improvement of, for the winter, 95
tendant on every state of life, Ram. xvi. 58, xvii.
128; grounds of, Look. xxxvii. 75
Discourse, different talents in it, Tat. iii. 153; not
to be engrossed, Sp. x. 428; the general subject
of it, Tat. iv. 246
Discretion, an under-agent of Providence, Sp. vii.
225; the most useful quality of the mind, ib.;
a guard to one of Hymen's gates, Tat. iii. 120;
absolutely necessary in a good husband, Sp. xii.
607; distinguished from cunning, vii. 225
Diseases, equalization of, Look. xxxvii. 91
Disinterestedness of the men in affairs of love, Wor.
xxiv. 145
Dispute, fatal effects of, when ill conducted, Ram.
xvii. 95; frequently influenced by pride and va-
nity, ib.; acrimony of literary disputes, Mir.
xxviii. 20; precepts for, Ob. xxxii. 18
Dissection of a beau's head, Sp. viii. 275; of a co-
quette's heart, 281
Dissenters, their manner of speaking censured, Sp.
vi. 147; offended at church salutations, viii. 259
Dissensions owing to the laziness of the clergy, Tat.
ii. 68
Dissimulation distinguished from simulation, Tat.
iv. 213; a perpetual inconvenience, Sp. vi. 103;
sometimes a virtue, Wor. xxii. 42
Dissipation, the bane of domestic happiness, Loun.
xxx. 7; no friendship with men of, 35; happi-
ness of being reclaimed from, xxxi. 70
Distaff, Jenny, Mr. Bickerstaff's half sister, her vi-
sits, behaviour, and character, Tat. ii. 74, iii. 143,
184; her discourse in love, i. 10; reflections on
her brother's writings, 33; apology for the fair
sex, iv. 247; conduct in an amour, i. 33; her
marriage, and character of her husband, Tat. ii.
74, 79; sets up an equipage, iii. 143; her happi-
ness with Tranquillus, iii. 104
Egg, scholar's, what, Sp. v. 58
Eginhart, secretary to Charles the Great, adventure
with his daughter, Sp. vii. 181
Egotism, vanity of, Sp. xii. 562; rebuke to an ego-
tist, Ob. xxxiii. 84
Egypt, first library in, founded by Osymanduas, Ob.
Egyptian plague of darkness described, Sp. xii. 615;
deification of vegetables, Wor. xxii. 45
Elbow-chair, where, and for what purpose to be pro-
vided, Tat. iv. 268
Elder brothers, see Heirs.
Elections, see Bribery; letters on, Con. xxv. 13. 20
Electra, Sophocles' management in that tragedy, Sp.
v. 44
Electrical engine, cures performed by it, Wor. xxiii.
83; beneficial to the manufacture of thunder and
lightning, ib.
Elegy on a blackbird, Ad. xix. 37
Elevation, danger of a sudden, Ob. xxxii. 12
Elihu, his speech to Job and his friends, Sp. ix. 336
Eliza, the character of a good mother, Guar. xv. 150
Elizabeth, queen, her medal on the defeat of the
Spanish armada, Sp. viii. 293; the breakfast of her
maids of honour, Tat. iii. 148; the first introducer
of French fashions, Wor. xxiii. 75; dress in her
days, Con. xxv. 36
Elliott's project of a lottery, Tat. iv. 201
Elmira, character and manner of life, Tat. ii. 53
Eloquence described, Tat. ii. 66. 70; of St. Paul con-
sidered, Sp. xii. 633; of beggars, 613, see Action;
pulpit eloquence, Look. xxxvi. 57
Elpenor, a warning to drunkards, Tat. iii. 152
Elysium, joys of, by the author of Telemachus, Tat.
iii. 156; wherein its happiness may be supposed to
consist, ii. 94
Embellishers, who may be so called, Sp. xi. 521
Emblematical persons, Sp. x. 419
Emilia, an uncommon and excellent character, Sp.
viii. 302, Tat. ii. 57
Eminence, tax on, Sp. vi. 101; a proof of it in having
many enemies as well as friends, Ram. xvi. 10
Emma, see Imma.
Employment, praiseworthy to excel in any, Sp. x.
432; men differently employed unjustly censure
each other, Ad. xxi. 128
Emulation, the use of it, Sp. x. 432; incitement to,
Ad. xx. 81
Enborne, custom for widows there, Sp. xii. 614, 623
Enemies, why they should not be hated, Sp. vi. 125;
how they may be made beneficial, x. 399; love of
them not constitutional, Guar. xiii. 20; how far
possible to love them, Ad. xx. 48; character of a
man who is no one's enemy but his own, Mir.
England, the figure it made in 1709, Tat. iii. 130;
engagements between the English and French, i.
15, ii. 63, 64; peculiar advantages of being born
there, Sp. vi. 135; its superiority in politeness to
other nations, Wor. xxiii. 103; compared to France,
Mir. xxviii. 18; obstruction to society in, Ob. xxxii.
21; habits of life and expense in, xxxiii. 85 ; state
of society, 91
English characterized by a preacher and an ambas-
sador, Sp. xii. 557; very fanciful, x. 419; famous
for oddities, Guar. xv. 144; cold and dull orators,
Sp. x. 407; generally inclined to melancholy, 387;
naturally bashful and modest, vii. 148, x. 407,435;
modest in dress, 435; not talkative, vi. 135, vii.
148; thought proud by foreigners, x. 432; a dis-
temper of theirs and its cure, xii. 582; when they
begin to sing, Tat. iv. 222; cannot relish Italian
pictures, Sp. x. 407; English tongue, speculators
on, vi. 135'; much adulterated, vii. 163, Tat. iv.
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