mean one of their neighbours, 505; of the English, 506; of the Germans, 507. French cabin, in Nova Zembla, a thaw of words there, ii. 197. French critics, a rule of theirs as just as any in Aristotle, iii. 220. French lady, a young one, lost a thousand pounds and a bridegroom by an edict of Louis XIV., iv. 466. Frenchman, a competitor at a grinningmatch, iii. 32. French nation, its character, iii. 438; happier than the English, but not so wise, iv. 183; their familiarity, 184; merrier in conversation than the English, but not so witty, 192; distinguished for good translations, 337; wines recommended, as full of the seeds of good humour, 307. French officers, their custom of writing "Memoirs," iv. 403. French truth and British policy make a conspicuous figure in nothing, iii. 317. French wine, home-made, profitable to the nation, ii. 94. French wit, his comparison relating to the sovereigns of France and Germany, v. 95. Frescati, its fine walks and water-works, i. 484. Fribble, Josiah, his letter to the Spectator on his wife's pin-money, iii. 306, 307. Fribourg, in Switzerland, with its hermitage, described, i. 516; pictures of the English rebels there, 517. Fricassees, improper diet for Englishmen, ii. 107. Friend, rule respecting our behaviour towards one, iii. 109. Friends, two, their correspondence by means of sympathetic needles, iv. 238, 239. Friendship, its fruits, ii. 367; illustrated in the Wisdom of the Son of Sirach, ib.; the greatest blessing in life, 414; qualifications of a good friend, 369. Friezeland hen, compared to an old. fashioned lady, ii. 489. Froth, Lord, educated in punctilio, iv. 261. Frowde, Col. Philip, v. 324; letter to, ib. Frugality in words, observable in the English language, ii. 498. Fruitfulness, an emblem of it on a medal, i. 304. Fry of scribblers infesting the Tatler, to what compared, ii. 173. Fucinus, lake, drained by the emperor Claudius, i. 508. Fulvia, a character, ii, 264. Fulvius places his happiness in a blue string, ii. 100. Funeral sermon, extract from an excellent one, iv. 55. Funeral oration on an honest husbandman, iv. 136. Funnell, Will. the West Saxon, his glorious exploits in drinking, iv. 116. Fury, described as guarding the abode of unhappy spirits, ii. 123. Future state, described by Homer, ii. 110, &c.; by Virgil, 120; from whence the happiness and torments of it arise, aecording to the Platonists, 122, 123; described by the author of Telemachus. 128; benefits arising from the prospects of it, 131; a prospect of it, the secret comfort of a virtuous soul, iii. 54; its happiness, in what likely to consist, 127; its infelicity, whence probably to arise, 128. Futurity, the desire of looking into, gives birth to many ridiculous arts and inventions, iv. 22. Gabels, of Naples, their inequality and injustice, i. 429. Gabriel, his discovery of Satan, finely imagined, iii. 226. Galen, converted from atheism by his dissections, iv. 70. Galien the elder, his bust in alabaster at Florence, i. 496. Galland (Mons.), an Arabian fable from his translations, on idleness, iv. 57, 58. Gallantries of Paradise, iii. 228. Gallantry, alias Tulon, his illegal trading at the Island of St. Peters, v. 476. Gallery, of the old palace at Florence, its noble collection of curiosities, i. 496, 498; wainscoted with looking-glass, at Versailles, iv. 183. Galley-slave, exchanges his chains for a fit of the gout, iv. 92. Gallienus, a gold medal of, in the French king's cabinet, i. 448. Galway, Lord, his desire to be recalled, v. 355, 357; his character, 358; commands in Spain, 362. Game, preserved by the termination of the rebellion, iv. 407. Game Act, called by a 'fox-hunter the only good law since King William's accession, iv. 479. Games, the book of, in the Iliad and Eneid, why introduced, iii. 179. Gaming, the folly of it, ii. 414; the ladies censured for that vice, iv. 231; its ill consequences on the mind and body, 232, 233. Gaper, a common sign in Amsterdam, ii. 326. Garda, lake, formerly called Benacus, de scribed, i. 876. Gardening, a letter on, iii. 499-502; praise of Mr. Addison's invention, by what exceeded, 502, note. Gardens, English, why not so entertaining to the fancy as those of France and Italy, iii. 405; hints on their improvement now attended to, 406, note. Garigliano, river, anciently called Liris, celebrated for the gentleness of its course, i. 422. Garrets, inhabited by statesmen who watch over the liberties of their country, iv. 85. Garter, king at arms, his remark on a marriage in the Bickerstaffe family, ii. 8. Garter, the dropping of one, the greatest blow the French nation ever received, iv. 443. Garth, Dr., his epilogue to the tragedy of Cato, i. 226; called by a conceited critic the brother of the Tatler, ii. 176; his poem, annotations of the Examiner on, criticised, iv. 370, 371; Addison's physician, v. 365, 394; his infidelity, 736. Gaul, defiance of her arts and arms, i. 37; aggrandizement of, prior to the Duke of Marlborough's campaign, i. 43. Gaul, St., the great apostle of Germany, story of his interview with a bear, i. 225; the abbot of, extent of his territories and manner of his election, 522; linen manufacture, 523; dispute between the town and the abbey, 523, 524; pension from France, 525. Gaurus, Mount, near Naples, become barren, i. 433. Gay, Mr., his zeal for Addison, v. 410; his Pastorals owing to the management of Philips, 415; notices, 736, 737. Genealogy of the house of Bickerstaffe, ii. 7; of an illegitimate family, iii. 74. Generalissimo, a cant term for commander-in-chief, ii. 112, note. Generals, in the grand alliance against France, the greatest of the age, iv. 352. Genesis, a passage in, its effect on a great man in the Romish church, iii. 301. Geneva and its lake described, i. 509; resemblance of the latter to a sea, 510; situation of the town described, 515; importation of its manufactures prohibited by the emperor, 516; considered as the court of the Alps, 528; administration of affairs relating to public granaries, ib.; custom respecting inheritance, 529. Genitive cases, a succession of, gracefully introduced, iv. 122, note. Genius, a character too indiscriminately given, ii. 504; in what it consists, ib.; the first class, 505; the second not inferior to the first, 506; sometimes wasted on trifles, ib.; the discovery of, among his countrymen, a source of delight to the Spectator, iv. 44; often deviates from the rules of criticism, 149; none but a man of genius should call himself a critic, 240. Genoa, its Gulf, i. 360; its noble appearance, 362; its fine churches, 363; its bank no burden to the Genoese, ib.; bad policy of the republic, ib.; its former greatness by sea, 364; why incapable of being made a free port, 493. Genoese, cunning, industrious, and hardy, i. 361. Gentleman, the name given to the Spec tator at his lodgings, ii, 257. George, St., the bank of, at Genoa, i. 363; its importance to the government, ib.; church of, at Verona, adorned by a painting by Paul Veronese, representing the martyrdom of the saint, 378. George I., not willing to have a single slave in his dominions, iv. 398; regards our civil liberties as the natural rights of mankind, 400; his consistency and firmness of mind, and attachment to Great Britain, 401; his martial achievements, ib.; his family distinguished for courage and fortitude, 402; his constant good fortune, ib.; interposition of Providence in favour of him, 403; has an undoubted title to our duty and obedience, 415; was considered, before he was king, one of the greatest princes in Christendom, 421; his zeal for the security of the established church, 423; great-grandson of James I., and nearest to the crown of the Protestant blood, 429; exhorts his subjects to assert the liberties of their country, 435; suspends the Habeas Corpus Act during the rebellion, 457; his wise conduct during this period, 460; blest with heirs male in two direct descents, 476; how supported and strengthened by alliances, 486; his chief strength lies in his own kingdoms ib.; confidence of foreign potentates in his firmness and integrity, 489; the rebellion a means of trying the principles of his subjects, 500; his moderation in punishing the rebels, v. 4; shows his inclination to rule without a standing army, 15; his zeal for the church, ib.; alteration of triennial elections necessary for settling him on his throne, 36; his exertions for the advancement of trade, 50; treaties of Madrid and Utrecht compared, ib.; his regulations in the West India and Spanish trade, 52; stipulates for the rights and privileges of the latter trade as established in 1667, 53; advantages procured by him for the trade to the Austrian Low Countries, 56; considerations on his birth-day, 67; cruel treatment he has met with from the tongues and pens of some of his disaffected subjects, 68; an ill requital for his love and regard for the constitution, 69; mildness of his reign, 90; firm adherence of the Whigs to his cause, 98; words of Cicero on Cæsar's conduct towards his enemies applied to his Majesty, 101; Addison attends Lord Halifax to present the garter to him, 347; his objection while Elector of Hanover to the doctrine of Hereditary Right, 395; his arrival in England, 418, 421; ceremonial for his entry. 421. George, Prince, of Denmark, his resentment agt. Lord Molesworth, v. 245. Georgic, Virgil's fourth, a translation of, i. 10. Georgics of Virgil, essay on, i. 154; definition of, 155; character of the several books, 159, 161; compared with the Eneid, 161; afford a collection of most beautiful landscapes, iii. 417; the remark more applicable to his Bucolics, ib., note. German and Portuguese, a story, iv. 242. German counts, their habits at Blois, v. 330. German princes, their policy in hiring out their troops, iv. 354. Germans, their language characteristic of their national humour, ii. 499; considered dull and heavy by the French, iv. 508; their opinion of the French, ib. Gesture, essential to oratory, iii. 386. Geta, his bust at Florence, i. 496. Gex, the country of, belonging to France, i. 504. Ghost, a suit of clothes for one, to be sold, ii. 5; of Anticlea, mother of Ulysses, 111. Ghost-scene, in Hamlet, a master-piece in its kind, ii. 314. Ghost-stories, their pernicious effect on young persons, ii. 257, 258. Ghosts, of beauties, ii. 112; of the damned, 114; of heroes, &c., 123; of tyrants, 129, 130; of good princes, 131; the belief in, common to all nations, 441; what they say should be a little discoloured, iii. 422; description of them pleasing to the fancy, ib.; why we incline to believe in them, 423. Gibbon, Mr., his satirical remark on Mr. Addison's work on the Christian religion answered, v. 106, 107, note. Gibbons, Dr. William, v. 319, 321. Giles Gorgon, a cobbler, the winner at a grinning-match, iii. 33. Giles's Coffee-house, discussions of French gentlemen there on their monarch's death, iii. 380. Gimcrack, Nicholas, a virtuoso, his will, ii. 156. Giving and forgiving, two different things, iii. 59. Gladiator, a famous statue at Florence, i. 497; female, a proper subject for ridicule, v. 38. Gladiators, figures of, in Cardinal Chigi's cabinet, i. 467. Glaphyra, daughter of King Archelaus, her dream, ii. 442. Glass, to be read bottle, in Sir. W. Temple's rule for drinking, iii. 80. Glory, the attendant of virtue, i. 274; the love of, danger in extirpating it, v. 40. Glow-worm, Martha, recommends the Spectator's Essay on Modesty as an infallible beautifier, iv. 75. Golden dreams of Homer compared with those of Nicholas Hart, iii. 50. Golden fleece, an improper subject for a Roman poet, ii. 375. Good, why mixed with evil in our present condition, iii. 366. Good actions, every principle which prompts them ought to be encouraged, iv. 308. Good and evil, difficulties in accounting for their distribution, iii. 128. Good-breeding, revolutions in, ii. 455; often an affectation of good-nature, iii. 19. Goodenough, Ursula, indicted in the Court of Honour, ii, 212. Good-fellow, Robin, his correction of Sir W. Temple's rule for drinking, iii. 80. Good-humour, on a journey, how spoiled, ii. 152. Good-luck, notions respecting, iii. 61. Good-nature, more agreeable in conversation than wit, iii. 19; to be improved, but not produced by education, ib.; examples in the character of Cyrus and Cæsar, 20; considered as a moral virtue, 34; rules for its exercise, 35; exemplified, ib.; the great ornament of virtue, 138. Good-natured men, not always men of the most wit, iii. 20. Good-sense, the foundation of poetry, ii. 178; the father of wit, 298. Good-will, an emblem of it on a medal, i. 301. Gordianus Africanus the elder, his bust in alabaster at Florence, i. 496. Gordon, Major, information respecting, v. 497. Gortz, Baron, v. 460, 463, 464, 467, 469. Gosling, George, his letter on a lucky number in the lottery, iii. 62. Gospel gossips, described, ii. 324. Gospel, written, the same with that delivered by tradition, v. 127; our Saviour's prophecy on its propagation accomplished, 134. Gossip, in politics, is a slattern in her family, iv. 492. Gossips, a class of female orators, iii. 144. Gothic architecture characterized, i. 489. Goths, in poetry, ii. 361. Gouldvell, Thomas, inscription on his picture at a convent in Ravenna, i. 401. Government, which form of it most rea- treatise recommended to ladies, v. 485. Graces, why represented naked, and knit Græcisms, frequent in Milton's style, iii. 192. Grafton, Duke of, v. 433; letter to, ib. Grammars, defective in their account of Granaries, public, how regulated at Ge- Grantham, Earl of, Prince and Princess Granville, Sir Bevil, his death, v. 349. Grave-digging, reflections on, ii. 282,283. Gravity, the gift of men, ii. 484. Great Britain, fruitful in religions, ii. 205. Grecian general, denies fortune to have had any share in his victories, iii. 305. Greece, its former and present state con- Greek epigram on a figure of Cupid, 1. Greek manuscript, a translation of one Greek mottos in the Spectator, pleasing Greek tongue, most conducive to expec- Greeks, their silent march to battle de- Green, why the prevailing colour of ve- 1 Greenhat, Obadiah, distinguishes the dif ferent nations of which Britain is com. Greenland trade encouraged by the fash- Gregory, St., his punishment of the writ- Grief, easier to be diverted than conquer- Grimace, the Spectator's meaning of the Grinning-match, advertised, iii. 31; ac- Grisons, the, treaty with, confirmed by Grotto del Cani, near Naples, experi- Grotto Ferrate, the site of Cicero's Tus- Grotto oscuro, in the isle of Caprea, de- Grounding the fan, directions for, ii, 429, Grub-street biographers, v. 29. Grub-street patriot, his passion for free- dom arises from fear of a gaol, iv. 396. Guardian, the part Mr. Addison took in Guelfs and Ghibelines, distracted Italy by Guelphus, Duke of Bavaria, how he re- Guilt, a sense of it destroys cheerfulness, Gules, Thomas, his indictment of Peter Gustavus Adolphus, inscription from a meda, of, i. 346; chronogram of, on a Gusto grande, specimen of, in architec- Guy, Earl of Warwick, known to have eaten a dun cow of his own killing, ii. Guy, the tradition of, might have formed 220. G. W., a nobleman's chaplain, his letter to Gyges's ring, the use Mr. Bickerstaffe has Gyllenborg, Count, v. 460, 463, 464, 467, 469. Habeas Corpus Act suspension, during the 460. Hackney-writers, for so much a sheet, an Hall, in the Tirol, its mint and salt-works, Hammond (Dr.), an example of content- Handling the fan, directions for, ii. 429. i. 301; giving of, expresses good will, of Goodman Fact against Count Tariff, Hannes, D. D., ad, insignissimum medi- Hannibal, his march described by Silius Hans Carvel's finger, where lost, iv. 374. Harcourt, Sir Simon, Attorney-general, Hard words, how to be used by ladies, ii. Hardness of heart, in parents to their children, inexcusable, iii. 42; argument Harley, Mr., his "Essay on Credit," v. Harmony of numbers, in Mr. Addison's Harpsichords, persons of extraordinary ta- lents in conversation so termed, fi. 118. Hasael, his interview with the prophet Hatching, more curious than any chemi- Hate, why a man ought not to hate even Haunted house, how exorcised, ii. 441. Head-dress of a lady, the most variable |