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Orlando the Fair, his speech to the boys who followed
his chariot......

Oxford almanac for 1709 considered.................

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-discipline applauded....

puppet-show at

university described..

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ACOLET, a guardian angel, his first appearance to Bick-

erstaff..

account of his former wards

his checks and admonitions

his life of a month...

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his observations on gamesters and sharpers.... 15

Panegyric, the true nature of it..

Parisatis, manner of converting her niece Pastorella

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Partridge, John, his death demonstrated

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Pastorella, the history of her conversion from coquetry
Paulo, the character of an eminent generous mer-

chant.

Penkethman, the comedian, relation of the progress of
his company to Greenwich

sale of his animals at May-fair.....

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Philander the most skilful in addressing the fair sex...
Philosophy, plan for a system of it, with an appendix. 43
Picket, colonel, his character and manner of courtship
Pictures, the impression they make on us.......
Places of trust, pretended to, not out of merit, but be-
cause they are convenient.....

Platonne, a, described.

nunnery established by Platonnes............
Players instructed by Shakspeare..

Playhouse at Amsterdam supports an alms-house
Plays, proper incitements to good behaviour..............
Politicians, the distinction scarce discernible between

them and idiots..

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Poluglossa, acquainted with all the world but herself... 42
Pope in distress.....

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Postscript to Brussels Letter, a poem, considered
Potatrix, Elizabeth, catalogue of her ancestors........
Poverty of the French described ..........

Powell, junior, a famous heroic actor...

disputes between him and Mr. Bicker-

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Powell, junior, his letter from Bath.........
Power, absolute, represented in a dance
Precedence, a quarrel about it at Epsom......
the opera.......

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Preliminaries of peace refused by the French king... 23
Pretty fellows, very, women's men in the first degree 35
what persons excluded that order......
who.......

Prophets, Modern, a comedy by Mr. D'Urfey, some

account of it....

Punchinello, his original character and ill manners......
how disposed of.

Punchinello, Terræ filius at Oxford.............
Punning an enormity

an instance of it....

Puppet-show, Mrs. Saraband's, in the Exchange.....

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-supplies the want of an act at Oxford... 45

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QUALITY, people of, should always pay the reckoning 45
Quarrel at Epsom about precedence......

at the opera on the same occasion..

Questioners described

Quid-nunc, his character of laziness, &c....

RAKES characterized

Ranter, colonel, civilized at the sight of lady Betty
Modish... ..

Reconsiderations on instructions to Vanderbank, a poem
Recruiting Officer, character of that comedy....
Religion, a project for the advancement thereof re
commended...........

SACHARISSA, an excellent young lady, why not courted.
Sagissa, her intrigue discovered by taking snuff...
Saltero, don, at Chelsea, his descent, qualifications, and
relics....

Sappho, a fine lady, her character and discourse with

Mr. Bickerstaff...

Saraband, Mrs. her puppet-show at the Exchange
Satisfaction, a term in duelling, explained....

Satire, apology for it by Shakspeare.

guilt makes the application of it.

Scoggin, Mr. what Mr. Bickerstaff claims through him.
Scolding, a medicine for that vice......

Seignior, grand, sets all his christian slaves in the gal-
lies at liberty.

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Sempronia, lady, her scheme to betray Jenny Distaff. 33
Senecio, the character of a good old man.
Shakspeare, his apology for satire

his excellencies...

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why his plays should be encouraged....

Smart fellow described.....

whether an affront to be called so......... 26

Smile, a man made half mad with one

Snuff, taking of it censured.....

Sophronius, why he is the darling of all that converse

with him...

Sorrow expressed by Shakspeare....

Spindle, Tom, how cured of the spleen....

Spleen, a never-failing remedy for it...

Staff of Life, his poem to the French king.

Stone-walls, comment on them.

Swearers how reformed........

TASTE of an age known by their plays
Teraminta, the unhappy, her story

Terræ filius at Oxford, his place supplied by Punchi-
nello......

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Theatres, the most agreeable and easy method of mak-
ing a polite and moral gentry.

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Thorold, Sir George, declared alderman of Cordwain-

ers Ward

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origin of that institution.....

States General

Tragical passion, how it should be expressed..

Treaty of peace, broken off by the French

and Tunbridge..

Toasts, by whom, and to what purpose that name was
found out..

Tom Drybones, how he purchased that name...

Torcy, monsieur, the French plenipotentiary, appoint-

ed to treat of a peace

non........

letter to him from madame Mainte-

Toss, pretty miss, the coquette, her behaviour......
Townshend, lord, the English plenipotentiary to the

Tragedy, materials for making one....

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Trippet, Sir Taffety, account of his amours at Epsom

Trip to the Jubilee, character of that comedy..
Tumult at Paris on account of the dearness of bread...
Tunbridge Wells, adventures of a fortune hunter there

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VALENTINE, a soldier, his uncommon generosity..
Vanity, the greatest under the sun...
Verses, a tale for the ladies......

Brussels postscript...

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describing Copenhagen, by Ambrose Philips... 12
from Dryden's Play of Almanzor.....

from Milton......

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Verus, the character of an impartial chief justice......
Villaria, the beauteous object of Orlando's affection...
Virgil compared with Homer

---more judicious in his epithets than Homer.....
Underhill, Cave, an excellent comic actor for three

generations.....

Unnion, corporal, account of his death

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WATER, circumspection, wonderful effects of it.......................
Wedlock, a picture of it.

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Wife, scheme to govern one......

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the most amiable term in life, and derided only

by fools

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Winter-piece, a poem, by Ambrose Philips, from Co-

penhagen.....

opposed to critics.....

Witchcraft described and explained......

Women have more understanding than men in their

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