"Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, "Maker omnipotent, and thou the day, &c. Most of the modern heroic poems have imitated the ancients in beginning a speech without premising, that the person said thus or thus; but as it is easy to imitate the ancients in the omission of two or three words, it requires judgment to do it in such a manner as they shall not be missed, and that the speech may begin naturally without them. There is a fine instance of this kind out of Homer, in the twenty-third chapter of Longinus. L r f 2 THE INDEX. A. ACADEMY for politics, Number 305. The regu- Admiration, short-liv'd, N. 256. Age. A comfortable old age the reward of a well- Agreeable man, who, N. 280. Ambition, never satisfied, N. 256. The end of it, N. 255. The effects of it in the mind, N. 256. The true Subjects us to many troubles, N. 257. epic poem, N. 315. Art of Criticism, the Spectator's account of that Audiences, at present void of common sense, N. 290. B. BEAU'S head, the dissection of a, N. 275. Bills of mortality, the use of them, N. 289. Boccalini, his animadversions upon critics, N. 201. C. CESAR (Julius) a frequent saying of his, N. 256. Camillus, his deportment to his son, N. 263. Censor of marriages, N. 308. Charity-schools, great instances of a public spirit, Clavius, proving incapable of any other studies, be- Comparisons in Homer and Milton, defended by 303. Coquette's heart dissected, N. 281. Coverley (Sir Roger de) his return to town, and con- N. 295. Courtship, the pleasantest part of a man's life, N. 261. Credit undone with a whisper, N, 320. Criminal love, some account of the state of it, N. 274. D. DEATH. Deaths of eminent persons, the most im- Decency nearly related to virtue, N. 292. 292. Delicacy; the difference betwixt a true and false Distrest Mother, a new tragedy, recommended by the E. EATING, drinking, and sleeping, with the gene- Education; whether the education at a public school, Emilia, an excellent woman, her character, N. 302. Eyes; the prevailing influence of the eye instanced F. FABLE of a drop of water, N. 293. Fame, the difficulty of obtaining and preserving it, Fop, what sort of persons deserve the character, N. 280. Fortune often unjustly complained of, N. 282. To 293. Fortune stealers, who they are that set up for such, |