that nature. Some shift them off with a jest or smart repartee: as Theocritus being asked in the bagnio to lend his napkins, by two persons, whereof one was a stranger to him, and t'other a notorious felon; he made answer: You, sir, I know not well enough, and you I know too well.-Plutarch. MCXXVII. The prince that pardons The first affront offer'd to majesty, To be strangled in the birth; not to be cherished. MCXXVIII. Massinger. Security diminishes the passions; the mind, when left to itself, immediately languishes; and, in order to preserve its ardour, must be every moment supported by a new flow of passion. For the same reason despair, though contrary to security, has a like influence.-Hume. MCXXIX. So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.-Johnson. Ancestry, 457 Beauty, 136, 264, 387, 653, 885, 1001 Birth, 163, 775 Blindness, (Milton's,) 240, 613, 832 Books, 11, 89, 298, 763, 771, 911, Candour, 483, 852, 1050 1049 Cheatery, 108, Cheerfulness, 109, 268 Anger, 94, 168, 181, 382, 471, 596, Civilization, 933 745 Clergy, 411 Anticipation, 889 Colonies, 368 Applause, 729, 734 Company, 210, 224, 334, 541, 627 Art, 12 Comparison, 79 Attorney, 791 Comas, 757, 786 Avarice, 49, 196, 479,485,526, 527, | Conceit, 519, 946 Authors, 114, 359, 542, 779, 793, Conscience, 220, 258, 593, 867 Backgammon, 649 Bankers, run upon in, 120, 621 Bashfulness, 618 Baptism, 256 Bathos, the, 972 Contemplation, 733 Content, 458, 536, 1016 Controversy, 482, 942, 1010, 1017, Constancy, 538 Conversation, 378, 591, 595, 695, | Ennui, 1089 772, 776, 837, 1006 Corruption, 176, 221, 424, 452, Counsellor, unworthy, 250 Counsel, 345, 947 Epicurism, 861 Epilogue to "As You Like It," 592 Equality, 281 Equanimity, 295 Country Life, 85, 211, 232, 450, Envy, 40, 253, 321, 551 553, 585 Daughter, advice to, 800 Epitaph on a Lady, 664 by Milton, 687 Eternity, 635 Etymology, 905 Eve's Dream, 747 Every Day Accomplishments, 652 Death, 195, 412, 572, 648, 839, Fairies, 587, 706 Echo, 792 Faith, 126 Fame, 6, 130, 133, 140, 462, 555, Fanaticism, 83, 283, 433, 937 Fellow, the term, 878 Flattery, 209, 290, 309, 326, 351, Flecknoe, the wit, 651 Fools, 548 Fortune, 116, 246, 565, 843, 1023 French, character of, 883 language, 504 women, 294 Freethinkers, 637, 863 Friendship, 28, 37, 82, 132, 173, Education, 173, 286, 965, 993, Frugality, 93 1057 Grattude, 611 Grave, the, 275 Jealousy, 311, 344, 558, 1012 Judgment, 887, 1094 Greatness, 98, 355, 495, 662, 1068, Justice, 144, 362, 477, 622, 1114 1078 pleasure of, 802, Loquacity, 279, 610 Immodesty, 175 Impartiality, 437 Inconstancy, 74, 106, 273, 365, Independence, 877 Inexperience, 259, 511, 654, 735 Love, 10, 15, 18, 23, 25, 30, 35, 46, |