Lucretius, on retreating from Danger, 392, 393.
Luft painted as a Satyr by the Poets, 118.
Luxury and Avarice, great Principles of Action,
126.
Lycurgus, his Management of two Whelps, 11.
Lying a current Faculty, 204. St. John's Decifion
of a Lye, 207. Its Confequences, 208, 209, 210.
Its Ignominy, 211, 212. Preventions against it,
216, 217.
M Adnefs in private Men to form their Ward-
robe from the Manner of the Nobility, 61.
Manners, not to be neglected while we polish our
Understandings, 40.
Manual Arts, a Part of Exercife, 185.
Marriage defined, 242.
Neceffary Confiderations
preparatory to it, 253. Four Things effential to
lafting Happiness in it, 247.
Its Secrets to be
held facred, 262. Directions for fecuring Happi-
nefs in this State, 263, 264, 265, &c. Entred
into without Expectations of Happiness, 272.
Matrimonial Contract, mutual, 248.
Men, live like Travellers, 17. Should confider
themselves as future Fathers, 22. Man of mère
Outfide, a contemptible Animal, 48. Distinguish'd
more by Mein and Behaviour, than Drefs'd,
51. Man of Fashion, and Man of Merit de-
fcribed, 59. Man judged by his Company,
85. Men are Members of one great Body, 110.
Motive of their Lives feen in their Actions,
119. Blush at being known to be Hufbands,
260, 261.
Menander, against liftening to Calumny, 308.
Mental Reservations, condemned, 207, 208.
Merit and Fashion distinguished by the Polite, 59.
Mixpopiauía, in Learning, what, 44.
Milton, his Defcription of Marriage, 242, 243.
Miftreffes, adored rather than loved, 123.
Mixture, neceffary for a perfect Poem, 28.
Modefty, fhould reign in all Difcourfes, 83. True
and falfe Modesty defin'd, 231, 239. Modesty
compounded, 347. Modeft Man and frugal Man
compar'd, 352.
Morality, when a great Part of our Religion, 304.
NAtural Capacity impair'd by Difuse, improv'd
by Inftructions, 29.
Natural Endowments to be affifted by Learning, 28.
Natural Man his Ignorance, 282, 283, 284.
Nature does nothing in vain, 156.
Newfmongers, their Character, 335.
Nobility a plaufible Pretence for Pride, 357. Con.
futed, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364.
Nobler to pardon than refent, 154.
Aths cenfured, 83. Savour of Levity and Pro-
fanenefs, ibid. Cuftomary, and used as Ex-
pletives, 84.
Obfcenity in Difcourfe reprov'd, 82. Like Oil upon
Linnen, 83. Implies Difhonefty of Heart, ibid.
Old Age, the univerfal Wish, 413. The Evil Days
mentioned by the Preacher, conjectur'd to mean
Age, 414. A State of Weakness and Infignifican-
cy, 415. Not to be repin'd at, ibid. & 416. Its
Inconveniences, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420. Its Ad-
vantages, 420, 421, 422, &c. Directions to make
our latter End easy, 426, 427, &c. To be afraid
of growing old, is to be afraid of growing Wife,
428.
Old Friends best, 27.
Oreftes and Pylades, their Friendship, 94.
Origin of Friendship confider'd, 90, 91.
Otway, his faffier and Belvidera quoted, 256, 257.
Over-large Expences in Vanity cenfur'd, 63, 64.
Over-rating our Sufficiency, common in Age, 418.
Ovid, his Remark on Taciturnity, 325.
Pageantry and Shew, but the Trappings of Grandeur, 395.
Paradife, infupportable without Commerce, 72.
Phalaris, his Reproof to Cleoftratus, 309.
Phocion, his Wife an Example of Prudence, 69.
Phocylides, his Definition of Love, 120. His Conju-
gal Advice, 245.
Plato, his Defcription of the Supreme Being, 213. Compares Human Life to a Game at Dice, 372. Pleafure, Friends aim at, what, 87. Pleasure and Recreation neceffary, 183. Not to be made the chief Pursuit of Life, ibid. Only such, when purfued with Moderation, 185.
Pliny, his Recommendation of Modefty in a fine Speaker, 354. His Remark on Human Defires, 387.
Plutarch, his Requifites in Friendship, 89. 90. His Chapter on the Differences of a Friend and Flatterer, 199. His Caution againit Intemperance, 230. His Obfervation on Conjugal Precepts, 263. His Conjecture on Divine Justice, 299, His Obfervation of the Tongue, 318. His Remark on the Pratler, 321. On Contentment, 380. Of living conceal'd. 396.
Poetry, Youth must take care of being feduced by it, 36. May be inftructed, by reading Poets as they ought, ibid. Poet, born fuch, 37.
Poetic Vein, not to be cherish'd in Youth, in
Mr. Lock's Opinion, ibid.
Politeness, its Character, 82.
Pompoufnefs in Equipage or Habit, vain-glorious
57, 58.
Poverty in a Married State, its Misfortune, 255-
Power, a plaufible Pretence for Pride, 357. Con-
futed, 365.
Pratler, a voluntary Traytor, 321.
Prayer to live long, general, 413.
Prejudices and Jealoufies must not fway us, 104.
Prepoffeffions and Prejudices inftrumental
Üneafinefs, 384, 385.
Pride originally founded on Self-Love, 341. De-
fin'd, 342. Appears under a thousand Difguifes,
343. Views of Human Nature should extinguish
it, 344. How far allowable, 345, 346. Several
Motives of it, 348. Difcouragements to it, 356.
Inconveniences of it, 366.
Private Revenge, dangerous to. Society, 150.
Procraftination, not to be depended on, 14. Too
often practis'd, 173.
Profeffing Friend, characteriz'd, 101.
Profit and Pleafure, the Ends propos'd by Study,
193.
Proud Man, his Character, 355, 356. Of what we
are to be proud, 367.
Providence makes our Follies inftrumental to the
Support of others, 64. Its Management to quick-
en Human Industry, 164.
Pythagoras, his Admonition concerning our Offspring,
14. His Definition of Marriage, 242. His In-
junction of Silence, 325.
Questions, Directions for answering and propounding
them, 324, 325.
Quintilian, of the Affinity in Vice and Virtue, 311.
Quotations Poetical, in p. 3, 12, 19, 28, 50, 78,
91, 101, 111, 114, 120, 136, 163, 171, 175,
199, 242, 245, 256, 259, 262, 266, 268, 269,
280, 302, 307, 308, 310, 318, 325, 326, 331,
357, 362, 392, 413, 420.
RAillery, falfe Notions, of it, 222, 223.
Rake, his Character, 128, 129.
Rafhness in Friendship, condemn'd, 97.
Reading, Cautions in it, 35; and Regulations, 39,
40. The best Diverfion, 19c. Errors in it, 193,
194. Reading our Lives and Actions, a Duty and
Advantage, 194.
Reafon, with Honefty would fupply Law, 131.
Reformation of Life neceffary to an intended Huf-
band, 271, 272.
Regulations of Temper, neceffary in Marriage, 264,
265.
Regulations for Speaking, 326, 327.
Religion, its Principles to be inculcated early, 15.
That and Morality made Topics of Ridicule,
221. Taken up as a Fashion, 276. Confidered
under two general Heads, 277. Nor to be turned
into Raillery, 285. Gives us a Profpect of a bet-
ter Being, 286. & 287. Its Charms, 290, 291.
Its Character, 293. Difcouragements to it confi-
der'd, 301, 302, &c. Its Effects, 302, &c. Re-
ligion adjufted, 305.
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