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and Charles II., 77
and the royal thieves, 292
Killing lady, snares of, 659

no murder, 573-658 /

Killing time, 97

Kings, apology for, 455

and eggs, 95

and miller of Mansfield, 491
and caliphs, gratitude of, 231
evidence, roguery of, 293

bench practice illustrated, 335
King, qualifications of a good one, 567
Kingly government, trade and mys-
tery of, 419

Kingston, duchess of, her valuables,
124

Kinsman, qualifications for, 67
Kirk, general, and James II. 52
Kiss, comedy of, 51.

Kissing and biting hands, 432
Kit-cat club, origin of, 506

Kitchen drawer, articles found in, 285
Knavery on both sides, 130

Kneller, sir Godfrey, and Jervais the
painter, 56

Knights of the screw, an installation
ode, 482

Knighthood of admiral Campbell, 155
Knots, Gordian, and Tyburn, 084
Knowing a man, true sense of, 277

La Fontaine's absence of mind, 447
case of mouth v. eyes,

681
Laconic charge to a jury, 364
grace, 389

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the delay of, 268

Irish sketch of, 176, 54
nice distinction of, 146
privileges of, 78
profits of, 51

reports, poetical, 687

suit, simple decision of, 199
Lawyer and chimney sweep, 512
death-bed honesty of, 26
and client, 360
qualifications of a good one,

568

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Likeness, unfavourable, 459
Lilly, the astrologer, wife of, 100
Limb of the law, 364

Lincolnshire confession, 485
Literary controversy, 264

Little mouths, a London fable, 669
Living in style, 250

too long, 302

the, and dead, 154
high, 303

Llandaff, bishopric of, 232
Lodgings for single men, 236
miseries of, 311

London clubs, in 1769, 306

624

described by a Frenchman

heroics, 671

in summer, 118

microscopic view of, 495
described by Johnson, 444
newspapers, epitome of, 615
thieves, 33

Longing, mutual, 100

Lee's rhapsody, written on the walls Long stories, nuisance of, 669

of Bedlam, 472
Left-handed excuse, 29

witness, 209

Legacy to a wife, 99

task of distribution, 285

Lonsdale, lord, and John Kemble, 428

political ninepins, 405

Loose readings, research for, 535

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a wife, consolation for, 629

Loss of memory, 28

the lucky one, 47
convenient, 56

Lost key, 399

leg, the, 291

Lothario, character of, 435
Lottery of wedlock, 86
Love and cookery, 364

among the law books, 326
and laudanum, horrors of, 628
and marriage, difference of, 594
and pride, remedies for, 215
conceited and aspiring, 82
consolation for rejected, 533
dialogue, 131
felony, 179

fits, Irish receipt to cure, 670
innocent character of, 394
oath, ceremony of, 280
rise and progress of, 658
two sorts of, 159

verdict on a suicide, 286
's bath, 264
Lovers, advice to, 104
Lovesick lady and her Abigail, 628
swain, 674

Louis VIII. death of, 87

XIV. and curtier, 65

and ma or of Beaune, 230
Loungers, theatrical, 103
Lounging in Edinburgh,luxuries of,195
Louse, adventures of, 608
Low prices, advantages of, 360
Lowe and Jenathan Tyers, 688
Loyal pair, the, 131

welcome to William III. 511

Lucky frolic, 355

prophecy, 432

Ludicrous man, the, 69
Lumps and bumps, craniological, 646
Lunacy, how to obtain a commission
of, 598

Luther on Catholics, 145, 173
Luxuries of poverty, 302
Lying, excellence in, 333

varieties of, 337

dangerous extremes of, 452
Lyttleton, lord, and Garrick, 64

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Magpie and stuttering boy, 34
Maiden speech, 119

dream, 342

's bloody garland, 630

Majesty dissected, 293

Major Longbow,

sketch, 552

a

Marvellous story-telling illustrated,
669

Mask, the permanent, 293
Masquerade disguise, 446
Match-making, requisites for, 553
Match for the devil, 184
Matrimony, fatigues of, 304

of, 520

Swift, 516

nine lives of, 184
miseries of, 498, 594
and divorce, Indian law

objections to, by Dean

Matrimonial foibles and disputes, 495

dispute adjusted, 616
felicity and

conjugal

affection, 214, 660

Munchausen

Mail-coach adventures, 203

Malden, Bright, the fat grocer of, 154
Malherbe and bishop of Rouen, 660
on the wickedness of man, 63
Mallet, the poet, and his roguish ser-
vant, 202

Malone, Thaddy, and Silvia Pratt, 155
Malt, sermon on, by Dr. Dodd, 291
Man about town, character of, 456
killing club described, 505
and wife, 28

his inherited wickedness, 63
in love, vagaries of, 483
sermon on, 330
Managers, consolation for, 508
Mansfield's, lord, wig, 456

miller of, and king, 401,
lord, and coachman, 95
Mapp, Mrs. the bone setter, 674
Margaret of Austria, the maiden
wife, 421

Margate donkies, 342
Margery, old, and her bottle, 146
Market-day in the country, 587
Marlborough, great duke of, 32

Sarah, duchess of, 90
Sarah, duchess of, and

duke of Somerset, 301
Marriage benefits, enumerations of,

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regulations, 47

oversight, 445, 446
happiness, 432, 504, 577
signs and tokens, 340
creed, 339

Mayor, politeness of, 86
Measurement, accurate, 489
Meddling, unreasonableness of, 204
Medical examinations, effect of, 300
finesse, 548

nomenclature, 24
Meeting, unseasonable, 53
Melancholy of tailors described, 186
Member, the snoring, 126

Memory, count Grammont's, 446
Mendicity, dignity of, 232

Mercantile indigestions, prescrip-
tions for, 547

Merchant tailors, motto of, 393
Merry man described, 481
Methodist sermon extraordinary, 403
Meurice's hotel, a day at, 650
Mice, extraordinary and gigantic, 232
Midas, second mistake of, 229
Mighty good kind of fellow, charac-
ter of, 140

Military memoranda of a serjeant, 416
Millar, the bookseller, and Dr. John-
son, 310

Miller, the comedian, vanity of, 418
Milton on tongues, 66
Mimicry, power of, 73
Ministers, requisites for, 114
Ministerial conscience, 75
Ministries, new, C83

Miracle enhanced, 95

policy of magnifying, 448
Miracles of transubstantiation, 268

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Nash, Dr. and Mr. and Mrs. Foote,

683

National antipathy, force of, 464
valour, 18
complaints, 556

Native simplicity, 337
Nature and art, 24

true admiration of, 233
Natural acting, beauties of, 418
Nautical equivoque, 28, 120, 293
sermon, 341

Naval notions of happiness, 484
Neapolitan play, plot of, 434
Necessity a dull barrister, 646
Negro candour, 131

sermon, in Jamaica, 497
wit, 303

Nell Gwynne, anti-catholic prin-
ciples of, 438

as an actress, 497

Nelson, lord, vanity of, 566

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Oaths, English and Scotch, 156
Obstacle, lucky occurrence of, 233
Obstinacy in grain, 513
Oceans of punch, 515
Oculists and politicians, 235
Odd-fellows' club desribed, 652

Nethersole, Mr. Serjeant, and his Ode on the sun by various hands,

loves, 327

New churches, mania for, 527
Newcastle apothecary, the, 347

52

duke of, and George II.

his promises, 291

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196

Office, in and out of, 231

O'Flaherty, major, murder of, 425
Old age, how to attain, 289

, unpalateable, 43

and young, 87

---) after Chaucer, 144

debts, new way to pay, 551
soldier, character of, 329

whig poet to his old buff' waist-
coat, 577

wig, ode to, 389
Olden time, hospitalities of, 293
Oliver Cromwell, by Butler, 685
Opera, charms of the, 289

Optical deficiency explained, 217
Orange, prince of, and Dryden, 59
Orator Henley's eccentricities, 299
Oratory, universal and accommodat
ing, 221

unpleasant, 76

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Packet, delights of, 648
Pains of pleasuring, 647
Paint and plaster rouge, 83
Painter's remedy for blunders, 210
of Florence, 215

- pots, and all, 303

Painting, concealment of, 320
misfortune of, 648

- and sculpture, anachron-

isms in, 413
Pair of shoes, impromptu on, 341
Palais de Justice at Paris, 577
Papal jurisdiction, limits of, 421
Parable travestie, 341
Parentage, pride of, 174
Paris, delights and luxuries of, 644
humorous description of, 183

Parish-clerk, address to, 95

feasting illustrated, 468
feeling, 29

repairs, 310

Parisian English, 199

hotel, picture of, 651

Parliament, fragile laws of, 154
Parliamentary management, 425
qualifications, 61
sleepers, 68

Parma, princess of, and Hen. VIII. 156
Parrot, the single speech, 94
Parson's bridle, the, 145

try, 264

covetous, 101

outwitted, 20

happy life of, in the coun-

and squire, fracas of, 511
squire, and spaniel, 453
Hyberdine's

gang of thieves, 636

sermon to a

Partnership account, feeling balance | Physiognomy, deceitful, 531

of, 533

- barn, 57
Party-spirit, enthusiasm of, 403
Passion, fits of, 294
Passion-week and Lent, 96
Past cure, 129

Pat and the cook maid, 364

Doolan's pig, story of, 682

Paternal solicitude of Corneille, 636
Patience, two-fold virtue of, 409

and intellect, 182

test of, 110.

Pic-nic party, pleasures of 189
Pickpocket, novel, &c. 322

escape of, 448

Picture of slander, 83

dabbling dialogue, 200
Pies, Swift's variety of, 63
Piety and pleasure, 182
staunch, 52
involuntary, 473

Pig, domestic services of, 206
in a poke, 599

Pilgrim and the peas, 345

Paton, Miss, and stage-manager, 677 Pindar, Peter, and his bookseller, 37

Patriot's qualifications, 567

Patriotism, true, 39

Patronage and Dr. Johnson, 138
Pause, the longest on record, 73
Paying in perspective, 292
Payment at sight, 111

Pedant, inadvertent confession of, 687
Peer and pedlar, 289

Pell, Mr. Serj. and How v. Much, 188
Pembroke, lady, 570

Penlake, Rich. and St. Michael, 205
Pen-mending, 160
Pennant's tour through Chester, 182
Perfection, musical, 289

universality of, 448
Perryn, baron, and Foote, 145
Persecution prevented, 303
Persia, king of, and sir H. Jones, 214
Personalities, 79

Pestilent neighbour, character of, 675
Peterborough, lord, and drayman, 299
Petition, accommodating, 286
Petitions of who and which, 691
Petre, father, and the duke of Buck-
ingham, 299

Petty larceny, dangers of, 230
Pharaoh in the Red Sea, 211
Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy,
frolic of, 462

Philosopher's club, rules of, 309
outwitted, 63
whims of, 144

Philosophy and patience, 61
of laughter, 221
true, 111

Physic and pots, 96

farce of, 177

Physician par excellence, 637
consultation of, 433
practice, 361
qualifications of, 568
squabble of, 433

Pious shaving, 336

Pipe, ode to, 160

Piron, the poet, and the thistles, 231
Gallet and Colle,

frolics of, 487

Pitcairn, Dr. and parson, 36
Pitt and Dr. Paley, 412

and duchess of Gordon, 71, 486
-'s ministry, 120

Pizarro, st nzas on the play of, 24
Place-hunting, 31

of the damned, 403
Plain reasons for losing a battle, 455
truth, 30

Plan, Foote's old one, 65
Play-bill, attractive, 177
original, 680

Players, Hamlet's instructions to, 579
Pleasure and pain, impromptu on,

401

discrimination in, 639
Plebeian humour, 556
Plot and underplot, 522
Ploughboy, simplicity of, 25
Plucking for orders at Cambridge, 277
Pluralities of priestcraft, 233
Poet's address to his cat, 341

expectations from critics, 591
Poetical balancing, art of, 462
franking, 185

landlord at Seven Oaks, 554
Poetry and painting, analogy of, 557
choice specimens of, 354

Polite recollections, 86

robbery, correspondence, 210
Politeness and precedence, 299

real, 43

universal test of, 449

Political, legacies, 556

Politics musical, 182

universal interest of, 25

Polly Sutton, acrostic on, 21

Pontignans, Mons. love and adven-
tures, 693

Poor Richard's maxims, 408

Robin's prophecy, 549
scholars, sympathy for, 388
Pope, Alexander, veracity of, 52
his universal maxim, 39
last illness of, 433

's Wife of Bath, 246
Miss, he actress, retort of, 362
Popular numeral, 146
Popularity, requisites for, 418
Porson, professor, his scull, 29

's catechism for Hampshire
men, 19

medical nomenclature, 24
Portrait painting, secret of, 654
Posthumous grief, by Philips, 413
Potatoes, ode in praise of, 454
Pot valour, 81

Poverty and poetry, evils of, 091
and plausibility, 277
a virtue, 322
desirable, 391
premeditated, 51

Fower of music over stones, 445
Praise, origin and definition of, 21
Prayers for the navy, 55

-the sailor's, 43

Praying and working, 90

Preaching and brewing, 294

varieties of, 671

forcibly illustrated, 461
and spelling, 539

Preadamite royalty, 635
Precaution, untimely, 664

Precedence, right of, at Tyburn, 420
Prejudice, English and Dutch, 26
Premature fruit, 619
Preparation for death, 28

Presbyterianism, blushes of, 401

Presents, appropriate, 102

acceptable, 296

Priest, only blessing of, 26

Printer's devils and devil's printers,25
rebuked by Swift, 486

Printing-office, scene from, 328

stanzas in praise of, 255
Priestcraft, conviviality of, 208

outwitted, 125

Irish, illustrated, 632
Priestly and Huntington's dispute,267
Prior, Mat. and Frenchman, 295
on the fair sex, 407

Prison, the world, 113
Prisoner's charge to a judge, 677

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of a new actor, 522
to Barbarossa, 513

to the Busy Body 516
to Bon Ton, 606
the strollers, 592

to the Inconstant, 499
to the Rivals, 612

to the School for Scandal, 265
to the School for Rakes, 605
to the Trip to Paris, 597
to Wiater's Tale and Cathe-
rine and Petruchio, 566
nautical, 676

Proof of brains, 73
Prophetic anticipation, 404
Prose v. Poetry, 288
Proverb, an old one, 56
travestied, 414

Providence, blessings of, 318
Prudent portrait, 413

resolve, 414

theatrical wife, 419

Public worship, zeal for, 298
Publican, Wilkes, and Middlesex
justices, 416

Pudding, meditation on, 670
Pudicity, royal, 87

Pugilistic romance, 518
Pulpit call, 412

and stage, parallel of, 548
hint, 401

Pun, cracking of, 154

- legal and tolerable, 617
naval, 50

by D. Purcell, 54
Punch, inspiration of, 539

-- on a bowl of, 67, 68
seas of, 515

Punchinello, stanzas to, 531
Punctilio of the Japanese, 173
Punning on names, 155

run mad, 402

Puppy, similitude of, 51
Puppyisin progress of 127

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Quackery, advantage of, 361
Quaker answered, 480

and sailor on miracles, 341
-'s answer to excise commis
sioner, 130

and parson, 29, 32
and his barn, 467
Qualifications, matrimonial, 178
Qualities of humour, 664
Qualms of conscience, 512
Quarrelsome rhyme, 200
Quarter-sessions, picture of, 86
Quarto, heads for writing, 647
Queen Bess and her enemies, 36
Mab, vagaries of, 587
Elizabeth at Coventry, 15
Querno, buffoon of Leo X. 242
Queries by Wilkes, 680
Query for the ladies, 188
Question and answer, 233

art of answering, 420
the critical, 144
untoward, 625

Quickly's, dame, history of the Boar's
head tavern, 284
Quicksilver reply, 293
Quid pro quo, 333

or quaker's love, 573

Quin and Foote's shirt, 15
and the beau, 44

-'s bait for venison, 65
epicurism and coarse manners
of, 478

on turtle eating, 37

's opinion of the Scotch, 136
soliloquy over the embalmed

body of duke Humphrey, 395

Quinsey, Radcliff's remedy for, 387

Rabelais' preparation for death, 28
Radcliff, Dr. and the pavior, 387
Radical reform, champion of, 243
Rain, prayer for, 302

varieties of, 25

Ramsgate 2nd Margate, 40
Rape of the Lock, new, 51
Razor seller and countryman, 318

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