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 *proved, iii. 113, 115. instead of hindering the commission of the crime, they often prevent the detection of it, 116.

Puritans, their tenets ridiculed, vii. 153.

Puzzle, Will, his story, iv. 421.

Pyramids, a visit to, iv. 434, i. 266.

Pyramus and Thisbe, written by Cowley, when only ten years of age, vii. 2.

Quebec, considerations on the establishment of popery in that province, vi. 217.

Quibble, the ill use made of it by Shakespeare, v. 118.

Quick, Molly, her complaint against her mistress for only hinting at what she wants, iv. 285.

Quick, Ned, ready at finding objections, iv. 405.

Quin, Mr. his friendship for Thomson, viii. 374.

Quincunx figures, their excellence, vi. 485.

Quisquilius, his extravagancies in indulging an injudicious curiosity, ii. 383.

Quixote, don, the idea of Hudibras taken from it, vii. 148. the characters compared, recommended by Dr. Sydenham to young physicians, vi. 407.

Raasay, island of, described, ix. 54.

Rake, the life of a, iv. 1, 11.

Raleigh, sir Walter, the defects of his History of the World, iii. 82.

Rambler, vol. ii. iii.

Ranger, Tim, his history, iv. 332. tries dress, the company of rakes, keeping of racehorses, and building, but finds no happiness in any of them, 334. becomes a fine gentleman, and a collector of shells, fossils, &c. hires a French cook, but in all disappointed, 339.

Rape of the Lock, story on which it was founded, viii. 245.

Rarities, the choice and study of them should be subservient to virtue and the publick good, ii. 388, 390.

Raschid, his character, a striking example of the sad effects of insatiable avarice, ii. 188.

Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia, the history of, i. 199.

Rats, none in the islands of Sky, ix. 79.

Reason, the uncertain continuance of, i. 293. the importance of its keeping a constant guard over the imagination, ii. 37.

Rectitude, delineated, iv. 255.

Regimen, rather to be decreased than increased as men advance in years, vi. 395.

Register, Universal, of a new kind, to what useful purposes it may be applied, ii. 495.

Regret, sometimes both necessary and useful, iv. 363.

Rehearsal, the character of Bayes designed for Dryden, vii. 272. written by Buckingham, assisted by Butler, Martin Clifford, and Dr. Spratt, ibid. first acted in 1671, the dialogue between love and honour designed for the duke of Ormond, 273.

Reid, Andrew, employed by lord Lyttelton in the punctuation of his Life of Henry the second, viii. 492.

Relaxation, the necessity and usefulness of it with regard to study, ii. 417.

Religion, consolations to be found in, i. 22. the danger of women when they lay it aside, iv. 2. the pleasure and advantages of, ii. 213. the use of austerities and mortifications, iii. 20. observations on the change of, in Scotland, ix. 4. a toleration granted in Prussia, vi. 442.

Remission of sins, the first and fundamental truth of religion, iii. 20.

Repentance, the absurdity of delaying it, ii. 336. the doctrine of it embarrassed by superstitious and groundless imaginations, 23. unjustly confounded with penance, ibid. wherein true repentance consists, ibid. the completion and sum of it a real change of temper and life, 24.

Reputation, industry and caution necessary to support it, iii. 113. tainted, the greatest calamity, 241.

Resentment, the effects of, more certain than gratitude, viii. 139.

Resolution and firmness of mind, necessary to the cultivation and increase of virtue, ii. 271.