31, 7;
alone, not ennobling, 534, 23;
good, a virtue of, 31, 50;
hard to tame, 419, 8;
justification of shedding, 418, 41;
no foundation set on, 474, 31;
through scoundrels, 287, 39
Bloom, of youth, fading, 320, 25;
season of, only once, 441, 38
Blossom, no, no fruit, 301, 7
Blossoms, not fruits, 30, 60
Blue-stocking, estimate of, 1, 43
Blunder, the most fatal, 473, 28;
worse than a crime, 39, 10
Blundering, a means of learning, 34, 14
Blush, a, beauty of, 172, 3;
a, in the face, 28, 55;
meaning of a, 418, 45
Blushing, beautifying power of, 85, 11
Bluster, a blind for cowardice, 133, 16
Blustering, for the fop, 232, 52
Boasters, of great things, 399, 14
Boasting, before victory, 242, 10
Boats, in a calm, 567, 34
Bodies, large, likely to err, 230, 13;
without working, 126, 5
Bodily labour, alleviating, 235, 23
Body, a handsome, needs no cloak, 48, 8;
built by spirit, 86, 2;
effect of soul on, 110, 32;
feeble, effect of, on mind, 505, 17;
how to warm, 519, 1;
light of, 439, 12;
of man, a temple, 471, 19;
pent, here in the, 155, 11;
politic, evil in, 202, 39;
politic, the, like the human body, 233, 11;
the, and its passions, whence, 478, 40;
the, and raiment, 438, 48;
to be cared for, 409, 33;
with head off, 537, 12;
without spirit, 474, 22
Boldly, ventured, half done, 115, 52
Boldness, commended, 26, 50;
empty, 219, 55
Bond, who breaks his, 550, 38
Bonfires, risk of crowding round, 345, 10
Book, a, a book, 488, 42;
a bad, 208, 2;
a, digressions in, Swift and Sterne on, 68, 11, 12;
a, difficulty in composing, 185, 40;
a good, destruction of, high treason, 19, 16;
a good, value of, 283, 27;
a good, who kills, 552, 4;
a great, great, 7, 9;
a hieroglyphical, 283, 2;
a true, the virtue of, 562, 1;
a wise man's, defined, 540, 27;
an effective, 171, 1;
and head in collision, 541, 40;
as a friend, 505, 29;
every, written for a special public, 90, 17;
good, Milton's definition, 6, 40;
good, to read, 90, 16;
great, great evil, 272, 15;
how to render, lasting, 493, 3;
how serviceable, 301, 14;
how written down, 301, 16;
injurious, author of, 150, 47;
last thing in writing, 438, 9;
lifetime of, 22, 25;
love of a, 147, 49;
main worth of, 189, 30;
man of one, 37, 20; 125, 27;
no, so bad as not to yield some good, 299, 1;
no, useless, 318, 37;
on what condition readable, 313, 3;
projecting, sweeter than making, 167, 30;
right use of, 496, 37;
test of worth in, 301, 14, 15;
that time has criticised, 533, 39;
the rule in writing a, 171, 30;
the true value of a man's, 459, 14;
to learn wisdom from, 464, 18;
true, the writer of, 145, 35;
what makes a good, 489, 2;
what must be behind a, 477, 12;
without stomach for, 565, 17;
worth buying, 171, 2;
worth or unworth of, independent of style, 481, 42;
writer of, a world-preacher, 465, 42
Bookish knowledge in heads of fools, 108, 62
Books, a lover of, happiness of, 305, 14;
a substantialworld, 73, 2;
about books, 472, 1;
advantage of buying, 296, 56;
and brains, as possessions, 520, 23;
and conversation, 332, 3;
and nature, both belong to the seeing eye, 290, 29;
and the heart, 434, 14;
and the world, 477, 33;
as records, 10, 35;
as superseding gossip, 139, 16;
bad, not to be read, 29, 36;
big, how made, 284, 44;
borrowed, 450, 46;
castrating, 36, 43;
clever, 300, 25;
comparative insignificance of, 538, 15;
compared with observation, 323, 37;
consoling power of, 201, 49;
contain soul of the past, 185, 15;
Cowley to his, 44, 47;
critics of, at present, 476, 29;
demoralising, 521, 12;
diverse motives for reading, 398, 44;
eloquence and dumb presagers, 321, 10;
estimates of, at different ages, 8, 53;
evil of too many, 69, 46;
famous, some not worth reading, 398, 30;
good, few and chosen, 129, 6;
great actions, 91, 14;
have their destinies, 137, 54;
help from, 479, 1;
in science and literature, to read, 189, 42;
judged by sensations, 269, 37;
Martial on, 406, 47;
mental food, 224, 21;
mottoes to, worthlessness of, 489, 15;
never referred to, 526, 2;
never to be borrowed, 296, 56;
nine-tenths nonsense, 300, 25;
no end of making, 325, 7;
not permissible, 269, 15;
not so instructive as life, 52, 33;
not to be underrated or overrated, 304, 45;
of most value, 271, 16;
old and famed, why we should read, 487, 49;
old, compared with new, 327, 12;
old, converse with, 553, 11;
only thing of value in, 315, 30;
our, characterised, 377, 19;
parcel of well chosen, suggestiveness of, 446, 44;
point in regard to, 448, 21;
prized above a dukedom, 220, 9;
professorship of, desiderated, 301, 18;
quality required in, 1, 50;
reading of, that benefits, 204, 32;
reason of success of many, 268, 44;
sayings about, 397, 45, 46; 398, 1, 2;
scholars, and printers, 236, 14;
study of, contrasted with conversation, 455, 41;
study of, no guarantee of wisdom, 483, 11;
success of many, accounted for, 456, 13;
that have come down, 335, 18;
that help most, 419, 1;
that warp to be shunned, 166, 20;
the best effect of, 417, 35;
the channel of wisdom, 86, 20;
the titles of, their importance, 297, 34;
their use and uselessness, Goethe on, 440, 35;
to be loved early, 151, 40;
to be read only by advice, 567, 24;
value of, 1, 49;
which we learn from, 528, 4;
without thought, 340, 9;
worth reading, 567, 42
Bored, one must get used to being, 179, 31
Bores, all men, at times, 9, 60;
Voltaire on, 498, 22
Boring, the secret of, 235, 8
Born, fate of everything, 475, 10;
the gently, on both sides, blood of, 542, 25
Borrower, his creditor, 419, 2
Borrowing, caution against, 294, 36, 37;
forbidden, 251, 57;
rule in, 32, 6;
the lesson of, 353, 37
Bosom in one's, a host, 109, 45
Boswells rarer than Johnsons, 213, 9
Boudier's epitaph, 209, 43
Bounty, an autumn, 110, 2;
diffused too widely, 337, 20
Bourbons, the, Talleyrand on, 182, 20
Bow, Apollo's, not always bent, 295, 35;
overstrained, 11, 9;
test of strength of, 205, 29
Bowers of bliss, conveyed to, 311, 48
Boy, a happy, 140, 18;
the generous, 551, 19
Boys, the purity of, to be guarded, 299, 35;
training of, Plato on, 71, 35;
value to, of address and accomplishments, 122, 47
Braggards, greatest cowards, 432, 6
Brain, added, difficulty added, 557, 10;
coinage of, 482, 1;
overwrought, 558, 21;
product of, its quality, 540, 28
Brains, cannot be given, 164, 37;
our, seventy year clocks, 337, 21;
when the, are out, 457, 43; 480, 32
Brave, man, discourse of a, 2, 7;
man, and his word, 90, 19;
man, mark of, 419, 10;
man, may not yield, 113, 2;
man, the portion of, 382, 10;
man, unselfish, 59, 45;
man, yields to brave, 113, 4;
men, favoured by fortune, 113, 20;
men, generated by brave, 112, 48;
spirit, in adversity, 2, 8;
the, prodigality of, 48, 60;
youth, training of, 90, 20
Bravery, calm, 113, 3;
deeds of past, hard to appreciate, 90, 18;
far off, fear at hand, 42, 21;
incompatible with dread of pain, 303, 5;
often, in not attempting, 313, 13;
seen in perils, 38, 42;
the greatest, 410, 45;
true, characterised, 499, 40;
unyielding, 113, 2;
value of, 88, 6
Bravest, tenderest, 419, 11
Bread, a crust of, and liberty, 123, 10;
cast on waters, 36, 44, 45;
how to earn one's, 260, 49, 50;
miraculous, 321, 8;
provision of, 150, 21
Breast, human, without windows, 291, 11
Breath, a, power of, 2, 9;
our first, beginning of death, 428, 7
Breathe, freely, how to, 237, 40
Breathing, as inhaling and exhaling, 185, 16
Breed, in man, importance of, 95, 7
Breeding, effect of, on a man, 419, 13;
fine, merit of, 471, 21;
good, marks of, 403, 12;
good, value of, 409, 31;
high, contrasted with good, 129, 9;
more than birth, 30, 25;
the time of, 457, 45;
wise, nowhere, 557, 46
Brevity, danger of, 32, 33
Brighter from obscurity, 84, 7
Brilliancy, affectation of, 334, 30
Brink near destruction, 496, 30
British nation, the character of, 419, 14
Britons, the, Virgil on, 344, 39
Broken heart, dying of, 160, 51
Brother, friend, provided by nature, 503, 23
Brotherhood, the only possible, 472, 13
Brothers, effect of good, on sisters, 529, 22;
ever brothers, 301, 32;
wrath of, 465, 37
Brow, open, open heart, 79, 32
Browning's faith and hope, 209, 26
Brute, et tu, 88, 47
Brutes, lessons they teach, 523, 35
Bubble reputation, the, 20, 3
Bubbles, fate and tragic end of all, 9, 13
Buckets, dropping, into empty wells, 57, 1
Bud, opening, to heaven conveyed, 84, 26
Buddhist, Nature no, 292, 33
Builder, better than the building, 414, 30
Building, and its foundation, 439, 28;
effect of, on purse, 41, 17;
too low, 497, 34;
up, man's joy, 312, 36
Bullet, every, its billet, 90, 21
Bungling, hateful, 166, 30
Bunyan, in, personifications, 191, 28;
to readers of his Pilgrim, 115, 1
Burden, a, cheerfully borne, 419, 17;
a man's, known only to himself, 306, 15;
a willing, 36, 16;
cast off, another to bear, 175, 35;
known only to bearer, 319, 32;
light, 244, 28; 288, 27;
respect the, 374, 47;
laid on by necessity, 132, 43
Burdens, laid on and lifted off by God, 185, 16
Bureaucracy, tendency of, 2, 29
Burgher, the civilized, mark of, 346, 30
Buried, the, for this world, 117, 42
Burns, ambition of, 122, 24;
Carlyle on, 338, 48; 389, 43; 556, 16;
Carlyle's vindication of, 131, 13;
his charity, 466, 13;
his preference of wit to wealth, 122, 28;
his real hardship, 161, 28;
his respect for truth, 494, 38;
his inspiring idea, 123, 14;
on effect of sin on the heart, 168, 49;
reflections of, on his life, 161, 38;
songs of, 454, 29;
wish of, at the plough, 89, 34
Burns, prayer for humanity, 466, 15;
songs, Carlyle of, 251, 10
Burnt child dreads the fire, 4, 62
Business, and desire, every man hath, 92, 1;
and economy of time, 443, 11;
as a man's puppet, 140, 17;
contrasted with idleness, 436, 25;
defined, 237, 42;
definition of, 260, 2;
diligent in, 385, 16;
effect of, 237, 43;
how to deal with, 73, 15;
minding one's own, 175, 9;
now war, 212, 34;
one thing, generosity another, 169, 12;
other people's, attending to, 8, 17-19, 27, 36;
other's, versus own, 158, 45;
our grand, not seeing but doing, 338, 6;
inattention to, 13, 6;
versus amusement, 173, 18;
we love, 491, 13;
what is everybody's, 536, 8;
with men above it, 105, 23
Bust, animated, hollowness of, 35, 20
Bustle, and quiet, 443, 12
Busy, aversion of, to idle, 177, 50
"But," sneaking, evasive, &c., 302, 37;
the inventor of, 60, 30
"But yet," fie upon, 165, 45
"Buts," the modifying, 9, 2
Butter, bad, salted, 478, 2
Buyer, need of, for eyes, 111, 13;
requirements in, 217, 12;
requires a hundred eyes, 41, 10
Buyers and sellers, 181, 24
Buying and asking, 217, 13;
and selling, Spanish proverb on, 470, 28;
better than borrowing, 29, 18;
not begging, 81, 23;
prudence in, 33, 43;
the rule in, 176, 31;
what one cannot pay, 41, 9
Byron, his real hardship, 161, 28;
the poetry of, 387, 4
Byron's, feelings for those that love and those that hate him, 155, 20;
greatest grief, 110, 39;
last words, 167, 56

C

Cæsar, Augustus, on losing his legions, 511, 35
Cæsar, Julius, imperious, dead, 183, 35;
mighty, so low in death, 321, 22;
on Cassius, 241, 30;
on crossing the Rubicon, 411, 9;
when he crossed the Rubicon, 210, 8;
word of, as living and as dead, 33, 40
Cake, earned by baking it, 141, 36
Cakes and ale, no more, 72, 8
Calamity, great source of, 431, 38;
man under, 510, 30
Calling, a, advantage of, 146, 43
Calm, no sailing in, 303, 34;
nourishment of strength, 279, 14
Calmness, sign of strength, 277, 1; 354, 45;
source of, 456, 6
Calumniators, their own avengers, 480, 1
Calumny, alarm at, 101, 3;
best answer to, 495, 1;
eagerness to spread, 3, 42;
how to escape, 565, 6;
how to extinguish or to justify, 36, 23;
how to overcome, 47, 10;
how to silence, 559, 9;
no escaping, 28, 46; 305, 15;
ready acceptance and spread of, 299, 9;
sure to stick, 22, 42
Calvin, fruitlessness of his teachings, 314, 34;
treatment of, 349, 20
Camp, English, on the eve of battle, 116, 1;
virtues rare in, 368, 4
Canary bird, in a darkened cage, 419, 23
Candour, not necessarily impartiality, 23, 17;
the effect of, 35, 11
Canker, loathsome, in sweetest bud, 252, 16
Cant, defined, and its progeny, 197, 17;
mind to be cleared of, 43, 58
Canticle, the sublimest, 456, 8
Canvassing, exhausting effect of, 223, 38
Capabilities, defined, 99, 26