Thirty-nine articles might be
made serviceable, 85.
Thor, a foolish attempt of, 120.
Thoreau, 324.
Thoughts, live ones character-
ized, 481.
Thumb, General Thomas, a valu-
able member of society, 111.
Thunder, supposed in easy cir-
cumstances, 157.
Thynne, Mr., murdered, 70.
Tibullus, 447.
Time, an innocent personage to
swear by, 73, note a scene-
shifter, 137.
Tinkham, Deacon Pelatiah, story
concerning, not told, 300- al-
luded to, 321 - does a very
sensible thing, 367.
Toms, peeping, 139.
Toombs, a doleful sound from,
403.
Trees, various kinds of extraor-
dinary ones, 166, 167.
Trowbridge, William, mariner,
adventure of, 84.
Truth and falsehood start from
same point, 88 truth invul-
nerable to satire, ib. -com-
pared to a river, 101 of fic-
tion sometimes truer than fact,
told plainly, passim.
Ulysses, husband of Penelope,
borrows money, 168 (for
full particulars of, see Homer
and Dante)-rex, 461.
Unanimity, new ways of produ-
cing, 378.
Union, its hoops off, 377
good old meaning, 416.
Universe, its breeching, 380.
University, triennial catalogue
of, 97.
Us, nobody to be compared with,
310- and see World, passim.
Van Buren fails of gaining Mr.
Sawin's confidence, 182-bis
son John reproved, 183.
Van, Old, plan to set up, 182.
Vattel, as likely to fall on your
toes as on mine, 352.
Venetians invented something
once, 168.
Vices, cardinal, sacred conclave
of, 86.
Victoria, Queen, her natural ter-
ror, 113- her best carpets, 395.
Vinland, 411.
Virgin, the, letter of, to Magis-
trates of Messina, 142.
Virginia, descripta, 461, 462.
Virginians, their false heraldry,
Wales, Prince of, calls Brother
Jonathan consanguineus noster,
331- but had not, apparently,
consulted the Garter King at
Arms, 332.
Walpole, Horace, classed, 140 —
his letters praised, 141.
Waltham Plain, Cornwallis at,
74.
Walton, punctilious in his inter-
course with fishes, 85.
War, abstract, horrid, 144 - its
hoppers, grist of, what, 160.
Warren, Fort, 449.
Warton, Thomas, a story of, 99.
Washington, charge brought
against, 176.
Washington, city of, climatic in-
fluence of, on coats, 105
mentioned, 119- - grand jury
of, 126.
Washingtons, two hatched at a
time by improved machine,
Watchmanus, noctivagus, 466.
Water, Taunton, proverbially
weak, 184.
Water-trees, 167.
Weakwash, a name fatally typi-
cal, 337.
Webster, his unabridged quarto,
its deleteriousness, 458.
Webster, some sentiments of,
commended by Mr. Sawin, 180.
Westcott, Mr., his horror, 126.
Whig party has a large throat,
96 but query as to swallow-
ing spurs, 181.
White House, 146.
Wickliffe, Robert, consequences
of his bursting, 449.
Wife-trees, 167.
Wilbur, Mrs. Dorcas (Pilcox), an
invariable rule of, 98-her pro-
file, ib. tribute to, 443.
Wilbur, Rev. Homer, A. M., con-
sulted, 63 his instructions to
his flock, 72- a proposition of
his for Protestant bomb-shells,
85 his elbow nudged, 86-
his notions of satire, 87-some
opinions of his quoted with ap-
parent approval by Mr. Biglow,
geographical speculations
of, 92a justice of the peace,
i5.a letter of, 93-a Latin
pun of, 94 - runs against a
post without injury, 95- does
not seek notoriety (whatever
some malignants may affirm),
97 fits youths for college, 98
-a chaplain during the late
war with England, 100
shrewd observation of, 102-
some curious speculations of,
115-118 his martello-tower,
116 forgets he is not in pul-
pit, 127, 152-extracts from
sermon of, 129-131, 135-138-
interested in John Smith, 139
- his views concerning present
state of letters, 141, 142 - a
stratagem of, 147 ventures
two hundred and fourth inter-
pretation of Beast in Apoca-
lypse, 148- christens Hon. B.
Sawin, then an infant, 152-
an addition to our sylva pro-
posed by, 166 curious and
instructive adventure of, 168
-his account with an unnatu-
ral uncle, 171 - his uncomfort-
able imagination, ib. — - specula-
tions concerning Cincinnatus,
173 confesses digressive
tendency of mind, 191- goes
to work on sermon (not with-
out fear that his readers will
dub him with a reproachful
epithet like that with which
Isaac Allerton, a Mayflower
man, revenges himself on a de-
linquent debtor of his, calling
him in his will, and thus hold-
ing him up to posterity as,
"John Peterson, THE BORE"),
193- his modesty, 290-dis-
claims sole authorship of Mr.
Biglow's writings, 292 - his
low opinion of prepensive auto-
graphs, 293-a chaplain in
1812, 298 cites a heathen
comedian, ib. his fondness
for the Book of Job, ib.
preaches a Fast-Day discourse,
299 is prevented from nar-
rating a singular occurrence,
300 is presented with a pair
of new spectacles, 320 his
church services indecorously
sketched by Mr. Sawin, 371-
hopes to decipher a Runic in-
scription, 388-a fable by, 389
deciphers Runic inscription,
405-413-his method therein,
409 is ready to reconsider his
opinion of tobacco, 412- his
opinion of the Puritans, 427-
his death, 441-born in Pigs-
gusset, ib. letter of Rev. Mr.
Hitchcock concerning, 441-445
-fond of Milton's Christmas
hymn, 444 - his monument
(proposed), 445- his epitaph,
ib.his last letter, 445-449 —
his supposed disembodied spir-
it, 456 table belonging to,
457 sometimes wrote Latin
verses, 458 his table-talk,
468-479 his prejudices, 470
against Baptists, 471-his
sweet nature, 488- his views
of style, 491-a story of his,
493.
Wild bore, a vernacular one, how
to escape, 116.
Wilkes, Captain, borrows rashly,
340.
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