CONTENTS. VOL. XIII. No. 453. ON pious Gratitude-Poem on it...... ADDISON -different Characters, in a Tour 455. Letters on Education—from the Hus 456. Miseries of Debt and Bankruptcy STEELE 457. Proposal for a Newspaper of Whispers ADDISON 459. On religious Faith and Practice 460. Paradise of Fools, a Vision.......... Letter on Bowing and Curtsying at PARNELL STEELE 461. Version of the CXIVth Psalm............ WATTS Complimentary Letter to the Spectator STEELE 462. On pleasant Fellows-pleasant Charac- ter of Charles II. 463. Weight of Wisdom and Riches, a Vision ADDISON 465. Means of strengthening Faith 466. On the Advantages of Dancing 467. On the Love of Praise-Character of ADDISON STEELE HUGHES 468. Death and Character of Dick Eastcourt STEELE 472. Proposal that the rich Sick should assist 473. Letters, on Affectation of Ignorance- .from a Poetical Lover-Specimen of the Familiar................... 474. Letter complaining of Country Man- juror STEELE 475. On asking. Advice in Affairs of Love... ADDISON 476. On Method in Writing and Conversa- 480. Letters from a country Gentleman to From a Lawyer's Clerk..................... HARPER Rechteren and M. Mesnager 482. Letters from Hen-peckt Husbands-- ADDISON 484. Letter and Reflexions on Modesty...... STEELE -Equestrian Lady...... Epigram on the same.. ...... TATE 489. Meditations on the Wonders of the Deep, with a Hymn.............. ADDISON 490. On Marriage-excessive Fondness...... STEELE ......... 496. Letters on the Conduct of gay and fop- 497. On bestowing Favours on the deserving 498. Letter on young Templars turning STEELE 499. Will Honeycomb's Account of the Siege of Hersberg, and his Dream 500. Defence and Happiness of a married 501. Patience, an Allegory............... theatrical Audience.......... 503. Ralph Wonder's Account of the Phan- ADDISON STEELE PARNELL STEELE 505. On Conjurors and Revealers of Dreams ADDISON Characters of Erastus, Letitia, Taw- dry, and Flavilla......... 507. On party Lies · BUDGELL ADDISON 508. Description of a Tavern-tyrant-Com- 599. On Abuses at the Royal Exchange- 510. On the irresistible Power of Beauty.............. STEELE ADDISON THE SPECTATOR. N° 453. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1712. Non usitatâ nec tenui ferar HOR. 2 Od. xx. I. CREECH. No weak, no common wing shall bear THERE is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command which enjoined it, nor any recompence laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it. If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker! The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties, which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good, and Father of mercies. If gratitude, when exerted towards one another, |