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Complaints of the conduct of others, what principles will support our claim to it, i. 299. 300.

Conduct, the absurdity of it, whence it ariseth, iii. 176.

Consolation under afflictions, by what methods it may be obtained, i. 312. On what occasion it may be drawn from a view of the afflictions of others, 313. Its useful influence against the depressions of melancholy, 314. The tendency of it to strengthen patience and fortitude, 316.

Constantius, his history and character, iv. 172-178.

Contentment with the situation in life assigned us, recommended, ii. 53, 54.

Controversy, the writers of it, their short-lived fame soon succeeded by disrelish and neglect, iii. 5.

Conversation, the art of it difficult to be attained, iv. 151. The importance of acquiring it, 91. What methods are most proper for this end, 152. The errors in sentiment and practice relating to this, into which many are led, 153.

Conversation, rural, the pleasures and distates of it, i. 256. 279.

Cornelia, her account of lady Bustle's employment, i. 305-311.

Courtier, his manner described, iii. 247-252.

Courtly, Mrs. her character, i. 71.

Cowley, Mr. Abraham, a passage in his writings illustrated, i. 32.

Credulity, the common failing of unexperienced virtue, iv. 85.

Criticism, the art of it regulated by precarious and fluctuating principles, i. 142. iii. 310. The proper end to which it should be applied, iv. 92. Minute, censured and exploded, ibid. Genuine, the offspring of labour, truth, and equity, i. 15.