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Trivia (Gay)/Index

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INDEX TO TRIVIA.



N.B. The numerals refer to the book; the Arabic figures to the line.

Alley, the pleasure of walking in one, ii, 271; not to be walked in by night, iii, 127

Almanacs, useless to judicious walkers, ii, 406

Asses, their arrogance, ii, 14

Autumn, what cries then in use, ii, 433

Baker, to whom obnoxious, ii, 30

Ballad-singers, iii, 77

Barber, by whom to be shunned, ii, 28

Beau's chariot overturned, i, 523

Bills dispersed to walkers, ii, 539

Booksellers, skilled in the weather, i, 161

Broker, his usual walks, ii, 277

Brokers keep coaches, i, 117

Bully, his insolence to be corrected., ii, 59

Butchers to be avoided, ii, 43

Cane, convenience of the, i, 61; an amber-headed, useless, i, 67; abuse of the, i, 76

Carmen, when unmerciful, their punishment, ii, 241

Cellar, misfortune of falling into a, iii, 121

Chairmen, an observation on, i, 155; their exercise in frosty weather, ii, 335; law concerning, iii, 153; their poles dangerous, iii, 163

Chairs and chariots prejudicial to health, i, 69

Chairs, danger of, i, 513.

Chandlers prejudical to walkers, ii, 40

Charity most practised by walkers, ii, 453; where given with judgment, ii, 458; not to be delayed, ii, 460

Cheese not liked by the author, ii, 254

Chimney-sweeper, by whom to be avoided, ii, 33

Christmas, what cries forerun, ii, 437; a season for general charity, ii, 443

Christmas-box, ii, 185

Church monuments foretel the weather, i, 167

Civic crown, i, 20

Civility to be paid to walkers, ii, 45

Clement's church, passage by, described, iii, 17

Clergy, what tradesmen to shun, ii, 25

Cloacina, goddess of common sewers, ii, 115

Coach, fallen into a hole, described, iii, 342

Coaches, dangerous in snowy weather, ii, 327; those who keep them uncharitable, ii, 451; at tended with ill accidents, ii, 511; despised by walkers, ii, 570; kept by coxcombs and pimps, ii, 578; a stop of them described, iii, 35; a man surrounded by, iii, 178

Coachman asleep on his box, what the sign, i, 153; his metamorphosis, ii, 241; his whip dangerous, ii, 311; his care of his horses, ii, 314

Coachmen, a fight of, iii, 35; despise dirty shoes, iii, 168

Coat, how to choose a, for the winter, i, 41

Cold, the description of a, i, 267.

Collier's cart, iii, 25

Common-sewers, i, 171

Constable, his consideration,iii,315.

Country, the author's love of his, i, 21

Countryman perplexed to find the way, ii, 73

Covent-garden, ii, 343, 547

Cries of the town, observations upon the, ii, 425

Critics, fate of, iii, 413

Crowd parted by a coach, iii, 83.

Doll, melancholy story of her death, ii, 381

Drays, when not to be followed, ii, 288

Dress, propriety of, to be observed, i, 129

Drummers, improper at a wedding, ii, 17

Drury-lane, dangerous to virtue, iii, 259

Dustman, to whom offensive, ii, 37; spiteful to gilded chariots, ii, 529

Evening described, iii, 9

Fair, kept on the Thames, ii, 369

Fair weather, signs of, i, 143

Farrier's shop, description of a, i, 251

Father, the happiness of a child who knows his own, ii, 177

Female guides not to be trusted, ii, 87

Female walkers, what necessary for, i, 209

Fire, description of a, iii, 353

Fire-engines, iii, 369

Fireman, his virtue, iii, 362

Fishmonger, description of his stall, ii, 413

Football described, ii, 347

Footman, prudence of a, in rainy weather, i, 127; very arrogant, iii, 157

Fop, the description of a, walking, ii, 53; ill consequence of passing too near a, ii, 57

Friday, how to know, ii, 419

Friend, the author walks with a, ii,475; rules to walk with a, iii,87

Frost, an episode of the great,ii,357

Funeral, the walker's contemplation on a, iii, 225

Gamester, his chariot described, i, 115

Glazier, his skill at football, ii, 355

Guinea-droppers, iii, 249 Hands, their use, iii, 243

Hawker, at what time he cries news, ii, 21

Health acquired by walking, i, 69

Horses, like Parthians, ii, 292

House blown up, description of a, iii, 381

Industry not exempt from death, ii, 389

Invention of pattens, i, 219

Jugglers to be avoided, ii, 285

June, what cry denotes that month, ii, 431

Knocker of a door, an observation on a, ii, 467

Labourers returned from work, iii, 13

Ladies, walking the streets, i, 105; in the Park, what indicated by, i, 145; dress neither by reason nor instinct, i, 149

Lantern, what it indicates in the middle of the street, iii, 335

Lawyer passing the street in a coach, ii, 579

Legs, their use, iii, 241

Letchers, old, where they frequent, ii, 281

Linkman, where not to be trusted, iii, London, happiness of, before the invention of coaches and chairs, i, 101

Luxury, a reflection on, iii, 195

Masons, dangerous to pass, where at work, ii, 267

Matrons, put in hogsheads, ii i, 331

Mercy recommended to coach men and carmen, ii, 237

Milkmaid of the city, unlike the rural, ii, 11

Miser, his charity, ii, 461

Mobs to be avoided, iii, 51

Modesty not to be offended, ii, 299

Monday, how to be known, ii, 412

Morning, what first to be considered in the, i, 121; described, ii, 7

Nose, its use, iii, 245

Observations on the looks of walkers, ii, 275

Old woman, observation on a, i, 139

Ox roasted on the Thames, ii, 367

Oyster, courage of him who first ate one, iii, 195

Oysters, when first cried, i, 28

Oyster-wench, iii, 185

Paint, how to avoid, iii, 237

Patten, derivation of, i, 282

Pattens, implements for females, i, 212; inconvenient in snowy weather, ii, 324

Paul, St. festival of, i, 176

Paviors, their duty, i, 11; a signal for coaches to avoid, ii, 307

Perfumer, by whom to be avoided, ii, 29

Periwigs, how stolen off the head, iii, 56

Petticoat, its use in bad weather, ii, 304

Pickpocket, his art and misfortunes, iii, 59

Pillory not to be gazed on, ii, 225

Playhouse, a caution when you lead a lady out of the, iii, 255

Poor, murmurs of the, how indicated, i, 133

Porters, sworn, useful to walkers, ii, 65

Post, when to walk on the outside of it, ii, 98

Precepts, consequence of neglecting, i, 189

'Prentices not to be trusted, ii, 69

Presents better than flattery, i, 280

Quarrels for the wall to be avoided, iii, 213; sham, dangerous,iii, 251

Rain, signs of, i, 157

Rakes, how they avoid a dun, ii, 282; their time of walking, iii, 321

Ridinghood, its use, i, 209

Saturday, how known, ii, 421

Scavengers, their duty, i, 15

Schoolboys, mischievous in frosty weather, ii, 331

Sempstress, the description of a, in a frosty morning, ii, 337; advice to a, ii, 341

Seven-dials, of St. Giles's parish, described, ii, 73

Shins, when scorched, what they betoken, i, 137

Shoe-cleaning boy, his birth, ii, 135; his happiness, ii, 145; his lamentation, ii, 177; with out father or mother, ii, 181

Shoe-cleaning boys, the time of their first appearance, i, 23

Shoes, when to provide, i, 29; what sort improper for walkers, i, 30; what proper for dancers, i, 30; what most proper for walkers, i, 33; how to free them from snow, ii, 325

Shower, a man in one, described, i, 191

Signs, creaking, what they indicate, i, 157

Signs, use of, ii, 67

Smallcoal-man, by whom to be shunned, ii, 35 Snowballs, coachmen pelted with them, ii, 329

Snowy weather, ii, 321

Spring, cries then in use, ii, 427

Stage-coaches, an observation on, i, 25

Stockings, how to prevent their being spattered, ii, 91

Street, how to cross a, iii, 165; where to cross a, by night, iii, 185

Streets, narrow, to be avoided, ii, 243; formerly noblemen's houses, ii, 491

Summer, foreign to the author's design, ii, 315

Superstition to be avoided, i, 175

Tea-drinkers, a necessary caution to, ii, 297

Thames, coaches driven over the, ii, 365

Thaw, description of a, ii, 399

Thursday, how known, ii, 407

Trades prejudicial to walkers, ii, 25; offensive to the smell, ii, 247

Tradesmen, in what to be trusted, ii, 71

Tragedies, fate of, ii i, 414

Trivia, goddess of streets and high ways, invocation to, i, 5; invoked as Cynthia, iii, 1

Turnstiles, iii, 107

Umbrella, its use, i, 211

Vaults, observation on, i, 172

Vulcan, in love with a milkmaid, i, 241; advice to, i, 245; metamorphosed to a country farrier, i, 253; first made hobnails and sparables, i, 263; the inventor of pattens, i, 275

Walker, distressed by a football, ii, 347

Walkers, inadvertent, to what misfortunes liable, ii, 285; happiness of, ii, 501; free from diseases, ii, 505

Walking advantageous to learning, ii, 551

Wall, to whom to be given, ii, 45; to whom to be denied, ii, 59; when to keep the, iii, 205

Watchmen, method of treating with, ii i, 307; their signal to their fellows, iii, 311; how to act if taken by them, iii, 313

Water, danger of being upon the, ii, 515

Waterman, judicious in the weather, i, 163; his dominion invaded, ii, 361

Way, of whom to be enquired, ii,65

Weather, signs of cold, i, 133; signs of fair, i, 143; signs of rainy, i, 157

Wednesday, how to know, ii, 413

Wheelbarrows, how prejudice walkers, iii, 117

Whore, how to know a, iii, 267

Whores, the streets where they ply, iii, 259

Wig, what, to be worn in a mist, i, 125; compared to Alecto's snakes, i, 203; to Glaucus' beard, i, 205

Winds, whistling, what they foretel, i, 169

Winter, beginning of, described, i, 23

Wits, caution to, ii, 297

Women, ill consequences of gazing on, iii, 101

Yeoman, lamentable story of a, iii, 285


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