CONTENTS. VOL. XIII. No. 453. ON pious Gratitude-Poem on it...... ADDISON 455. Letters on Education-from the Hus 456. Miseries of Debt and Bankruptcy : .. 457. Proposal for a Newspaper of Whispers ADDISON 459. On religious Faith and Practice.. 460. Paradise of Fools, a Vision............... PARNELL Letter on Bowing and Curtsying at Church 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 a 3 465. Means of strengthening Faith ADDISON 466. On the Advantages of Dancing ......... STEELE 467. On the Love of Praise-Character of Manilius 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 474. Letter complaining of Country Man- STEELE ......... Rechteren and M. Mesnager HARPER ADDISON 484. Letter and Reflexions on Modesty...... STEELE -Character of a Templar in Love -Equestrian Lady....... Epigram on the same.... 489. Meditations on the Wonders of the TATE Deep, with a Hymn....... ADDISON 490. On Marriage-excessive Fondness...... STEELE viour in young Ladies 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 ......... 500. Defence and Happiness of a married Life. 501. Patience, an Allegory. ADDISON STEELE STEELE 505. On Conjurors and Revealers of Dreams ADDISON Characters of Erastus, Letitia, Taw- dry, and Flavilla............ 507. On party Lies 508. Description of a Tavern-tyrant-Com- 510. On the irresistible Power of Beauty...... Women..... BUDGELL ADDISON STEELE - ADDISON THE SPECTATOR. No453. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1712. Non usitatâ nec tenui ferar HOR. 2 Od. xx. 1. No weak, no common wing shall bear CREECH. 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, |