Trivia (Gay)/Index
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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