| Waddle, Lady, of the Widows' Club | [561] |
| Wagers | [145], [521] [Fn. 1] |
| Wake, Colonel | [313] [Fn. 3] |
| Wakes, country | [161] |
| Wall of China | [415] |
| Waller | [148], [158], [224] |
| Wall's Infant Baptism | [92] [Fn. 2] |
| Want, fear of | [114] |
| War, the, in Queen Anne's reign | [26] [Fn. 5], [43] Fns. [1]-[5], [45] [Fn. 1], [64] [Fn. 2], [353] [Fn. 3], [521] [Fn. 1] |
| War news, greed for | [452] |
| Wasps in public | [300] |
| Watchman and goose | [376] |
| Watts, Dr. Isaac | [461] [Fn. 1] |
| Wax-work, Mrs. Salmon's, fifteen images burnt on Queen Elizabeth's birthday | [262] [Fn. 3] |
| Way of the World, Congreve's | [204] |
| Wealth | [469], [506], [601] |
| Weaver on dancing | [466] |
| Wedlock | [525] |
| Weed, Ephraim | [450] |
| Weights showing true values | [463] |
| Wenham, Jane, the last condemned witch | [117] [Fn. 4] |
| West Enborne in Berkshire, custom of | [614] |
| Westminster Abbey | [26], [329] |
| Westminster boy and colours taken at Blenheim | [139] |
| Wharton, Thomas, Earl of | [dedication] |
| Whichenovre in Staffordshire, custom of | [607] |
| Whigs | [50], [58] [Fn. 4] |
| Whims | [371] |
| Whining | [630] |
| Whisperers | [148], [168], [457] |
| Whispering place of Dionysius | [439] |
| Whistling match | [179] |
| White, Moll, a witch | [117], [268] |
| Whittington and his Cat v. Rinaldo and Armida | [14] [Fn. 2], [31] [Fn. 5] |
| Who and Which, petition of | [78] |
| Widow, the perverse, Sir Roger's love for | [113], [115], [118] |
| Widows male | [311], [561], [573], [606], [614], [623] [520] |
| Wife | [199], [479], [490], [525] |
| Wigs the lawyer's | [319], [631] [Fn. 1] [407] |
| Wildfire, widow, of the Widows' Club | [561] |
| Wilks the comedian | [370] |
| William III. | [468] [Fn. 4], [516] |
| William, Sir Roger's huntsman | [118] |
| Willow Kate, Sir Roger's character of | [118] |
| Wills' Coffee-house | [1] [Fn. 6] |
| Wimble, Will | [108], [109], [126], [131], [268] |
| Wine | [140], [147], [181], [362] [Fn. 5] |
| Wings, verse in the form of | [58] |
| Winstanley's Water Theatre | [168] |
| Winter Gardens | [477] |
| Winter piece by Ambrose Philips | [393] |
| Wisdom | [225] |
| Wit, Addison's Essays on | [58]-[63], [6], [23], [35] [Fn. 2], [38], [140], [151], [169], [179], [220], [270], [416], [422], [514], [522] |
| Wits | [404], [509] |
| Witchcraft | [61], [117] [Fn. 4], [268], [419] |
| Wolsey | [624] |
| Woman's Man, the | [57], [156] |
| Women a republic of | [4], [10], [15], [33], [53], [57], [79], [81], [92], [95], [98], [104], [128], [154], [155], [156], [158], [159], [182], [208], [209], [243], [247], [252], [261], [265], [274], [320], [342], [343], [365], [390], [433], [486], [506], [510], [511], [606], [625] [416] |
| Words | [373], [416] |
| Works of art | [414] |
| World, the | [27], [111], [387], [519] |
| Worriers | [304] |
| Wortley, Hon. E. | [71] [Fn. 2] |
| Writers | [166], [379], [409], [417], [422], [568], [582] |
| Wycherley's Plain Dealer | [354] [Fn. 2] |
| Xenophon | [169], [337], [354] [Fn. 1], [537], [564] |
| Ximena, Colley Cibber's | [546] |
| Yaratilda and Maraton, story of | [56] |
| Yarico, Inkle and, story of | [11] |
| Yawning, a Christmas game | [179] |
| Year, the, described | [425] |
| Youth | [153] |