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CONTENTS

TO

VOLUME II.

Page

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8

11

ESSAY

50. On Posthumous Publications Cow-

ley's Miscellaneous Writings . .

51. A Word to Modern Critics-Dryden's

Preface to the State of Innocence

52. On the Use of Letters—Lord Lyttle-

ton's Dialogues of the Dead,

Cadmus and Hercules

53. On the Character of Poets-Gold-

smith's Citizen of the World

54. Confidence-Collier's Essays.

55. Ideal Beauty-Dryden's Parallel of

Poetry and Painting

56. Advantage of Restraint, a Tale-

Museum for 1747, p. 128 .

57. Polite Philosophy- Polite Philoso-

pher, Dodsley's Fugitive Pieces .

58. Egotism-The same

59. The Society of Women the best

School of Politeness-The same

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17

21

25

33

39
47

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Page

ESSAY

60. Homer and Virgil-Dryden's Preface

to the Fables

61

61. Delicacy of Taste and Passion

Hume's Essays

65

62. Food for a Country Life-Dryden's

Dedication of the Georgics 71

63. On the Immortality of the Soul-

Blackmore's Essays

73

61. Frailty of Human Life - Pope's

Letters .

76

65. On the Advantages of Sickness

The same

7$

66. Predominance of Good over Evil-

Melmoth's Cato

81

67. Miscellaneous Writings--Lord Shaftes-

bury's Miscellaneous Reflections,

ch. 3.

87

68. Alcander and Septimius-Goldsmith's

Bee, Essay 3.

89

69. On Grace in Writing-Melmoth, Fitz-

Osborne's Letters, Letter: 29. .

70. On Nothing-Fielding's Miscellanies,

vol. 1. Essay on Nothing . 99

71. Fashionable Diseases and Remedies-

Sir W. Temple's Essay on Health

and Long Life

106

72. Obscurity a cause of the Sublime

Burke on the Sublime and Beau-

tiful .

110

96

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ESSAY

Page

73. Comparative Merit of the Two Sexes

-Melmoth, Fitzosborne's Letters,

Letter 41.

114

74. Colour and Form constituent parts of

BeautySpence. Dodsley's Fu-

gitive Pieces

119

75. Expression-The same

129

76. Grace—The same.

135

77. Character of a Republican-Butler's

Remains

145

78. Evils of a Republic-Dryden's Dedi-

cation of All for Love

151

79. Sentimental Comedy-Goldsmith . 153

80. Laziness-Lord Shaftesbury's Mis-

cellanies

160

81. Affected or formal Man-Butler's

Remains

163

82. Socrates--Melmoth's Cate Remarks,

165

83. Firmness in. Adversity-Boting broke

on Exile

168

84. Weariness of Life-Melmoth, Fitzos-

borne's Letters

175

85. Conversation Fielding's Miscella-

neous Works

179

86. Errors in Conversation-The same . 191

87. The Whistle-Benj. Franklin's Mis-

cellaneous Works

201

88. Gentleman and the Basket Maker

Universal Spectator

204

p. 280.

Page

212

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ESSAY

89. Delicacy in relieving the distressed-

Melmoth, Fitzosborne's Letters

90. Benevolence-Hume's Essays . 214

91. The Busy Body-Benj. Franklin's

Miscellaneous Works

• 219

92. The Curious Man-Butler's Remains 223

93. On Luxury- Benj. Franklin's Mis-

cellaneous Works

225

94. On Women-Lady M.W. Montagu's

Works

228

95. Soliloquy of an Ephemera-Benjamin

Franklin

234

96. Prejudice- Female Spectator

238

97. Effects of Prejudice-The same 242

98. On the Arts and Sciences-Goldsmith's

Citizen of the World

261

99. On Style - Melmoth, Fitzosborne's

Letters

269

100. On Contentment- Museum

273

101. On Gaming-The same.

. 281

102. Stolen Marriages --Goldsmitlis Bee . 287

103. Philosophical Watch-German Spy . 293

104. Intellectual Thermometer--The same 299

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