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CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.
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PAGE
1. DIFFICULTY of the first address. Practice of the epick poets.
Convenience of periodical performances
1
2. The necessity and danger of looking into futurity. Writers naturally
sanguine. Their hopes liable to disappointment
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11
3. An allegory on criticism
4. The modern form of romances preferable to the ancient. The neces-
sity of characters morally good
7. Retirement natural to a great mind. Its religious use
....
8. The thoughts to be brought under regulation; as they respect the
past, present, and future
9. The fondness of every man for his profession. The gradual improve-
ment of manufactures
........
10. Four billets, with their answers. Remarks on masquerades
11. The folly of anger. The misery of a peevish old age
12. The history of a young woman that came to London for a service
13. The duty of secrecy. The invalidity of all excuses for betraying se-
.....
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crets
61
14. The difference between an author's writings and his conversation
15. The folly of cards. A letter from a lady that has lost her money.
16. The dangers and miseries of a literary eminence
17. The frequent contemplation of death necessary to moderate the pas-
18. The unhappiness of marriage caused by irregular motives of choice .. 87
19. The danger of ranging from one study to another. The importance of the early choice of a profession
20. The folly and inconvenience of affectation
21. The anxieties of literature not less than those of publick stations. The
23. The contrariety of criticism. The vanity of objection. An author
obliged to depend upon his own judgment .....
.... 113
24. The necessity of attending to the duties of common life. The na-
tural character not to be forsaken
117
25. Rashness preferable to cowardice. Enterprize not to be repressed
26. The mischief of extravagance, and misery of dependence
27. An author's treatment from six patrons
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28. The various arts of self-delusion
136
29. The folly of anticipating misfortunes
...
142
30. The observance of Sunday recommended; an allegory
31. The defence of a known mistake highly culpable
32. The vanity of stoicism. The necessity of patience
33. An allegorical history of Rest and Labour
34. The uneasiness and disgust of female cowardice
35. A marriage of prudence without affection
. 36. The reasons why pastorals delight
37. The true principles of pastoral poetry
38. The advantages of mediocrity; an eastern fable
39. The unhappiness of women whether single or married
40. The difficulty of giving advice without offending
41. The advantages of memory
42. The misery of a modish lady in solitude
43. The inconveniences of precipitation and confidence
44. Religion and Superstition; a vision ....
45. The causes of disagreement in marriage
46. The mischiefs of rural faction
51. The employments of a housewife in the country
52. The contemplation of the calamities of others, a remedy for grief 250
53. The folly and misery of a spendthrift
54. A death-bed the true school of wisdom. The effects of death upon
the survivors..
55. The gay widow's impatience of the growth of her daughter. The his-
tory of Miss May-pole
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> 56. The necessity of complaisance. The Rambler's grief for offending his
59. An account of Suspirius, the human screech-owl
60. The dignity and usefulness of biography
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61. A Londoner's visit to the country
62. A young lady's impatience to see London
63. Inconstancy not always a weakness
64. The requisites to true friendship
65. Obidah and the hermit; an eastern story
66. Passion not to be eradicated. The views of women ill directed
67. The garden of Hope; a dream ....
68. Every man chiefly happy or miserable at home. The opinion of ser-
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309
313
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vants not to be despised
322
69. The miseries and prejudice of old age
326
70. Different men virtuous in different degrees. The vicious not always
abandoned ...
74. Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The character of Tetrica 347
75. The world never known but by a change of fortune. The history of
Melissa ...
76. The arts by which bad men are reconciled to themselves
77. The learned seldom despised but when they deserve contempt.
78. The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to raise apprehensions
79. A suspicious man justly suspected
80. Variety necessary to happiness; a winter scene
81. The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be distinguished from
352
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366
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375
-86. The danger of succeeding a great author: an introduction to a criti-
cism on Milton's versification
402 →
87. The reasons why advice is generally ineffectual
88. A criticism on Milton's versification. Elisions dangerous in English
92. The accommodation of sound to the sense, often chimerical
431 .
93. The prejudices and caprices of criticism ....
..
438.
-94. An inquiry how far Milton has accommodated the sound to the sense.. 442
99. The pleasures of private friendship. The necessity of similar disposi-
tions
468
100. Modish pleasures...
101. A proper audience necessary to a wit..
102. The voyage of life ....
103. The prevalence of curiosity. The character of Nugaculus
104. The original of flattery. The meanness of venal praise
105. The universal register; a dream
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