Nullius -addictus jurare in verba magistri,
Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.

THE SIXTEENTH EDITION.

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-5MAR 1932

VORARY

CONTENTS

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SECOND VOLUM E.

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71. No man believes that his own life will be short - •

72. The necessity of good humour - - 6

73. The lingering expectation of an heir - - 12

74. Peevishness equally wretched and offensive. The

character of Tetrica - - - - -

75. The world never known but by a change of for-

tune. The history of Melissa - - - 24

76. The arts by which bad men are reconciled to

themselves - - - - - - -

77. The learned seldom despised but when they de-

serve contempt - - - • -, 36

78. The power of novelty. Mortality too familiar to

raise apprehensions - - - - - 42

79. A suspicious man justly suspected - - - 48

80. Variety necessary to happiness. A Winter scene 54

8i. The great rule of action. Debts of justice to be

distinguished from debts of charity - - 59

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82. The