CO N T E N T S.

ibid. 9

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THE

HE Golden Verfes of Pythagoras

Fitzgerald 1

II. The wise Man's Petition

ibid.

4

III.

On Mental Beauty

ibid. 5

IV. On Cheerfulness

ibid. 6

V. On Industry

ibid, 8

VI. On Bedlam

VII. A Thought upon Death

ibid. 13

VIII. On the Death of an amiable Lady. ibid. 14

IX. On Slavery

Miss H. Falconar 15

X. An Appeal to our Feelings, with respect

to the Negroes

Miss More 20

XI. On Friendship Dr. Hawkesworth 21

XII. On the Deity

Mrs. Barbauld 22

XIII. On Prosperity and Adversity

XIV. On Benevolence

XV. On Easter-Sunday

XVI. On the Power and Perfections of God itid. 27

XVII. To a young Lady

XVIII. On Procrastination

Dr. Young 30

XIX. On Irresolution

XX. On Time

XXI. On Life's Stage

XXII, OR

ibid. 23

ibid. 24

ibid. 25

ibid. 29

ibid. 30

ibid. 31

ibid. 31

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XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

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On Friendship

Dr. Young 32

On Covetousness

On the Omnipresence of the Deity

ibid. 32

ibid. 33

XXV. To a Lady playing upon a Lute

Waller 34

XXVI.

On Liberty

Addison 34

XXVII. On True Nobility

Dryden 35

XXVIII. Invocation of the Poetic Muse Hayley 35

XXIX. Sophrofyne exhibits delightful Scenes

to the View of Serena

XXX. The last Scene presented to Serena ibid. 44

XXXI. A Peer invites Serena to a Ball ibid. 46

XXXII. Character of the Peer

XXXIII. Edwin completes Serena's Felicity

ibid. 37

ibid. 49

ibid. 52

ibid. 63
ibid. 64

XXXIV. On Music Dryden and Congreve 56

XXXV. On Learning

Pope 57

XXXVI. On London

Dr. Johnson 58

XXXVII. On Autumn

ibid. 60

XXXVIII. On Winter

ibid. 62

XXXIX. The Winter's Walk

XL. The Vanity of Wealth

XLI. On Temperance Dr. Armstrong 65

XLII. On the Mutability of all things in

Nature

ibid. 67

XLIII. On a Hail-Storm in April Warton 68

XLIV. On the Uses of the different Seasons,

a

ibid. 77. ibid. 79

Sect.

Page. XLVI. A Description of Egypt, and the Inun

dation of the Nile Dr. Ogilvie 73 XLVII. Of the Learning, Elegance, and fine

Taste of the Athenians
XLVIII. On Human Life
XLIX. Diseases are the Consequences of Intem-
peránce

ibid. 80 L. Wishes obtained often make Men mise. rable

ilid. 83 LI. Wisdom personified

ibid. 86 LII. On Exercise

Dryden 88 LIII. On Wit LIV. Eve's Lamentation over Paradise Milton 89 LV. On the Melodies of the Morning

Dr. Beattie 90 LVI. On the Misery and Folly of Scepticism

Pope 88

ibid. 92 ibid. 93

LVII. On Edwin's Pursuits
LVIII. Edwin liftens to falutary Instructions

ibid. 95 ibid. 100

LIX. On the Utility of Science
LX. Verses on converting the Chapel to a

Kitchen, at the Seat of the Lord
Donnerayle, called the Grove, in
Hertfordshire

Anon. 102 LXI. Humorous Description of a domestic Lady

Rival Beauties 104 LXII. The Wish

Dr. Goldsmith 105 LXIII. On the Italians and Dutch ibid. 106 LXIV. On the hard Fate of the Indigent ibid. 108

LXV, A

ibid. 119

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LXV. A pathetic Description of the British

Emigrants, when leaving their

native Country, and preparing to

embark for America Dr. Goldsmith 108

LXVI. A new Simile

ibid. 110

LXVII. On the Winter Solstice Dr. Akenfide 113

LXVIII. Against Sufpicion

ibid. 116

LXIX. To a Gentleman whose Mistress had

married an old Man

LXX. Hymn to Cheerfulness

ibid. 121

LXXI. On the Absence of the Poetic In-

clination

ilid. 126

LXXII. To a Friend on the Hazard of fall-

ing in Love

ibid. 128

LXXIII. On leaving Holland

LXXIV.

To Sleep

LXXV. An Elegy on Lady Eliza Hope

Dr. Fordyce 136

LXXVI. On the Flowers and other Sweets of

Spring

Thomson 137

LXXVII. On the Influence of the Spring on

Man

LXXVIII. On the Works of God

LXXIX. A Description of the Britifh Ladies

ibid. 130

ibid. 133

ibid. 139

ibid. 141

ibid. 143

LXXX.

On the Strength of Great-Britain

ibid. 142

LXXXI.

On the Happiness of a rural Life

ibid. 143

ibid. 1.45

LXXXII. A Winter Scene

LXXXIII. On a Man perishing in the Snow ibid. 146

LXXXIV. On