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STOTIVOIN

CONTENTS

TO THE

SECOND VOLUME.

LET.

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Lxm. The rise of the decline of literature, not

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dependant on man, but resulting from the

vicissitudes of nature

LXIV. The great exchange happiness for show.

Their folly, in this respect, of use to fo-

ciety

LXV. The history of a philosophic cobler

LXVI. The difference between love and gratitude

LXVII. The folly of attempting to learn wisdom

by being reclufe

LXVIII. Quacks ridiculed. Some particularly

mentioned

LXIX. The fear of mad dogs ridiculed

LXX. Fortune proved not to be blind. The story

of the avaricious miller

LXXI. The shabby beau, the man in black, the

Chinese philofopher, &c. at Vauxhall

LXXII The marriage act censured

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LXXIII. Life endeared by age

LXXIV. The description of a little great man

LXXV. The necessity of amusing each other with

new books insisted upon

LXXVI. The preference of grace to beauty, an

allegory

LXXVII. The behaviour of a shop-keeper and his

journeyman

LXXVIII. The French ridiculed after their own

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manner

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LXXIX. The preparations of both theatres for a

winter campaign

LXXX. The evil tendency of increasing penal

laws, or enforcing even those already in

being with rigor

LXXXI. The ladies trains ridiculed

LXXXII. The sciences useful in a populous state,

prejudicial in a barbarous one

LXXXIII. Some cautions on life, taken from a

modern philosopher of China

LXXXIV. The anecdotes of several poets who lived

and died in circumstances of wretch-

edness

LXXXV. The trifling squabbles of stage-players

ridiculed

LXXXVI. The races of Newmarket ridiculed.

The description of a cart race

LXXXVII. The folly of the western parts of Eu.

rope, in employing the Russians to

fight their battles

LXXXVIII. The ladies advised to get husbands.

A story to this purpose

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LXXXIX. The folly of remote or useless disqui.

sitions among the learned

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XC. The English subject to the spleen

XCI. The influence of climate and foil upon the

tempers and dispositions of the English 117

XCII. The manner in which some philosophers

make artificial misery

XCIII. The fondness of some to admire the writings

of lords, &c.

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XCIV. The philosopher's son is again separated

from his beautiful companion

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XCV. The father consoles him upon this occasion 129

XCVI. The condolence and congratulation upon

the death of the late king ridiculed. En.

glish mourning described

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XCVII. Almost every subject of literature has been

already exhausted

XCVIII. A description of the courts of justice in

Westminster-hall

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XCIX. A visit from the little beau. The indulgence

with which the fair sex are treated in se-

veral parts of Asia

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C. A life of independance praised

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CI. That people must be contented to be guided by

those whom they have appointed to govern.

· A story to this effect

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CII. The passion for gaming among ladies ridiculed . 154

CIII. The Chinese philosopher begins to think of

quitting England

CIV. The arts some make use of to appear learned 159

CV. The intended coronation described

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CVI. Funeral elegies written upon the great ridi-

culed. A specimen of one

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CVII. The English too fond of believing every re-

port, without examination. A story of an
incendiary to this purpose

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CVIII. The utility and entertainment which might

result from a journey into the East

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CIX. The Chinese philosopher attempts to find out

famous men

CX. Some projects for introducing Asiatic employ-

ments into the courts of England

CXI. On the different sects in England, particularly

methodism

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CXII. An election described

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CXIII. A literary contest of great importance, în

which both sides fight by epigram

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CXIV. Against the marriage act. A fable

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CXV. On the danger of having too high an opis

nion of human nature

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CXVI. Whether love be a natural or a fictitious

passion

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CXVII. A city night-piece

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CXVIII. On the meanness of the Dutch at the

court of Japan

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CXIX. On the distresses of the poor, exemplified

in the life of a private centinel

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CXX. On the absurdity of some late English titles 225

CXXI. The irresolution of the English accounted for 228

CXXII. The manner of travellers in their usual re-

lations ridiculed

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CXXIII. The conclusion

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